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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
MARRIED IN JAIL.
Groom Convicted of Selling Liquor
 Illegally, Fined Sl,000.

Riverhead, Suffolk County, May II On Friday, the first day of May 1908, John Gibbons and Ursula Ben nett were united in marriage at the Suffolk county jail in Riverhead by George w. Hildreth, Esq, justice Of the peace.
 Mir Gibbons is in jail working out a $l 900 fine at the rate of S4 a day. He was convicted last December of illegally selling liquor in dry East Hampton. Miss Bennett decided she did not want to wait until her lover should get out of jail. so she requested permission to have the marriage per- formed behind the bars.
 Warden Furey, with his accustOm- cd large heartedness. assisted to the best of his ability. He permitted the couple to use his private office on the second floor of the jail, which is nice " furnished and decorated, and it was there that the brief ceremony was performed. Warden Furey was hest man and Miss Frances Edwards, was maid of honor. /
 The bride was becomingly attired in a neat brown suit Her maid of honor was gowned in white, even to white shoes.
 The bridegroom made the justice a handsome present after the cere- mony. It is said that this is the first time that a marriage ever took place in the jail. Following the cere- mony Mrs Gibbons remained a while in jail with her husband and then left for her home in East Hampton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

hour was found to be barred, And the fire department of the village was unable to cope with the situation. Taking this and thousand other in- stances as examples, the civilization or America, in these matters, anyway, has scarcely stepped beyond the bor- der line of barbarism. No sweeping reform can be made in a few mo- ments. It is the duty of every mu- hlcipality to see that its public build ings are as fireproof as science will allow and that in the event of a fire rapid exit is possible without a panic. This carelessness means the waste of hundreds of millions of dol lars annually, and the loss of thou sands Of lives. No country can dis regard that.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

The Marshall Honest Paint Bill"
 Is very important measure, which
 Is receiving much attention through out the country, says our Washing
 ton correspondent. Several very in- teresting hearings on this bill have
 been held by the house committee on interstate and foreign cOmmerce,
 and Mir Marshall is confident that il will become a law at the next ses- sion. IL is in line with the national pure food and drug law, and it's cx- ecution would be in the hands of the same officials. IL does not es- .tablish standards, but is purely a label proposition. requiring all pack ages of paint, turpentine and linseed oil entering into interstate com merce. or offered for sale in the ter ritOries and the District of Colum-
 bia, 10 be honestly labeled giving net weight and constituents of the contents. Such law would be a
 great protection 10 consumers who are now subjected to great frauds, especially in ready mixed paints. It would be a protection and encour- agement 10 honest manufacturers and dealers. The legislation is along practical lines that make for the good of the people. It will be
 remembered tha, the author, Con gressman Tom Marshall of North Dakota. was the joint author. with MT Hill of Connecticut, of the free alcohol bills passed in the iny-ninth l congress, and he was an active lead l CT among those who brouEh, about !. the enactment of that valuable leg isIatiUn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

Rig fire disasters should have the
 effect of eradieating fire traps. Ev-
 cry great fire brings its grist of stories of towns which are in a simi-
 lar plight to the one visited by the horror. says Cement Age. But a few
 months ago a catastrophe occurred in Montreal by which dozens of school children became victims of the fire hend. Throughout the American daily press it vas said: We must have Hreprocf schools" The Mon trsaI disaster was an example. How many school trustees needed it: It would be interesting to know the number of sshpols which have been remodeIssi or rebuilt as the result of the lesson then learned More than one hundred and fifty children lost their lives al CoITinwOsd. a suburb of Of Cleveland. Ohio Why. Beczuss. when 3 fire broke out II wss found that the building was nothing IszI than 2 fretrsF- It wzs inEaEcfentIy provided with ssosrez- IL had twol exits. One of EhiCh. at the critical
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
HEARD IN PASSING.

