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The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Selectman S. A. Blackman has had
a force of men and teams at work
graveling the state road from the
Street to the depot, much needed
Improvement,
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

II you want the best thing on the
market for biliousness, constipation
indigestion, headache, dizziness, ETC.,
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Miss Mary A. Honan has taken a
position with the Allison Manufacture
ing co. at Hawleyville.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

If your stomach troubles you do not
conclude that there is no cure, for a
great many have been permanently
cured by Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Try them, they are
certain to prove beneficial. They
only cost quarter. Sold by r.
Fl. Beers & Co., Newtown; Taylor,
Curtis & Co., Sandy Hook: W. N
Hurd, Long Hill; A. B. Brakeman,
Botsford; S. J. Parks, Trumbull.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

part of the owner. 1t will prove a
total loss to Mr. Barrett, as there was
no insurance.. He can hardly afford to
lose so much. He has the full sympa-
thy of the community.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15
GRANGE NOTES.

GRANGE NOTES.
Brookfield Grange will give an enter
tainment at the Town hall, Monday
evening, June 10, to celebrate Flora's
night. The literary program will be
music, recitations, and the like. After
the program sale Of cake and ice
cream; also whist chances, with prizes,
at 10 cents per chance. The public are
cordially invited.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Mr. and Mrs James Lee enjoyed
ride in their automobile to Fairfield
Beach, Sunday, where they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs S. A. Blackman.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Mrs M. ]. Houlihan passed Monday
in Danbury.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15
STEVENSON.

DAMAGE TO HOUSE BY FALLING LIMB.
In the hard shower, Saturday even
ing, June 2, large limb Of tree near
Miss Eliza Stevens house blew down
and fell on the house, badly twisting
the top of the chimney. 1t had to be
relaid. 1t also broke off half of the
cornice on the front side of the house.
1t took several men nearly all Sunday
to remove the limb from the house.
Walter Bradley, William Jordan, N.
w. Bliss and Orrin Morrow repaired
the damage, for Miss Stevens, last
week.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

John Stowe and family, Archie
Stowe and family Of Bridgeport, Err
nest Stowe and family of Oxford and
Edward Munson and family of Water
bury were guests, Sunday, of Mr. and
Mrs Warren j. Stowe.
Harold S. Bryant of the Boston Con-
servatory Of Music, Boston, Mass, ar
rived home, this week, for his summer
vacation, which he will spend here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs M. Bry-
ant.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Mrs b. G. Plumb passed Monday ii
New Milford.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15
AUTOS NUMEROUS.

The autos are common on our roads.
DR. Dolan'S, Arthur Hungerford's and
Frank Cables make it fearful for
some horses and people too.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

The train due in Danbury from
Hartford at 8.l1 Saturday evening
was about 40 minutes late in arriving
there on account Of an obstruction
found on the track. When the train
neared the Newtown siding, between
Sandy Hook and Hawleyville, it was
tagged and the crew learned that
large tree had been blown down
across the track. Engineer Charles
Wiley took an axe and with the help
Of his fireman and Conductor Peter
Nc Cabe got the tree out of the way.
The men got entirely wet through
for it was raining hard all the time
they were working. Wiley said the
tree had more limbs than any he ever
saw. The other members of the crew
agreed with him. Danbury News.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15
Spring
Weddings.

The Liking problem of
the wedding gift is easily solved here.
of exquisite hand painted china for
which we are exclusive Bridgeport
agents. Nothing like this was ever
shown here. We extend cordial invi-
tation to all to visit the exhibition. A
visit il not an obligation to buy but the
goods are for eale. The delicate color
ing, the beautiful finish proclaimiag the
work of artists the: signatures of whom
each piece bsars.
The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15

