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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Skating Tournament.

Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 16.-The sec ond night of the tournament being held in the exposition rink here for the worlds roller skating champion ship, resulted last night as follows: PrelIminaries: First heat-Jack Wood. Pittsburg. first: Joe Muench. Minneapolis. second: Forest Hamil- ton. Boston, third. Time, 3:1O. Second heat-Earl Sanford, St Loais, first: Joe Jendron, the Canadian champion. second; E. Burke, Brook Iyn. third. Time, 3:05. Ffnal-Ed Burke. first: Joe Jendron. second: Jack Woodward. third. Time 3:06.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Lord Ar..lmrr Installed.

St Andrews. Scotland. Jan 1s.- Lord Aveury was to-day installed lord rector of St Andrews university in succession to Andrew aCrnezie- He was elected November I. NIT Car neEfe withdraxing The new lord rector euIogized Mr Carnegie. refer ring to him as a great captain Of industry who had retired to employ his vast fortune. not in luxury and ostsntation. but in the noble object Of raising the stains and adding f0 the happiness of uen."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Roosevelt Praised a. Bryan Dinner.

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 16.-Nearly 1900 political friends and personal admirers of William J. Bryan attended a dollar Democratic dinner at the Auditorium, and half as many more occupied seats as spectators. The affair was intended as an indorsement of Bryan's candi- dacy. The speeches were aggressively Democratic. but good words were said for President Roosevelt, and kindly expressions were made for radical leaders in the Republican party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
PARLIAMENT OPEN.
Simple Ceremonies Marked Exercises
 at Stockholm.

Stockholm. Jan. 16.-The forma opening of the first parliament un der the reign of King Gustave tool place here to-day with simple cere monies. King Gustave was present In the speech from the throne his ma jesty referring to the heavy responsi bility that devolved upon him with the death of King Oscar promised tc always try to fulfill his duty. Tt is my hope" the king said. ''in both good and evil days to be supported by my Swedish people in the common work for the true veal of the Father. land"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Hartman Must Answer.

New York. Jan 16.-E. H. Harri- man was directed by Judge Hough in the United States district court to- day to answer ali questions pro- pounded to him by the interstate commerce commission except those relating to the purposes of the Union Pacific or Southern Pacific railroads standing in connection with the diyi- dend of August. 1906.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
A Bohemian FalIurr.

Chicago, Jan Is.--An involuntary petition in bankruptcy threw the Bohemian Bazaar. a cooperative de partment store. into the hands of a receiver yesterday. The stock was held by I.S00 Bohemian residents The total capital stock was siSS.- 600. The assets ere valued st ss9. r eco: the liabilities are placed al fIos .oeo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
auo,hrr stampet,e.

St Catherine's. Ont. Jan 16.-Fire following the explosion Of a moving picture machine started yesterday af- fernoon in the sIippodrome. small theater. The audience numbered about fifty. principally women and children. several Of whom were pain fully hurt by being trampled upon in a mad rush for the street. Lorne McDermott, aged IS. was fatally burned. The Ire damage is s4.0O0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Want Work and Food.

Seattle, Wash, Jan 16.-At con- vention of delegates from labor unions it was decided last night that n monster demonstration be made Monday to enforce the demands of the for work or food and shelter. Ten thousand men will as- semble and march to the city hall where they propose to camp until the city council takes favorable action.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
IIxe I,iri FUnts

Hamilton. Ont. Jan 1.-Two live bird events were finished in the Ham, ilton Gun cIub's winter tournament yesterday The Grand Canadian handicap at .zenty live birds vss started. but 0nsr a few squads shot and the event wiIl not be finished until Friday There are Hfty-three entries
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
New Standard Suit For sso,ooo,ooo

Chicago. Jan. 16.-Armed with in- structions against the Standard oil company, from which he will demand sS0000,O00 in fines. United States Dis trict Attorney Sims returned from Washington to prosecute the remain ing indictments for alleged rebating on the Chicago and Alton road.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Blew Ont the Gas. Dead.

Shelton, Jan 16.-An elderly man. whose sister is Mrs Lillie E. Will Hams of Huntington Center, blew out the gas in his room in local hotel here last night and his body was found to-day. He expected to meet his sister at the hotel to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Save money and get the Evening

Save money and get the EuenInz Democrat and three monthly nags- Eines by paying subscription i'm ad- vance. The price of paper and three magazines, nancy, the Evening Democrat. Spare Moments. Dress making at Home. and The Noshcr's Mafsrine. all for e cents a month. This Is not a choice of the three mag azine<, remember. but the whole combination for 42 cents a monIh, which Is less than 2 cents e day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
nctectire Killed His Man.

