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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
HEARD IN PASSING.

The extra session rumor can now purchase a fresh supply of moth balls.
 It would be rather a joke on the Thaw family if Jerome should join in the attempt to prove Harry in sane
 Senor Caruso's new contract with Conreid calls for fifty performances at $2,300 per appearance. and no fines off for disorderly conduct.
 Mayor Schmitz announces his in tention of stopping off in Kansas on his way back to San Francisco. It is suspected he wishes to dig up a cyclone cellar and take it back with him.
 An Indiana man announced in court the other day that he usually took 25 drinks of whiskey a day and 75 when he was not feeling we'll. Wonder what serious illness would call for?s.
 The government is to change the style of gold coins. The present style is so unfamiliar to the great majority that if little change in design takes place it will make no difference Middletown Press.
 Pennypacker's muzzling-the-press- act has been repealed by the unan- imous vote of the Pennsylvania house. It was ignored by the news papers which in vain challenged its enforcement.-Bridgeport Farmer.
 William Dean Howells, who has just reached the age of seventy years, is still vigorous mentally and physi- cally. Three score and ten is not old after all, and it Is to be hoped that he still has before him many years of usefulness. Sem tinel.
 : The American National Red Cross has added s65.000 to the funds for the starving Chinese. who are said to be dying in constantly increasing numbers. The help sent from this country will be greatly appreciated by the better class of Chinamen who know little of our sentiments towards their country, save through the op- position to coolie labor and the off, cial infelicities at the customs houses. Bridgeport Standard.
 As a general proposition. it seems that any prosperous town of 15,00O inhabitants is wise to invest in real estate for park purposes. says an ex- change. Even though the town s revenues do not permit the present conversion of a bare tract of land into well-kept groves and gardens, the enhancement of the value of the land is almost certain to pay in time a handsome return on the invest ment Meantime. some work, such as the planting of trees. can be done at little cost-Norwieh Bulletin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

There will be no war with Mexico at present, says Washington writer. This will be satisfying information to the people who did not know that there was war impending anywhere.
 Perhaps there was not a war cloud but there surely were internat; Il complications, and they are | | most happily by the escape of All tonio Villareal. This is an amusing case that has been hanging ever since fast October. Vilareal was down iu Fl Paso, but the crux of the situation was In Washington. He was a revolutionist by profession, and the government of Mexico want ed his blood in the most. approved melodramatic fashion. So he skipped over to the United States. But the Mexican government. was crafty and pointed out that while We might
 not surrender Mir villareal as g rev. olutionist, it being against our policy to surrender political refugees, he had been convicted in a shooting scrape down in Mexico, and was therefore ineligible for admission to the United States under the immi- grafton laws. If this were true, We could not admit him to the United States but if We deported him. it was sure death when he fell into the hands of the Mexican govern ment. So the immigration bureau. to whom the case was finally turned over was much in a quandary. The case dragged on for months, and just as it was on the eve of being settled, Viilareal escaped from the custody of the immigration inspector and the incident is at an end But the escape was so opportune and the Mexican consul at Fl Paso was 50 indignant that Secretary Strauss. Commissioner Sargent and everyone else who had anything to do with the case has been kept busy ever since explaining that they were not particeps criminis and that it was a really truly escape Maybe it was.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1907.

From the evidence at hand up to date it would seem that Engineer Fisher disobeyed orders and is re- sponsible for the railroad wreck in this city last Saturday morning; but why, one might ask, was this special sent out in the face Of this incoming train, which would have arrived at the Bank street station in three min utes after the crash came, had it not been stoppedo If the special had been held here for five minutes both trains would have had clear track. the New Haven party would have ar rived home almost as soon, and three lives would have been spared.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

A delegation of Russians called on the president at the white house in the interests of the Famine Relief association. They presented the facts in the case to the president, saying that the villagers in 20 provinces were starving owing to successive crop failures, and they begged that he issue proclamation recognizing the existence of the distress and au- thorizing the American Red Cross to act as it was now acting in China. MT Roosevelt promised to take the matter under consideration. He also wrote the committee a letter and made a contribution of $10O.. The Red Cross is doing good work in China and $65,000 was forwarded this week by the Christian Herald to the missionary committees at Shanghai and Chingkiwang.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

