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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08

number about seventy-five, and there will possibly be from 300 10 800 other Connecti- cut people who will come at the same time
 The afternoon and evening will be spent Informally visiting the exposition and other points of interest in the vicinity. Oct B.-This day and evening will also be spent informally visiting the exposi- stion. seeing the War Path, etc. Oct. l5-l0 a. m, Governor Woodruff and party arrive at Discovery Landing, United States government pier, where they will be met by President Tucker and ! reception committee of exposition ofl- cials. The government party escorted by the Second company. governors foot guards, will proceed to the Virginia build ing, where Governor Woodruff will call upon Governor Swanson. l0:3O a. m, Governor Swanson of Nir- ginia will call upon Governor Woodruff of Connecticut at the Connecticut State building.
 n:l5 a. IT.. Governor Woodruff and party, escorted by a platoon of the Twelfth United States cavalry will pro- sceed to the Auditorium. where they will be met by Governor Swanson of Virginia and President Tucker of the exposition. At the same time all the Connecticut troops will be formed in front of the
 
 ernor Woodruff with the honors due his position.
 Il % a. m. exercises in the Auditorium Hon. Samuel A. Eddy. president of the Connecticut state commission. presiding.
 Opening prayer. Rev. Watson L. Phil lips. chaplain of the Second company, governors foot guards.
 Music.
 Address of welcome by his exceIeney Governor Claude A. Swanson of Virginia.
 Music.
 Response by his exoellency Governor Roiin s. Woodruff Of Connecticut.
 Music
 Address. Dr. Flaver s. Luther. prcsi- dent Trinity college. orator of the day.
 Music. Star Spangled Bauner~
 Ia ?. m. luncheon by the exposition company 10 Governor Woodruff and ofi- cial party.
 1 D. m. parade Of all troops on the grounds 10 ba reviewed by Governor Woodruff of Connecticut. who will bs ac- companied on the stand by Governor SWaEs1n 5f Virginia. President Fucker of the exposition and oth=r tis.ing5zIshed persons This parade will l.e followed by a drill b. Battery Q. Tkird United States field artillery. and by a dress parade by the governors foot guards
 to II ?, n. reception hy GJveruor and lIrs- Woolrg6 and The Ccnnsctscat com mission at tAs Connecticut State building iI honor 0f Governor and E-E Swanson e Virginia Admission by card o1Iy The Ce1nsctigEt building VIII keep Op~u house all day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
WHERE HISTORY BECKONS.

Exhibit of Relics ct the Jamestown
 Exposition Is Highly Interesting.
 With the completion of the freproof History building at the Jamestown ex- position and the installation of the priceless exhibits representing more than a dozen states of the Union and several of the leading historical soci- cities of the country, the Tercentennial has added to its already extensive list of exhibits the most interesting and valuable collections of a historical na- ture that have ever been presented.
 The exhibit in general, which in- cludes collections from the Colonial
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
Mgr. FaIeoni peIiahted.

"I am delighted with my visit to the Jamestown exposition. and l will re- member this trip as one of the most pleasant events of my life. The ex- position Is magnificent and the illu- imitation most beautiful"
 With this statement his excellency Mgr. FalcOni, papal delegate to the United States, left for Washington aft CT having attended the convention of the Knights of Columbus at the exposI- tion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
171 o77H1II"S oI Iz7LzAl- RHoffa toNsvVVGAf0ta MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION

Danes of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution. the Episco- pal church and the states of Virginia.
 West Virginia, Rhode Island, Vermont. New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Delaware, New York. Pennsyl- vania. South Carolina and Massachu- setts, is roppte with relics. souvenirs and antiques of American history from its very earliest stages and is in itself an education in our national history.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
SHORT STORIES.

Tea was eisesve7rd ia ts= eizsth c.z- tmy.
 Ibs lssd of Vsry sss8p peacii i. often Hsthfzg bai e1Es.
 It has tsea ealculated that s5aonnr DO worth nf standing timber Is as- sToxsd aaRsEIiy Ia tke EEstsd satzz.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
Others Could See.

