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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
THIEF ON CRUISER.
Clever Robber Got $500 From the
MiIwaukee's Paynnaster,


San Francisco, March 1.-THE Unit
ed States cruiser Milwaukee OF Ad-
miral Swinburne's squadron, returning
from target practice at Magdalena bay.
brought word of a daring theft on
board during her stay in the south.
The sum Of $500 in gold was taken
from the paymaster's room by q per-
son doing duty on the cruiser
Paymaster G. f. Skipwith first learn
ed Of the theft when he returned 10
his room from stroll on deck and
suddenly missed the sack containing
the crews pay. A hasty examination
Of the safe revealed the fact that the
combination had been worked.
A thorough search was made Of the
ship and Of the 400 enlisted men. but
all efforts TO catch the thief and find
the stolen gold failed. II is thought
the money is hidden on board.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Comb Kill. Girl In Auto Crash.

Rome, March 14.-Miss Mary Del.
mas, an American girl. was killed in
an automobile accident at Turin. The
girl was one Of party of six return
ing from Mount Cents. and while cross
ing railroad bridge on the outskirts
Of the city at midnight the auto col
lided with a steam train. Rebounding.
the car leaped over the bridge on to
the railroad track thirty feet below.
Miss Delmas was dragged from the
wreckage dead. with ieweled tortoise
shell comb driven into her brain.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Dead from RulIct Wnund.

Boston, March 14.-W. T. Wind
ram. so years old, was found dead
in his apartments in the Charlesgate
hotel in the Back Bay district to-
day with bullet wound in the tenn
pie. A revolver nearby indicated
that he had committed suicide. II
is said that he had been Respondent
over the general business depres-
sion. He was connected with a shoe
firm on Oliver street
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Speaker cannon,s Denial.

Washington, March 14.-As bearing
on the means adopted TO obtain the ap
pointment of Congressman formerly
Captaim Hobson of Alabama on the
committee of naval affairs. which has
been referred to in the investigation OF
the charges of Representative Lilley in
connection with the purchase by the
government of submarine boats. l.
White Busbey, secretary to Speaker
Cannon. declared that the speaker ap.
pointed Hobson on the recommenda.
ton Of John Sharp Williams, leader Of
the house minority. -,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Jana, Wants 20 Sc. Our sb;n,.

Tokyo. March 14.-Baron Saito. min.
lister OF marine. commenting on the
official route of the American battle.
ship feet on its return TO the Atlantic,
repeated his previous statements en-
phasizlng Japan's desire that the feet
would visit japanese port in order
10 enable n practical demonstration Of
the sincerity Of Japan's friendship for
the United States and the American
people.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
W|FESTRANGELYSHO
lmpeIIed by Dream, Washington
Man Fires to Kill.
JURY HOLDS HIM GUILTLEss
Accepts Explanation That He Was
Excited In Sleep by Previous Target
Practice and Talk About Burglars.
Tries to Commit Suicide.

Washington, March IA. Dream
driven and unconscious of his actions,
Hugh Hollis, a clerk in the treasury
department, fired shot into the breast
of his wife. killing her almost in.
stantly.
Wakened from the sound sleep that
enveloped him by the shot, the screams
of his mother-in-law and the gasping
cries of his wife, Hollis found himself
clutching a revolver standing over a
huddled body on the floor. 1t was his
wife.
Some moments passed before the fog
of sleep left him and the figments of
dreams were dissipated and he COM
pretended his awful act.
Then his grief was overwhelming.
He tried to turn the revolver on him
self. Prevented in that, he rushed for
a razor, but again was thwarted.
Arraigned before coroner's jury, he
could hardly give articulate answers.
He said he had no recollection of the
shooting and knew nothing until he
woke from the sleep after the shot had
killed his wife. Other witnesses testi-
fed to facts to prove his story, and be
was acquitted of all intent or RESPONSE
bility. E.
1t was shown that Hollis had for
years been somnambullst and rest
less in his sleep. Several years ago he
was a member of a revolver club and
was about to take up craftsmanship
again. He had been out on the range
practicing.
Had Been Discussing Burglars.
Before he retired for the night he
had been discussing burglars with
members of his family. .
1t is believed that the excitement of
the pistol shooting of the day, possibly
with the subconscious inclination of
Thought about burglars, created
nightmare and impelled him to shoot.
1t is question for psychologists, but
that is the view the jury took of the
affair.
His wife before the shooting had
stepped into an adjoining room to
quiet a fretful child
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Sing sinq Honest. Saw, w.rd,r,

ossining. n. Y. March Warden
Jesse ID. Frost denied that there was
any foundation for report that water
stealing had been going on in Sing
Sing prison. THE inspectors did not
go to the reservoir" he said. "or in
spect the cutoff. and there has been no
digging about the pipes since have
been here. We are paying for the wa
ter we get"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Expanded $3.50 into $1,000. 600.

