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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
WANTED TO SEE MOTHER.

Cleveland, Dec 24.-While Joe Birmingham. outfelder of the Cleve lands, lies helpless on cot at Lake side hospital, the mother to whom Joe has chung all his life is dying at Albany, x. Y.
 Repeatedly the outfielder asks to be allowed to go to her before it Is too late. This request has been re- peatedly denied and as result Joe has become so nervous that the phy- sicians. who several days ago oper- ated on him for varicose veins. fear that the shock may result seriously.
 Tuesday Joe wired his mother that the operation had been success full and that every hope was enter tained for his complete recovery Ih reply he received a wire signed by his sister that the mother was ill and might die
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
Pure w nes and liquors at FRANK BROTHERSdCO'S s The Corner South Main and Union Sts for the Christ
 mas Trade.

Pride of Kentucky Rye 90 per at.
 s2.0O per gal. Rye and Bourbon 45c per qt., s1.75 per gal. Cumberland Rye 75c per qt., s3.OO per gal. Sherwood Rye 9Oc per qt., s3.5O per gal. Old Crow Whskey 75c per at, B .OO per gal. Finch's Golden Wedding 9Oc per qr.,
 s350 per gal. Mount Vernon Rye s1.OO per at, s400 per gal. Private Stock Rye s1.25 per Qt., $500 per gal. All kinds of California wines. 25c per quart, Sl per gallon. Imported ports and sherries. 1jc per quart, B per gallon. \ bottle of wine or whiskey with every B purchase Call and get our prices, all goods de- liyered free. Telephone 1S14-S.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
Gotch Will Wrestle Mahmoct.

Chicago. Dec 24.-Frank Gotch is coming back to America to meet Yussiff Mahmout, the terrible Turk for the wrestling championship of the world. The two will meet ar the Coliseum in March. it is thought. The purse will he s10,000 and the match will be held under the aus pices of the Empire Athletic club. of which Joe COffey is match maker. In a letter written to a friend here Go;ch says he will meet Mahmout in Chicago under the auspices of the Empire Athletic club as soon as he fulfls his contracts abroad.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
THE DIAMOND
Barney Reilly Well Known Here Will Join the Chicago
 Team.

The following story from the Brockton Enterprise will be interest ing to Waterbury sports because Bar ney Reilly of whom 1t speaks has many friends in this city and played for short time on the Waterbury team
 Barney Reilly, Brockton's star baseball player, has signed con- tract with Charles Comiskey's Chica- go Americans, and will play with the White Sox from June 20 till the end of the season. During the past year Reilly has received fiattering offers from two Eastern league clubs, ev- cry New England league club except two, several National and many American league teams. Saturday he received a telegram from Manager
 Billy Hamilton of the Lynn club of fering him big money to play with the Lynn team next season. The Chi cago deal has been under considera- tion for a year, and this morning Reilly completed arrangements by wire. He went to Boston this after noon and signed the necessary papers
 with representative of the club. When the White SoX scout talked with Reilly year ago it was agreed that he should play New England league ball, and then, if his work was satisfactory, he should sign with the Windy city team. At the close of the
 New England league season, a repre- sentative of the Chicagos called on Reilly at New Haven, where he is studying at Yale university. Matters were arranged then.
 Reilly joins the club June 20, when the college year closes, and is scheduled for shOrtstop. He will as
 sist in coaching the Yale varsity
 baseball squad till that time.
 Reilly is considered one of the greatest baseball generals this city
 has ever turned out. When he was
 in grammar school he was star, and on entering high school he was se- lected for the team representing the school. He played each of the four years and explained the nine one year. Going to hillips-Andover academy, Reilly developed into d great ball player. made the team his first year, and played four seasons and explained the team that defeated every fast college team in the east, except Princeton. Andover that year was considered the fastest college team on the diamond. From Andover
 he went to Yale and was elected cap tain of the freshman team. He play ed and won many of the games by
 his splendid hitting and brilliant 1 field work. Last year he put up q good game with Haverhill of the New England league but was handi- capped by bad knee
 He is a son of Mir and Mrs James II. Reilly of 60 Alton street and is a brothe Of James Reilly. who cap i tained Andover last year, and of
 John Reilly. who also promises to be
 a great ball player. Reilly was con sidered the most popular athlete at
 Andover three years ago. He is a junior at Yale Law school.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
AULO O11SNU0 WV1NHN DIZO' Mrs Molly Hillman. Star Performer
 for Years Was In Poorhouse,

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Dec 24.-Molly Hillman, who between 1880 and 1880 apepared all over this country and Europe as a circus performer, died last night in the poorhouse at Greenfield, near here. She was 92 years old. In her day she was one of the most famous equestriennes in the ring and was for years a star in both the Barnum and the Forepaugh cir Cuses
 She was married four times and each husband met a violent death. She was the daughter of William Cook. a blacksmith of Newark, N. l., and her mother was great-grand- daughter of a chief of the Oneida tribe of Indians. Mrs Hillman play ed every season for fifty years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
NEW BEDFORD LOSES FIRST.
Greatest Game of the Season at Fall
 River.

