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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

Mrs E. Baltcock will open hotel in the Darlington house, January I.
 The bans of marriage were pub- lished yesterday for Anthony Sedoff and Mary Reardon.
 This evening at S:30 the guild of St Michael's parish will meet in the chapel.
 Mrs Robert Spencer May will sing at the watch night service at St Johns. Waterbury.
 |. The parochial school will open for the winter term at S:45 a. m. on Wednesday morning.
 Local barber shops will be closed all day New Years day. They will stay open tonight until II o'clock. : The Ladies Aid society will meet in the parish house on Wednesday at 3 p. m.
 On Wednesday evening the third in a series of lectures will be given by the Rev c. Sturgess Ball in the Methodist church on Peter Cart wright, the Backwoods Preacher"
 A watch night service will be held in St Michael's church this evening at 11:15 p. m. The Rev w. H. Garth will conduct the service.
 The Church Helpers will meet with Mrs George A. Brooks on Meadow street on Wednesday at 2:30 p. m.
 A hayseed social will be given Wednesday evening by the Young Peoples society for the purpose of raising money for the piano fund.
 Tomorrow evening the first of a series of studies on the Epistle to the Hebrews will be held taking for the subject "The Revelation in a Son"
 H. Allerton chapter. 39, R. A. M., is to receive on Wednesday the off, cial visit of M. E. c. H. P. George N. Delap and the officers of the. grand chapter. A banquet will be served.
 On Thursday evening the regular meeting of the board of wardens and burgesses is to be held in the borough court room. The hose house com mittee consisting of Burgesses Scho- field and Reidy are expected to pre- sent a report.
 The sluiceways opened across the road by Donahue Brothers which en- dangered travel for some few days were filled in Saturday and travel has now resumed its normal condi- tion.
 The Swedish Congregationalists have arranged a musical and or chestral program to begin at 10 D. m. tonight. The Lutheran league at the Salem Lutheran church is ar ranging musical and literary pro- gram to begin at g p. m., which will be followed by refreshments. At the Episcopal church the services will begin at 11:30.
 A requiem mass will be celebrated Wednesday morning for the late Mary J. Ryan and on Thursday an anniversary requiem high mass. for the late Mary Ed monson Condon.
 The Crofut property has been paid for and Amos Culver has received a check for $1.350 for the property from the board of charities. There has been much question as to the legality of the purchase and the bill has been held up by the finance com mittee awaiting an opinion from the borough attorney. It is claimed any expenditure of over >50O needs vote of the freemen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
J.p.ne.e squadron For Fri.co.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 31.-A Jap anese squadron. consisting of the cruis- CTS Itsukushima, Hashidate and Mat sushima, under command of Rear Ad- miral Katecka. ex-president of the Ma val Cadet school at Yokohama and commander of the third squadron un- der Admiral Toga of Port Arthur, will start from Yokohama on cruise across the Pacific on Jan. 5. The squadron is expected to arrive at San Francisco Feb IS and subsequently, will visit Seattle and Tacoma.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
eortelyou to Quit chairmanship.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-After ma ture deliberation George B. Cortelyou has decided to resign as chairman of the Republican national committee on the eve of assuming the duties of sec retary of the treasury on March 4. Various names have. been canvassed for the succession 10 the chairmanship, Charles F. Brooker of Connecticut be- ing preferred.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Eighteen Adrift on Deck House.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.-A wo- man and seventeen men were cast adrift on top of a remnant of the deck house of the American ship Great Admiral when that vessel was torn to pieces in terrific gale on Dec. ,. 200 miles west of Cape Flattery. in the Pacific. For two days and nights the crew clung to a bit of wreckage and were tossed about by mountainous seas until rescued by a passing ship.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Bus Laundry Burned a, Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 31-The University City laundry. a large frame building. together with a three story tenement adjoining. were nearly de- stroyed by fire. the loss being esti- mated at s35.O1o There were four families in the tenement. and as near ly every one was asleep at the time there were a number of narrow es- capes from suffocation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
cro.. of the Legion For Mccormick

