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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
GROWING STATE EXPENSES.

There is hope in the attention which is now being given the rapidly grow ing expenses of the state. Governor Woodruff is still inclined to look upon the dark side of the situation and def nitely expects a more liberal general assembly next winter than that two. winters ago. but even so it Is inevit- able that in time the evolution of debt will of itself attract attention to the danger involved. Sooner or later Connecticut thrift will assert it. self
 We are still of the opinion that it would be good thing if the state would undertake to study into its business habits with the object in view of improving upon them, if pos sible, by the introduction of new econ omies and more scientific rules and regulations. It Is impossible to be- lieve that every dollar is judiciously expended and 1t is known from q previous examination of the books. made by competent commission, that an immense amount of money can he annually saved without impairing the efficiency of government With the tendency more and more marked of. unloading local expenses on to the state treasury the result must finally be- unless checked in time, such an enormous increase in the states lia- blities that cause for apprehension will exist. The kind of retrenchment which would then follow would sure ly be of harmful nature for 1t would have to yield to necessity Obviously now is the time to investigate.
 The revival of the state tax on towns would undoubtedly follow q careful inquiry Into the situation, It's causes and remedies Direct taxation of this sort is indispensable in edu- eating each community in the danger of legislative eXtravagance. Direct taxation has the power of turning each community into q watch dog of the treasury while indirect taxation blunts the popular vision and makes eXtrayagance inevitable, England is to-day being strongly urged by many of her best economists to meet the new burdens put upon the treasury by direct taxation, in order that the poo- pie may be taught the folly Of incon- sIderate expenditures, It is, too, par ticuarly desirable that in Connecticut direct taxation should be revived be- cause of the existing system Of lcgls-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

To the Editor of tho Kick Column
 With the wlntry blasts again with us the great need of a waiting room for those who are transferring from one car to another at the corner of Church and Chapel streets again be- comes apparent That corner is a windy one and q cold ono in winter and for those whose blood does not flow in their veins with all tho exuber- ance of youth II Is an unpleasant car ner on which to wait for the cars Other cities have such trolley waiting rooms and New Haven should not be behind the times l believe permission should be given the trolley company to put waiting room near the town pump, room which would bc credit to the surroundings. The need of q waiting place Is es- peciailY noticeable during the late evening, when the ears are not running on full schedule, l myself have spent many a frosty fifteen or twenty minutes at this locality and | believe the sacred green should give way for such waiting place as de- scribe, If no other convenient locality can be found How about f.?
 FROST BITES
 New Haven, Dee. 2, l9oS
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
Indicates Ills Obligation.
ClIartford TlmosD

In appointing simultaneously J. Pierponl Morgun's son-in-law II, L Satterloo to be assistant secretary. ot the navy, and Daniel j. Keefe or De. trolt, president Of the international Association of Longshoremen, to-. De United States commissioners general or President Roosevelt mas clearly Indicated his sense of obi iga- tion for the support which was given to the Hon, w, H. Taft at the Novem- ber election,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
rhc Inx lhnrges.
LNnM IlrLLnln IIorald. ]

TNNTN HTTTTTW TTTTdTVII
 lt would be interesting to know what has become Of the three cases in Chesh- Ire, where men have admitted selling thelr votes, Opening q saloon for bust ness on election day Is violation of the law but there does not seem lo be any good reason why such an of- fense should be picked up for prosecu- ton when three other more serious fractures of the law are permitted to go unnOticed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
Whnt Is Il FrazzIci

CLondoners could not understand what President Roosevelt meant when he said; "Wc have them beaten to a 'frazzlc.' When It's shaken tn lt won't shake any moro. When It's nlppcd and Tapped and ilop- ped against the floor, When lts ground Into il powder ani is stirred Into a chowdcr, When you realize there isn't any core, When its pulpined mpalpably. and riu its drIcr than the dry sahara sands, When it nutters like the tat'crs ,hat On tho scarecrow in the pleasant prairie lands When it's twisted.
 Twlrled
 And twiddlcd, When it's grllled, and
 And griddled. When It's roasted and It's toasted Till It's crumblcd to q crisp, When lts sizalod and Is izzled TO the shadow of a wisp When It's jumped upon and bumped up- on and dumped upon and bat tered, When it's tumbled and rumhled up and rumbled up and scattered, When itg smashed and crashed and hashcd. When it's lashcd and go hod and dashed
 EXploded.
 Corroded
 Knocked
 Shocked Perforated, dccimatod Desscated. salivated. Torn and worn and Tipped 'u illudrrs, Scorchcd into heap of cindcrs Fragmcntary. yanked in two, Ripped into a residue, Shredded to a fllmy shade of shadow doubly- -frayed Thcn receives the razzle dazzle
 That's frazzle.
 Chicago Post
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
"Dry IiOncs."
CNew Britain Record

