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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-10-02
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Corrected every Thursday afternoon.)
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

Now that the price of coal has gone up 25 cents a ton making the price s7.50 it is we'll to. remember some of the causes which lead to this increase The freight charges on a ton of coal to Springfield is s2.75. to Hartford SPAS and to New Britain $2.90. The explanation is that river competition keeps down the price in Hartford. That, how ever. does not help the situation in this city.-New Britain Herald.
 Perhaps the coal trust needs a little scrutiny. Here is work for President Roosevelt and the other trust busters, and in a direction where it will count, and where 1t will help those that really need help. If coal could only be bought at the price paid for it several years ago what a blessing 1t would be to a lot of people this winter. who even at present are out of work and out of money.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
.coRsETs WIN DAMAGE SUIT.
Lawyer Sought to Shift Blame fol Plaintiffs Injuries to Fight Lacing.

New York, Oct S.Attorney Chauncey H. Beasley raised the al- ways interesting question of the effect of corsets on the charming who wears them. MT Beasley seemed to have gained the idea somewhere that corsets weaken young woman $ vitality and decrease her ability to work.
 Miss Katherine McKenna of .206 Runyon street, Newark, sued the North Jersey Railway Go for $25,000 damages for injuries she sustained in Ia trolley collision at Clinton avenue land Spruce street about two years ago. Miss McKenna testified that her hurts had compelled her to give up her occupation as salesweran and even now prevent her from sleeping we'll She described other lamentable results to her health.
 MT Beasley, counsel for the com pany, called Dr John B. Gale yester- day and started out to put long hy- pethetical question to him.
 If young saleswoman squeezes her waist
 "she doesn't have to-" murmured a youthful lawyer. associated in the case. f
 MT Beasley's question. in brief, was;
 If a young woman saleswoman, who has to stand for hours at time behind a counter, squeezes her waist and internal organs with tightly lac ed corsets will she not be ineapacitat- ed for such work?"
 Generally speaking. yes" said Dr Gale, but he would not say that her torsets had caused the ills of which Miss McKenna complained.
 To go further into the subject. MT Beasley called Dr John D. MeGill of Jersey City. The doctor would not say either that Miss McKenna's cor sets had given her insomnia. But, apparently, he thought that the Ye- nus de Milo, who never wore stays, would make fine saleswoman if she had srms
 Then Franklin ". Fort called Dr W!.l.am ouimby, Dr Edward seely and D. Albert B. Nash, and they agreed that Miss McKenna's corsets mad nc iLcapacitated her as sales woman; rather, she had been com pelled to lace tighter after the col lision that her corsets might brace her weakened form.
 The jury gave Miss McKenna s3,- TOO damages, distinct triumph for eorsets.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
REGIsTRkRS' NOTICE.

The Registrars of Voters and as- 1 sistants will be in session on Monday, October 12, and Tuesday, October }, 1908, from g o'clock in the morning until o'clock in the afternoon, at Ithe places named below for the pur- pose of revising and correcting the Voting Lists, and entering on the list "To Be Made" the names of all those qualified who shall have made appli- cation therefor.
 The session on Monday, October 12. will he devoted to entering on the Hist "To Be Made" the names of those having made application therefor, and no applications will be received after 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The session of Tuesday, October IS, will be devoted to revision and cor rection of the Voting Lists. and all persons who have changed their resi- dence within the past year should call and see that they are properly registered, as no change can be made after that date.
 First Ward-Room 10, Platt Build- ing, 4a East Main street.
 Second Ward-Frank Pelka's tailor shop, 67 Nerth Main street. Citizens Bank building.
 Third Ward-Registrars' Ofiee. City Hall Annex, Leavenworth street.
 Fourth Ward-Auditorium Cigar Go, 2s0 South Main street.
 Fifth Ward-J. P. Lawlor's cigar store, 46 East Main street.
 Sixth Distriet-W Waterville drug store.
 All voters should see that they are properly located and avoid trouble on election day.
 GEO M. CHAPMAN,
 HENRY O'CONNOR,
 Registrars of Voters.
 Waterbury, Oct l, 1908. 10-7-s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