But, my dear" protested her bus. band, you should close your eyes to the fact that am not perfect"
 Even if I did" rejoined his wife, that would not impair the vision oi the neighbors. Minneapolis Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
VERMONT BUILDING. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
His Pesssssio-s-

"Whea Dustin Stzx startzd i1 busi- Esss he dHa't have a dollar Of his su
 Tea answered Nfzs Csyezzs. and sore Psop5e sav that froZ a strSctIy moral pozut of vEw heTs in pretty uuch the sane position t0d4y.-- Wzshing1on Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08

commission to the Jamestown Tercen. tennial are: Samuel A. Eddy, president, New Haven; Thomas Hamilton, treas. urer, Groton; William J. Barber, secre. tary, Harwinton. Advisory committee, Frank L. Wilcox, Berlin; Mrs. John M. Holcombe, Hartford; Rev. Samuel Hart, Middletown.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
~ ONNECTICCT day, Oct. 16, at

CONNECTICUT day, Oct 16, at the Jamestown exposition prom Esi iSes to be one of the most mag
 nificent of the state celebrations Great pains have been taken in the preparation of the programme, and the result is eminently satisfactory Con necticut has a fine building at the eX- position, and her showing in the States Exhibit Palace is a complete and com prehensive one. The historical signif- canoe of the celebration has been well borne in mind by those who planned Connecticuts participation therein. and very fine exhibit of colonial antiques, relics and heirloons graccs the halls of the state building, adding to the inter- est and beauty thereof.
 Connecticut Day Programme.
 The programme for Connecticut day is as follows:
 Oct. Ex-Governor Rollin s. Woodruff and official party will arrive at Old Point Comfort, where the party will be quar- tered during their stay. The Connecticut party will be met by representatives of rhe exposition company. The visitors will Include Governor Woodruff and wife the members of the governors staff, various state officers, the state commission of the exposition and members of the congress sionaI delegation of Connecticut. with thelr respective ladies. The governor will be escorted from Hartford by the Second company, governors foot guards, com manded by Major Weed. In addition to the above organization, the following Con- necucut troops will be in attendance at the exposition on Connecticut day:
 First company, governors foot guards the Putnam Phalanx and the governors horse guards. The official party will
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
NEW HAMPSHIRE BUILDING, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

Tom Thumb Charles Stratton) was rocked. The Holllsters were neighbors of the Strattons and presented the lat ter with this cradle when the diminu. tive Tom Thumb was born. There are also an empire work table, spinning wheel of TITO, high-boy, handmade linen bedspread and brass and steel seventeenth century. In the rear is another bedroom, small, but cozy, and known as the blue room. It contains four post bed, dresser and chairs of the period of l7S0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
Manager and Hostesses.

George D. Curtis, manager of the building, of Hartford, and Mrs. Charles C. Monson and Miss Monson, hostesses, of New Haven, have secured for them selves as well as the great state they represent a warm place in the hearts of the many thousands of visitors to this popular building by the charming and untiring manner in which they re- ceive all visitors and tell them the his tory of the many pieces of this rare old collection of antiques.
 The members of the Connecticut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
ASK CHANGE IN LAW
IMPROVEMENT OF SHERMAN
STATUTE SOUGHT.
Traffic League Wants Associations
of Carriers LeGaIized - Panay,
p. l., Terrorized by Miscreants-
Kill with Poisoned Rapiers.

