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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
AUTO KILLED WOMAN.
The Chauffeur Lost Control-Thre.
 Others Badly Hurt,

Bridgeport, Oct. 26.-A large au- tomobile containing four passengers and the chauffeur, while going at a rapid rate along Barnum avenue in this city last night, struck and in stantly killed Mrs Ann Leavey, aged 50, who was crossing the street with her husband. The chauffeur then lost control of the car and it dashed along for about 200 feet and then plunged over an embankment, turn ing turtle and pinning the occupants beneath.
 It required the services of several men to raise the completely wrecked car in order to rescue the passengers The Misses Kittie and Mamie Bren- nan and Miss Julia Small were found to be badly hurt and were taken to the Bridgeport hospital The fourth passenger, Thomas Tierney, escaped serious injury. William Logan, the chauffeur, was rendered unconscious When he came to he was placed under arrest and taken to c.ie Stratford lock up.
 All the persons concerned live in Bridgeport.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
A MONTH AGO

we heard scarcely anything only about the mayor or the would-be mayor, and both gentlemen got talk ing so much that after election they had to skiddoo out of town. one went to a country where he wouldn t know anyone, and if he continues talking there two-thirds of the peo- pie won't understand him and the other third won't be interested. But the would-be mayor took to the Maine woods. and 'tis said he just felt like shooting some one or some thing, so he decided the birds in the air or the beasts of the forest would have to satisfy him, and il he dldn [ catch fish enough around election time, why he can catch fish where he is gone, providing he knows how It's a wonder he didn't take the ''Lilley of the valley with him just to give him pointers. But WE don believe in going out of town to have our say and WE don't have to, be- cause what WE have to say is al- ways for the publics gOOd--no false promises What we say, we do. We have a few more coal hOds, one with a pound of our warranted good Bak- ing Powder, 45c per pound; and we guarantee our Tea and Coffee is the usual first quality; none in the city to equal it for the price, at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
The Miller &Peck Co
Special Prices for Sat
 urday Night.

At s59S ladies' 50 inch black kersey
 coats, value $7. At $1.9S misses coats, all lined, were
 $2.50. At $7.9S ladies' suits, made of fancy
 mixtures, were $10. At 59c dress plaids in all the new colors, value 69c. At 35c plain and fancy wool dress
 goods, were soc. At 29c colored lining silks, were 35c At $1.25 silkoline covered comfort
 ables, from $1.49. ? for 25c, 45X36 bleached pillow
 cases, from 14c. At 10c neck ruchings, from 15c. At 25c wide hamburg insertions, from
 49c At 19c inch warp print ribbons,
 from 25c.
 At 10c Whisk brooms from 15c.
 At $1.59 Mems sample Union Suits from $25O.
 At 40c Boys Knee pants from soc
 At 13c ? for 25c Womens wool hose from 15c At $1.79 childrens and misses
 cashmere dresses, value $2.25.
 At $3.25 Children's coats trimmed with plush value $3.9S.
 At 49c Ladies outing flannel short skirts with scolloped ruf1ie value CSC At CSC Tapestry furniture cover ing from S9c
 At 75c Velvet carpets with or with out borders from 9Sc.
 At $4.9S Ingrain rugs, size 6x9 from $6.50.
 At soc double rolls wall paper and 20 yards border.
 At $2.69 Heavy weight plush car riage robes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
MAGAZINE NOTICE.

The Democrat will not in the flu ture give away the Woman's Home Companion to subscribers. The pub. fishers of the magazine have cancelled the agreement they had with this paper, and also raised the price ol the magazine. This notice is given so that those subscribers who have been paying monthly and were receiv- ing the magazine may know why they will not receive the November number.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
FALL WEDDINGS

Our stock Is TepIete wIrn suzzes- tIOns in handsome cut glass. dainty silverware. etc. for wedding gifts
 Your broken ieweIry. clocks or watches will look like rev after leaving our repairing department
 Optical work receives special zt- tsntto1-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
JOUR BOYS STORE"
Underwear Stock

Receives the first call to provide comfort for weather changes. There are none more fnicky in selecting under-clothing than the boy The garment If it be wool, must be of texture that not irritable cotton garments must be of good weight and not clumsy We have provided for all tastes Feece-ned gar- ments 25c and soc, including Wrghts Healthy Underwear the best obtanabe in cotton fleece gar- ment All and part wool underwear. 75c and $l CO., Union Suits in cotton or wool 50c., $l Oo $l SO Boys Hose. l5c, 25c, 35c. Cashmere Hose, 5Oc Flannel Pajamas and Night Robes soc, 75c, $l.O0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
MEETINGS TOMORROW.

