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MILFORD.
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 Milford, Nov 4Ahout two hun dred members and friends of the Mems club assembled in the chapel of the Taylor NJ, F. church Tuesday evening to receive tho returns of elec- ton The news from the Western Union telegraph wire was received in the pastors room, and was in charge of William Shalkip, with Messrs Lihbey, Whltconh and Hungerford as assistant announcers. News was re- ceived from tn l2. During the in- tervals smiths orchestra furnished music At fl D. in. a hountful col ation was served including sand wiches, cake, pic. cheese, fruit and coffee, A social time was enjoyed u- til midnight when the guests depart ed for home
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BRANPORD.
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 Rranford, Nov The great surprise of yesterdays election in Rranford was the phenomenal vote given Judge A. Heaton Robertson, the democratic candidate for governor; notwithstand- Ing the fact that the Taft electoral ticket and tho other republican can didates representatives cxcepted) led by upwards of two hundred majority Robertson went out of Branford with a lead of 252 over Lilley. his republican opponent II is also an interesting fact that Gullford voted practically the same way in the latter town the re- publican ticket was generally success fu hy plufalities of upwards of 23O: Robertson, however, had lead of l42 even in that rock-rihbed strong hold of repubiCanism
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Derby, Nov. 4,--Professor Beach of Yale university, will be in this city, Thursday evening and will preach it tue service to be held at the Second Congregational church at 7;3O o'clock Prof. Beach will lecture on his travels in China, Korea and India, The pub lie s cordially Invited to attend. No admission will be charged.
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Shelton, Nov. 4--1'he annual meet Ing of the Golden circle. King 8 Daughters, will be held at the par sonage of the Congregational church tomorrow evening at s o'clock. llec- ton of officers win take place and the reports of the various committees will be read,
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NIGHT FIRE SWEEPS H0TrI

Brookde'd Mass, Nov B.. Fire start ed in the basement of tho Hotel Metro. pole here at l2:45 o'clock this morning and rapidly spread throughout lha building, three story wooden strucr ture, The guests escaped in safety Az nearby property was in danger cail was sent to North Brookheld for as. distance.
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COMPLEXION OF CONGRESS
Republicans Have 2tt seats and Dem nrrut- iGO, With Nineteen still
 to Be Heard from.

Chicago Nov. 4-Threc hundred and soventy-two congressional dis trlcts have been heard from and the political complexion of the sixty first congress, according to present inform alton and with nineteen districts yet to hear from wilt be; Republicans 2l1, democrats 169, One hundred and nmety-slX votes win control the house. The house of representatives in the Sixueth congress consists of 166 democrats 223 republicans, and there are two vacancies. The table follows;
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BOID JEMELRY THEFT.
Clerk Black -jacked but Robber is
 Caught With $40, 900 in Jewels.

New York, Nov 4--Insplred by %hc escape of the man who made the sue cesslul jewelry robbery in broad day. light 0 few weeks ago at Fifty ninth street and Lexington avenue, Joseph F. Atchinson, one time railroad tclc. graph operator attempted q similar robbery in the Bronx to-day and failed
 His efforts would have been sue. cessful however had 1t not been for the courage of the clerk, Harry Silver
 man, and the timely appearance of de. tectives from tho Bronx headquarters
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Ansonia, Nov 4,---The annual two- night sale of the Ladies' Aid society of the Swedish M. E, church will be held Thursday and Saturday evenings at o'clock in the church parlors, Each evening a short concert will be rendered before the sale
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Another feature of the election was the big lead tho democratic candidates for representatives Mossrs Fisk and Bradley had over their republican op, ponents, Attorney Doolittle and Mr. Smith; both the former were elected by majorities approximately 200
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Edgar Williams. operator at the local signal tower, Is spending a two weeks vacation, a portion of which he Is de- voting to his fayorite sport of hunt ing
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Supervisor of Public schools Fl. S. Lovejoy and family have returned from a visit with relatives in Waterbury.
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W Fl Round of New York city spent Sunday with friends in town
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KAISER ON 4 LITTLE JOURNEY