INeW RTItaln WecOTUI
 Amusing stories arc being sent out from Waterbury about the reforms the next governor Is going to put in oper-, atlon Dry bones arc to be rattlod on Capitol lIll when Mr Lilley gets there. Even the railroad commission, on which the governor elects friend, O. R. Fyler, serves, Is to be plotted oul. We always thought that the legislature was boss under the gilded dome and we think so still. But reform news always looks good in print. As t looks now. the incoming legislature will be so radical on railroad matters that It is likely to elect a railroad attorney speaker of the house,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
"K|CK COLUMN"

OUnder the above heading the Jour nal-Courier will be pleased to publish such letters as It's readers may desire to write il Address your letter to The Editor of tho Kick Column, Jour nal-Courier, New Haven, Conn" Write briefly and to the point, and nIwn,s scnd your right name and address, without which no letter can he pub lished)
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Trade of the United states with ifs American neighbors in 1907 amounted to nearly s1,ooOOoOOOO against little more than q third as much decade ago
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

There are nearly SS.OoO.O .OoO sheep in Australia and Now Zealand, 1loOoo ooo cattle and i.s7iO0O horses,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
OuH CoNTEMPoR oRARlEs,
Tho ChrIslmns stnmn.
CAnsonia sentlnel

The Christmas Red Gross stamp rc- fleets the true Christmas spirit thal ol sclf-denial for the sake of others, and that of sending good cheer to lnfor- tunalcs
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

and for it's extension not only to all fourth-class postmasters, but to similar government employees higher up
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Maude Adams was thirty-six years old the other day Yes, the same lady who came out in front of the foot lights and asked if you believed in fairies Buffalo News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

TO prevent the theft of electric light bulbs a socket Is now made which locks with key. so that removal is impossible without the key,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Miss De Style--T stopped at a lovely place last summer; plenty of fellows; honest, | got four rings. Miss Gunbus- ta--So? | didn't know there was a carrouscl out therc.--Puck,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Veterans of the Mexican war have not the homcstcading privileges grant ed the veterans of other wars, and of course their children have not these privi egcs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

"Professor," said a senior, trying to he pathetic at parting. q am indebted to you for all l know Pray, don't mention such trifie'' was the reply Philadelphia Inquirer,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

leunIs, inaured Mir. Hogan. glanc. ing ltp oNcr hc door of tho postofice building, 'Whnl ia Cho mcaun ot thm loters MDGGtNCNljI?' They mean eighteen hundred an ninety-eight' 'Dcnuis, don't i stbrikc you thot uoy'ro carWm this shpolln reform enioirelE too 'arT' F,yerYbody's Maga- zine
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

"A young man has telegraphcd me that he has just welded my daughter. "I hope he's a good practical man "I guess he Is. He wired me collect. '-- Louisville Courier Journal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

Tho proportion of left handed people Is ono in six.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
THE SUNNY SIDE.

No, Reginald, there are not l,9iS places in the presidents cabinet Bal tlmOre sun.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

II was q short step this year from summer to winter and yet no one is really sure that summer has gone,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Here it is the third of December, Do our single ladies' know what that means? 1T means that they have but 2S days more, Leap years do not come oyorfrequcntly and those who would leap" ought to get busy
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

Pure beer Is manufactured from malt boiled with hops and then fcrmcnted.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

The Waterbury American Is still sure that the easiest way to secure needed legislation is through the legislative stomach It would be well to have all sessions of the general assembly held at Heublcns of the Hartford club.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

"A bill now pending in the Vermont legislature which has the support of the newspapers of that state, pro- vides a fine of not less than $5 or more than S2O for giving false information to q newspaper Certain Vermont papers have learned from dire experience that there is a real need for such law. Un- doubtcdly similar enactment would be met with favor by the newspapers in other states. A willfu deceit of any individual is bad enough but the will ful deceit of a newspaper involved not one reporter but in the end the whole community and is grave offensc,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

New Haven has been having its trou- hlcs with reckless auto drivers, hut let it be said to the credit of even the worst of them that they are not in the class with the cowardly Joy riders, :" so-calIed of New York, who run down without offering aid, urged on by drink cXcesscs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

some idea can be had of the crirn- inal waste Of human energy as well as of money when certain figures in the French army budget just issued are reviewed, In that report it Is cs- timatcd that the six powers Of Europe spend annually s,OOO,OOOOOO on their armies. The number of men they can put in the fold Is Sl. .OOO. .OOO.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04

l4ondOucrs could not understand what President Roosevelt meant when he said "Wc have them beaten to a 'frazZlcihD
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
FOUND BY HOUSE wRECKERs.

