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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06

In the army the pull is mightier
 than the sword by all odds. It is no
 wonder that conditions in the mili-
 tary service, as described by Chair man Hull of the house committee are
 desperate. Mir Hull's son was made a major and soon afterwards ieutenant-colonel in violation of the rule of promotion by seniority and merit. The son-in-law of Senator Warren, chairman of the senate mili- tary committee, was promoted from the rank of captain to that of briga- dier-general at one bound, in viola tion of the same rule. General Wood, for being chum of the presi- dent, was raised from the rank of colonel to that of rnajor-general. Political pull and personal favoritism have filled the higher ranks of the army and this has disgusted the trained officers who have been kept down by that policy. It is now pro- posed to conciliate these professional men by raising their pay. But the panic brought on by the ex- and tariff and financial legislation of the republicans is likely to make the scheme impossible, and many young officers will abandon the army for civil life. Private soldiers are deserting in larger numbers than ever 'tis said.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06

The continued high cost of living and the declared intention of some of the trusts and combines to hold out for high prices must force the Ameri- can people to consider the tariff and economic conditions in the coming campaign. As it Is. the people are facing the extraordinary predicament of decreased wages and incomes and but little if any reduction in prices of products. Many raw materials. such as iron. copper, cotton and wool are much lower in price. but the in- ished products are high in price as ever. for the trust still insist on such large profits that retail prices aver age nearly as much as they were be- fore the panic The price of iron has decreased about 30 per cent. but the tariff protected steel trust has made 10 reduction in the price of its pro uAlE A0 ABE EAAAAEA ANGN NtAeuGAAhE5. E l. though steel products for export to foreign lands are being sold at a great reduction in price Other trusts and combines. of which the beef combine is a sample. have even 1n- creased prices here and are also charged with selling abroad at a much less price. The question. there fore. that the voters Of the United States must settle at the coming elsc- tion is whether they will continue in power the republican party. the poll cies of which protect the trusts. in- stead of curbing them The republs- can national platform may declare for a revision of the tariff. but it viii also declare for the principle of pro- tsetioa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
Every Day win 8. Sunday Soon.

Hammond. Ind. June 6-The love affairs of the Day and Sunday fami- lies. who live near Morocco. keep gos- sip in that city busy. There are five sons in the sunday family and five daughters in the Day family. Three Of the sunday boys have already married Day girls. The two remaining boys are counting the two remaining Day girls. and the probability is that every Day will he sunfay D snd by.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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New York. June G.-walter R. GIL lette. former vice president of the Mu- tual Life Insurance company. who WAS convicted on the charge of committing perjury when under examination at the grand jury investigation of the in- suranee scandals and sentenced to six months in the peniteniIary by Justice Bowling on Oct. 2s. 1907. was freed by the appellate division of the supreme court. His indictment was declared by the court to have been Illegal and his conviction thereon unjust
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
EIGHT DIE IN TROLLEY CRASH.
Powerful Cars Meet In Head on Col
 Iision Near Annapolis, Md.


 Annapolis, Md, June G. Whirling toward each other on a single track after some mistake in schedules had been made. two powerful cars of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric railroad crashed together, and in few seconds eight persons lay dead and about twelve were injured. The tragedy was accentuated by two pathetic circumstances. William K. Slaughter. general manager of the road. was on one car, with his three year-old daughter and seven-year-old son. when the collision occurred. When Slaughter. slightly injured, arose. with his hoy, the little girl, the idol of Slaughter. lay lifeless at his feet amid the wreckage.
 Tn the front of the car. tumbled upon one another. lay the bodies of two men and a woman clad in evening at tire. which they had donned to attend the commencement ball of the United States Naval academy in this city.
 One of the wrecked cars was coming into Annapolis from Baltimore, and the other was rushing from here to that city. Both were big. speedy spe cials, which were supposed to be sc timed that one could be switched to a sidlng off the single track 10 let the other car pass.
 Responsibility for the mistake has not yet been fixed. but there Is no doubt that some one was at fault. When the cars met at full speed the platforms crumpled up as if they were made of toothpicks. Men and women were hurled with tremendous force against one another and against the steel sides of the cars. which were ripped almost on the vehicles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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Nashville. Tenn. June G Georgs Barnes. precinct chairman of the To bacco Planters Protection assecistion. was arrested at HopkiasviIle. Ky- while listening to the prosecuting at- torney's speech in the Night Riders case against George Powell. The war. rant charges Barnes with Night Rid ina The jury h the Powell case se- quiffet the defendant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06

Andrew Carnegie says that iron is the most useful of all metals and that copper comes next in usefulness, but in spite of this arrangement, Americans will continue to dig for the root of all evil.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
shot poun at supper IahIe.

