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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
CITY NEWS.

JOnn SHOHef ana Idmliy Ol lOWH Plot have returned from Europe after a ten weeks trip.
 Plans for the celebration of the an niversary of the Manchester martyrs Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, will come up before the meeting of the Patrick Sarsfield club this evening.
 Joseph Geraro of Naugatuck is at the Waterbury hospital with an in- jured head the result of trying to alight from swiftly moving car in the borough to-day. He landed all right but did not stay on his feet.
 A meeting of the officers and stock holders of the D. M. Hartford Stock company will be held at the Hotel Connecticut this evening. at nine o'clock. MT Hartford and others will have something to say of the possibilities of the proposition.
 Superintendent of Water Kennedy and, Mayor Thoms should see to 1t that the inspectors who are looking out for the waste of water do their duty thoroughly. When they visit premises they should See that all leaks. are stopped, and all waste dis continued. This is no time to shirk ones duty.
 A picturesque feature of the tag day collection at Hartford Saturday was the presence of forty-scven nurses from the St Francis hospital, who worked with the other collec- tors, dressed in their uniforms. It was a heroic. feature, too, for the young ladies for the most part had been on duty all night and left thelr posts at 6 o'clock in the morning and worked all day on the streets The number of tags sold amounted to 100000.
 A harvest party was held at the home of Miss Gertrude Conroy, 36 Pratt. place, Saturday evening. The night was spent in games and danc- ing was enjoyed. The music was furnished by Edgar Dunnais,, Miss Minnie McCabe and Nellie Fallon. Supper was served at midnight. Solos were rendered by John Bowling and Miss Sadie Bergen. Those present were the Misses Sadie and Margaret Kennedy, Sadie Bergen, Marjorie Mellon, Nellie Fallon, Emma Watson Anna Kunde. Minnie McCabe. Loret- ta Dillon, Mary Dowd and Josie Nor rissey. The Messrs John Bowling, John Dougherty, John Costello. John Kochler, Edgar Dunnais, Joseph Morin, George Gabriel. Charles Hje- lin, Eddie Meyers, Fred Truelove and Edward O'Brien.
 z The automobile fire apparatus tried the hilly streets to-day, On facing North Main street it took a deep breath and then went for the } hill. It was like eating pie The machine simply went up the steep grade of North Main street from Spencer avenue up to Hill street and did not turn hair. It was loaded to the gun'ales so to speak. every man of the Chemical Hose Co. No 1 being on deck along with the full supply. of hose. loaded engines and other apparatus. And it kept to its proper side of the street too when crossing North square, thing which no other machine in the city seems able to do, but to cut the.cor- ner near Sanderson's market and the other corner near the Nuhn building Chief Snaeg seems to be satisfied with the outfit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
POSTED SPRING WATER.
Health Officer Says Water Is in Good
 Condition.

Some one with an eye for business or acting on "only for me- princi- ples played a neat trick on the peo- pie who have been using water from a spring on Waterville street. Last week this certain party placed sev- eral signs near the spring notifying the public that the water in the spring was impure, and that it would be we'll for the people to leave it alone. But Saturday one of the resi- dents nearby took it upon himself to call Health Officer Kilmartin to learn if he were responsible for the pla- carding of the spring. But the doc tor said he had heard nothing about the water there being unhealthy. The residents in the vicinity are now under the supposition that some one was trying to victimize them out of the fine spring water.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
srookIxn chaneelIer at Ron,..

Rome. Nov 9.-Mgr. c. W. Munds. lein. chancellor of the diocese of Brooklyn. has arrived here on orders from Bishop Mcdonnell to represent Brooklyn at the jubilee mass Nov. 16.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
ceuntsrfeit Five Dollar Note.

Washington, Nov. g. The secret service bureau reports that the Tn alan head" five dollar silvsr csrti1- cate has been counterfeitsd
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
TOBACCO TRUST YIELDS.
Report That Farmers In Kentucky
Have Won Long Fight and Will
Got $14,ooo,ooo for Weed.