litigation over that particular be-
 quest What young woman in heI right mind would remain single for any such sum-when the right man came along what young woman would give it up, or give him up without contest, having once gained possession of it or him? And while some husbands are not worth four cents, why class good one along with any such sum as $20,000,-An- sonia Sentinel.
 The republican papers emphasize the fact that MT Lilley endorsed Gov ernor Woodruffs administration. In the name of all that's blue at Yale university what would your republi- can editors expect him to do? Con- demn 1t? There are some thrills in this good old state of ours but for a downright sizzler commend us to the republican editors who point with pride to the Lilley endorsement of Governor Woodruffs administration. It is astonishing what startling an nouncements one finds coming from republican editors these days.-New Haven Union.
 As soon as the scheme is put into operation hotel guests can ring for a typewriter and the machine will be brought to their rooms as promptly as pitcher of ice water. The type writers will have slot machine and the dropping of dime will allow its use for half an hour. At the end of that period the machine will refuse to respond to the operators touch unless another cash installment is made. If. however, there Is no need of as long a period the second time a nickel will allow IS minutes use and even a cent will not be refused for the privilege of adding line to a letter. New London Day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
Governor Hughes evidently

Governor Hughes evidently be- gins to see the signs in the clouds and is getting cranky and saying things that in his calmer moments he would not think of uttering. Now that defeat is staring him in the face nothing is too bad for him to say about Bryan and the democrats. In his St Paul speech he said: "Evory- body who wants to abuse public franchise and escape regulation by the state, everybody who wants to escape the clearly expressed princi- ples of the constitution, everybody, in fact, who wants government by pull" instead of government by principle, and the extraordinary thing is that the forces I refer to are grouped under the democratic banner" Commenting on this the Hartford Times says that the gov ernor cannot be reelected without a good many democratic votes. He
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
HEARD IN PASSING.

If political clean-ups could be made in some such way as the cleanup in Hartford was made, when sidewalk obstructions were summarily removed by order of the board of street com missioners in the wee small hours the other night, it would be a healthy change.-New Haven Morning Jour nal-Courier.
 Republicans are trying to make the ignorant believe that Ice Trust Sher- man, candidate for vice-president, was the author of the Sherman Anti Trust law. It was drafted by the late Hon John Sherman. Mir Sher- man who is running for yice,presi- dent has always been a pro-trust man and was nominated at their behest.- Bridgeport Farmer.
 Democratic campaign in Connecti- cut looks like punk gone out. There will be no enthusiasm until Mir Bryan inyades the state. So far as national and state issues go the democrats have so far let things go by default. The republicans are not particularly active. and there is so little opposi- tion there is no need of whooping 'er up.-Bridgeport Post
 The war department has given the Wright brothers until next June to perfect their mechanism. This ex- tension of time will meet with very general approval. There was univer- sal regret over the accidents which had such disastrous results, and it will be source of qualification to know what amends are possible will be made.-Meriden Record.
 A post mortem by the party mana gers in Ohio may be necessary to de- termine whether Senator Foraker is dead as well as eliminated. The sena- tors announcement that he is out of the senatorial contest until after the election indicates that he is entirely used up, but. If he still possesses shred in influence with any class of voters, he may be able to strike back even from the political tomb-Spring- field Republican.
 Another foolish will is that which bequeathes s2o.o00 to q young wonl- an in Cos Cob provided she renains single. The chances are, thsTe will bs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

It is to be hoped that at the forthcoming meeting in Washington
 of the association formed to encour-
 age the conservation of our national resources progress will be made to-
 wards the doing of practical work in
 this connection. The congress
 which was held a few months ago
 was noteworthy for the many indis-
 criminate attacks upon the mere use
 of many of the resources which na- ture has given us. There was much of criticism, of tendency to tear down. and very little of suggestion
 or of a tendency to build up, says a
 writer in the Iron Trade Review.
 The work of the conservation asso,
 citation should be constructive and
 not destructive, and it would be
 quite we'll if the work were inau-
 gurated with frank recognition of
 what is a positive fact. that the. o N1S'S " ehG pfouiSMo u uCs worked out are not problems which are new to the world, but are prob-
 lems which are new to the United States; that there are ready made answers to so many of them that 1t
 will pay better to bend the energy
 to securing the adoption of solutions
 which have already been adopted
 abroad than to endeavor to develop
 new solutions. In the course of time We shall doubtless find prob lens for which We must furnish the
 solution ourselves, but for some years to come it will probably be bet ter for us to follow as rapidly as possible the examples which have been set by older countries. In our methods of steel consumption, we are clearly wasteful, but an effort to stop leak is not best made by reducing the pressure, but by stop ping the leak. The use of better steel and better forms of steel for given purposes should be encouraged whereby the end may be accomplish ed as well by the use of less weight. |
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

