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THAW SANITY TRIAL BEGINS
 ON MONDAY

New York, July 10.-The inquiry into the present mental condition of Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stan ford White, will be held in westches- ter county instead of New York coun- ty, in accordance with a decision handed down yesterday by Justice William J. Gaynor of the Appellate Division of the Supreme court
 It was announced in White Plains later in the day that the trial would proceed on Monday before Justice Mills, and that the court would hold daily sessions until the issue should be decided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10

The proposed public utilities com- mission is apparently doomed. Pres ent indications are that the special committee will fail to agree upon a bill The foundation trouble is that this committee was apparently con-
 Fucted to bring about a disagree
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10
Confident that When Meas ure Comes Back from Con- ference the Special Taxa tion Features Will Be Manned.
There Are Features of the Bill Which He Says Are Decidedly Objectionable to the People of Connecti- cut-He Has Heard from Home.

Washington, July 1o-The undercur-
 rent of sympathy with the ''progres- sives" among Republicans who voted 1 for the Senate bill was disclosed in a
 little speech Senator Bulkeley of Con
 necticut made just before the vote was taken. MT. Bulkeley showed
 himself a true disciple in that he has | the courage of his masters convic-
 tions; but he did feel it necessary to
 say:
 There are features of this bill which
 are exceedingly objectionable to the people of Connecticut, and I have had
 them expressed to me to-day in let
 ters that have reached me from the leading industrial interests of my state, who have condemned in the se- verest terms some of the measures
 that are contained in this bill. Under Ordinary circumstances should feel bound to respect the wishes of my constituents in that regard. I should seeen incorporated in the bill, outside of the ordinary customs service, if the government is in any need of fur ther revenue, one of the early recom- was adopted in the other house, and which would have been preferable, I think, to my constituencies stamp tax, or something of that character, which would seem to be just and equitable and to spread equitably amongst the people of this country the burdens of government, rather than to select an individual class, ass this bill now appears to do, to bear an undue share of the burdens which. to my mind, should fall upon, the whole people,
 Then Senator Bulkeley made a real ly important assertion. He stated a general belief and suspicion in terms of authentic and supported fact. It is to be supposed that he would not have said what follows unless he had direct information of it from Senator Aldrich and others, of the republican conferees on the part of the senate:
 Having confidence that when this bill comes back again to this body we shall hardly recognize the features of | taxation that are now contained in it, | if I can judge correctly the sentiments | that have been expressed here by | of the finance committee, l | shall, when my name is called cast | my vote for the passage of the bill, | with this explanation, not to the sen | ate, but to my constituents'
 It has been whispered quietly | among the opponents of the special | features of the tariff bill that | those features would be maimed in | conference, but Senator Bulkeley is l the first person to make definite an | of this purpose. Not | single one of the senate republicans on the conference committee favors | the corporation tax. They accepted it, | like Aldrich, to prevent the adoption | of the Bailey aCummins income tax
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10

ment which probably means carrying over to the next General Assembly. The present body was clearly packed against the commission at the Novem- Der elections.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10

Hartford advices state that the Ju- dietary committee will report a bill allowing one person to sell electricity to another. but with some restric- tions.' The record of the committee is not such as to inspire popular con- 1idence in it's action in connection with corporate affairs. Some restrictions'' may be found to cover all that the electric light and power companies de- sire
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10

Sold throughout the world. Depots: London. 27. dAatl Australia R Towns s 1e co ss sydncy India. B. K. PnuI; Calcutta: China. Hore Kong Drug co; noa & Ltd; Cape & &TSwn; etc; U s A; Potter & Drgg &
 HPost-free. 32-paRe Cuficura book telling how to preserve purify and beautify the skin and scalp.
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terstate and foreign commerce committee
Of the House, and among those who en-
joyed the trip none is more enthusiastic
than the wife of the representative from
Michigan. Mrs. George Alvin Loud. Mrs.
Loud is an excellent traveller and, having
made several trips all over the Philip
pines. for her the tediOusnesS and crude
ness of the journey of which many COM
plain were non-existent.
