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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
NEW HAVEN MAN NAMED
For Grand Chief Franklin, Brother
 hood of America.

The grand circle of the Brotherhood of America held it's annual session in Bridgeport yesterday with 175 dele gates in attendance The principal business of the morning session was the nomination of officers, which were as follows:
 Grand chief, Washington, Charles Phillips, Bridgeport; grand chief, lief ferson, Alfred Moffat, Derby; grand chief, Franklin, George c. Goebel, New Haven, and Charles Ellis, Bridge port; grand herald, John Mccarthy Shelton, and Charles Ellis, Bridge port; grand trustee, S. K. Howes, John c. Miller and Hugh W. Gregory, Bridgeport
 Reports read by the retiring officers showed a gratifying increase in mem bership and a fourishing condition of the order financially.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
FORM IS CHANGED Difference in License Appli- cations From Last
 Years.
OATHs TO BE TAKEN
One by the Signer and One By Applicant to Sell
 Liquor,

There are some very important changes In the form which the liquor dealers will haveto file with the coun- ty commissioners before they take out licenses under the new license law. The applicants for druggists licenses to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquor will have to file on different forms than for merly, and these, together with those of the liquor dealers, will be ready for applicants at the county commissioners office this week. Those whose licenses do not mature until November 30 will not need, of course. to take out new licenses until the beginning of the H. cense year
 The portions of the application which are different from the old applications arethe form of endorsement and the oath of tn applicant.
 The form for signers is as follows:
 We, the undersigned electors and tax payers, as defined by law, of the town of. f.........,........ hereby endorse the application of the above named. ....... ...,....,. for such license, and we do severally certify each for himself that we are taxpayers upon real estate sit udleu III SSllu tONu VI sss'st ttilN that we have not endorsed the applica- ton of any other person for a license to sell spirituous and intoxicating li- quors during the ensuing license:
 The form of each of the applicants follows:
 depose and say that the business to be carried on under said license Is to be conducted by myself, as the bona ide owner of said license and of the busi- ness hereunder conducted, and that no persons who Is disqualified to receive such license by any of the laws of this state, has or shall have any financial or other interest, direct or indirect. either as partner, agent, employe or otherwise, in said business, that I am not myself disqualified to receive such license by any of the laws of this state, and that there Is ..,.,. license now at said place, that the place where such business Is to be carried on Jas no means of access to any part of tie same building used or occupied as a dwelling or lodging house, and Is so located and arranged as to enable me to conform to the provisions of the screen law In regard to having full and unobstruct ed view of my bar and interior from the main entrance or sidewalk thereto. and also of the statute prohibiting booths, side rooms and retiring rooms.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
sAILBoAT CAUSES DELAY
Ran Into Kimberly Avenue Lift
 Bridge and Stuck in Mud.

AheO AAhh0CAAJ 1ANSAuO
 Bridge and Stuck in Mud.
 Traffic was delayed at the Kimberly avenue lift bridge late yesterday after noon for nearly an hour, owing to a large sail-boat running head on into the opened bridge and being stuck fast In the mud, her sail being entirely en- veloped by the water.
 Two tug-boats were pulling two large sail boats, which had been caught in the mud in the West river just be- low the lift bridge up the river and at the usual sign the engineer on the bridge rang the bell warning the ap' preaching cars and wagons that the bridge was about to open. The bridge lifted up as usual and the tugs started on their journey under or through the bridge. One tug and sail boat manag- ed to pull through without any serious difficulty, but when the other tried the sail boat switched into the bridge, and stuck fast in the mud. Her mast was broken by the collision with the bridge and the sail f1oundered and then sank down in the water. The sail boat was held in such peculiar position that 1t was impossible for the bridge to be closed until the boat was removed from beneath It. Several conductors and motormen together with many irate passengers set to work to pull the sail out of the water and assist the tug in extricating the sail boat After tedious quarters of an hour the sail was pulled out of the salty prime and the injured boat readjusted, the bridge reclosed, the cars and the other delayed vehicles on their way
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
Funeral Benefit Tax Increased-Na-
 tional Officers Elected.