An end to the night riding in the
Kentucky White Burley district has
been brought about through a formal
agreement reached between the Amer
lean Tobacco Company and the ex-
ecutive committee of the Society Of
Equity in conference At Winchester,
KY, Tuesday, according to apparently
authoritative statements made in Gin
ciAnati by members Of the American
Society of Equity.
Nearly $14,O00,O0O and the purchase
of the entire crops OF 1906 and 1907
on the one side, and no planting Of a
crop for the year 1908 ON the other
side, are points in the agreement.
Word is said to have been received
by the executive committee Of the So
ciety of Equity on Monday afternoon
from headquarters of the American
Tobacco Company in New York that
the company would buy the 1905 and
1907 crops at 16 and Is cents per
pound, respectively.
The committee was sworn to secre-
cy, and the. report has been officially
denied, but is nevertheless declared to
be authentic. The two-year crop ag-
gregates about SO,OO0,OOO pounds Of
leaf now in store in various ware
houses and private barns throughout
the White Burley district. According
to the reported terms of the agree
ment, the company will commence to
|. take. over the big purchase immediate
ly. The reason for secrecy by the So
ciety lay in It's determination not to
raise any crop this year. Before ad-
tourning the executive committee
adopted resolutions condemning the
night riders and disavowing any re-
sponsibility for them.
A prominent member Of the society,
in confirming the agreement, said:
1T is all settled The cruel war is
over, and we have won. There will
be NO more night riding or violence,
but there will be no 1908 crop of to-
bacco. The American Tobacco COM
pany has agreed to buy all the pooled
leaf Of the 1906 and 1907 crops, and
will pay nearly $14,OOO,OOO for IL. We
have prevailed in the just fight, and
are now confident that the farmer and
renter can raise tobacco and market
it and have some money at the end
of the season after paying the grocery
bills"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
KAISER BILL RELENTs.

German, Emperor Now Says He's viii:
ing to Receive Ambassador Hill.
Emperor William of Germany, .hav-
ing been fully advised as to the att.
tude of President Roosevelt and the
feeling of the American public in re-
gard to the alleged refusal of his maj
esty to. receive Dur. David Jane Hill
as American ambassador to Germany
in succession to Charlemagne Tower.
has withdrawn ali the expressions of
disapproval he recently semitic Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and would be pleased
toreceive Dr. Hill as American ambas!
sador. 4
The emperor has. caused this .yiew to
be, communicated to President Roose.
welt. ISSj@t. 7A..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
UNION FARMERS FAIR
To BE Held Jointly With Local Asso.
citation VIII Begin October 9th
and Continue Through to 24th.


Atlanta will have a state fair this
fall, opening October and continuing
through October "a. 1t will be held
jointly under the auspices of the Farm
ers' Union and the Atlanta Fair Asso-
citation. The Farmers Union will have
entire charge of the agricultural feat
ures of the fair, while all other features
will be under direction of tie Atlanta
Fair Association.
This was the final action of the meet
ing of the county presidents held in
the hall Of the house of representatives
at Atlanta Wednesday. A committee
OF the Fair Association made the prop
osttion that in addition to. the usual
premiums for observation-disclosures, the
association would offer $4,000 in spe-
cial prizes for the various county and
local unions, and with the understand
ing that the Farmers Union should
have entire charge of the agricultural
features. The details were presented
by the committeeman, and shortly af-
ter they had retired from the hall, the
convention had accepted the PROPOSE
ton and assured the success Of the
big fair.
eve propose to make the finest agri-
cultural exhibit ever seen in the
state" said President r. F. Duckworth.
The following members of the union,
one from each congressional district,
were appointed TO act in co-operaticp
with the Atlanta Fair AssociationR in
arranging all details for the state ir.
First district, W. J. Kemp, Emanuel;
Second district, mot present; Third
district, C. B. Bohanan, Pulaski; Fourth
district, w. p Cumby, Heard; Fifth
district, G.. F. Hunnicutt, Fulton; Sixth
district, J. G. Hightower, F'ayette; Sew.
enth district, J. l. Harris, Polk; Eighth
district. L. H. o. Martin, Ebert; Ninth
district, L. M. Moore, Cherokee; Tenth
district, failed to report; Eleventh dis
trict, z. r. Taylor, Dodge.
The meeting had an attendance OF
fully $50, including many county presi.
dents and other officers from all parts
of the state.
Following the action on the state fair
matter an executive session of the I'M
ion was held at which many matters
were discussed behind closed doors
Among these were questions Of reduc'
ton of acreage, the handling of cotton,
good roads and rural education.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
MEXICO CITY SHAKEN.
Earthquake Disturbances Cause Dam.
age TO Many Buildings and Result
In Wild Panic Among People.