PARIS. Dec. 31.-The French gov ernment intends as mark of appre- citation of Ambassador McCormick's services in furthering the cordial re- latlons between France and the Unit ed States to confer upon him the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor. Gen. eral Horace Porter is the only Ameri- can ambassador who has received this high distinction.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Nne. ueuba at New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. S1.-Mme. MeIba. the prima donna. arrived here on the Cunari liner Caronia. She was ac- companied by her protege. Mile. Ada sassoIi. a well known European harp fst. Oscar Hsmmerstein. with whom MeIba has a contract to sing at the Manhattan Opera House. met the sing CT at the pier.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
oAKWLlE HAPPENINGS

There is an advertised letter at the local postoffice for Miss Mildred Gard ner.
 The Misses Anna O'Brien and Mary O'Connell of Newton Heights have returned from a visit of several days with relatives and friends in Tor rington.
 Francis Geoghegan. the little son of Mir and Mrs Joseph Geoghegan, who has been quite sick, is improv- ing.
 George Peaker visited friends in Torrington yesterday.
 Mass will be celebrated at St Mary Magdalene's church tomorrow, New Years day, at o'clock, by the Rev NJ. J. 1raynor.
 Much complaint is heard about the condition of Main street near the troll ley terminal. which is quite a muddy place for the large number of pas sengers who travel to and from the cars at this point. Something should be done by the city to have the water which runs down the Depot hill and
  lodges at this point drained away 90 that people taking the car would not be obliged to wade In mud knee deep. All the departments of the Pin Co will resume work tomorrow.
 ]. D. Boutelle of the east side has returned from fishing trip to Ban- tam
 The Newton Heights school will open on "Wednesday. January 2. and the schools on Main and Davis streets. which are in the watertovn district. will not reopen until Mon- day. January [.
 Mrs Jeremiah Flynn of Davis street is reported to be on the sick list
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
c1.,.,.na Man Dying of wou,a..

PITTSBURG. Dec. 31.-w. s. Nor ton, a prominent business man of Cleveland. O.. is dying here In the Homeopathic hospital from injuries in- ficted by an unknown sssailant. who robbed him of his jewelry and $500 In money in his room at the Annex hotel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
shah Able to sign Co.stitution.

shah Able to sign Constitution.
 TEHERAN, Dec. 31.-The shah sat up, but was very weak. He has talk en no solid food since Saturday. The shah and the crown prince signed the constitution yesterday. The crown prince signed separate document in which he promised not to dissolve the present parliament for two years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
In.ane conrict .t Larxe.

NEWBURG, N. Y.. Dec 31.-William Hall. allas Wendt. who was indicted in New York for burglary but subse- quently adjudged insane, escaped dur ing the night from the Matteawan State hospital to which he was com mitted two months ago. He sawed two three-quarter inch bars from a window.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Left RI. Hoii.es. |. urrso..

ROME. Dec. 31-Cardinsl Tripepi. who died on Saturday. left the whole of his estate. amounting to c million dollars. to the pcpe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
Rairro.d Ma. Dead at New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Jonah N. White. eastern passenger agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad compa- ny. is dead at his residence in this city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31

The lineup: Giants. E. Wilson forward, Humphrey forward. Tripp center, w. Wilson (c) guard; Masser guard; Iroquois, Larkin forward, Patchen forward. Kilduff Co center, Meyers guard. Heyer guard.
 The score: Giants 20, Iroquois 6. Goals from field. w. Wilson 5, Hum- phrey 3. Tripp 1. Messer 1, Patchen T; goals from fouls, Kilduff 3, Mey- CTS 1.
 Stein and Castle alternated as ref cree and umpire in the two games. B. Goodyear kept score and time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31

The Evening Democrat is the peoples paper. The prics is fe . copy, 11c . veek. 41e . noath. % . year. by ual1 e enFyfoR.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
DAsKETDAII.
Two Games Played at tho '. \. Q. 4.
 Building.

