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Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
HARD FIGHT TO GET LOCAL
OPTION MEASURE PASSED
STEADY NERVE OF SPEAKER DENNeY AND
WORK OF BAOGS AND MOORE WIN DAY.
Aent Bill Would Have Suffered the Fate of the
New Castle and Sussex Bills Had It not
Been for the Successful FiIibustar,rn

'O' '"e successful Filibusterlng.
The last day upon which hills oorld
Oe passed upon by the Legislature,
ended at O'Clock Wednesday evening
In a tumult. The outcome was the
passage by both Houses of local op.
tion bill for Kent County and it now
awaits the signature of Governor T,eo
TO become law. The Senate mater.
tally amended the measure which was
then concurred in by the House. All
other anti-liquor bills fell by the wav.
side. Senator Monoghan was the onIv
member to vote against the bill in the
Upper House while Senator Lingo re-.
trained from voting. In the House
Representatives Sewer, MahoneV and
W. s. Meredith voted against the Sen.
ate amendments. The new features of
the bill provide for separate polling
places during the general election. the
local option polls closing half an hour
earlier than the general. election voting
places. This will require separate
election officers, one for each party.
Liquor Interests Advantage.
Should local option in Kent County
prevail, manufacturers will be given
two years in which to dispose of their
stock outside of the State and holders
OF retail licenses will be allowed to fin.
ish their licenses. The liquor inter.
ests agreed TO the amended measure
and this accounted for the withdrawal
OF opposition. AS the bill was enacted
1t gives every advantage to the saloon
men, who claim that the local option
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
Sought To DepOse Speaker.

At the beginning of the afternoon
session, the liquor interests renewed
their warfare in an attempt to depose
Speaker Denney. Like the efforts to
the same end earlier in the day, how
ever, it failed. The Speaker finished
the day as the most fearless officer who
ever presided in the Delaware General
Assembly aud he was Congratulated.
He had held the "whiskey ring"
winch tried to defeat all local option
bulls by the adoption of flibusteripg
tactics, in check throughout the trou,
bIOns day.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
TAILOR MADE SUITS

Our Suits are selected with great care, and are
tailored in the best fashion that high and skill can
give garment the workmanship being frst-class in
all respects with the very natural result of perfect
fitting garments at popular prices
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
HALL & MEGEAR
DRESS GOODS

There certain weaves of Dress Goods Mo
hairs, Coverts, Checks and mixed Sutngs, that are
very popular and with some dealers very scarce We
have them in all the correct Colorngs at 25c SOC nc
and 81 90 per yard,
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
COATS AND FURS

1t is very gratifying to know that every garment
in this department is one all made to our spe
c1a order since October Ist 1904. Not single gar
ment carried from last season What a satisfacfior
to purchaser to feel certain that every garment from
which your selection is being made is new one
They are made from the most popular and desirable
cloths in black grey and the popular checks and
stripes. "''N
Our separate walking skirts from S.. 90 to Sc %
are very popular They in stylish effective cloths
and are handsomely tailored
The crisp, cool mornings and evenings suggest a
stylsh piece OF Fur for the neck. Our frrers have
never done themselves greater credit Each piece has
been carefully selected and fashioned lust to vonr
liking. Every piece new one
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
Hoods

SarsapariIld enjoys the dis
tinction Of being the great
est curative and preventive
medicine the world has ever
known. Il is an olI-round
medicine. producing its un-
equdIled effects by purify.
ing. vitdlizing and enriching
the blood on which The
health and strength of every
organ. bone and tissue de-
pend. Accept no substi-
tute for Hoods, but. IN.
sist, on having Hoods
AND ONLY HOODS.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-29
GROCERY DEPARTMENT

=, We make speciality of fine groceries, hand1ino
the IN large quantities enabling to give you anv
tnlng IN groceries or provisions, at right prices
Highest prices paid for all kinds of trade e,
cnangeable In merchandise at either of our stores
Goods delivered free of charge to all parts of
smyrna Clayton and Smyrna Landing
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14

