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Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
NEW PEACE MEETING.
Plans Formulated For Coming inter.
 national Conference

Plans Formulated For Coming inter.
 national Conference.
 Washington, April 4.-Barsu Roscn. the Russian ambassador. presented to Secretary Root the list Of subjects which will be submitted by Russia for the consideration of the second peace conference to be held at The Hague at the call of Emperor Nicholas. He In. formed Mir Root that the Russian and Netherlands governments have agreed to suggest to the other powers that the conference be held during the first two weeks in July. This will be agreeable to the United States. and 1t Is believed all the nations interested will assent.
 The Russian programme provides that all political questions shall be ex cluded from the conference and makes the following provisions;
 Amelioration of provisions of the convention concerning the settlement of international controversies as far as the court of arbitration and the inves tlgatlng committees are concerned.
 Additions to the laws and usages of land warfare. among others opening of hostilities and rights of neutrals on land.
 Compilation of q convention regard Ing the laws and usages of naval war fare. relating to the especial operation of naval warfare. such as lombard. ment of forts by naval forces. location of torpedoes. change of merchant yes. sells into warships, private property of belligerents at sea, time allowed mer chant vessels 10 leave neutral or hos. tile ports after the beginning of hos. tillties. rights and duties of neutrals at sea, among others the question of con. traband; rules to which belllgerent yes sells must submit in neutral ports. de. struction from uncomfortable causes of merchant vessels captured us prizes
 Into this convention would be Insert ed provisions concerning land warfare which would apply 10 naval warfare supplements to the convention for the adaptation to naval fights or the prin cipIes of the Geneva convention held in | 1864.
 The suggestion relative to the recog | milton of private property rights ln shipping and cargoes will find ready | favor with the state department, for i ths government has been foremost ln | advocating this for many years.
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3, 1883, dled at Canaan, April 3, 1899, of typhoid pneumonia, at the age of 61 years"
 The present editor of the NEWS, MT. Harry M. Doty, whose picture appears ill connection with this sketch, first saw the light of day in Chatham. N. where he has since resided. He was educated ill the schools of Chatham and Albany, and since March, 1895, has been the local editor of the Chatham Semi. Weekly Courier.
 And now what of the future of the NEWS? AS it is not given to mortals to know what is in store, the question must remain unanswered. The present own CTS of the paper will endeavor to main- tain its prestige, to see that it proves none the less interesting to its readers, to improve it if possible, in short they will print as good paper as they know how to make and trust that the result will be satisfactory to the public. They cannot do more.
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OLD TOWN HALL AT SALISBURY, CONN. Where the First Issue of The News was
 Printed.

Well do rrefain in memory the room of the seleotmen where oft I have pre-. sided as Supreme Justice and where Don Warner and Bert Roraback, students of the late Judge D. ]. Warner, began the practice of law before me. Later they were joined by w. B. Smith and with pride I learned the boys not to lose a case and still greater was my pride be. cause I never had a case reversed in the higher courts.
 To-day these men are all well known lawyers, occupying positions of im- portance in the legal profession. eloquent in language and wlth no superiors in western Connecticut.
 Often have sat in court with l.. J, Nickerson on my right, now noted and most able lawyer. In those days Salisbury was infested by a band of criminals and it was with satis- faction that I heard the verdict, Seven dollars fine, costs and 30 days in jail. Here Bill Perry take this mittimus and your trash to the Litchfield hills Those days are past and the residents of Sails bury are now law abiding citizens.
 Oft in memory recall the people and events of the past and were it not for the distance l would knock at many n Litchfield county door but would prob ably be greeted by the grandchildren of those I formerly knew best.
 Continue the NEWS to my address for I desire to keep posted as to what is transpiring amid the scenes so dear to me in years gone by.
 Carroll, Iowa. .....-. . .-
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The News was First Published in
 Salisbury. 30 YEARS IN CANAAN
A Camp Meeting Daily was Published during Five Sum- mers-Its Family Record" in the Office Bible-Por- traits of Present and Former
 '.. Editors.