The basketball games at tho Y. M. c. A. building Saturday resulted as follows:
 The lineup: Mohawks. Willitts forward, Gross forward, Taylor Co center. Finnegan guard. Maltby guard; White Sox, JohnsoH Forward, Jones forward, Perkins center, Den nison guard. Bauby guard.
 The score: Mohawks S6, White Sox 6; Goals from field. Willetts 6. Cross 6, Maltby 3, Finnegan 3, Bauby 2. Johnson l; goals from fouls. Maltby l.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31
New Divorce Law For New yer.ey.

TRENTON. \. l.. Dec 31-New ter sey is to have a stringent new divorce law to make more dfficult the break ing Of the matrimonial bonds and to render less easy the temporary loca- tiou in the state of diszruntied mar red persons from other states who come merely for the purpose of secur- Hnx derrre<
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30

altogether. The President quotes tha following words of Edmund Burke as representing his attitude in regard to
 this question of wealth:
 If wealth is obedient and laborious
 III the service of virtue and public hon. or then wealth is in it's place and has It's use. But if this order is changed and honor is to be sacrificed to the conservation of riches, which have neither eyes nor hands nor anything truly vital in them, cannot long sur v1ve the well-being of their legitimate
 masters. If we command our wealth we shall be rich and free If our wealth commands use we are poor in- deed"
 It is impossible to escape from the logic of the Presidents position. He stands on absolutely unassailable ground. Neither those who hold to the divine right of capital to do as il pleases,. the view so perslstently taken
 by the court circular papers, nor those who are engaged, as the more radical or the yellow journals are, in stirring Up hatred of all wealth and antagonism
 to private property. can dislodge him from his position. He stands between them, defending individual liberty and
 the right of private property, but at the same time holding individual lib- erty and the right of private property to full responsibility for the honor able use of opportunities and powers. Of course. the Presidents policy in this regard involves itself the DOS sibility of abuse. It carries with it an increased power of the Federal Govern ment over the operations of interstate
 business This means centralization of political power which might lead to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
4 MELANCHOLY F4IL URE.

Banker Ripple of Philadelphia, who, it is said, killed himself because he couldn't face what was coming, was much trusted. Because of the trust felt in him his institution was virtually the bank of the Presbyterian Church. Not only the General Assembly. which was large depositor, but even the smallest Sunday school organizations and hundreds of individuals, with abid- ing faith in the integrity of the late president, had entrusted their funds and savings to the institution. It all most destroys a persons faith in hu- man nature" said H. P, Ford, private secretary to pr. Alexander Henry, sec retary of the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work of the Pres byterian Church. As treasurer of the trustees of the General Assembly Mir
 Hipple had control of over $1,00O,OOO
 and as treasurer of the permanent con- mittee on home missions and sustenta- ton. in the Synod of Pennsylvania, and the Presbyterian Hospital of Philadel- phia. other large amounts were at his command" Since the failure of the trust company it has been learned that only 6 few months ago the institution Was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
M KoRED NEK nATEN.

New Haven forever, hurrah boys, hurrah! We have had almost all kinds of enthusiastic and pleasant meetings here this summer. Now warships are in our noble and wide but somewhat shallow harbor, and to-norrow-ah, to- morrow! That will be the day and the meeting for New Haven to feel modest ly big about. Brother Bryan will be here and the convention of him and his friends and admirers will outshine any convention that has been held here this summer. It will be much noisier than the convention of the deaf and dumb that was held here the other day, though there will be some sign lan- guage used. But the more noise the better The noise will stir the people, and Brother Bryan likes to see the peo- pie stirred and help stir them.
 If tomorrow is a pleasant day, and we heartily hope it will be, there will be a show here we'll worth hearing and see- ing, and one to be long remembered. New Haven is indeed a favored place. Let us continue to be thankful that we live here, and let us continue to be hospitable to both ordinary and distin- guished visitors Brother Bryan will be especially welcome, for he is one of the people and also distinguished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
DISCLOSURES.