Chicago. Jan 16.--In a pistol duel William Fenkerhauser was killed early to-day by Detective Michael Kern. FeEkeThauser was attempting to rob two men when he was seen by the policeman and the shooting fol- lowed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
keny kno<ked Out.

New Orleans. Jan Is.-Tomzy Dsvfin of Philadelphia knocked ovs RaIph Kelly Of Boston in ths sixth round last nfgas- John Re<zh c: PhIIadeiphis zud Johnny LTnEh ef BOsson feuxht sen rounds to a drar-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Dividend Dropped.

New York, Jan 16.-A quarterly dividend of one-half of percent was declared by the Amalgamated Cop- per Co to-day. The previous divi- dend was 1 per cent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
asorrrnu,rnt Ing nansaErd.

Savannah. Ga Jan. 1s--The gov ernment tug Gibbons was badly dam aged at her dock by hre that startei early to-day. The fire started ia the engine roou- The three Dsn sleep Ing aboard made their escape
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
This Loss Is SSO,OOO.

Oakland, Cal, Jan 1G-Fire last night destroyed the Pacific Press building at 18th and Castro streets. The total loss is estimated at ESQ., 000.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16

Precipitation has occurred during the past 24 hours in nearly all sec- tions east Of the Rocky mountains ex- cept along the Atlantic coast and In the northwest.
 The area Of low pressure central yesterday morning over Lake Super for has moved eastward and is now central in Quebec
 It fs followed by an area of high pressure central this morning over Kansas and Texzs. but covering c large territory.
 Temperatures Of zero or below are reported from the Dak0tss. Mime sota. upper Michigan. and Ontario White River reported 2s below zero-
 Coalitions indicate foF this vicinity fair szd much collier weather to- riGht. Fair and colder
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Connecticut. Snow furries in north. fair in south por- tion and much colder tonight. Fri day fair and colder. Brisk west to northwest winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
DINING TABLES.
PaRLoR sUITs.
2-Piece suits

ll&a-WN cis@GAdAs AAAoA-ttE~M Au
 siIk faced tapestry at half
 price ---. --.--. ----- se2l5o
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-16
Our Annual Furniture Sale Is a Splendid MOney-Saving
 Opportunity.
Opportunity.

carried
 place RED TAGS on it.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
co ARMED In MACEDONIA
Greeks Take Advantage Of the Tur.
moil in Turkey.
TURKS GRIP Is NOW RELAXED
Bishop Once Accused of melting MUIR
der Back from ExIIe-Signs of
n New Armed Campaign
Against B~uIgarians.

DRAMA, Macedonia, Sept. 6.-Some eigh-
teen months ago the foreign agents assist
Ing the Turkish government in reforming
Macedonia offered the suggestion that a
few of the many murderers in the prisons
be put to death. Up to that time all sem
fences, even sentences of death, had meant
only Imprisonment till the criminals friends
bribed the Turkish jailer to release him,
or, at the longest, till the next Of frequent
general amnesties.
The old regime was as lenient with crimi-
nails as It was merciless toward innocent
peasants. But when the weekly murder list
began to assume proportions beyond all
recognized limits and the protests OF
European powers became pressing, the
authrolties then decided to try the sug-
gestion OF the foreign agents. To each
town of Importance throughout the prov
ince orders were sent by the governor gen.
eral that a prisoner should be hanged in
a conspicuous place and that the body
should not be cut down for a day.
Effect of Example.
The unhappy man who set the example at
S~alonica was hanged overnight on the quay
at the corner OF the Rue Hamidieh, tho
principal thoroughfare, where electric tram
cars pass every few minutes of the day.
Here at Drama a spot was selected on a
main road outside the town. where there
was one of the few large trees that grace
this general treeless country.
As the Greeks were the people to whom
the lesson was to be set in this sandjak. a
Greek, Armen Kotzo by name, was the man
chosen for the rope. He was taken from
prison quietly before daybreak, and not in
formed Of the scheme afeot, he was sur
prised to come to the tree with the moose
dangling from 1t, having expected only
that he was to be shipped into exile.
Before they pulled him up the Turks
asked the Greek II he had anything TO
say and he came out with a curious state
ment about the murder for which he was
condemned. He and a confederate, he said,
had set out to murder their man., a Bull
garian, at the instigation of the Greek
bishop OF Drama, Mgr. Chrysostomos, and
| from him they had received the sum Of
pounds Turkish.
No Occasion for Wonder.
This evidence given by a man about "a
be launched into enternity, discriminating q
bishop high in the order OF the GreeA
church, might have surprised an INITIATED
European, but It created little excitement
IN Drama. The British officers, advising
the reorganization OF the gendarmrie here
were already waging a campaign against
this bishop. e~ndeavoring to have him re-
moved from the district.
Later some Greek bandsmen tried in the
courts OF Solonica gave an account Of how
Greek bands were organized and armed
and their statements again only confirmed
the general convictions already existing
Recruits, according TO the testimony, re-
ceived their arms from the Greek consu.
late. A Gras rifle. a revolver and car
tridges were given each man on becoming
a member OF q band. and he received Z
salary OF ss a month. which IL good re,
. enumeration ir this country. Beside this
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