French Canadian band.
 L'Union Fraternelle Francais. St ThOmass Holy Name society. Hendricken council, No 36, K. of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Nosahogan lodge school meeting.
 Friendly league, Penny Prevalent bank open to the public 3:30 to 4:30.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

:===:=3= EL lPt1 HEWLETT ON RACE QUESTION
By Ellis Parker Butler


month for four months, including the his
tory of the Rassan-Japanese war, with
oleographs of all the great battles. Shall
| go away and say that the Sewing cir
Gle of lowaVille refused to take five
copies, preferring to bear the blame of
the race troubles they could so easily
have averted? Or shall l so forth and
say, The ladies of the Iowaville Sewing
circle have done their part to uplift the
negro race buying five copies OF Jarby's
Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compen-
dunn of Literature. Science and Art, and
whatever happens, don't blame them, Do
not point the finger of scorn at Iowa
ville"
we generally send the money itself to
the missionary society," said the elder
Miss Fliggis. doubtfully, and they never
said anything about sending books.''
No" said Eliph they don't say any
thing about it. But think how glad they
will be to receive five copies of this help
full book. Money and blue calico shirts
they get by every mail, from every side.
as they think nothing of it, but when
the Iowavile Sewing circle sends FIVE
copies of Jarbys they will notice Iowa
vile and remember it, They will say,
Here at last is town that takes an
interest in work: that thinks about it
and studies 1t and knows as well as we
do what the poor heather negro needs
and wants and is aching for. How did
lney know that the millions OF heathen
in Africa are standing in rows every time
a ship lands. begging for copy of Jar
by's and coaxing for a single leaf from
the book If they can't have any more?
The ladies of Iowaville are intelligent.
they will say, and know what we need
Thanks to the ladies' of the lowayille
Sewing circle Shall I make it six
copies, or will five be enough
Miss Fliggs. with the side curs, looked
at the other ladies, and they nodded
II guess five will be enough she said.
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, bed blankets and started out for great
! masquerade II you were a man YOU
could not possibly get near enough 10
examine them, but one of my lady friends
mas tola me Just how they are are
dressed. Under those blankets they have
baggy trousers which come about half
way 10 the ankle. and above these Jackets
OF embroidery with one or two vests I'M
der them. They wear sashes about the
waist and undergarments of fine gauze.
At home the ladies either go barefooted
or wear slippers of velvet embroidered
with gold. They plat their hair in long
braids, and tie ii up in knots behind the
head. They wear the little gold caps [
have already described and tie them ON
with cords of gold thread under the chin
Those who can afford ii are loaded with
jewelry. They have bracelets and anklets
and some wear gold rings in their ears
Even tile children wear jewelry see
little girls with earrings almost as big
around as the bottom of tin cup, and
anklets of silver as thick as their own
little fingers.
The Arab men have gowns of white
wooden material striped with silk bound
in by sashes a the waist Under this
they often wear baggy trousers and over
it a white WOODEN burnoose of fine tex
ture. The richer men sometimes have a
sort of an overcoat of fine navy blue
cloth embroidered with silk and made in
the shape of a burnoose which they wear
over the burnoose. Some of the men
wear stockings and some riding horse
back have instead long, red boots of the
finest Morocco leather. which are almost
as soft as wool. Over the foot they have
shoe covering the boot to the ankle.
and to this shoe spur Is attached. The
poorer Arabs wear hacks, long gowns
of a night SHIRT shape, made of camels
hair and wool in white and black stripes.
Many of the native garments are made
in Tlemeen. This town has long been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