After all, what is the difference be- tween 'shopgirl and 'saleslady?'h T don't know, but the difference between salesladies are sometimes fierce. "- Philadelphia Public Ledger,
 Mistress Everything you've cooked has been a failure, so far. Is there anything you can cook well? New Cook-Yis, mum, Have yez thried me raw oysters?-Cleveland Leader.
 My dear madam remarked the weary wayfarer, T have had nothing to eat for twenty-four hours" Poor man." sighed the dear madam, 'have you so appetite? Let me give you one of my tonic tablets, "--Philadelph Record.
 Clara-Wasn't it nice of your flance to meet you on the train before you reached your destination? Isabelle No; horrible! He appeared before l had time to freshen myself up, and I was covered with cinders from head to foet!-Detroit Free Press.
 T wonder, now" unused the dog, what fool thing 1t Is my master wants me to do with that hoop he Is holding out before me. Maybe he wants mo to jump through it. III do it, and see {. That was 1t, all right. How little 1t takes to make a man alappy!"-C Chicago Tribune.
 Harold" she exclaimed after she had rested for a moment against his manly breast, T believe you have heart trouble" Calm yourself, dar- ling, :" Inc replied; I've agreed to help Professor Idghtinger with his slelgllt- of-hand performance tonight. That's a rabbit. Chicago Record Herald. Little drops of water
 Called precipitation, and
 Kindred woes of hot days. make
 A dinged unpleasant land!
 Enployer-And, look here. on the way you will pass public house Messenger (hopefully)- Yes, cir? Ear- ployer-Well pass it.-Pick-Me-U Up.
 Guest Gin restaurant)- What became of the cook you had last winter?' Pro- prietor-"Oh, he quit in the spring to take a job uptown" Guest Wasn't he satisfied with the wages you paid him?" Proprietor -"Oh, it wasn't the wages He gets $2 a week less, where he is now, but he is called chef. "- Chicago Daily News.
 Your family plays the piano later every night" said the visitor "Yes, , answered the suburban resident; We're trying to keep the people next door up so that they will be too sleepy to lnow the lawn in the morning, And they're trying to mow the lawn so early that we won't feel like playing at night. ''- Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
NOT TNFIRM OF PURPOSE.

They say that George F, Bael, rresi- dent of the Reading railroad, really does consider himself something like a divine right, or a divinely right, man. Anyhow. he isn't much frustrated by the new Interstate Commerce law. He says he has studied it during his trip abroad and still does not know what it means. There is one plain provision of the law. that forbidding railroads to be interested in industries along their lines and whose product they trans- pert, that has a vital bearing upon the Reading and all other coal roads. If it is enforced the ownership of many coal mines in Pennsylvania or of the railroads must change hands. When Mir. Baer was asked directly if he pro- posed to obey that section of the law, he replied If any one can solve for me the puzzling terms of the bill and assure me it Is constitutional, l could answer the question better. Certainly, I do not expect the bill to make any change in the methods of the Reading in doing business. We shall go aheal just as we are. If we are right, we are right; if we are wrong, we are wrong; but cannot see that the rate bill throws any light on the question .
 That is, the Reading will go .lght or selling it's own coal in competition with the coal of Independents mined along it's lines and dependent upon it for transportation and a market. It will defend that practice on the constitu- tionality of its vested property rights and it will not stop until 1t has to-. Mr. Baer is interesting and apparently convinced, if not convincing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
Something Just as Good.

He had hurried to a drug store, where
 he asked for Dogood's pills; He had suffered long from something
 which assumed the form of ehtllsi All his friends had recommended Do-
 goods as the pills to take;
 which was causing him to shake But the druggist didn't have them,
 though he made it understood, As he looked among the bottles, that
 he'd something just as good" He loved 8 graceful maiden whom he
 met beside the sea, And he thought he'd try to win her; he
 began courageously; After weeks of ardent wooing he pro-
 posed to her one night, When they strolled beside the water
 and the moon had slipped from
 sight;
 T would like to be younr darling" she
 informed him. "and would Were not pledged to another-but my
 cousins just as good" When you wish to buy collar or a
 razor or tie Or perhaps, an automobile or 8 case of
 extra dry,
 You may get brand or pattern which
 you ask for at the start, But the chances are that somehow
 through the practice of his art The insinuating dealer will have made
 it understood That you ought to gladly purchase something else that's just as good" When our troubles here are ended
 when the bills cease falling due When we cease to envy people who are
 rich and healtly too, When the fitful fever's over and our
 spirits soar away To that place where good St. Peter all
 ways watches, grim and gray, Oh, I wonder If he'll rob us of our hopes
 of angelhood And propose to give us something dir
 ferent, but just as good2'
 Chicago Record Herald,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
One of the problems.

