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Woodbury.
JUDGE JAMES HUNTINGTON.


 Judge James Huntington, one of the leading lawyers of Litchfield county, died at his home in Woodbury. Satur- day as result of heart trouble. He was taken ill about two weeks ago and during last week his life was despaired of. He was born in Coventry, Holland county, June 4. 1883, and was a son of Edward c. and Eliza Clark Hunting ton. His father was soldier of the War of the Revolution and after the war bought a farm in Coventry, re- maining there until his death in 1875. Judge Huntington was near relative to Miss Augusta Thompson, real daughter of the Revolution, who died in Woodbury on Thursday last, Their homes were next door to each other. From 1895 up to the time of his admis- sion to the bar. Judge Huntington taught school and also between times attended Wilbraham Academy. Later he attended the New York Conference Seminary at Charlottesville, N. Y, and in 1857 he was graduated from the state and national law school at Pough- keepsie, N. Y. Subsequently he en- tered the law firm of Waldo & Hyde at Holland, afterwards Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde of Hartford, and he was admit ted to the bar of Holland county in 1859. He practiced in Waterbury for several years but made his residence in Woodbury, where he lived for fifty years. He became judge of probate in 1861 and held that position for thirty four years. He represented the town of Woodbury in the Legislature during 1874 and 1875 and held the position of states attorney for twenty-five years. In l887-8 he was senator from the old Sixteenth District. Four years ago Judge Huntington was candidate for secretary of state on the democratic ticket. In criminal cases he was reck- oned among the ablest of the prosecu- tors in the state. During his long serv- ice many of the most noted criminal cases in the history of Litchfeld county, notably those of murder, were tried by him and usually ended in con- victions. He usually tried cases with great speed. Prominent in all town affairs, he remained a staunch demo- crat throughout his life and command l ed the respect and confidence of all | with whom he had dealings, regardless of political faith. He was interested ir school affairs and as chairman of it's board of education for many years did much toward strengthening the educat- onal system of Woodbury. At the time of his death he was president of the Litchfeld County Bar Association. He leaves widow and two daughters, Mrs Samuel Tomlinson and Miss Rebecca Huntington. both of Woodbury. The funeral was held from his late res dence at o'clock on Tuesday after loon.
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MISS RHODA AUGUSTA THOMP-
 SON.

Miss Rhoda Augusta Thompson, 86
 years, Il months, a Real Daughter of
 the American Revolution, and mem-
 Der of Melicent Porter Chapter, D. A.
 R., of Waterbury, died at her home in
 Woodbury at 6.30, Saturday morning.
 Miss Thompson was born in Woodbury
 on June 1, 1921, and therefore nearly
 completed her 87th year. She was the youngest of number of children of Thaddeus Thompson of that place,
 and lived there until her fathers
 death, which occurred when she was eight years of age, on June 16, 1929. MT Thompson served as a drummer boy and afterwards as a bombardi CT in Col Lambs regiment of artillery in the War of the Revolution. He was one of the partiots who passed safely through the hardships of the terrible winter at Valley Forge. and a bronze tablet to his memory was dedicated in the memorial chapel there last year. This tablet was the gift of his de- scendants, and Miss Thompson spent much time and work in raising the money for it. It was a great grief to her that she was not able to be present at the dedication services, but she was much gratified that the work was sue j. cessfully completed during her life | time, and that lineal descendant of i
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Runaway"

For little while and look over our large stock of Mems and Boys Shoes Also full line Rubbers and Rubber Boots.
 Flour. Feed, Grain. Hay. Salt. Molac Mo- lasses Feed and H. J. Flaxfeed.
 Cotton Seed Meal for fertilizer; Best Meal. highest analysis.
 Choice Seed Oats, Grass Seed all kinds. A large variety New Garden Seeds just re- ceived Yellow and white Onion Sets. First Glass Market with the Choicest of Meats and Poultry.
 Select line of Groceries.
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! C.. N. Clarke of Nichols IS sending out free samples of his celebrated Vegetable Liver Pills. People who are troubled with biliousness, constipation, indigestion, headache, dizziness, etc., should try them as they cure the above ailments where other pills only give temporary relief. See his advertise lnent in another column.
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North Kent.

Mrs Margaret E. Pendleton and daughter returned, last week, from Springfield, Mass, where on April 29, they attended the marriage of Miss Susie Pendleton and Edwin Morgan.
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Roxbury.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
 NOTES.