Vienna, Nov. 4-The German em- peror arrived at Eckartsau to-day and was cordially greeted by Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The mission study class met at the Baptist parsonage this afternoon
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The Daughters of the King met at tho rectory Monday evening.
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A pleasing entertainment will be given in the First Congregational church parlors this evening when Robert Williams will present some of his slight of dand work. This will be under the auspices of the Y. r. $, C, F.
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Charles A. Crouch, assistant at the loca postofl1ce, fig back at his post of duty after a vacation of two weeks.
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Mrs F E. Smith, who was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Hanna of Westerly, R. l., has returned to her home in Stony Creek,
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Totals Republicans, 91l; demo- crats lG9, missing. l6, Majority necessary for legislative control, 196.
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On account of the illness of Mrs N. C. Pond the annual meeting of the Needlework guild has been postponed until next week
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The guild of Trinity parish will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. M. s. Olmstead of Tyler place
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He was caught by RepettI and O'Mara of the Branx detective bureau, and when he was taken to headquarters and searched he had in a satchel s4O,0O0 worth of iewelry that he had taken from the safe after he had black lacked the clerk.
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At the noighborhood rcadng cir cle at Mrs. Q. l., Nettleton's on Tues day evening the subject under discus sion was Modern Egypt" An essay on "Tho Egypt of To-day" was read by Mrs. Carrie Tibbals; one on Re liglon and Art,' by Miss Tlbbals; "A Book Review" by Mrs, l. L. Nettleton, Mrs. Samuel Garfield, who nas been enjoying a visit at the home of her parents, Mir and Mrs F L. Ford, has returned to Hawleyville.
 C, Q. Pnnco spent Sunday at his summer home at the Gulf, returning on Tuesday to Brooklyn.
 MIr. and Mrs. o. l. Allen of Vest port came mp for week cnd visit with Mrs. Aliens brother, Dr. W. $. Putncy and returned home the first of the week. Important business will be transact ed at the meeting of Volunteer coun- cil, R. A., at thnir r7'l this evening. Miss Frances Nuuu IaS returned to Bridgeport after q pleasant visit in town.
 
 Isabelle lodge, D, If R. will give a whist in I, o. Q. F. hall on Thursday evening.
 
 Mir and Mrs William Askam are moving into the house recently vacat- ed by Mr. and Mrs Robert Christie, that they have purchased on Broad street.
  Augustus Mead of the Orchards at Greenwich is guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W, $. Putney of Broad street.
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Miss Myra Roberts of Lafayette and Reed streets was very pleasantly surprised on Tuesday evening when about thirty of her young friends as samblod and took possession of the house. They brought with them an elaborate decorated basket of dainty and embroidered linen, damask, chi na and glassware to endow the pros pectivc bride This was called the utility shower hence it included hand painted china. vases, honbonier hand painted dish, fancy jelly sets, beside a host of linen, including a luncheon set of nineteen pieces embroidered shirt waist, embroidered table damask. tray cloths, napkins, etc Guests were present from New Haven. West Ha- ven, Stratford and Milford.
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

A two-family house, large lot, T feet front, on easy terms, situated ] West Haven, on line of steam al trolley roads. Also one-family hous seven rooms, central location. Pril S2,500.
 Money to lonn m sums to suit
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Y ar11iIy Silver.

The Family Silver of to- day becomes the Ancestral Plate of tomorrow. Select then, approved pat terms such as the delicate beading of the Colonial Period. This appeals to all lovers of the simple and artistic.
 Individual Selections and Chest Combinations in great variety.
 Monson's
 Jewelry
 Store.
 557- 85o Chapel St. Established sixty-fiye Years.
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The ladies' aid society met al the parsonage on High street on Wednes- day afternoon At the close of the business session tea was served hy the hostess. Mrs II Q. Gilman.
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Augustus Mead of the Orchards at Greenwich is guest at the home of pr. and Mrs. W, $. Putney of Broad street.
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Mrs, Samuel Garfield, who nas been enjoying visit at the home of her parents Mir, and Mrs E l.. Ford, has returned to Hawleyville.
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Isabelle lodge, D, of R. will give a whist in [ o. Q. F. hall on Thursday evening.
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C. Q. Pnnco spent Sunday at his summer home at the Gulf, returning on Tuesday to Brooklyn.
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Miss Frances Nuou las returned to Bridgeport after q pleasant visit in town.
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Important business will be transact ed at the meeting of Volunteer coun- cil, R, A. at thnir '0'l this evening
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07

