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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
CAN'T COPE WITH BEDBUGS.
Commission Declares So in Its Reply
 to Miss Gertrude Beeks.

The Canal Record published at An. con in the Panama canal zone in its issue of October Is, gives the official reply of the members of the canal commission to the charges of Miss Gertrude Beeks. who. under the au- thority of the conditions, surround ing the employees of the United States in the canal zone. Miss Beeks report to the National Civic Fedora tion was referred to the chairman of the canal commission. to the mem- bers of the commission, and to the head of the commissary department of the Panama railroad, with the re- quest that each make reply to the criticisms made of his department.
 Miss Beeks criticized nearly every feature of the living arrangements of the employees from the fact that they were forced to use cold shower baths, to the lack of Jim Crow" counters in the commisssaries, so that blacks and and whites should not have to mix while making their purchases.
 The commission says in effect that there is no such thing as a cold bath on the Isthmus unless ice is put into the water, since the water in the pipes is 79 degrees. To the charge that 1000 men are quartered in box cars, 1t is stated that these are employees
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A cloth dipped in strong. cider vine gar will clean mica.
 The electric clothes drier is now be ing put in the houses of the mxuriant class.
 Ordinary fine salt should be kept on every kitchen washstand since it is splendid fin cleaning stains from the hands.
 Remember in removing stains that all alkali stains can be removed by q weak solution of citric acid. while acid stains can be removed with ammonia.
 Have a small horseshoe magnet fas- tened to the end of q tape of ribbon of sufficient length so that it can be dropped to the floor to pick up scissors and needles.
 If a hair mattress has once been thoroughly fumigated with carbolic acid an inroad of bugs will be warded of for years. Sometimes this is done by the manufacturer, and in buying new mattress it is well to make in- quiries about it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

In Paris there is a Buddhist temple with 800 members.
 4 good glove cutter will make as much as S100 a week in Paris
 Tn the south of France wine is now sold by the half hour. On payment of . cents one can go into q wine cellar and stay there for half an hour.
 French physicians are recommending their patients to Use in their baths per fumed tablets containing carbOnIc acid gas. In dissolving these make the wa ter bubble vigorously.
 Submarine signal Eclls have been ordered by the French government They arc actuated by pneumatic pow. CT and are to lc placed at the ends oI the piers at Calais. Boulogne and Ha- vTe. Also a submarine signal buoy is to be placed for trial OT Havrc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

short coats of fur made with a cir cuIar peRIum are wonderfully smart for slim figures.
 The neg.izee iz now so e.aborately made that one can scarcely tell 1t from the dinner gown
 Fur b-imme1 hats will be in o1Ier to an extent Dot known for several years In fact. fur. broadcl0th and velvet will reign supreme separately and in various combinations
 IT is considered immensely smart t0 wear a silk shirt waist suit in the mildIe of winter Tbe suit can bs made upon the sinpIeSt Of shirt waist Hnes. wifh ID trimming at all. ezce1t z bzad Of silk o- a few TOHs Of vel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
lot going to play a ladies' double

not going to play ladies' double after all.
 Il again refused and he went away, but returned in five minutes and said that a committee meeting had been held over it and the verdict was l had to play whether I liked it or not.
 T immediately said I would scratch and indeed did so, but Miss Wilson was upset about it, pointed out what false position it placed her in and implored me to reconsider my decision, which I did only to please her, liked her very much indeed.
 Unfortunately one cannot control ones feelings. I did not lose my temper in the court as it had gone be- fore commenced playing, and from start to finish never tried one stroke. 1 hit as hard as I could to give vent to my temper, but I felt more inclin- ed to bang into the committee box than to make any winning shot"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
NEW YORK CITY.

New York city's bonded indebtedness is now close to the $5O0OO0O00 mark
 New York city's old tenement house blocks have twice as large q popula- tion as they had fifteen years ago. There is enough money in the New York savings banks to give S240 to each man, woman and child within its borders.
 There is a "Tinpot" alley on the lower end of Manhattan Island. The name is a corruption of 'Tuyn Paat" meaning Garden lane" in Dutch.
 New York's official extreme tempera- lures. taken in Central park, are 101 degrees above zero and below. The mean temperature during the last year has been 53 degrees.-New York Her aid.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
PITH AND POINT.

