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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
BOARD OF SAFETY
Voted on Increase In Pay oi
 Sergeanis and Grade (.

At the meeting of the board of public safety held yesterday after noon 1t was voted to recommend to the board of finance that the pay Of the police sergeants be increased from $3 Il day to 1925 and that all men in grade c who have been In the department two years or over be in. creased from $2.75 to $3 day. It has been said that if this proposition meets with the favor of the board or finance another grade in the depart ment of police will be established in order to increase the efficiency of the force. The funds to meet the pro posed increase will come out of tho appropriation for the police depart ment and has already been provided for, so that 1t is quite probable the matter will meet with no objection from the board of finance.
 A petition was received from the firemen asking for three instead of two days off each month The fire men claim they are paid less than the firemen of any city of the size of Waterbury in the state and that as they are not allowed for time off only when injured when on duty they are entitled to another day, more- over as they are constantly on duty night and day. The petition was re- | ferred to the committee on rules and efficiency, Commissioners Malone and Lewis, and 1t Is expected they will l file a report at the next meeting 1 which will be held next Wednesday afternoon.
 A communication was received from Superintendent Beach informing the board that Supernumerary Patrick J. Cowper handed in his badge and stick one day last week, but soon after changed his mind and request ed his outfit back, and the superin- ] teudent declined to give them as the man had resigned The board voted to stand by the action of the super intendent and accepted Cowper's | resignation as final.
 | A sum of money, $7, picked up or the street by policeman and finding no owner was placed in the police pension fund.
 It was voted to advertise for sealed proposals for another automobile chemical engine, the bids to be re ceived not later than D. m. Janu ary II. The outfit must carry al and more than the present chemica engine carries and must not cost $5, 500.
 The resignation of William O'Don nell from the, fire department wa! accepted. This is the second tim, MT O'Donnell resigned from the de partment. He has accepted the stew ardship at the Elks'.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
MANUAL OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Secretary's Office Issues Its Biennial
 Publication.

The preliminary manual of the general assembly of 1909 has been issued from the secretary of the state. It contains the roll of mem bers of the coming legislature and such other information as is essen- tial for the new members to possess. The manual also contains, besides the roll of both houses, list of the state officers, clerks in their depart ments and the names of the officers elect.
 Like the earlier publication, the roll finds but forty-seven democrats in the house, showing an apparent decrease of three since election day. The statistics given show that the youngest member of the general as sembly of 1909 is Marcus E. Helm of East Windsor, who is 20, and the old est is Oliver w. Mack of Portland, who was the oldest member of the house of 1907. He is S1 years old.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
ELECTION COUNT DISPUTED.
Morris Meyers Claims That He Was
 Elected Representative.

Morris Meyers of the town of Dan- bury yesterday filed with the state secretary a petition that the legisla- ture examine into the right of Will bur r. Tomlinson to seat in the house of representatives, claiming that he himself is the duly elected candidate. Out of the half dozen candidates from the town of Dan- bury two representatives were chos- CT, NJ. Burton Rogers and Tomlin- son being declare delected. but Mey- CTS says that in the second voting district twenty-one votes which should have been counted for him were taken from his total and added to that of Tomlinson. procuring his election. The legislature is asked to verify this and to unseat Tomlinson in favor of Meyers. Tomlinson Is republican and the petitioner was a candidate on the democratic ticket.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
APPEAL OF RED CROSS.
Mrs Kinney of Connecticut Branch
 Solicits Contributions.
Hartford, Dec 31. 1908.