Mgr. o'Connell, having been appointed a
titular bishop, it is expected that he will
be made either assistant to Cardinal Glib
bons in Baltimore, q vacancy occasioned
by the recent death of Bishop Curtis, or
be assigned TO one of the new dioceses IL
not to Santa Fe. Such a change would of
course necessitate the choice of a new
rector for the university, and make al ad-
ditional place OF honor for some other dis
tinguished eccIesiastic here.
Assistant for d
Besides all these promotions it is under
stood that more American bishops are to
be named for the Philippines, and that in
addition to Bishop Paul Rhode of Chicago,
consecrated there last July; Bishop Joseph
M. Koudelka Of Cleveland, consecrated last
January, and Bishop Stephen Ortynsky OF
Philadelphia. sent here by Rome last year,
there will be several others Of these auxil-
iaries named to deal specially with the diff
ferent races, notably the Italians, Poles and
! Slavs.
All these additions and changes are tend
ing to materially affect the composition
and policies OF the hierarchy of the United
States, which, except that of Italy, is now
the most numerous OF any jurisdiction un-
w NV hAp VI NiC SAAhANAs lhOlO dIS NOW
LOO bishops in the Catholic church through
out the world. OF these Italy has 26s sees,
but the pope, in his reforms, has begun to
cut down this number by consolidation.
France has eighty-four, Spain fifty-six,
Austria-Hungary fifty-two, Russia thirteen,
Portugal twelve, Turkey in Europe seven,
Greece seven, Belgium six, Holland three.
Switzerland five. Bosnia-Herzegovina three,
Roumania two and one each for Bulgaria,
Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco and Servia.
Ireland has twenty-eight, England six
teen, Scotland six. Malta two. the East
Indies thirty-two, Japan four, Turkey in
Asia three, Persia one, Canada twenty-nine,
the United States ninety-three, Newfound-
land three. the republics of South and Cen
trail America $50, Australia and Oceanica
nineteen, New Zealand four, the Philippines
nine, Cuba and Porto Rico five.
Theer are also eighty-one residential sees
OF the oriental rites and 143 titular bishops,
with Jurisdiction over vicariates apostolic.
New York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

which recently sprang into being here de-
clared the other day that there Is more
liberty in Turkey than In any other coun-
try in the world"
Chrysostomos returned on Sunday. At
the railway station all the Greeks OF this
place had gathered to welcome him. Bear
a dozen banners were as many bandsmen
In the picturesque uniforms that mark
them members OF the anti Bulgarian league.
Each OF these men wore a large silver
cross, generally over his heart; this cross
seems to have been given with the blessings
Of the bishop to each recruit on entering
the holy service.
1 asked the banner bearer to pose before
my kodak, and the leader thinking me an
Englishman. replied:
w are not for England, but for Mace
donia," undoubtedly harboring the recol-
lection that 1t was the British officers who
caused their bishop to be removed from
Drama.
They are decorating with laurel wreaths
the chiefs of every Greek band that comes
In. That the return of the expelled bishops
forebodes aught of good no one could con-
tend. FREDERICK MOORE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
QUAINT FOLKLORE OF oArHs
One Prosecutor ommen ON the Free
quency of Perjury in the
Courta.