In the old Bible under the head 'Fam- fly Record,'' in the office of THE NEWS, appears thls entry THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS was born at Salisbury, Conn.,, Friday morning, July 14, 1871. first issue was printed in the old town hall at Salisbury, an illustration of which is shown here. The founder was J. L. Pease, whose portrait we pre- sent herewith, and who was the father of c. H. Pease. the present business manager of THE NEWS. Under his pro- prietorship the paper prospered, but he finally decided to transfer the plant to Canaan, and the move was made ill October of 1876. MT. Pease was man of push and enterprise and in compara- lively brief time THE NEWS was recog-
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
NEW QUARAN T|NELAW
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Safeguard the Na-
 tion'S Health.
CONFERENCE ON RATE BILL

Friends of Measure Gather at White
 House to Discuss Amendment With
 President - Decide Upon Provision
 For Court Review of Interstate Com
 meree Commissions Rulings.
 By vote of POP to 26 the house passed the natio.al quarantine bill.
 The bill places the control of all quarantine stations, grounds and an chorages under the secretary of the treasury and directs that as soon as practicable after the approval of the act he shall select and designate such suitable places for them and establish the same at such points on or near the seacoast of the United States on the best suited for the same in order to prevent the introduction of yellow fe- yer into the United States.
 Mir. Long CKan.) spoke at length in the senate in support of the house rall- road rate bill.
 Mir. Long assumed complete respon- sibility for the amendment, but both he and Mir. Allison declined to divulge the proceedings of the conference.
 Mir. Long contended that the deci- sions of the supreme court clearly showed that before q court will set aside rate made by legislative au- thority 1t must clearly appear that the rate is so unjust or so unreasonable as to amount to taking property without inst ,.ounanSaffn, that ina anurfS xv iIf only interfere with the rates made by legislative authority when they are contiscatory, and they have defined confiscatory rates to be those which do not give fair return on the property employed in performing the service.
 Friends of the railroad rate bill. In conference with the president at the White House. agreed upon an amend ment providing specifically for judicial review of orders of the interstate com merce commission by the federal cir cult courts.
 Senators Allison. Cullom. Deliver, Clapp and Long. Attorney General Moody and Interstate Commerce Com misSioners Knapp and Prouty were called to the White House.
 The president maintained that In deferencc to the large number of sena. tors who honestly believed that the bill without such feature would be unconstitutional the bill should be amended If 1t could he done without a surrender of the purposes of the leg. islntion
 Senators who took part in the con. ference believe that twenty-nine Re. publicans and the entire minority will support this amendment.
 Some sentiment has developed among lawyers that the proposed amendment is unconstitutional and will destroy the vitality of the Hepburn bill
 Senators Knox and Spooner agree on pronouncmg the amendment suggested fatal to the bill. They reason that It's limitations deprive common carriers of the statutory rights given them by other sections of the bill that rates shall be just and reasonable.
 Senator Tillman. who has charge oi that he was not satisfied with the amendment. The bin was supported in a speech by Senator Fulton (Ore.).
 The house passed the railway em. ployees' personal liability" bill mak' ing railroad corporations liable for damages to employees even when the latter have been guilty of contributory negligence.
 The house passed the legislative. ex.
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tributor. Both have passed away. There have been but few issues of the NEWS since the first that have not read including advertisements and Talmage sermon. From its columns I have gathered many clippings for my scrap book of 70 years.
 The earliest subscribers to the NEWS have mostly passed away and on the subscription list appear the names of many of their grandchildren.
 The town hall is now modern struc- ture and architeoturally is in marked contrast, with its suitable safe deposit vaults and other, conveniences, to Dan Pratt's 7x9 office where they were once kept.
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BIG METHODIST MEETING.
New York East Conference In Session
 In Brooklyn.