Arcadia. Fla. June 6.-C. W. Torres. ter. a prominent attorney. was assassi- mated while at the supper table with his family. The assassin fired a full charge of shot from a shotgun Into his body. killing him instantly. There Is ne clew. If the murderer is cap tured. a lynching Is probable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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New York. June 6-Ethei Jackson Zimmerman. who won many plaudits from the public in the title role of The Merry Widow" last winter. instituted proceedlngs In the supreme court for an absolute divorce from her husband. ]. Fred Zimmerman. a theatrical man ager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS

Sun sets 7:24, rises 4:25; moon sets l2:51 q. h.; 11:56 D. m.. eastern time, moon at first quarter; Il q. m., planets Mercury and Mars in conjunction, pass ing only nineteen minutes of arc apart, or about one-third of a degree; seen low in west just after sunset, Mercury the brighter and farther north.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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Butte. Mont. June c.-Eight inches of snow oa the level washed into sIush by a driving rain cut oa Butte from the outside world Heavy damage is reported and trains east ard west of here are reported stalled
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 1:25, rises 4:25; moon sets 1:16 a. m.; moons age 9 days; planet Mercury at greatest elongation east farthest east from the sun, B degrees 59 minutes; seen for week in west after sunset.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908.
June 6 In History.

1Ioo-Nathan Hale. martyr of liberty. born; executed Sept. 9, IT'S.
 lsl3-James Lawrence, naval officer, died cn the Chesapeake; his last words. Don't give up the ship" . 1eO8-Karl yon Hartmann, noted Ger man philosopher, died; born 1S41.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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London. June G King Edward. Queen Alexandra and Princess Veto ria started on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert for RevaI. Russia. for . visit to the czar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06

Inform your frGeaas ouf of town Of the doangs In Waterbury by sending them ths Democrat: ss . rear, f2 cents e uonrh-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06

tragedian, dled; born Brougham. 1883. 19O5-Beriah Wilkins. editor and pro- prietor of the Washington Post, died in Washington; born 1S46.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
June ' In History,

1765-Fi First American congress called by vote of Massachu- sets assembly.
 1SS0-J O hn Brougham, Irish actor and au- thor, died; born 1S10. 1S9S-Edwin Booth, the fra pedian dtad. horn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
ASSESSORS NOIICE.

You are hereby notified that the Board of Assessors of the city of Wa terbury will be in session at room No 6, City hall, every business day from June 1, 1908, until July l., 1908, inclusive, for the purpose of receiving lists of all persons owning property, real and personal, subject to taxation in this city.
 If any resident taxpayer neglects or refuses to hand in list, made and sworn to as prescribed by Jaw (sick- ness or absence from the city being no excuse), the assessors must make out list, and add thereto 10 per centum, as required by law.
 Each parcel of real estate must be separately described.
 Office hours, 9 a. m. to- IF a. m., 2 to and to p. m.
 Attest:
 MARTIN J. M'EVOY,
 TIMOTHY J. CARMODY,
 WILLIAM E. BEECHER,
 Board of Assessors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

from waltzing by standing on one leg.
Sonia stretches out her arms.
The waltz The waltz" she cries
seductively. Danilo keeps from waltz
ing by falling fiat on his face. Curtain.
ACT H.
A garden party at Sonia's country
house, somewhere in the syn1bolical
section of Norway. Sonia and other
hereditary walters are gyrating
wildly.
But, in another lucid interval. she
weeps at the thought that Danilo may
be doomed, like herself, to waltz on
and on.
IF he once starts he will never STOP"
she sobs.
For she had learned that his great
great-grandfather was in his day the
most unmitigated waltzer in Norway.
She has learned that the old mans
body had to be drawn to the grave by
a pair of waltzing horses in order that
the, hearse might keep time with the
coffin All these narrowing details, So
MIA has likewise discovered, have been
kept from Danilo by his father, who
happened to belong to an alternate
Waiting generation, whose ankles
stayed where they were put.
II must save hint" says Sonia. And
she draws from her cloak a large saw.
"If he starts to waltz" she declares
| SIllUlys L Shall Sd w OlL Ills leeL.
Danilo enters At the same moment
four German bands, hidden in the
shrubbery, start 1.-The Merry Widow
waltz, each in its favorite key. 1.-THE
waltz" screams Sonia, dropping the
saw, and stretching out her arms to
Danilo.
"Never!" cries Danilo.
| He beats Sonia to the back fence of
| the garden by a nose, vaults 1t, and is
safe for the time being. But the MIS-
chief has been done. Curtain.
ACT III,
Maxims Dancing School.-Danilo is
discovered doggedly trying to waltz.
AS the curtain rises his dancing teach
er pushes him away
you have stepped on me for the last
time" she declares, quietly going stark
mad.
Through the window a fitful glare is
seen. 1t comes from the phosphorus on
the ghost of Danilo's great-grandfa-
Their, who is doing a waltz around the
cemetery. Enter Sonia.
Danilo bushes guiltily. How did
you know / was here 2" he asks.
| "Fatei" murmurs Sonia mysterious
ly. "Fate, symbolism, miracles, heredi-
ty, saw you coming, call 1t what you
will"
without another word they cllnch
and waltz for the ensuing thee days
The dancing school rocks to Its founda-
ton. All the relatives of Sonia and
Danilo go stark mad and jump into the
maelstrom.
At the end of the third day Sonia
stops Waiting, but Danilo Is as fresn
as a daisy and suggests to her that
they. waltz straight away to the Nortn
Cape and come back, reversing.
Sonia realizes what she has done.
She gives a Nazimova Shrek, flske
sob, a Duse yell.
1.-THE waltzl" cries Danilo, dancing
around her.
."The saw!" she cries, moving toward
him. She drops the saw. She picks II
up again. She drops it, picks 1t up
again, drops it again, picks it up, once
more. Through the window all the
dancing schools in Norway are dis
tinctly seen burning to the ground.
| Curtain.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