During one Of the occasional o~utcroppings
of pure thought with which the recent
Ruef trial in Judge Cabaniss' court was
Illuminated, 1t was stated by a diatin-
guished prosecutor hat perjury has be-
come the greatest crime of the age"
Perhaps the trouble is that perjury does
not entail such dire calamities
as it once did. Delving into the subject
with the spur OF curiosity, we learn that
two or three centuries ago 1t cost some
thing to swear falsely. Then It was a
mortal sin rather than a simple crime, and
some of the domestic troubles which fol-
lowed were a curse running to the seventh
generation, death from a lingering disease
within twelve months. or being turned into
a stone, swallowed up by the earth and
ever afterward crawling about as a YAM
pire.
Those were punishments which deferred,
If one believed them. AS a matter of fact,
few did, and people committed perjury as
merrily in the good old seventeenth cen,
tury as in the twentieth. Then, as now,
the moral man spoke the truth for prac-
teal moral reasons and the immoral man
lied for immoral reasons.
Superstition has always been the basis
Of oaths, and their practical value has
oNPNANSN ph Nho Acphh VI ne bupcIALlllOn.
That, OF course, is evident enough, as all
that .differentiates an oath from a plain
statement is that one introduces an sls-
ment Of religious faith. In California tax
ing an oath requires simply that a witness
raise hts right hand while the clerk in
forms him that he solemnlV swears 10 'tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, 80 help you God" charm
Of Legendary attaches to the explanation
that the hand of the witness was originally
raised to show that he had not a weapon
concealed in 1t, but this IL ~apocryphaL
Touching a sacred object Is q worldwide
method Of oath taking. In earlier ages one
swore by the sun or by a great river or
some other awesome thing in nature. Even
now the Ganges is the most binding oath
10 a Hindu. The Tungaz witness stIil
brandishes a knife before the sun. saying:
IF / lie may the sun plunge sickness into
my entrails like this knife" The BomaIi.
administering an oath. declares: God Is
before US and this stone is from Amir Bur-"
naming a sacred mountain. The man to be
sworn then takes the stone and says: At
shall not lie in this agreement" II would
be pleasant 20 believe that hs does not
San Francisco Chronicle
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
NEW BISHOPS FOR CATHOLICS
Twelve Vacant Sees, New and Old, in
the United States.
DIFFICULT TASKS FOR LEADERS
Facts About the and the
Observation-Disclosures of Canon
Law in AmericR-LOnely
Lives of Bishops.

selection Of two archbishops and ten
bishops to fill the vacant mitres for the
United States is the complex and i'm
portant task that is now being considered
In Rome. No such extensive simultaneous
addition to the personnel of the Catholic
hierarchy in this country has ever had to
be made before this. II will carry the
number of the bishops of the United States
over the 100 mark. the total now being
ninety, with thirteen archbishops.
The nominations TO be made are an arch
bishop for Santa Fe and a coadJutor for
San Francisco; new bishops for Cleveland,
and for the new diocese Of Toledo, o.;
coadiutors and assistant bishops for De-
troit, Syracuse, Burlington, VT; Baltimore,
New Orleans. Dubuque. Cincinnati and
Milwaukee. In addition the rumor is re-
vived that the archdiocese Of New York
may be divided and that an auxiliary will
be named for Brooklyn.
Sc great has been the increase of the
Catholic population at all the large centers
that the volume Of work imposed on the
bishops has so grown in proportion an to
be almost impossible for one man to cope
with. Hence nearly all OF them have OBJ
tanned either coadjutors or auxiliary bish-
ops.
Looking over the list Of our bishops
we are startled at the number that ave
been incapacitated through strenuous la
bor.' says the editor OF the Catholic Ad-
vance. mot the physical labor alone that
wears, but the incessant care and worry
and responsibility that are necessarily at
tached to the episcopal office and that
never cease their eorroding influence upon
thu bearer OF the crozier.
Bishops Lonely Men.
''The loneliest OF men is the Catholic
bishop. From the day he was added TO
the successors of the apostles he ceased
to have friends. His new office forbade
intimacy. and like a statue upon a pedes-
tai he was destined to be marked for
criticism by friend and enemy. . . . The
awful responsibility OF the care OF thou
sands of souls appalls him. and like a
faithful captain on a storm-tossed ship,
wearied and anxious. he dares not desert
the helm"
Owing to the passing OF the church in
the United States from the control Of the
propaganda to the immediate jurisdiction
OF the pope, by virtue OF the recent apos.
tolic constitution 'sapient Consilio," IL il
expected in church circles that many OF
these appointments will not be acted upon
Immediately by the propaganda, but will
be left for decision to whoever may be
appointed by the pope to consider them
when the complete change of Jurisdiction
takes place In October, next. The choice
OF bishops will hereafter be made by this
eonsistorial congregation. over which th'
pope himself presides.
One OF the consequences OF this change
viii be that the bishops here will have to
pay in future the usual fees and taxes foI
the bulls. rescripts and other documents
which they require from the holy see anc
which heretofore, while the United States
as . missionary country was under the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
A New York L0chinvar.

