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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
CREW FOUGHT BLAZE
Vessel Was Abandoned Only After II Was a Mass of
 Flames.

Liverpool, N. S, Aug 31-.The American schooner. S. $. Hudson, Captain Williams, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, lumber laden from Musquodo- bolt, N .S., for New York, was de- stroyed by fire off Little Hope. near here yesterday. The crew escaped.
 Fire started in the. forecastle by the upsetting of the galley stove, and for hours the crew battled with the flames, while the wind tossed lhe unmanageable craft about in q heavy sea. The fire spread with great rapadity and the roar of the flames famed by high wind, made a thrill ling spectacle. Blackened by smoke and blistered by the heat the captain and crew fought gallantly to save their vessel. but when the fire reacn ed the cargo, all hope was given up.
 The boats were then hastily lowered over the side of the schooner and provisioned, the crew saving what ef- fects they could reach. The flames swept over the. after part of the ves- sel first and them climbed the main rigging and ignited the sails. Tie mainmast. charred mass. soon top- pied over the side of the ship, and the mizzen and foremast followed. Not until the ship was a. mass. of flames from stem to stern did the captain and crew leave her. and when all hope was abandoned they set out for Port Moulton. ten miles distant, which place they reached safe ly.
 Captain Williams was burned badly about the legs, and he with several of the crew required medical treat ment. The Hudson was built at Mays Landing, x. J.. in 1869 and registered 40S tons. Captain Williams was the principal owner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Four Died from Injuries.

Mattoon. Till. Aug 31.-Four per sons died last night of injuries suffer ed yesterday in the collision of two inter-urban cars near Charleston, lii, making the total desd nineteen per- sons. Nearly fifty others were in jufed. dozen of these being in a critical condition. The four who lied during the night were Mrs willlan Cole, Ronald Porkys. John Riley and Peter Meyers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
ONE MAN KILLED.
Wreck That Blocked Traffic on tho
 D. L. & W.

Stroudsburg, Pa, Aug. 31.-A wreck that resulted in the death of one man and blocked all traffic on the main line of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railroad, from 7:3O o'clock last night until 10 o'clock this morning occurred near here. A milk train and a fast freight train met headon on the mountainside. inst north Of Stroudsburg. A number of cars went over the mountainside, both. locomotives were smashed ana Joseph Smith, of Scranton, brake-i man, was caught in the wreck and Killed. Through passenger trains were run over the Lehigh Valley tracks from Easton to Scranton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Incident Is Closed.

Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 30, via Willemstad. Aug. 3i The venezuel- an government considers that the in- cident involving the invasion of Ven ezuelan territory by district inspector of police W. J. Calder, of British Guiana, and the seizure of quantity of Balata gum. said to have been col lected on British soil, has been satis- factorils closed. President Castro has received an apologetic note from the governor of British Guiana. with the announcement that Inspector Calder has been dismissed from his post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
To See Merry Del Val.

Rome. Aug 31.-The public prose |cutos has commissioned magistrate |to proceed to Castel Gandalfo to in-
 terrogate Cardinal Merry Del Val,
 the papal secretary of state, concern ing the demonstration against him sf Marine, August IS. when a mob of anti-ciericals hooted at the car dinal while he was driving in the
 village This will be the firss time eince 1870 that an Italian magistrate 'has come in contact with a pspaI Eecretary of state.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
VIII Not Go to Isthmus.

Marsellies, France, Aug. 3l.-Six hundred Italian workmeh who have arrived here expecting to go to Colon and obtain employment on the Pau anna canal will not proceed to the is- thmus as their services are moi nee,l- ed the canal authorities having dis- continued hiring labor abroad. the i2,- coo men now at work being sufficient for the present.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
ROBBER ovERHAULEB.
Made a Grab for s1,50O Which
 Messenger Was Receiving.

New York. Aug 31.-A daring at- tempt was made to rob bank mes senger as he was leaving the paying teller's window of the National Park bank to-day. An excited crowd on Broadway saw the man captured be- fore he could escape. The paying teller of the bank had counted out $1,500 in cash and the messenger boy was placing 1t in his wallet when a young man made desperate grab for the money. The robber failed to get his hands on the money and turned to run. He managed to reach the street when Special Policeman Lawlor of tho bank arrested him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Ante.Mortem Repent,nes.

Christians. give attention. and here learn to die, or rather learn not to wait for the last hour, to begin to live well. What! expect to commence a new life when, seized by the freezing grasp of death, ye know not whether ye are among the living or the dead! An! prevent. by penitence, that hour of trouble and darkness!--Jacques Benigne Bossuet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Willing to compromise.