Mexico City experienced two severe
earthquake shocks Thursday.
The first shock, which occurred in
the afternoon, lasted 4 minutes and
% seconds, and did little damage.
The second shock, which occurred at
9:17 o'clock Thursday night, was much
more severe. Four persons were injur-
ed during the quake, one of them NOR
tally, and great damage was done to
buildings.
Walls were cracked and clocks all
over the city were stopped. The thea
ter crowds rushed to the streets. The
people are greatly alarmed over the re-
:peated shocks. A number of walls have
fallen. For a short time telegraph
communication was interrupted.
- The shock was felt over an area Of
same 500 miles from north..to south.
expanding itself at Guanajuato on the
north, and Rincon Antonio on the south.
Gale San Francisco, the main thor
oughfare of the city, was cracked in
places for many blocks. 1t Is feared
that the shocks will be repeated. It
has been MANY years since successive
shocks of any severity have been felt
in the city. All of the injured were
Mexican workmen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
Transmitted to National Law
makers By President.
is LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Which Was Recently Agreed Upon al
White House conferences-sum-
mary Of Special Features Of
the Document.

Aspecial message from the president
was read in both houses Of congress
soon after converting Wednesday. and
m both 1t was closely followed. In the
house the declaration that the time had
come for revision of the tariff elicitedb
hand clappfng on the part Of the demo-
cratic members. Democratic approval
also was given by the way of pound
Ing desks to the suggestion that CON
gress could with advantage forthwith
remove the tariff on wood pulp. with
a corresponding reduction upon paper
made from wood pulp.
The republicans waited and confined
the applause to the message as "a
whole. IN the senate the message was
received without comment Of any kind.
The message urges the adoption Of
child labor laws throughout the nation.
Recommends the enactment of en-
ployers' liability legislation, for gov
eminent employees as well as those con-
nected with, common carriers and pub
lie utilities corporations. 'sf-S
Suggests remedial legislation for la
Dor and capital disputes. Declares that
no temporary restraining order should
be issued by any court without notice
and all hearings for permanent injuac-
tons should be within a reasonable
time. y
Amendments to interstate commerce
and antitrust legislation are urged.
Laws SHOULD be framed which would
allow railroads to enter into traffic
agreement subject to approval OF
commission. Issuance OF all securities
by railroads should be first passed up
on by federal commission Where rail-
roads or corporations are placed In re-
Ownership the attorney general should
appoint one Of the receivers so as to
protect stockholders. sa
Antitrust legislation should be mod.
fed so as not to prevent legal combina-
JiOuS' uullIlbJ Al GeD6CS VI Oil COulU4u~
ations and corporations is recommend
ed f LIN
Mutual trade agreements between
employer and employe are strongly
urged. While arbitration is the best
plan, the right Of equitable organization
by labor and capital must be recog-
nized.
Legislation to suppress financial de-
preston rs recommended, and the es-
tablishment of postal savings banks
Is urged.
The revision Of the present tarsK
schedule is recommended, including
plans for the protection ofaforests by
putting wood pulp upon the free list
The establishment OF waterways
commission is also urged.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
AS Result Of Terrific ExpIo-
sions in Coal Mine. !.
HORROR MOST fRIGHTF6L
Gteat Majority Of Victims Lost Lives
In Heroic Efforts to Save Others.
Bodies Are Entombed Far
Under Earth.