Speaking OF the auction sales at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel which have pre-
ceded the razing OF that historic stvuc-
ture, a man who for many years has
been a house wreCker' said, The an
tiuuitfes and Curios are not all offered
for sale wlen houses are TO be torn
down. and many Of the most curious
fuds remain unknown except TO the
wreCker and hss people We actually
found a skeleton IN a closet once, and a
sausationalist might have made much
of IT, but we found the doctor TO whom
II belonged and who had articulated IT.
Only last week while pulling down q
building We found a bundle Of Old
letters and papers which would make
extraordinary reading matter. This IS
a sample and the wreclzer drew from
his pocket a check which had been
drawn and paid about sixteen years ago
for $40 427 IS. The check was signed by
q member Of the present United States
Senate.-EXChange
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
POET AND POETESS
END THEIR LIVES
Sister of Chicago Girl Who Inter
Ceded for Gillette Commits
Suicide.

CHICAGO. May PA young woman
artist and poet and a man who had
reputation as a writer OF verses COM
mitted suicide yesterday.
The girl was Miss Florence Ferrtn,
whose body was found in Zion City,
where she had lived.
The man was Or. Howard n. Ian
caster, a Chicago dentist, who lived
at 1862 Perry avenue. He ended his life
With a pistol
ExCusing himself from party Of
friends who had gathered At { dinner
in honor of his return from a Southern
trip. DR.. Lancaster. the pOet-dentist.
went to his room IN his home IN Perry
avenue and shot himself in the left
temple, dying almost Immediately. The
body will be cremated.
Tie body of Miss Ferrin was found at
5 o'clock yesterday morning lying face
downward in a shallow pool OF water
al Twenty-uinth street, on the border
Of Zion city. She had been living at
home for several years. HfE father IS
Bell Ferrin, Of that place
Berney Ferrin, a sister Of Florence.
IS the girl who went 10 New York 10
interCede with Governor Hughes on be
half OF Chester Gillette. the murderer
Of Grace Brown.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
LIGHTNING BOLT
KILLS MILLIONAIRE
St. Louis Man Struck Seek
ing Shelter Under
Tree.

ST. LOUIS, No, May 25.-Joseoh J..
Howard. millionaire president Of the w.
+. Howard Commission Company. was
struck by lightning and killed yesterday
afternoon in n storm on the Glen Echo
Club golf links near NOrmandie Ed
ward Books -eiler, twelve years OLD, a
caddy, was stunned Dy the shock
Howard was standing under an oak
tree, a hundred feet from tie club
house, seeking shelter from tie heavy
rain, when the fatal bolt descended. He
fell face downward into a pool or water
Dr. Braus.oTd Lewis and DR.. G.. r.
IJghtner, members of the club. who
were ia the grounds, reached the body
OF Mr. Howard a few seconds after he
was struck No s On of life remained
and the BODY was So charged with the
electrical Gu rent that all who touched
IL recoiled.
Heart failure caused by a long throw
from deeu let field to the home plate,
in the second inning Of a game yester-
dav afternoon between TWO local base
hau teams. resulted in the death OF
John r. Perry, an amateur player. The
throw was perfect. and as the catcher
2ut out the runner Perry fell forward
on his face, dead.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
Union Veterans Tribute.