During match at St. Andrews, Scotland. a rustic was struck in the eye, accidentally, by a golf ball. Run ming up to his assailant he yelled: "This'll cost ye. five pounds-five pounds!" Hut called out fore as loudly as I could" explained the golf CT. Did ye. sir,". replied the troubled one. much appeased 'weei, dira hear; I'll take tower"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Exnlosion Killed Several.

Odessa, Aug 31.-An explosion. re- sulting in the death of an artillery officer and policeman and in five po- licemen being seriously wourded. oc- cured in the court yard or the Cen tral police station here to-day. The artillery officer was examining a bomb recently found by the police when he dropped the missile acci- dentally .ani it exploded. All the windows in the neighborhood of the police station were shattered.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Twenty Miles 0, shayIno.

Somebody has decided that the ay. craze man in his life slaves over 20 square miles of cheek This Is from the same source as the discovery of how many freight cars it would take to carry Iowa's crop. how far 1t is to Mars. how many angels could stand on the point of cambric needle and how much it costs the average family to live.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Awakening ot the East.

Damascus. the oldest surviving city In the world. and the most typically oriental one ln these dominions, leads in Turkey in adopting electricity for purposes of light and locomotion. The harnessing of the Barada tthe Abans of the Bible) Tor such ends emphasizes the change which Is fast overriding Ottoman industrial and social life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
"HamIe.n without Hamlet.

T wish you had been at the dinner given to the captain the night before we landed" said the woman who has just got back home. Tt was on the Deutschland. Splendid! Magnificent flowers. fruit ice cream. everything we wanted, but the captain wasn't there at all. Just about dinner time a fog came up and he had to sit in a coop of some sort somewhere and watch it"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Growinr More AIarmlug.

Paris. Aug s1.-A dispatch to the hatin from Tangier says the situa- don in Morocco is growing more alarming The foreign legations have made an annou1eenlent of places of refuge for Europeans .n case Of danger. Numbers of cut throsts are appearing in and around the city. The Courier Fez. the cor respondent concludes. states that tribesmen have attacked and utterly routed the troops under CsiG Abdel Kader near Fez-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
e.i,. sf r1.. I. n.~

Concern yourself ss Httie ss possi- bls vish your past Unnecessary self torture over what you have esez viii ouly cripple yoa h your noble battle to hs setter. Nor is the point of tine of great moment to yDa If you devote sTparsslf to nov. the past viIl bs . <rsxn. ths future q rFe<enf rs.i- iz.ti.a-1cssph Rnz><il cisrkson
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
CoIeeI Hin Dcad.

South NorwaIk. Aug S1.-CoIoneI Frederick A. HIIl. son of Coneresman E T HiIL died this noon from a7 attack of typhoid fever. after an H. ness of thfe~ weeks He was thirty eight yesrs of aee and a graduate of Yale He vas e member cf The Feir1eld county bar and secretary and treasurer of the NoruaIk Mill cenpsny. He was hrEsde inspertss cn the staH of Brsgadier General FFust-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
An Important prslImInarx

It is obviously absurd to provide for the education of the child before you have secured the elementary condi- tions of mere animal survival. The amazing thing is that for so long as 1t has been thought possible to ignore the primary claims of health in the supposed interests of those of educa. tion.-London Hospital.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31

Lodz. Russian Poland, Aug 31.-A terrorist yesterday evening shot and killed a detective and an ex-soldier, who were riding in street car. A passing patrol fired on the terrorist. apparently missed him and wounded four pedestrians.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Throne. Of KIno Edward.

Great Britain has at least half . dozen thrones. Of which three are in London palaces. one in the house of lords. one In Westminster abbey. and sixth al Windsor castle. Of these the most ancient Is that fn the abbey. where each nev ruler of the British emDire is crowned. says the New York Sun
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
W.. or ovrbec Br,dur.

Youngstown. O.. Aug si-NiIliam Singleton. -hose hone is in this city. is thought to have lost his ifs uhe1 the st Lawrence bridge coIIapzed on Thursdsy. He vas in ths-empioT of the Phosnix Bride Co and his fam IlT havs beza ansbls so sst sny word frrn him
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Plaane on NIan strarrr.

Honolulu. Aug s1.--A case Of plague Is reported on the mail steam CT Sierra. jast arrived here. num- Der of the crew being ili Tas cabin passengers have all been landed. The sailing oI the steamer will prob ably be delayed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Four Years for ,IutInter..

Stockholm. Aug 3l.-The high court of justice at Abo has sentenced forty Of the Sveaborg mutineers 70 four years penal servitude. the two rsngleaders to six and Eve years rs- spectirely and several others to three years Imprisonment
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Anpointed hr Roose,eIt

Oyster Bay. \. r., Aug. 3l-Pres- ident Roosevelt to-day announced the appointment of August E. Muenter to be collector of internal revenue tn California: Edward Sweeney to be of mint al San Fran cisco and William N. Cutter to be coiner at that mint.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Aesress XIII. Ber.r.f.

