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The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

Don't get so internal busy that you will not have time for the boys to 20 a fishing occasionally this spring. Fishing is good for the boys at times, and II is also good for man who is In the habit of loafng too much around town. Fishing is a seasoning only. however and is not fl for ethe main thing" in life.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

There is hardly another staple crop SO universally in demand as cotton From the blazing torrid zone 10 the regions of perpetual snow cotton IS in profnse use and the demand Is on the increase. The region of profitable production is very limited, and the re cent utilization of all It's byproducts greatly enhancing the value of the crop. has stimulated the production at a prodigious rate. With the in. crease in the value of the crop. partly owing to the increu.ed use of the seed, the area of profitable production will be gradually enlarged. It stands the cotton raisers in hand to go slow in the matter of greatly increasing production, particularly in territory not we'll adapted to cotton growing. Two or three crops of five-cent cotton would mean ruin to those who are de. pendent on a crop projected upon a basis of ten cents.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28
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The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

How about the odd corners that ought to be bringing On a good fruit or pecan tree? Have you neglected it until noW2 If SO. get buzy at once. There Is yet time for the planting.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

Speculation in land is as old and hoary as any of the other of the great mistakes in human economoy which have been overturned during the past century. It was only hundred years ago that people believed that the king could do no wrong and they stuck to the Idea that the Pope of Rome was infallible in his judgment and deci. sions Time and education has wiped out all such foolish ideas. and the emancipation of man goes on at the same rate of human education and advancement of inventions go on. In a few years the present crude man ner of holding lands away from those who need them will be laughed at as an inheritance from our barbaric an cestors. who won wives by yalor on the sanguinary field of battle. pretty much as a rooster becomes the cock of the walk" or the big bull becomes leader of the herd. Education and a getting used to a thing will over throw this ancient means of the strong expressing the weak.
 Keep the boys right straight in the school while you can. for the time may come when you will be unable
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

You can have mighty hot time on . cool million.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28
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The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

A lot Of Legislatures all over this country are having conniption fits about reduced passenger rates. l. Is not passenger fares that is troubling this country at all. but it is the man who pays the freights who is now the fellow that s suffering. A reduced passcnger rate would make little or no difference to the farmer or mer= chant or the mechanic He is not in the business of travelling When the railway earnings are reduced in one department, they are correspondingly raised somewhere else. and if the Am erican people are going 10 have to sub init to cheap fare for the trayeling con tingent at the expense of higher freight on all the necessities of life. we mistake their intelligence A good many cheap legislators have caught onto the hue and cry of a reduced fare because it has big sound to it.
 There is a bill before the Texas Leg islature which makes it an offense to render a false assessment. In Dallas County the average assessment Of lands is about sil per acre, and yet there is not an acre of gully dirt" in the whole county that could be bought for even three times that mon ey, while the major part of the lands in the county would sell at from fifty to one hundred dollars per acre, while that near Dallas is selling at much more. Dallas County's assessment is considerably higher than that Of any other county in the State, and vet the lands are not more valuable nor more productive than those of many other counties. Now. if the owner must make under oath and with penalty at taehed for violation his rendition. il is likely that the State will have for the year following the enforcement of such law at least four or five times as much revenue as fl ever had. and the rate may be reduced in that pro portion. There has always been com plaint of inequality in the rendnions, and as long as there are lying owners there will always be reason for com plaint.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-28

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
LAWYERS IN SESSION.
The Baker Eddy Attorneys Preparing
 for Co-Masters Report.

Boston, July 9.-Counsel for the de- fense in the complex litigation car- rounding the affairs of Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy, the head of the Christ ian Science church, continued to-day, conference which they began last night at Young's hotel in this city. While nothing definite was announced at the conclusion of last nights meeting, it was intimated to-day that the principal subject under discus sion by the defendant lawyers is the recent appointment of alienists as CO., masters with Judge Edgar Aldrich to report on the competency of Mrs Eddy.
 The conference is participated in by Geenral Frank s. Streeter, and his law partner, Allen Hollis of Concord, who are the personal counsel of Mrs Eddy, and Attorney-General Edwin Eastman and William A. Morse of Boston, counsel for defendants men, tioned in the bil ef equity brought by the next friends"
 Those in touch with the complex situation said to-day that the appoint ment of alienlsts as co-masters came as a painful surprise to the defend- ants counsel and that the latter law yers contemplated presenting to Judge Chamberlain certain documents to set forth reasons why this should not be done. ..saa.u.s .a... 4-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
WILL INVESTIGATE.
Captain of Training Ship Must
 Answer Some Questions.