feet is that the block signal system, : without naming any particular brand of apparatus, is one of the
 greatest savings of life and railroad
 transported property possible. It
 costs something to install and some
 thing to operate, but it pays for it.
 self in the long run, and, the report
 continues, if the railroads will not
 adopt it voluntarily, it ought to be
 forced on them by law. Up to date
 the block signal system has been adopted by about fifty of the more
 important railroads. It is in use
 on 4S,626 miles of the 263,0o0 miles
 of road in the country. The rail- roads are very gradually coming to see that it is an economy in the
 end. As the report of the commits sion says, some of the railroads that have had long record of im-
 munity without the aid of the block system continue in the hope that
 tho immunity will continue. But
 the day invariably comes when the fata! accident happens, and not only is the record Of the railroad clouded,
 but all it's savings are wiped out in
 damage suits. This is very false
 economy and certainly works to the Encouragement of the travelling public. The interstate commerce commission wishes the adoption of
 the block system to be made com- puisaTy like the safety appliance system, and there is fair prospect that legislation of this sort may be enacted at the next session of con-
 gress. But meantime there is an- other and even greater safeguard
 that the commission wants to test. It is the automatic signal and stop device of which there are num- Der on the market and which has
 never been adopted by any inter-
 state road. There is a bill pending
 in congress to give the commission
 money to make experiments in this line, and there are score of worthy devices and many others would soon
 be forthcoming, that would make
 railroad travel almost as safe as
 street car travel if the systems could
 ever get fair and official test. The
 railroads will not do this experi- menting, and they will not adopt
 any such device if they can help it
 owing to the attendant expense. But congress is in a position to force
 them to do so, and it certainly is to
 be hoped that this compulsory legis-
 lation will be adopted. It will mean a fortune for the man who has the best system ready and other fortunes for the men who can contribute toward perfecting it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

SENATOR JOHN C. SPOONER. of railroad employees to sixteen hours.
 H. R. Fuller. who has been repre- senting the various railway brother hoods at the capitol during the consid- eration of the La Toilette measure. was in the room at the time 1t was signed. The president shook hands with Mir. Fuller. remarking, You know the president only gets a per centage of what he wants"
 The ship subsidy bill died in the sen ate. Senator Gallinger agreeing not to press it when the Democrats announc- cd their intention of talking It to death.
 Tn addition to the songs and stories that usually mark the close of ses- sion there was beautiful picture formed by the entire house rising and waving flags and singing My Coun- try. Iris of Thee" as the gavel fell at 12:15 ?. m.
 Tn the senate the last of the proceed ings was the speech by Vice President Fairbanks prior to adjournment. His remarks were applauded by the thou sands of visitors. and the applause continued as the audience watched with interest the farewelIs of senator's on the floor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
werve. a,o.sIe seysIssed.

SALT LAKE CITY. March 5.-The case against Apostle Heber Grant of the Mormon church. charged with un- lawful polysamous cohabItstion. was dismissed by Judge DiehI st the in stance of the prosecuting attorney. Ac- ton was brought against Apostle Grant two yeers ago Iy Charles M- Owen attorney for the American par ty-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
Gibson Continued.

In response to great demand. the Gilson Picture series of The Sunday World will not end. Another medal lion head will be given next Sunday. This picture has never before been circulated except in MT Gibson's s mos. exclusive and high-priced books. This drawing will be followed by a new series of Gibson drawings. Twice the size of the series we have been giving away Order the New York Sunday World from your newsdeaIer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

Everybody pretty much will ap- prove of the report of the interstate commerce commission on the block signal system except the railroads interested. and they ought to ap- prove of it if they are far sighted. What the commissioner, sa5s in ef-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
M...,ai. sl,ppi.s slowly.

NAPLES, March 5.-The mountain in the province of Potenza. above Mon temurro. which for two days past has been slipping down into the valley. ap- pears now to be moving much more slowly. The flight of the people. how ever. continues. many fearing a repeti tion of the terrible earthquake of 1851. in which 800 persons lost their lives here. The present avaIanches have destroyed twenty dwellings and two churches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05
ALL REGRET LuSs OF SPOoSER.
President at Capitol to Sign Bills and Say FareNell-JOkes With Ful-
 ler-subsidy Bill Dles With the Sessi0n.


 and Say Farewell-Jokes With Ful-
 ler-subsidy Bill Dies With
 F the session.
 WASHINGTON, March 6.-The Eff ty-ninth congress adjourned sine die shortly after noon. the hands of the clock having been turned back that ad' journment might be officially taken at F. ......
 In the house songs were sung, flags waved, and Uncle Joe Cannon was given great ovation.
 John Sharp Williams (iiss.), the mi nority leader, addressing the house, said that the work performed by the Fifty-ninth congress would stand as the best work the nation has had in many years. He spoke of "the speaker whom every one loves for his big brain, his big heart and his impartial ity." He congratulated the house on having such man as its presiding of ficer. g4
 Great surprise, as we'll as regret, was expressed by senators of both parties after the announcement by Senator John c. Spooner that he would not re. turn to the senate when 1t should meet again. Mir. Spooner has served sixteen years in the senate and was regarded on all sides as one of its ablest mem- bers. His term has two years to run. Senator Spooner retires to take up the practice of law. President Roosevelt on learning that MT. Spooner had re- signed issued statement of regret.
 One of the interesting features in- cident to the close of congress was the visit of President Roosevelt. who, with his cabinet, White House staff and q number of guests occupied the presidents room in the senate wing.
 Forty bills in all were signed by the president at the capitol. The last bill to reach him was Senator La Follette's measure limiting the continuous labor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-05

