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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
LIMIT LIABILITY
 PUT AT $2OO
Oyster Dealers Win ia Judge Platt's . Court Against Big Damage Suits.

In the matter of the petition of Jere-
 niah Smith & Sons for limitation o1 liability in the United States district court, Judge James P. Platt has found that the petitioners boat, the "Jennfe Smith, was properly equipped, and that therefore the owners were not 1ia- ble for damages exceeding the value of the boat
 This action was taken by the peti- tioners, Jeremiah Smith 6. Sons, in or der to protect themselves against large damage suits brought by the crew of the Jennie Smith, naphtha launch of some 40 tons capacity, used in oys- ter fishing, which blew up at New Bedford last winter, by which explo- sion the crew sustained injuries. The two men injAred were Edward O'Neil and Dennis Thompson of Fall River, who are suing for $1O,0O0 each in the Massachusetts courts. In case of this nature the amount of damages for which the owners of the vessel are liable is restricted to the value of the vessel, provided the vessel was prop erly equipped. Judge Platt's finding therefore nullifies the damage claims brought in the Massachusetts, courts as the wreck of the boat was sold for $200.
 [ Jeremiah Smith & Sons were repre- sented by Attorney James D. Dewell, the prominent admiralty lawyer of New Haven
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
PLAINTIFF SOLD
 HIS WIFE TO
 ANOTHER MAN For This Reason Court Took Divorce Papers Into
 Consideration OTHER DIVORCE CASES

The fall term of the civil Superior tourt came in this morning with Judge Lucien F. Burpee on the bench. The
 morning session was principally taken rp with the assignment of cases, after which four uncontested divorce cases were heard, two of which were grant ed. The court then adjourned till Wednesday morning instead of Tues day. which this year is a legal holi- Hay.
 The first divorce case reached was that of Nicholas Kurucz of this city, who seeks a~divorce from his wife, now a resident of Fairfield, on the ground of fnfidelity. The court took this case under consideration, as an important point developed, that it appeared that the plaintiff had sold ais better half Kurucz explained that he was employed with the Crane Valve Co. and had resided at IS Ridge avenue. He kept boarders, one of whom, Nuke Osaka, later skipped off with his wife. He in company with Special Officer Joseph Zsenyhyi went to Poughkeepsie, N. r., to which the Their case never came up as they were released. While in Poughkeep- sie the special officer said that Osaka had paid $500 to Kurucz for "a piece of property in this city. Both Kurucz and the officer said they asked Mrs. Kurucz to come back to this city and live with her husband, but she declin- ed. stating that she loved Osaka the better and was going to live with him. Later the runaways came back to this city and resided at Is Ridge avenue while the husband lived at 55 on the same street. The couple are now Hv- mg in the Fairfield Woods district. where they have a farm, as man and wife.
 The court stated to Attorney Paul 5. Chapman, who was counsel for the defendant: Tt looks to me as one of those cases in which man has sold his wife. ]" The court could not seem 10 fathom that $500 deal, and also did not understand why no action was taken against the defendant and GSal<a, who are now both living as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
ESCAPE FLAMES IN NIGHT. CLOTHES Family of Druggist Wright Whose Store and Residence We're Destroyed
 by Fire.
AT CROMWELL EARLY TODAY
Especial from United Press.


 Midd1etown, Ct., Oct. Sire early to-day destroyed the drug store and residence together with all the house. hold belongings of w. c. Wright at Cromwell, three miles from here. Mem bers of the Wright family had a nar- row escape from the flames by escap- ing from the burning structure in their night clothes.
 MT. Wright kept his drug store on the first floor of a three story struc- ture. On the second and third floors he lived with his family. Early this morning he. was awakened by the smell of smoke coming up through the floor and upon investigation found the entire drug store with all it's contents and furnishings enveloped in flames. He and the members of his family had barely time to escape to the street before the fire began to consume the second floor.
 No effort was made to save any of the property as the blaze was already far progressed when discovered. The total damage will be nearly $11,000 Six thousand dollars of that amount is the value of the building. The loss is all covered by insurance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
HEALTH OFFICER QUARANTINES MAN WHO HAS SMALL POX OR
 AN AGGRAVATED CHICKEN POX
Victim is Greek Who Reached This City, Last Night By
 Means Not Yet Discovered
Patients Brother Is Detained By Authorities Await Developments in Case-Dr. Mendez, House Phys clan at Bridgeport Hospital Makes Small Pox Diag nosis Contagion Not Feared at that Institution