much talkedsof by reason of m alliance with the high British aristocraey. The Dodges of New York own scion, w. Phelps Dodge, who has just married in England after divorcing his first wife, m English circus rider This young man in his youth at Yale got into trouble by advertising his marriage with an heiress whom he hoped to coerce into having him by this original method. The girls family hunted down the fraud and Dodges boy friends, whom he had accused falsely of inserting the adver- tisement as joke made the country too hot for him. Now in England he writes to Vanity Fair about the loud voiced, dingy-looking" Yankee ladies that travel in Europe-and that are there appreciated. Then there is Flora Bigelow Dodge, who married Charles Stuart Dodge, and got Dakota decree to marry Hon. Lionel Guest. She is the daughter of John Bigelow, of Gramercy Park-American diplomat and friend of Dana and Tilden-and the sister of Poultney Bigelow. the writer. Poultney Bigelow himself married a Jaffray. one of the famous handsome Jaffrays" of New York, and though four children were born to them. Mrs. Bigelow got a divorce from him. Here are three di- vorces within pretty small family range. Nor is the record unusual.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14

board to hasten the process, and who could have predicted that of city that has so meekly consented to falsify the tax laws.
 Ncwpcrt's loss is the gain of Lenox and Bar Harbor. The latter place gets the naval set. which is coming to amount to more and more every year. Lenox gets the diplomatic set. Sir Henry Nor timer Durand leading the way. For don't know how many years the sum- mer home of the British embassy has been in Newport. almost the only Ameri- can city as cool as London. Not only the Durands, but the Austrian Baron Hen- genmuller and his wife and Baron Karl von Giskra, his assistant, will stay out the hot season in Lenox, while our own Joseph Choate. who after his social and political successes in London is almost as good. even in the eyes of an Ameri- can Anglamoniac, as a foreign ambas- sador. is going with his family to Stock bridge. which is but few miles from Lenox.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
NOTICE ID CONTRACTORS.
MACADAM PAVEMENT.

SEALED PROPOSALS for laying macadani. pavement on Grove street between Prospect street and North Willow street. will be received by the board of public works at its office in City hall annex. Leavenworth street until s D. m.. Tuesday. June 21. 1905 at which hour the bids will be public, ly opened and read.
 Bidders are required to state in their proposals their names and places of residence.
 Each proposal shall be signed by the bidder or bidders and accompanied by certified check for three hundred $500 dollars. made payable to the order of the comptroller of the city of Waterbury. conditioned for the execu- ton of the contract within the time specified in this notice ill case the bid be accepted.
 The person or persons to whom the contract may he awarded will be re- qulred to attend af this office with the surety offered by him or them and ex- ecute the contracts within five iJi days after the date of the award. and in case of failure or neglect so to do. he or they will he considered to have abandoned 1t and as in default to the city,e5. WateEhsryr
 The engineers estimate of the prIn. cipal item of work Is as follows: j,OO0 square yards of macadam pavement.
 The board reserves the right to re- ject any or all bids if deemed for the interest of the city.
 The proposals must be made upon blanks furnished by the board and all proposals will be considered as infor- nal which are not in all respects in conformity with this notice.
 Forms of contract and specifications may be seen and blank forms of pro- posal and bond may be obtained. with all available information. by intending bidders applying in person at the office of the city engineer. 2 Leavenworth street.
 By order Of the Board of Public Works.
 R. \. CAIRNS. City Engineer.
 June F. 1905.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
THE WAR GAME.
Battleships Make Fierce Attack on
 Fort Monroe.

BattIeships Make Fierce Attack sn
 Fort Monroe.
 FORT MONROE, Va, June 14.- With her starboard and forward bat teries belching forth flame and smoke the battleshlp Texas. followed by two of the other units of Admiral Dickins' fleet. moved on Fort Monroe at 2:30 o'clock in the morning. An engagement of thirty minutes duration followed. at the close of which the three vessels turned and proceeded up the bay.
 The first gun in defense of Washing ton was fired by one of the eight inch batteries of Fort Hunt at 9:1l o'clock last night The target was one of the cruisers of Admiral Dickins' squadron. She had just rounded Marshall's point about three miles below the fort. pro- ceeding slowly up the river. That she was an enemy" was indicated by signal from one of the forts sixty inch searchlights. After the initial fire the shooting became general, and in six minutes the firing was taken up by Fort washingion's twelve inch batter ies. The sbii vas put out of acuon by the forts.
 A wireless message was received last night from Commander C. ]. Badger, commanding the United States cruiser Newark. conveying news of the death by drowning of Midshipman L. L. Yer trees. The Newark is one of the ves- sels now engaged in the army and navy joint exercises and was at anchor off Hacketts Point.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
THIEVES AND CROOKS
Big Battle In Philadelphia
 Over Franchises.
WEAVER FIGHTING TROLLEY GRAB.
Trank H. Caven. Select Councilnan, Arrested on Charge of Being In. terested In City Contracts,
 Denies Guilt.