lldi bCS pl' l'VO' To the People of Connecticut.
 The appalling catastrophe by earthquake and fire which has just overwhelmed friendly nation calls for profound sympathy, and immedi- ate relief measures from every part of the world.
 This country will do it's duty, and Connecticut will not shirk it's share of whatever can and may be done to relieve the distress of stricken Italy. The National American Red Cross has issued an appeal to it's state branches for contributions of money to be telegraphed without delay to the proper authorities.
 The state secretary for the Connec- ticut Red Cross has received the fol- lowing telegram from the National Red Cross secretary, dated from the war department, Washington, D. C.:
 Issue an immediate appeal for money contributions for Italian earthquake relief
 The Connecticut Branch of the National Red Cross reiterates this appeal to the citizens of our com monwealth, and confidently looks for generous contributions from the men, women and children of Connec- ticut, who have not forgotten the shock and stress of our own great na- | tional. calamity on the Pacific coast, nor the swift sympathy and ample aid that came to us from over the seas.
 To facilitate the business the Con necticut Red Cross has designated a state committee as follows to receive contributions and forward the same at the earliest possible moment to the treasurer of the Connecticut Red Cross, Richard H. Cole, P. o. drawer l 6S. Hartford, Conn, who will tele- graph the amounts to the National Red Cross in Washington:
 Richard H. Cole, P. O. drawer SS, Hartford.
 H. s. Conklin, Central row, Hart ford.
 Mrs Frank w. Cheney, South Man chester.
 Thomas Hooker, No 40 Church street, New Haven. Colonel H. H. Vessels, Litchfield.
 pr w. c. Vile, Danbury. Morris w. Seymour, Bridgeport.
 Hon John H. Perry, Southport.
 Miss Mary B. Kippen, Fairfield. Mrs Antoinette Enc Wood, Sims Ibury
 Frank J. Leavens, Norwich.
 Walter Learned, New London.
 Henry H. Bridgman, Norfolk.
 Francis T. Maxwell, Rockville.
 Hon T. McD. Russell, Middletown
 Frederick s. Chamberlain, New Britain.
 Judge John H. Light, South Nor walk.
 Mrs c. J. Camp. Winsted. Schuyler Merritt, Stamford. Charles H. Bissell, Southington.
 Otis s. Northrop, Waterbury. Guilford Smith. South Windham.
 Hon Alton Farrel, Ansonia. Rev Charles P. Croft, Weatogue. . H. Wales Lines, Meriden.
 Hon Isaac w. Brooks, Torrington i Appeals for contributions should be made in local newspapers through ont the state, to which should b' added the name and address of th' local treasurer of this special relic fund. The names of contributors with amounts given. should be pridt ed every day or two, in order tha the general public may be kept il touch with the wonderful relic movement now in progress iron Maine to California He gives twicu who gives cheerfully."
 SARA T. KINNEY,
 Secretary Conn Red Cross
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
sfS.2O9.95

s6S,209.95 The three commissioners have been in office about three years and their total expenses amounted to only s. 222.90. All the commissioners served without pay. The item of salaries included the salary of the manager and clerical services rendered at the exposition grounds.
 A copy of the report. with photo graphs, will be kept on file in the state library.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
$3,54O TO TREASURY.
Report of Jamestown Commission to
 Governor Woodruff.

Hartford, Dec 31.-Samuel A. Eddy, William J. Barber and Thom- as Hamilton, the Connecticut com mission on the Jamestown ter-centen- nial exposition, submitted their final report to Governor Woodruff yester- day. MT Eddy is president, Mr Bar Der secretary and MT Hamilton treas urer. George D. Curtis is manager of the commission. Mrs John M. Holcombe. the Hon F. l.. Wilcox and the Rev Dr Samuel Hart were an advisory committee.
 The financial statement of the treasurer is as follows:
 Receipts.
 From state treasurer -. .$63, ,056. 1 4 Calac and rebates 152 : 1
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