Amendment Of the Sherman antitrust
law so as to permit associations Of com
mon carriers in a given territory for the
purpose of establishing rates and classifi-
cations was urged at the meeting OF the
board of directors of the National Indus
trial Traffic League at the Great North
ern hotel in Chicago. Such associations
and agreements, the league decided, are
essential to any sort of satisfactory trade
conditions. The league recommended,
however. that all agreements and associa-
lions of this sort be under the direct
supervision of the interstate commerce
commission, and President Rooseyelts at
titude, as reported in press accounts, was
cited as favorable to this plan. The league
represents 10000 shippers. 1t further
went on record as favOring the addition
to the interstate commerce commission of
n practical railroad man or two and some
one fully conversant with the needs of the
shippers Members of the board of d.
-rectors seemed not inclined to accept what
the interstate commerce law defines as
the shippers responsibility. 1t was con-
tended that the railroads should be en-
tirely responsible for rates quoted to ship
pers, and the assertion was made that not
only could no outsider make sense out Of
railway tariff, but that railway en-
ployes themselves are often unable to
do it. After much debate the meeting de-
clared that the interstate commerce COM
mission has no jurisdiction over car-ser-
vice rules or those covering demurrage,
holding that in these instances the railway
acts simply in the character of ware
houseman The next meeting of the league
will be held in Washington Oct. 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
Short News Notes.

A girl baby was born TO Gov. and Mrs.
Charles E. Hughes at Albany the other
day, it being their fourth child.
William ". ProsSer, st. Louis, city
passenger agent of the Glover Leaf rtute,
died at Laporte, Ind, while visiting rela-
tives.
Three japanese belonging to a travelling
acrobatic troupe have been arrested in
Russia with plans of Notifications and
other secret military documents in their
possession
A foreign government, supposed to be
Russia, says the London Chronicle has
awarded to British firm of shipbuilders
a contract for several battleships, cruisers
and gunboats.
Nelson Morris, the Chicago packer, has
leased 10000 acres of grazing land in
the Standing Rock reservation, South Da-
kota, comprising one of the finest cattle
tracts in the Northwest
Gen" Lewis Cass Fry, who IN 1894
led $500 men, comprising the Pacific
coast division of Cozey's army, from San
Francisco to Washington, is dead at
Brice, Mo.
George Hoey, a veteran actor, died in
New York after short illness He was
we'll known to the old timers, having play
ed with Booth, Barrett, Jefferson and
other famous players.
Asmond S. Meserve, warden of the New
Castle county workhouse, near Whining
ton. Del, and one of the leading criminol-
ogists Of the country, has resigned be-
cause, it is stated, he disapproves OF the
Delaware whipping post
Cass Gilbert, New York architect, has
lust purchased the old Keller tavern at
Ridgefeld, Conn, and will occupy it as
a summer home. The tavern was built in
1866. At the battle of Ridgefeld April
%. 1776. it was struck by a cannon ball,
which still is imbedded in one of the
walls.
Sensational disclosures, involving pad
ding of accounts to the extent of hundreds
of thousands of dollars by the INTERIOR
ough company, headed by August Bel
mont, were made by the New York public
service commission 1t is alleged the COM
pany's plan was to charge the city an
excessive price in case it should take over
the property.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
Brief News Iterns-

Party Of Russian Jews ON way to,
America waylaid and twenty-five were
slain
Theodore Roosevelt is not the first To-
give Oyster Bay presidential distinction.
George Washington once spent two days
there.
Prof z Clayton Wyland of the school
for the deaf in Frederick, Md, himself a
mute, is the first person 30 afflicted to be
admitted to membership into The Knights
of Pythias. He is member of Lodge %,
and it was necessary for the initiating
committee to learn the sign language.
If the rate of consumption In 1905 were
maintained indefinitely without change,
our coal would last approximately 1000
years, but if the constantly increasing
rate which has marked the consumption
during the lest ninety years be maintain
ed, our coal supply will practically be ex-
hausted within 100 years.
The Salvation army is established in
fftv-two countries and colonies and
breaches the gospel in thirty-one Ian
guages.
Annual reports of the Union and
Southern Pacific Railroad companies.
show phenomenal earnings, which are
largely in excess of the dividend REQUIRE
ments.
There are 40 camps and roadhouses.
in Alaska provided with telephones. in
addition to many business houses, resi-
dences and cabins situated within the
limits of the larger camps. The main
exchange is at Nome. Skagway and
Whitehorse are connected by telephone
William E. Curtis interviews Mrs
Mary G. Baker Eddy, aged leader of
Christian Science faith, and finds her
mentally and physically vigorous, without
sign of "senile debility"
At sea level water boils at 212 de-
grees f.; at height of 10000 feet at
1913 degrees f. When Darwin crossed the
Andes, in 1895, he boiled potatoes for
three hours without making them soft.
Nine inches of dogs leg bone inserted
in the leg of Danny Buck, years old,
of Los Angeles, has proved success in
surgery after nearly years work The
doctors have pronounced the healing pro-
cess complete and have given the boy
permission to throw away his crutches.-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Cnicnists Urge Consolidation of Tel
egraph with Postal System.

