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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
AT CITY HALL
Monday Will Be a Busy Day for the New and the
 Old Officials.

Monday, New Years day, will be a legal holiday. Under ordinary cir cumstances alr the offices in the city hall building would be closed, but owing to the fact that the business administration will be moving out and it's successors moving in, the doors will be wide open, with the ex- ception of the one leading to the as sessors' office, which closes tonight and will not reopen until Tuesday.
 Comptroller Goodrich is ready to go. He made a very efficient and most accommodating official, so much so that the public frequently compliment ed him by remarking that he showed a disposition to be as agreeable as his predecessors, James E. Birrell, James J. Cassin and M. D. Russell. What more could anybody say in praise of the retiring comptroller.
 The comptroller's clerk, MT Mou rant, has not figured prominently in the public mind, but he was there just the same and those who had occasion to call upon him found him ever ready to make things pleasant for them.
 Sheriff Rigney will continue to make trips into the city clerks office to serve papers for suits for damages. He had lots of work in the past two years and he did it well. He wasn't over confident of his ability to do everything and when he had doubts which route to take, he never hesis tated about making inquiries, and in this way he performed the duties of an important office without any hitches.
 Assistant City Clerk Reeves is up to the eyes in business since MT Nettleton left for his future home in California. If MT Reeves pleases callers at the collectors office as well as he has has pleased those who have had business relations with him in the office of city clerk, he will hold the collectorship. as long as wants to.
 Collector Hunt didn't hurt anybody since he entered the city hall build- ing, although many feared that his ad- vent into power meant trouble. So far as can be learned he has used people right.
 John Blair, the town clerk, tried to please everybody. He appears to be wholly impartial in his dealings, but his manner is so abrupt that many misunderstood him. MT Blair lost some prestige in his own party when he opposed the scheme to make town clerks appointive offices, but he be- lieved it was not square deal and says so without caring what others might think of his views.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
BRONSON ESTATE
Settlement Arrived at With Judge Bronson of
 New Haven

As was expected, the threatened contest on the will of the late Miss Su- san Bronson will not take place. A settlement has been arrived at be- tween the administrators of the estate and Judge Samuel l.. Bronson of New Haven, who filed a protest to probat- ing the will when it was left for rec ord in the local probate court. The terms of settlement will not be dis closed.
 Judge Bronson had for years been manager of the property of his aunt, the testatTix. About year before her death she brought suit against him for alleged losses she sustained, and gave the management over to her ne- phew, J. Hobart Bronson of this city. In her will Miss Bronson bequeathed $10,000 to Judge Bronson as c0mpen- sation for his services, but in q CO., dicil she revoked that bequest, saying she would leave the settlement of any claim he might have to the final ad. justment of her estate. !. Hobart Bronson is the principal beneficiary, all of the estate, which is said to be worth a million and a half, going to him excepting few hundred thou sand dollars given in bequests to rela. lives and friends.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
AS YOU LIKE IT.
sSme Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note RooK.

The estimates of the public printer at Washington for the coming year are $9OOO0O less than for the current twelve months. This Is cited by re publican newspapers as indicative of a decided reform in that department of the government, while the fact is that the waste amounts to millions, and that if the department were put upon an honest business basis, in stead of being that of q political ba- sis, the cost would be reduced at least one-half of what it now is. There is no branch of the public service more extrayagantly and wastefully manag ed that the printing department. more than this, says a trade paper. an in- vestigation into its conduct for the past ten years would probably reveal a scandal that would shock the moral sense of the American people.
 