 New York, April 4.-Old fashioned Methodist hospitality will he extended in Brooklyn all this aud part of next week to hundreds of visiting ministers. delegates and editors who are In at. tendance at the annual New York East Methodist Episcopal conference, which is being held in the New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. Brooklyn. Bishop Charles C. MeCabe of Philadelphia k presiding over the sessions. which will not be concluded until the evening of next Tuesday. April To.
 The New York East conference Is one Of the most important of the Meth odlst church in the United States. lt includes slxty-seyen churches Of thls denomination In Brooklyn. seventy. three in other parts Of Long Island, all the Methodist churches In Manhattan east of Third avenue. all those In the Bronx east of Boston road, part of Westchestcr county churches and those in Connecticut west of the Connecticut river.
 More than 300 churches are repre-. scented at the conference In all, and tn addition many allied church and chari. table organizations have delegated one or more of their members to attend the sessions.
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nized as one of the leading county papers in the Nutmeg state. In the zenith of promising career MT. Pease fell victim to pneumonia, and his death occurred in 1878.
 In 1877, the Canaan camp meetings had gained widespread popularity and notoriety, and to better and more promptly furnish the readers of the paper with reports of the gatherings, a daily edition was inaugurated during the continuance of each years meeting. It was called The Camp Meeting Daily. In 1882 it was discontinued.
 After the death of MT Pease, the ad- ministrator of his estate offered the busi- ness for sale, and during the latter part of 1878, it was purchase by a company. the most prominent member of which was Col. Jacob P. Hardenbergh, who was chosen editor and manager. Later he purchased the interests of the other owners. The paper lost none of it's pop ularity and was widely read throughout the extensive field in which it now cir
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Chicago April A. By the heaviest vote ever boiled iu an on year Chicago declared for municipal ownership. but did not declare hard enough to carry the desires of the majority into effect Tho victory is weakened by the failure of thrce-fifths of the voters to vote for the first proposition on the ''little hal- lot" Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street carsT'
 The other two propositions were car. ried. The total vote was 23i.l7i. as follows.
 For city operation. l2o.oll against 110.20o.
 For Issuing Mueller certificates not to exceed sT5.eOO.0OO to establish mu. nicipal ownership. llo.oOO against lud.. 009.
 To proceed without delay to secure municipal ownership. ii1.SG2 against 10s,025.
 The operation question received majority of i0,65l. but was short ncar. ly 1s,ooo of the required three-tfths.
 Mayor Dunne declared:
 Tt Is the greatest victory yet for municipal ownership. shall proceed at once to Issue the certificates and take over the traction lines. Never mind about the operation. That qucs- ton can be again submitted to the poo. pie at a special or general election. I am going to take over the llnes, and 1 am certain Chicago will find way to operate them"
 Dunns Claims Majority.
 Of the thlrty-hve aldermen elected Mayor Dunne asserts that nineteen are avowed champions of municipal own ership.
 An Issue was made In many of the aldermanic contests of whether the sa- loon licenses of the city shall be $500 or s1oo0. The lower figure was .n cx- istence up 10 March 5. when the city council by close vote and after hard fight passed an ordinance raising the amount to x1.ooo. The number of crimes lately committed in thls -clty against women has cause-s-- pie 10 pelieve that the crimes fnunVct. ly are attributable to the large number of saloons. and they favored the ln- crease in license as a means of de- creasing the number.
 The liquor interests made strong fight against every alderman wao was up for reelection who had voted for the license of s1,0oo. or the iiftecn men against whom they put their inilu- ence twelve were elected and three de- fested. Of the nine aldermen up for al f.xs. ance of the $500 license all were re turned. There k little danger that the high license will he repealed.
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SETBACK FOR HEARST.
Assembly Moves to Reeommlt Bill to
 Give Him Vote Recount.

Albany. N. r.. April 4.-The assem. bly practically killed the Murphy bilL. which would permit William Randolph Hearst to secure recount of the vote cast for mayor at the last election. when George B. Mcclellan was elected on the face of the returns.
 The bill was recommitted to the com. mlttee on Judiciary. It Is ald that Governor Higgins has advised that the bill be radically amended or defeated.
 Mir Tompklns, Mayor McClclhn's personal representative, declared that the mayor and his friends have no fear of recount and do not desire to stop It, but they do want the rights to which they are entitled under the law. and they Insist that the proceedings shall be in accord with existing statutes, which provide that the courts shnll de- termine the question.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Made Prisoners Hold Up Trousers

Cleveland. April 4.--CaptaiH Bevcr of the Erie railroad police captureI twen- ty-four tramps. Bever found the tweu- " four hoboes in d box car and with Il revolver lined them up. About face" ordered Bcvcr.. and tho tNECnty-four turned their backs. I'm sorry to do it." he said as lie pulled out large pocket knife and shipped off the trou- sers buttons of every one, but l can't take chance of having you run away" Down went twenty-four pairs of hands into twenty-four pairs of pockets as the twenty-four prisoners felt their buttons shipped away. "I didn't lose n man all the way to the station," Captain Bever told Judge Whelan. q kept them so busy keep ing their trousers on they did not think of trying to escape" The tramps were ordered to leave town.
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General Markets.