81 think said Mrs. Loud. that what
impressed me most was the fact that I
could get from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific ocean In a few hours. To any one
who has journeyed from New York to San
Francisco on the fastest train which the
country affords. this incident in visiting
the Canal Zone Is impressive. When the
distance which the canal will devour in
the interests of navigation Is set down in
numbers, one Is still more impressed.
1T is difficult to realize what varied
pleasures await the visitor to the Canal
Zone. The tropics In their wild exuberance
appeal to all, but the splendor Of the
flowers along the banks of the Chagres
is something indescribable. l saw moth
ing to compare to them in the Philippines.
The orchids which almost smother the
forest trees are wonderfully beautiful and
varied. Some are faint pink and others
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WHEKE The OATH IS TAKEN. CAPITOL FoET1co
coP1R1e1r -BTEG .cIIlEf.

the grounds of the Washington Monu-
up-to-date center of population with tow
ers and skyscrapers, some 100 feet high.
A fleet of airShips will be seen to APP
proach 1t and an opposing aerial squad
ron to go out and defend it. 4 terrific en-
counter will then ensue. the airships ex-
ploding after the/hostile ones have drop
ped explosives into the city, which has
crumbled and gone up in flames. There
Will also be an ascent Of magnesium bal
looms. the unfurling of a fiery American
flag 1000 feet in the air and the display
Of pillar Of fire 100 feet high, which
will give a daylight effect to the great
monument and to the heavens for sew
eral miles around.
At 10 o'clock Mr.. Taft and Mr. Sher-
man with their families will attend the
inaugural ball at the pension office the
largest brick structure In the world Tho
great court in which the ball will be
held has floor space OF 100 by 2sO feet
and is overlooked by four tiers OF gall
leries. From these Mr.. and Mrs. Taft
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman will be seen
to promenade the length Of the ballroom
before taking their places in their boxes
arranged al one end OF the first gallery.
An innovation will be the attendance at
the ball OF one special representative
from each state. Chester a. Arthur, rep
resenting Colorado, will be one OF tho
most conspicuous of these special func-
tlonarles. No wine will be served at the
ball supper and the music will cease at
l am. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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enter the Senate wing of the Capitol by
the bronze doors in the east front, each
accompanied by a member of the con-
SrCSSiUnal committee on arrangements.
Mr.. Roosevelt will go Immediately to
the presidents room" and Mr. Taft to
the vice Pres dents room both luXur-
iOuSly furnished apartments. Mr.. RoOse
Nelt will busy himself signing the bills
passed during the waning hours Of the
SiXticth Congress. which will still be in
session. Mr. Taft will be entertained
by the committee on arrangements. The
diplomatic corps, in court dress, Will as
Sembie in the marble room and at lis
will pass in n body into the Senate
chamber. where they will occupy seats
on tho right side of the presiding Off
Ger. Then the Supreme Court will en-
ter. followed by the cabinet, the high
errors of the states and the members OF
Roosevelt. Sherman and Fairbanks fam
lies will pass into the gallery to. the
west of that reserved for the ladies of
the diplomatic corps. Meanwhile Vice
President-eect Sherman will have Joined
Mr. Taft in the Vice Presidents room.
The Senate with It's newly elected men,
bers will already have been convened by
President Roosevelt.
Everything being ready, Mr.. Roose-
Welt and Mr. Taft will enter the Senate
and take seats in front OF the presiding
officer Mr.. sherman will then enter
and receive the oath of office as vice
President. TINS being administered by
Senator Frye of Maine. the President
pro tempore OF the Senate. The new
senator's having been sworn in, the in
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gagged in the most mental toll her train
will be gracefully Topped at one side, and
then let down and allowed to sweep at
every possible moment. 1 have seen
these negresses at church on Sunday,
when their skirts were beruffied and be-
starched to the highest point. The Pa
risian belle is not more dainty about her
lingerie than these day laborers from
Martinique. OF course, all kinds Of stories
about the Empress Josephine. who was a
native of Martinique, Immediately pop
into ones head. and / saw several women
who bore wonderfully close resemblance
to the beautiful Empress of the French.