copyright iNh by FRANK u, Carpenter
11emeen. Africa.
~oME with me and my Mohamme
dan dragoman. AIustapha. and
~ take walk this bright Sunday
morning through the Delhi of North
Africa. We are in city which WAS
famous when Agra was AT the height
OF its glory. and one which has mosques
and tombs containing Moorish deeora-
tions which will compare in their beauty
with those of the famed cities Of
India. There are doors of bronze in
the Mosque OF sid Bon-Medn as beauti-
full as those at the entrance to the capt.
tol at Washington. and equal in their fine
workmanship 10 those of Mohammedan
worship hundreds of years old, which
have beauty greater than the mosques
of Cairo and Gonstantinople. and all were
constructed when Europe was still SEMI
civilized and a hundred years or so be-
fore the new world of America began 10
be. Not far from these mosques are
the remains of a ruined city. which sur
passed Pompeii in extent and glory, and
in another direction is the tomb of the
man who built that city, with the Arabs
praying in and about it today.
Ruins of Tlemcen.
All this is not in Italy. Greece or India.
the countries to which we look for the
monuments of the past. 1t is in this black
continent of Africa, on the edge of saw
age turbulent and warning Morocco, thr-
~ miles south of the Mediterranean and
about 100 miles from Oran, The chief
seaport of western Algeria. 1t is so IA"
out of the line of travel that strangers
seldom come here. but it is one of the
most interesting places on the continent
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kinq of Bootleqgers.

Chickasha q. To Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Joe Phelan is his name. "Old Joe, king
of bootleggers," is what he is called by
the United States marshals and his
friends. 1t is his proud boast that he has
, smuggled more whisky into the Indian
Territory in the last twenty years than
any other four men in the United States.
And only once before his arrest, the other
day, was he ever indicted by a grand
months in jail and a fine of $500. But
he is getting too old now, and he adj
mits it.
"Old joe is now before the United
States court in this district for intro
ducing whisky. He alighted from a Frisco
train here last week. emily to be met by
two deputy United States marshas. who
told him they would take care of his suit
case for him. In it, when opened, We're
found thirty pints of whisky. 1t was good
whisky, too. That has been one of the
secrets OF Phelans success as boot
logger" He always brought in good whis-
ky. and got big price for 1t. He never
brought much whisky in on the trains. He
said II was always too dangerous. The
only way to bring whisky into the terri
tory. according to Phelan, is in a prairie
schooner and a team of mules Phelan
is now 70 years old. and shows his age
He has long. white beard, and looks
anything but the typical whisky SNUG
sler. He usually dresses rather shabbly,
after the fashion of the poorer class OF
farmers. He not only has suit cases es-
pecially arranged for the carrying of
whisky but has coats and trousers with
voluminous and secret pockets. He has
one coat in which he can conceal thirty
five half pint bottles of whisky. and the
average observer could not tell it from
well-padded duck coat. He even has a
hat in which he can carry a pint bottle
safely and without suspicion.
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By Frank 6. Carpenter
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noted for It's good workmanship and It's
lace hats, shawls and blankets are IA
nous. Among other garments are some
made for the Jews. aud especially the
bright red shawls which they use here
for mourning.
New French Towns.
The Tlemeen Of today is largely COM
posed of new French buildings. The
streets are French streets. There is
square in the center of the town where
the people meet to walk about, and
there is park outside it filled with
great plane trees and wild olive trees
which is known as Tlemcens Bots de
Boulogne. About six years ago the city
was first reached by railroad, and it now
has two trains each way every day.
On my way here | stopped at Sidi Bel
Abbes. a French settlement of 1900 peo-
pie, which has grown up within few
years. Sdi Bel Abbes is named after a
Mohammedan saint, and it has its Arab
quarter today. The city is built in the
shape of a rectangle with great walls
about it. and like most of these Algerian
towns, it has its military quarter. This
is inhabited by several companies of the
foreign soldiers employed by the French
to defend Algeria. They are composed of
Swiss, Poles. Germans and such other
rin-raff as can be enlisted at few cents
day, The troops there vary in number.
at times reaching as many as COCO.