-~ NOIES.
 Rev S. McNeal Keeler, who preached ill the Congregational church, Sunday, May 3, will again occupy the pulpit, May 10. Rev MT Keeler comes from Danbury highly recommened and was very much liked here, last Sunday
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through the POCKETS. roun0 tnen
empty. then gathered the garment
tightly in his hands. laughed a little L
himself TO feel the papers sewn into
the lining and laughed again as be tore
the lining loose and drew forth a fat
linen envelope brilliant with three
seals Of red wax.
Steps sounded below. A man was
running up the back stairs. and from
the kitchen rose sounds of mighty
groanings and cursings in the heavy
gutturals of the Servan. as he re
gained his wits and sought TO explain
his plight.
Armitage picked up chair. ran
noiselessly to the head OF the back
stairs and looked down upon Chauve.
net, who was hurrying up with a fam.
ing candle held high above his head.
It's light showing anxiety and fear
upon his face. lie was halfway I'd the
last flight and Armitage stood IN the
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you are Obliged 10 Keep an eve on 4
mysterious prisoner of whose character
you are ignorant, and it was several
minutes before the job was done.
You will go to that corner" and
the Servian translated for his prison
er's benefit with a gesture of the re-
yolver.
Anything to please you, worthy fell
low" replied Armitage, and he obeyed
with amiable alacrity. The mans OBJ
Ject was to get him as far from the
inner door as possible while he called
help from above, which was. OF course.
the wise thing from his point of view.
as Armitage recognized.
Armitage stood with his back against
a rack Of pots. The table was at his
lef; and beyond il the door opening
upon The court 4 barred window wa,
at bis right. Opposite him was another
door That communicated with the i'm
terror of the house and disclosed the
lower steps Of a rude stairway len lag
upward. The Servian now closed ana
locked the outer kitchen door with
care.
Armitage had lost his hat in the /
area; his light walking stick lay in the !,
middle of the floor his inverness coat /
hung wet and bedragglcd about him:
his shirt was crumped and soied. But
his air of good humor and his tame ac-
ceptance of capture seemed to increase
the Servian's caution, and he backed
away toward the inner door with his
revolver still pointed at Armitage's
head
He began calling Justify up the mar
row stairwell in Servian. changing in
a moment to German. He made a
udicrous figure. as he held his revolver
1t arms length, craning his neck into /
he passage and bowling until he was I
ed in the face. He paused to listen.
hen renewed his cries. while Arml- {
age, with his back against the rack Of !
OTIS, studied the room and made his !
lans.
There is thief here l have caught :,
thief" yelled the Servian, now exas-
Grated by the silence above Then. as .
relaxed moment and turned to
axe sure that his revolver still GOV =,
ed Armitage, there was a, sudden -
'und of steps above. and voice a
lwled angrily down the stairway: y
'Zmai, stop your noise and tell me -
hats the trouble" u
1t was the voice of Durand speaking %
the Servian dialect. and Zmai opened y
S mouth to explain. ~
As the big fellow roared his reply v. ~
'mitage snatched from the rack 4 -
avy iron boiling pot swung it high sc
the bail with both hands and let il III
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fly with all his might &C the Servians
head, upturned in the earnestness of
his bawling. On the instant the re-
volver roared loudly in the narrow
kitchen, and Armitage seized the brass
lamp and flung it from him upon the
hearth, where It fell with a great clat-
ter without exploding
1t was instantly pitch dark. The
Servian had gone down like a felled OK.
and Armitage. at the threshold, leaped
over him into the hall past the rear
stairs, down which the men were stun
bling, cursing volubly as they came
Armitage had assumed the existence
OF front stairway. and now that he
was launched upon an unexpected ad-
venture he was in a humor TO prolong
1t for a moment even at further risk.
He crept along a dark passage to the
front door, found and turned the key
to provide himself with a ready exit.
then as he heard the men from above
stumble over the PROSTATE Servian, he
bounded up the front stairway, gained |
the second floor, then the third and
readily found by its light the room 1
that he had observed earlier from the |
outside.
Below there was smOthered confu-
sion and the cracking Of matches as
Durand and Chauvenet sought to grasp
the unexpected situation that confront
ed them. The big servant, Armitage
knew would hardly be able to clear
matters for them at once. and he hur-
riedly turned over the packets of pa
Ders that lay on the table They were
claims Of one kind and another against
several South and Central American
'epublics, chiefly for naval and mill
airy supplies, and he merely noted
heir general character. They were, on
he face of it, certified accounts in the
Isual manner of business. On the back
# each had been printed with rubber
lamp the words: Vienna, Paris
Washington. Chauvenet ct Durand." {
Armitage snatched up the coat which I
]hauvenet had so carefully placed on
be hack Of his chair. ran his hands q
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driyenlthTough those blessed hands tina
had been doing deeds of kindness to al
who would accept and through thos,
blessed feet that had carried love anC
blessing everywhere and that cruel spear
thrust into that heart of love whose every
teat had been a pulsation of love TO the
sinful man, did not wiring from those
thrice blessed lips one murmer of com
plant, not one groan of pain. But.
when God laid your sin my sin on Him
and hid His face from Him, that awful
load Of sin caused Him, who had born all
the anguish of pain and grief in silence,
to cry out, "My God, My God, why hast
thou fosraken me ?'' Mark 1884. 1t was
our sins that wrung from His Holy lips
that heart rending cry. And can you
continue to refuse Him the portion He
has brought and paid such an incompu- !
table price for For God sent not His
Son into the world to coudemn the
world, but that the world through him
might be saved" John 3.17
But if you will not accept Salvation.
know assuredly that you are condemned
already" Why? Because ye have not
believed in the name ofthe only begotten