A special from Cheyenne, Wyo..
says: Between fifty-hve land, ! seventy
men. it developed Sunday, lost their
lives IN two explosions Saturday and
Saturday night in coal mine No. /, of
the Union Pacific Coal company at.
Hanna. The explosions were caused
by gases and coal dust, and each was
followed by fire. - -
The first explosion occurred at 3
o'clock, killing...eighteen miners, in
Guiding a superintendent and three
bosses.
The second explosion occurred at
10: 80 o'clock Saturday night, snuffing
out the lives Of from forty to fifty res
cuers, including State, Mine Inspector
D. M. Ellie.
The widest, excitement prevailed on
Sunday in Hanna and at the mine,
wheras hundreds 9ff Rersons congregat-
ed, Including widows, children and 9TH
ers relatives Of the. victims scH Men and
womensran about wringilg their hands
and sc9ying, while many Att!e. children,
separated from their mothers, sobbed
with fear, H., II ~; !, y, =,
The bodies of four of the, eighteen
men WHO lost their, lives. in the first
explosion, were found Saturday night
but, owing to the increasing volume Of
gas, which tnrsatened. to explode at
any moment, noaefogt was made to
remove8them to the surface.
Fire4started in the coIliery Sunday,
March g2na: Since that time attempts
at regular intervals were made to ex-
tinguish the blaze. Saturday it was
deemed unsafe tor send :. the miners
down Unto the workings and they were
told not to report for duty. superin-
tendant Briggs, with the best and
most Experienced hands in the camp,
went. into the mine to fight the fire,
but at. 2 o'clock the flames were be-
yond their control.
At Soclock the fire reached the
gas. and terrific explosion followed.
In a few minutes many men volun-
teered to enter the mine to rescue any
possible survivor, Those on the sur
face had begun to expect results from
the intrepid daring Of the .rescuers,
but at 1880 o'clock the camp was
startled by the second explosion, that
partly shut off the shaft of the mine
and most likely killed the volunteers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
=; ~.
STEVENS DIES OF WOUNDS.
Koreans Bullet Proved Fatal to Amer
lean Diplomat.

= NfriaSS SNOO n eNst 10 FInGTs
lean Diplomat.
Durham White Stevens, the diplo-
matist shot by Wan Chang, d young
| Korean on Monday, died at the St.
Francis hospital Wednesday night fol-
lowing an operation. Death was due
sopeRttonitis. The operation disclosed
that the assassin's bullet had perfor-
ated the intestines in six places.
Wan Chang, when informed at the
Jail of his victims death, received the
news without surprise and with mani
fest delight
Since the day of the shooting Chang
has been expressing the hope that
Stevens wounds might prove fatal.
Wednesday night, when asked If he
Z was. sorry for what he had done. Chang
said;
mo, I am glad. He was no friend
OF Korea, and he is better dead"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
RioToUs STATE CONVENTION
Was That Held by Republicans Of Ten
nessee in Nashville.

The Tennessee republican state con.
vention, which met in. Nashville on
Wednesday for the election of presi-
Dental electors and delegates to the
Chicago convention, proved to be the
widest and wooliest" affair of the
kind ever held in the state. Pandemo-
mum broke loose as soon as the con-
yention was called to order. A dozen
fights occurred between the Oliver and
Evans factions, In which pistols were
drawn AID in one instance a hatclet
was flourished. The Oliver people
finally got control and elected dele
gates to Chicago. w. J. Oliver was en-
dorsed for national committeeman.
The Evans wing met and immedi-
ately adjourned until Thursday morn
Ing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
BATTLE LINE OF DEMOCRATS.
Williams Maps Out What Legislation
the Minority VIII Approve.

Williams Maps Out What Legislation
the Minority VIII Approve.
Representative John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi, as leader of the minor
ity in the house of representatives,
Thursday night issued statement de-
1ning the attitude of the democratic
party in the house toward the legisla-
ton urged by President Roosevelt in
his messages to congress at the pres
ent session The statement describes
what republican legislation the demo-
Gratis will support, what they will op-
pose and what concessions they de-
mand on the part of the majority as
the price of refraining from an organ
lied filibuster throughout the remain
der of the session.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
CYCLONE wHELMs TOWN.
Village Of Lynn, Ca, Wiped from the
Earth and Many People Hurt.