Nc mans credit is so good that the cash is not better.
 It is always a temptation to mock any Cne you dislike.
 \ mans word may be as good as his bond and vet have no special value.
 Man is disposed to believe that while he helps others no one ever helps him.
 Every day thousands of people ex- claim. ''I can't stand it"' But they do.
 After man reaches seventy living must be a good deal like waiting to go to a dentists to have a tooth pulled.
 A good deal of sympathy is wasted. no doubt but q good deal of sympathy is counterfeit making it's extravasanS Css EimpO-tant.-AtChison Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
NOT A SPORTING ITEM.
Perhaps Culinary. Perhaps Physio. logical-Mrs Hillyard's Tennis.

Mrs George w. Hillyard, who has won the women's singles lawn tennis championship of England very often was beaten in the semi-fnal round of the championship tournament, at Wimbledon this year by Miss c. M Wilson, a player not considered to be of Mrs Hillyard's rank as a general < thing. Mrs Hillyard was not entire ly pleased at the result and after the match she wrote letter to an Eng fish newspaper, in the course of which she put down the following things:
 T was advertised to play Miss Will son in the center court at o'clock, and as 1 find that I have now to be very careful of what I eat before a match had but small plate of rice pudding at 1 o'clock. --~- ->
 When arrived at the court it was pouring with rain and the tarpaulin was on the court. The referee then told us that he should be glad if we would go on, if we did not mind. l promptly refused, having looked for ward for fortnight to this match, and wished to play it on dry court with a good gallery.
 "The rain went on steadily, falling until 4:30 and then the referee told us he should put on a ladies' double as soon as it stopped. At that went into the tea tent and at the risk of having to appear positively vulgar.
 must tell you what I ate, think ing of course, that all chance of my playing in the championships was over.
 Two bath buns.
 Six or seven slices of bread and butter.
 Three or four cups of tea.
 Six or seven biscuit cakes.
 Two or three slices of other cake.
 Not satisfied with that, when l went up to the ladies' dressing room there were some beautiful strawber- ries provided for the players, and 1 ate.
 Three plates of strawberries.
 ''I did this, having had very light lunch and not expecting to dine until g or 9:3O. As soon as 1 had eaten this fearful meal the referee came and asked me as a particular favor if Il would play Miss Wilson, as he was
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01

Of the railroad, who cannot be quar-
 tered at one place, but must go from
 place to place. It is practically ad-
 mltted that there is not ample pro-
 vision for the quartering of the 900 families on the isthmus, but the con-
 mission says that to make such pro-
 vision would cost a million and a
 half dollars, and they have not the money.
 Miss Beeks suggested that the fam lilies should have separate houses and not be quartered in the four-family houses now used. To this the reply is: The cost of building separate quarters is only 50 per cent. in ex- cess of that of the four family type. For 1000 families this would repre- sent $1,000,000 in buildings alone. Furthermore, detached houses, by covering a greater area, would mean increased expenses in the construc- tion of roads, delivery of commissary supplies, coal, distilled water, and other things which are supplied by the commission. In general the cost of providing a home for family is from six to ten times that required to provide home for a bachelor, de- pending upon the type"
 Miss Beeks says that more bach elor quarters are needed, to which the commission replies that sufficient quarters are now under construction Likewise with respect to the hos pital, arrangements, which Miss Beeks severely criticized, reply is made that improvements are under construction
 BedbugS and vermin on the isthmus seem to have greatly impressed Miss Beeks, as they have impressed other people who have gone there. The commission frankly admits that it Is unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. This is an evil" says the reply. Ito be expected in a climate so favorable to insect life. The con- mission combats it with every means in its power"
 And so in like manner through a long list of criticisms the reply of the commission goes. As to the location of the camps in unhealthy places the IoluhilSSlOu pdSStS ONtE Wllu IUe re- mark that "the great majority of the labor camps and have been located with out the approval of the sani- tary department it says, the one at Tabernilla, which the necessity of the work demanded"
 As to the impure and unpalatable drinking water and the lack of nu- tritious food the commission merely makes a sweeping denial. statements to the contrary by the chief sanitary officer being quoted.
 The commission absolutely refuses to enter into a discussion of the race problem with Miss Beeks. To her suggestion that there should be sep arate counters for negroes and whites in the commissaries the reply is in- It read: "A plan is under by which the commits saries can be so arranged that silver employees may purchase at separate times from the gold employees. It is to have the gold employees and their wives make purchases dur ing certain hours. and the silver em- ployes during others"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
CARRIES PUPILS OVER RIVER
Pretty Teacher Wades Eleven Times
 Throuuh Stream.

