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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15

Thousands of men are employel ] in the great champagne industry at Rheims. in recent years strikes have been unknown. The emplo.ers have discovered preventative and have demonstrated its practicability. This is the bonus system. Every emplOye who merits it is paid annl- ally a bonus in addition 10 his wages. The bonus is not made part Of the contract between employer and en- pIoye. but it is well understood that employes who make good Teoor Is will receive It. No empIoye knows what his standing with the firm is until the day for paying bonuses ar rives. As pupils in the public schOOIs have their standing in politeness. re- spect for and obedience 10 their teachers. punctuality and ability written in their weekly notes SD the empIOyes of the champs gue houses have their records carefully registered. The head of one of ihe great manufacturing houses Of Rheims. who is frequently in Ameri- ca and is an indirect employer Of labor there to a certain eytent. spesE- ing about the frequent strikes in the United States. said: While I have great respect for the skilled work man in the United States and what he aceozPlishss. regret that gen palIy speaking. the IzloriHg peoFle of vour country have not been tTzi7s to respect their employer and demon ssrzte that loyal spirit tOssrd the employing firm as thev should have bssu. and often the employer doez uot respect them ss he should
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15
EURoPE's HAPPIEsT PEOPLE.
From Their Adherence to the Home Country the Swiss Take
 the Palm.

If 1t be in harmony with ones sur. roundings to work and to thrive little and to rear. children. to have liberty and security and be tolerant and self-respecting constitute any measure of happiness. then the Swiss are by all odds the happiest people in Europe. Such. says a writer in Every. body's. is the judgment of all obsery- CTS that have been much among them You can test it by a single reference. From every other nation in Europe there is emigration: from Switzerland little or none. At all times about s0e.- 900 Swiss are in foreign countries. learning languages or methods of com bining travel with work. but they come home. The typical Swiss never thinks of making permanent residence outside of Switzerland, or, n once thinking so. he changes his mind when he makes trial thereof.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15

The railroads and the railroad sen ators profess themselves satisfied with this Allison amendment to the Hepburn rate bill. which President Roosevelt also endorses. If they are the chances are that there is a loop hole in it through which the rail roads will escape from any real con trol. It at least assures the roads of the right to take any rate which dis pleases them before the courts and will enable them to fight distaste- full ruling of the commission through all the courts to the supreme court of the United States. The railroads have more money and can hire bet ter legal talent than any private shipper. and the mere knowledge that they are in. position to drag out a fight in the courts from year to year will make the average mer- chant put up with almost any amount or injustice rather than 10 start legal fight. To be sure few sharp decisions may work to the benefit of the shippers and the roads may find the courts are not much more con- plaisant than the interstate com merce commission. In so far the mere passage of the rate bill is apt to do good. Meantime it is of course step in the right direction and If the measure which is about 10 bO passed is not effective. the chances are that the public will see to it that better and more effective measure is passed in the near future. That measure may be government owner ship.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15

One of the most important publi- cations issued by the United States government is that entitled Treas ury Decisions" This publication is gotten out by the printing division of the treasury department, under the supervision of capable force, and is published promptly at 12 o'clock noon on Thursday of each week. This document usually runs from thirty to sixty pages, and con- tains matter of unusual interest to the business interests of the country, such as decisions of the secretary of the treasury and other officers of the department affecting the customs ser vice, the rulings of the internal rev. enue bureau on whiskey and tobacco cases, abstracts of decisions of GUS toms and other cases by courts and the board of general appraisers in New York, and a mass of other mat ter of interest to business men. These decisions often represent many millions of dollars, and the least slip-up in figures on the part of those preparing this publication causes much trouble. An instance may he cited. In one of the decisions not long ago the copy read washed wool" instead of "unwashed wool V When the decisions reached the hands of those interested there i'm mediately came a flood of letters to the department, estimated at the hundreds, questioning the decision. The mistake was immediately ob- served and the necessary correction made. Prior to 1898 this pub,ica- tion was issued once a month and sometimes not then, it being gotten out almost at any convenient time. Secretary of the Treasury Gage real ized the importance of these decis- ions to the business world and was instrumental in having the document issued every week, which is now done.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15
HEARD IN PASSING.