Sid Bel Abbes has it regular concerts
by the military band; it has theatre
where they are now playing BOX and
Cox" and also Cafe Chantant.' wher8
the songs and dances are even more
wicked than those of Paris itself Indeed
things are moving fast in this French
section of the African continent.
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BILE and juicy core that is excellent food.
| ate a hearty meal and looked at the
book again. and it told how to draw the
sap from the trunk. making a sweet and
auenching drink. 1t got hot and the book
told how to make tent of woven pa IN
leaf strips and how to make pa M leaf
fans to watt away the heas. I done 1t.
Then | turned to page S64 and read some
of the Five Hundred Ennobling
Thoughts from the Worlds Greatest Au-
thors. which cheered me up, and L
opened the book to page 7sS, Text, Bib
lical-Hints for Sermons-The Art of Pull
pit Eloquence-Pulpit Orators-Golden
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edge and Compendium or literature.
Science and Art, treating of every topic
from A to Il. ten thousand references in
all. Oh. the bills that fills the heart of
the faithful missionary when the box
comes from his far-off native land, bring
ing blue calico shirts to clotne the naked
Yes, ladies of the Sewing circle. no sooner
had | landed in Africa than native
heather chased me into a palm tree
which | recognized as soon ! climbed
it, having read in this priceless volume
all about it under Trees Native and
l5oreign-Deciduous and Evergreen-F'ruit
trees including apple, orange, peach,
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plum, pear and all others-Bushes and
Shrubs-How to Graft-How to Prune, ct
cetery ct eetery And there below me,
waiting till | should fall was a wild
black heather, ready to kill and eat me.
1t was the narToWest escape from death |
ever had"
My lands.'' exclaimed the younger
Miss Fliggis, and how did you escape
BY staying in the tree said Eliph'
Hewitt coughing gently behind his hand.
YES ladies, II | had not had this vol
ume In my hand as | have 1t now ! should
not now be here. should have become a
part of that heather negro in the wllds
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of Africa. l stayed in thar tree five
weeks"
Goodness" cried Mrs. HartbY, the
minister's wife. Didn't you starve?"
Il didn't come so near it as the heather
that was waiting to eat me did said
E1iph' Hewitt. with a copy of Jarby's
Encyclopedia and Compendium of Liter
ature. Science and Art handy no one need
starVe. ! sat in the tree awhile, and
when | see the heather wasn't going
away | got tired and | turned to page
4o5 to see what ii said about the pa M
tree. There l read how to strip the bark
from the tender shoots, leaving a palata-
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for as though a manicure or rather a
pedicure had worked upon them. The
men looked strangely at me from under
| their turbans, and evidently thought me
as much curiosity as | considered them
Nevertheless, they were friendly, and we
drank our coffee together. The coffee
was brought in smoking. 1t was as black
as ink, finely powdered and very sweet
The price was one cent a cup.
Ruined City of Mansoura.
/ next drove to the ruins of Mansoura,
on the other side of Tlemcen. That city
was built when Tlemcen was great and
when 1t had a population of 1850 souls
Tlemcen was then noted as a city of
light and genius. It's kings were lovers
of art, science and literature. They had
their own armies of disciplined soldiers.
and they had a police force, judges and
courts. They coined their own money.
and had schools and colleges. This was
several hundred years before America
was discovered.
1t was just about that same time that
Mansoura sprang up almost in a night
on the plains. An Arab general. Abou
Yakoub, had besieged Tlemcen and had
encamped with his army about three
miles from the city The siege lasted
seven years, and Mansoura was construct
ed during the intervals of fighting by
Yakoub. For many years 1t was rival
of Tlemcen. It's walls and forts inclosed
a space of something like three hundred
acres, and it had a magnificent mosque,
with a minaret or tower 125 feet high.
This tower was decorated with green por-
celain workmanship The ruins of it still
stands, the most of the tower being
intact. but the mosque has long since
crumbled to dust.
The great walls of Mansoura are still
to be seen in some places as solid as
when first built, and in others broken
down and crumbed. The whole space
cnNnrel by the city is NOW a rich VinR-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
BETRAYED BY REFUSAL TO sHRIvE.
Man Who Baked at the Confessional Re
turns Stolen Money to Boarders.