Portland, Me. Aug. 27.-The national council of the Daughters of Liberty de- cided to-day to increase the funeral benefit to fifteen cents from ten cents and to make the maximum age in the insurance branch forty-fve instead of fifty years
 At the evening session the following officers were elected: Councillor J. Preston Potter, Clayton, N. J.; associ- ate councillor. Mrs. Lizzie M. Smith. Middletown, Pa; vice counsellor, J. N Maxwell Asheville, N. C.. associate vice councillor. Mrs. Jennie Knapp, Chicago; associate secretary, Ida Bradshaw, Trenton, N. J.; treasurer, Herman W Rollstab, Trenton. N. J.; associate treasurer, Mrs. Sallie Cramer. Freder- iek, Md; guide, Miss May Bodkin. New York; inside guard, Margaret Woods. Philadelphia; outside guard, Emma Ubelhard, Cincinnati.
 The next session is to be held in Saginaw, Mich
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
ESCAPED LION
 ATTACKS WOMAN
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NOOnllllQ6u. llUlii T liSl dSSsJ soon score were pumping lead into the lion. still standing over the pros trate woman, gnashing his teeth and flashing his tail. the lion stood with the ground about him literally ploughed up by the hundreds of shots that were fired at him.
 Soon, with the noise of the firearms and the shouts of the womans reseu- CTS. the lion turned and rushed toward the show known as the Mystic River" " and here he made his last stand. With the continued bombardment the brute succumbed, and sinking down upon the ground, he turned over on his back and with a few kicks and gasps he died.
 His skin was completely riddled with the small caliber bullets that had been fired at him and took effect. The shot that caused death was among the first fired, that of the 9S-caliber revolver used by Chief Downing when he first appeared on the scene.
 Mrs. Hucke was rushed to the Park Emergency hospital, where her injuries were dressed and later taken home, where it is expected that she will re-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
AMAZING FEATURE
Venezuelan Precedent for it's Fine of
 the Asphalt Company.

Venezuelan Precedent for it's Fine of
 the Asphalt Company.
 Washington, Aug. 27.-Mr, iAdee, act- ing secretary of state, to-day found an amazing feature of the action of the Venezuelan court in assessing a fine, which may amount to $15,000,000 against the New York & Bermudez Asphalt company upon it's conviction of hav- ing financed a revolution against the Castro government a number of years ago. MT Adee referred to the state ment that the court found precedent in the United States for the assess men of hugh fees against a corpora tion that had offended the laws of the country in which 1t operated, and MT. Adee, commenting upon the aptness of the Latin court in following American example, said:
 But the court will not so easily find a precedent for the collection of such a fine. In Venezuela the word 'prece- dent appears to be spelled president.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
GIRLS BODY FOUND.
School Teacher, Who Mysteriousl|
 Disappeared, Drowned.

Paterson, N. J., Aug. 27.-The bod of Miss Agnes Mcguire, the Brookly school teacher who mysteriously dis appeared from carriage at Nolan Point, Lake Hopatcong, N. J., on Sal urday night, was found in the lake td day.
 Miss Mcguire was visiting at h9 uncle's home in Dover, N. J, when q Saturday evening her cousin, Charld Mcguire, a clerk in the Dover postoI flee. took her for a drive to Can' Lookout at Nolan's Point on Lake HI patcong.
 They arrived at the camp after daI| and just before a thunderstorm Hitching his horse to a tree, CharlI left his cousin waiting in the carriaa 7 while he went to the camp to get son| clothing. He said he was absent onl 2 few minutes, but when he returnd Agnes was gone, leaving no trace the route she had taken.
 Charles said he had supposed u! young woman, who was of nervol temperament, became frightened the vivid flashes of lightning after left her alone and trying to reach t camp lost her way in the woods.
 The body was brought up with grappling iron in front of the camp
 The body showed no marks of vi Ience but a black and white six which she wore when last seen aliN is missing and has not been found. the place where the body was foul the beach slopes very gradually and woaid be necessary to wade out least 100 yards from the shore to gE beyond one's depth. The coroner h taken charge of the body and VI make a complete investigation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
DEAF MUTE INJURED
Runaway Horse Tramples on Four
 Year-OId Child.

