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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
TIMELY TOPICS.

B. Holczer has just the shoes you want for house, street or party.
 Wallace & Go have ladies suits from $9.9S up, ladies coats $5.9S up. Mems suits and overcoats $7.sS up.
 E. w. Mooring has a farm at "Mountaindale,' near Frost bridge, that will go at small price
 The Waterbury Title Go will find you a clear title to your property.
 Tomorrow will be bargain day at Grieve. Bisset & Hollands. French flannel finish waistings s lac yard.
 Cu-rans have fine specials in coats and suits for anyone who wants to invest in these goods.
 Wedding rings on cash or credi; at s. M. Schneer's, 19S South Main street.
 Jones, Morgan & Go have the ov- ercoat you want, all styles, from $10 to s150.
 The Best Optical Co examine eyes free; s3.50 gold filled glasses for $l.
 Reid & Hughes are selling Mission lamps for oil, gas or electricity at s3.9S.
 F. L. Marks & Co have the latest things in fur hats on display.
 The Curtis Art Co will do your holiday picture framing at reasona- ble prices.
 Browns quickfire charcoal and otto coke is only 10c bag at leading grocers.
 Ladies kersey coats with fur col lar at Miller & Peek's for s9.9S. Children's coats $2.4s
 Meat sale Wednesday and Thurs day at the Public market. Fresh shoulders at Sc pound.
 The Smith Premier typewriter has worldwide reputation for doing good work.
 Langley gives an eight day clock with every Household range he sells
 J. B. Mullings & Son has d large assortment of American and English make gloves. @
 Wenzel Is selling cape stock gloves, with spear back, prix seam, at s1 T pair.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
CRIMINALS AND WEAKLINGs
Washington Man Wants State and City Appropriations for Purpose.

Hartford, Dec. 2-A letter has been sent to Mayor Hooker urging the establishment of city labora- tory for the study of the criminal and weakling classes, the letter be. ing in part as follows:
 beg leave to suggest that you make some recommendation to your feity officials for the establishment of city laboratory to study the crim- inal and weakling classes. It seems to me. that every large city should be willing to appropriate at least $f,200 to study the causes from which arise its greatest, most con- stant and most costly enemies. For this is the only way to gain such trustworthy knowledge as will en- able the city to lessen these enemies in number and expense. Such work is as necessary to city as it's health department
 Requesting your most careful and distinguished consideration.
 have the honor to remain, mos, respectfully,
 Arthur Macdonald, No. 127 A street, Northwest,
 Washington, D. c.
 MT Macdonald also announces that letter has been sent to the governor urging that he recommend the establishment of state labora- tofy for the same purpose. Consid- erable printed matter accompanies the letters by way of argument for the establishment of laboratories for the study of the criminal and weakling classes regardless of whether the classes mentioned want to be studied or not. A bill for the establishment of state laboratory for the purpose mentioned was in, troduced in the general assembly or 1907 and received an unfavorable re- port.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
THE LAUREL CLUB.
Celebrated First Anniversary at Ham
 ilton Hall Last Evening.