The transportation facilities of s country are, and always have been. the true test of the nations con- mercial development. says writer in American Industries. Roms was the greatest road-bullder in the world In her day, and the supreme commercial power. Her highwayc, which are still the wonder of mod ern engineers. represented the most advanced stage of the art of ,raas- portation as 1t was then known, and made possible the development of her territory, So strongly was this essential feature recognized by her governing powers that with every territory suhdued her first act was to commence the construction of roads to develop its transportation. From 1850 to 1900, the last year for which figures are available, the number of acres in improved farm lands in the United States increased from 1Is,00e 900 to nearly 415,ooa.- 900, and the value of all farm prop erty increased from less than a. 000,oo0,oOo to more than $2O, ,o00,- 000,0o0. But for the railroads there could have been nothing approaching this marvellous increase in the agri- cultural wealth of the country. and these figures. of course, take no ac- count of the great fortunes that were built up in supplying the demands of the people who populated the lands which the railroads made available Thousands of millions of dollars are needed by our great transcontinental railroads to bring this vast country to point of de- velopment which it justly deserves
 The railroads are doing their part, so let the legislatures do theirs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

yesterday. The morning session was devoted largely to routine work. At recess the members were the guests of Miss Gould at Lyndhurst. She escorted them about the house and grounds and then displayed to them the art and eurio collections.
 T suppose you know what these are" she said with smile, holding up the rat traps.
 They look like rat traps,' one of the members of the presbytsry said.
 So they are" Miss Gould re- piled. They are few of the traps my father used to peddle when he was struggling for q footheld in the business world"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
lass6| { Alexander,
ORDER or NOTICE.

City of Waterbury vs. Howard White
 and the representatives, creditors,
 widow and heirs of Roland White. State of Connecticut, District of
 Waterbury. ss. Waterbury, Sep
 tember 21st. 1908.
 Upon the complaint of the said plaintiff, the City of Waterbury, praying for reasons therein set forth for foreelesure and possession of premises. subject to tax lien now pending, returnable on the Srd. day of November, 1908, before the Dis trict Court of Waterbury, in and for the District of Waterbury and State of Connecticut, 1t appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority, said Court not being ac- tually in session, that the defend- ants, the representatives, creditors, widow and heirs of Roland Whites residences are to the attorney for the plaintiff, unknown, and that the notice specified below Is reason able one.
 It Is therefore ordered, that 10. tice of the pendency of said complaint be given to said defendants by puDiisuinS lhis OTuef lu In8 Waterbury Evening Democrat, newspaper prinsai in Waterbury. twice at an interval of at least one week, commencing on or before the frst day of October, 1908, the sec. oud publication to be not later thaa october 10th, 1908; also by deposit. ing . true and sttested copy of said complaint, citation, and of this or- der Of notice in the post offee st said Waterbury, postage paid. by registered letter directly to said de- fendanf, Howard White. at 36 Bloomfield street. Boston Massaehu- sets, on or before the first day of October, 1905, by rome proper O. cer or ihdIaerent peRsen
 GEORGE g. CoWELE. Judss se ths plstft<t csuft z Wn
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
K. OF c. TO PURCHASE.
Will Invest S10O,00O in Additional
 Securities.