New York. Aug. 31.-Mrs Grace l. Bothnsr. wife of Augustus Bothner. a manager. and before her marriage an actress. Grace Vaughn. widely known throughout the coun- try. killed herself to-day by shooting. becsuse of iH health.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
snunn f-.n .h. s.n

Instructor lat niEht schooll-vhsf country has the grestes, volunteer army in the world,
 sksEJ-Hsirsd Psrfl-Ths United sssses k1f ks composed of dzses- no1&
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
Mr White penies s,nr,.

New York Aug a1.-,frs stsnforl White. widow of the srchitect xho vas Killed by Harry N. Thaw. today denied tbs rFport that she is to be married to ur McKim of tbe hrn of which her k1<1znd was a ms1- h<r.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair to- night and Sunday. diminishing northEsztsriy winds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
FIVE EXECUTED
TerrOrisis However StiII Keep Up Work of Assassination
 Killed a Detective
PEDESTRIANS HURT

Wasraw, Aug 31.-Five terrorists were executed in the citadel here dur ing the past week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31

Bridgeport, Aug 30.-The schooner s. S. Hudson, while formerly owned in Bridgeport, now belongs in Will mington, Del.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
1ns prasamnker,a pIpIoma.

Many New York women who patron ize new dressmaker for the first time propound an embarrassing ques- ton.
 Have you diploma?" they ask.
 q didn't know what answer to make to the first customer that put that question to me-" said one dressmaker. 1T certainly did not have diploma. knew how to sew, but I had no cer- tificate to that effect. Finally found that many women have suffered so grievously at the hands of inoompe- tents that they were unwilling to trust their work to person who could not show some guarantee of experience and efficiency, so, although I knew more about sewing than half the fash ionable dressInakers in town, l actual ly worked in one such establishment for four months so that I could point to q printed diploma which says, For merly with Mme. A. of Fifth avenue. It pays any dressmaker to arm herself with credentials of that kind. She ought to have her diploma framed and hung on the wall like a doctors dlplo- ma, so as to give confidence to dosbt- ing customers. ."-New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
conhineaI.

Cochineal, so much used for coloring table jellies and also given to Infants as a domestic remedy for whooping cough, Is the whole insect of class called coccus, but only the females are used. Why? Because the Insects are captured by suffocating them with the smoke of fires below the trees on which they live, and as the males have wings, while the females have none, the gen tlemen take to flight when the atmos. phere becomes unpleasantly warm, leaving their ladies to their fate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
A Queer Coincidence:

While serial story was running in a certain magazine lady in Johannes burg wrote to the publisher asking whether Christian Lys (the authors nom de plumel was assumed or not. She herself was Mrs. Lys, who was trying to trace an ancestor of her late husband, who was descendant of Joan of Arc. MT. Brebner, the author fin question, wrote assuring her that his pen name was family one, his forbears having come from Aberdeen. Strangely enough, it came out that her family came also from Aberdeen and their name was Brebner,-Pall Mall Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
Hopi Indian Traditions.

The Hopi Indians of Arizona have no written literature, but an almost boundless store of oral traditions. which are handed down unimpaired to- each generation in turn and which form the guiding principle of their re- ligious belief and of their whole life, says the Craftsman. Every clan, and there are a number of family clans making up the various Hopi towns, has Its own kiva, or underground cere- monial chamber, entered by ladder through a square opening in the roof, which is but foot or two above the general level of the ground Here the education of the boys is carried on, be- ginning at the age of seven or eight years. They are instructed day by day in the literature, history and myths of the tribes, the priests being the teachers. Without writing and without books the Hopi have an ex- tensive literature, and that the utmost accuracy Is observed in its oral trans mission from generation to generation is revealed by certain comparisons with the records made by the spanish explorers in the sixteenth century.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
HARLAM,s HOME RUN.
Supreme Court Justice Made Four Base
 Hit and Mon Game.

Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court aged seventy-four, made a home run and won the game in a baseball contest at the annual shad bake given by the Washington Bar as- sociation at Marshall Hall, Md, the other day, says q Washington special dispatch to the New York World.
 When Justice Harlan went to the bat, the score was tie, and the umpire had called two strikes and three balls. It was critical and exciting moment Justice Harlan smashed the sphere a wicked swat to deep center. He start ed around the bases and his leg work was really marvellous. His sprfntlng qualities surprised and delighted the fans, who were wild with enthusiasm.
 The ball went over the head of the center fielder and was lost in the tall grass. Before 1t was recovered Justice Harlan had reached the home plate, where he stood sipping a mint julep which had been prepared hurriedly for the agile Kentucklan as a reward for lining out four base bit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
Lena sleass In conaress.

Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania was an avowed protectionist Democrat and "a man who, his colleagues had learned, usually was able to get his way. Randall had first entered con gross in 1862. He was a quiet, per sistent, hardworking person who at tracted little attention for several years. Then the Republicans, sure of their majority and wishing to expedite business, undertook to adopt rules which would prevent obstruction. The quiet Alr. Randall set himself against the attempt. He led the small Demo cratic majority with skill SO unusual that more than once he blocked the Republicans way until 1t was too late to pass the measure. His endurance seemed unlimited, From one session lasting forty-six hours and twenty-five minutes, where Randall had forced the roll to be called seyenty-fiv times, be came out as fresh as he went in. At another time in the fight over the force bill he was on the floor for sey- enty-two consecutive hours. - Ida M. Tarbell in American Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
No Insult Intended.

A London exquisite had gone into a west end restaurant and was far from pleased with the way in which his or der was filled.
 DO you call that a veal cutletT he demanded of the waiter. ''Why, such a outlet as that is an insult to every self respecting calf in the British em- pire."
 The waiter hung his head for mo ment, but recovered himself and said in a tone of respectful apology:
 T really didn't intend to insult you, sir!'-London Answers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
Went to Bed For Dinner.

An amusing incident is told of the absentmindedness of the late Justice William G. Keogh of Ireland. It was at a bar dinner at his own house, and he had excused himself from the guests, who had already assembled, to go up stairs to dress. Time went by, but he did not reappear. The company sat patiently for some time till at length, when their appetites were get ting the better of their manners and they were about to send a messenger in quest of their absent host, he ap- peared and explained with many apolo- gies that imagining that he was retir- ing for the night he had undressed and got into bed. After an hours sleep he .awoke, and it suddenly daBned on him that his guests were waiting to dine with him haloW,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
Great schsners.

"These travelling men are great schemers when 1t comes to getting rooms assigned to them ahead of other guests who registered first" said a hotel clerk. "I'here were several guests on the waiting list for rooms yester- day. One travelling man came up to the desk holding his hand to his stomach, saying he was so sick he must have a room at once. He was accommodated. In few minutes an- other travelling man who was among the list of guests waiting for rooms, came up and said he had boarded a sleeper at 2 o'clock in the morning and tried to get some sleep, but that 1t ran into ap open switch and gave him such 6 shaking up he couldn't sleep. He said he was almost dead with exhaus- tion and loss of sleep and must have a room at once. Hardly had he gone to his room when third one came up and said he, too, must have room fm- mediately, What do you suppose his reason was7 He said a horse fell on him the day before, and he thought he was injured internally."--KRnsas City Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
PlIarlms and Purltans.

The pilgrims, or as they are often called, the pilgrim fathers" were the seventy-four men and the twenty eight women, members of the John Rob1nson's church, who sailed in the Mayhower from Leyden to North America and landed at Plymouth Rock, where they founded a colony Dec. 25, 1920 The Puritans were the English nonconformists who came over later, the name being given to them on &C., count of their supposed great purity of doctrine, life and discipline York American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
orlnin of iha crosa Rnn.

The exact significance or origin of the cross bun Is not too certain. A superstition regarding baked bread on Good Friday appears to have existed from an early period. Bread so baked was kept by a family all through the ensuing year under the belief that a few gratings of 1t in water would prove a specific for any ailment-Leeds and Yorkshire Mercury,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
WARRANT FOR MURDER.
Coroner Has Simpson Issue One for
 WtsynesIxi.

A warrant was Issued satuday after noon by City Attorney Simpson, charg- ing John Wisyneski, the Polander held for murder of Lucas Savage, with that crime. Coroner Mix finished his invest igation into the matter Saturday, and in his findings sustains the verdict of Deputy Coroner Pond against Wisynes- ki. brought in three years ago. In ac- cordance with this finding the warrant has been issued, and Wisyneski is now held on g murder charge,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
Warnings.

Mrs. Stuhb-I notice so many mar ried men save the receipted milliner bills. What use do they make of them? Mir. Stubb-Charity. Mrs. Stubb-Char- ity? Mir Stubb-Yes; they are sent around to the bachelor cbgbs to warn any reckless member wHO mlglg be thinking about plungIng into thevAea of matrimony.-Chlcago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
suspiciousIy Cheap.

] Mrs. schoppen = The price seems low, but Pm afraid of antique rugs. You know the old saying, Snug as a'- salesman-"As bug in a rug" Ha! Ha! But there are no bugs about this rug Mrs, Schoppen (shrewdly)- No7 I half suspect the presence of little humbug Philadelphia Press.