Winsted, Conn.,, Nov. 1.-When it came time to dismiss the eleven pupils in the little school at North Goshen, Miss Katherine Malahan, the pretty teacher, discovered that a footbridge over which the children had to pass had heen carried away. She tried to summon help by telephone, but the line was out of order The water in the usually placid stream was rising rapidly. and visions of passing the night in the lonely schoohouse with her charges loOmed up clear and dis tinct.
 Miss Malahan realized that it was up to her to get the pupils out of dan. ger. Rolling up her skirts and mak- ing them fast with safety pins. eleven times she waded through the cold wa ters for distance Of several rods with youngster on her shoulders. When the last one was safely landed the teacher hurried home and changed her clothing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Ysuunsn T.rro-izs 2 YiIIaes.

Rochester. V Y. Nov 1--An armed band of yeEgman attacked the town Of Canaseraga. in Steuben onunty- They booted the pdStp1flee 0f cash and stamps. r0tlei several hOuseS. stO5e a horse and buggy at the point Of re vOIvers and escaped after a running fight with citizeus and police \ fuzzI- Iade Of shots va- exchsnzed- Sherffr 1IUIer and a p0sse are ia pursuit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Six Indictments Against Him.
Shoots Boy Playmate Dead.

New York. Nov. 1.-During a Hal. lOween frnlic fin Harlem Joseph Bar benerO. aged fourteen years. shot dead his playmate. Frank Reynolds. twelve years old. BarbenerO was making a mock rescue of little girl from the custody of Reynolds and. drawing a supposedly harmless pistol. put a bul. let in the others head.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
nunehskist Is Convicted.

New York, Nov. 1.-Bedr"S Ham partzOGmian. who shot and killed Ho- vannes Tavshanjian. millionaire Ar menian importer. was found guilty Oi murder in the first degree by a jury in Justice Dowlinc's court The murder t01k place in Union square on July 21 last and was the reSylt of a HUncha- kist blackmailing plot HamPartzOo- milan was remandetf to tEr TomIsS un- til Monday. when he will I,a sentenced
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Detectives Will Meet Ship.

IA.
 Detectives Will Meet Ship. It stated what is known to few even of the actors most intimate friends that he wears on his right wrist a small, tight fitting gold bracelet. He told friend recently that he had the gold band welded about his wrist ten years ago to ward off rheumatism and that it had never been removed and bracelet for the same reason on her right ankle.
 The message to the Majestic was sent by way of the Marconi station at Cape Breton, which is likely to pick up the Majestic about noon today.
 The Majestic is due at Plymouth and Cherbourg next Thursday and at Southampton the day after. Scotland Yard has been cabled to have a de- tective meet the Majestic and to hold Hitchcock if he is found until an American officer can be sent for him.
 Assistant District Attorney Garvan said that two of the crimes charged against Hitchcock are extraditable of lenses.
 Girl Victim With Him.
 Evidence furnished by agents of the Children's society leads to the belief that Hitchcock is accompanied in his flight by Bella Mckenzie, the seven- teen-year-old girl. who disappeared from the home of her parents, 161 East Thirty-fourth street, about a month ago. The Mckenzie girl met Hitchcock in September. 1906, when he was playing at the Montauk thea ter in Brooklyn. At that time she was living at home with several younger brothers and sisters and was a good girl
 It was several months later while Hitchcock was touring in the far west that Bella fell into the hands of the Children's society. She made a comics sion, in which she accused Hitchcock of causing her downfall and taking her from home. After he had gone on the road. she said, she was afraid to re- turn home and went to live with a woman of bad character.
 Six Indictments Against Him.
 Friends of Hitchcock do not hesitate to express their fears that the actor will never return. With six indict- ments against him for felonies. con victiOn for which might end him to prison for the rest of his fife. and with the net of the law closing about him. those who know Hitchcock the best and have noted the change that has come over him since his first arrest preceding his release in 5000 for ex- animation would not he surprised to learn that he had left the country for ever
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
The rsi.;udnsd Tnrk.