A young Lochinvar. well named stefano
Grltti. came out OF the-east side, New
York City. Boldly, in broad daylight, he
abducted his lady love. Angelina Scheppi.
Ably assisted by three friends, Gristi
seized Angelina on the street, tore her from
her companions, tossed her in a coach
drawn by two fiery black horses and was
away with her. Far be It from any one
to suggest that the then Miss Angelina, a
pretty brunette, was a willing victim. She
tainted most realistically when her lover
and his allies grabbed her. But a few
hours later her brother. Joseph seheppi,
who had opposed the match. got a postal
card from Mrs. Gritti mailed in New York:
I'VE are married; Wen be home in a
few days"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
December and November Hitch.

For brevity the eourtship OF Ezra Backus
and Mrs. Mary Z. Peake OF welsboro. Pa.
which eliminated in their marriage August
20, was noteworthy. Backus is Is years OF
age and a widower since July p last. while
his bride is 70 and a widow OF long stand
ing.
Bsckus. who Is a civil war veteran. was
dreadfully lonely after his wife died and
he considered that It would be In keeping
with her wishes. II she could nave so ex.
pressed them. that he should obtain an
other companion.
Up to the 18th he knew nothing OF Mrs.
Psake. He met her that day and proposed
before the day was over. The nSxt day
they were married
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
China and Gold Plate.

In such cases some OF the old Vienna
service was used specially for courscs
which were accompanied with any
sharp sauces not specially good for
gold plates. But some time ago az a
sitting OF high personages II was de-
Cided 70 add 100 gold plates 20 the
existing service. Of exactly the same
pattern and size Each plate weighs
precisely two and a quarter pounds.
and cost for tho metal alone 500 10
which must be added another go for
the making The gOIdsuaiths' order
therefore amounted 70 Ss4.O10.
And besides a.. this precious store
Of gold. silver. and china there are
closets filed with magnificent pOrce-
lain and Venetian glass for table deco
ration which are never used There
are chests and CUJbOaTds. too. Suu
OF the most beautiful linen embrOid-
cred and with costly lace insertions
ana intricate designs Much OF this
too. IS never used. the emperor insist
ing that only the simplest white d.
mask cloth with narrow borders be
placed uuOn the state dining tables
At the great dinner given a few dayS
ago ia honor OF the German Kaiser
and the German federal princes. the
table was covered With q cloth over
fifty wards long al. woven IN one piece
and embroidered with the imperial
arms For IN matters OF decoration.
as well as In food. Francis Joseph
prefers simplicity and good taste only
demanding that everything shah Be
the best -rOcUrable-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
Typical Of the Mississippi.

While not uncommon TO many
streams this conduct is typical OF the
Mississippi. Here the problem Of con-
troll has been most difficult and most
vitality important. At first stone but
tresses were placed at danger points
20 catch the force Of the floods, but
these were themselves often under
mined. The value of vegetation and
brush was early recognized. and form
ed an important part in keeping the
banks from cutting. Tree tops were
thrust into the water and tied TO the
banks to prevent their washing away.
Later a systematic laying down Of
the boughs was followed. these being
attached 10 the banks by pegs driven
into Them. They, however. were not
re,teble i'm time Of emergency as there
D no cohesion among them, and
tHe continuity was likely to be broken.
Then the idea developed of weav-
ing a mattress OF the willow boughs
that would hang together Of itself
and that might as a whole be further
fortified by steel ropes Of great
strength. The attempt was made TO
weave SUCH a mattress and consulta-
Nons were had with the makers OF