Village Of Lynn, Ga, Wiped from the
Earth and Many People Hurt.
Just after daybreak Tuesday morn
ing a cyclone struck the small town
of Lynn. Ca, six miles north Of Balm
bridge, on the Georgia. Florida and
Augusta railway, destroying every
building in the place and seriously In
Turing number of people.
The cyclone came without a mo
ment,s warning, and before the people
had time to leave their beds. The
houses were blown down on them.
One house, in which were six people,
was 50 completely demolished that
only few floor timbers could be
found. All the occupants were more
or less hart.
A little child was blown from Its
fathers AIMS. and carried over two
hundred yards into the woods.
The store Of Rich & Bailey was de-
stroyed and stock badly damaged. The
house Of Tom Rich was raized to the
ground, without in1uring the occupants.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
BLACK HAND" CLOSES BANK.
Run Made on Daoo Institution IN Re.

Run Made on Daso Institution N Re.
venqe for Murder Of Secret Agent.
A plot, relentlesslY worked out by
members of the Black Hand, ended dra-
matically in New York Tuesday in
a run Of depositors and the suspension
Of the bank Of Pasquale Patti, an Ital-
ian banker and mis- fight from the
city in fear Of death, threatened BY
the Black Hand because he recently
shot and killed francesca Palletro, one
Of their alleged members, who had de-
nanded money under the pain Of kill
irg the banker and his family. NJ
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
SENATOR BRYAN LAID TO REST.
Funeral and Burial Service ct Jackson.
Vile Largely Attended.

The funeral of Senator William Jas.
Bryan took place Wednesday afternoon
at Jacksonville, Fla, from st. Johns
Episcopal Church. Long before the
portege reached the church the
streets were thronged for blocks and
as the funeral party passed, all heads
were uncovered in respect to the
youngest United States senator, from
whom the people Of his state had ex-
pected 30 much.
Prominent Florida friends from all
over che state gathered to pay the last
sad tribute to Senator Bryan's mem
arx. -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
-lunlan .claar.Makerg Locked cue.

y Cigar manufacturers at New Haven.
CSnpsato the number of nineteen lock-
Fedsout their. union tmen u'day to
enforce, the ultimatum given 70 the
union to the effect that. they ms.
take off the ban against a shop in
Which theenen had struck following a
disagreement. with foreman oyer a
shop rule
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
BOOMERANG FOR RosRER.

Blast intended for Opening Safe Blew
of His Head.
Three robbers attempted to rob the
bank. at Springtown, Ark, Thursday
night, but premature explosion blew
off the head Of one robber and so mu-
tilated him that Identification is i'm
possible.
The other two left hurriedly without
securing any spoils. The noise of the
explosion aroused the citizens Of the
village who hufriedly formed a posse
aid started in pursuit.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
"sEER KING" suRRENDERs.
Missing Alleged Vloator Of carcIinR
pIsnensarY Law Gives Up.

James S. Farnum, known as 80
'Beer King" for whose arrest W n.
rant was issued more than two mont =.
ago, charging violation OF the Sol. !.
Carolina dtspensary law, and who y
the state the same day, surrendered &.
Columbia Wednesday and was rele,
cd under $4,000 bond
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
AIeHwAYMEN Ros BANKER.
Two Are Caught But Third Got Away
With the Money.

With the Money.
Frank FYorer, president OF bank
in Lincoln, Ill, and of the Lincoln
Mining company, was held up by three
Iighwaymen Wednesday afternoon two
blocks from the public square of Lin
coin and robbed of the $4,000 monthly
pay roll Of the mining company Two
Of the robbers were caught, but the
third escaped with the money.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-03
JUDGE FIRED FROM BENCH.
Virginia Legislature Removes Black
stone for Gross immortality.

stone for Gross immortality.
The general assembly of Virginia
at Richmond, Thursday, adopted a res
olution removing Judge J. w. G. Black
stone, Of the eleventh circuit from Of
fee. The grounds upon which this act
Ton was based are immortality and gross
negIact Of oficial duty. There was
but one. dtssehtingvote In each branch.