Mrs James Lee and friends enjoyed
an automobile ride, Tuesday after
noon, to Ridgefield.
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09

population, and then to eradicate from
the minds Of the mob that the Jew is the
ordained prey Of the murderer and the
plunderer.
The effect of the meeting is bound to
be a good one. The voice of human
sympathy as expressed by the leaders of
thought and nobility, including both the
premier and the foreign minister, will
have the desired effect in stirring up the
laggard Russian government to Il real-
zation of it's duty in protecting the
Jewish citizens The British govern
ment was requested to exercise it's
friendly influence with the Russian all
thorities when opportunity offers.
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09
The London
neetine


ship of Lord Rothschild was an impos-
ing demonstration Of the interest OF the
Jews and the English nobility in the
cause of the oppressed Jews in Russia
The meeting was practical and states
manlike 1t concerned itself mostly with
the present and future welfare OF
our prosecuted co-religionists. One
prominent speaker said with per-
feet truth that the position OF
the Jews in Russia at this mo-
ment is precarious, not merely because
the blood lust has not yet been satisfied
and the criminals remain unpunished,
but because the Jews are cast into an
outlawry which perpetually threatens
their lives and their property. Ii, there
fore, the recurrence of the recent massa-
cres is to be prevented, what is necessary
is the abrogation of the abnormal condl-
tions which made them possible. The
only way to save Russia from the shame
of fresh atrocities is to place the Jews
on a level of equality with the rest of the
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09
At the recent elec-
tions in England,
fourteen Jews We're
Elections in
England

elected as members of Parliament out of
seventeen candidates. This wonderful
election has proven that the Jewish
vote can change the tide if it is united on
one subject. Rarely has d great contest
resulted in the acquisition of such an
enormous preponderance by one side as
that which has been obtained by the
Liberal and labor parties. The polls
have swept away many leading and ia
miliar figures in public life. The Jews
were united to defeat any candidate who
supported the alien act. And they were
successful The brother of the late
prime minister, Mr.. Gerald Balfour, OF
Central Leeds, was defeated for re-elec-
ton by the efforts Of the Jews who OPP
posed him for his championing that in
famous act On the other hand Mr..
Winston Churchills s success was in con-
siderable measure due to the support of
the Jews, who approved of his gallant
fight against that law. A very few mem
bers who assisted in the passing of the
alien act realized the strength of the
Jewish feeling in relation to it, especially
in the great provincial centers. The act
was so reactionary in tendency, consti
tuted SO. deplorable a break in the great
est traditions of England, and was so
obviously the prelude to further legisla-
ton on the same lines, that we are not at
all surprised that it brought large num-
bers Of Jews out into the political field
to deal blow at the promoters of such
legislation.
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09

but an act of justice to mankind, with
out distinction of race or nationality.
The Bible expressly commands that the
poor of the non-.Jew be treated like the
poor of the Jew. The catholicity of Jew
ish charity is accentuated by it's chival-
rOus refinement A woman IS claim has
precedence over that of a man. and the
claim of an educated man over that OF
an ignorant man.
The common belief among nOn-.)eWS IS
that there are no Jewish poor. "Rich as
a Jew' has become by-word with the
average person. AS a matter of fact, the
Jews have great army Of poor OF whom
to take care. The poverty OF the Jew is
due in large measure to causes quite
different from the general causes to
which the poverty of the world is attri-
buted. Crime. inebriety and other fla
grant moral deficiencies of the individual
are not the causes of the Jews poverty,
because under normal conditions these
iniquities are conceded to be rare
amongst them. 1t is in the continued re-
ligious, political and economic persecu
tions in Russia and in other European
countries which have caused the direst
poverty and economic misery OF great
many Of our race. The poor jew is diff
ferent from the poor nOn-Jew. There are
virtues engrafted on the Jew for centu-
ries, all Of which tend to the preserva-
ton of his self-respect and his self
esteem. Among these are the absence OF
the drink evil, the love of home, the in
herent desire to preserve the purity OF
the family and the remarkable cagerness
which he shows for education and self
improvement. Poverty with the Jew does
not spell degeneracy. The immigrant
Jew readily adapts himself to his Ameri-
can environment, easily assimilates the
customs and language of his adopted
country, and even though he may tempo
rarily require assistance, he rapidly be-
comes Independent. The poor Jew is
poverty stricken by economic conditions,
but he is rarely pauper, in the sense in
which the word is most commonly used.
He is not found in the degenerated out
cast mass Of humanity which is the pro-
duct of generations of vice, crime and
debauchery, which makes up the scum
of our present civilization. Given the
opportunity and timely help, the poor
Jew will become a good addition to the
body polite and not a menace.
The work which is now conducted by
relief societies was formerly considered
to be the duty of each individual. In
the olden time there were two kinds of
charity, the one implied gift of money,
food or property from the rich to the
poor, and the other which involved per-
sOnal acts of kindness, practiced by poor
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09

~L.:.., The Jew has always had the
InarA'S reputation of being charit-
able. His kindness to the poor and to
the unfortunate is proverbial. His love
and affection for the needy his readiness
to alleviate suffering and help the fallen
have been the admiration of the world
for centuries From the days Of Moses
to the present day the Jew has consld-
duty to still every cry and answer every.
plea for help. TO him charity is one OF
the pillars upon which the world rests
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09
JEWISH CALENDAR.
5666-1eo6.