A suspected case of small pox, the
 hst in five years. was taken to the Isolation hospital. this morning. by Health Officer B. A. Mcclellan who was notified that Charles Anooun. a Greek, had applied at the Bridgeport hospital for help and that he had the small pox. pr. Albert Mendez of the Bridgeport Hospital staff who spent several years in the government ser vice in Brazil where he saw many cases was the first to see Anooun and he pronounced the. disease as small pox.
 Dr. Mcclellan said to-day that he did not know whether it was small pox or an aggravated case of the chicken pox. He said a severe case of the latter could easily be mistaken for the former disease and he had seen many people fooled by it. He took no chances however. and Anooun is real nature of the disease will be known within A hours.
 It was impossible to get any definite information of value concerning the suspected patient. He was taken to the hospital by his brother, whose name was not learned He refused to give it to the health officer. He also refused to give his address He said that his brother Albert came to the city, last night. from New York. He did not see him until this morning when they met on the street His brother complained of being i'll and he took him to the Bridgeport hospital for treatment. That is all he would tell the doctor but he agreed to meet him this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock when
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08

more information will have been gath cred about the patient. He himself does not speak word of English and it is now known how long he has been in the country
 Dr. Mcclellan is very anxious to know where he spent the night last night, if the brothers story is true, so. that he can fumigate the place. The patient is in the second or visecu- lar stage of the disease. A knowledge of the first symptoms from which Anooun has been suffering will aid in determining the disease, for while cases of small pox and chicken pcx look similar their coming on is very dissimilar.
 The health officer threw Sergeant Quinlivan of the Second Precinct sta- tion into a panic this morning by ask Bridgeport hospital to keep the broth CT of the ill, man in custody, while the doctor took the sick man to the Isola- tion hospital. Sergeant Quinlivan thought both men had the small pox and he knew he didn't want it. He said If the man was locked up there he would quit and called up Superin- tendent Birmingham about the matter who settled the difficulty by suggest ing that Patrolman Hatch be sent to the hospital to prevent the brother rom running away. while the trip to the Isolation hospital was being made
 After returning from the Isolation hospital Dr. Mcclellan took the broth CT to a Greek interpreter but the brother would say nothing. He did not know whether his brother Albert had come to this city by boat or train lie would not say how long he had been in the country. Every effort will be made to find out how the main came to this city, and where he spent last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
SIR THOMAS
 UPTON AGAIN
 BLACK FAILED
Jolly Irish Baronet Rejected as Member
 by Royal Thames Yacht Club.
Aristocrats in London Resent His Rise
 and Determined to Snnb Him.
Especial from United Press,

(Speclal from United PreSS.)
 London, Oct. S.-The black balling of Sir Thomas Lipton by the Royal Thames Yacht Club. the most serious upset to his social career he has yet suffered, has just been announced. The rejection of the jolly Irish Baro- ret and yachtsman by the Royal Thames Yacht Club is worse blow than when he was black balled by the Royal Yacht Squadron Club, even though King Edward himself put up his name fer election in the latter club. The Royal Yacht Squadron Club is the most exclusive in the world and bers concerning the men with whom they associate that dozens of persons of unQuestioned social position have been turned down by it. It has ques- t1oned so often that it is no longer considered matter for comment.
 The Royal Thames Yacht Club, how ever, is distinctly second rate. It is extremely seldom that a. man of posi- tion is denied admission and rejection is a decided snub.
 Lipton's rejection is further proof of his unpopularity with the British aris- tocracy. The complaint against him is that he is over-conscious of his mil tolerated among gentlemen The truth Is that the aristocrats resent Lpton's rise. While he remained a mere citizen there was no objection, but as soon as a title was granted him the upper circles jumped to the con- clusion that he was trying to force himself upon a coterie of aristocrats. j
 Lipton laughs at the rejection, but his friends say that he feels the snub most keenly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
HICKMAN SELLS FOR
 $5O,OOO
Springfield Mfg. Co. Succeeded by Cor. poration of Same Name. BRANDES, FATHER AND
 SON INCORPORATE Former Alderman Will Hold Mortgage of S3O,0OO on Property.