Perhaps the most superstitious class
Of people in the United States are the
otherwise hard-headed, keeIl-witted
railroad men. They are fatalists by
circumstances of life of constant dan
ger. Death is a commonplace; acct
dent and injury all in the days work
and line Of duty. Contempt Of death,
akin to that of the fanatic Mussulman,
but without the allurement Of the
black-eyed hourt paradise. is bred by
familiarity, the never-ending risk Of
life and limb, as told in the grim sta
t1stics Of railroad fatalities. Many
bloody campaigns OF great wars show
fewer casualties than the annual death
and accident report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This makes
life cheap and its risk and sacrifice
for so much per diem an incident. The
railroad man lives in an atmosphere of
the fatal chance and nerve-teasing I'M
certainty. Death may be speeding to-
ward him and around the curve ahead =;
the next pounding of the massive driv-
ers may strike a broken rail; the
tower signal man makes his awful err
rors in an almost unvarying average
the landslide and the tempered switch
are entirely beyond provision. And it
is this dominancy Of chance, of the un-
prevised, the unexpected, the unfore-
seen, utterly battling human ingenuity,
that makes the average railroad man
as superstftiously fatalistic as whirl-
ing dervish or a warrior of the Mad
Mullah.
This environment Of the fatal
chance, emphasizing human futility and
powerlessness, creates rich soil for
omen, charm and fetch, and few rail-
road men can be found who are not in
oculated with the virus of protecting
superstition. Press them closely, and
seven out Of ten will confess it in q
half shame-faced, half defiant way.
For instance. it is considered most
unlucky among engineers to take an
engine out for Its first run Friday or
on that fatal day to put the finishing
touches to it in the shop.
Trainmen, particularly brakemen of
the old school, believe it is bad luck if
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07

to Boston and New York. With better
and cheaper facilities the markets of
the United States will soon be opening
up to the Pacific.
The salmon fishing is now wholly
done for canning and in a small way
sailed. The extent to which this part
of the industry has grown is more IA
mil1ar to the world than any other.
During the last few years the fresh
fish industry has made tnroads even on
the cannery supply and mild cured sal-
mon is now being shipped all the wav
to Germany for smoking. During the
last winter buyers from German
houses in Hamburg have appeared in
Alaska towns and eagerly taken all tho
product they could secure This is but
a beginning, and development in time
in the way of improved means of trans
portation will extend the shipping of
salmon fresh from the waters Of
Alaska to all parts of the world-pa-
cif1c Coast Monthly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07

a woman is the first to enter the train
at the beginning Of the trip. They will
resort to ruse or diplomacy to avert
such an invitation Of accident. They
will stop a woman with slow inquiries
about her ticket or destination in order
that masculine foot will be the first
to ascend the steps. It is also consid-
cred bad luck for the train to permit
a cripple or a hunchback to enter first
one-armed man among passengers
upon a train Is also viewed with sus-
picion as an omen of accident.
Sometimes careless fireman will let
the engine bell toll. Such an untoward
accident means that some member of
the engineers family will soon die. Old
time engineers will not count the mum
Der of cars in a train as it rounds q
curve. 1t Is considered bad luck.
AS would naturally be expected from
the wide prevalence Of the number 3
superstition, it occupies an important
place among railroad mems omens II
is the firm conviction of almost all
railroad men that when one man is
killed or injured in railroad work two
other fatalities or accidents will follow
in rapid succession. 1t is considered
unlucky, before two or three days have
elapsed, for a railroad man to take the
place Of another who has been killed
in an accident
Engineers SEQ an omen Of death upon
the trip If the headlight of their en-
CINE accidentally goes out as the en-
CINE is leaving the roundhouse.
A left-handed engineer is viewed as
hoodoo by many trainmen. 1t Is be
lieved his presence in the cab invites
disaster, and old-tlme firemen and
brakemen seek transfer to other trains
as soon as left-handed engineer is put
ON their run.
Trainmen dislike the presence Of =
corpse in the baggage or express cars
just as sailors object to carrying q
corpse on board ship. But it is consid
cred particularly threatening to loaG
the coffin on a train with the feet OF
the dead person toward the engine. II
recent wreck in North Carolina 8
corpse was almost moderated anC
many persons were killed. It is the
firm belief Of trainmen on the South
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He Forestal1ed Fate.