Sunday jan T. Fast Of Tebet.
Saturday Jan Fl. New Moon Sh'vat.
sun Mon Feb 25-26. New Moon Adar.
Saturday Mar 10. ....F Fast of Esther.
(Obseryed on previous Thursday
Sun Mon Mar 11-12. Purm.
TUESDAY March 27... New Moon Nissan.
Tuesday, Apr. 10. 1st Day Of PASSOVER.
Wed nh Apr 25-26, ,RoSh- ChodeSh. (Omer.)
sunday Nav 49, .Lag-BOmer (33d day of
FRIDAY Nav 25 New Moon Swan.
Wednesdav Nav SO1st Day of PentecoSt.
t-Sun iun 23-24. New Moon TammuZ.
TUESDAY July TO- .. Fast of TammuZ.
Monday July 90. New Moon Av
TUESDAY July 81 Fast Of Av.
Tue.-Wed., Aug. 21-23 New Moon ElIui
'rhursday Sept 2O... New Year (5667).
The Jewish outlook., 1906-02-09
EDITORIAL

The meeting held re-
Gently in London
under the chairman
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-23
CONGRESS WILL GIVE
TIME TO ROUTINE WORK
Not Much Important New Legislation Will be Accomplished
The Tariff and Currency Will Probably be Brought Up
for Consideraion-Loneer Sessions Seem Necessary,

expert commission plan would be a
happy solution Of the tariff problem,
but you couldn't get one Of them 10
vote to give such a commission the
| necessary authority. They will tell
you that the constitution by providing
that congress shall have control of the
revenues, stands in the way, but that
is merely a happy su0terfuge. The
| truth is that the Legislative branch Of
the government is jealous of encrOach-
ing executive power, and for the next
decade Cr two the tendency is going to
De to curtail rather than extend the au
thority of the coordinate branch of
the government.
The fact that congress this winter
will not be able to do much more than
pass appropriation bills and attend to
other matters of necessary routine
probably will revive agitation for long
er sessions of congress. No less au-
thority than Speaker Cannon is on
| record as having said that time is not
| far distant when congress will have to
sit the year round. So tremendous has
| been the growth of the nation, with a
| corresponding growth in the necessary
| much time is left for the serious con-
| sideration Of new legislation In the
| days Of the fathers, practically every
| bill was debated and reshaped in open
session. Today, on most things, both
| houses accept the reports Of the COM
mittees almost without question. If
/ they refused to do 81, congress never
would get through it's work This has
served for tins. but at best it is only
a makeshift. Not much additional re-
| lief can be looked for in this direction,
| because the committees now have all
they can do. The time is close at
hand when some other scheme of relief
must be devised, and longer sessions is
the only thing in sight
AS it is now, members of congress-
| of the house, that is-are elected for
/ two years and Of the twenty-four
months of their terms they spend but
nine Or ten at the capital The long
! session rarely lasts more than six
months, though it may run couple
Of weeks into the seventh The short
session lasts but three months,
and out Of this time comes the holiday
| recess. The advocates Of longer ses-
oicIo plo oPoSS GAst Slidil NC III
session about nine months each year,
giving the lawmakers a vacation
through July, August and September,
when it is too hot in Washington for
comfort. This plan would give con-
gress time to dispose of its routine
business and still have a chance to give
serious and statesmanlike considera-
ton to new matters Of legislation
/ There could be an easing up, then, OF
gag rules, and the house Of represen-
tativs might regain some Of the inn
pOrtance and prestige it once held il
the equation Of government.
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TWO RAILROAD MEETINGS.
Annual Meeing OF the Northwestern
Tsaifroad and OF the Charleston and
Western Carolina Officers Elected
for the Ensuing Year.