Bloomfield. n. J.. Dec. topeclap'--Ai anu
r-.,r r,aronski, of No. 1913 Glenwood ave-
ond their Polish boarders were rejoicing
=. s., aver the recovery Of their stolen savings
Mrs Haronski acted treasurer for the board
ers and used a trunk as her safety deposit
ysult. On Friday she decided to take the money
70 tbe bank She discovered the theft ana caiieo
the boarders in consultation
IT was suggested that the members OF ',e
household go in body TO confession at 81 var
.ntine's Roman Catholic Church ore oodfue
refused to go, and Immediately snsPicioh SaS
.,tocbed to him. He received the ai'eiii
~ returning the stolen s12o ana oaIihoooA -
being handed over TO the PONCE ~ .,.r,,
was returned, and there is room ioi
boarder at Mrs. Baronskrs.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
SOLDIERS IN FIGHT WITH POLICE.
Hand.to. Hand Conflict in Pittsburg Ended by
Lieutenant Blake.
rBy Telesraphato The Tribune

P,ttsb,,rg Dec. six enlisted from Fort
SIocum. New York. under charge of Lieutenant
Blake, on their way to the Philippines. had a
hand hand fight with squad of police re-
serves here to-day.
When Lieutenant Blake went to get his break
fast the men went to the saloon in the Hotel
Lafayette After a couple OF drinks they at
tackled William Kruckerwitt, waiter, and beat
him badly as they did also John Weithaus.
the proprietor,
Some one turned in riot call, and dozen
officers, under Inspector Lawrence BARLEY, re
sponded The soldiers retreated toward the
Union Depot, two blocks distant, fighting all the
way ]. B. Ryan. of the soldiers, knocked
policemen right and left with heavy club The
waiting room at the depot was crowded. and
many women tainted. The fight continued
through the gates and into the train shed
Lieutenant Blake, hearing the uproar. rushed
from the dining room and. drawing his revolver,
shouted to Ryan that he would kill him if he
did not surrender. Ryan was then taken in
charge by the police The other five were taken
West by Lieutenant Blake. Magistrate Kirby
sentenced Ryan to thirty days in the workhouse.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
FIRE At HIPPODRO4HE.
Flames Ertinguished an Full Piea0
of Calm audience.

curtain in the Hippodrone caught hIe last
night from bursting electric light sloDe' cdo9e'
b. e short circuit, and Fireman Arn1ofus'ei'
uho is detailed at the house, was unable 10 cope
with the t,f.za alone He summoned assistance
from engine company 60 TO which call FIREMAN
&ergeI answered.
The two ertinguished the blaze with reVersi-
Sic hand extingu:shers, and though the entire
afair took place in full view OF the audience
there was nc excitement among the people. Ap-
rarently most of them thought it part OF the
spectzcle All information refused when
police from the East 51st street station went to
the house TO investigate.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
CONVERTS 23o OF 400 INMATES.
Remarkable Missionary Work in the Penn
sylsania Reform School at Morganza.
IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

Pittsburg Dec THE Rev. DR.. J. W. Mckay, a
PRESBYTERIAN minister, has reformed 80 of the 400
inmates of the Western Pennsylvania Reform
School at Morganza. Most of the converts already
have joined the Central Presbyterian Church. of
Cannonsburg and others will be taken into the
same church tomorrow Forty-fve of the ninety
eight girls in the institution have declared that
they will lead better lives in the future
Dr. Mckay entered the school gardener
While he worked about the institution he talked
TO the inmates. whose ages range from ten TO
twenty years. Later meetings were held. where,
as Dr. Mckay explains If the children wanted to
sing popular songs instead of hymns they did So
If they preferred a story a sermon. one was told
to them. They became enthusiastic. 1t was only
a step further make the meetings purely re-
ugious gatherinEA"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
LABOR OPPOSES RATE LEGISLATION.
Georgia Federation Blames State for Slack
ness and Reduction In Wages.

Augusta, Ga Dec. 7.-The Georgia Federation OF
Thor went on record to-day through its president
n p OConnell after meeting OF the eNecutNe
committee. deploring the reductioh Oh faiiodu
-. .r,a faras through legislation, and opposing
snv further legislation of the kind Mr. o'Conneii
contends as does the executive committee that
labor conditions in the South have been disturbed
nv the legislation which has caused shortening oi
.rs and thereby a reduction of wages, as well
- te;,s the direct cause of numbers of workmen
being laid off
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
WOMAN LOSES NEARLY $4,000.

syracuse. Dec Mrs. Blanche Meyers are"
yearly 80 600 from local bank yesterday 10 take
with her to England. She carried the HioheS ~ .
$1,000 in "a vrristbag AS she left car last
,,-. sbo had the pocketbook. She walked biock
- again looked in the bag TO make sure her
r,onev was safe and the pocketbook was missing.
rrs,e nolce searched the neighborhood In vain ana
.,e investigating. esf,
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
TOM JOHNSON TO SEE PRESIDENT.
VIII Have Brief Interview at White House
on Thursday Morning
IBy Telegraph 70 The T1bune. ]

Cleveland, Dec. Mayor Tom L. Johnson
received word to-day from Secretary Loen that
he request for a brief interview with P1esloehe
Roosevelt next Thursday had been granted
What the man who defeated Theodore T. Bur
tor viii discuss with the President is not known
tn have three minutes possibly few more,
said the Mayor, showing the letter, which he salo
hs might have few minutes at II q. m I've
not been in Washington since the President took
his ceace, and I'm going TO pay my respects"