New Britain, Aug 27.-Joseph Migli- ozzl four years old, was permanently if not fatally injured tonight when he was trampled on by runaway horse attached to a loaded coal wagon as he was playing on the sidewalk The pubic bone was broken and he was oth- erwlse injured. The child was already deaf and dumb as a consequenece of illness
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
TRAFFIC TIED UP
Highland Division Blocked by Derall-
 ed Freight Train.

New Britain, Aug. 27.-Traffic on the Highland division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad was tied up for several hours tonight by the derailing of the three rear cars of l local freight train here. The three cars were dragged along the ties for a distance of 800 feet and one of them a wrecker cleared the tracks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
seOO for New Haven Lad

The will of Mary Lafebvre, which has been admitted to probate by Judge Marvin of Hartford, leaves to her son. Frederick Lefebvre, $20O to be held in trust for her nephew, Arthur Du- breuil of New Haven. until he shall become of age, when he shall receive the principal. The residue of the es- tate is divided equally between Fred erick and Henry J. Lefebvre. sons of the testatrix, of whom the former is appointed executor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
NOTHING TO MEDIATE
Meat Packers So Inform American
 Civic Federation.

New Yor&, Aug. 27.-The efforts of the A.1eucan Civic Federation to tSing about settlement of the meat drivers strike have thus far proved fruitless. It was learned to-day that the Packers association, through it's president, w. H. Moves, informed Ralph M Easley, chairman of the executive board of the Civic Federa- tion, that the employers had nothing to mediate or arbltrate.
 During the day about a dozen small packers signed the schedule for which the drivers struck. The driv- CTS for these small packers, however, were not called out when the strike occurred. Those packers whose driv- CTS have not strVck and who have not yet signed the new scale, were given until tomorrow to do so under threat of a walk-out
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
ROOT AND PRESIDENT
Unverifcd Report That They Are to
 Meet at Larchmont.

New York, Aug. 27-There was a report that could not be verified to- day that Secretary Rood had planned to meet President Roosevelt at the Larchmont Yacht club in Larchmont, N. Y, next Saturday afternoon. The object of the conference was not stat ed According to the report, Secre- tary Root will make the journey from Muldoons place in an automobile and the president will cross Long Island sound from Oyster Bay in a yacht. The location of the clubhouse is rath- CT secluded.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
BIG BAGGAGE BUSINESS
More Stuff Handled This Year Than
 Ever Before.

A great increase in the amount of baggage has become evident at the the biggest day In the month, the force recording $500 pieces of bag gage. The average day shows bus mess of 2,50O to S,O0O-a big increase over year ago.
 Already business grows heavier with the addition of theatrical equip ment and the return of summer vis- itors at the shore By the time the college fellows begin pouring in there will be hot time in the old town
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
Received by the Kaiser.

Hanover, Aug. 27.--The American yachtsmen who took part in the re- cent sonderklasse races at Kiel were received by Emperor William here this ming, and later his majesty gave a
 dinner in their Honor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
Quarantine Established.