 Modern newspapers cost tidy sum to produce even though the best of them can be bought for a cent. says the Canadian Printer and Pub fisher. There is no article turned out in any workshop that costs so much to make and is sold for So little as a newspaper. For instance the weekly composition bill on the Boston Globe is $4,200. On the St Louis Globe Democrat it is about $3.0OO. On the Cincinnati Enquirer it is $4.300. For special telegrams the Cincinnati Fri bune pays over S5,000 a month, the Cincinnati Enquirer over $500. the New York World about S10.0OO. the St Louis Globe Democrat $12.OO0 and the Boston Herald 5000. This in ad- ditiOn to the Associated Press, which costs so much per week according to the size of the town and number of papers therein receiving 1t. Tine cost of white paper is one of the large items. The New York World pays about sTOO.0OO a year for white pa per. the Chicago News about $5Jl. .00st. the Boston Globe and Herald about S350.0O0. the Cincinnati Enquirer about S3OO.O00. while a number of ps- pers pay from S100.00 to $2JOno0. On Canadian papers salaries are nJF enormous but in the Ia.ge panerS in the states. they run wt-ii up into .Hc t.seuSalf5s. Ink, postage. pre~S -orE- elss sriC lighting. also rsln ID to ssiiis of magnitude The circulation aud distribution department are also ittns of heavy expense. If anybody has money to spare and is particularly desirous of getting rid of ft my ad- vice to him Is to start newspaper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
COLLECTOR'SREPORT
Edwin s. Hunt Clears Up Books to
 Make Room For Successor.

Edwin s. Hunt. collector of taxes. who retires from office today to make room for his successor, Francis +. Reeves. has completed his annual re- port. It is as follows:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
10 INSTALL OFFICERS

Barcelona council Knights of Co lumbls. will install the newly elected officers on next Tuesday and the mem bers are preparing for an excellent program 0f entertainment District Deputy John M. Hean of NauEtuek will be in charge of the installation ceremonies At the conclusion of the regular business Of the council a so- eiaI session will Ie held at which Kane's orchestra will furnish the mu- Sic and a general gecd fine viii be ex- tended to the members of BaFceion4 and aIl visiting memberS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30

The Platt Mil Co win give just as good haTzains for the coming rear as ln the cast
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
COURT ADJOURNED
Costs in Bassett Murder Case Amount to
 $1, 296.47. ge'ron-aa' e4'

~0ees HI bosseA Hiuiuet Sdse hmOuut tO
 $l, ,296. .47. .g ei~an "
 The superior court mas adjourned, the last session having been held by Judge Robinson yesterday afternoop at 3:30 o'clock. Judge Robinson mere. ly handed down his memorandum in the election case of Goodrich vs Rus } sell He also taxed up part of the | costs in the Bassett murder trial, which so far amount to $1,296.4T. D There is to be added to this about $430 Il for jury fees and railroad mileage.
 A special term of the court, ciylt side, will open on January g, but on January 10 Clerk Marsh will preside at bar meeting for the arrangement of cases ready for trial, and if it + ,deemed necessary there will be a ses sion of short calendar probably for the disposal of large number of al yorce cases on the afternoon of Jann ary 23.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30
CRIsIs IS nrER

London Dec. 30-The Times in it's second edition to-day publishes a dis patch from Odessa which announces that the crisis there Is over. Public sentiment has cooled under martial law. tvo-thir1s Of the strikers will De back at work to-day and the majority of the leaders have heen az&tnd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30

By cash paid city treasurer SS34. Ts4. .t'6
 Of course people who owe rate bills on the lists of 10O94 will have to make their payments to him and not to his successor. The total outStand- ing bills amount to about SJ0OOo. Mir Hunt has been chosen assistant treas urer of the Citizens bank and win de vote a part of his time to the duties of that position
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18
Fruit Grower and
Shippers Position.
Continued from ist page