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Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
Personal Mention
Observation-Disclosures

Those registered at the Ford hotel
yesterday were ]. A. Brady, Christmas;
C. +. Watson, Christmas; Vernon III.
Miltcr, Denver; Mr.. and Mrs. III. J.
Atwood. city; A. Gullett; r. ii. With
eirpoon, Lawrenceburg, Ky; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. l.. Zente, La Cananea, Mexico.
There were registered at the Com
mercial hotel yesterday: W. W. Bass
and family, Grand Canyon; ]. X. Nc
Carthy, Florence; Colin Campbell, Ash
Fork; Frank II. Horn, Kansas City;
j. c. Anderson, Gaylon; w. Mcdonald,
Wickenburg; Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Ed
wards. Globe; Geo. ]. Fluishutz, San
Francisco: L. Agnew, Cave Creek; f.
S. Horn. Kansas City; E. b. FOst. Kan
sas City.
The guests of the Hotel Adams yes
terday were: c. w. Pearsoll, Omaha;
j. w. Smith. Los Angeles; ID. Aims
worth, city; Thomas N Y. McGill, Chi
cago; G. J. Nofdon, Chicago: w. ii.
Simpson, Jr. Boston; r. II. Scale. New
York; w. III. Wilburn. New York;
Charles G. Settle. New York; NJ. A.
Perkins. Prescott, A. n. Smith, Pres
colt.
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
AWAKENED INTEREST IN THE
NEGRO PROBLEM.

The American Magazine is taking up
the negro question. In the December
number there appeared an extraordin-
airy unsigned letter from southern
woman presenting a new and interest
ing explanation of the increasing
breach between blacks and whites. In
the January number Washington Glad
din writes Of The Negro Crisis" He
says that unless the movement TO
make serfs of negroes is relaxed, strife
will continue until the nation will be
compelled to intervene and compel the
segregation of the races-the setting
apart of three or four states for the
exclusive occupation of negroes.
Now comes the announcement that
Ray Stannard Baker one of the editors
of the American Magazine. is studying
negroes and whites South and North,
collecting material for a series of arti-
Giles to begin in the February number.
He is going to try to get at the actual
facts in regard to the condition OF the
negrO-his position South and North.
his education. his crime. his religion,
his business interests, always with ref
erence to the points of contact between
the negro and the white man. He is
going to make an effort to see every
point of view and to set down the facts
without prejudice. His promises to in
crease the verify of his presentation by
a series of photographs of Southern
conditions made specially TO acquaint
the public with the real elements of the
problem-great full page portraits of
negro faces OF various types. and so on.
No theory will be advanced: no solu-
ton will be suggested 1t will be an
attempt to get at the documents and
facts. Mr.. Baker says.
More and more this question is COM
ing before the people; it occupies no
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
TOBACCO as A LIFE SAVER.

Alcohol may or may not be a food,
Tobacco is. We have the word OF
Lindsay B. Hicks for it, And the word
of a man entombed fifteen days in a
mountains heart is worth having on
the subject of what saves life in cir
cumstances that seem a certain guar
antee of death. . Air came to the i'm
prisoned miner through a chance crew
ice when the tons of earthcrushed into
the shaft; a 2-inch tube drilled down
to him through seventy feet of rock
and dirt, gave him liquid food. But
his belief is that this food and drink
would not have saved him.
THAT tobacco saved my life" he says
1T is the greatest foodstun on earth,
and but for it would be a cold corpse
in there right now
The chances are that Miner Hicks,
jailed for a fortnight in the narrowest
and darkest subterranean cells from
which a man ever came forth alive,
would have died a maniac or victim
of nervous scock and exhaustion but
for his tobacco. Pluck saved him, and
his plug and the few grains scraped
from an empty sack were the nerve
food that enabled him TO keep his cour-
age.
An old Indian fighter who had fol-
lowed the hardest trails Of Crook. Miles
and Custer once said that the American
regular cavalryman can march three
days with out food, provided the sup
ply of tobacco is ample. But" he add
ed significantly. even with half ra-
.tions Of food and a scant supply Of wa
ter, after tobacco had given out for
two days rode constantly at the rear
Of my troop" His meaning was that
that the mems endurance OF the desert
lessened, their nerves were unstrung
and a chance stumble or careless word
would bring about one OF those ugly
conflicts among comrades which only
the prompt action Of an officer could
check in time.
ASSailants OF tobacco, Of course. can
ind in the facts as strong an argument
as can the devotees OF the weed. Men
who never become accustomed to its
use may never need its sustaining
qualities. We know of no fair test
that has ever been made of the compa-
ratiYe endurance of smokers and nom
smokers But the testimony of Miner
Hicks. at least will console the man
whose briar is his fireside pet. and to
whom a woman is only a woman, but
a good cigar is a smoke
-O-
The school of experience is always a
nav school-Philadelphi Record.
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
THREE CHILDREN BURNED.
The Mortified Mother Sought Relief
in Suicide.