Uncle Sam has gone into the hotel
business on the zone and is proving
very fine Boniface. The hotel at Ancon,
on the Pacific end OF the strip, is as well
supplied as any to be found In the
states. We had been told that everything
in the way OF fruit, except oranges and
bananas. had to be imported. and We're
therefore fabulously high. We found
some delicious native fruits. among them
the pineapple from Taboga. which GER
tainly has a commercial future. The
United States Department Of Agriculture
is studying the question Of perfecting this
species Of pineapple, and there Is no
doubt that a big fortune Is awaiting
some one when he begins to put them on
the market in great quantities. The fla
vor equals that of the famous variety
which has contributed SO much to the
prosperity Of the Azores. Then there is
the papaya, much more luscious than the
mango. but resembling it generally. I'm
Gle Sam sets a splendid table at the An
con hotel, considering his limitations. and
he is moderate in his charges when the
price OF everything is taken into account
That. of course, is the great theme In
the Canal Zone-how high living is and
how to entertain the men. This latter
problem is naturally the most important.
10 have such a number of men and so
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driven at walk. Arriving at the White
House at pm. he will there find Mrs.
Taft and his children, who will have been
driven back through the Mall. south OF
the parade route. The new President
will then sit down to the first White
House meal at which he will be host.
While he and his family eat this lun-
Pennsylvania avenue for forty-five min
utes At 2:45 the President will take his
position in his private box In the center
of the reviewing stand and the entire
procession will then pass before him.
One parade innovation to be mentioned
at this stage is the giving OF orders that
only the first band passing In front of
the presidential box shall play Hail to
the Chief Former Presidents. who
have had to stand and listen to this air
for three hours and from hundreds OF
bands have been unable to get 1t out of
their heads, even in sleeping moments,
during the first weeks of their admins
tration, and on some occasions its mem
cries are said to have interfered with
executive business.
About 6 o'clock, the parade being over,
President Taft and family will re-enter
the White House where from their rear
windows they will at 7:3O witness the be-
ginning Of what is promised to be the
most wonderful fireworks display ever
seen I'm the world. This will include tow
ering fire portraits Of Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Sherman, and-most wonderful Of ala
colossal representation of lighted city
being bombarded from the heavens by
a fleet Of luminous airships. This
fire city," which is to be built in
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some OF the most wonderful sights which
the world affords. That strip OF land
ten miles wide and fifty miles long,
which by treaty Of February. 1904 be-
came part Of the United States. Is prov
ing a lodestone to other than those COM
mercially or periodically interested in the
outcome of the enterprise. A number OF
congressional people have recently re-
turned from a visit to the Canal Zone. and
TO get some of their impressions is to feel
that Mrs. Taft is as good judge Of i'm
portant phases of public life as her emil
nent husband. The congressional contin-
gent represented the interests Of the in
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NJ. c. A. besides the Presidents private
station and an immense waiting room
go by $50 feet.
AS President-eleCt and Mrs. Taft
ride from the station they will find every
square and triangle along Pennsylvania
avenue covered with grand stand deco
rated with flags and bunting, and as
they turn into the two blocks fronting
the Treasury, White House and State.
War and Navy building, they Will hnd
tbjs snace converted into a court of honor
lined with hundreds OF festooned masts
thanked with towering draped columns;
In front Of the White House Itself Will
stretch the reviewing stand, where the
new President, surrounded by the Off
Gals of the federal and state govern
ments, will view the inaugural parade:
and Lafayette Square. directly across the
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which has been hard to meet But the
clubs and the individual efforts OF the
women whose husbands are there in Off
cial capacities have accomplished excel
lent results. The Y. NJ. c. A. and the
commission clubs have formed a coalition,
with very beneficial results. Twenty five
per cent Of the total number of men en-
ployed on the canal belong to the Y. NJ
c. A, and they get all the privileges for
about 81 a month.