Josiah Quincy, assistant secretary of
state under Cleveland. was famed for
the energy he showed in getting jobs
for his constituents.
One day a laborer in the employ Of
the Department of the Interior was
drowned while bathing in the Potomac.
A congressman who happened to be
near when the body was taken from
the water hearing that the dead man
worked for the government, rushed eff
to the Department of the Interior to
secure the Job for one Of his followers.
When he reached the department,
however, Hoke Smith, who was Secre-
tary of the Interior told him that the
position had already been filed.
"Filled!' cried the congressman,
"Why, the man hasn't been dead half
an hour"
81 know that" replied Smith; "but
Josiah Quincy heard the man was go
ing in bathing, so he put in an applica-
ton for the job by telephone. "-Satur-
day Evening Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07
COAST ABoUNDs IN FISH.
Pacific Region VIII In Time Supply
the Whole COuufPv

Pacific Region VIII In Time supply
the Whole Country.
The extensive coast line Of the terri
tory seems everywhere abundant with
halibut, which has become almost O
luxury In the East. There the fishing
Is done at great hazard and at long
distances from markets, while in Alas
ka the fisherman leaves his home in
the morning and returns in the even
ing with the fruits Of his labor.
A little off the coast Of Alaska and
in many places among the numerous
islands along the shores there exists
great cod banks. These are little
known and while they are now fished
to some extent it might be said the in
dustry Is wholly In its infancy When
we consider the enormous extent OF
these banks as compared with those off
the New England coast and the very
few fish now taken on them as COM
pared with the large numbers taken on
the Atlantic it can readily be seen to
what an extent this fishery can also
be expanded. Here also the element of
safety is greatly in favor of the in
dustry on the Pacific coast. At present,
in small way, both halibut and cod
are shipped clear across the continent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07
MOUNTED NURSES.
They May Become a Feature of the
English Army.

They May Become a Feature of the
English Army.
Army nursing may be revolution1zed
as the result Of course Of training
instituted at the North London Riding
School, where the Islington Drill Bri-
gade Girls Yeomanry, twenty-five
strong, is showing what mounted horses
could do in the field
The innovation will be brought un-
officially to the notice Of the British
military department at the next annual
show Of the navy and army, and 1t is
believed the army medical corps will
give the idea more than passing con-
sideration. The work of the girls bri-
gade is a revelation to every army Off.
Ger who witnesses it.
They are trained to all the arts OF
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work is
to bind up the wounds Of any soldier
found helpless in the field, hoist him
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07