Redding. Cal, Jan. Twin boys
aged and their 1-year-old sister, the
children of Mrs. Stewart, a widow
living near Anderson, were burned to
death this afternoon when their home
was destroyed by fire. The mother was
visiting a neighbor at the time and at
tempted suicide when she learned OF
the fate of her children.
The three children. ii is supposed
from the position of the bodies, We're
all asleep on the bed where the mother
had put them. The origin of the fire
is unknown
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
WANTED NO MORE OFT.
a Millnan Declined to Start Upon the
New Year.

Norwich. Conn, Jan. Frederick 5.
Camp, one of the most prominent mill
men of eastern Connecticut. and agent
of the Ponemah mills. the largest cot
ton mill in the country, took his life
by shooting today He had been i'll
about six months with Bright's disease
and was respondent.
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02
The California >: .s-;, -; ~,
n Phoenix, arizona
ReStaurant...... =

small share Of the. Presidents message
10 congress-; and an attempt Will be
made In, congress looking 90 the repeal
OF the 18th amendment and the total
Of the negro. No sin
gle American problem is more perpleE-
ing and acute.
Arizona republican., 1907-01-02

The school of experience is always a
pay school-Philadelphi Record.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-18
SIGN PEACE PROTOCOL.
Representatives. of Central american
RembHCs 4dODt Plan.

Washington. Sept. IA protocol was signed
at the State Department to-day by the d1plo-
matte representatives of the five Central Amert-
can republics accepting the invitation OF the
United States and Mexico 10 meet here at an
early GATE TO negotiate agreement providing
for permanent peace between the countries rep
resented
The protocol was signed in the presence OF
Alvey A. Adee. Acting Secretary of the State
Department, and Minister Godoy, charge DAT
faires OF the Mexican Embassy
The state Department has been informed that
Senior Gallegos. the Salvadorean Minister TO
Costa Rica will be Of the delegates from
Salvador. It IS expected that all Of the Central
American ministers will be named as delegates
Each country will have a vote in the confer
ence, but each may send a many delegates and
advisers as It desires. 1t is practically agreed
that the conference will begin between Novem-
Der and November 10
Besides accepting the invitation of the United
States and Mexico for a conference to nego-
tiate a permanent peace treaty. TO be en-
tered into through the counsel Of Central Amer
ica's two powerful friends in the north. the pro-
tocoI provides that all pending difficulties shall
be held in abeyanCe and submitted to the pro-
jeCted Washington conference.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-18
FOUR DIE IN AUTO CRASH,
Colorado EIks We're Running at
.Sirty Miles an Hour.

Colorado Springs. Col. Sept IA powerful
racing automobile occupied by seven we'll known
E1ks and a chauffeur and built 70 hold only
three passengers. while running at a terrific
rate crashed into a telephone pole at the bot
tom of the West Hurfando street hill here early
to-day and was wrecked Four of the occu-
pants were killed. and the others were more or
less seriously hurt.
The dead are W. H RaIston, a dealer in cleo
trical supplies: H Winnal. John :. Grey. for
merfy of New York. and Brftton L. Graves.
druggist James English George Buckley r
H Ward and A W. Markschefel were hurt
The car which was returning from the Elks
clubhouse at Manitou. plunged down the hill at
terrific speed SIarkscheneI. who was driving.
in some manner lost control Of the wheel. and
the powerful machine. swerving from side TO
side across the car tracks, ran into the gutter
For fully fifty feet the heavy car plunged or
ward the right front and rear wheels running
in the gutter and the left wheels a foot higher
on the curb Suddenly the right front wheel
struck an obstacle and the machine. turning
around. was thrown some forty-fve feet down
the hill
The car probably would have been whtrled
down the hill for a greater distance but for
telephone pole which barred the way. and IT was
this pole that probably caused the death OF the
victims.
A social session was given at the ElkS cluo
last night 10 the nou-EIks of Colorado Springs.
As the time approached for the breaking up OF
the festivities some one suggested an automo-
b,la ride The fun seeking crowd clambered
aboard the huge machine. clinsins 10 tne
e,,ards hood and seat. and drove TO Manitou-
eigbt miles distant. The road back IS a graz
81 5oy-r. grade and the car at the time OF tne
accident is said TO have been running at raos
of sixty miles an hour