The Laurel club was one year old yesterday and last evening the mem- bers celebrated the first anniversary at Hamilton hall, Milf Plain. The celebration took the form of min strel performance. banquet and dance and 1t was early this morning when the strains of Home, Sweet Home" were played by Wolff's orchestra, and the guests started homeward. The minstrels was the first part and the members as well as their guests de- rived much pleasure from the pro- gramme which was as follows: Opening Overture. Entire Company Tenor Solo-"I Idolize Ida" ...
 ......... Charles Monzani Why Marry?" Don't Take Me
 Home" ......... Joseph Holland End Song-"E Echoes of the Lau-
 rels" .... William Cronan The Laurel Premier Dancers.
 John Brennan, William McKeon End Song-"I'm Going Away"
 .......... Harry helly That Trip to Rochester. .....
 J. Bergin and w. Cronan Hello, Hello. Edward Clark Ballad Vocalist-"The Village
 Blacksmith" ;. George Morgan Closing Chorus. ... Entire Company "The Whole Year Round"-Staged
 and directed by George Morgan and Edward Wolff.
 Specialty-tOn and Off the Stage T. Bennett, R. Smith, B. Mulvaney. There were twenty-four numbers on the dance programme and the merrymakers started to trip the light fantastic after the blaekface men had done their prettiest. When half the numbers had been danced the ban quet was served. The menu was as follows:
 Sherry Cocktail.
 Blue Point Oysters on Half Shell Horseradish Celery Queen Olives
 Mock Turtle Soup
 Mixed Pickles
 Claret Wine
 Sweetbread Pattees French Peas
 Stuffed Young Vermont Turkey
 Cranberry Jelly Giblet Sauce Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips
 Neapolitan Ice Cream
 Lady Fingers Macaroons
 Swiss Cheese and Crackers
 Coffee and Tea.
 When the guests had done justice to the appetizing dishes dancing was resumed. So it is plainly evident that the Laurel club and their friends had big night The committees in charge of the event follow: General committee, c. A. Wolff, chairman; J.. Wolff, treasurer; dance, Joseph J.. Bowen, Patrick V. O'Rourke and Will liam J. Cronan; entertainment, John F. Bergin, Frederick s. Riley and Daniel J. Farrell; banquet, Harold G. Wolff, Edward T. Clark and John M. Riley. There are about sixty names on the clubs roster and the officers are c. Wolff. president; Charles Monzani, vice president; Joseph Wolff, recording secretary; Frank Clark, financial secretary and John Riley, treasurer.
 A large number of the members are east end boys who were the prime movers in the formation of the Laurel club. For years they had smaller club and every year were accustomed to entertain at their Bob White' camp at Bantam lake.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
CITY NEWS.

Buy his Christmas present now. Reindeer gloves, squirrel lined, s. lamb lined s3.50. at Upson. Single ton & Cos.
 Henry Hull and other residents of upper North Main street are eircu- lating petition to be presented to the board of aldermen asking that the street be laid out to the end of the city line.
 John Higginson, the 1s-years-old son of Mir and Mrs Michael H:ggin !, son of 5s South Leonard street. died last night of measles. The funeral was held this afternoon with inter- usnt .in new St Joseph's cemetery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
GOOD WORD FOR THE SPARROW

Let us see what weed means to the farmer! A thousand per cent is the increase nature yields in corn 1; but the ordinary garden weed repro duces in single season from single plant 100000 seeds which in another year would yield billion weed plants. Up at Indian Head in north west Canada, where-if any place on earth frost should prove death to weeds-the government horticultur- ist found tumbling mustard plant, which by actual count produced l. 500,000 seeds. Science may counsel spraying for weeds; but you cant t spray out weeds that are carried to the four corners of earth by winds and wing their way in all sorts of fairy parachutes like thistle and dan delion down. The only way to de- stroy such weeds is to destroy the seeds early in the game.
 Now there is probably no bird re- garded as more of a pest than the little sparrow. His i'll bred, loud voiced chatter drives away song birds. He hangs round your barn and steals your grain, and he nests in the caves of your poultry house and infests the cracks that vermin pest of chick en life-mites-and he proves a mussy visitant on your house piazzas. Yet balance the little sparrow ac- count with what is to his credit A scientist in Iowa by test after test found that in winter time the spar TOW ate about quarter of an ounce of weed seed a day. Then he count ed the number of sparrows ordinarily seen in winter to the square mile. He put the number at 10. I think that Is away below the average. Try it your self wherever you live; but on the basis of 10 birds to the square mile, he figured that the sparrows must eat in the state of Iowa alone S75 tons of weeds in a winter. I would not like to have to figure out how many acres of good land those weeds would have assuredly contam!nated.--out- ing Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
|ROUBLE COMING
, 10 Salaries Which Shspld
 Be Ussl sn Streets.