Boston, July 9.-The Massachu- setts Nautical Training ship Enter prise, whose summer cruise was halt ed at New London, Conn.,, last week by the desertion of 25 cadets because they alleged. the food was bad and the shore leave scant, arrived here early to-day. The investigation of the charges which the cadets have made against their commander, Capt William F. Low. U. S. N, will be be- gun tomorrow by a special of in- quiry consisting of Surgeon General Devine, Commissary General White. and Commander Edgar of the naval militia. To-day superficial exami- nation of the training ship was made.
 The investigating board has sent communications to all the boys im- plicated in the desertion requesting them to appear on board the Enter prise either tomorrow or Thursday to give evidence in the case. The in- qulry will be kept strictly secret un- til its conclusion when a report will be made public.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
AGAINST SHORT DAY
Connecticut Legislature By a vOte of 94 to 80 Defeated
 Eight Hour Bill.

Hartford, July 9..--The house, to- day by vote of 94 to 80 went oa record as opposed to general eight hour law for state employees. The vote was by roll call, the democrats almost to a man and the leaders of the republicans voting for the bill.
 A favorable report was received on the bill authorizing the city of Waterbury to issue improvement bonds.
 An act concerning the regulation of rates on the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go lines was rejected.
 The senate spent all the morning session and part of the afternoon ses- sion discussing the Bridgeport charter matter. It was finally passed after some amendments had been made to the original bill.
 Governor Woodruff this afternoon sent to the house q veto of the re- solution making an appropriation for state rife range at East Haven. He says he does not think 1t fair to the state nor would it be good stroke of business to enforce one sec- tion of the measure, inasmuch as 1t instructs the adjutant general to sell the old rife range at public auction.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
SAME OLD STORY.
American Woman Would Rid Herself
 of Foreign Husband.

Edinburg, Scotland, July 9.-The wife of the Earl of Rosslyn, formerly Anna Robinson of Minneapolis, has sued him for divorce. The earl is now living in Paris.
 Lord Rosslyn James Francis Harry St Clair Erskine,) born in 1869. for merly lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, for time made his living as an actor. appearing in number of plays in Europe and the United States. The earl was first married in 1890 to a Miss Violet Nyner, from whom he obtained a divorce on the ground of desertion in 1902 On March 31, 1905, he was married in London to Miss Robinson, youngest daughter of George Robinson of Minneapolis, who for a time was on the stage in New York, London and Paris.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
GAMBLING HELL AFLoAr.
President stops Sailing of Notorious
 Steamer City of Traverse.

President stops Sailing of Notorious
 Steamer City of Traverse.
 WASHINGTON, July 9--Drastic ac. tion was taken by the federal govern ment on order of President Roosevelt against the steamer City of Traverse, whose operations on Lake Michigan have within recent months attracted national attention. Orders were issued by Acting Secretary Murray of the de pertinent of commerce and labor for the revocation of the vessels sailing license and the cancellation of her pas. senger certificate.
 In complaints which have reached the department of commerce and labor from citizens, from authorities of the city of Chicago and from the officials of the state of Illinois the steamer City of Traverse was branded as a gambling den and a floating poohoom.
 The vessel leaves the city of Chicago each week day and proceeds to an an- chorage nt the intersection of the state lines of Illinois. Indiana and Michigan. There, 1t is alleged, those who control the vessel conduct gambling operations of various kinds. Returns from all the race tracks in tlie country are received on board the ship by wireless telegra- phy, and the passengers are afforded every opportunity to wager their mon- sy on the races.
 Tn addition 1t is further asserted that they may play at faro. roulette. poker or any other game of cards or with any known gambling device. Efforts have been made by the police authorities of the city of Chicago and by the state authorities of Illinois to suppress the institution. but In every instance their endeavors have proved futile.
 Finally Mayor Busse of Chicago ap- pealed to the national government with . view to the revocation of the vessels license as a passenger steamboat. In the end Representative Mann of Chl- cago urged President Roosevelt to use bis influence to suppress the evil.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
Fairbank. Save. Girl. Life.

YELLOWSTONE LAKE. wyo.. July e.-yice President Fairbanks rescued a woman from drowning here and when he left carried the best wishes of a host of persons to whom the incident had become known. Manager Gibbs of the Lake hotel and the vice president were seated on the hotel piazza talking when a shriek at the lake pier startled them. Both rose hastily and saw a wo- man struggling in the water. Spring Ing from the piazza. closely followed by Mr. Gibbs. the vice president ran at breakneck speed toward the lake. The woman in the water had sunk a second time before he reached the pier and was going down a third time as he jumped into the lake and brns'Sht her ashore
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
IN THE STOKEHOLE
Son of English Earl Hates Idle ness so Came 10 America 10
 be a Strenuous Worker.