the hands OF the commission men,
and there would be q glut there
every day. We had the Armour ear
line four or FIVE years, aud in 1899
aud 10 1900 the commission men, not
the growers, made such howl
about il tbst the Armour car line
would not come 10 and our railroad
would not contract with them, aud
Tor two years we did not make
cent. We went to the Armour car
line ourselves. We appointed
committee to go TO Chicago TO get
them to come back, aud they told
us what they would do, and we said,
That is what we went Now we
get good service. Further, our road
The Pe'e Marquette road, year
ago had only ITO refrigerator cars
Our town alone on the Gr,t OF Au.
gust would have every one OF these
cars out In FIVE day', aud where
would We bel Nov, when the Ar
mour car company comes that way,
why, you osu get all the cars you
want, and we get them when we
want them"
There 10 the shippers aud the
growers OF frnis aide OF this story
thst the refrigerator psople are
charging exorbitsnt prices for their
service. II completely refutes the
statements OF the commission mer.
chant trust The shipper aud the
grower ought TO know what they
want and Congress ought TO see
that they get IL. II Congress goes
to monkeying with this matter aud |
places the shipper aud the grower
at the mercy OF the Interstate Com
merce Committee then ii will be q
piece Of meddlesome Matte busi.
ness aud positive Injustice to the
Shipper and tho grower in the ooun-
try. An honest mau can come TO no
other conclusion.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18
Booked to Leave.

Per s s Alameda. July 10, for San
Francisco-P II Yoon, j M Temple
ton, ) z Mendonca, W Jones and
wife, Mr. Mclaughlin aud wife, DR.
Mcconnell aud wife, Il b Rice and
vile, j A Bib, j II Harry. r S
Dollar aud friend, Al Wheeler. j L
Alexander, Judge Gear, w A Brown
aud wife. Miss l. Peterson. Mrs e X
Upham, Mas Bowen, Miss @ L Turn
or, Helene Robson, Miss Newman, n
II Scovelle, F A Richmond, It
Prince, Mrs M @ Carly aud child,
Miss Cooper Mrs Blsckman aud
daughter, Mrs &c @ Swartoui, Au-
brey Robinson. Miss M Irwin, Miss
X Cook, j G Cohen and wife, Mrs
Pferdner.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18
LOTS FOB SALE.

on LOTS at Kalihi (50x100 ~,
AZ back OF Kamehameha School
and Kalihi Road.
For fall particulars, inquire per-
gopally OF
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ,
at the Office OF N Fernandez, Nor
ebsnt st, or TO N Fernandez.
t2S76
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18
Born.

WILsUE-At Ksilus, Maui, July
Ia, 1905. to the wife OF q W Wilbur.
a daughter.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

The Honolulu bowling alley, at
the Aloha saloon, corner Queen aud
Richards strests, will be opened to
night. Everything new and first
class. Fine lanai for spectators. =
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

THE INDEPENDENT 80 cents per
month.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

The Office OF The INDEPENDENT ia
in the brick building next to the
Hawaiian hotel grounds on Bere,
tsnia street, Waikiki OF Alakea,
First floor
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

EW- Parties Wishing TO disposed OF be
Propsriies'aFs inpitsH to call on rs
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

On the premises, or at ths'ofice
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-18

BUILDING Lotto,
HOUSES AND Lope, AEn
HANDS Pom sAfE
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

There were fifty new cases of yel-
low fever at New Orleans yesterday.
Three ticket brokers were fined at
Pueblo for scalping railroad tickets
Tuesday.
The gross earnings Of the Santa Fe
system for the last fiscal year foot up
nearly 370.oOO,000.
President Paul Morton says the
Equitable will make no more cam
paign contributions.
Floods cost the Santa Fe RAILROAD
over 81 900 900 last year. This mf~tly
went into the hands of laboring men.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has shut off service to pool
rooms from race tracks throughout
the United States.
Five men were killed and eight in
iured in a wreck on the Philadelphia
e. Reading road late yesterday after.
| noon None OF the passengers were
killed. all trainmen.
Joe D., the race horse that graced
is doing stunts at Grand Junction this
week. Tuesday he was second In fve
eighths of a mile race.
John Grady. longshoreman. earn
ing $12 week on the New York
docks, talks In his sleep, and his wifi,
claims to have discovered that he ha'
a second wife and mad him arrested
The assets Of the Amity Land q Ir
rigation company, which are involved
In the Turner loan. exposed by Presi
dent Morton OF the Equitable society
are reported to be In the best Of con
dition.
| The Fort Collins sugar factory vii
begin slicing beets October 2. Tn
digging Of beets will commence Ser
. tember 26. The factory will operat
until February during which time It
estimated 10000 tons Of beets will b
lreduced to sugar.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