Fall River, Dec 24.--In the great est game of the season, marked by the toughest kind of playing, Fall River took fall out of the New Bed ford team. formerly New Britains, II to :. During a scrimmage Thomp- son and Harkins exchanged q few blows, but they were separated be- fore any injury was sustained by either. The brilliant rushing of Higgins and the phenomenal block ing of O'Hara proved too strong q combination for the visitors. Tho greatest excitement prevailed in the final period when Jeans team scored three goals and came within tally of tying the game. Fall River made a great rally, though, and secured a commanding lead by caging three goals in rapid succession. Jean filed a protest, taking exceptions to foul called on Holderness. The lineup and summary:
 Ea p iNar Naur Podfprd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
THE PRELIMINARY GAME.

In the preliminary contest the Second Knights of King Arthur team defeated the Crcscents of the North End by the small score of z to 5. The lineup and summary: Second K. o. K. A. Crescents Mclean .... .... .... .... Brown
 Left Forward. DOWneS .... ..., .... .... Feeley
 Right Forward. Hudson .... .... .. French, Case
 Center. OrmOlini-WOodward ... Spring
 Right Guard.
 Left Guard.
 Score, K. O. K. A. Second ', Cres- cents 3; field goals, Bormolini ?, Ma gee 1, Case 1 foul goals, Downes l, Brown 1 referee, Bruneau; umpire, Quinn; time, 20 minute halves.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

That Joe Kelley will return as manager of the Toronto Eastern club next season is practically settled. To make room for him Second Baseman Schafley and Outfieider Gettman have been traded to the Newark, (N. J) club for Shortstop Mailing and Second Baseman Mullin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
BITS OF SPORT,
Cullcd From the Columns of Our
 Busy Exchanges.

Percy Smallwood the champion long distance runner of Wales, has been matched to run a Marathon race of 26 miles and 3S5 yards against Dorando Pietri, the Italian Marathon champion, at the Coliseum, St Louis, on Monday night. January II
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

The report comes from Boston that Frank Greer, the national anna teur champion who won his title back on the Connecticut river last summer, plans to go to Australia soon. where he will engage in pro- fessional matches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

day that there was nothing to the story that the fight was fake and that the colored man would win sure"
 New York sporting men are taking an unusual amount of interest in the battle, although they are not betting much on the result. Various opin- ions were offered yesterday as to the respective chances of the pugilists, the most interesting being from Tom Sharkey. II never saw faster man." said Sharkey. "and Johnson will win. | said some time ago that he would be the worlds champion, and l still think so. believe John son Is the greatest fighter in the ring 1 to-day. Burns is nothing more than a four-husher and if he should hap pen to win l will challenge him to q finish fight for a S10,000 side bet, winner take all. 1 can get into old time form in three months and would like nothing better than n miX-up with this overrated French Canadian. No, l would not fight Johnson, for 1 always drew the color line"
 
 Burns is quoted as saying that if he wins he will make a match with Stanley Ketchel. the mill to be de- cided in San Francisco. Burns s brother, who lives in Oakland, is ,e- sponsible for this statement Ketchel has already gone on record with the assertion that he will fight either Burns or Johnson, but it is believed that when it comes time to sign arti- cles Ketchell will be compelled to fight either Al Kaufman or Sam Langford first. Langford, who knocked Jim Flynn out in couple of punches in Frisco on Monday night, says that he will challenge Ketchel without delay to mix it for the middleweight title. Ketchel, ! however, announced after his victory over Bill Papke that he would not fight as middleweight again, so that Lansford will have to challenge for a match at catch weights if he cX- poets Ketchel to take an notice of him. Papke, by the way, declares 1 that he will not fight again. He says he has become discouraged because of his poor showing recently with Hugo Kelly at Los Angeles and that as he has plenty of money he will re- i tire. If Papke keeps his word and 1 Ketchel goes into the heavy class i Hugo Kelly will be regarded as the middleweight champion. James Cof- froth has offered Kelly a match with | perhaps Ketchel at Colma on Wash i ington's birthday. but it is not be lievcd that anything will come of it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
BASKETBALL
Results of the Games That Were Played in Many Places Last
 Night.