Services In honor Of the conn AIDES OF
Fucampments 90 and Ill. OF the Union
Veterans League. were held in Waugh
NJ T. Church, Third and a streets
northeast, last night Following the
sounding Of assembly" by the buglar
and a prayer by Chaplain Couden. OF
the House Of Representatives, Col II.
w. sanford, Of N 50, called upon the
adfutants to reaC the names Of the
dead comrades
In No. 90 were: Thomas Thornburgn,
died June 10, 1907. Daniel z Barrett
died August l, 1880. William 7. Cause,
died August 8, 1907; John WATSON, died
August J. 1867, William Z. knlgnJ. died
November p, 1907: Edmond COtreh. dled
December g. 1907: Felix Mc'Iloin, died
January Is, 1873. Charles l. Patten, died
March Il, 1905. Charles Danenhower'
died April =, 1895, end In No. III; Her
bert ii. Ray. died June .. 1907 Samuel
AIyer died March 81. 1875.
AS the names were called Wreaths
were placed on the Crape-COverS1 chairs
on the platform which represented the
departed comrades.
Addresses were made by Col. j II
Hartley and the Rev. George +. May
dwell Chaplain William H Wiener
slev pronounced the benedicuou, and
the sound of taps brought the meet
ing TO o close.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
SESSIONS TREATIES
MAKE HIGH RECORD
Thirty seven Conventions
Exceed Total of Past
Twenty Years.

More treaties have been ratified by
the Senate this session than were rati-
fed in the twenty years preceding.
Thirty-seven treaties constitute the
total. Twelve Of these are arbitration
treaties, one being with Japan. II IS
due 20 the hard and persistent efforts
Of Secretary Root that the cause or
arbitration has thus moved forward
An important accomplishment is the
ratification Of the treaty with Great
britain for the adjustment OF difficult
ties with Canada, over which there
have been years Of dispute General
arbitration treaties have been ratified
with Great Britain. Japan, France,
Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, Por-
tugaL the Netherlands. Sweden, ana
Denmark A number Of eXtraditiOn
treaties have been ratified.
Secretary Roots Influence with the
Senate is shown I'm the fact that In but
one instance did that body fail 20 ratity
a treaty that ne recommended This
was I'm the case Of the convention max
ing international regulations for the re-
ceipt and transmission Of wireless mes
sages il is thought that this will be
eventually ratified.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
HAS HYDROPHOEIA
AFTER Fl YEARS
Young Man a RaVing Maniac as
Result of Old Wound Inflicted
by Pet Dog.

SCRANTON. "a. May 25-Bitten on the
left cheek BY a Let dog twenty-one years
ego Alden Cobb. aged twenty-siX- or
Salem Corners, Wayne county, has
fallen a victim Of supposed hydrophooia.
and is a ravlng maniac at the home OF
John Elliott
The strange story came to light when
his brother, George A. Cobb. OF 1872
Pittson avenue. a Scranton mail-caTrier
called at police headquarters and tried 20
borrow a straitjacket 20 be used IN pre-
venting the victim from attacking MEM
bers OF the Elliott household
Four doctors from surrounding towns
have been called in consultation with
Or. Stevens. Of South Canaan. who has
been attending the young man since he
was first seized with commissions week
ago.
Cobb's strength Is that OF a madman.
He breaks straps and ropes that have
been used IN securing him 10 his bed,
and creeps around his room on all fOurs.
dOE-fashiOu. The only symptom he lacks
is hat he does not bark Physicians here
have been interested IN the case, and sew
eral Of them are going 70 Wayne county
10 observe j..
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
LARGEST TIMEPIECE
TO START TO-DAY

NEW YORK. May 25-The largest
clock in the world, which faces the
Hudson river from the top q the Jer-
sey City factory OF Colgate & Co. will
be started at 8 p. m. today by Mayor
Wittpen.
Heretofore big Ben" on the parlia-
urut buildings, London, has held the
foreign record, with a diameter Of
twenty-five and half feet In this
country the diais on the philadelphia
cuy ran We're the largest, measuring
twenty-five feet across
The Chicago clock is thirty-eight feet
across. The minute hand is twenty
feet long and weighs nearly "a third Of
a ton. and the whole clock approx
mates six tons The hands VIII bs
outlined with fnrsndescent lights. The
IN end OF the minute hand travels
tWenty-f0Ur inches every minute.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
ANIMALS IN THEIR CUPS.