 The board of public works Is in a peck of trouble just now and 1t may rost them something to get out of 1t. They are not able to do all the work they promised, and little wonder, slnce they have already paid out something in the neighborhood of $500 In salaries which 1t Is evideh, was intended to be put into making streets and laying sidewalks. To be sure this may have been an over- sight, but even at that 1t shows that the board or somebody else has blum dered. In August, 1907, the board of aldermen, on recommendation of the department of public works, con- tinued the salary of MT Cairns at $5,000 to August 15, 1903. After that date unless some other action was taken 1t was to drop to $3,900. Neither the board of public works nor the aldermen has done anything in the premises, consequently the en- gineer has been receiving about $91 month since the middle of last Au- gust that he has no right to. Who is to blame for this? The engineer makes out the payroll for his own de- partment and while one would say 1t was his duty to make the change at the proper time it is also fact that when the engineer neglected to at tend to this little matter the board should have noticed the error and have 1t corrected. If they had this nioney they would not be lodging people they promised to lay side walks for and neither would they be {, obliged to indulge in a lot of expla- nations regarding their failure to keep other promises which they claim to have made in good faith.
 What will be done about it now? Will Mir Cairns be asked to stand and deliver or will the city be out that much? The board of finance and the comptroller are. liable to get into trouble over the affair, but perhaps the thing will be strengthened out by a refund of the money and then Su- perintendent Kennedy will be in a position to go ahead and clean the Prospect and Branch reservoirs and MT Kilduff of the street department can complete the four or five retain ing walls and sidewalk jobs which he claims are held up for lack of money to do them with. The increase in salary was voted to MT Cairns dur ing the Elton administration at a session of the board of aldermen when Mir Cairns resigned and MT Lowndes was chosen to fill the va cancy. The salary of MT Lowndes was pushed up from $3,000 to $5,000 for two years at the expiration of which he was to drop to $3,900, the motion being made by Alderman George M Beach, now at the head of the police department. The demo- crats protested on the ground that it l was not fair to give new man such boost, but the republicans winked at each other and the motion went through all right. Then to the great surprise, by the way, of everybody, MT Lowndes threw up the $5,000 berth and MT Cairns was prevailed" upon to go back and do business at the old stand. When the time limit expired it was extended for year, but that was the end of 1t, and the question now is what means will be devised to straighten out the tangle which grew out of the neglect to put the salary where 1t belonged, be- ginning August 15, 1908, nearly six teen weeks ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
NOTICE.

The Democrat cfice is open every evening until o'clock and on We'd nesday and Saturday evenings until g. People who desire to pay sup- scription or other bills. or to leays job work or advertisements will be attended to evenings if they can- not call during the day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02

superintendent of streets and the street committee were ordered to file with the board n list of streets where sidewalks had been laid in order that the assessments might be laid and collected
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
THE PRESIDENTS FLAG.

The presidential flag has blue ground with the arms of the United States in the center. It was designed and first used by President Arthur in 1883, and Is now hoisted at the main whenever the president is on board of any government vessel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
ANOTHER WRITER
FAVORS "PANAMA. "

Pensacola, Fla, June %.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
| have noted with interest the sew
eral names proposed for the new no.
tel. | believe that Panama, as sug-
gested already, is the most appropri-
ate of any, especially when we con-
s:der our proximity TO the isthmus
and the benefits to be derived from
the completion of the canal.
We could not do better than name
the leading hotel Panarta which
would suggest to the travelling public
our advantages over other points for
commerce, growth and wealth upon
the completion of the canal. The
name of the hotel would suggest the
question: why name hotea in Pen
sacoIa Panama." What has 1T to do
with Panama." and in these questions
and discussions people from all parts
of the country would become familiar
with Pensacola's advantages in con-
nection with the canal proposition.
Let us all be in for progress ana name
the hotel Panama. r. c.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
"eALvEz" is SUGGESTION
AND REASON is GIVEN

Pensacola, Fla, June %
Editor Pensacola Journal:
If it is desired to give name
which will link the present with the
historic past of Pensacola, L suggest
"GalveZ."
1t is short and sOnOrous, and no
other name has more of romance and
history connected with il. than that
of this brave Spanish soldier. He
drove the English out of Louisiana,
out of Mobile and out of Pensacola.
Galvez Spring. west of st. Johns
cemetery. and the traces of earth
works which still surround it, evident
ly mark the spot of the armed
camp from which he moved TO the at
tack which resulted in the surrender
Of Fort George, at the head of Pala-
fox street.
The new hotel will stand at the foot
of this historic hill.
Let it bear the name of the brave
Spaniard who ended the British occu-
patton of the Gulf coast one hundred
and thirty years ago.
w f ANDERSON
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
IT'S MASTERS VOICE.
Tampa Tribune


