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Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-11

a long rest and no work he will prob ably regain his health.
 Students of the state normal school presented the three act comedy, Gran ford before an audience of 900 We'd nesday evening, in the school hall. The play was Miss Marguerite Meringten's adaptation of Mrs. Gaskilrs novel of that name. The character of Mrs Forester, born at Tyrren, was assumed by Miss Charlotte, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles J. Norris of Pawcatuck.
 The Pawcatuck Meat Market, con ducted by ChappeII & Chapman, in West Broad street, has been perma- nentlv closed, owing in part to the recent illness of MT. Chappeli and the conviction that the business could not be conducted at a profit. There was nc pressing occasion for the closing. of the business at this time, but the proprietors took this step in order to moi increase their indebtedness. Their liabilities are about s1,0o0, and l.. A. Gallup of Norwich is thA largest cred itor. There was meeting of the cred- itors at the office of Lawyer Charles J. Dutton and effort made to effect a settlement and avoid the expense of bankruptcy proceedings.
 Local Laconics.
 Mrs. Harriet Palmer of Pendletor Hill in her 18th year. died Thursday morning.
 Next Sunday will be observed as Children's day in the Pawcatuck Con- gregational church.
 Steam canaler Paragon with a cargo of bluestone consigned to Contractor Eugene O'Neil, has arrived.
 A musical entertainment was given in Christ church Thursday evening in aid of the camping fund for the boys choir.
 The vitrified brick paving on the Connecticut section of the Broad street bridge has been completed and now the bridge is open to traffic.
 A team representing the Technical school of Providence will play a game with the Westerly. high school base ball team, this (Friday) afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-11

Steam canaler Para gon with a cargo of bluestone consigned to Contractor Eugene ONeil, has arrived.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-11

Hartford-The Right Rev. Chsuncey Brewster and Mrs. Brewster gave re- ception Tuesday evening at their home in Hartford to the olergymen and their friends who were attending the dioces- an convention. They were assisted in receiving by the Rev. pr. s. o. Sey- mour and Mrs. Seymour of Litohfield.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
FALLS ON LIVE WIRE.
Boys Tumble From Telegraph pole
May Prove Fatal.

Leaning far out from the cross-arm
of 30-foot telegraph pole where he
was perchec. Laurence Line. 10 years
old. attempted to catch a marble which
had been playfully tossed up to him
by a playmate. but lost his balance,
and fell across live wire, which ter
ribly burned his arms and hands.
Then, limp and almost unconscious
from the shock, he fell to the ground.
Mrs. Thon, who witnessed the accl-
dent from her home at No. 2S5 Wa.
bash-ave., rushed out and picked up
the bruised little boy, resting Laur.
ence's head in her lap until aid could
be summoned by the little fellows
playmates.
Laurence was carried into a nearby
residence, where Drs. w. A. Fleming
and Dennis Sullivan attended him,
later sending him TO st. MGry's hos
pital in the East End ambulance. His
condition is critical. "a internal H.
juries are feared, in addition to the
terrible burns from the powerful cur
rent. NN
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore o'clock Tuesday afternoon, on
Wabash-avc., between Michigan-ave.
and Dalzelle-st. Laurence had been
playing marbles with Robert and
Owen Kellar and Eddie F1est, when
he decided to climb the pole. He is
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Peter L. Line,
OF No. 235 Wabash-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
CITY WILL BUY GARBAGE
RECEIVING STATION
Estlmators' Committee Recommends
Purchase at SGT ,o00--Some
Salary Boosts Allowed.