In a rough game last night lhe Company c basketball team or thls city walloped the Knights of King Arthur of Watertown down Tn the . M. c. A. building. The local boys started of with rush and were never headed. The lineup and sum mary:
 Company C. K o. K. A. Hurlbut ... Barlow, Bornoilhi
 Left Forward. .r. Edwards .... ....'a.,z' = "aitoh
 Right Forward. MdllDN . '.' S''''F'
 Center. Taylor .... .... ... .... Bassett
 Left Guard. Suuires ..... Evans Barlow
 Ripht Guard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

Dexter Draper, the former Train ing school player and Pennsylvania 8 giant tackle. has been asked to coach the football team of the Uni versity of Texas. This is only one of several similar offers made to Draper, but he has not given the subject enough serious thought to decide which one he will accept.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

Score, Company c 27, K. o. K. A 10; field goals, Maltby 3, Taylor Z Squires ?, Edwards 2, Hurlbut 7, Bassett l, Zeidler 1, Bormollni ]; foul goals, Zeidler 8, Hurlbut 4, Wal ton l Edwards 1; referee, Bruneall umpire, Mordo; time, 20 minute Ina Ives
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
Right Guard.

Score, Boys club 32. Cadets IA; field goals, Stumpf 4, Carley 3, Me Card 3. Walsh 3. Donahue 3, Dupre 1, ConlOn 3, Klauberg l, Doyle 1, Mulligan referee, Moriarty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

stops, Cashman 3S, Penco 21. fouls, Harkins, Holderness, O'Hara, Pence; referee, Oestdick; timer, l.eary.
 At Worcester-Worceste 10, Bridgeport f.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

According to President P. s. Mer- Till, newly elected leader of the Cotton States league, women will be given preference over men in award ing a price of $50 for the next schedule of playing dates. President Merrill, who is an old Harvard base ball star, solicits schedules from the fair fans in every section. Last sea- son a Dubuque Ga.) woman re- ceived the award.
 The Spokane Homing club. which has among it's membership several hundred long distance flyers, is ar ranging a 300-mile flight from Se- attle to Spokane at the opening of the Alaska aYukon-Pacific exposition. June 1, when the birds will go over the snowclad peaks of the Cascade mountains. a feat that has never been attempted in the Northwest.
 Promoter Jim Coffroth of Cali fornia, failing to get a good card for New Years day show, is going to try new scheme in the boxing line He proposes to turn his arena at Colma into a pugilistic vaudeville house and put on continuous per formance on New Years day. It is his present plan to put on 32 bouts on New Years day and start them going at II o'clock in the morning and keep the boys at it until Old 
 the hay for the night. Coffroth de- clares the bouts will range in dura- tion from four to 10 rounds, and add that he may put on a few vaude- vile turns to help things out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
THIRD CHURCH WON.

A team from Thomaston came down here on Tuesday evening to play the Third church team and they went back home well beaten by the score of 24 to 3. The lineup and summary:
 Third Church. Thomaston. R. Winters . . ... Jones
 Left Forward,
 Right Forward. Bruneau ..,. .... .... Lyncn
 Center
 Left Guard. Woods .... .... ...... Calwell
 Right Guard.
 Score, Third church 24, Thomaston B. field goals, Bruneau :, Troski 2, K. Winters 1, Woods ?, Ash 1, Lynch 1: foul goals, Bruneau ?, Flynn l.: referee. E.. Winters.
 On Wednesday evening. December 30, 1908. the Waterbury high school alumni team are to play the Com pany C alumni team at the Y. M. C. A. On account of the rivalry be- tween these teams this will be one of the best games of the season. The line up of both teams is as follows: w. H. s. Alumni. Co C Alumni BedCn ......... BrOWn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
THE BOYS GLIB WON,

Boys Club. St Thomas Cadets. Carley ..,. .... .... ...- Conlon
 Left Forward DOnahue .,.. ....... .Klauberg
 Right Forward Stumpt ...... .... .... MulllSan
 Center. McCard ..... ...... .... Doyle
 Left Guard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24

There will be a preliminary game.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
SPECIALS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

On and after the 18th each and every purchaser of S2 worth or over will be presented with an Xmas bot tie.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05
REV. DR.. SE|BERT
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
OF BETHANY HOME
Seventeen Churches Now Inter-
ested in German Institu-
ton for the Aged.
ASSETS OF $51,798 SHOWN
BY TREASURER SCHMIDT
Increase in Number of Inmates
During Year, Which Shows
Balance of Over $l,7OO.