The smooth flow of Republican pro-
cedure at Chicago has, thus far, been
unruffIed. In every detail of its busl-
ness. the convention has Obeyed the
Iron Will at Washington, The Man
in the White House has dictated its
course. Upon the only question
where a split of any consequence was
threatened, that of the insertion of the
antiinjunction plank in the platform,
the disturbance was quickly quelled
when kilograms came from Taft ana
Roosevelt, commanding that the plank
be adopted. This plank, placed In po-
sitfon by the committee on resolu-
tons, was firmly nailed down by the
convention as whole, without even
a whisper of dissent.
So, also, went the nomination for
president In a one-man convention,
ordered to nominate one man. there
was but little chance for the favor
tie SON. to ar his ambitions. or for
the supporters of those who dared
face the wrath of the mighty to make
themselves felt or heard 1t is true,
they were permitted to make their
little speeches, to paint word-pictureS
of their fore-doOmed aspirantS, but
their privilege ended there. When
the rol-call sounded, the answers
were strictly according to program.
The rotund gentleman who sat on
the lid in the Philippines. in Cuba,
in Panama. repeated the performance
in the Coliseum.
Over il was the magic spell of
Roosevelt. He made the issues. He
discovered the candidate. Having done
these things. it was only logical Sc
Quence that he should write the plat
| form and declare the nominee. And
/ furthermore. having thus taken SUI
preme control of his party, it is by
/ Roosevelt that it will stand or fall in
! November. As Roosevelt has made
! the issue and named the candidate
| be is, in sober fact. THE issue and
THE candidate.
! In this respect, he is doubtless more
fully satisfied than if he were the nom
! inal candidate; for he escapes the
criticism of notwithstanding and
achieves the credit of some degree OF
magnanimity in refusing to accept an.
other nomination at this time Then
again. he contemplates the possibility
that Taft may fail to carry out the
great policies which he has inherited
and, in that event, how gracefully NAV
Roosevelt, four years hence. become
the candidat, basing his acceptance on
the platitude that. his 1iderstudy hav-
ing proved incapable, he should be
given another trial, that he may make
up for lost time and restore the coun.
| try to the admirable conditions which
characterized il when he retired This
is doubtless the TheodoreaH political
forecast, and, while Taft perspiringIy
endeavors TO carry out orders durins
the next four years, the Master may
enjoy his leisure, hunting the African
lion on its native heath or pursuing
other pleasures peculiar to his strenu.
Gus kind.
This forecast may be rudely disturb.
ed, it is true, by the recrudescence of
Bryan. Whatever may befall, the
president. however, can jot down in
his autobiography the fact that. on
June IS, 1908, he proved himself the
complete and unquestioned master OF
his party-ard in that achievement
there is much of the Rooseveltian
brand OF glory.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Escaped Convict Converted.


The Salvation Army is still doing
business at the same old stand. Some
years ago s. T. Milstead. a convict
serving a ten years sentence in the
Florida convict camps for assault
with intent TO murder, escaped after
serving 20 months. Milstpad went to
Texas. A short time ago he was
converted by the preaching of the
Salvation Army and confessed. Last
week this converted convict return
ed to Tallahassee OF his own vOlitiOa
and gave himself up. 1t is thought
that Gov. Broward will grant vLe
man pardon as sort of reward Cor
his gOodness.--Palatka News.
Auto Refused to Mote
AS a punishment for its obstinate
ness Clark G. Smith, the DaytOna
Beach photographer last Sunday
pushed his automobile into the sea,
there 10 leave il to the mercy of the
relentless tides which ebb and now
twice in twenty-fOur hours. Mr..
Smith had started for Mosquito In
let to take photographs of the strand
ed whales When near the approach
Of the Port Orange bridge the motor
guSted the owner of the runabOut
that wouldn't even run about a min
ute showed it into the sea. 1t was
afterwards taken from the OCeOn by
a number of persons and Smith sold
it for a small Sum.-DayCOna Gazette
News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
Now is the time to can

Now is the time to can
peaches. Choice Elbertas de-
livered to you same day they
are picked from tree. Gel
berta" is stamped on each
basket of Cotttge Hill fruit,
and it leads all in quality. If
your dealer doesn't handle it,
phone ]. G. Carter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
An Opinion
on the NAVY.

Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans, on
his way TO Lake MohOnk, the other
day, stopped IL New York. and while
there made opportunity to say few
words TO the American people about
the navy.
The American people can go quiet
~ and safely to sleep without fear"
said Fighting Bob" This talk
about lack of adequate armor plate,
low decks, and so forth, is all non
sense. There aren't any gunners in
the world who can compare with the
boys on our vessels. IT'S not the
armor plate that wins battle. II
the accuracy of fire.
I'VE have demonstrated that in our
navy there is more patriotism than
ever has been displayed. And we have
shown the world that we can spin
hal< way around the globe without a
mishap. What if the heavier armcr
plate is six inches below the water?
Tn a naval engagement six inches
doesn't amount to much. 1t would
take a gunner superior to one of our
boys to catch that six inches with any
kind of gun at fighting distance.
There has been talk, said the
veteran. "abcut tsrret guns being
handicapped by a high sea. Well,
we have facilities for pumping out
any water that may dash into the
turret, and in addition, as ] have
said we have gunners with a big g
who can fire straight under almost
any conditions
Asked If he still adheres to his
opinion that we ought to have a
nuch greater navy. Evans said, en-
phatically:
"Of course we should A -ormida-
BILE navy is the most perfect proven
tive of war If we have many big
ships the other fellow won't want to
bother us. We ought to have big
fleets on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts
The American people everywhere
have great faith in Fighting Bob
J and in his judgment regarding ships
and sailors; therefore what he says
o. the efficacy of our navy as a
whole, of the merits OF our guns and
armored ships, and the accuracy OF
craftsmanship of the men behind the
guns, will be accepted as very nearly
correct. But when it comes to the
proposition regarding the size of the
navy the nation should build and
maintain his opinion can he OF nc
greater weight than that of other;
possessed with equal knowledge o.
the worlds affairs, whether they arc
in the navy, the army, or just plain
citizens who have to help foot the
bill
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26

The Quincy Journal is urging Cen
eral Gilchrist to come to Gadsden
county and get a wife to help him
run the executive mansion at ITALIA
hassee. The advice is good except
that in all probability our next COVER
nor could do little better here in
Escambia. though he should not delay
too long, as weddings are becoming
mighty frequent here OF late.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26

Calhoun county seems to have lots
o. trouble with her primary elections,
or at least in, getting returns from
the elections precincts. The returns
from the first primary failed to show
up till after the vote in other coun-
ties had been counted and the result
declared; and now the returns from
the second primary are said to be
still incomplete. Calhoun should wake
up and get in the game.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
PENSACOLA FLORIDA FRIDAY MORNING 1908.

seating capacity of 1880. 1t is
266 by 200 eeet., with the height of a
five-story building. Its seating ca
pacity is larger than that of Madison
Garden in New York; or the great
coliseum at Chicago or the Mormon
tabernacle at Salt Lake City. There
are twenty-four exits. 1t is the larg-
est convention hall in the world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
A New Tangled Invention.

An Oklahoma farmer has invent
ed and fastened on cows back an
electrical cOntraption. the electricity
being generated by dynamo attach
ed to the COWS tail This machine
milks the cow, strains the milk and
hangs UP the pail and strainer. A
small monograph accompanies the
outfit and yelS so when the COW
moves. If sac kicks, a hinged arm
catches the milk stool and lambs her
over the head with it.-DeF uniak
Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-26
Fears for PensacoIa's Future.

We learn from the Pensacola Ev-
ening News that the saloons in that
city remained open Tuesday during
the election, and, in addition, there
were some fist fights pulled off. Shame
on that city of enlightened people,
with churches, schools, and all of the
Institutions of modern civilization.
Such utter disregard of our election
law in such a city as Pensacola is
evidence of a condition that will man
ifest itself in yet greater crimes. An
element that openly defies all author
ity as these saloon men are doing,
and that seemingly unchallenged by
officers or citizens will bring sorrow
to that people that can never be IN
conceive Oak Democrat