Papers were recorded in the office of Town Clerk Weber, to-day, noting $5O,000 transaction, whereby George w. Jackman retires from the manu- featuring business in which he has been engaged in for years and his company, The Springfield Manufactur- ing Co.,, with a plant in Mountain Grove street, becomes the property of a new corporation bearing the same name as the company conducted by MT. Jackman. The incorpora tors of the new Springfield Mfg. Co.,, are Her man s. Brandes, P H. Brandes, and Judge B. K. Nicholson.
 Herman s. Brandes has been the su- per1ntendent of the plant of the Bull lard Machine Tool Co.,, while P. H. Brandes is his son. Judge Nicholson looked after the legal end of the tran saction and will probably not remain an officer of the company when it's le- gal organization is perfected.
 The purchase price is said to have been $50, 900. MT. Jackman holds a mortgage on the plant for $3O,0O
 The new company will engage in the manufacture of grinding machinery and machine tools.
 It is understood that Mr. Jackman will devote most of his time in the future to the development of his real estate holdings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
MRS. O'BRIEN LEAPS
 FROM. DASHING AUTO


 Norwalk, Oct. S.-Mr and Mrs. Will liam J. OBrien. of Stamford. expert enced a wild. flashing auto ride yes terday when the brakes gave way on a steep hill near Ridgefeld, which re- suited in Mrs. O'Brien's leaping from the machine and sustaining a broken arm. MT. O'Brien, who conducts a cafe at the corner of Main and Gay streets. in Stamford. in company with his wife. started for Danbury to at tend the fair. When they reached a steep hill in Florida, the brakes would not hold A wild ride was started and MT. O'Brien advised his wife to jump which she did. with the foregoing re- suit.
 MT. OBrien stayed with the ma chine at the peril of oyerturning but it did not and he escaped without a. scratch. Dr. Foster of Stamford, who was following close behind them in his auto. attended the injured woman. They were able to return home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
DEEDS OF -MARIGOLD
 PROPERTY FILED
Wheelers Say That New Building Will
 Not Immediately be Constructed.

A deed was filed in the town clerk's office to-day whereby William H. Mari gold sells the property in Middle street occupied by the Marigold-Foster Print ing Go. to William B. and Archer c. Wheeler The Messrs Wheeler are the owners of the handsome fireproof building in Main street occupied by the department store of The Laborde- Gelman Co.,, which adjoins the printing plant.
 One of the Wheeler brothers told a Farmer reporter to-day that no new building is contemplated at once and that no arrangement has been made with the department store as yet to use the property, although the con- cern, is growing one. without doub. yill eventually use the property. He stated that the Main street property was formerly one tract owned by a man named Moore and that he and his brother were of the opinion that it would be advisable to again combine the tract.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
BEGGING LEE TO
 COME HOME SOON
His Friends Can't See Dele gates Enough to Nominate Him for Mayor Again.

The friends of Mayor Lee are be-
 coming alarmed at the sentiments ex-
 pressed in soJhe of the districts regard ing his renomination and it is expect i ed that he will be asked not to make hsi stay at Linden Lodge, Vermont any longer than tomorrow or Sum day so that he will be back on the job not later than Monday morning In the Second, Third and Fourth dis tricts the sentiment is in favor of . sending unpledged delegations to the Republican convention.
 There are also many Republicans in the Fifth who state that the Fifth dis trict delegation is an unpledged dele gation although it was supposed to
 favor Lee if he should be placed in
 nomination.
 A prominent Republican from the
 Fourth district said this morning that the only candidate the district dele gation would be pledged to was their own Frank c. Allen for tax collector.
 If Charles Gotthardt is again to be a candidate for tax collector not a peep has been heard from the East Side where he resides.
 Peter Hummel is going to put a ticket in the field in the Fourth dis trict that will support him for mayor But as usual it is given the laugh. They are using a story on Peter in the Fourth to the effect that he failed to contribute to the campaign fund the year that Jim Burnes landed him a $500 appointment as state barber commission On election day it was claimed that Peter had himself ap- pointed one of the workers from the German Republican club. The party pays $5 each year to 12 workers ap- pointed by the German Republican club one to work in each district and it is alleged that Peters copped the s5 for the Fourth district the same year that he got $500 from. the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08

