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FOR PENSION RAISE Police Name Committee of Nine to Act for the Proposed
 Increase. COMMITTEE FOR THE BALL Sub Committees Also Named and Printing and Music Work
 Assigned.

Attended by over hundred members of the department, including captains, sergeants and detectives as well S pa trolmen, the special meeting of the po- lice department called sunday night by Chief Cowles 10 consider plans for the annual ball and q proposed change In the law governing the pension fund was held in executive session In the chamber of the board of aldermen in city hall yesterday afternoon Chief Cowles presided at the meeting and in- troduced the matters which were to be considered The proposition regarding the pension, as stated in the Courier yesterday is that the state legislature be asked to increase the limit to which the fund can be raised without turning money back into the county treasury to Sl00, GOO instead of the S50000 limit which has already been reached lt ia believed that legislative act will bc necessary to make the change Tho proposition met with the approval or the meeting, it being stated that there was no fight against it at all, and a committee of nine was named to ap pear before tho board of police com missoners at It's next regular session next Monday night and request per mission as a committee to take such action as may he necessary to procure the amendment to the pension bill in cluding, if necessary trip as com mttee to Hartford to appear before the legislature when the matter comes up
 This Is tho committee which was named on this matter Chief Cowles, Sergeant Philip r smith, Fatroman John Coonan, representing the central
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FOX ARGUMENTS TO-DAY
Attorncys on Both Sides Must File
 Their Briefs This Afternoon.

The attorneys who represent the different sides of the action brought by George l.. Fox of this city against Governor elect George l.. Lilley will file tnelr arguments with the super Tor court this afternoon.
 The attorneys for the defense are Colonel Lucien r Burpee of Water bury and the Hon Stiles Judson of Stratford. Those for the petitioners are Matthew F. Reynolds of this city and Henry K. Jessop of New York
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31
HAMDEM MAN ENDOWED
Allegation of Timber TreSpass Gets
 Injunction from Judge Wolfe.

A temporary injunction was issued yesterday morning by Judge Wolfe against Frederick w. Dickermau Q Hamden The injunction was asked by Attorney r. Erwin Jacobs on hc- harlf of Lena Fngerc The allegation is that the plaintiff sold to piekcrman, the right to cut timber off a certain section of land which belonged to her and that he had cut wood on land oth- CT than that specified and had not paid for such timber The Injunction re- strains the cutting of timber on the land complained of Tho suit is for S1 GOO damages,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31
NO WORD FROM BANKS
Judge Says He's Not Even Considered
 Matter of Reply.

statement from Judge Elmer S. Banks regarding the charges made by the ministers against him, and for which they have waited for some time In an interview tonight Judge Banks said that he had lnot even considered the matter of replying to his critics and foroibly declared that he should treat the matter with silence.
 One of the prominent Congregation al ministers of Fairfield county said tonight that he did not expect any answer to their latest statement,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31
MARRIAGE AFTER ARREST
Italian. Charged With Rape, Avoids
 Trouble While on Rail.

After being arrested on a warrant charging him with rape Domenico Bernardo, an Italian shoemaker, 23 years of age of Myrtle street oh- tained bail last night and with the charge pending, was married to the girl named in the complaint When Bernardo was arrested 1t Is said, he had the marriage license in his pocket. It Is likely the charge will he nolled when called in court to-day The girl is under 16 years of age Bernardo was arrested by Kohle lawlor
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31
NEWS IN ITALIAN.

The Journal Courier this morning prints for the first time in the history of newspaper work in New Haven a column or more of news In Italian The matter comprises digest of the news of the great earthquake disaster The Italian residents of tlils city num- Der about 30,000-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31

Tho estimated loss of life In the earthquake and tidal wave in Sicily, according to the first reports, was 20,- ooo One half of the ancient city of Mcssina, which had population of 9o,00O, was destroyed. The magnf- cent cathedral huilt in tho Norman period and which had withstood the shock of many earthquakes and the cl wrecked. Tho great cathedral at Ca the island. Al the cathedral in Cata relics of St. Agatha should be carried
 cured, the relics of the saint were CT
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31