ion and philosophy in each of the diff.
feTent tongues.
Previous to Miss COlton's new rec
ord the most accomplished linquist
known claimed a knowledge of only
80 languages.
Miss Colton's list, moreover, in
cludes a long roll of different tongues,
which are numbered among the most
difficult in the world to learn and
which include Chinese, Pail, Avestan,
Sanscrit, Hebrew, Syrian, Assyrian,
Arabic and Persian.
While this now famous American
woman was following the occupation
of a vocal teacher at the Pennington
Comm Seminary for Girls, a number
of years ago she first became inter
ested in the Oriental languages
through having been brought in con-
east. Her intense interest became a
passion, and in the interval since then
she has devoted nearly all her time TO
the mastering of the different
tongues. Many years ago she became
a fluent user of the romance languages,
such as italian, Spanish and French.
The greatest tribute to her wonder
full memory lies in the fact that the
roots of the different numerous east
ern languages which she has learned
are all entirely different from those
of the western tongues. In the pres
ent-day colleges throughout the world
separate courses are held in such Ian
guages as Hebrew, Sanscrit and Per
sian, and to obtain a working knOWl-
edge of any single one is considered
difficult task
When Miss Cotton first took up the
study of the eastern langues she was
located not far from Yale college. and
it was there that she acquired her ele-
mentary training in these different
tongues Within a short time the
young woman had come to be looked
upon as a prodigy among the most
learned Yale professors.
Miss Cotton and Prof. Spooner have
been on the borderland of Afghanis-
tan, among the mountains, where the
first articulate speech is supposed TO
have originated
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

bush avenue, near Avenue I, Flat
bush. w Thompson Lees is the tree
dweller
A wooden stairway winds around
the trees trunk leading to the single
chamber above, allowing an easy as
cent to be made. The entire structure
is made of wood and was designed by
young Lees and his chum, Vail Apple
gate, a freshman at Dartmouth col
lege. The boys built the house a lit
tie more than two years ago, but it is
only lately that they have converted
it into a sleeping place.
At first their intention was simply
to build a crows nest" where they
could seclude themselves on rainy aft
ernOOns and days when it was too hot
for active exercise. The crows nest"
did not prove to be large enough, so
the boys added a large platform
which forms what they call their
piazza. This piazza is roomy enough
for an ordinary sized dining-room
table and comfortably accommodates
six or eight diners.
After Lees and Applegate had the
house completed their parents took an
interest in it. They recognized that
it would be a fine place to sit in the
warm weather. Mrs. Lees suggested
that a stairway be added to enable the
older folk to climb to the tree top. 1t
took the boys three months to build it,.
1t was last summer that Lees and
Applegate decided that they would
like to see how it would feel to sleep
out in the open. They covered the
top of the house with panes of glass
and this gave them all the light, day
or night, they needed. The trial
worked so well tha they declared that
thereafter they would, while the
weather was warm, sleep in the tree.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
SLEEP IN A CITY TREE.
New York Boy Makes His SUMMER
Home in Big Walnut.

New York.-Sleeping outdoors in a
rudely constructed house erected
among the branches Of a high walnut
tree in the heart of Flatbush a young
Polytechnic institute student has
adopted a novel method of getting
near to nature" The tree sleeper
will commence this way of sleeping
just as soon as the weather begins TO
show signs of summer. Last year he
tried this method of outdoor life,
starting in the early spring and con-
tinuing until the first real snowfall Of
the season.
The tree house." as the people in
the neighborhoOd call it, is located on
the lawn surrounding the home Of
Mrs. W. T. Lees, who lives on Flat
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
ne. e. RI AIklER RON

men from the mainland will be able to
converse with them is a question for
future solution. and there is even a
more important pToblem-whether the
hermit kingdom will permit their Wis
itOrs to land.
OF course the YOyagers will go to
them with the outstretched hand of
friendship, and will endeavor in every
way possible to win their good will
Then will come the interesting feature
of their mission-making them under
stand that there is a great outside
world beyond their little island,
which is only a pin-pOint in the ocean.
DR.. Anderson and DR.. Stefansson are
stalWart NOTsemen, Injured to the hard
ships of a cold climate, and thoroughly
at home on snOwshoes and dog
sledges. They will leave New York
soon for Edmonston, British Columbia.
From EdmOnstOn they will voyage
down (Which means nOrthwest) the
Mackenzie river to Herschel island,
at the mouth of the river. This puts
them into the Arctic ocean. They ex-
pect to get their supplies, dogs and
sledges on the island, and will there
arrange for their native company.
The next part Of the journey will be
made on a whaling vessel to the mouth
of the Copper Mine river. From there
they will cruise along the coast to the
small island beyond Prince Albert
island. On this small island they ex-
pect to find the queer tribe that is not
aware it is lost.
The museum wishes authentic infor-
nation regarding these faraway people
for the purpose of building up COM
pOsite group of all the human and ami
NAL species of the world, and % Illus
trate the methods Of living, of religion
and of warfare of every class of peo-
pie.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
RELIC OF LEXINGTON
FLAG OWNED IN MASSACHUSETTS
BELIEVED TO BE SUCH.
Handed Down from Israel Foster, q
Minute Man, with Statement 1t
Was Captured from British
in 1775.