his eleventh consecutive year in stock,
and vaudeville, with no rehearsals,
looks to him like cinch.
Joseph Galbraith also is planning a
similar departure. Mr.. Galbraith has
o sketch written for him by local man
which he contemplates presenting.
| Melvin W. Bartlett, publicity pro-
moter of the Grand and Orpheum the
aters, has a new hat. Recently Bart
lett has been wearing johnblackwood
of curious block and ancient origin.
From long association he had become
attached to the hat and he didn't want
to part with it.
Martin Beck, however, did not view
the Bartlett headgear with any appre-
ciable favor. THAT thing is all right
in it's place." he said, but it doesn't
belong in front of the house. Now l
have a friend who is doing a comedy
stunt over the circuit. He will be here
next week and that chapeau of yours
would be great thing for him. 1t
would get a laugh the minute he came
on the stage. / wish you'd give it to
him and buy real hat for your own
use.''
Bartlett was obdurate.
''I've raised this hat from a pup" he
said. cts kind and gentle and l feel
for it a genuine affection. 1t deserves
better fate, and l won't give 1t up"
| Mr.. Beck said no more. The next
day, however, he slipped quietly up be-
| hind the Orpheum press agent, quickly
| lifted the relic from his head and pro-
ceeded to decorate it, jack-o'-lantern
| fashion, with a pocket knife. He cut a
nose, q mouth and two eyes in the
| front and skillfully perforated the place
/ where fhp ought IN he Then he
I politely returned the mutilated head
gear to its owner.
Bartlett was desolated, and even the
new hat which Mr.. Beck bought for
him later was ineffective entirely to
conquer his grief. However, Melvin w.
Bartlett now wears a hat. The john
blackwood is no more.
Receipts at the Los Angeles theater
last week were the largest in the his
tory of the house, and it may be that
the theater finally has struck it's gait.
| 1.-The Gingerbread Man" was the at
traction that turned the trick. This
week the house will offer 1.-THE Burgo-
master" Pixley and Luders' first work.
as it is their most successful, with Gus
Weinburg and Ruth White in the prin-
cipal roles.
Miss White, by the way, is a young
posed she looks so much like the head
on a half dollar that a commercial
magazine of st. Louis is using her
profile In that connection as a sort of
newspaper trademark. This suggested
to the manager of the company an adj
vertising scheme from which he ex-
pected much. He decided to have Miss
Whites profile reproduced within the
milled circle of coin and to publish
1t In the papers, together with a pho
tographic reproduction of the coin it,
self
Right here, however he ran up
against the federal law. The laws
against counterfeiting are so drawn
that United States attorneys have ruled
against the proposed scheme, holding
that the publication would render the
newspaper guilty of 1t amenable under
the law. Consequently we shall have
to worry along without seeing the Bur-
gomaster prima donna smasqueradine
as a fifty-cent piece. 1t was a good
scheme, though, If 1t hadn't been fol
that law.
} This is the last week of the Ferri!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST-NIGHTER