Washington. Dec 30--General forecast for Thursday and Friday
 For New England; Rain or snow and colder Thursday; Friday fair, and de- cidedly colder; fresh to strong south west winds, shifting to northwest.
 For Eastern New York: Decidedly colder and fair Thursday and Friday, except snow in north portion Thurs day; fresh 10 strong west winds.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-31
GENERAL.
sPOnrs-I'age q,

sPORTs-Pagc q. Results at Emeryvllle. New Yorker Bowler Rolls 300 Score Meeting of J.-C. Tournament day Results at Savannah, Pennsy Wins W. l.. Rice Cup. Records for the Year fin Field of Sports Locals Win Eastern League. General Sporting News. Kaufman Garry Fight,
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WEATHER RECORD.

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Roma, Die. 30.-Limmensita del disastro mel sud d Italia DUO eseers soltanto in piccol modo enumeratd dicendo che hnora 1 morti ascendons a. 10000 soltanto fra Reggie @ Mes sina.
 Anche molti altri paesi sono stat devastati e mgliaia al vittime sonl ancora do pors ruolo. Tutta Italit ia appelo, ansiosa di minuti partico
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
The Cigarette Record.

There were 55,402,c"0 0,113 cigar
cites smoked in the United States
during the last fiscal year, according
to Government statistics just issued.
Twenty-Five million is perhaps fair
estimate of the number of men and
boys in this country who smoke to-
bacco. So, on an average, each smo-
ker consumed 2216 cigarettes last
year, or LA day, the fraction rep
resenting the very small butt cigar
cite smoker throws away.
But of the 25,000,000 smokers
many million smoke cigars or pipes,
and some smokers roll their own Gig
arettes. So the average number each
cigarette smoker consumes daily
must be much higher than 1-14.
The Government statisticlans are very
proud of their accuracy in carrying
out figure so high as 55, 400, 100000
to, the very last number-13. Per-
hars there is a warning to cigarette
smokers in these last two figures.
ANYHOW, the cigarette habit is grow
ing tremendously in this country
Washington Correspondence New
York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
THE AIR PLANT.

A surveying party in Florida, says
an exchange, were resting at noon in
a forest when one of the nleu eX-
claimed, II would give fifty cents a
swallow for all the water l could
drink"
He expressed the sentiment of the
others. All were very thirsty, and
there was not spring or stream any
where in the vicinity.
While the men were thus talking.
the surveyor saw crow put his bill
into a cluster of broad, long leaves
growing On the side of a tall cypress.
The leaves were those of peculiar
air plant. They were green, and
bulged out at the bottom, forming
an inverted bell. The smaller end
was held to the tree by roots grap-
pling the barks. Feeding on the
air and water that it catches and
holds, the air plant becomes u sort
of cistern. The surveyor spranS to
his feet with a laugh.
Boys" he said, "that old crow is
wiser than every one OF us. He knows
that there are a hundred thousand
water tanks in his forest"
"Where?" they cried.
The surveyor cut an air plant in
two, and drained nearly a rint Of
pure cold water from it, The men
did not suffer for water after that,
for every tree in the forest had at
least one air plant, and almost every
air plant contained drink Of water.
Christian Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
The Little Red Scarf.

81 was wondering the other day
what one thing had given me the
most pleasure in the world" said
the village deacon. Il had to go back
a long ways-clear back into the
blessed Santa Claus days-but I re.
called it. 1t was a scarf l found in
my stocking one bright Christmas
morning. I got a red one and my
brother got a blue one. 1 was a
mighty proud boy that morning as
trudged downtown with that red
scarf around my neck. l wore 1t
every day until the birds began to
sing in the springtime and the kids
were hunting up their marbles. ]
don't now remember who gave 1t to
me, nor what became of it, but l dc
know that the memory Of it still
clings like a benediction.
'Since the days Of that little red
scarf | have had things of far more
intrinsic value. | have worn lodge
emblems of high degree; l have had
a gold watch and chain; l once had
a pair of shoes that cost SIS and a
necktie that cost twice as much as
the little red scarf; nay, more, | once
tackled a plug hat. But among these
things do | recall none that gave such
genuine and unalloyed pleasure, such
a swelled-up feeling, as did that
little red scarf way back in the days
when the wolf sat out in the road
and howled. 'Tis the little red scarf
days that stir the memory with 1t
might have been Osborn (Kan.)
Farmer
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
TALES OF
COWED THE OUTLAWS.