II found that living is a problem and
the servant end is acute. A friend told
me that servant hire. even for moder-
ately pretentious home, means an outlay
of 800 a month. Good cookS-that is,
cooks who are we'll equipped but not art
lists, so TO speak-can command $25 to $50
a month. Laundresses fairly reveled in
gold. and even now get $50 month for
mediocre work, but since Uncle Sam
opened the model laundry they have to
curtail their pretensions These govern
ment laundries have proved a boon, for
the work is excellently done and cheaper
than homekeper can have 1t done indi-
vidually. Food comes very high, but
there is variety and 1t is subject to
rigidly enforced sanitary laws. AS mod
ern agricultural methods are introduced
I see all the difficulty about provisions
giving way and many of the other prob
lens solved.
Wnat is most interesting 10 me is TO
speculate on the future Of the Canal
Zone. The winter climate Is ideal and
when conditions are improved, / believe
that 1t will be one of the great gather
Ing places for the pleasure seeker and
for the seeker after the novel. Impor
tant commercial and diplomatic agents
and representatives OF powerful financial
centers must go there when the canal is
finally filling it's mission. l imagine that
It will become q great cosmopolitan CEN
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court of honor, will be lined by man.
moth grand stand a block long
The inaugural ceremonies proper will
the President and President-elect will
leave the White House together in an
open Victoria drawn by four horses and
escorted by grand division Of the veter-
ans of our various wars. Mr.. Roosevelt
will sit at Mr.. Tafts right, the former
being still President and having the
honor seat in the vehicle. With their
escort they will pass through the court of
honor and along the full length of Penn
sylvania avenue. The grand stands Will
all be full even by this time. and the
cheering will probably be deafening. for
this will be the last public appearance
OF Theodore Roosevelt as President OF
the United States, and the people will
raise their voices in a grand farewell to
him as we'll as vociferous welcome to
Mr.. Taft.
The President and Presldent-elect will
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are in deep reds and puppies: some are
white and clustered like the wistaria.
There Is none of that jungle effect in
Panama which strikes one in the Philip
pines. The trees have ropes OF vines de-
pending which are typical Of the monkey
country. much as you see in the South
Sea Islands. with the quaint inhabitants
of the forest darting like brown shadows
in the depths. But the oppression of the
Jungle Is absent In Panama, and it
adds distinct charm. Then the noun
tain tints, the sky and the water make
the ideal spot for those who love nature
and study her most beautiful aspects.
But the human side of the Canal Zone
is what appeals to the visitors most Of ALL
There are 10000 employees of the United
States living within the tiny strip over
Swallowed by the Stars and Stripes, and
their various Municipalities give one
study not often enjoyed on this side
OF the water. OF this total, $4,000 OF the
canal laborers are from the West Indies,
and 1t is the most entertaining pursuit
to look into their claims for distinction.
Nothing so insults a ma tive of the Barba-
dos as to be mistaken for a Jamaican.
The Jamaican looks with scorn on the
natives Of the lesser islands, and so it
goes. First families count. even among
the blacks. For instance. the pride and
distinction OF the Martinique negro are
quite impressive. / have never seen more
queenly carriage than the women Of
Martinique show. and their dignity is
something which would overpower the
most presumptuous. Their daintiness GER
tainly proclaims their long association
with the Gallo race. A Martinique ne
gress over the washtub will look like a
society belle gotten up for a tea. She
wears long-trained gowns of brilliant
cotton. always spotless, and when en-
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WIFE OF THE MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVES,
w IN CONGRESS TALKS ENTERTAINMENT or
SOME FEATURES OF LIFE IN THE PANAMA
BELT-SHE HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM
VISIT TO THE CANAL REGIONS, WHERE SHE
SAW SOME CURIOUS AND NOVEL SCENES
MRS LOUD SEES GREAT SOCIAL FUTURE AT
THE CANAL ZONE.
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n ETAILS OF THE CEREMONY STEP BY STEP
l. FROM TAFTS FORMAL ENTRANCE INTO
WASHINGTON TO CLOSE OF INAUGURAL BALL
FIRST FORMAL USE OF PRESIDENTIAL SUITE,
NEW UNION STATION-TAFT TO BREAK PRICE,
DENT BY BEING ROOSEVELTS GUEST BEFORE
CEREMONY-THE MANY NOVELTIES AR
RANGED FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PY-
ROTECHNIC DISPLAY.