Miss Grace ". Varcoe of New York has crossed the ocean twenty-one times as the agent of an English dia- mond merchant On each trip she has had from $l50,000 to S3OO,0Oo worth of stones with ner.
 A professional dog catcher in New York says that he has had 265 dog bites cauterized and has been bitten more than 6,000 times in all. This must be about as bad as living near a New Jersey summer resort.
 Most of the villages and small towns of France have no protection against fire. Even some of the small CT cities have no regular water sup ply. and their only way of fighting fire is with buckets filled from wells.
 If he lives to complete the awful task, eX-Senator William A. Peffer Of Kansas will be the only man who has ever read the Congressional Record from the first day of its publication to the present time. Senator Peffer IS now 75 years old, and since his re- tirements from the Senate he has been engaged in classifying the Con gregationaf Record according to the topics discussed.-New Haven Jour- nal and Courier.
 New Haven is to inaugurate a movement for silent Fourth or for some such regulation of the Fourth of July as will render the day less a terror to those who do not thrive on noise nor delight in pande- monium. While the idea of silent Fourth" seems preposterous, it is not at all impossible that same mitiga- tion of the trials of the day may be secured and whatever is done along that line will be acceptable and ap- preciated. d.-Bridgepor Standard.
 The Connecticut Citizen, consider. ing the election of Mayor Landers of New Britain gives 1t as its belief that his selection by both parties was due largely because his own life has been of the sort to commend itself as clean, open, above board and honest but behind that was the record of an cestors of the same sort, whose daily life and work bad been an unlift to their associates" That is all true but we are inclined to believe that success in politics doesn't depend up on ancestry. A man of Mir. Landers known character will win anywhere in public or private life.-New lson- don Day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15

The secretary of war is preparing modification of the Philippine tariff bill. It will be recollected that the Payne bill from which so much was hoped was pigeon-holed by the committee which refused to make any report on it to the senate either adverse or otherwise. Now the sec retary of war is framing a compro- mise measure which may stand some chance of hearing. It will reduce the tariff of Philippine rice, sugar and tobacco coming into this country to 50 per cent instead of 25 per cent of the Dingley rates, while on other products of the islands there shall he no duty. This is more of an educa- tional measure than it is one of real relief for the islands, says Wash ington writer. If it passes it will do some good of course. But it will be chiefly valuable in showing that the 50 per cent reduction will have no worse effect on the protected indus tries of this country than did the p per cent reduction now in force which it will be remembered was fought vigorously at its inception by the protected interests. This couil- try has not suffered by the removal of the duty on Hawaiian sugar nor of that on Porto Rican sugar and to- bacco nor by the 20 per cent reduc- tion on sugar and tobacco from Cuba. But it probably will take some time to educate congress up to the idea of entire free trade with the Philip pines.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906.

By way of showing that the war is really over, the war department has cancelled the permit for the two mules and an escort wagon that were to have accompanied Father Sher- man on his march to the sea.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-15
Jus, a Family Jar.

He CangrilyJ-so there vas a man aser you when you married me. vss thers7
 She-Yes: there vss-
 Poor fool I vish to heavens you had married him" ~I did."-Bcston Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18
JOCKEY REIFF's WEDDING.
Sporting Representatives From All
Parts of Europe Present