1t was in August of 1907, Frank
N Meyer, the scientific explorer for
the United States Government, had
set out with coolies and carts for the
peach region of Northern China The
region, he knew, was full of outlaws,
brigands and murderers. One night
when his guides were asleep, some
Chinese soldiers, huge Ma1churian
fellows far different from the Amer
ican idea of the Chinese, rode clatter-
ing up to the inn and warned Meyer
not to go on. There was a band of
robbers on the road At the word,
his coolies jumped from sleep, CHASTITY
pale and trembling with fright. They
threatened to desert. Meyer forced
midday they were at a country inn,
when great commotion was heard
outside. The interpreter dashed in
breathless with the news that the
murderers had just beaten a mer-
chant traveller to death on the public
highway. Meyer rushed out in time
to see a corpse gashed to pieces by
pickaxes brought in. Naturally, none
of the company had appetite for din
ner that day. The unnerved coolies
went raving mad with fear. All that
prevented them deserting the white
man was the distance from home, 1t
was as unsafe to retreat as to go on.
Meyer handed out long knives for his
men to defend themselves and put
his own pistol in order, giving in
structions for the party to keep in
doors after dark. The Chinese SOL
diers offered to accompany the white
man part of the way; but that would
30 only an alternative of evils. Meyer
declined. Some miles along the road
the explorer and his party passed the
band of outlaws-a ragged mob gath
cred in a farm field making pretense
of work, with bludgeons and huge
swords ready to hand. When we
think of the Chinese, we naturally
think of the dwarfed specimens seen
in Oriental colonies in America; but
the North of China native is a huge
six-footer, tough as a barbarian, and
savage as one, too. The sun was
shining as the white mans party
marched past. The light glinted on
the long nickel-plated barrel of Mey-
er's biggest pistol. The scientist
looked straight and unf1inching in the
faces Of the outlaws. The leader of
the brigands nodded to his followers.
They dropped their bludgeons and
made still greater pretense of work
lng.-From people Who Stand For
Plus" in The Outing Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30

Wen.
"And what did you do with the lion
trap" asked Sir Henry.
"Oh, brought that away with me,
also, and when I got to Durham l put
it in my house.
''But really I could not bear to sit
opposite to it at nights as 1 smoked.
"Visions of that poor woman and the
hand of her dead child would rise up
In my mind, and also of the other hor-
rors of which it had teen the instru
ment.
81 began to dream ct last that il had
me by the les.
''That was too much for my nerves,
so l packed it up and shipped it to its
maker in Sheffield, whose name was
stamped upon the steel, sending him
letter at the same time to tell him to
what purpose the Internal machine had
been put.
81 believe that he gave it to some
museum or other"
"And what became of the tusks of
the three bulls which you shot?
"You must have left them at Nala's
kraal, suppose.
The old gentleman's face fell at this
question.
"Ah," he said, "that is very sad
story.
"Nala promised to send them with
my goods to my agent at Delagoa, and
so he did.
"But- the men who brought them
were unarmed, and, as it happened,
they fell in with a slave caravan un-
der the command of a half breed Por-
tuguese, who seized the tusks, and
what is worse, swore that he had shot
them.
81 paid him out afterward, however"
he added, with smile of satisfaction,
''but it did not give me back my tusks,
which no doubt have long ago been
turned into hair brushes"
And he sighed.
SWELL" said Good, ''that is capital
yarn of yours, Quatermain, but"
"But what?" he asked, sharply, for
seeing a draw.
"But don't think it was so good as
mine about the ibex-it hasn't the
same finish"
Mr.. Quatermain made no reply.
Good was beneath it.
do you know, gentlemen" he said
s'it is go in the morning, and if we
are going to shoot the big wood tomor-
row, we ought to leave here at $50
sharp"
"Oh, if you shoot for a hundred
years, you will never beat the record
of those three woodcock," said.
'Or of those three elephants" added
Sir Henry.
And then we all went to bed, and I
dreamed that 1 had married Maiwa,
and was much afraid of that deter
mined lady.
1.-THE End.1
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
1.-THE End.]
Logical.