good. and nearly ready to dig; sugar
beets good. and nearly ready to pull;
third crop OF alfalfa is being cut;
weather very dry.
boulder: Favorable for thrashinE:
fall wheat good as to yield and DUAL.
ity spring wheat, yield fair and quail.
ity poor. macaroni wheat yield good
and well tilled. corn ripenlng and cut
ting In progress; tomatoes fair; cab
bage good crop; flax fair; sugar
beets and potatoes very good apples
and pears indicate average crops;
rnnge stock In good condition, but
stock water scarce.
Logan; Weather favorable: sugar
beets maturing nicely. third crop Of
alfalfa ready to cut: fall seeding bs-
gun.
Phillips: Corn and cane being cut:
weather favorable for all work: pros
poets for winter range never better.
Washington: Warm and dry; corn
an excellent crop. ripening. cutting In
progress. London--Graln all cut;
corn being cut. fair crop: cloudy. with
showers.
Pueblo: Clear and dry, witfi moder-
ate temperatures; corn and beets ma
turing nicely. and promise well: third
crop of alfalfa good; range dry; stock
in good condition; water scarce.
Otcro: Beneficial rain on the 14th;
crops in good condition; third crop OF
alfalfa In being cut. tomatoes being
delivered to factory; apple crop good.
Coneios' Weather cool grain har-
vest finished. and crop secured In ex.
cellent condition; thrashlng begun.
and prospects for average yield good.
Mesa; Dry and unusually warm:
late peaches. pears and plums OF the
finest quality are being shipped .ssusar
bcets ripening rapidly and pulling
may begin last OF next week. Coll.
brau-Graiu nearly all harvested:
thrashing begun; second crop OF al
talfa about stacked. Frulta-Ideal
weather for gathering and shipping
early fruit. third crop Of alfalfa late:
potatoes growing nicely.
Garfield Weather conditions favor.
able to crops pastures improved;
thrashing begun; wheat not yielding
quito as well rs was expected.
Rio Blanco. Fine for harvesting;
alfalfa being secured In excellent con.
dition. seeding of winter wheat in
progress.
Jefferson; Wheat cut and In shock:
harvesting nearly finished.
p. McDONOUGH.
Acting Section Director.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

Colorado has calmed down very
much during the past year or two.
She has firmly re-established some
vital principles OF American liberty
and free government After a period
OF dlssension, disorder and even vio-
lence. the state has emerged with
the truth clearly demonstrated that
any man may work where and when
he will and for what wage he will In
Colorado without subjecting himself
to physical or mental punishment
from those no do not want him to
enjoy this privilege. 1t has been
proven that. after all, II Is possible
TO legally punish election crooks In
Colorado. Colorado has also shown
that her courts have the wisdom and
the courage to make precedents when
necessary to protect the fundamental
rihgts OF the people. The profession.
al agiiator, the irrational element, NO
longer controls, and as result We
find Colorado bounding forward ~
never before. II Is prosperous. we'll
governed and proceeding along sensi.
BILE and conservative lines. The Re.
publican party brought about this hap
py condition and will see to II that
! II continues. in spite OF the opposi
ton of Its enemies within and with
out the breastworks.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

Public officials are human. II Is
possible for them to make mistakes,
although many people seem to think
that public officials should be perfect
In every human attribute. A fair
mind will make allowances for errors
of judgment on the part Of public
servants. but 1t Is hard for the aver
age man to overlook downright lazi-
ness. ineffciency and Indifference to
the responsibilities of public trust.
The public official who permits the
state to lose money by neglect OF duty
produces the same result In the cash
balance as the official who runs away
with public funds. One loss is due
to dishonesty, the other to disloyalty.
inefnciency and criminal neglect.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