Berlin. March 1.-THE creditors Of
Sigmund Friedberg. private banker
and owner of a financial newspaper
who disappeared from Berlin early In
February. met to hear the report of the
official receiver. They were informed
that they would receive about one.
quarter OF ] per cent Of their claims,
the assets of Friedberg being So,75c
and his liabilities SL0O0.OO0. 1t ap.
pears that Friedburg began his exten.
sive banking. newspaper and broker.
age operations on capital of $3.50.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
eI.n, E,lI. n, er.du,,.d

Albany. y Y March I4-Governor
Hughes has signed the bin of Assem-
blyman WsddelI which makes Gleus
Falls a thiri class city and prescrites
q charter for H. GIeuS Fails was the
birthplace of Governor Hughes and
had been the largest village in the
state for some time
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

Columbia. No. March 14.-General
Odon Guitar. veteran % the Mexican
and civil wars. lawyer and politician.
died here. aged eighty-one years. Dur.
Ing his career as q lawyer he defended
140 TsrSOns charged with homickIe.
and nst oae Of them ever suffered TIE
death penalty.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Will Discuss Coal Miners, waoes,

Indianapolis. Ind, March 1.-THE
United Mine Workers of America, real
izing the gravity of the proposed sus-
pension Of work on April /, throwing
thousands Of men out of work, have
decided to give the. operators another
opportuplty to discllsS the question Of
wage scale in the hope of averting
strike, The operators of the central
competitive district have been invited
TO meet the miners OF this district In
another conference on March "a.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
To Boom John.on In chie,oo,

St Paul. Mimi. March I4.-Head.
quarters viii be established in Chicago
in connection with Governor Iohnson's
presidential boom. Governor Johnson's
secretary. Frank A. Day. and r. n.
Lynch are now in Chicago looking for
suitable rooms. Governor Johnson adj
mitted that Mr.. Day was in Chicago
investigating quarters.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
JAPS ON THE MOVE
Squadron Sailed To-Day OF
Secret Service-CoaIiug The
Cruisers.

Hong Kong, March 14.-Informa-
tion has been received here from
Formosa that the first japanese
naval squadron will sail to-day on
secret service. The cruisers Yaku-
mo, Akitsushima, Asama and fioti;la
of smaller vessels have been coaled
ready to said at minutes notice
since March Z. At Sasebo, the naval
station, everything is exceedingly
busy. The Tatsu affair has caused
sensation in the navy, and some
action in this department is sur
missed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Three Barns Burned.

Marcailles. KY. March 14.-Thres
barns in Woodford county were burn.
ID today By masked men. II is re
ported that several shots were fired
out no one has been reported as hay-
ng been injured. The telephone
wires were cut and the damage is no
ret known.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Prison for Life.

Chicago. March 14.-Imprison.
ment for life was the verdict of the
jury yesterday that tried Howard
Steele, colored. convicted of attack
ing Mabel Miller, IL years old. near
her home last December. Steele
was identified by the girl, She said
that he struck her and left her un-
conscious in the snow.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Poisoned By Chicken and w,fH,,.

Upper Sandusky. o.. March 14.-Fivs
hundred persons were made in from
ptomaine poisoning here at a church
sOciable after eating chicken and waf-
nes- Many we're not taken m until
after they had gone home. and by mid
night ali the doctors in the city were
busy. Some Of the stores had 10 close
because all its clerks were sick.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Senator No, Afraid Of "Tbir,s.n.- y

Washington. March Ex-senator Ow-
en- Of Oklahoma threw superstition to
the winds by introducing thirteen bills
calling for appropriations aggregating
Sl3l.313 for thirteen new public build
ings in Oklahoma. These were intro
duced ON Friday. the 18th. and the
clerk Of the senate added another test
by marking the file number 1,16s.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
sealed Packets Found.

London. March IA cabled in
auiry to Japan has elected the fact
that fifteen registered mail packets
which disappeared in January, sup
posedly while in transit on the
steam Celtic between Liverpool and
New York, have turned up at Yoko-
hama and have been forwarded to
The United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

A dispatch from Toxic and date
of March announced that part Of
the first Japanese naval squadron
was to leave port on March IA.
Coaling and other preparations for
departure were proceeding rapidly.
At the office of the admiralty IN
Toxic it was declared that the squad
ron was about to begin a series of
maneuvers. 1t was added that this
fact was announced two months ago
and that therefore the activity at
Sasebo should not necessarily be con-
sidered in connection with the diff
Guilty with China arising from the
Tatsu Maru incident.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Good Shots on the Albany.