There cannot be a near woman in
fact, but Imagination draws the. pic
ture Of one for us now and then when
a scientist or philosopher undertakes
to tell woman what will happen if
she keeps doing things said to have
been unknown to her grandmother. A
woman is always woman, although
fixed by ancient custom. All men are
men, even though some Of them may
be called mollycoddles. Women are
taking away mems jobs, and 1t is said
by observers that they are going to
keep doing so and enlarge their hold
ings In that line. The president Of
Bryn Mawr college for women says
that women "are steadily taking pos
session and driving men before them,' y
and. furthermore, they will be COM
PEELED by economic causes beyond their
control to stay in them after mar
riage." Our grandmothers in their red
checked days MIXED the cows, and no
one would have dared to hint that a
milkmaid was unwomanly because Of
her skill. They husked corn, too, and
when the good man was away fed the
stock American women have always
taken up mans work from time to
time and put 1t aside when the need
was over. If for economic reasons
they are better at typewriting, tele-
phoning, telegraphing and bookkeep-
ing than men, they are none the less
true women when they do this work.
Professor Ross gives the most star
thing picture Of the near woman when
he dips into the future and sees what
industrial occupations will do for wOm-
en-. He says there will be a rever-
sion to the type of masculine women,
squat, fat chested, broad backed, low
browed crea lures, working In the
fields and factories side by side with
men" We shall be compelled to admit
that such Creatures would be near
women according to our modern
ideals. On the other hand, President
Elliott says, 1.-The higher education
ought to fit women for the single oc-
cupation Of bearing and educating chill
dren, and it is the most intellectual
occupation in the world" So the true
woman has a chance to remain herself
in spite of the education which makes
her mans dangerous competitor. Per-
haps the industrial woman Of Pro-
fessor Ross and Of the president of
Bryn Mawr will emulate the educated
woman in the matter Of attention
sometimes to the bearing and educat-
ing Of children. In that case the jewel
Of womanhood need not depart from
women who work, and the talked Of
"reversion to the type Of masculine
women is only bogy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07
HE RFLIEEc
)HFRFD TO BIZ
COURAGEOUS
MEN AND
rRAVEIEReC

ern that the body was loaded In the
fate defying way.
But the railroad man is not alone
in his belief in omens and charms. The
passenger also has a pet lot OF super
stitions that defy logic and the persua-
sion of common sense. The belief that
the wearing Of a white flower or white
ribbon protects travellers from accident
is fairly widespread. Some believe that
burning coffee just before leaving on
journey is better than an accident pol
icy, and in certain sections Of the South
some very pious people will not under
take railroad trip without first tying
a copy of the sixteenth psalm under the
left armpit. Putting wisp Of straw
in the bottom Of the trunk Is believed
not only to protect the baggage from
loss, but also insure the safety OF the
owner Women sometimes pack their
stockings in the trunk in a mystic cir
Gle, as a protection from accident.
There is a superstition that 1t is I'M
lucky to lock the trunk before 1t leaves
the house, and with more apparent rea-
son, it is particularly portentous II the
trunk lid falls upon you while you are
packing
If a traveller loses his hat out of a
car window there is compensation in
the knowledge that 1t means good news
from home. II a passenger happens to
pass derailed or wrecked locomotive,
it is the sign that he soon is to come
into possession Of hidden wealth. To
see crow feeding on carcass is an
other lucky omen for traveller.
If dust blows in a persons eye while
on his way to catch a train it Is sign
of accident on the trip. It is consid-
cred an ominous encounter for person
hurrying to a train to meet a spectacle
wearing negro. It is also unluclzy for
traveller to cut his finger nails just
before starting on a journey; disgrace
will overtake him, aid If a traveller
leaves home in a carriage for the station
It is simply inviting disaster for his
family or friends to watch him out Of
sight To insure the safe return Of a
nervous traveller it Is only necessary
to tie an Irish knot in his handker-
chief, but If he loses the knotted piece
of linen he had better end his misery
| by immediate suicide.
Here is an Incarnation which Pullman
conductors declare will insure slumber
on a sleeping car to even chronic in
somniacs, if repeated several times with
the eyes focused on the tip Of the nose:
"a sleeper is that on which the
sleeper which carries the sleeper runs;
| therefore, while the sleeper sleeps in
the sleeper the sleeper carries the sleep
er over the sleeper into the sleeper
| which carries the sleeper, and jumps
off the sleeper by striking the sleeper
in the sleeper, and there is 10 sleeper
| in the sleeper"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07

The statue of Gen. Francis e. Spin
ner, made under the direction of an as
socation of women employees of the
government, is to be erected opposite
the Spinner home in Herkimer. New
York. General Spinner was treasurer
of the United States from 1861 to 1875
and when the clerks of the Treasury
Department resigned, during the Civil
War, to enlist in the army, he recon-
mended that their places be filed by
women. Re carried his point against
considerable opposition, and thus
opened the door to self-support for
many women. He was notable also as
the inventor of a peculiar signature
which appeared on all the national pa
per currency, and was the butt of the
newspaper humorists for years But
he will be remembered longest as the
man who called on the women to take
the places left vacant by the men who
went to the front to fight.