When small boy recently asked
what was meant by the Darwinian
theory, he was greatly shocked by the
statement that many people believed
that monkeys were the ancestors Of
man. "But that cannot be-" he re-
peated, many times in dismay, evil
IDENTIFY searching for more satisfac-
tory answer to this startling theory.
Finally his face lighted up at the dis
covery of conclusive argument
against it. Don't you see," he said.
'some day we shall be ancestors, and
we're not monkeys"-Harper's Maga-
zine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
GABRIEL SCHUYLER.

1t is a wise man who proves his
words before he speaks them. A
story of an old Pennsylvania settler
shows shrewdness in this direction,
as we'll as pardonable pride in
Drowess. The hero of the anecdote
was Gabriel Schuler, a pioneer who
was hale in his old age.
One day Schuler broke in upon a
company CT farmers who were gath
cred in a workshop. The old man
carried an axe on his shoulder.
"Let some one turn the grindstone
Cor me-" he said.
For long time he sharpened the
Instrument with the greatest sol
emnity Some present thought he
had lost his senses. Finally lie
shouldered the axe, and said:
"Let each one follow me-"
The farmers thought that this sum-
mons might mean that an attack. was
to be made on the Indians, and they
asked:
Shall we take arms?'
do as YOU please replied
Schuler.
Each man seized his rifle and fol-
lowed the old settler. He led them
to an open place in the woods.
Now" said Schuler, stopping, "let
each go into the woods and select Il
fine large tree. When you hear my
trumpet, return"
The men, wondering, did as they
were bid. When the trumpet blew
they gathered once more about
Schuler. The sage, led by the farm
ers, examined each tree selected
MANY of them are very fine," he
pronounced, but none equals this
oak
So it was. He had picked out the
finest. He threw off his jacket and
began to cut. When he had hewed
half way through he changed his axe
from his right hand to his left, and
went on without changing position or
saying a word In an hour he had
cut way through. and the tree fell.
Mounting the stump, Schuler ad-
dressed the farmers:
To-day l am 100 years old, and |
would bear evidence Of my strength.
I would like to have your promise
that the tree shall stay as it fell"
The old mans request was granted,
and the PROSTATE oak remained for
many years to be a monument to the
strength of the century-old Pennsyl-
vanian.
Schuler lived nearly ten years after
this incident.-Youth's Companion.
WOLF OF BADENOCH" FOUND.
The restoration OF Dunkeld Ca
thedral is at present being actively
proceeded with, and while some work
men were eXcavating beneath the old
floor they unearthed certain remains,
which are believed after investigation
TO be those Of Bishop Sinclair, one OF
those who assisted in the building CT
the cathedral, ard of the notorious
Alexander, Earl of Buchan. whose fe-
rocity won for him the significant
title of "the Wolf of Badenoch." A
memorial marks the spot where the
wolf" was buried. and it has often
been a subject of remark by visitors
that man who plundered churches
and in various ways showed his ha,
tree of the clergy should have been
laid to rest side by side with Bishops
and other high ecclcsiastics.
Alexander, Earl of Buchan, was {
younger son of Robert II. of Scot
land During the closing years of ths
latter's roign the chief powers i'll the
State were delegated to his sons. thf
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30

I'VE CAUGHT NO FISH TODAY. .
Oh, Bobby Bear and Bubby Bear one da,
..a-fshing went;
for hooks some pins they bent.
They angled in the goldfish globe for nearly
half day,
While Baby Bear just waited to see what
they would say.
After they'd fshcd long, long time, said
Bobby Bear, II wish
You'd go away, dear Baby Bear-I feaI
you'll scare the fish :"
"Dey isn't any fish," said Baby Bear, "for,
yesterday,
I was. af'aid you'd hurt 'em, SO I frowed
'em all away!"
St. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
A VERY GOOD CAT.