San Diego. Cal. March 14.-The
cruiser Albany. which won the
worlds record for target practice with
the five inch guns Of her main bat
terry. has broken all records with the
three FOUNDER guns Of her secondary
battery. Five Of the twenty gunners
made perfect scores Of ten hits in ten
shots
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Trolley Car Hit bv Iiob.n;,o.

Binghamton. ~ Y. March 14.-Dur-
ing se-ere thunderstorm that passed
over this section lightning struck a
crosstown car in Endicott. rendering
Motorman Edward Tillbury uncon-
scious and badly shocking a woman,
the only passenger.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
HURTS nsus. ard Fins. Death

Springfield. Mass Msrch I4-whH.
pursuing . msuse which had taken
refuge IN the piazza roof Myrua W.
Hsrucpd = prominent Democrstic ppl-
iticisn. seventy-siI years cd sIppesI
and fell 70 the gFound. sustaining iniu-
ries whieh VIII prove fatal
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

Ashland. Ky. March IA large
iumber Of barges bound for CincIa-
isti struck pier near here to-day
Turing a heavy fog and il is re-
,orted that sll were sunk The re-
Dor: Says that FIVE men we're
irowned-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Full Time Monday.

South Norwalk. March 14.-Notices
were posted in the Winnapaug mills
to-day that work will be resumed on
full time starting ON Monday of next
week. Two hundred men are affect
ed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

Montville. March lit was an
nounced to-day that Palmer Bros
mills would close down next week.
No reason was given and II is not
known for how long they will be
,iosed- Over 200 hands are en-
)lOyed in these mills.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

The disturbance that was in lie
lake region passed over this vicinity
last night and is now CENTRAL near
Nantucket. II produced light rain
in the eastern portion of the lake
region and New England Thunder
storms we're reported from North
field. VT. Block Island, r. l., and
Scranton. Pa.
A disturbance is central this
morning near ST Paul. MINI. II is
producing cloudy weather with light
rain or snow in the upper Nississip-
pi valley and the western portion OF
the lake region. 1t will move east
ward and this vicinity will be on the
southern edge Of u BY Sunday after
noon
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather with mild tenperature.
followed on Sunday By increasing
eloudine<s and probably light rain
bJ sunday sftsrnoon or nlkkt-. )
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
Bank President Dead.

Hartford. March 14.-John r.
Redfield, president of the National
Exchange bank, died to-day after a
brief illness. Mr. Redfield was one
Of the wealthiest men of the city.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
mec.rr.n Named In oivore. Suit.

Buffalo. March Ex-senator Patrick
III. McCarren of Brooklyn is named In
n suit for divorce brought by DIR. VIII
liam Dixon Of Buffalo against Mrs
Minnie Dixon. mother Of a child
known rs Patrick ii. Nell McCarren,
Ir
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

Bridgeport. March 14--Ant0nfo
vaII0tti. Who shot and killed Ernes-
to Christizno Of Waterbury On
March 2. vas held for the superior
court today without hond<
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair
tonight, colder in northern Maine;
Sunday generally cloudy. probably
local rains: light westerly to south
erly winds.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01
FARMERS NOT HOSTILE TO MOTOR
CAR.

1t has become the fashion among some
writer's and not few motorists to credit
the farmer with feeiing of animosity
toward the automobile. In the New
York-to-PariS race some Of the drivers
complained that the peasants" as they
called them, charged exorbitant rates
for assistance rendered the snow-bound
machines.
G. B. Sharpe, publicity manager for
the Studebaker. recently stated that his
own experience with the Studebaker
Army Dispatch Car that made the run
from New York to Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, most of the way over the same
route, would lead him to an entirely diff
ferent conclusion regarding the attitude
of farmers towards automobiles
Said Mr.. Sharpe: "The farmers helped
us dig through snow drifts and
brought their horses out to assist US
through drifted roads where ordinarily
a farmer would not think of asking his
horses to go, and, considering the serv-
ice rendered, / do not believe their
charges were exorbitant. Furthermore
many of them exhibited an enthusiasm
that was, to say the least, cheering to
our tired drivers and crew. All along
the line our drivers reported the same
kind of treatment and nowhere were
they more enthusiastically welcomed
than in the great farming state of Kan
sas. / believe that almost invariably If
the motorist will regard the farmer as
friend instead of an enemy and accord
him the gentlemanly treatment which Is
his due the farmer will be only too glad
to meet the mOtOrist on the same foot
ing"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01
IPPIGATION