egraph with Postal System.
President Small Of ne Commercial
TeIegraphers' Union has called on the
United States and Canada to take over
the control of the telegraph lines now
owned by the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies. At the
same time he began a campaign to Sc
cure congressional Investigation Of
the conduct of those companies ia this
country. To this end the union has es-
tablished two funds-one for the direct
support Of the strike and the other to
pay the expenses of the government
ownership campaign. He asks tnat
trade unionists in general and telegra-
pliers in particular begin at once to
raise 100000 for these purposes
The strike was further strengthened
by the calling out Of leased wire op-
orators in many brokers' Offices and it
was expected that the cable operators
would also join. On the other hand,
the telegraph companies claimed to be
taking care of all business offered. and
say that the strike is a closed incident
so far as they are concerned Wash
ington heard that Commissioner Neill
was about to submit q report regarding
the telegraph strike to the President
The strikers charge that the companies
are taking most of their business sub
ject to delay and that the dispatches,
instead Of being put on the wires, are
sent by messengers in suit cases from
one city to another, to be copied and
delivered by local messengers
1t is said that bill is TO be intro
duced at the coming session by Con
gresham Samuel Smith Of Michigan.
which will authorize postal telegraph
systems operated by the Post Office De
partment.
Congressman Smith says: ~We pro-
vide for carrying the mails by the
swiftest known method, steam, electric
railways and pneumatic tubes. Why
deny the right to the use of the tele-
graph? We carry the mails at loss
Why not use the telegraph not only as
q OhfCHICuNO anu DlCSSIA1S W All Ou4
people, but to help wipe out the an
nual postal deficit? Who doubts that
the telegraph is an essential part of an
efficient postal service?"
The constitutional right to establish
a postal telegraph system is unques-
toned. The government started out by
owning the telegraph system. In 1916
the government had built a telegraph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
NEW YORK

Buyers excursions have been feature
OF the week, AID the leading primary mar
kets of the country have been filled with
country merchants. As result house
trade has been stimulated and orders for
dry goods, clothing and shoes show con-
siderable Improvement Fall business, ex-
cept at a few centers, is said to equal
a year ago at this date, the volume being
made up of numerous orders rather than
by any new interest or of heavy business.
In fact, many merchants display dispo-
slhon to go slow, fearing that orders may
fall off, not because of a decline in con-
sumption, but more particularly of tight
ness of money.
business failures for the week ending
Aug. p number 1913, against 1876 last
week, 155 in the like week of 1906. 176
in 1903, 1S5 in 1904 and 142 in 1908.
Canadian failures for the week number
ID, as against 80 last week and 10 in this
week year ago.-Bradstreets Report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
MANY HOUSES SLIDE.
LAND IN PITTSBURG SUBURB
SINKS 80 FEET.
Excavation of Deep Cut for Railroad
Tracks Is Cause of TroubIe-Early
Fire Brings About 100000 Loss
in Rochester.

With their houses creaking. windows
breaking and chimneys sinking deep into
the earth, several hundred foreigners
have fed from their homes in Port Vue,
a South Side suburb of Pittsburg, fear
ing death in a landslide which threatens
TO bury Scott streets twenty-five dwell
ings. One hundred yards below the street
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad re-
Gently began to make a cut for additional
tracks. The earth between the cut and
the hillside on which the houses stand
is undertake with soft shale and soap
stone. The whole mass is slowly slipping
toward the cut. During twenty-four
hours the street for 100 yards dropped
thirty feet below its original level, burst
ing gas and water mains and leaving half
the village without light or fire protec-
ton. Three hundred men have been en-
deavoring to check the landslide. while
crowds of hysterical women and children
watched the widening assures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
SAYS GOOD TIMES WILL STAY.
Secretary Wilson Declares Condi-
lions Favor Continued Prosperity.