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
PARIS March 1.-THE wedding of
johnny Reiff with Miss Denman. at
tracted a large sporting contingent from
all parts of Europe to Paris In fact
the event was styled sporting match"
The wedding took place from the Hotel
Saint Petersburg in the Rau Caumartin
There was quite a large party assembled
at the Marie of the Rue Drouot to wit
ness the civil ceremony. which in France,
is the only valid one. Those present rep
resented every branch OF sport, from mem
bers and others who took an active part
in racing, and whose presence denoted
that Robert Denham has known how to
make himself one OF the most popular men
in the profession. The English Church In
the Rue d'Aguessau was even more crowd
ed than the Marie. for as it is the official
place Of worship of the embassy the Pa
risian representatives OF the old country
had mingled with the guests there to wit
ness the religious ceremony.
There was long delay in the church
as friends passed along to wish every Joy
and happiness to the bridal pair we'd
ding breakfast was given at the Hotel
Saint petersburg to some eighty friends of
the newly married couple, and If the good
wishes showered on them are only half
realized they Will form happy and most
enviable pair, without a single cloud TO
mar their married life. In the evening
there was a ball and supper at the Hotel
Du Grand Condo at Chantilly, at which
all the profession met, and the guests
danced.
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WILL COMPETE AT ATHENS.
Americans Who Will Go to the Olym-
pic Games.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK March 1.-THE Americans
who are going to compete In the Olympic
games will sail from New York March 81,
arriving at Athens April 16, which will give
q week at the track before the competi-
tons Including trainers and athletes, the
team will consist of thirty men, the COM
plete list being as follows:
One hundred meter run--Archie Hahn, Milwaukee
Athletic Club: ". D. Elton. Cambridgeport gym
nssium; q. H. Queryrouge, Young Mems Christian
Association, New Orleans, aud W. A. Schtck, Hsr-
ward
-Four hundred meter run-H. V. Valentine and q.
j. Bacon. Irish-American Athletic Association.
Fifteen hundred meter rum F. Sullivan, Irish
American Athletic Club, and @. p Bonbsg, Irish
American Athletic Club.
Five-mile rum. P. Bonbag, Irish-American
Athletic Club.
Marathon race, forty two kilometers, Marathon
to Athens, on the road. J. Fershaw. Missouri
Athletic Club; ]. Fowler. Cambridgeport gymna-
stun; Harvey Cohn, Irish American Athletic AS
ISOLATION; VI. Spring, Pastime Athletic Club. and
w. Frank, Irish American Athletic Club.
Standing broad jump-Ray EwTy.
One-hundred ten-meter hurdle-Hugo Friend, Chi
cago Athletic Association. and X. J. Leayitt. VII
liams College.
Penathium-NIartiu J. Sherlden. Irish American
Athletic Club: Myer Prinstein and EIlery II
Clarke. Boston Athletic Association.
Running broad jump-Hugo Friend
Hop skip and 5ump-Myer Prlnstcin.
High jump-H w Kerrgan. Portland, ore.
Pole yault-F. Il. Glover Chicago Athletic Club.
Welghts-Rchard Sheldon and James Mitchell
Swimming team-O. NJ. Daniels. Marquano
Schwartz, ]. W. Spencer and H. ]. Barnsman.
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HORSES FROM CAROLINA.
Crack Runners From the South in at
Bennine

In The SapOrtas lot are Salertine, Curry,
lama Christie, Tongerne. Iron Heart, AL
fair, Fallaheen, Bel Garter, Rendorff
Peggy, Second Light, Robin Adair and Don
John. They are looking well and nearly
ready TO race right now
Thomas Hitchcock, jr.'s crack jumpers
from Aiken, S. c., also got in yesterday
trainer {. kiernan has the ten horses in
ciafse ana took a great deal OF pride in
tne me condition and grand appearance OF
ms two champion "leppers,' Good and
flenty and Hylas. Tom Cogan, Phantom
Black Hussar Orthodox Ora, The Claim
ant ana two others completed the Hitch
cock lot, and fine lockers they are
Tom Cogan, the local favorite looks
ready for race right now, and this horse
showed well here last fall. He was at that
time easily the fastest jumper at the track
outside of Ben Crockett, perhaps and he
could go out and show mile on the fat in
La or Whereabouts at any time. But poor
FENCING lost him several races that he
should have won.
These two stables, in addition to those
already at Bennng, show that District
racegoers will have better class of
steeplechasers at this meeting than ever
before, and this will add greatly to the
public interest in the meeting
ExpansOnist. the clever Jumper in
Garth's stable. has been sold to w Gould
Brokaw for good figure Superintendent
Strahan yesterday received a dispatc h from
New Orleans that the stables of " Il
Mannix, j. w. Pang1e and W MideeIev
would be shipped to Benning today
Jockeys Robbins and Romanelli will come
on later. G, G p
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ROLLER SKATING RACES.
Five Events at Convention Hall Wit
messed by a Large Gathering.