j. W, Bowman, formerly editor OF
the Rocky Ford Tribune. has returned
from an investigation trip through the
uintah country taken for number
who drew reasonably low numbers.
He says. Few of the reports from
the government, reporters and paid
agents have contained any true state
ments. There is some excellent coun-
try In the reservation, but not one
fourth enough to supply the 5000 who
drew, provided they all locate on prac-
teal propositions. The altitude IL
high, an average of between $500 and
5000 feet Alfalfa. grains and fruit
can undoubtedly be raised to advant.
age"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

many courtesies from members of the
Korean cabinet. the diplomatic corps
and the leaders of high society here
All Korean rules have been abolished
in the desire to properly entertain the
presidents daughter
BOSTON. Sept. 22-Francis H
Peabody, senior member of the bank
ing firm of Kidder. Peabody & Co,
died suddenly today.
RICHMOND. Va. Sept. 22.-Charles
Triplett O'Farrell, ex.member of con
gress, ex-governor, Confederate colonel
and distinguished lawyer. died today
OYSTER BAY. Sept ga man
who refused to give his name was
stopped by guards near the president
home early this morning. He came.
he said. to get $4,000 of the New
York Life contribution to the Roose.
welt campaign fund He also said he
came to take the place OF Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, as he was to
be let out on account OF the cotton
scandal. The guards told him to come
| back later.
WILkESBARRE, Pa, Sept. e.
Three labor leaders and the Wyoming
District LABOR council were fined $3.50
each today for contempt of court In
| ignoring an injunction restraining
them from boycotting a lumber firm.
| CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-There is a
general panic today in packing house
circles In view OF Judge Humphreys
l In nj ha
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger firm $25..
900. Evidence is being secured against
the trust men bers and there will be
continuous prosecution and the
criminal proceedings promise to be
far reaching and salutary.
| TOXIC. Sept. 22.-SInce the procla.
nation Of the armistice many restric-
tons have been removed from the
Russian prisoners. Admiral Neboga-
toh and csher officers have been given
parole and will return home. Rojest.
yensky has almost recovered from his
wounds. Captain Boisma, command
or Of the battleship Peresviet, died OF
his injuries.
| EMPORIA, Kas., Sept. 22.-Thos.
Williamson was killed and Alex Yo-
KUN was badly injured at Madison
today by horse becoming entangled
In the hoisting gear and dropping It
on them while at the bottom OF a
thirty-foot wall.
7 NEW YORK, Sept 21.--A rare bird
in New York's smart apartment
houses say.
While the heratd from the heavens
irlay drop in on the East side with IN
erring regularity. not so with its visit
ations to the more pretentlous apart
ments uptown. where rents are high
and style end beauty flourish.
The stork ought to be more gracious
say the landlords of these apartments
There Is hardly one of them who OBJ
iects 10 families blessed with lust,
lunged infants. but the cry Is seldom
heard
The Dorilton. at Seventy-first an,
Broadway, with its thirty-two babie
In four years, is far away the leade
among the uptown apartments. NJ
other house of the kind can boast o
anywhere near that number In tn
whole time of It's existence.
One baby to more than fifty fam
lies is the average Of the favors cor
s ferred by the stork In the apartment
: houses each year. In decided contras
d to this is the record of the Rivingto
/ street stork. which manages to gs
y around 80 frequently that few fam
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

The Grand Junction News calls at
tention to n matter that should re-
ceiye attention from the next assem-
bly,, II says: THE publication OF the
tax schedules In every county Is urged
by many. and where II has been adopt.
ed II mas served to more than meet
the expense by the increased amount
OF property given for assessment The
city finances are printed far too 1T
tie and the same thing Is true OF the
proceedings of the boards OF school
directors. The most of our taxes go
TO the educatinal fund and yet no one
knows how or when It Is expended.
No reports are made by law and the
thousands and thousands of dollars
are paid out without more than Ave
or six persons knowing anything
about the value received. A law pro-
yiding uniform accounts and a public
examiner would carry section pro-
yiding for this very publicity demand
ed by the News. II would be an en-
cellcnt thing. Everybody knows II.
Why not have It?