man and wife. For these reasons the l court took the case under considera- tion.
 George White, a commercial traveller ca a divorce from his wife. Flora Bettes White, of parts unknown, on the grounds of infidelity The COIL pie were married in Hartford, July 9
 lSs2. One Burton Tucker of Water
 bury was named as co-respondent.
 White told the court that he has not
 lived with his wife for the past eight
 years though he has supported her in
 all put the past two years They
 have a 16-year-old daughter whom the
 rather placed in the care of his brother
 TWO years ago when the child com
 plained of her mothers actions with
 other mem A Mrs. Jennie Aubrey of
 South Main street. Waterbury, who had known Mrs. White for 25 years. stated mat she called at her home one day With Burton Tucker and in the course Of their conversation stated that Iucker was not her husband, but that she was living with him. Mrs. Olive Dugnay of Waterbury, boarding mis- tress, said that the two under the name of Tucker had come to her home overheard them quarreling and heard Mrs. White say that she was not oollGed to have him, meaning Tuck CT, follow her as sine was not married to him. Explanations followed during which Mrs. Tucker, that was to the boarding mistress, stated that her name was White and that she did not nave a divorce. This was sufficient for the court to grant the decree.
 Cora B. Decker was also another Who left the court room in smiles, be- ing freed from all. legal bonds with Chafles E. Decker, whom the wife said tnree months ago was employed with the Connecticut Company. The plain t1ff was granted the decree on the ground of desertion. Cora B. Wheeler
 married Chas. Decker Jan. 2, 1881, and ne left her March F, 1906. Mrs. becker in explaining her plight while IVlng with Decker whom she charac- terlzed as a degenerate by nature'', .oiu or hlS unnatural practices towards her before the separation. For two years she lived in constant fear of While She took care of her invalid mother, who has since died. She stated that two years before the sep- aratlon, while they lived under the same roof, hardly a word passed be- tween them, as she lived in constant lear Of him, often going into the homes of her neighbors to seek refuge. A. Mrs; Mary Graves stated that Mrs Decker had often come to her house to seek refuge from her husband who was constantly tormenting and abus- ing her Mrs. Decker since the de- ng out nursing.
 .'No doubt this is a deserving case. put have no authority to grant the 5ecree,' said Judge Williams in the sase of Mary Elizabeth Andrews Kel- ey of Huntington, against Ter hus- oand. Michael J. Kelley, now an in
 Continued on Second Rase.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
HEARST CONFERS
 OVER NOMINATION
Waiting to See If There Is Chance of Victory Before
 Deciding
VANS WANTS HIM TO RUN
Especial from United Press.o

NoPOCidi On1IeQ PreSS4
 New York, Oct. S.-While his adher- ents are anxiously awaiting his decfs-
 ion whether or not he will become the
 Independent candidate for mayor
 William R. Hearst has kept busy to-
 day conferrirng with the men who
 have advised him regarding his polit
 lcal course, in the effort to decide if
 there is a chance Of victory. If there
 IS Hearst is expected to accept but if
 Lhe men who know New York politics
 nnaLy determine that there is no chance for an Independent rnover,senf to succeed then he will refuse to nm Hearst finds himself handicarsoed
 by his friendship for Gaynor and f,v
 h1s past admissions that the Brook iyn Jurlst was an official after his own neart. But his friends declare that 1nasmuch as Gaynor has accepted fine mayoralty nomination he is bound fo stand Tor Tammany methods and that Hearst is absolved from all oblio.a tons of friendship by this action. Tbb curious part of the present sff1,aficI, IS that most of the men who aI-e urging Hearst to make the race ft--c men who have bitterly opposed him ir, the past. Four years ago William RF- tVlns declared Hearst was a menace Io the community while to-day he fa demanding that he run for rna:vor. Wins change has worried the leaderr in the Republican camp as they had relied on him. chiefly to manage Ban- nard's campaign 4
 Meanwhile Tammany Hall is mark. ing time until Hearst decides The tiger is worried over the outlook as if IS freely admitted by close friends of Murphy that a third ticket in the S5eId Will mean that in order to elect fts ticket the Tammanyites will have to work harder than ever before in the history of the city. On the other hand the Republicans hope Hearst will run as they insist he will split the Gaynor vote. --s'~ ]
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
Police Probing Death
 of Attorney General.
Special from United Press :,