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RS. w I L L / A N
HOWARD TAFT
has been writing
enthusiastic letters
about her Panama
trip, and she has
been advising her
friends instead of
going to the Riviera
md to the Ber-
mudas to visit a
part Of their own
country and see
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ter much as Cairo is ar the entrance NJ
the Suez 1t is not difficult to build I'M
an Ideal winter resort in a land where
nature Is SO prodigal and where so MANY
international interests must center Al
ready the zone Is oyeriun with tourists
and with serious travellers l have visited
no spot where there is so much 10 an
peal to the imagination as around the
Pacihc end of the canal Just down the
Chagres, and more delightful sail than
this can be taken on no earthly river "a
the Old fort of San Lorenzo. the grue-
some stronghold fortified by the Span
iards against that grim figure OF Aneri-
can buccaneer days, Sir Henry Morgan
Inc Old tort IS in an excellent state oe
preservation even to the submerged cells
Henry Morgan stil strides across the
landscape In the traditions of the coun-
try and you hear great deal of him
and see many of his favorite haunts and
his treasure cells.
The exquisite island OF Taboga fairly
teens with his memory. Under a bold
oVerhanging rock which juts out into
the Pacific is Treasure cave The path
leading to 1t is a fairy glade covered
with cactus and soft-tinted vines filed
with flowers. Indeed tn. entrance of the
cave is well hidden by the floral drap-
cry and only the expert can find It. The
cave is two hundred feet deep, black as
Egyptian midnight and as full of strong
breeZes as the cave of the winds. 1t is
best reached at low tide, out even then
1t is not altogether an iCeal excursion
except TO the small boy who has become
inflamed with a desire to see the haunts
Of this famous buccaneer governor Of
the Barbados.
Copyright 1909 by Margaret B. Downlng)
Should Be Easy for Him.
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Will be formally USED Tot lie HIst Tune.
This suite. occupying the east wing OF
the new depot. contains two handsomely
furnished retiring rooms and maGnifi-
cent reception room. thirty by one hun
dred feet. When Mr.. Taft enters the
suite by a vestibule leading from the
foye- OF the station he will find COM
mittee awaiting him I'm this reception
room, whose walls are beautifully pan
eled in mahogany and whose floor is Gov
cred by costly rugs.
Mr.. Taft will not go to hotel, as other
presidents-elect have done. He and Mrs.
Taft will drive to the White House.
where they will be the guests OF the
Roosevelt family until the stroke of noon
on March makes Mr.. Taft himself the
landlord of that mansion.
X
This happy blending Of one adnninistra
ton into the other will be made possible
not only by the fact that the Roosevelts
and Tafts are warm personal friends but
by the further fact that since Garfield
succeeded Hayes this will be the first
inauguration participated in by a Presi
dent and PreSident-elect of the same po-
litcal party.
While the Tafts are visiting the Roose-
velts Washington will witness the assem-
blage of the biggest crowd ever previous
~ gathered together in one room in any
part of the world This space, the big
gest single room under one roof to be
found on earth, is the vast concourse Of
the Union station. 1t is 100 feet long by
100 feet wide, which means about 100. 600
square feet OF floor space. The WASH
ington Monument could be laid on this
floor with a hundred feet to spare at
either end. and 1t is estimated that the
entire army Of the United States could
be lined up In the immense room at one
time. Thus arriving and departing In
augural guests will not be squeezed and
damned at this. the biggest station in the
world, as they have been on previous oc-
casions OF the kind Their trains will
come into the depot on thirty-three tracks,
some having platforms on both sides.
Visitors will be interested to know that
under the room of this new station are a
chapel, police station, club and a Y.
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Should Be Easy for Him.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
And if he can't hunt lions and edit the
margarine at one and the same time IL
Is about the only thing he can't do.
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Ionunued nom naFe thlrleenl.--
sham. "a great Liberal hostess. who paid
tho new minister's Wlfc good deal
of attention Some time lntCr Mrs.
Runs Was gNlng little tea party al
her modest house in Lavender ul.
iaHitceoa, and she ventured 90 invite
lady Hayorsham. Who replied that she
was rather busy. and that a. tho dls-