NRANK PIxLEY, librettist, is ter
ror stricken man. Mr. Pixley, be-
n ing constant reader of the news
papers, knows just what is happening
in the east. He knows that winter is
dying hard, that billiards. are raging
and that the weather generally is CIV
ing an exhibition of unalloyed cussed-
ness that is remarkable even in land
where the weather ordinarily is pro-
vocative of much profanity. AND he Is
living in daily dread of a message
summoning him to New York.
Every time he is ''paged' at the
Alexandria hotel he shudders in anti
cipation of telegram. Every time his
fears fail of realization he breathes
a sigh of relief. Pixley doesn't want to
go back. He wants to stay here, but
his new opera is to be produced by the
Shuberts in New York city some time
in April and Mr. Pixley is expected to
be on hand when rehearsals begin.
The new opera, or, to give 1t its
proper designation, musical COMEDY
has been entitled "Marcelle," though
this name may be changed later. Its
scenes are laid in Germany, just over
the French boundary, and its story re-
lates the efforts made by an old Ger
man baron to produce male heir to
his estates in order to keep them in
the family by complying with the
terms of his fathers WILL The baron
Is himself married, but childless, and
when the day arrives upon which the
heir must be presented in public or the
estates forfeited he sends his old SER
want to board the train from Paris ana
impress someone into service TO per-
senate the heir Previously he has an
nounced that his son, born in Paris,
has been left there to be educated.
The servant boards the train at
station some miles distant from the
little village of his home. In one or
the coaches he discovers Mile. Mar
celle, a Partisan concert hall singer,
who despises ard hates everything ana
everybody German. but whom he IN
duces to personate the missing heir, his
master having neglected to inform him
that the heir must be boy
When the train arrives in the little
German village the entire population
is assembled at the station to greet
the home-comer, and when the young
woman steps out of her compartment
and rushes into her spurious fathers
arms, the old baron, amazed but quick
witted, Introduces her as his daughter
explains that she is the twin sister of
the heir and announces the arrival of
his son on the next train
Again the old servant makes his trip
down the line. This time he returns
with the information that there wasn't
a man on the entire train. Meanwhile
Marcelle has been having the time of
her life. The baron, fearful lest she
betray his plot, can deny her nothing
and she proceeds to turn the castle
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

play should prove an interesting stage
document.
Apart from "Kate Shannon the fea-
lures of the. Ferris season has been
the very competent manner in which
the several plays presented have been
staged. The staging in each case has
been elaborate. 1t has been more than
that, correct in detail and effective in
general presentment No stock COM
pany, at least in the west, ever has
secured cuch excellent results along
these lines.
For the company not such can be
said. 1t has lacked that primal requt-
site of a stock rganization-yersati
ity There have been, of course, indi-
vidual exceptions to this sweeping as
sertion, but apart from Miss Florence
Stone, who is the best leading woman
in stock Los Angeles ever has known,
versatility has been by no means con-
spieuous.
Every time they put on musical
show at the Burbank oliver Morosco
works about twenty hours a day for q
week or more to get the thing into
shape and then settles back to see II
run a fortnight and to count his mon
ey. Yet rialto wiseacres say Morosco
would be crazy to put a musical
comedy stock organization into his new
Majestic theater next fall.
Hoyt's "a Milk White Flag turned
people away from practically every
performance last week and conse-
auently will be continued until next
Saturday night. The big song numbers
will be retained and a few new ones
added for good measure. The chorus
recruited entirely in Los Angeles-is
now working smoothly and this weeks
performances should go with com.
mendable snap and vigor. 1t was g
good show last week. This week II
| will be even better.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
THE MERRY WIDOW
BY HENRIK IBSEN

WRITER in the New York Times
n amused himself and many others
- recently by reconstructing the plot
of 1.-THE Merry Widow as Ibsen might
have written it. Here is the result:
THE WALTZ HOUSE
A Viennese Operetta made worthy of con-
sideration on the part of the high browed
by being done after the manner of Hen
rik Ibsen, author of Ghosts etc.
Sonia, a maniac, is discovered talk
ing to Danilo, Soniac. 1t seems that
Sonias grandfather thought of nothing
but Waiting all through his life. AS
result Sonias life is darkened by her
desire to waltz even at the most I'M
seemly hours. Danilo is desperately in
love with her and tells her so. In a
lucid interval she mentions to him the
grim sword of Damocles hanging over
her Together they sing a duet.
"Heredity Has the Whole World
Stung,' a song both mournful and in
tense, after the manner of the Nor
wegian crouch artists.
But Immediately after the duet Sonia
waltzes away. Presently she waltzes
back and asks Danilo to waltz.
Il don't know how" he cries truth
fully.
Danilo, it seems, has been thrown out
of every dancing school in Norway for
Terpsichorean stupidity.
We'll learnt" cries Sonia.
"Never." says Danilo. IF / learn to
waltz it will be by a miracle"
"A miraclei" cries Sonia mystically.
Danilos feet begin to wiggle. He keeps
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

being built, the electrician is at work
on his lighting effects and the scene
painters are to get busy within few
days. Joseph Montrose is composing
the music which will be used in the
play. There will be waltz song,
promised to be new in theme and TO
have "a whistle in it," and there Will
be considerable incidental music.
The production is to be elaborate,
both scenically and in point of Co.'S
tunes. Miss Maud Gilbert, for in
stance, will wear in thu first act a
hand painted gown now being made
for her in the east. The gown will be
painted by Katherine Aschman, who
came into prominence recently bY