Charleston, S. C.. November 21.-At
the annual meeting of the Northwes-
tern railroad held here today. a divi-
dend of four per cent. was declared
and the following elected:
Thomas Wilson, president.
J. F. Post Treasurer
r. D. Cronly, secretary.
John Wilson. auditor.
Directors: II. Walters, Baltimore; ].
F. Rhanie, Manning; T. n. Emerson.
J. F. Divine, Wilmington, n. c.: Alex
ander Hamilton, Petersburg, Va
The annual meeting OF the Charles
ton and Western Carolina company
followed. All stock was represented.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows:
II. Walters, Baltimore first vice pres
ident.
T. II Emerson Wilmington, second
vice president
J. r. Post, treasurer
r. ID. Cronly. secretary.
Directors: j. b. Cleveland, Avery
Patton. Greenville: J. o. c. Flemming.
of Laurens: A. F. McKissick, Green
wood: J. A. Brock, Anderson; J. r.
Doughty. Augusta: III. Walters, Balti-
more; Michael Jenkins. Baltimore,
Alexander Hamilton. Petersburg
The annual meeting OF the Charles
ton Terminal company was held today
and w. e. Huger, was elected prest-
| dent. The Union Station company re-
| elected Fairfax Harrison president.
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Especial to The Messenger


Washington, Nov elf any opti-
mistic American citizen looks forward
to the doing of great things at the
coming session Of congress, he has
naught but disappointment in store for
him. Congress will be too busy to
tackle any new and novel schemes OF
legislation. If it gets through with
routine business and such matters as
were left over from the first session
by March without working overtime,
it will be doing very we'll indeed
Some aspiring statesmen, no doubt,
will persist in talking tariff, despite
the tacit agreement that there shall be
no tariff legislation, until after tie
next presidential election; and it is
certain a strenuous effort will be made
to secure currency legislation, but the
chances of these efforts being success
full are very remote.
The currency commission of the
American Bankers association has a
plan framed up for reforming the
monetary system, and a sub-COmmit-
tee has been appointed to draft bill
for introduction into congress. II con-
gress were only willing now to all)v
the bankers to do it's legisiating, every
body would be happy. and the currency
would be reformed by Christmas time.
| But congress is not willing. By some
stubborn sort of reasOning-Or unrea-
sOning, if you are inclined to think that
way-the opinion prevails on capitol
hill that it is the business of congress
! to construct and pass the nations laws,
and there never has been maifeSted a
disposition to farm out the job.
| And so, there will be nothing rever-
entail in the attitude Of congress TO-
! ward the bankers currency project. Il
will be handled without gloves, knock
ed and kicked about and battered out
1 Of all semblance to it's original shape
The fact that it has the imposing en-
dOrsement OF the country's financial
brains will carry no more weight in
senate and house than II the endorse
! ment were that Of the allied hOd-aar-
riers or amalgamated grave-diggeTs OF
the country. In fact, the handling 0.
the currency bill is likely to be just q
little more ungentle because it. has the
endorsement of the bankers.
! Congress always has resented out
side attempts to dictate legislation
Witness the fate Of the reciprocity
treaties, which were nothing more nOl
less than legislation by the executive
and of the repeatedly urged but always
rejected scheme to have a commission
CT experts regulate the tariff schedules
Senators and Representatives will ad
nit in private conversation that tht
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Vile and that the guns were in the
hands of civilians; in other words that
the garrison was being nred into from.
the outside 1t does not appear to have
occurred to any of them that certain
enlisted men of the 25th infantry had
possession of their arms and were COM
mitting the crime of firing into the
houses and upon the citizens of
Brownsville, until the mayor Of the
city came to the garrison and inform
ed the commanding officer, Major Pen
rose, that one man had been killed and
another wounded by his soldiers"
Majos Blocksom regards it particularly
mended that if satisfactory evidence
concerning the identity of the crimi-
mails who "shot up" brownsville, did
not come from members of the bat
talon all enlisted men of the three
companies present On the night Of
August 13 be discharged from the ser
vice and debarred from re-enlistment
in the army, navy or marine corps.
Major Blocksom regards is particularly
unfortunate for the reputation of the
battalion that the officers did not dis
cover single clue to the terrible pre-
concerted crime" in the investigation
that was conducted by the commanders
OF the colored force.
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THE CONGESTION OF FREIGHT
Subject That was Principally Discuss
ed at the Meeting of the Chamber
Of Commerce Held Yesterday Morn