New York, July 9.-Advices from London, published here to-day, state that the son of an English earl, whose name is not divulged, is living in New York and working for llv- ing, having, of his own choice, given up life of ease because of desire to work and make his own way. , The Shipping Gazette first gave the news, saying that the young mn worked his way across the Atlantic in the stoke hole of liner. h. quiry at Southampton is said to have confirmed this and developed the ad- ditional fact that he made good record and was offered pefmanent employment on the steamer, but de- clined as he preferred to take his chances in New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
PICKED UP FOUR
Yachting Party of Seven Upset in the North River-Three
 Drowned. '

New York, July 9.-Three mem- bers of the crew of the steam yacht Yacona, belonging to Henry Clay Pierce of St Louis, were drowned in the Hudson river early to-day when q small yawl, carrying six of the Yacona's crew and deckman was capsized by sailor who rocked the boat. Four of the party were pick cd up by a passing tug. No traces have been discovered of the three missing mon and the police are con- vinced that they are drowned. They are: Rudolph Johnson, Frederick son and Herman Von Borsen.
 The Yacona came into port yester- day after a weeks cruise in Long Island sound and Capt McDonough gave several of the crew shore leave. Six of the Yaconas crew came down to the landing at S6th street early to-day after an all night frolic and hailed the Yacona for launch. There was no answer from the yacht and the sailors induced Gus Apple ludu, d u tdhC thCih ouI to the Yacona. The dockman want ed to make two trips, but against his warnings all six piled into the yawl and started for the yacht. Several times during the trip Applenan warned his boisterous passengers to remain quiet as their movements threatened to overturn the craft. Within dozen boat lengths of the Yacona one of the sailors gave the yawl a violent lurch. and she cap sized, throwing all seven men into the water
 Appleman succeeded in not only clinging to the keel of the overturned boat but also assisted three of the sailors. All four were finally picked up by a tug, which had been att tracted by the shouts of the men. The crew on board the Yacona. hearing the cries of distress, threw powerful searchlight over the waters and low cred boat to search for the three missing men. No traces of them could be discovered.
 Henry Clay Pierce, the owner of the Yacona, is chairman of the board of the Waters-Pierce Oil company of Missouri.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
WILL BE A HUMMER.
Game of Ball by Newspapermen ans
 the Hayseeds.

The baseball team representing tho newspapermen and the hayseeds will cross bats at o'clock on the Morris park diamond next Sunday. The newsgathers have not played game since last summer when they so easily defeated the city officials at Rockville but they expect to be right there III the coming contest. The Hayseetis have played a number of games this season and are said to have fast team, they will neel to put up ( vev good exhibition if they expect to wia next Sunday. Captain D. J. Leahy of the scribes has not .et selected his team but he has plenty of material to select from. One of the star players on the newspaper team will be "Bill' Slocum, who as an all around player is said to be one of the best in tho city even though he has no. done much playing this season. The man. agement wishes to announce that ad- mission to the game will he free.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
Morgan After French Abbey..

PARIS, July 0.-J. Pierpont Morgan is negotiating through his Paris part ner for the purchase of two of the most ancient and most celebrated French convents, which in consequence of the law separating church and state are to be Sold One, the Abbey Fon- tevrault, is the most famous of all the Angeyin relics in ancient France. It was founded in 1eTs and contains the tombs of Henry II. of England and his wife. Eleanor: also that of Richard the Lion Hearted and his wife, Isabel The British government has several times claimed the tomb. and diplomatic pour parlers followed, but France declined to relinquish it. The other Is the Ab- bey Solesmes. in Sarthe. one of the most noteworthy architectural monu- ments in France. They are to be sold at auction.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
CANE HAD SHARP POINT.
Entered Girls Wrist, She Suffered
 Greatly and Lost Much Blood.

May ODonnell, age 10, of Ridge street, while playing with her brother at her home on Saturday had a mar row escape from death. A cane which her brother held in his hand pierced the girls wrist cutting an artery. The child suffered greatly from the loss of blood.
 The little girl and her brother had been playing in the yard when the former went to reach for something her brother was offering her. The boy had the cane which was sharp pointed and in some manner he held 1t so that his sisters wrist went against it. Although the cane did not apparently strike with much force, a severe wound was caused and in a moment the blood was pouring from the wrist in rivulet. An effort was made to stop the flow of blood while a physician was being summoned, but with poor success. When at length doctor arrived the child was so weak from the loss of blood that it was feared that she might die. She Is now resting comfortably although she is rather weak from the accident.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
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TOKYO. July 9.-The Hochi Shibun has interviewed Admiral Sakamoto. who is reported as saying: Concerning the dispatchlng of q fleet of warships to the Pacific decided on by President Roosevelt. 1t Is difficult 10 tell whether it Is intended as a threat or as provo cation to fight. should America be inimically disposed Japan. If necessary. is ready. It is much doubted If the American naval service is aetuated by patriotic motives. American naval of fcers and men are brilliant figures at balls and social gatherings. but their training in the use Of ships and guns has been totally neglected. Moreover. It Is comicaI to expect that Americans are daring with patriotism. % that In case of war with Japan It is very likely that most Of the officers would desert their ships tO avoid fighting Japan"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
LINE IS TIED UP.
Disappointment Over Cars Not Run. ming on Seymour Line.