Boston.-In the possession Of Mrs.
Emma F. Knight of West Medford,
Mass, is a British flag, which has
been handed down from revolutionary
days as a relic of the disastrous march
of Gen. Cages men TO Lexington and
Concord on the 18th of April, 1775.
The authenticity of the relic has
never been doubted by its owners, but
they do not know the circumstances
by which it passed out of the hands of
the British, and into those Of Israel
Foster, an Essex county minuteman,
who left it to his descendants, who in
turn passed it along to theirs, until it
came into the possession Of Mrs.
knights husband, James F. Knight, a
veteran of the civil war.
The flag was given to Mr.. knight by
Israel Foster of Manchester, Mass, his
great-grandfather. He had received it
from his uncle, Israel Foster of Marble
head, with the statement that it was
captured at the battle Of Lexington.
In 1918, when Israel Foster of Mar
blehead died, the flag was on exhibit
ton at the state house in Boston,
draped over the British drum captured
at Lexington. Mr.. Foster made a will,
giving the flag to his nephew, Israel,
of Manchester, but there was some de-
lay in securing the delivery Of the
relic, as the state authorities were in
clined to retain it.
If the flag had a clear history at that
time it has not been transmitted to the
present owners. James A. Knight, a
son of Mrs Knight, has tried to look
up its history, but with no further re-
suit than to learn of the facts here
stated. He believes there may be in
some branch of the Foster family a de-
tailed account of how Israel Foster of
Marblehead got the flag.
That he captured it at Lexington
does not seem probable, as the men of
Salem and Marblehead although they
marched fast, did not reach the scene
of retreat until the fleeing English sol
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
Chapel of Conception in City of Mexico.

date as a place where daily devotions
were held. This ancient building is
still in a splendid state of preserva-
ton. 1t is situated in the Conception
plaza or square. 1t is small but at
tractiye architecturally, and never
fails tG interest antiquaTians who visit
the city. In the early days of its his.
tory a large convent was situated ad-
jacent to it. but with the growth of
the city, streets were cut through the
convent buildings and nothing now re.
mains 10 indicate that they were once
a part Of TIE church property. 1t is
stated that for a century or more after
its erection ms chapel was the most
fashionable C5UrCh IN the city. It's
IevCut wc-sriirars numbered many
of the 2a.r,= 0. vaa-lh and high so
-ial stand rs.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
tEEPING SICKNESS
r KOCH OBTAINS NEW LIGHT
ON STRANGE MALADY.
|erman Scientist, Now in This Coun-
try, Says Dread African Disease
May Be Communicated Like
Other Infections.

New York.-NeW light on that
trange malady which attacks the
9wellers in the dark continent, the
sleeping sickness" of Africa, was OBJ
Rined by DR.. Robert Koch, the dis
nguished German scientist, who ar
ived here a few days ago after a long
me spent in the German colonies of
lfrica, where he had gone for the
purpose of making a study Of the
|anSular disease.
This scOurge is now attracting the
|artentiOn of the entire medical world.
|It is Estimated that in Uganda alone
fully 100000 have succumbed to it
Fithin a few years.
DR.. Koch worked for more than a
syear in the infected districts, striving
with the logged determination of his
race to solve what has now come to
be recognized as the most urgent Of
ali the problems of tropical medicine
n The report Of the German commits
Eion Of which he was the head in
&ludes the OminOus suggestion that
tEypanOsOmiasis or sleeping sick
Mess" as il is more commonly known
may. be communicated like other in
fectfOus diseases.
One suggestion advanced by Dr.
Koch was the determination of the
crocodile. The tsetze fly, which car
ries the infection to man, feeds on this
saurian- This lighthearted prOposi-
tion to wipe out the crocodile" says
the Journal Of Tropical Medicine,
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