The submerging hostility between
 me president and the senate prom.
 lses to break out again over the
 Brownsville matter. Roosevelt ap-
 pears to be all primed for a fight,
 and some of the senators feel like | taking 1t up. And some people inn l aglne there is no color line
 Bridgeport Post.
 If anybody is afraid Japan is too
 Warlike it might be well to sub
 scribe liberally to that worlds fair she is working up for 1912. With
 the first exposition in the orient on i her hands she ought to be too busy to fight, and anyway good show is a better paying investment than the average war.-New London Globe. Lemonade stands and lunch wag- ons at the Guinness farm Sunday;
 15,OOO people disputing for the pos session of souvenirs and buying pie ture postals; truly American enter prise will not be deterred by any thing. The scene of a dozen ghastly murders is as attractive as the men, agerie tent at the circus.--New Ha- ven Journal-Courier.
 It appears by a recent census bulletin that wages in the east. in- cluding New England, are consider ably lower than they are in the western states, The highest weekly earnings are accorded to Montana, where the average was S1S.19, and in, where the average was $4.6S. The New England averages are about half way between these two ex- tremes.-Meriden Journal.
 The greates, surprise of the some- what prolonged business depression is that the prices of necessities re- fuse to drop. It was different in the days of competition-before there were binding agreements on the part of wage earners with themselves. To-day, neither side is inclined to yield, fact which may be taken as pretty good indication that both are confident there are better times just ahead.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The George Gray league of Della ware mas opened neduqudrterS III Wilmington, and proposes to conduct a campaign in his behalf up to and in the Denver convention. The fact that Judge Gray has declared that he will not be candidate for the presidential nomination does not af- feet the activity of the Democrats of his state. Literature eulogistic of Judge Gray has begun to appear in 1 the newspaper offices of the country, and modest campaign huttons as well.-Springfield Republican.
 The New York Sun hears from In- that Vice President Fair banks, with Kentucky lost to him, is ready to assign what is left of his presidential boom to Taft. This is and if it shall prove cor rect. isn't it sufficient to set at rest once for all these nasty rumors which the bitter enemies of the pres of the sort who will not sven give him credit for being a man of his word-persist in circu- ating about his underground third crm plans?-New Haven Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

Editor Osborne of the New Haven Journal-Courier in his weekly letter to the New York Herald stirred up a hornets nest when he said Congress- man Lilley was going to he shelved, or words to that effect, and that the republicans would not dare nominate him for governor, owing to the fail ure of his charges against the Elec- tric Boat Co. This leads our evening contemporary to remark that the plans have all been made and a little affair like that congressional row of MT Lilley's will not upset what it took a long time for the bosses to prepare. Trumbull's letter shows what some of the Connecticut editors think of the Lilley row, when they are writing and talking, but not for publication.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sets 7:05, rises 4:39; moon sets ASA c. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
MAY BE A HUNDRED DEAD.
Tornado Devsstates Town In Northern
 Part of Louisiana.

Shreveport. La. May t4.-In a tor. nado which swept over a large section of the northern part of the state the town of Gillian was destroyed totally. and 1t is reported that one-half of the population of 200 are dead or seriously injured. The governor has ordered a company of militia. with tents and provisions. to the relief of the sur vivors. Oil City and Bollinger were also damaged.
 Tremendous damage was done by the tornado in all directions. and from many points dispatches tell of deaths and injuries on plantations. The storm was cratic, wiplng out crops and crumpling up houses in spots and hard ly touching in others. The hardest blow fell on Gillian. which is thirty miles north of here. The town was built only few years ago, and many houses were going up under a sudden wave of prosperity. Not structure was left standing. The tornado struck down all trees and structures in it's path. It cut a swath half a mile wide. and Gillian lay directly in its path. The storm also swept over a graveyard near the town. and tombstones were thrown down. and others were turned round completely in the ground.
 Grave fear is held that many other small towns suffered severely. as all wires are down to them. Reports from all directions are slow in coming in owing 10 the damage both to telephone and telegraph wires. All the lines of railroad northward from this city and from Little Rock are experiencing diff culties because of the damage done by the tornado and by the downpour which followed It.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
LEPER WOMAN ARRIVES.
By Schooner From PenikeSe Bound
 By Steamship Back to Russia.