New Haven, Oct 8.-At the meet ing of the board of directors of the Knights of Columbus yesterday. $100,000 was voted to be set aside for the purchase of investment secu- rites. Only those registered as to principal and interest are considered by the finance committee of the Knights who do the actual buying.
 With the purchase to be made possible by this appropriation, it was officially said yesterday that the Knights would have $l,700.oo0 of high grade securities in the treasury. Each quarter for nearly two years the directors have appropriated s100,000 for investment purposes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
RECTOR MARRIEs HIS NURSE. Middletown Minister and Miss Cath
 erine Tierney Married.

Middletown, Oct S.-The Rev H. H. vanderbogart, curate of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Episeo- pal. was married to Miss Catherine Tierney of New Haven, a nurse, at the Little Church Around the Cor ner, in New York, at noon yesterday. The ceremony was performed by the Rev E. c. Aeheson. rector of Holy Trinity church. The bride nursed
 the Rev Mr vanderbogart through siege of typhoid fsver and their romance followed. The bride is a Catholic and the daughter of hotel
 keeper Ia New Haven. Mir and Mrs Yanderhogart will reside in Middle tevp e the eursts is to eontinge bis
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
Oct. 8 In History.

1T93-John Hancock, statesman and "signer," died at Quincy, Mass. born 1737. lS72-Remarkably rapid confagration destroyed Pishtigo, Wis, and near ly all its inhabitants; forest fire broke out during a drought, de- stroying over 1000 lives and mill lions in property.
 190EGeneral Matt W. Ransom, noted Confederate leader in the civil war, died; born 1926.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
PROUD OF GOULD RAT TRAP.
Helen Gladly Shows Relics of Fa,
 ther's Start in Making Millions.

New. York, Oct s.-Helen M. Gould. although possessed of mill lions, Is not ashamed of the fact that her father, Jay Gould. once made his living by peddling rat traps. She showed that plainly when she took delight in exhibiting to the members of the presbytery of Westehester county several of the traps her fa- ther had used to lay the foundation for the big family fortune. Miss Gould keeps them ia her beautiful home. Lyndhurst, at Irvington. Though that home is filled with ex- pensive works of art they do not appeal to her as strongly as do the rat traps tAat formerly constituted part of her fathers stock b tfe1e.
 The presbytegT net in Jfyjnefoq
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 5:27. rises 6:01; moon sets 5:2S a. m.; moons age II days; 9:59 p. m., moon in conjunction with Saturn, passing from west to east of the planet, 2la degrees south; seen near tonight; planet Mercury visible after sunset.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

Illinois leads. There are IT voters in one family at Carlyle, III, and all will vote for Bryan. This beats Editor Osborne's me and the two boys will vote for Taft"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08

may discover on election night that enough votes have been lost to him by this one utterance to make him the ex-governor instead of the next governor of New York on Januar, 1. 1909.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
GOVERNMENTS BEST SELLER
Agricultural Department to Issue se0,OoO Copies of the Year Book.

Washington, Oct s.-fhe depart ment of agriculture Is about to issue a first edition of 360.ooo copies of the year book-the volume that Is said to have more general readers than any other government publica- tion. The full Issue, as authorised by congress, is 5oe,oo0, and the re- maining copies will be printed la subsequent editions. If the demand warrants 1t.
 The physical labor involved in getting out the severnment's best seller is enormous. The full edition requires 3,160 reams of plate paper and 21.sio of print paper. while the thread used in the bindery reaches the enormous length of $500. .6ee yards-nearly one-Afth of the eIr- cumferencs of the earth. The GOV ers take up ft.00o yafds of book cloth. uhils e.0ee peunds ef glue and % bsFrpis e neeF e e Dastins tho coverp Qn-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
Presidential Electors.

TTeSl0entIaI Electors. Louis Schmidt of Southington. Samuel L, Bronson of New Haven Tryon B. Robertson of Montville. Melbert E. Cary of Ridgefield. s. M. Chapin of New Hartford. George Leonard of Middletown. Oscar o. Tanner of Willimantic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
For Senators.
District

District.
 1-Raoul W, D'Arche, Hartford.
 2-Richard J. Dillon. Hartford.
 Sherman P. Kopplemann.
 4-Arthur E. Bidwell, Glastonbury 1-Addison Lamphere, Windsor.
 8-Thomas J. Gibbons, New Haven 9-James J. Lawton. New Haven. l0-John H. Courtney, New Haven. 11-John F. Shanley, New Haven. 12-Charles B. Yale, Wallingford. l5-Peter Hook, Waterbury. 16-John Hurley, Waterbury. 24-Hugh c. Shalvoy, Danbury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
Representatiyes i'm Conpress.