San Jose. Costa Rica, Aug. 27.- quarantine against all vessels conf from Cuba has been declared and being enforced at all Costa Ricsn St ports.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07

weather conditions made no difference
and the shack was expected to mount the
hurricane deck no matter how. hard the
wind or how wet or icy the running board
might be- Sometime, when the sidewalk
is covered with ice, you try running half
a block on It. TheD think what it would
be IL the walk was only twenty inches wide,
and that 1t was cut into sections about
thirty feet long and that each section was
heavlng and tossing in a different direc-
ton, and that between each of these sec
tions yawned a ehasm of about three feet,
where death in its most hdeous form
awaited for the man who made a misstep,
and that you had 20 stop at each of these
chasms and twist brake tight, with all
the chances of a chain breaking or wheel
coming Off or something similar, and then
repeating the operation from dark till dawn
at uncertain, intervals through the longest
of winter nights, and you will have faint
notion of one phase of an old time brake
mans life. Only one phase, though
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07
striving to ImpOse Penaties on Single Blessedness

morals Of the larger cities are degenerating
owing TO them.
Delegate Victor Oberting OF Indiana
failed to procure advanced salaries for
teachers, but proposed TO tax bachelors TO.
pay teachers salaries. His bill was re-
ferred to a committee, and he asked to be
heard.
1T is not good for man 70 live alone
and II he does he ought to have 70 pay
for it," said Mr Oberting. addressing .he
committee yesterday afternoon. His plan
is to require unmarried men between Is
and 30 to pay $3.50 a year into the school
fund. Bachelors between so and 80, he
thought, should pay 81 a year, and those
between 35 and 40, s.. His bill provides
a tax OF 81 a year for confirmed bachelors
This petition is on exhibition at the Mas
sachusetts state house:
ITO the Great and General Court Of
Massachusetts-We, the unmarried ladies'
of the town OF Wakefield. petition your
honorable body for a law levying a tax
upon bachelors said tax 10 be graduated as
follows: From 20 10 IS years, s.; from Is TO
30 years, $40; from 30 to IS years. SIS; from
80 10 30 years, so; over 20 years, chloroform
in large doses. And your petitioners further
represent that bachelors are a fungus
growth on the ship OF society, impending
It's progress and are OF no earthly use ex-
cept as pallbearers. Therefore be II
Resolved. That we. the unmarried
ladies OF Wakefield. are not advocating this
law because we are single That concerns
us the least II you don't believe IT, ask
us and see We are women Of taste, and
il we could vote we believe bachelors would
be scarce articles among US"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07

take brakeman on top of each car and
half an hours notice to bring one Of the
tremendous freight trains of today to a
stop after It had gotten under good head
way. The brakeman's life has been reduced
to one of inglorious ease compared to what
his predecessor Of thirty of oven twenty
years ago had to do. Coupling now is
merely a matter of '-unping The GERS to-
gether. Then IL was a case of being quick
and sure, and occasionally contributing
finger or hand sometimes a foot or leg
went along, and often enough a life. When
a freight train was getting near station
i'm the olden time, the hind man sighted
a, familiar landmark, and climbed out OF
the cupoln window on top Of the train, and
took up the slack by setting the first brake
Presently the long boot from the engine
announced that the town was right ahead,
and II stop was to be made the head man
also got out on top and the pair began to
set brakes
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07

always made the engineer feel so good to
have to back his train half a train length
uphill to accommodate slow-footed brake
man. Then, when the train had gone
through the side track and out at the
other end it was the business of the head
man to hold the train back while the hind
man closed the switch. This meant nice
little race for the man behind, for he was
expected to drop off the way car and shut
the gate and then overtake the train. 1t
was a fifty-yard dash, at least for him,
with a fair handicap TO overcome.
when it came to making couplings the
men were on an equal footing. No matter
how careful the engineer i'm handling the
cars, accidents were numerous enough,
and even the most careful got pinched now
and then. AS a rule, the link was placed
in the drawbar of the car that was stand
ing, while the pin was balanced at the
edge of the hole in the moving drawbar
At the psychological moment the link was
tipped up with one hana and the pin top
pied over by the other, while the man
who was in between sprang out to escape
being carried along with the cars. All
these stunts kept the brakeman's muscles
in state of high development, and when
he wasn't engaged at these he was run
ming up or down the ladders, hanging on
the ends or something else, OF course,
darkness increased the dangers, but it
didn't lessen the necessity, for railroads
run around the clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07
ReIIef cor the Ensine crew.