Secretary Wilson Declares Condi-
tions Favor Continued Prosperity.
The great West is prosperous and the
country as a whole, therefore, is in
no danger OF hard times. That is the
word that Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson has brought back TO Washing
ton with him on his return from a long
tour on the other side of the Mississippi
river and in the intermountain States
He is aglow with enthusiasm over the
crop outlook. general trade co .ditiOns
and the political temper of the people
The people of the West" said Secre-
tary Wilson, ARE not fearful of panic
or of hard times. The West is prosper
Gus. There is plenty Of money. In
fact, l have reason TO believe the West
is loaning money TO the East instead
of the East to the West, and this is be
ing done at good rates of interest. The
people of the West are not worrying
over Wall street and its troubles. They
scarcely know that such troubles eX-
iSt, save as they read of them in the
newspapers. The rest of the country is
no longer dependent on Wall street.
The crop outlook is good. Grain
crops generally will be good, with the
exception Of the oat crop. There will
be a good corn crop, not bumper crop,
but good one. if frosts do not come
too early. Prices for farm products
and for stock are high, and the farm
ers are making money
The special mission of the Secretary
of Agriculture on the trip just finished
was to study forest reserve problems,
the reserves having been placed under
the direction of his department two
years ago.
With regard to the forest reserves
found two chief problems" said the
Secretary, first, to insure protection
from fire, and. second. to reforest the
land where continual fires have destroy
ed the young trees. There are millions
of acres growing nothing except little
grass. The question of. reforestation is
pressing.
The price of lumber indicates that
we are up against wood famine. Lum-
Der is being shipped from the North
west all over the world. In the forest
region the homesteader, or the man
who gets patent under the timber and
stone act, often sells to private cOrpo
rations, some of which have as many
as 100000 acres and are still buy
ing. Considerable pressure comes from
persons who want to get title merely to
sell to such companies and put the
money in their pockets. l failed to
find much sentiment against the re-
serves, except from the small element
that would like to get possession to
sell. What seems to be the best offer
of the government is that of land in
the reclaimed districts for the cost of
the water used in irrigation.
THE only apprehension l observed
among the people in the West grows
out of the fear of a fuel famine next
winter. l am glad the people appre-
ciate the situation. because much can
be done to prevent Il famine by those
who can put in their coal supply in ad
vance of cold weather."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-05
RICHARD MANSFIELD DEAD.
Eminent Actor Expires at His Sum-
mer Home in Connecticut.

Richard Mansfield, the best known
actor on the American stage, died Friday
at his summer residence, Seven Oaks, near
New London, Conn. Death was directly
due to disease of the liver, aggravated
by complications.
Richard Mansfield, the most daring,
able, and successful player of his time,
WIS born in Heligoland, Germany, in
1851, and during the course of his career
Las been artist, singer, poet, playwright
and player. His mother was a singer of
unusual ability He was not always sue
cessful at everything he did, but on the
stage he was remarkably successful in an
extensive and wide range of parts ex-
tending from Koko in the comic opera of
1.-The Mikado' to Richard, Carlos, Shy
lock, Alceste and Peer Gynt.
He brought more glory to the English
speaking stage than any ten of his con-
temporaries and his history is a record
of a succession of remarkable and cOur-
ageous attempts to achieve great things.
Artistically and materially he succeeded
beyond all Others of his time.
Mr.. Mansfield several years ago mar
ried Beatrice Cameron, who was then his
leading woman. He leaves one child, a
boy not yet in his teens. His home was
on Riverside drive in New York, and
there he passed much Of his time when
not playing.