forms part of the northern boundary
line. Provision is made for the con-
struction eventually of a main canal
and for all the details of irrigation.
A plan has also been proposed to
provide electric power and pump wa
ter for irrigation from wells. OF this
method of irrigation Mr. e. R. WEIGH
is quoted in the Republic as saying:
"The we'll is cheaper in a series OF
years than the water right acquired
in conjunction with others from
common source. Even If it cost more
to bore the we'll and operate it, it is
cheaper in the long run. 1t
has been demonstrated that wells
depth of 40 to $50 feet, varying with
the distance from the Yakima river,
will furnish an abundant supply of
water for from 10 to 20 acres to the
we'll The water will be raised by
pump, the motive power being either
the windmill or the gasoline engine.
This is not an expensive way to ac-
quire permanent water right, each
neighbor being Independent of all 9th
ers, for he owns his supply. 1t is
quick and cheap way to reclaim the
desert land where the water can be
obtained to certainty"
Many pumping stations are coming
into use along the Columbia river, es-
pecially in the grape growing district.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01

Widening of the Sunnyside canal
from the intake to a point opposite
Grandview, and perhaps further, is
contemplated by the United States re-
clamation service. Already the gov
eminent has expended about $25O,eO0
on reconstruction work in the canal,
and fully that much more will be
necessary If the widening is to be
done. The changes made during the
last year have been chiefly in the plac-
ing of IA weirs, or drops, in the canal,
so that the flow would not be so rapid.
If the canal is widened, there will
be opportunity to furnish water for
large territory opposite the Kiona
Bend country, as well as for the Nab
ton siphon section, which is to be
placed under water.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01

There is no end of information about
newspapers in the American Newspaper
Annual published by N. w. Aver &
Son, Philadelphia, $500 metz, the 1908
edition of which is just out. Catalogued
in simple tabulated form are the facts
one needs in dealing with newspapers
with particular attention to circulations,
which are all given in plain figures
There are supplementary lists of daily
newspapers, magazines and class publ
cations. A colored map of each state
is bound in the book. 1t also contains
the Advertisers Telegraph Code, COM
piled especially for the use of publishing
interests and filling a long-felt want in
this direction.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01

This latter one has bought q ranch
near Ellensburg and is going to move
over there little later on and devote
the remainder of his life to ranching.
There are all kinds, manner and de-
scription of business plans and
schemes to induce the farmer to invest
his money.
Everyone seems to have bunch all
at once that If they want to finance
anything from get-rich-quick scheme
all the way down to the very safest
legitimate proposition they must go to
the farmer.
There is probably not subscriber
of The Ranch who has not been ap-
preached within the last three or four
months with some sort of scheme to
attract his money and put him on the
basis of an investor or a speculator.
There are several of these PROPOSE
lions that are good ones. Perhaps
some of them will be advertised in The
Ranch and perhaps none of them will
be, but one thing is a certainty, and
that is that if they are not all right,
they won't be advertised in The
Ranch.
it is largely part of my business to
find out about these fellows who are
trying to induce the farmer to invest
his money, and I would like to have
the farmers who are readers of The
Ranch write me for information on
the propositions which are put up to
them.
You can't be too careful in these
days. The big mitt men are around,
with all their suavity, and all their
guile and all their cleverness. "A
proposition may look to be absolutely
AL, but it is really better for you to
have some one investigate it who is
next to the different strings that are
being pulled and has to come in con-
tact every day with all kinds of tricks
and turns.
l don't want to hurt any legitimate
business proposition seeking money,
and | am not going to. Whether it is
advertised in The Ranch or whether
it is not, and l am asked to find out
about it, if l find that it is all right
| will say so just as quickly as though
they were spending $1,000 month in
this paper. Ii it Is not all right, it
will not be able to buy advertising
space in The Ranch at any price.
Better let this proposition sink down
pretty deep in your mind. Just re.
member there are lot of good oppor-
tunities for safe investment which will
pay substantial returns, and there are
lot OF other propositions trying to
attract money which are not so good.
If there is something being put up
to you at the present time, a week
or two won't hurt it any, and in that
time l could look it up for you. Bet
ter drop me line before you turn
your money over
Much obliged.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01

Okanogan County is anticipating i'm
portant changes. A movement is un-
der way to move the county seat from
Conconully to Riverside, and the Great
Northern railroad has project to
build branch line from Wenatchee
to Oroville. But the Pogue Prairie ir-
rigation plans are showing the great
est present result. About 10000 acres
will be brought into market, mostly
State College lands. Another project
is to irrigate $4,000 acres in Tunk Val
ley from Fish Lake reservoir.