New York. May I4.-The Cape Verde schooner Ramona. originally an American yacht. arrived Tuesday from 'he Island of Penikese. in Bu7- zard.s lay. with one lonesome nas- senger. with whom the skipper and his crew held no communication. She is a Russian leper woman bound for the port whence she came. She has hep1 under the care Of the Massachusetts authorities of the leper colony st Penikssn for several months The railroads were unwfII- ing to take her and the Mzsssshu- satts immigration authorities char tered the schooner. She anchored yesterday afternoon al City Island and Will come up to Weehawkeu this morning It is likely that the trans fer f0 s-eamship -fII he made in stream so that the uztfens wflf uns come into contact uith other pas senEers Shs will have a ssstsroou all to hsTself
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14

High tariff rates are an uncertain way of raising revenue, In flush times imports of foreign goods in- crease and the revenue from cus- toms expand into a surplus, thereby melting to extravagant appropria- tions. Now business is depressed, by reason of the panic large deficit in the government revenues is as- sured, which will be nearly, if not quite $70,000.oOo for the fiscal year. Still extravaganza holds high carnival. and congress is appropriat- ing more money than ever before, and the surplus that should be used to build the Panama canal and other public works needed will be exhausted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
n.lp.d Him In hii, Work.
uo,,o.r.-y, shor,au. ero~s.

PittSbsrz. May i4--Detectires are closely watching William Montgomery. cashier of the Allegheny National hank. whose baH has been increased to Sioo.- n1a zs a result of new discoveries in connection with the banks shortage
 which has now jumped firm s4fptF1 to sf-250n00. Four slsuthS are can- stantIy zaarfinE Montgomery. his frfsn1s havinz declared they fear hs vii attempt snirfsIe Monsr9mery, wh8 uas ziven ID hv his hondsmen. made a statement exonsrzting Senstar Penrase. R R. Qusr. Jehn K. Tsnsf sn1 pshsrz of kEs friends ard was re- sezsad after hzs ban bnd been douhied
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
Thaw Case Nearing Begun.

POughkeepsle. x. r.. May l4.-Every. thing was in readiness for the first hearing in Harry K. Thaw's fight for release from the Matteawan State hos. pitaI. The elder Mrs. Thaw visited hei son in jail here She refused to talk to newspaper men. Thaw remains well and told his keepers that he was ready for the hearing and felt sure that he would gain his freedom.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
THURSDAY, MAY t4, 1908.
May IA In History.

l265-Alighieri Dante, Italian poet born; died 1921.
 l7SI-Convention met in Philadelphia to form the federal constitution. lS20-Henry Grattan, Irish statesman, orator and patriot, died; born 1746. l906-Carl schurz. noted German American scholar and publicist. first honored by President Lincoln, died; born 1880.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
pr.sid.r. h awhis. pIsuu.- Fiuhs.

Washington. May i4 President Roosevelt has accepted the presidency of the international congress on tuber- cul0sis. which will be held in this city in the autumn. The presidents letter Of acceptance was received hy Dr. Law renee r. Flick of Philadelphia. chair man of the committee oa arrangements foT the congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-14
RETURNS SOUL MATE.
Brooklyn Woman Declares He Doesn't
 Suit.

New York. May l4.-That "soul mat. ing is not necessarily a permanent in- stitution was proved by Mrs. Ella St. Claire Stoddard. the Brooklyn woman who not long ago publicly admitted that George J. Hermann, a rich Bor. ough Park builder, was her really and truly affinity. Hermann was so con, vinced that they were integral parts of the same spirit that he addressed her as Cosmos, the same. roughly inter preted. meaning "all the world
 Mrs. Stoddard announced that she had sent her affinity back to his wife He lied to me" she declared. and found that his love wasn't spiritual. after all"
 It seems, according to the ex-soul mates sorrowful tale that Hermann was not so fond of his Cosmos as he has made her believe.
 Told Her He Hated His Wife.
 Why. he told me he hated his wife despised her-and couldn't live with her." Mrs. Stoddard said. "and then find that he has been going to her house and having meals with her in the friendliest fashion"
 Since dining with ones wife appar- ently kills the affinity business. Mrs. Stoddard has indignantly told Her mann to go back to Mrs Hermann She at the same time will re-establlsh friendly relations with her husband, Captain Stoddard
 T want the papers to deny for me that I ever thought of eIoping with George Hermann" Mrs StOddard re- quested emphatically. '1 did kiss him very often-as various persons have said. But the kisses were only in friendship Worldly minded people won't understand this. I know. hut it Is so: they were pure kisses. think [ have given him and his wife a square deal by returning him to her. and have given my own husband a square deal too. I will not marry Hermann. and hope he will stay away from me in the future
 Helped Him In His Work.
 "Just because my husband was a sea the woman continued in OK plaining her friendship for the builder. was no reason why should shut my self up in 8 convent. I associated with Mir. Hermann first because [ helped him him in his work. was his busi- ness adviser
 T hope he will n to heaven. hui don't expect to meet him. [ am Rap fist. and think he will steer clear of the Baptist corner of heaven"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-12-19
SAYS CANAL SCANDAL,
Is VERIEST FICTION
Money All Wont to France and None
Of it to Any American
ci<izan