New York, April FLouR-Dull and unehanKed Minne. sota patents, N.soaA1. winter mtralghts c.Toasso. winter extras. tz fbaa 2a, wlntet patents, tS Ss0R4&
 wHEAT-After a steady opening wheat advanced on steady Liverpool cnblea strength of northwest and southwest mar. ksts. together with bull support, trade lfsht; May, S5Aa&Ae,; July. SssfaSs u-ieo. BUTTER-Creamery, extras per pound nsBltc.; hrsts, aaas&c. seconds. isagie held. extras. ua22c. frEts lSaauc CHEEsE-Stato, fuli cream. large and small, colored and white, fancy, itniaAc. good to prime iSitaisstc common to fair Ilalsc.
 HAY-steady; shipping isabOc good ts choice. soaSSc.
 STRAW Quiet. long rye. t5nG5c. TALON - Firm. city, su. country, bsBkc.
 LIVE PoULTRY-Firm. fowls higher, fowls, it,falsc. old roostera. I0aio,kc. winter chickens, isa2sc. ducks. iTaiac,, Esess. ikaitc.
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smnIle.t Coz Ra.iun..

wIlkesbarre, Pa, April 4.-Thomas Bonham, the smallest constable in the world. requested the court 10 accept his resignation. The court refused until he was alae to find a successor. I3on. ham has been constable of Hunlick township for eight years and, although he Is only three feet six inches tall mud weighs little more than seventy pounds. he has been able by the eour. age which replaces his lack of slze to make many arrests.
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A REM SCIENCE.
Former Resident Writes or Older
 Days.

Below we print an interesting letter relative to olden times, which was rc- ceived recently by former editor $. c
 Beckley from A. I. Spur resident of Chapinville many years ago. He says: "It seems short B years ago when I was the first subscriber to and writer for the NEWS from Chapinville. Well do I remember the first issue with J. l.. Pease as editor aud "Nigger" Brown as motive power in the north room of the old town hall at Salisbury. Then came Hardenbergh who retained me as con
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Eiahty Cent Gas enI slunsd.

Albany, N. Y.. April 4- Governor Higgins signed the blll of Assembly. man Agnew fixing the price of gas In New York city. subject to certain ex- captions for outlying districts. at go cents per thousand cubic feet With his approval Of the measure Governor Higgins filed a memorandum In which he alndss to the dangers of special privilege and the obligations Of those who devote their property to public upp
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Boy Alderman" Carries Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Wis, April 4.-Sherburn NJ. Becker Oiep.l, the boy alderman" who was bitterly attacked for his youth by both the Democrats and So cialists, has been elected mayor of Milwaukee after the most bitter fight in the history of the city. D. S. Rose Dem.l. the present incumbent, was Il ann1iHatn
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Lonsvortb Gift For Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. April II. ". Rodgers. superintendent of the parks of Cinciu- nati. received a letter from Congress man Nicholas Longworth. the prcSi dents son-in-law. in which the con gressman practically promises gift to the city of fifty acres of ground within the city limits fer r nlrk.
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ecutive and Juuiciai appropriauon blll carrying S30.oo0.o0o. after considering the measure two weeks. The age llmii of clerks, a provision which has creat cd much discussion. was climlnated.
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Win Pray For Carnegie Money.

Atlanta. Ga. April 4.-The Preach CTS Evangelical association has re- solved to try prayer in an effort to loosen the purse strings of Andrew Carnegie in aid of the International Meliou Missionary school
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Ask Pr..idsn, tn Asln Is,u..