To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 This sweet idyllic thought for mak- ing lawyers better, The idea of this Is to educate for the legal profession only those who have been thoroughly grounded in an academic or scientific education,n calls to mind our old aca- den1ic friend Lewis Jarvis
 The Philistine slghs and wonders If the members of the Scientific school who room in Temple street would be more ethical If they were graduated from the academic before entering upon their courses in engineering, etc, and whetherMr. Charles Francis Adams knew beans when he said in his ad- dress to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Columbia, Men are sent to college nowadays, and the majority of them, pleasant fellows as ever lived, pick up a flow scraps of learning and are in no proper sense cultivated"
 PSYCHOLOGIST.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30

4 BIG AND 4 GOOD ROAD PLAN
 The big State of New York was be- hind Connecticut in waking up to the value and convenience of goodS roads, but she is pretty wide awake no Y. For instance. a preliminary survey has been made for nacadamized road, such as is built by the State of New York under l its 'good-roads' policy through the heart of the Adirondacks. The general plan proposes that the road shall start from New York city, proceed thence to Albany, to Utica, Remsen, Old Forge and Fourth Lake. The road will then follow the northern shores of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth lakes to Blue Mountain. The scheme is to return by way of North Creek to some point on Lake George, and thence to Albany and New York, the starting point. The cir cult will include all of the Fulton chain of lakes and nearly all the Adirondack and other resorts en route. The propo- sition Is to use for this purpose some of the 50,o00, 1000 recently voted by the peo- pie for highway Improvements and new state roads.
 It may be urged that this particular good road will benefit automobilists more than anybody else, but this may not be true. And if it is it may be said that automobilsts are pretty numerous and important. Those who don't fully realize this can do so by crossing a street and lodging them
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30

under consideration as possible de- pository for the foreign missionary funds of the Presbyterian Church. The influence of MT. Nipple, 1t is said, might have eventually prevailed. The annual contributions to foreign missions amount to over $1,2O0,OOO, and the sur plus on hand always equals half that amount.
 Sad enough that man 50 trusted should have so failed. And yet there are many men who can still be trusted. The times seem to be somewhat out of joint, but it is as plain as ever that honesty is the best policy,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30

A physician in the Lancet warns his readers against the nasty expression of opinion by doctors about the nature of their patients ailments. At clinic was d subject with murmur in his heart and with one of his eyes much dilated. The peculiar appearance of the eye seemed to have some connection with the cardiac affection, but various opinions were expressed by the differ ent students as to what the precise na- aure of this relation could be. The dis cussion was just becoming interesting, when the patient remarked that his strange-looking eye was made of glass. At another clinic the professor in charge was discussing learnedly about the importance of attending to minor symptoms. Now, gentlemen" he said, sin the case of this woman here cer- tain things could be confidently affirmed from the condition of her teeth" He was proceeding to particularize, but just then the patient broke in upon him. Please, sir, she said, as she took out her teeth, T will hand them around; the young gentlemen might like to look at them closer"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30
AN r7NAssAILABLE POSITION

In his letter to Representative Wat son President Roosevelt reviews his policy of federal regulation of the cor norations. a policy which is closely re- lated to the still large question of wealth. The President criticises sev- ereIv both that class which oposes all measures intended to deal in proper fashion with the abuses of property as being somehow an attack puon the rights of property; and that other class which is not at all interested in re- forming the abuses of wealth. but
 which is engaged in a crusade to break
 down. bss SAshts of pzavats sseperty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-30

corruption and despotism. But is there any other remedy? Is there any other
 way to escape the tyranny of unfetter- led capital on the one side and the perlls of Hearstism and Debbism on the other. It is better to accept federal regulation and then watch the reguia-
 tors than to sumbit tamely to onc or the other of the two menacing alter natives. From the Wall Street Jour- lnal.