"In these two regards are the greatest in
novations that have come to the relief of the
flremen, although the bigger flrebox and
flues have brought greater heating surface
into the boilers and consequent economy,
although this latter was the result Of con-
sideration@for the stockholders rather than
for the fireman. The engineer has been
relieved Of much of the responsibility Of
caring for his machine. The machinlsts'
work Is done by machinists nowadays, and
the engineer is not expected TO keep up his
engine as he once was. The new airbrake
is something more complicated than the
old, but its use makes the handling of the
heavy train possible, and without any seri-
Gus strain ON the man who operates It. The
electric headlight is another innovation
that saves the engineer much trouble, and
so does the metallic packing. Thousands
Of men are. running engines who never saw
a ring Ct hemp packing, and who wouldn't
know how to make headlight wick out Of
canton flannel These men are good engi~
neers. too. Getting the work out of the
big engine, and doing It economically and
efficiently, is the problem for the engineer
of to-day
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07

full share in the work Of handling the
trains. He was responsible also for its
movements, and for the care of the cars
making up his train. He still has the train
records to keep, listing of waybllls, car
reports, switch lists and the IKE, but his
office is one of more comfort today than It
used to be. The air brake has done away
with most Of the hard work for the train
crew, and the automatic couplers have re-
moved most Of the danger. Switches still
have to be opened and shut, but are looked
after under much better conditions than
formerly, while the block signal system
has reduced the danger Of collision to a
minimum. Long hours are still the rule
but they are spent under conditions that
render them more nearly endurabe It is
still required that tho brakeman be clear
headed and nimble footed but he wears
more Of his own fingers than he used to,
while the conductor has a chance to ac-
quire the rotundity Of an alderman without
ehdangering his usefulness to the com
pany.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07

above the running board. Below the rum
ming board / had to clean two cylinders
and valve chests, two pumps, two feed
pipes, two oil cups, the rims Of the driving
wheel mudguards the rim Of the running
board the rim of the number plate and
the numbers, and five brass hands on the
jacket. Then the russia iron jacket and the
gold-leafed paint work took as much care
as the brass. and the smoke arch and
smoke stack had to be cared for with
mixture of boiled oil and heeswax, applied
with care by means of a hempen swab
Inside the cab had to go over two heater
cocks-sOmething unknown nowadays-two
water glass cocks, four gauge cocks, one
gauge cock dripper, an air brake throttle
a blower throttle bell ringer throttle and
an injector throttle; the pipes from all
these as far as they were exposed; the
bracket on which the steam gauge and air
gauge were fastened; the cab gong; the
three-way valve for the air brake; the
torch and its bracket the squirt cans; the
steam gauge lamps, and the water gauge
lamp, and a few little ornaments added
by vanity This was all the brass, but
the throttle lever and quadrant and the
reverse lever and quadrant were of polished
steel and required as much attention as
did the brass. while the boierhead itself
was place where you might work always.
With q scraper, swiped one day from q
monkey wrench machinist when he wasn't
looking, and with emery paper of several
degrees Of fineness, usually obtained as was
the scraper. the boilerhead was attacked
and scraped and papered and rubbed until
It shone like the rest of the interior. When
all the brass and ironwork was cleaned
the windows and woodwork remained, and
these had to be kept shining, too. The
quickest time I ever remember of making
in cleaning the outside brass on that engine
was four hours, while it took about five
hours as a rule to clean the inside In
ordinary weather the outside brass had tc
be cleaned at least twice a week, while
the inside brass would run about a week
The pay for this was nothing. The fireman
was rated according to the looks of his
engine, and II he didn't keep it shining he
was not regarded as much of a fireman
Ask a fireman nowadays to put in fifteer
or twenty hours a week working to keey
an old scrapheap looking neat and see wha
he will say to you.