A meeting Of the chamber of COM
quite number Of the members were
in attendance. The principal matter
to be taken up was that Of transporta-
ton, subject which interests the
any other one thing for nearly all Of
them are merchants and see each day
the conditions as they actually exist.
Several other matters were taken up
but to the cOngested condition Of
freight was devoted most of the dis
cussion. Several officials of the At
lantic Coast Line were present and ex-
pressed themselves as only too glad to
remedy the troubles complained of but
sometimes it was practically an impos-
sibility to do SO. They stated that the
defects were being remedied as fast as
possible.
President Taylor stated that there
was often needless delay in getting
freight delivered even after it is placed
in the warehouse and he said it ap-
peared to him like the force was mad
equate. He also declared that incom-
netency existed in the claim depart
ment: that often admitted claims are
held up. for many months and in some
instances for longer period than q
year.
1t was practically decided to use
what is known as the card system ir
receiving freight. Mr.. P. r. Albright
assistant to the geenral manager, stat
ed that he knew personally of large
places where it had worked to grea
advantage. Mr.. Walter Connolly
agent OF the Seaboard here, stated
that his company would also be GLAD
to adopt the system as it would great
ly facilitate the handling of the freight
Nothing definite was done in regart
to the proposed visit to Fort Caswel
and nothing will be for the next few
days. It was decided to wait to SCI
what time Congressman Small and tn
other members of the Inland Water
way association are going to be here
1t is known that they are going t,
meet here next week but the chambe
wants to wait until it can be told wha
day will be best to make arrangement
for carrying them to the fort. Severa
other matters were taken up but non
of general importance.
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Ponce, P. R., Nov. 21.-President
Roosevelt arrived here this morning
from Colon on board the battleship
Louisiana. He was visited on board
the vessel by Governor Winthrop, who
extended a welcome TO the island The
president at once came ashore. and was
greeted at the pier by Mayor Open
heimer, Of Ponce, and n delegation OF
prominent officials and citizens. The
town, which was profusely decorated
in the presidents honor. was crowded
with people from the surrounding coun-
try eager to greet Mr.. Roosevelt.
AS the president stepped ashore the
crowd cheered him, crying: viva Ell
Presidente." When the greetings were
over, the president, accompanied by
Governor Winthrop, was driven TO the
city hail. Mrs. Winthrop and Mrs.
Roosevelt following. The president
was kept busy acknowledging cheers
all along the two mile line of march
from the landing place to the principal
plaza of the town. At the entrance To
from which little girls threw flowers To
both the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
At the city hall, an address of well
come was read to the president He
delivered his reply from the balcony
of the building, addressing the largest
crowd that had ever assembled in
Ponce
The president said in part:
Il shall continue to use every effort
to secure citizenship for Porto Rico. |
am confident that this will come in the
end and all that | can personally do To
hasten the day | will do My efforts
will be unceasing to help you along the
path Of true self government, which
must have for its basis a union of
order liberty, justice and honor"
In conclusion the president said: Il
salute you from my heart as fellow
citizens"
The reference TO citizenshop brought
| out enthusiastic applause from the peo-
pie. Before leaving Ponce, the presi-
dent was driven TO the Roosevelt high
| school. Here several hundred school
| children had been assembled and sang
America" as the president drove up
! Hc COIueE StDHe Ol luls SIHOOl "ds
| laid in April 1903, by the presidents
| daughter, now Mrs. Eongworth. The
! president was greatly, pleased with hi.
! reception al the school, and made a
hort address. He was showered with
flowers By the children as he drove
a"ay
The presidential party left Ponce at
If past ten for the run to San Juan
over the famous military road. eleven
automobiles conveying the party.
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WILL RECEIVE MESSAGES.
Announcement Made by Chief Of the
Weather Bureau.

Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau, announces that the vessel re-
porting station at Sand Key, Florida,
is prepared to transmit and receive
messages to and from passing vessels
at night by fash light signals. using
the Morse code as found In Part III,
International Code of Signals.
As this work is new to the station Ii
will be necessary for vessel masters TO
send slowly, using special care in spac-
ing and in giving sufficient contrast 10
the dots and dashes