Toledo, O., April 4.-At the session of the executive board of the National Council of Women a protest against the threatened massacre of Russian Jews at Easter was sent to President Roosevelt. with a request that he do whatever he can to prevent the horror
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Russell Sage is to retire from Wall street, according to rumor. The well known financier is eighty-nine years old.
 Sir Thomas Lipton will challenge for the America's cup in 1907.
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 NEIeH5oRs. ed fixing a maximum French tariff against Venezuela in re- taliation for President Castro's refusal to permit the landing of French mer- chandise in Venezuela.
 One of the largest merchants in New York announced that arrangements are being perfected there and in Paris and London for a revolution in Venezuela to annihilate Castro and open up the country to American capital and enter. prise.
 Prince Arthur of Cohnaught, neph- CIV of King Edward. who invested the emperor of Japan with the Order of the Garter, has arrived In Canada
 Cleto Gonzalez Viquez. formerly min ister of finance, was elected president of Costa Riea.
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CHICAGO ID OWN CARS
City Votes For Municipal Owner ship of Traction Lines, but
 Not For Operation.
MAYOR DUNNs CLAlMSvICT0RY

Asserts That Complete Programme Win Be lndorsed at Subsequent Election Higher Saloon License, Designed te Cheek Crime, an Issue at the Polls. Little Danger Of Repeal.
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c,,mre Stephen w. Adams.
 one of the miners ac-
 cused of the murder of SNooNI Former vernor Steunenberg of Idaho. made a comics sion. in which he declared that George A. Pettibone.- executive officer of the Western Federation of Miners, and C.. H. Mover. president of the union, tried to induce him to throw "hell fire" q deadly explosive. at scabs.
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nr.rue Isaac T. Smith, oldest ~ member of the Union
 League club of New
 York and consul gen. eraI of Slam to the United States, died in New York. He was born in Bos- ton in 1913. In 1864. when Lincoln was reelected, Mir. Smith was a presi. dential elector.
 Ney York State supreme Court Jus tice S'ilmot M. smith died at his home in Patchogue on Thursday Justice Smith had been on the supreme court bench about ten years. He was born fifty-four years ago at Smithtown, N. T., and was widely known through out the state as lawyer and jurist
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-.o or It was semiofficially
 stated in Paris that q
 decree is being prepar- MEINL RnRC
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ro,r,on A German syndicate, s,a-ra probably backed by
 the German govern UT IN ERE ES .n,ant ic said to ba a f.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-29
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter
FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1906.
Nolan "a Candidate for Congress.

Following the withdrawal of Hon. M.
G. Jeffris as candidate for congress of
this district, Thos S. Nolan issues his
announcement as follows:
To the Voters of the First Congressional
District of Wisconsin:
I am a candidate for the nomination
as member of the House of Represen-
tatives, on the Republican ticket
So that there may be no misunder-
standing between US, | feel that | should
inform you concerning my views on some
of the questions that are pressing, and
others that begin to loom.
| hope you will not consider it out of
place for me to state that [ am in favor
of all legislation Of reform nature that
has recently been made the law of this
state. | cordially believe that wise and
able men should be chosen to enforce
these laws
am in favor of such legislation, and
in case | should be nominated and elect
ed, would do all in my power to aid in
securing it, that will attain the follow
ing:
The curtailment of the hours Of la dor
on all public works, both state and ma
tional, to eight hours each day, and on
private work when practicable.
Due notice Of every application for an
injunction or restraining order in any
court, whether in dispute between
labor and capital, or otherwise.
A sane and proper regulation of rail
road and other corporations, and the
prevention of detrimental combinations
thereof.
A judicious revision Of the tariff laws,
lessening or abolishing the tax on the
necessities of life.
Old age pensions. and a system of
workingmen's insurance.
will strenuously oppose any and all
legislation that would tend to make I'M
profitable the cultivation of sugar beets
ard tobacco, even though it may seem
necessary to theorists that we should
suffer in order to favor the people of our
inSular possessions.
These are principles that would con-
tend for IN case | were elected. | do not
think it necessary to elaborate any fur
Their at this time.
After reading this, if you can conscien
tiously support me, | will be pleased tc
have you do so.
Trusting that you will, remain,
Respectfully,
T. S. NOLAN.
Dated June %, 1906.