Son of God John 3-1S.
1t is only seeing Christ's agony on the
ross that we can know what an awful ]
hing sin is We were born IN sin and
happen iniquity, and we cannot feel
What vile thing sin is but let us take ]
iod at His word and belive it to be SO
lie that nothing short of the blood of
'hrst, Gods Holy Son. could redeem
nd cleanse US from it. =
And beseach you to "Beieve in the
ord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt he g
wed. YEARNER AFTER Souls.
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dark, watching him with mixture o
curiosity and something. too. of bu
NOR
Then he spoken French-in a ton,
that initiated the cool irony he bad
noted in Durand's tone:
"A few murders more or less, But
! Won Stroebel was hardly a fair mark
dearest JulesT
With this he sent the chair Gathering
down the steps, where it struck Jules
Chauvenet's legs with a force that car
ried him bowling Justify backward 10
the second landing
Armitage turned and sped down the
front stairway, hearing renewed clamor
from the rear and cries of rage and
pain from the second story. In fun
bling for the front door he found a hat
and, having lost his own, placed il
upon his head. drew his inverness
about his shoulders aud went quickly
out. A moment later he slipped the
catch in the wall door and stepped into
the boulevard.
The stars were shining among the
Jus NANNA9 w NL lAtfllis anu uE IfeW
deep breaths Of the freShened air into
his lungs as he walked back. 70 the
Monte Rosa. Occasionally he laughed
quietly TO himself, for he still grasped
tightly n his hand. safe under his coat I
the envelope which Chauvenet had car
ried so very carefully concealed, and
several times Armitage muttered to
himself:
"A few murders. more or less"
At the hotel he changed his clothes
threw the things from his dressing
able into a bag and announced his de-
'arture for Paris by the midnight ex.
Dress.
As he drove to the railway station NJ
cit for his cigarette case and discov-
red that it was missing. The loss evi. [
emily gave him great concern, for he {
earched and researched his pockets
nd opened his bags at the station to t
ee If he had by any chance overlooked
, but it was not to be found any =
here.
His annoyance at the loss was bal :,
need. could he have known 1t, by the .
terest with which, almost before the q
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n his clinched hand.
I John Armitage Armitaeei
o heard his name in Florence"
His eyes were swapping with excite
ment, and amazement grew in his
{ face.
Who is John Armitage?" demand.
ed Durand sharply, but Cbauye,et
stared at him in stupefaction for a
tense moment, then muttered to him.
self:
rs it possible? Is it possible?" And
his voice was hoarse. and his han
trembled as he picked up the cigarett,
case.
MY dear Jules. you act as though
you had seen a ghost Who the devil
is ArmitageY"
Chauvenet glanced about the room
cautiously, then bent forward and
whispered very low close to Durand's
ear:
Suppose he were the son Of the
crazy Karl! Suppose he were Fred
erick Augustus
Bah! 1t is impossiblel What Is |
your man Armitage likeP asked On
rand irritably.
HE is the right age. He is a big
fellow and has quite an air He seems
10 be without occupation"
CLEARLY So" remarked Durand iron.
ically. But he has evidently been
watching us Quite possibly the In.
mented Stroebel employed him He
may have seen Stroebel here
Chauvenet again struck the table s
smartly. ,
"Of course he would see Strobell {
Strobel was the archduke'. friend .
Stroebel and this fellow between !
them q
"strobel IS dead. The archduke is T
dead. There can be no matter of doub. 3
Of that" said Durand, but doubt was
IN his tone and in his eyes .
Nothing is certain 1t would be like
Karl to turn up again with son TO !
pack bis claims They may both be
living This Armitage is not the ordi.
lary pig OF 4 secret agent We must /
ind him." !
"And quickly. There must be-
another death added to our little +
st before we are quite masters Of the
ituation I'm Vienna" L
They gave Zmai orders TO remain on Z
uard at the house and went hurriedlv =
ut together. "a
tTo BE coNTINyED.l
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lent Turkish tobacco. On one side O
1t was etched in shadings of blue an,
white enamel helmet, surmounted by
a falcon poised for flight, and beneath
the motto Eide Non Armis." tn,
back bore in English script, written
large, the letters IF. Az
The men stared at each other won.
deringly for an instant, then both
leaped to their feet.
1T isn't possible" gasped Durand.
1T is quite possible" replied Chauve.
net. "The emblem is unmistakable
Good God, look"
The sweat had broken out on Cbau.
Venets face, and he leaped TO the
chair where his coat hung and caugbt
up the garment with shaking hands.
The silk lining 1uttered loose where
Armitage had roughly torn out the
envelope.
who is he? Who is heT' whispered
Durand, very white Of face.
1T may belt must be some one
deeply concerned"
Chauvenet paused, drawing his hand
across his forehead slowly. Then the
color leaDed back into his face, and he
caught DuFand's arm so tight that the
man fiRched.
There has been man following me
about. l thought he was interested
In the Claibornes He's here. I am
sure ! saw him at the Monte Rosa to
night God!"
He dropped his hand from Durand's
arm and struck the table lercely with
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with the Servian alone. The fellow
continued TO humble his threats, but
Armitage had resolved to play the part
Of an Englishman who understood no
German, and he addressed the man
81 fply in English several times to sig
Nifty that he did not understand.
'be Servian half turned toward his
pl soner, the revolver in his left hand.
while with the fingers of his right he
felt laboriOusly for lamp that had been
revealed by the fitful flashes Of the
matches. 1t is not an easy matter to
light lamp when you have only one
hand to work with, particularly when
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wall door had
los ed upon
him. two gen
tlemen, one OF
them still in his
shirt sic We =
and with a pur-
pie lump over
his forehead,
bent over a gold
cigarette case in
the dark mouse
on the Boule.
ward Proissart.
1t was a pretty
trinket and con-
tanned W b e n
found on the
kitchen floor ex-
actly four ciga-
rettes of excel.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