Little Paul had been taught never
to- throw anything away that was
good or whole. One day his mother
and her afternoon callers were star;
tied by the appearance of Paul at the
door, triumphantly holding a dead
cat aloft by the tail. Look, mammal;
see what l found in the alley-a per.
fectly good whole cat that some one
has throwed away" - Philadelphia
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
HER SKIRTS SAVE HORSES.

Fire destroyed the large barn and
contents belonging to Mr.. and Mrs
Allen O. Parish, residing on farm
near Wapakoneta, Ohio.
The loss is about $4,000. Three
horses were saved after the fire had
reached them. Mrs. Parish tore her
skirts from her body to blindfold the
panic stricken animals, and in getting
them from the barn Mr., Parish had
his face and arms badly scorched and
his hair and eyebrows burned OF.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

ceived 1886 and the second time
S5.15. My, but how proud they felt
at having gained $3.50! The money
was given to poor widow who had
five little children to support, and
how happy everyone was-those who
raised the money and those who res
ceived it!-Hannah II. Michael, in
the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
Not Patented,

An old French woman, exasperated
by the continual boasting Of daugh-
ter-in-law who considered that her own
children were the finest and best the
Bon Dieu ever made, exclaimed one
day to a friend: REALLY one would
think that Angelo had invented mater
nity."-Lippincotts Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
THE WIND CHILDREN.

THE WIND CHILDREN.
My little dresses are alive
See, out upon the line
Those crumpled gowns of mine!
never thought 'twould happen, when
Nurse put them out to air them;
The little children of the wind
Have crept inside, to wear them.
And now they're swaying to and fro
With lifted arms they're clinging,
Fast holding to the friendly rope
And swinging, swinging, swinging!
The pink gown and the blue gown, too,
The white one trimmed with laces;
0 little children of the wind,
Why can't | see your faces?
Youths Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
Sweet Revenge.

Mrs. Shopper (after inspecting
everything in the store)-"I don't see
anything here that suits me. / sup
pose l may as well go down to Sta
cy's and see what they have. They
usually have a good assortment"
Here's a card of one
of their statesmen; won't you kindly
ask for him?"
Mrs. Shopper-"Ah! A friend Of
yours, l presume?"
Salesman-"No, madam; he has
owed me $40 for the past three
years. Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
Spoke Disrespectfully of Kaiser.

A Berlin butcher named Kisker has
been sentenced to six months impris-
onment for having spoken disrespect-
fully Of the Kaiser. The fact that the
bffense was committed three years ago
had no weight with the judge. Infor-
nation was given to the police against
The butcher by a former friend, with
whom he had quarreled. The Kaiser
takes a more lenient view Of lese ma
jeste than his judges, and has frequent
ly annulled sentences which they have
passed on his subjects for this offense.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
A Dinner.

The bosom of mallard duck stewed
down until there are no juices going
to waste, a baked potato about the
size of a goose egg, two slices of Bos-
ton brown bread right out of the oven
and spread with butter that has no
athletic reputation. spoonful of rasp.
berry jelly, cupful of Young Hyson Of
moderate strength, piece of pumpkin
pie, mans size. and you have a dinner
that ought to keep you in good humor
until curfew rings.-Nebraska State
Journal,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
THIS BOY KNEW.

A Scotch farmer one day called to
a farm lad: Here, Tam, gang room
and gle the coos a cabbage each, but
min ye, lad, gle the biggest to the
coo that gies the maistvmilk.
The boy departed to do his bidding,
and after awhile returned to the far
mer, who asked him if he had done
as he was told.
AYE, maister," replied the boy.
'I gied 'em each a cabbage, an huEs
the biggest one on the pumphandle. "
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-30
HOW 1T HAPPENED.

"Mr. Scribble, how did you happen
to write this wonderful work, so pal
"Oh, my butcher was dunning me
very hard for something on account,
and my landlord wanted his rent. -
Kansas City Journal.