cases of the Great Northern Railway
company and the Armour Packing
company against the United States,
in which the government was success
full. Through Mr.. Purdy's work i'm
portant principles of law applicable to
the interstate commerce act were es-
tablished.
Mr.. Purdy was also connected with
the investigation of the Brownsville
riots. Following President ROosevelt's
dismissal of the negro soldiers, Purdy
was sent to investigate the full details
of the affair
He is a native of Ohio, Al years old,
and a graduate of the University Of
Minnesota academic and law courses.
He practiced law 13 years in Mime
apolis before his appointment as as
sistant to the attorney general and
was United States attorney for Mime.
sofa.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

"does not seriously commend itself to
rus. Frankly, We do not see how it
can he done. Every tropical sports
man knows that the crocodile is one
|Of the most difficult animals to de-
[stroy, and every naturalist is aware
that its powers of reproduction are
Eso enormous and its habits such as to
make it extremely doubtful if its de-
struction could be effected in even the
/ most highly civilized lands"
Sir Patrick Manson, who is recOg-
niZed as an authority on this scourge,
says that in the days of the slave
trade many poor wretches died of
sAeping sickness during the voyage
acrOss the Atlantic. Nor were the
Slaves safe after landing in America
7 or in the West Indies. Months, some
times a year, afterward, and after a
long spell of apparent good health
sleeping sickness would develop in
|some of the plantation hands and run
its usual fatal course. But-and this
is a remarkable and significant cir
cumstance-the disease never spread
TO those LegrOes who had been born
in America or the West Indies and
who had never been to Africa
Not long after the opening up Of
the interior of the Dark Continent,
and apparently in consequence of the
resulting increased intercommunica-
tiOn. sleeping sickness began to ex-
tend its endemic area, especially so
In the direction of the Upper Congo
basin and toward the Portuguese
colonies to the south of the Congo.
EGradually it crept up the great river
until it got as far as Stanley Falls,
and now the riveraine villages over
a large part of the Congo Free State,
villages in which the disease was for
merly unknown, are only too familiar
with this terrible scourge.
The disease was originally discov-
Ae4d by Col Bruce of the British Army
hedical department 1t is now known
hat It is caused by an animal parasite
jailed trypanosoma, which is carried
by a special kind of tsetZe fly. The
Aatives are quite Indifferent to fly
Introduced into the districts where
Bhese flies abound they die like rot
ten sheep. Europeans brush off the
flies, and hence seldom fall a prey to
the sleeping sickness. The tsetze fly
is a little bigger than the ordinary
house fly. Its ravages have long
been familiar TO all who have to do
with what is called the tsetze belt in
South Africa, a region in which no
4 horses or cattle can live
During his investigations in South
i Africa, DR.. Koch was under commits.
T sion by the German government. DR..
Koch took with him a staf of expert
chemists and PSYCHOLOGISTS. and
+ lived in the heart of the infected dis
tricts. His investigations there are
not complete, and he will probably
return to Africa as soon as his years
4~T of the world is over.
z1s ry=-E
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
Popular Phrases often Misquoted.

Critics who assert that we get more
slovenIy and careless every day in
speech, manners and customs have
proof of part Of their assertions, at
any rate, in the manner in which The
writings of famous authors are con-
tinually being misquOted and distorted.
Shakespeare never wrote: It's an
i'll wind that blows nobody good" al
though this is the version generally
given OF the correct words from Hen
~ VI" which run: III blows the wind
that profits nobody" Nathaniel Lee
is similarly treated in regard to his
phrase: When Greeks Joined Greeks
then was the tug of war" which more
often than not is misquoted as When
Greek meets Greek then comes the
tug of war
Money is the root of all evil" is a
travesty of the line from the first
Epistle OF St. Paul to Timothy. The
love of money is the root of all evil "
Another scripturaI passage which is
often incorrectly quoted is the sen
tence from Proverbs: Pride goeth be-
fore destruction and an naughty spirit
before a fall" The popular version
is Pride goeth before a fall"