The roller skating races, which were held
at Convention Hall last night. furnished
interesting sport for the large gathering
present. There was intense excitement, as
many falls resulted in the over anxiety OF
the contestants. to get an advantage.
Five races were run off. The first event
was a one-mile novice, with thirteen start
ers. McKneigh won easily. after leading
half the distance. ]. B. Mitchell was sec
ond.
In the second event, which was a one
mile open, with eight starters, G. Lehman
made a runaway affair of 1t after cover
ing half the distance, as he finished one
lap to the good, with G. c. Dorsey second,
after losing his skate, finished on one
skate. Robert Reed carried off the honors
In the two-mile open. as he skated the last
tive laps alone. Edwards, the only other
contestant. having a chance after the first
mile, lost his skate and was forced to re-
tire.
The mile relay, between the Belmont Ath-
letic Club and Capital City Club, resulted
in victory for the latter. Speaks started
first for the Capital team and had a lead
of fifty yards when Turnburk took his
place Smallwood then secured a lead OF
about three-quarters of lap, but Wood
ward took his position and won by near
ly one lap
The last event was a four-mlle relay be-
tween the George Washington University,
beiulOIiL AIIltlic CLUB ana TWO unattached
teams, which resulted in the referee calling
it off, as several of the teams got mixed
on the number of laps which they had
ska ted.
The officials were; Referee, Mr.. 3. Tay-
Tor; marshal, Mr. F. Ctssel; starter and
manager, Mr.. Irving j. Henderson. judges.
Mr. Robert Walker DR.. Williams and Mr..
O. B. ClaXton; timers, Mr. w. c. Thacher,
Mr.. Henretty and Mr.. Carl Mueller; clerk
of the course. Mr. w. Staples; assistant
clerk of the course, Mr. II. Carroll Grant;
inspectors, Messrs. Stuart, Pmmmer, +.
Hoover and George Brandt.
The summary of events:
one-mile novice-McKneigh first: j. b.
Mitchell, second; o. B. Johnson, third.
Time. Alb %.
One-mile open-G. Lehman, first: G. c.
Dorsey, second; g. r. Roberts, third Time,
3:53 2-5.
Two-mile open-Robert Reed, first. Time,
I: 46.
Mile relay-Belmont Athletic Club (Roy
Perry, E. l.. kenglar, II. f. Mess, O. john
SOM and Capitol City Athletic Club (R
Smallwood, I. Turnbull. Jack Woodward,
II. Speaks). Capitol City Athletic Club
first Time
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LOCAL ATHLETES
At N0RF ok
AssembIage of the Greatest
Array of Talent Ever
Gathered in Virginia.


special Dlspatch to Inc Star.
NORFOLK, Va, March 1.-THE first an
nuol amateur athletic meet of the Young
Mems Association, under the sanction and
regulations Of the American Amateur Ath-
letic Association, brought out tonight at the
Horse Show Coliseum the greatest array Of
athletic talent ever seen In Virginia. There
We're over two hundred athletes entered
and the entries numbered nearly four hun
dred So numerous were the events and so
large the entry lists that 1t was found nee
essary to pull Off many of the former stimuli
taneously on the circus ring order An
thusiastic gathering comfortably filed the
enormous Horse Show building, excursions
from Washington, Baltimore, and practi-
cally all of the Virginia cities bringing en-
thusiasts to Join the local people IN making
the first Norfolk meet memorable Occa-
sion. The success of tonight's great ath
letlc display warrants the statement thai
Norfolk hereafter will be represented among
the cities conducting these meets every year.
The coliseum has the largest arena in
America, not excepting that at Madison
Square Garden, and the events tonight were
run without spikes on hard ground, some
thing unusual for indoor meets.
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MINNIE ADAMS WINS
CITY PARK DERBY

NEW ORLEANS. CITY PARK RACE
TRACK, March 17-The combination OF
Minnie Adams and Jockey Nicoi carried on
tie houors in the City Park Derby today.
The mare won easily and seemed 10 have
things her own all along the mile and a
quarter course. With III pounds up she
led easily, and although once or twice IL
looked as IL Kercheval, with w. Allan up,
might stand a chance the last quarter
showed that none of the other entries had
the class with the mare. Kercheval was
second by half length, and Orbicular, LIZ
with Il. Morrison up. was third The bet
ting was lively from the time the first odds
were posted. and at least $4,000 must have
been wagered on the race. Minnie Adams
opened at to and closed at even money.
Kercheval had many admirers. and opening
at 8 to ]. closed at 3 TO /. 0rbicular re-
manned at II to l.
The capacity at City Park was taxed
long before the f1rst race went TO the post
with spectators. who came TO ses the fret
derby to be run over the course. Many
faces that have not been seen at the track
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Summarizes at Los Angeles.