NopeCIdI IrOfn OnIted Pfo88- n
 Boston, Oct. S.-Police here to-day are probing the mystery Surrounding the death of w. H. Pratt. of Halifax, the attorney general of Nova Scotia who expired suddenly in the apart ments of Mrs Ada Mclean. a pretty Cambridge, Mass, window Though the death occurred late yesterday aft- ernoon. the police were not informed for hours and the inmates of the house are being questioned as to the circum- stances. Medical Examiner Durell. aft CT viewing the body. permitted it moved to the Pratt residence and it will be shipped to Amherst. N. H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
Connecticut forSters
 Hold Field Meeting
Special from United Press.)

Especial from United Press)
 South Woodstock, Oct. 8.-The mem- bers of the Connecticut Forestry As sociation held their annual field meet ing at "The Larchesse'' the estate of Dr. Matthewson to-day. The meeting was opened at Il a. m. by an address on the Handling of Woodlands" by Professor H. H. Graves, director of the forestry school at Yale Lunch was served on the basket plan and in the afternoon addresses were delivered by Samuel N. Spring, state forester, and Royal l.. Mendel, executive secretary of the American Forestry Association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
DETROIT SCORES IN
 THE OPENING INNING
First Game In Worlds Series Being Played TodayMul lin for the Tigers; Adams for the Pirates 10000
 Fans Present
How money is divided:

How money is divided:
 National Commission Ten Der cent. total receipts.
 Club owners-Fffteen per cent. four games and all receipts extra games, minus commissions ten per cent.
 Players - Seventy-five per cent. of first four games, to be divided sixty per cent among players of winning team and forty per cent. among players tof losing eam
 Total receipts five games 190s- $94,94
 Chicago players received ,s7, ,668. .95.
 Detroit players received $18,27O. Forbes Field, Oct. 8.-The big day ii the history of the baseball season o 1909 arrived on time and when tn Detroit team. champs of the Americas League. and the PittsbHzH premie performers in the National, srotted ou
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08

on the field here to-day they were greeted by the largest assemblage of simon pure fans ever gotten together within a fence. The weather was perfect
 The batteries announced were: De- roit, Mul1in and Schmidt; Pittsburg, Adams and Gibson.
 First inning-Detroit at bat, Jones walked. Bush hit to Abstein, Jones going to second. Cobb walked. Craw- lord hit to Adams who threw to Byrne forcing D. Jones' Delahanty singIed to left, scoring Cobb. Moriarity hit toward second. the ball hitting Della hanty whO~was out One run.
 Pittsburg at bat. Byrne popped to Bush. Leach out, Delahanty to T. Jones' Clarke out MuJIin to Tones No runs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
Bound Over For
 Assault on Little Girl

Especial from United Press.)
 East Hartsa~d, Oct. 8.-Probable cause was fosyHd in the town court to- day in the case of Alonzo D. Doughty, a married man. charged with assault on Mary Russell, aged 10 and he was bound over to the superior court under a bond of $1 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
JOE THOMAS SAILS FOR FRANCE TOMORROW WHERE HE BOXES LEWIS

Joe Thomas. former welterweight champion of the world who has been training at Capt. John Bonds place in Stratford. shook hands with his friends in this city to-day before leaving for New York from where he takes a steamer for France tomorrow. He is signed to box with Willie Lewis on October 23rd. "Bob' Levy of New York will accompany Thomas on the trip and look after the financial end of the match
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
Policy Holder
 Cannot Recover

Special from United Press.)
 Raleigh. Oct. 3.--A policyholder who has secured illegal discriminations in his favor cannot. recover in a suit for such advantages. according to a de- cision to-day by the Supreme Court of the United States, ir an appeal by the Bankers Insurance Company of New York in a suit brought against it by a mar named Smathers. The court holds that a recent statute in the state prohibits such recovery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
Collision of Trolley Cars
(Special from United Press ,

Special from United Press.)
 East Hartford, Oct. 8.-A head-on collision between two trolley cars took place on Burnside avenue this morn ing, caused, it is said by the failure of the signal system to work. Dr. $. Gale of Hartford and J. B. Tender son, superintendent of the paper mills at Burnside, passenger on the Brook vile car were slightly injured. About dozen other passengers received a shaking up.