Officers were elected and reports were
read at the seventh annual meeting of
the Society of the Bethany Home for
the Aged in Irvington, held in the
First German Presbyterian Church. in
Morton street, last night. The Rev.
DIR. Henry w. seibert was chosen
president; the Rev. H. F. Hooks, vice
president; the Rev. Ferdinand n. Koh-
Ter, recording secretary; Herman Hotz,
financial secretary, and Christian
Schmidt, treasurer.
The election of members of the board
of trustees resulted as follows: c. Will
lam Heilmann, George r. Weber, j.
Wittel and Conrad J. Brotherley, of the
First German Presbyterian Church;
John Dorer, jr., of the Second German
Presbyterian Church,; William Spuhler,
of the Third German Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. r.. J. Buttinghausen
and John Thieringer, of Bloomfield;
DIR. William Buermann and August
B~uerinann, jr., OF the First German
Baptist Church; the Rev. d. Schnebel,
of the Court Street Evangelical Church.
and the Rev. Herman Gruhnert, of the
First German Presbyterian Church,
Orange.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05
GOVERNOR WILL
ATTEND OPENING
OF M'AD00 BORE
President Roosevelt to Press
Button Starting First Train
Under Hudson.

HOBOKEN, Feb. 5.-The north tubes
of the Hudson and Manhattan Rail-
road Company, commonly known as
the McAdoo tunnels, running under the
North River from Hoboken to Morton
street, Monhattan, will be opened to
the pubic on Tuesday, February Is.
On that day the regular schedule OF
trains between the Hoboken terminal,
just north of the Lackawanna station,
and Nineteenth street and Sixth ave-
nue., Manhattan, will be started.
President Roosevelt will press a but
ton in the White House at Washington
which will start the first train moving,
and it is expected that Governors Fort
and Hughes will TAKE an active part
in the exercises.
Unde the river there will be speech
making and a luncheon. There will be
also a banquet at Sherry's, at which
the principal engineers in the country
will be present, together with every
one who has been interested in the de-
vlopment of the system.
The section of the system from the
Hoboken terminal to Nineteenth street
and Sixth avenue is about one-fourth
of the entire line of tunnels and tracks
which will be opened for passenger
traffic during the summer. The route
Is from the terminal, at the foot of
Ferry street, Hoboken. to the Lacka-
wanna terminal, under the river to
Morton street, up Greenwich street to
Christopher, across Christopher TO
Sixth avenue, and up Sixth avenue to
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05

Treasury jeremiah O'Rourke, Louis j.
O'Rourke. Harry v. Osborne, County
Supervisor John F. Otterbein. Peter J.
O'Toole, Henry Overgne, County Chair
man Tyler Parmly, J. Frank Parmly,
Eltweed Pomeroy, Congressman lie
Gage Pratt. Colonel F.. l.. Price, II. l..
Price, jr., MI. Quigley, David Quinlan,
Thomas j. Regan, George l.. Raben-
stein. p. II. Ryan. John Roach. DR..
Samuel Il. Robertson. George L. Rusoy,
Edward Schueler, John H. Schmidt,
ir., Professor r. c. L.. Schreiner, John
Seymour, David c. Seymour, James NJ.
Seymour. jr., Fred Sham, John $.
Sheldon, Mayor Isaac Schoenthal, Of
Orange; Alderman John +. Sinnott, Al
fred T. S~orgenfree, Colonel Joseph w.
Slower. b. w. Terlinde, Paul V. l..
Thiery, Valentine c. Trabold, James NJ.
Trimble, Wilson J.. Vance, Acting JudGe
William Yuill, Edward NJ. Waldron,
Joseph TT. Wehrle. Frank Walsh. Ed
mond A. Whittier, William F. Werner,
Maurice WEIGH, George w. Wieden-
mayer, former Assemblyman Edward
H. Wright. jr, DR.. James T. Wright
son.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05
NEW JERSEY WOODMEN AT
RECEPTION TO TALBOT.
Supreme Consul Presented Low
ing Cup at Big Gathering in
New York City.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Arthur r..
Talbot, of Lincoln, Neb., supreme con-
sui of the Modern Woodmen of
America, was the guest of honor at a
banquet held in the Woodstock Hotel
last night by the united camps of the
Woodmen of Greater New York. Other
members of the supreme body were
also present. A delegation from New
Jersey was present, headed by State
Deputy Edward r. Burns, of Newark.
With him were Il. p. Crater, of Glad
stone; James j. Blaine, of Bloomfield;
John J. Byrne and Abe Cohen, of Pat
erson; c. Neil Davies, Henry S. Tolen
and Albert Schurr, of Newark.
After the banquet at the hotel a pub
lie reception was held in Palm Garden
in Fffty-eighth street, at which 5000
persons were present. Mr.. Talbot de-
livered an address on the fraternal
development of the order. He was pre-
sented with a silver loving cup, the
gift of all the camps in Greater New
York and Westchester County.
Mr.. Talbot was formerly a law part
FER with William Jennings Bryan, and
is at present chief counsel for the
Union Pacific Railroad.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05
REFORMS DUE TO GOD,
SAYS REV. ADOLPH ROEDER.
Compares Morals of America
with Other Countries--Urges
Women to Aid Reforms.