First race. six furlongs-Prince Ching, 107
Doyle. to I. won; L. C. Runte. f07 tChandlerp,
TO /, second Fagerdon, 107 (McDanieU, 10 /,
third Time; li6H Mazapan. Seed Cake. Quick
Second race. mile-Freesias. 10s (Horuer). TO
J. won; San Luton. Ill uIynchi, to |. second;
iuapala; los tMcDarieb IL to :, third Time,
40. Moor. ST. Vida. Lehro, Mi Reina Condo
lus. Nuptial and Paramount also The Prince
was left at the post
Third race, six fliriongs-Silyer Wedding 90
tMcDanien TO l, won; FL 0troes, 105 (sederl
to s. second Elbernardo 1902 tNfchols,, 16 to !,
third Time, ia 35. Or. Hollis, Linda Rose
and Neatness also ran
Fourth race, mile St. Patrlck's Day handIcap--
Oriiene, lo6 tPreston). to 2. won: Ebony, ia
Doyle, to 5, second: Woman. ~ Grad, 20 to
J. third. Time, 1.41is. Ila also ran.
Fifth race, mile and a sixteenth-Gentle Harry.
III (McDaniep. 8 10 l, won; Graphite. Ss Pres
tom, 13 10 8, second; Fiona. 50 fIorner). to /,
third Time, l.49la. Cher,pe Creston Boy and
Elizabeth +. also ran. Ethylene broke down.
Sixth race. six furlongs-Rodofo 1o7 Nieholsl,
Is To !, won; Betsy. l01 tPreston1 TO 2. sec
ond Durbar. 100 tFischerD. to ], third Time,
.14aI. Mazonla, Revolt, Anona and Miss Afable
also ran.
Seventh race, mile Needful 10 Donovan), to
l. won: Kinsman, 100 tKunz) 5 to . second
Exapo, 1o5 {Nicholsl 80 to /. third; Time 431s
sci, Patsy Brown and Rubiana also ran.
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EXPELLED FROM ORDER.
Leading Member at Rome, N. r.,
Charged With Alleged Misconduct

ROME. N. Y. March 17.-Frank z. VII
cox, member of a Syracuse council of the
Royal Arcanum and the leader of the oppo-
sition to the increase of rates by the SUI
preme Council, has been found guilty OF
charges of alleged improper conduct and
has been expelled from the order The
specifications set forth that he had furnish
ed Syracuse newspapers with articles de-
flaming the members of the Supreme Coun-
ell, containing charges of dishonesty THIS
was held to be a violation of section 627 of
the general laws of the order.
Charges were preferred against wilcox.
and Supreme Regent Virgins appointed a
trial committee consisting OF three supreme
representatives. The committee, after an
investigation. has presented a report TO SUI
preme Regent Virgins finding the accused
guilty and recommending his expulsion
from membership. The supreme regent to-
day rendered his decision approving tie
findings of the committee and expeiling VII
COX from the order. Nt,
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FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS.
Annual Indoor Meet of the Pastime
Athletic Club.

NEW YORK, March Flour Amateur
Athletic Union championship events were
on the program of the annual indoor meet
of the Pastime Athletic Club of this city
In Madison Square Garden tonight Several
OF the men who have been selected TO rem
resent America In the Olympian games at
Athens next month were among the COM
petitors.
In the 1o0O-yard championship run Mel
vim W. Sheppard of Philadelphia and the
Irish American Athletic Club of this city
was an easy winner. finishing about twenty
i've yards In front OF Joseph BromiloW his
clubmate, with Bart F. Sullivan of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, third, four yards back
Time. 2.23 %.
w D. Eaton of Cambridgeport another
Olympic candidate, was penalized one ward
Tor break in the final heat Of the
6o-yard A A. u. championship dash which
was won by Archie Hahn of Milwaukee
a,s d an oiynpian selection, in 645 sec
onds, with Danaher OF the Xavier club of
third. ~
James Mitchell New York Athletic Club
won the b6-pound weight for height with
10 1eet and l.. E. j. Feuerbach N Y 4 g
the 24-pound shot event with 81 feet 6
inches. Summary:
,, one Thousand yards run, A. A. T. championship
Joseph Broinlow. Irish-American A c. second
Bart +. Sullivan. Cambrilgeport. Mass. Gym
ArrIs s-fHa abn Run A. A. y championship by
J; J; Danaier, Xavier A. c. New YORK second.
W y; Eaton, Cambridgeport. Mass. third Time,
Putting twenty four pound shot. A. A. II. cham.
bion S wiz by l. =. J. Feuerbaeh, New York
York A. g, second. with "a feet . inchesi sew
inch. ' w" ~ ieet
One mile relay race speclal-Won by Pastime A
~ team; acknowledgement, Mass, team. second
Throwing ATTY six pound weight for height /. II
chaDnploIish,p-Won by J. S: Mitchell New York
a. x; Win nm - feet; J. S. Burke. J. A A. c., sec
,,i Eight -nuncred-meter run-Won by r. B. schoon.
ihaker, una tached. IS yards: F. T. Sheenan 81
Alphonsus A. A., 4s Yards second Time . on ~