ming on Seymour Line.
 Not car ran over the trolley line between Naugatuck and Seymour to- day, and notice posted up near the trolley company's offices in Exchange place by one of its officials stated it was not known when the road would be operated. It was given out that the trouble was a delay in transfer ring the property from the Nauga- tuck Electric Tramway Go, which built the road, to the Connecticut Co, hut George A. Lewis of Nauga- tuck, an officer of the first named concern, said he was not aware of any delay in making the transfer. He had heard of none and could offer no explanation why the road was not in operation. It was stated that one of Naugatuck's prominent citizens had trouble with the com pany over it's alleged failure to build retaining wall on his property through which the line passes, but investigation showed this report to be without foundation.
 Another report, which could not be verified. however. was that there was g dispute between the holding company and the Connecticut Go over the value of the lease or deed to the road.
 It is not likely, however, that the road. which iG one of the costliest in the state, will be permitted to lie idle longer than can be avoided.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
Never Desert Ia w.r Time.

WASHINGTON, July Q. Admiral Brownson. chief of the bureau of nav isation of the navy department. said he was satisfied that the Japanese Admiral Sakamoto. who Is reported In the Hochi. a Japanese antigovernmen- tai paper. to have questioned the pa triotism of American naval crews and the ability of the American naval ofFi- CT. has been mIsquoted- Said Admiral Brownson: While spared on by a spirit of unrest or homesickness sail orx have sometimes left the American navy. they have always done % in time of peace. There iS no record of a biuejaeket asserting in time of var
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
GAS COMPANY PAID
Now Man That Was Injured Be. lieveS That It Was a Bomb
 and Not Gas.

Boise, Idaho, July 9.--The reading of the dispositions taken in San Fran cisco in connection with the explo- sion at the residence of Fred Bradley whom Orchard swears he twice at tempted to assassinate continued to- day as one of the closing features on the side of the defense in the trial of William D. Haywood, accused of the murder of Frank Steunenberg.
 By the state the Bradley incident is looked upon as one of the most im- portant features of their case in sup port of the Orchard story. The de- fense has all along maintained that the attempt to poison Bradley and his whole household and the explo- sion at the house which Orchard says was caused by a bomb placed by him, are fabrication. Orchard says that he was commissioned by Haywood to go to San Francisco and kill Bradley, who had been consistent enemy to organized labor. He swore that he first poisoned the milk with arsenic and failing in this, placed bomb under Bradley's front door mat, with string attached to the door handle. At the time given by Orchard an ex- plosion occurred at Bradley's house just as Bradley himself was coming out of the house, smoking cigar. Bradley was terribly mangled, but recovered and the front porch of the house was badly damaged. Shortly after the explosion the owner of the house sued the gas company for dam ages and got judgment because of an escape of gas which, it was claim. ed, caused the explosion. Then came the Orchard confession and an ap- peal was taken against the judg- ment, but the higher court sustained the lower court.
 When the case against Haywood came up a commission was appoint ed to go to San Francisco and take dispositions. Fred Miller for the defense and Mir Vanduyn of the prosecution were selected. The dispositions are lengthy and the whole of the two sessions to. day probably will be taken up in the reading.
 Bradley still maintains his first po- sition that the explosion was caused by gas. but he modified his positive claim and he says the theory of a bomb is possible. He does not deny that the milk was poisoned.
 All of the witnesses so far exam ined under the depositions have ad- mitted that the main features of Or chard's account are within the bounds of possibility.
 It Is not likely now that Mover will go on the stand before tomorrow His testimony will probably take one day and on Thursday Haywood will be called. ills examination probably will take up the remainder of the week and the states rebuttal is hard ly looked for before next Monday. : 1 At the trial of Haywood this morn- ing the reading of the San Francisco depositions was resumed Senator Borah was indisposed and was unable to attend the trial to-day. e.,S t.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-09
NO POLO IN HIS.
George Strobel Says He Wants Nc
 Part of the Game.

T will have nothing to do with a polo team. have given up the idea of providing polo for this city and you may say for me that l am out of it." Thus spoke George Strobel this afternoon. George is the principal owner of the Waterbury Athletic club corporation which intended to buck McMahon and Halliwell in the polo field. But the baseball business has been breaking so badly that George says he is disgusted and will not go any further q am heartily sick of it. It was my intention to go into the field but in view of the happen ings the past week have no desire to get mixed up in polo. Baseball is bad enough; it will hold me for a while"