Reforms are going on all around
you, and you cannot help feel the in
| huence. You sec the tide of all that
is good sweeping about you. I ask YOU
| when you realize this uplift. will you
| please call it Jesus Christi" was the
central thought enunciated by the Rev.
| Adolph Roeder, president of the state
Civic Federation, at a joint social
meeting held in the South Park Pres
byterian Church yesterday afternoon
under the auspices of the Ray Palmer
Club and Sesame Club.
Mr.. Roeder's subject was "Funda-
mentals of Civic Life" and he declared
that all the reforms and all the good
that is being accomplished Is due to
God rather than the influence of a
God permits these things to happen"
he said, through the instrumentality
of His creatures, and at His feet is
where the credit belongs"
Speaking OF the requirements of good
citizenship, the speaker said: 81 want
to talk to you of the Lord Almighty.
| want to talk of Him seriously and
soberly, not theologically. l don't
know your thought about all this tide
of temperance reform or all the other
reforms we see about us, but l want
you to know that unless you can reach
out and stretch your character so that
you will help conditions in Louisiana,
Georgia and Oklahoma, as well as i'll
your own immediate sphere, you are
failing in what God requires of you.
and of what is required Of you as good
citizens. Self and sin and he'll all mean
the same, only they are spelled diff
ferently, and health and happiness and
character ell mean heaven, only the
pronunciation sounds differently"
Mr.. Roeder said that the moral al
titude insisted upon in this country
along the lines of purity is at a much
standard than in n other
country. He declared that the moral
relation of men and women. married
and unmarried, in other countries,
would never be tolerated in this coun-
try.
Speaking of the temperance reform
which is sweeping the country. the
speaker said this community would
no need of local option laws or
prohibition bills if men would only
will power over themselves.
"NIen need moi drink if they do not
want to- he said. Mrs. Henry I'll.
Dawson, the president of the State
Federation. presided at the meeting,
and introduced the speaker. An in
formal tea followed with Miss Amy
Flavelle, of Sesame, and Miss Jessie
d. Coo, of Ray Palmer, at the rms.
The ushers were Mrs. Samuel Clark,
Nue. Uro,,a;e 7 Cu-oxyn Nfi~~ AIarxy
c. Swayze. Mrs. Edward ingalls,, Mrs.
William G.. Hillman and Miss Helen
Pointer. of Sesame. and Mrs. Francis
D.. Pell, Mrs. Aaron o. Ball, Mrs.
James N. Morehouse, Mrs. Gertrude G.
Reed. Mrs. Lewis Rose and Mrs. Will
lam w. Crabbe, of Ray Palmer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05

Nineteenth street. The stations are at
Christopher and Greenwich, Christie
pher and Sixth avenue, and at -Four
teenth and Nineteenth streets.
When completed, the system will con-
tinue up Sixth avenue to ~Thirty-third
street, with intervening stations at
Tw~enty-third and Twenty-eighth streets.
There will be a tunnel also from Sixth
avenue across Ninth street, connecting
with the subway, just above the Astor
place station.
The southern division of the system
runs down the New Jersey side from
the Hoboken terminal to Newark ave-
nue. and across the river to the Dey
street terminal, with stations at the
Erie and Pennsylvania terminals and a
connection with the Fulton street sta
ton of the subway.
From the Pennsylvania terminal an
other line runs under Railroad avenue.
with stations at Newark avenue and
Summit avenue. and along the Pennsyl-
vania tracks to Newark. These sec
tons of the system will be opened in @
few months, it having been announced
that the Dey street terminal will open
on May ].
The fare through from Hoboken to
Nineteenth street will be 5 cents. The
trains will be made up of eight cars, ell
of which are arranged for entrance and
exit like those of the Boston subway.
with both side and end doors.
The crush will be further minimized
by the fact that the trains run between
double platforms at each station, pas
sengers entering from side and
leaving by the other. The doors are all
operated automatically by compressed
air, and trains cannot start until all the
doors are closed.