PHILADELPHIA, June 14-Amid the cry of Thieves: and "Crooksw and under the protection of . squad of police the committee on street rail ways of the city councils referred to the city solicitor for his opinion as to their legality four bills repeating ordi- nances granting street car companies the right to use 110 miles of streets to lay tracks without the city receiving any compensation for the franchises.
 The meeting was in all respects as sensational and as stormy as that held by the committee on finance some weeks ago when the gas lease was un- der consideration. The ''repealers" were introduced at the instance of Mayor Weaver. and the action of the committee is the first setback the may or has received since the inauguration of the reform movement, which began with the fight on the gas lease.
 Another sensation in the political sit uatlon was the arrest of Frank H. Cayen, select councilman from the Thirty fourth ward. on the charge of violating his councilmanic oath by be- ing interested in city contracts. He was held in s10.OO0 bail for further hearing. He denies the charge.
 The fight over the street car fran chises promises to be warm one be- fore it is finally ended
 Citizens protested against the ordi- nances, and Mayor Weaver vetoed them. The same day the gas lease was passed by the councils the four bills were passed over the mayors veto, but no further action was taken because of the gas lease fight.
 Frank NJ. Ritter. former director of public safety, has been appointed sec retary of the civil service board. He succeeds Rolla Dance. a political friend of State Senator James P. McNichol, who was removed from the civil serv- ice board some weeks ago by Mayor Weaver. In announcing the appoint ment the mayor said. He will. am sure. bring this service up out of the depths to which it has fallen and place it on the high plane that 1t must occupy to be of great benefit to good govern ment"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
fashionable street

fashionable street Before some of the doors burn the tao great gas lamps that chow where a mayor of New York once lived Presently at the right is the old Rsmsen mansion. TOW altered al most out of recognition by the additions that have been made 10 il for the uses of the Cafe Boulevard fayorite Hun sarian restaurant with q gypsy band. where strangers come to see fife in th. metropolis. The old hall and parior of the mansion and its winding stair re- main little changed This you may call the northern outpost Of the lower East side
 DszEonaiiy across the avenue 10 the northwest. ard but a step away. is the fashionable Church of st- Mark where the stuyveszzts. Rsusers Livineysons. Ketfslfsses ar< other Knickerbocksr so-thses have for generations vorshiped sr1 where the uost faskioraele ve1- di1r os the month ss celebrsted. that ef Mes Helen White Stevens and GfIliat Gke11iers Schro<ter The Whi.es are of the old order Anors these older faEilies. vkose naBes are lsss ofsen prisfet. but vko pride themseivss upDa their asieser dignity yos kear ntrle of eiwcrc>s cr of ea1z-isx enrravsennee4. If any re71slie csn have sn arsssocrary thes< people come rather searer k thas tne efsea s1vsrtfse1 -Ee
 1enB . hnG1y C shs lneaw UDe -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
LOOMING EVENH-

June l4-supper at Grace Baptist church for benefit of building fund.
 June ls.-washinEton Hill A. C. arst hobo spiel at Eagles hall
 June f1-Base hall. Waterbury In- dependents vs Bristol Consolidated. Riverside grounds
 June 1s-Excursion of st Joseph's T. A. society to Nidilefovn Train leaves s.fs a. m
 June ip-Nosre Dame commence- uenf. at 53o-
 June Z-neiswsre corn huskinx supper. given hy Mrs C. r. Howe and Mn I. L. Halle. in the A. N- E. Zion Iehurrh- June 3tReception. senior. class. ICr0by high school, at Learenrorfh hau-
 June 3-Gzdussing exercises and p~sps5os of St Thomas school. at R>1lfcriun ' yune 4LReeepttoa hy sociesis St hnn Bsptfsse at Leavenworsh ksl lone Z-L>cfure- -From ye~ Yerk c D1srn>y Castle by Rev William 1sryfrbclx. st Waferforn N- E. ehufrh
 June 1-etnrherry sn-i Ir~ rrpzn fesR1vaI st Pyskisn han wsrsrvine
 1une 3b-Recspf5sa apd dAnre hy pw0o 6 10w nopro 1nDcnG oDGnng c ka1rnnD c co1un1D 1nk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14