The rural Turk af home, when not golded into violence hy hfs corrupt rulers. is the very antip1s spf the monster Of ropllar imaE9kEsn in England His domestic virtues are at least equal to those Of any western population. He is honest. industrious. patient. sentle and of fine natural man ners-LoaICu Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
October Strawberries In nOntelsir

MOntclair. \. l.. NOy- Lone of na- lures freaks has manifested itself in Upper MOntcIair- In the garden of Jasper Knowles there is a second crop Of strawberries The strawberries fioGrished despite the cold weather of the last few weeks. and the owner fs now gathering them for his table
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Royal Fowler Is EIsetrosutsd.

Columbus. O.. Nov. 1.-ROyaI Fowler of Dayton. who killed his sweetheart. Mary Hagerty. more than a year ago. was electrOcuted in the annex at the Ohio penitentiary a few minutes past midnight
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
N.v.I Men Want vgide- cz,.I LoeL.

Washington. Nov Lone hundred and ten feet is the with which the navy department has finally fixed up- On ss desirable for the locks for the Panama canal This fs an increase of ten feet over the pIans on which tns commission is now working
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
okIzhoma Banks to Rsopsn

Guthrie. Okla. Nov 1.-FOur hun dred bankers representing the Okla hOma and Indian Territory Ranking associations met here and agreed upon a plan to reopen all banks next week
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
covernment seerets Are Stolen,

Chicago. Nov. 1.-The Inter Ocean today says: Secret service operatives yesterday reported that some official correspondence between Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte and District Attorney Edwin W. Sims containing government secrets relating tO thc case of John R. Walsh. former president of the de funct Chicago National bank. who is awaiting trial in connection with the failure of the bank. has been stolen from the files in the federal building Miss Ella Maclean. who has been en- ployed in District Attorney Sims Of ice for three months. was arrested in company with o. E. Gordee charged with conspiracy to steal government records.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Fourth Twins In Twelve Year,

Little Falls. \. Y. Nov. 1.-For the fourth time fin twelve years the home of Lyman Billings has been blessed with a pair of twins. boy and q girl. whose combined weight at birth was twenty-five pounds. The twin boy Will be named after President Roosevelt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01

If you take DewItt7s nirney ana Bladder Pills Tou will get prompt re- lief from bseEsche. weak kidnsys. fr- fauDstiOa of the bladder and urfn- zrE troabIes A weeks treatuens for a cents. Sold by Buckfnxhzn PhzrUzcy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
Just 2 Hint

CHapleirh-I say. dvuegiSt. can yoa -aw-Eive ne something to-aw- bwightea ne up. d0lcber knovE Drug gis-Y0E're i1 the wrC1Z place. yunz man This is a d-Eg store. not a night schooL-Chiczso News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
POuulstion Of Pittsbura.

PIttsburg. Nov. LA canvass by mail carriers shows the population Of the city proPer to be 5s.T4s and of the postoHce district 461,3I9
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01

captain asking him to take Hitchcock in custody and to turn him over to the
 English police when the steamer reach es the other side. The message includ- ed an accurate description of Hitch
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01
HITCHCOCK ON OCEAN
Actor on Majestic With Girl Vic-
 tim, Police Believe.
SCOTLAND YARD IS NOTIFIED