District.
 1-Charles s. Gerth, Bristol. 2-Thomas L. Reilly, Meriden. flynn W. Wilson, Bridgeport
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-08
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-18
WHERE SCHEME ORIGINATED.
Boston's Richest Chinaman Said to
Have Planned Raid on Chinatown.

Boston. Feb. 1.-THE first testimony
mysterious Chinese societies of Hep
Sing Tong. alleged members Of which
are now on trial in the superior court.
charged with the shooting up OF BoS-
tons Chinatown last August, when
four Cinnamon We're killed. was given
in court today by Shcri Pong, 4 gov
eminent witness
The witness stated that he had been
a member OF the Hep Sing Tong FOR
four years and that Wary Charles.
one Of the defendants, said II be the
richest Chinaman in Boston. was
president Continuing he said in cv-
dence:
At a meeting last July which was
called by Wary Charles, the subject
of raid on Chinatown was brought
up.
Charles said that we would have u
do some killing and make the Chinese
business men 50 afraid that all OF
them would join our society. He also
said that we We're getting to be dead
ones and must kill some one.
Some members said they would do
as Charles liked, and then Charles
said the best plan was TO send to New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago for
hatchetmcn who We're unknown. as
would pay the expenses and that If
anyone was caught he would hire at
torncys for the defence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-18
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.

Hallett in regard to giving the inferior
train the order before the superior
William +. Hallett, division superintcn-
dent If Bangor &, Aroostook Railroad,
was the first witness called to the stand
Monday afternoon. Tie witness testified
that it was usual to give to inferior train
the orders before the superior train. Mr..
IIailett gave several illustrations OF cases
where it would have meant R long delay
il the orders had been given to the SUI
rerior train.
County Attorney Tattcn asked the Wit
ness if he had not given extreme :lustra-
tons and # rule 81 of the Maine Central
did not take care Of extreme cases Mr..
Hallett said he WIS not familiar with tho
rules of the Maine Central
At about 3 o'clock the defence closed
with direct testimony and the state com
menc"d its rebuttal. Operator Roy vas
recalled as the first witness in rebuttal
Judge Louis G. Stearns. chief counsel
for Lyons. spoke from $50 to ) O'clock.
The opening of his argument was devoted
to q severe arraisnment of the Maine
Crntral-its officials and management.
This corporation shows in its very act
NV NN'S 'iiSItSilIt. al CtiIiViIplNDlS III
difference TO the lives Of both the public
and its own employees" he said. at is
trying to carry traffic grown 80 per
cent. within the last few years. upon Il
single track; it does not hesitate to place
important positions in the hands Of in
competent men: It's great object IS to earn
dividends for capital in Boston and New
York. l ask you not to visit upon my
client the sins Of this corporation Let its
officials be indicted at the bar OF justice
as they are ALREADY indicted ut the bar
Of public opinion; and if there is no stat
ute which can touch them. let TIE voters
Of Maine elect 4 Legislature which will
pass one"
Judge Stearns argued that certain of
the rules which Lyons is ;lleged to have
violated were in effect Obsolete and that
Lyons in the light of all the circum-
stances had used due and reasonable care
and hence could not be found guilty of
criminal negligence. Again and again in
his plea lie returned to the system in
vogue on the Maine Central arguing by
Inference that had Il mistake been COM
mitted it was the system and not his
Client at fault.
County Attorney Patten had not COM
nieted his argument when court adjourn
ed. His position was that Lyons had
plainly violated certain rules of the road.
that in so doing he had caused an acct
dent in which a life had been lost AMI
that he should be held responsible The
Maine Central is not on trial" said AIr
Patten. We have simply to determine
the responsibility OF one man"
Mr. Fatten will continue his argument
Tuesday morning and Immediately after
wards Justice Emery will charge the