brick and stone into the sky that looked down upon everything about. It was called daring. Already the Tower build ing is far surpassed in height by many structures about it, and il Is to come down to make room for taller ones still. Built at utmost expense for all time. as 1t was thought, it has proved a mere taxpayer" as New York calls a tenn porary building cheaply erected to re- turn some revenue while the char acter of neighborhood is becoming estab- lished.
 The main building of the New York Tribune was the last and tallest of the old-style structures of masonry. Its thick walls take up much room from the interior. The annex to the Tribune is of the new skeleton steel frame con- struction- Now the old landmark of Park row is being extended and mod ernized, and is to be raised several stories. as the former Times building, across the narrow canyon was before 1t.
 Really the first steel building to bs torn down was the Pabst restaurant. on the site of the new Times building. This was very beautiful little affair of ten stories. doomed by a curious circum- stance. The Subway was to run direct ly under 1t. and there was no way to hold it up easily. or so its owner thought. and the subway contractor had 10 buy it and cut it away Then he built th. Times building literally around the sub way; four tracks and heaven knows how many people day dash through the middle of the foan5a;ton of . shaft nearly GO feet high.
 The Fiatiron building Is not 90 very tai. only 9 stories. IL is 10 be raised . story ar two What makes il inpres- sive Is the sharp angle which looks dir 1ily down upon Broadway. Just rs blocks further north the Times building is a shaft. square-like and Italian bell tower. About as far north again a new building is projected which vili be . true spire. . steeple without church.
 OWEN LANCpOS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
wieLes Indicted For BsekmsII.

NEW YORK. June ii-For thirteen years an assistant corporation coun- sci and q lawyer well known in prac- tice and a member Of several proni- nent clubs. Thomas Parmelee wickes has been indicted for blsekmail. The specific charge against wickes is that he wrote tO Dr. Edward Weston an electrical inventor of Newark. \. T.. hlackmailinz letter accusing him Of perjury in a suit brought against him hy Asbbel P. Grinnell for sJ0.Goo dam sg.s for false arrest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
n..s..x said ss. pia.-..

MINEoLA. V. Y-. June I4.-Over the question whether Mrs Howard Gould used the wicked word all the interest in the suit Of Architeci Hsydel against Hovard Gould which ls on trial here. centered She called me q damned architect and told me to Eet out or she would have me thrown out. testified Architect Hsydel ~Nrs. Gould used no profanity and did not order him ozt of the room she merely infimsted that the interview was st sn ezd-- szid Hovsrd Gould-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
nIr" S
 
THE CHARITY BALL.

"The Charity Ball'' with which the Pol summer stock company is delight Ing biz audiences at the Jacques this week Is not all heart throb. Through the somewhat somber texture of the piece fine gold threads of the purest comedy run giving to the whole play the shades that meet every taste. The fun is largely furnished by George Hoey as Judge Peter Gurney Knox. the warrior lawyer suitor of the Widow De Peyster Tn the first act Alec Robinson. the dashing widows mischievous nephew tells the love lorn old barrisfer that his aunt has suf- fered an accident. He allows the judge to offer that the object of his undying admiration has had one of her under. studies amputated and that one of cork replaces it. The widow has real ly sprained her ankle hut is afraid that If she tells the judge he will forget to propose and so is content to limp out of the situation as best she can. The gray haired Romeo is aghast at the prospect of becoming what he calls mafri- monial tripod so endeavors to squirm out of the offer of marriage. which ae has made before receiving the fatal information. The widow hangs fast. however. and the mystified actions of the judge ss he sees her tripping through the measures at the charity hall are simply excruciating. His sat isfaction at finding out his fears were groundless Is 90 genuinely human that it is irresistible. Mr Hoey has swept the house by storm at each perform ance. His fun Is SO spontaneous. so unaffected. his sarcasms so aeisiuIou- and his gruf kindliness to the home less little waif Cain % affecting that as q character study his Judge Peter Knox Is a triumph. Prices are 10. 70 and % cents: afternoons 10 aud % cents. ladies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
GREEK PREMIERDEAD
Theodore P. Delyannis Stab.
 bed by an Assassin.
REVENGE FOR AyTICAyBLIyC LAWS
Gherakaris, the Murderer, PlungeA Lssg DasEer Into statesnan's Ab- aenes While Receiving Thanks
 For Pretended Courtesy.