New York Police Send Wireless Mes
 sage to Steamships Captain to Take
 Indicted Actor Into Custody if Aboard
 White Star Liner.
 New York, Nov. 1.- Information which the police consider reliable was received at the central office that Ray mond Hitchcock took passage at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning on the White Star steamer Majestic, bound for Plymouth, Cherbourg and South ampton. A prominent New Yorker who knows Hitchcock well told a cen tral office detective that he saw the ac- tor board the steamer only a few min utes before she left her pier. He sent word to the police the moment he learned that Hitchcock was fugitive from justice.
 A wireless message was sent from police headquarters to the Majestic's
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-01

vet. A fur coat for the street gives this suit the crowning touch of smart ness.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-22

pletion of many of these projects mas been
with money borrowed on onerous terms.
The extent to which the curtailment in
future plans of the railroads may affect
the demand for iron and steel, is, as yet
an unsolved problem. In 1908. which is
the latest period for comparison of sim
lar conditions, the railroads were puzzled
for capital supplies and forced to re-
trench, but without marked effect on the
resumption of iron products until during
the second half of the year when the
trade was in deep depression before the
expiration of September. No two finan-
cial periods afford an exact parallel but
the analogies of the present year with
that of 1903 are so many as to make COM
parsons inevitable on the part of those
who scan the financial future.
News OF the crops last week was salts
factory and added to the confidence that
the country will have an available sur
plus to supply the urgent needs of Europe
with highly profitable rates. Money rates
relaxed here and abroad. With the win
ter wheat harvest already under way
and the New York exchange rate at Chi
eago declining, the period of the coming
demand on eastern bank reserves to move
the crops becomes of early consequence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-22
FINE SYSTEM DENOUNCED
Columbia Typographical Union Con-
demns Methods Employed by
the Public Printer.

Washington. July 21.-Declaring that
Public Printer Charles A. Stillings is
acting contrary to the laws of the
United States in inaugurating a sys-
tenn ''of arbitrarily deducting certain
sums from. the pay of proofreaders as
fine for inadvertently overlooking
errors in proofs read by them" the
Columbia Typographical union No. 1O1,
which in membership is the third
strongest typographical union in the
United States, today adopted resolu-
tons denouncing the public printer and
instructing the secretary of the union
to call upon Attorney General Bona
parte for an opinion as to the public
printers legal right to impose such
fines
The union tonight mailed a copy of
the resolutions to President Roosevelt
and the department of justice. The
resolutions in part follow:
Columbia Typographical union No.
101 hereby protests against Public
Printer Stillings' arbitrary and unwar-
ranted action in imposing fines upon
prOOfread ers, believing that said &C
ton is inimical to the crafts best in
teTests and contrary to the laws of the
United States. and denounCes said ac-
ton i'm Unmeasured terms, as being
prompted by the hope that it Will re-
suit, combined with other unnecessary
and tyrannical acts of the public
printer, I'm the decentralization and dis
ruption of our members now employed
IN the government printing office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-22
PLANS FOR RECEPTION OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

ST. Louis, July 21.-Final details for the
reception of President Roosevelt at the
convention of the Lake to Gulf Deep
Waterway association, to be held at
Memphis Tenn, October T. were adopted
today at a meeting held at the home of
w. X Kavanaugh, president of the $3.50
citation The call for the convention will
be sent out in a few days to every city
interested in the deep waterway plan
Governor Folk of Missouri and governors
of other states will accompany President
Roosevelt to Memphis. The party Will be
met at some point above Memphis by a
barge fleet of steamboats,. Mayor James
u Malone of Memphis, Sydney NJ. Nicely.
W III. Russo. James s. Warren and Lewis
T. Kavanaugh, all Of Memphis, were
present at today's meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-22
ONE MORE AUTO ACCIDENT
John ]. Wallace of Pittsburg Dead,
His Wife DYING. S. Henner
and Wife Badly Hurt.

Pittsburs, July 21.-John J. Wallace, a
well known business man of this city, is
dead with a broken neck. his wife is
dying at her home with internal injuries
and j. 8. HenneT and wife, friends of the
Waliaces, are in a serious condition as
result of an accident to their motor
car, which plunged over a f50-foot EN-
bankment on the road to Butler tonight.
About five miles out from this city the
chauffeur stopped the car to inquire as
to the direction of Butler. The car
started without apparent cause and the
chauffeur jumped the sidestep of the
machine. but before he could get control
ed over the embankment and landed in
big tree. Wallace was dead when pick
ed up The others were unconscious.