Citizen.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-William Nelson
Cromwell, he Of the Panama Canal
fame, issued a typewritten statement
In which he replied to the suggestion
recently made by the Indianapolis
"News" that he could If he felt dis
posed shed some light upon the story
that American citizens got a tremen-
dous profit when the United States
Government bought the Panama Canal
property. Mr.. Cromwell said:
1.-THE wolle story is fiction ana a
connection. The money Of the United
States went to France and was dis
tributed to the hundreds of thousands
Of foreign owners, none of them. so
far as know, were Americans"
Mr.. Cromwell further said that
neither Charles P. Taft nor DOUGLAS
Robinson ever had the least pecuniary
interest in the business. while the
president-elect never had and official
connection with the canal until months
after it had been acquired by this Gov
eminent.
Il do not know" said Mr.. Cromwell,
land never have known Of any Amer
lean citizen who has ever dealt in any
Of the shares Of the New Panama
Canal company Of the shares or bonds
Of the old company" e.: 49, H.
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times HARD ENOUGH
IN GERMAN. EMPIRE.
United States Consul General
Tells of Industrial Depression
D.: in European Country.
General Stagnation in Many of
.S the Commercial and Manu-
{ 49, featuring Centers.

+ WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-That there
exists in Germany a. stagnation in COM
mercial affairs is indicated in the fol-
lowing notes from Consul General
Richard Gunther, of Frankfort:
1.-THE chamber Of Commerce OF the
Limburg district in it's annual report
says that the retrograde movement in
business has become acutely felt and
the outlook of the future is gloomy.
The American crisis has chiefly at
fected the fine earthenWare industries
of the Limberg district.
THE recent issue of the Frankfort
Gazette contains a communication
in which he speaks Of some Of the
causes which bear upon the unfavor-
able conditions Of the German manu-
facture Of machines. In concluding
his remarks the expert expresses the
belief that improvement can come but
slowly, and that perhaps the change
| Of the railway system from steam to
electric traction might bring relief to
the machinery industry in which so
great an amount of capital, intelll-
gence and labor is employed, and upon
| which so many German families de-
pend for support.
"A Cologne paper, in it's monthly
City Review points to the reduced
tourist travel of this year which is at
tributed to the retrogradation Of eco
| nomic matters. Fears are constantly
| becoming more serious that this winter
the labor market and the business
| situation in general will be much
! worse affected than at the present
time, which already is marked by re-
duction in employment. A feature of
the slump is the departure Of laborers
| and craftsmen from the large Cities
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-12-19
CLERGYMAN GOES FOR
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
"His Example is Infamous and Injuri-
Gus 70 Young Men" says
thu Minia*Ar

"His Example is Infamous and Injuri-
Gus to Young Men" says
tho Minister. ..
BOSTON, Dec. 17.-John D Rookie
Teller was roundly denounced by the
Rev. r. N. Bateman, Of East jeffrey,
N. H., at a recent session of the New
England Baptist conference. He said:
'"Rockefeller is only an incident. but
what we want to know is what kind
Of an incident? The question Is,
shall there be freedom Of speech in
the Baptist denomination? -. @''
III there is to, be such freedom I
want to say that Their is nothing SO
Infamous and injurious to the young
men. Of this country as the example
OF John D. Rockefeller. He has a fall
ing memory for some things and then
he Is regarded as benevolent old
gentleman. @ a .5s 4. j $z.
IT have never seen an indictment Of
J Mr.. Rockefeller in any Of the Bap-
list denomination papers. The srea-
son ID that he has not got through
yet. He is living still and 1t would mt
be wise to hamper the old gentleman
because in his great generosity to the
lBaptists he may drop in something
here and there, q, 0o0, 900 for q college
or . church. or some thing else, and
Iyou know when he dies he way leave
tusl something
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fore received as to the standing Of