Lssg Da9Ger Into statesnan's Ab-
 asnes While Receiving Thanks
 For Pretended Courtesy.
 ATHENS, June l4.-Theodore ?. De, lyannis. the popular premier of Greece, was stabbed and mortally wounded by a professional gambler named Ghera- karis at the main entrance of the cham Der of deputies at p. m. last night. The premier died at 1:30 p. m.
 The assassin. who was immediately arrested, said he committed the deed in revenge for the stringent measures talk en by Premier Delyannis against the gambling houses. all of which were re- gently closed.
 The premier arrived at the entrance of the chamber in . carriage. Ghera- karis approached. saluted the premier and opened the carriage door. The pre- mier was in the act of thanking Ghera- karis for his courtesy when the gam bier plunged a long dagger into M. Delyannis' abdomen. infiIcting a fright full wound.
 The murderer was immediately over powered by the attendants. Medical assistance was quickly secured. and the wounded statesman was taken to a Red Gross station. where an opera ton was performed in an effort to stop the internal hemorrhage. but 1t was unsuccessful.
 The news spread quickly. and fl would he impossible to describe the popular evidences of sorrow or the an ger of the crowd who attempted to lynch the assassin. being prevented only by the gendarmes. who rushed their prisoner from the building to prison
 King George. who is at Tstoi. was informed of the assassination and an nounc~d that be would at once return to Athens.
 Investigation by the police shows that Gbersksris was recently libersiei from prison. having been sentenced to eighteen years for the murder of hss wife.
 N Gounarskis. minister of fnanre. has been appointed premier provision ally. The funeral of M. Delyannis. whicn ~iIl he national one. will take place next Frsdsy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
Took Dynamite to Bed With Him.

JERSEY CITY. \. J.. June 14.-Be cause he insisted upon sleeping with two sticks of dynamite under his piI- low in spite of the protests of his wife. John Barden has been arrested. Bar den Is employed in the construction of a street sewer. and to prevent the dy- namite from getting wet by rain he took It home 'r'll take this stun to bed with me- Barden said to his wife. "as the child might take notion to play with It. Mrs. Barden sat up all night and had him arrested in the early morning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14


 ing up' a man honestly for an honest price paid by the mans enemies, the Tammany senator from Eastman's dis trict went to the Jersey courtroom to take oath of Eastman's respectable" character. Eastman is now in Sing Sing. The biggest pitched battle of the gangs in years occurred one midnight as the Kellys and Eastmans were returning from the Devery district. where they had been repeating in primary fight in the interest of the Tammany regular" against the picturesque Big Bill" These men are the legitimate sue cessors Of the gas house gang. in which Richard Croker rose to power by the weight of his fists, and of many another.
 There are fewer gangs now. they are confined in smaller quarters of the city and even in the East side the bolder po- litical leaders like Tim Sullivan essay to keep them within bounds; but their strange ways of private vengeance and their savage code of honor which for bids every man to go 10 the law for yen- geance were grimly shown by the armed and confronted ranks a, McManus' funeral and by the bloodthirsty oaths that were taken upon his conn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
Dark Days for Newport

URPRISING things usually happen in a hurry and in . huddle. In New port [ h ere is mourning a b Q U | many things. Mrs.
 Stuyvesant Fish was nearer right
 than I and others thought her when two years ago she announced he waning glory of the city by the sea. But 1t took A tax
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
Re.ssen ef Confederate Veteran.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. June 14-Josis- vile. decorated fo sn extent hitherto unknovn and smiled on by typical summer weather. now extends the hand of hospitality to never ending stream of arriving veterans. uhe have come to Kenfueky to attend the 6f- teenth annual reunion of the United Confetersfe Veterans. which opened here today.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
Tearing Down Sky-Scrapers.

E w ! D K K h q 6 reached the second
 generation of sky scrapers. Fifteen years ago the zso- calle d Tower" building in lower Broadway was one of the wonders of the town. The ar chitect, b av i n g only a 20-foot plot of valuable land at his disposal, threw up from It a efra;0ht shaM of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
Gre, N.,sn,. y~,,,

WASHINGTON. June 14-Norris K Jesup. president Of the National His fory Euseun. has just ben notified by Count Cassini. Russian amhasasdor kers. dat he has heen appsinfed by fhe crsr . knishs Of the imperial Ors1er es G stanisizus of tse e-ss cisss- he appoinsmesf ~ss made in rercxnifice sf Nr- ysssp's serrtces ss s<sesce -