looked up to my room and inside 1 saw
Mrs. Danielson. Seems she had got a
key to the room. l can't understand
how she could nave got it, for l am
sure Mr.. Danielson never had one. Any
how. she was there. and l saw her go
to my closet and grab my dresses
from il.
she ripped up every one Of those dress
es-they cost sJ00-there We're ten OF
'em-and then she chucked the torn
pieces into the CRATE fire.
nv heart nearly turned f!phaps
When she had destroyed the dresses She
opened my dresser and amused herself
tearing up my lingerie-you know what
i mean. She kept at it until there
wasn't a stitch of anything left that
was of any use.
We'll, after Mrs. Danielson had torn
up all my clothes she broke the photo
graphs | had in my room and then sat
down and wrote note. II was the
most unpleasant note | ever read. II
hurt me so that | threw 1t in the fire"
What did the note say?" inquired
TT warned me not TO keep on going
with MIR Danielson or something worse
might happen" explained the actress
and me innocent, mind you"
Tneu the case was postponed unit
Dec, L.
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CUTS $4,000 OFF VERDICT.
Court Reduces Injured Mans Dam
age. from $50, 1000 TO $4,000.

Charles Limerick. truck driver for
william IIoldsworth & Co, OF Rod
ney street. Brooklyn. who was crushed
beneath seyera! hundredwegAL of iron
50 that one leg was amputated and the
other made useless. sued the company
before Justice B.ackmar and a jury In
the supreme Court and a verdict for
So go was awarded
Counsel for the defendant moved 10
set aside the verdict as excessive. JUS
tice Blaakmar ruled yesterday that II
the plaintiff would reduce the verdict
to So 900 that should stand. This was
satisfactory TO Limerick and his coun-
sci
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ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN JAIL.