81 have been experimenting" said
the vivisectionist, with alcohol on
animals. The experiments are amusing.
Animals, as they drink, first become
gay. then sad then irritable, then tor
pid; and. II we let them drink all they
desire, Inconsistencies and death en-
sue.
"a monkey, intoxicated. is very fever
ish He chatters, bTandishes his long
arms, rushes madly about.
Rabbits are. inquisitiYe. They nose
into drawers, baskets, pockets, closets,
Wneras a sober rabbit IS as Indifferent
and injurious crtttsr as lives.
''KangarOOs are pugnaciOus, danger
Gus. This scar IN my hand IS the SOU
venir of a kick from a kangaroo. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
ILLNESS
CAUSE OF SUICIDE

NEW YORK. May 25.-DIscouraged
BY the fact that the money he had
saved for an operation for cancer on
himself had TO be spent in the hospital
expenses Of his daughter, III Of menin-
gifts. Julius Katz, of Eighty-ffth street,
excused himself at the breakfast table
this morning, went TO the kitchen, and
took poison. He was hurried 10 the
hospital, but died shortly after arriv-
iuE there.
Katz was an expert cloth examiner,
ami was treasurer OF several Jewish
societies That he had contemplate ed
that his book as treasurer had been
recently gone over and put IN shape.
His accounts were straight
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
GETS STOLEN DOG
AFTER LONG TRIP

LAKEWOOD, n. J, May 25.-Dr. For
dyce has returned from a trip to Ohio.
undertaken to recover a valuable collie
dog, which was stolen nom his home,
The doctor was called up on the
phone and told that one OF his patients
required his attention at once. When
he called on the patient he found the
phone message was faxed, and he had
not been wanted. he returned home 10
Hnd that his house had been entered
and the collie stolen
The dog was tracked TO an Ohio city.
where the physician recovered Il after
his J. O0-mile journey.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
MICE IN CHURCH
CAUSE SENSATION

DANVILLE. Ill, May 25.-A colony
of mice caused a sensation in the exciu-
sive First Presbyterian Church here
Sunday and spoiled the services toT a
number Of persons,
The mice CavOrted about the pulpit,
explored the TeCesses Of the pews, and
nestled IN the lingerie Of the women
yvorshfuers. Feminine members Of the
CONGREGATION gave vent 10 screams, and
many of the smaTtly gowned women
Left the church The mice were at
Iracted 10 the church by luncheon
served in the rest rooms daily Tor a
number of working girls,
The Rev. II. II. Shawhan, pastor, took
occasion to compare the mice with
some of the members Of his conBresa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
A RUSSIAN MAMMOTH.

The Russian government has dis
patched a party to investigate the dis
covery of mammoth remains which was
reported from the province Of Yakutsk.
in northeast Siberia, a remarkable fea-
.ture OF the discovery IS the existence
in the intestines of this extinct animal
of perfectly conserved food, relics OF a
vegetation until now unknown 10 sci
enCe The expedition is expected to be
q bseut for a year or more. The frame
work of this mammoth is TO be depos-
tied in the St. Petersburg Museum OF
HE Academy of Arts, where there is
already one other specimen.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
HENRY WILSON POST
HONORS IT'S DEAD
Memorial Services Held Yes
terday Afternoon in
Stanley Hall.

The annual memorial service of Henry
Wilson Post, No. Il, G. A. r., in hon
OF Of the members who died in the past
wear. was held yesterday afternoon at
z O'Clock IN Stauiey Hall, Soldiers.
Home. The Rev. IL Allen Grifhth,
chaplain OF the nome. made an address.
Music was rendered BY the Soldiers.
Home Band, and a quartet, composed
OF Miss Is. Caron, Miss ;. Fritsch, J. II
Davis, and W. W. PotDury- Mrs. +.
r Gilmore, Mrs. Blanche Muir DalS-
leigh. and Miss Edna Sheehy, sang, ana
Andrew Galopin 90 c a cOrnet solo.
Commander John s Walker, Depart
r,ent OF the Potomac, with his STAFF,
aides. and soldiers, attended the special
services held at the Hamline Church
last night Meeting at their han ln
pennsylvania avenue, the veterans
marched TO the church.
The services Will De Enade yearly
feature.
The Washington times., 1908-05-25
FORTY-FIVE WOUNDS
MAY NOT BE FATAL

PICAYUNE Miss, May Z5-w. II
Turks a farmer residing seven miles
from here. viii survive fOrty-flve gun
shot wounds which he received in a
fight with Jack Allen a neighbor fol-
lowing a quarrel over a note. Burks
was able 20 come TO this city after the
shooting, and physicians said that while
his wounds wee serious they would
not prove fatal
B1rks held a small note against Allen.
and the latter desired a renewal. which
the farmer was unwilling TO give. The
men uuarreled and Allen literally
r{ddled the farmer with shot. It is said
that the men had not been on good
terms for some time.