tofore received as to the standing of
the manufacturers of *Walk-Over'
shoes, the secretary was instructed to
communicate with the executive Off
GERS Of the American Federation of
Labor and ascertain the actual facts
in the case.
State Labor Commissioner.
The following resolution endorsing
the appointment of w. E. McEwen as
state labor commissioner was intro
duced by Delegate Perry, seconded by
half a dozen delegates and unanimous
ly adopted by the assembly:
Resolved, that the membership Of
the Federated Trades assembly of Du-
luth in regular session convened, here
by unanimously enter of record this
expression of our hearty and unquali-
fled approval of, and qualification at
the appointment of William E. Nc
Even Of this city for the position of
state labor commissioner for Mime
sofa.
Further resolved, that the president
and secretary transmi7a copy Of the
above resolution to His Excellency,
Governor John A.: Johnson, with the
hearty congratulations Of this assem-
bly, over said appointment.
Adopted by unanimous vote this 18th
day of December, "A. D. 1908.
Announcements.
Delegate Phillips announced that the
Question club would meet at the city
hall on Sunday next at $3.50 p. M
and that the theme for discussion will
be, plea for Perpetual Prosperity"
He extended a. cordial invitation to
all members Of the assembly to attend.
MRS. Cathrine J. Dempsey of the
Womans International Union Laber
league announced that the local would
give a card party at its hall in the
Kalamazoo block on Monday evening"
December IA, at 8 p. M, and invited the
delegates to attend.
A delegate from the Plumbers I'M
ion announced a dance to be given by
that local on the evening Of December
31et.
At this stage of the proceedings the
assembly determined upon going into
executive session, and upon a hint
from the chair the quill drivers" re-
tired, taking their suspicious with
them, and discussing in their progress
down the stairs, which officer Of the
assembly was slated for the Christmas
present.
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PORTO RICO WORKERS
DEMAND FAIR PLAY
Laborers Are Organized for Bet
ter Conditions of Work
Throughout Island.
Wages Are Miserably Low and
Conditions Scandalously
Unsanitary.

AREC1BO, Porto Rico, Dec, 16.-
At the last session of the executive
committe Of the Free Federation Of
Labor is was decided to put four Of
five more organizers in the field. for
the next six months and visit every
town in the island. An especially
active campaign of organization will
be pushed among the plantation la
borers to enforce the proposed de-
mand for better wages that will be
made at the beginning Of the cane
cutting season in January.
In connection with this agitation,
Union Obrera," the daily organ Of
the Federation, published an article
by. "Pantin" showing that while the
value OF the last sugar crop was more
than twenty-one million dollars, the
10000 ordinary laborers employed by
the bosses during the six cane cutting
months heceived only s72S,O00 in real
money. In fact, out Of the $21,0OO,-
900 for which the crop was sold only
se'oo0,oo0 was required to cover all
expenses, leaving a net profit Of $15,-
100000 forth ose who are constantly
striving to cut down the already mis-
cradle wages of the workingmen.
The local organization of the fed
GRAFTON is raising money to publish
newspaper in Arecibo to defend the
doctrine Of Socialism and the rights
Of the working class in general.
Shares of stock in the proposed paper
are being sold at one dollar each, and
there is every reason to believe that it
will soon be a realitv This will yix1o
the workers of Porto Rico another
powerful weapon in their struggle
against the infamous exploiters.
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III Lorain, Ohio, is Boosting OF the lar
gest fresh-water dock In the h world.
The dock Is 745 feet long and 126 feet
wide, which is within q few feet of
the dtmensionsEof the new dry, dock az
the League island navy s5s5 sssss7.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-12-19

The value of Argentina's exports
and imports for the first half Of the
present year were respectively $223,-
076,267 and $131,273,361.. The United
States received $4,576,320 Of the former
and provided $16,262,512 OF the latter. !,