STAMFORD DEPOT, Conn. Dec $
Charles Murphy, thirty-four years cid
of MamaroneCk, attempted suicide in
.uo ultl iu.Nup mere last night He cut
his wrists and throat with the edge Of
A tin can that had contained hot coffee
The police sent him to a sanitarium.
Murphy was being detained pending
an examination as to his sanity. He
saws his brother Samuel Is detective
in Elizabeth, y. ]. Another brother.
william, Is a letter carrier in Danbury
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Gowns and LINGERIE
VEL / Rsat o4tsids t.e aols. RRd
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ANGRY WIFE IS
ACCUSED BY TWO
CHORUS GIRLS
Whipped One and Tore Up
Gown and Lingerie of
Other, They Declare.

Magistrate Krotel, whose judicial turn
OF mind was so unceremoniously upset
by the vague evidence as to the length
OF ballet skirt worn by Miss Vesta
Victoria at a Sunday concert. had his
troubles again to-day. This time he was
called pom TO decide what recourse
chol - girl has when another woman
tears up her costly gowns and lingerie
for accepting an Invitation TO little
tea party" with the other woman's nus
band. Properly to consider the case he
adjourned it till Dec. L.
He ais, was asked 10 prescribe balm
for soothing the injured feelings of
pretty show girl. who alleged that she
was attacked and beaten By the same
married woman who so ruthlessly des-
troyed the priceless gowns and lingerie.
There was a large crowd in the West
Side Court when the case against Mrs
Conrado DanielsOn, wife Of the Porto
Rican manager OF an express company
was called. Claud Lee Smith, who has
auburn tresses and brown eyes, and who
dances in Broadway theatre, was one
OF the complaInants. The other was
Miss Virginia Marshall a show girl viii
Anna Held in Miss Innocence" In
Miss Marshalls case Mrs panielson
was fined s.
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CRUISER PANTHER AT cEYLoN.

COLOMBO, telon, Dec. s-The Amer
lean auxiliary cruiser Panther arrived
here to-day from Cavite.
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AIonorail for India.

Tire first full-sized gyroscope train
will make its initial run in India,
says the London Express, for Louis
Brennan. the inventor. has received
a grant Of $4,000 from the Indian
Government.
The course OF the new railway has
already been decided on. and a route
has been mapped out where the won
derful mono-rail train can run over
tire plains and up the mountain side
at a rate which II is estimated viii,
be more than 100 miles an hour.
The work Of designing the first
"tight-rOpe train" Is 10 be carried
out in the secret Brennan torpedo
works at Dillingham;, close to the in
ventor's home.
The news that the Indian Govern
ment is so confident of the success
OF the gyroscope train has directed
the attention of the authorities of
most OF the colonies 10 the possibili-
ties Of the mono-rail. Deputations
from all parts of the world have
lately visited Mr.. Brennan and IN
spected the model railway which runs
around the grounds OF his Kentish
home.
A party of representatives OF AZ
frlcan railway companies and the
Trade Commissioner from the Cape
watched the train the other day. and
saw a full-grown man whirled safely
to and fro in tiny gyToscope train
around the lawn. The, weight of
man represented 40 tons on a full
size train. but the carriage balanced
on the rail never once lost its stabili-
ty for a moment even when running
at express speed.
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SECOND VICTORY
FOR "DR. FIZZ." A. VI. LAEyISON
a CO.'S POPULAR DRINK.
Case Against T. II. Reed for selling
IL On Sunday Dismissed in the
Police Court.

A. NJ. Leavison G company won
another slgnaP victory In the police
court this morning for their popular
soft drink, ''Dr. Fizz." when In the
case of T. II. Reed, Of Ninth and
Boyd streets. who was arrested for
selling the beverage on Sunday. the
jury brought in verdict of acquittal.
The evidence proved there is no alco-
hol in the drink, and therefore It Is
no violation to sell 1t on Sunday, nor
is city license necessary for its sale.
In the case against Thomas Cole a
few days ago the same verdict wa,
rendered and the drink declared a
non-intoxicant, as in this case. "Dr
Fizz" Is one Of the best sellers Laeyl-
son & company have, and the makers
contend, as the evidence in these two
cases Clearly indicated, and there i
no alcohol in the drink. and that It is
purely soft, drink.