Purchase of the site at the foot OF
Twenty-fourth-st., occupied by the
city garbage receiving station, will be
recommended TO tho board OF esti.
mates by the committee on garbage
fund. The price, $4,000. is consid
cred reasonable and the river end OF
the lot will be used, first, as dump
ing ground, and later. as city dock.
With this item The garbage fund
this year will be s97 44S as against
SCI 453 last year.
The general fund committee has cut
out the second assistant asked by
City Accountant Gricser and has also
eft the salaries OF the assistant boiler
inspectors at $1,000. BY cutting the
pay OF election inspectors at the spe.
cial election from Is to s.. the com
mittee has reduced the cost o! that
election To about $4,000. Increases
for Clerk William Dooley and Stenog.
"apher n. J. Dixon. az the corporation
counsers office, from $1,000 to $1,000
go through. The assessors also get
their extra help and increases for two
clerks. Some items for extra clerks
and personal tax collections in the
treasurer's Office have also been cut
down.
| In the meeting OF the fire commits
sioners with the fire fund committee
Of the estimators, the need OF q new
automobile company at Cass and Alex
andrine-aves. was urged, and Commits.
sioner McGraw also pleaded fcr he
new engine house at Hamilton boule-
ward and Euclid-aye The commits
sioners defended their action In trans
ferring some OF the funds last year
On the ground OF necessity.
II developed that the Are depart.
ment is figuring ON buying its new
horses at 1920 apiece. while the de
partment of public works has beer
paving $500 for garbage wagon horses.
The lighting commission fund COM
mittee and the police committee Of
estimators also HAD meetings but
neither is ready to report yet, although
the former has completed its work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
MAN SLEEPS PEACEFULLY
ON TOP OF 75.FOOT WALL
Carl Won Muller 10 Peevsh When Po-
lieeman Rescues Him With Rope
Jailed on Drunk CHARGE.


NEW YORK. April 21-Carl Won
Muller. who lives at No 2O5 West
Thirty.sixth-st., was too somnolent last
night to tell anything bu. his name,
age and address when Policeman Ter
bush held him up In front of the desk
Ia the West Sixty-eishth-st police sta
ton or ne might have given interest
ing information as to how he came to
be sleeping On wall Is inches wide
and rs feet high shortly after 6 .. m.
The wall overiooks the railroad yards
at the foot OF West Seventeen and
Scventy-first-sts Ten feet above II Is
another wall.
Edward Grise. janitor of the West
View apartment house, No BAG West
Seventieth-st., was standing by the
top wall. when he saw a man fast
asleep on the lower wall The man
was snoring. Grise was Mortified. so
he hunted up Policeman Terbush and
told him about 1t.
The policeman looked over the wall
and saw the sleeping man. Then he
got some citizens to help him. and
they procured rope and tied 1t about
Terbush ana lowered him down. Ter
bush got good. firm hold on the
sleeping man and then woke him up.
The man protested that he wanted to
finish his sleep, but Terbush wouldn't
let him. anc keeping a strong hold,
pushed him along for half block to-
where the upper wall is only about
eight feet above the top of the lower
one. There another rope was lowered
and the policeman tied It under the
arms of the sleepy Muller Then the
citizens above pulled up. first one and
then the other
Won Muller was arrested for being
drunk and locked up In a cell in the
station house after he had drowsily
given the information as to his
identity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
JERE c. HUTCH|Ns
is WISE OLD owl
Heavy Expenditure For Equipment
Puts d. U. r. In Favorable Posi-
tion To Negotiate.

That the Detroit United railway has
been looking forward for some years
to the kind IF negotiations soon TO be-
gin with the mayors Committee Of so
for new franchise is evidenced by
the present condition of the street
railways Of the city
When the present scheme of I'm
provements for this year. now begun
and to be finished before the date
when the franchises expire. Is COM
pleted. the load will have put its five
cent lines INTO the most favorable
condition possible. II will have spent
between $2,bO0.000 and S3.000.000 In
three and one-half years FOR tracks
and road beds alone within the city.
In addition TO the changes made In
rolling stock.
The company has gained two ad.
vantages by this heavy expenditure,
although 1t has had TO give up the
chance OF paying dividends for nearly
two years To do so. In the first place
the appraised value of the fve-cent
lines is put up TO the highest notch.
and il will be on this valuation that
terms for number Of years TO come
will be made, il franchise IL be-
cured.
The secold advantage is that the
operating expenses of the lines have
been hugely increased by these expen-
ditures og from $550,000 to 100000
per year for road-beds. rails and paw
ing. These expenditures will drop OF
within another year and then the mar
gin between the operating expenses
and gross receipts will become mate
rally larger
On the basis of the business done
by the company and its EXPENSE, for
the past few years, while this re.
Mobilization If the lines has been in
progress, the surplus will be found
to be small and negotiations for fares
will be, IL conducted on this plane,
vastly faxere BILE to the company
The poficy-here has been the re.
verse Of that pursued by the com
panies in Chicago. Cleveland and
other cities MS the expiry date OF their
franchises approached. In those cities
the lines were allowed to deteriorate
and. in consequence. they found them.
selves with deprecated property for
appraisal aud with records OF divi-
dends paid through 'skinning the
roads" in equipment.
The company does not care a great
deal about the condition OF the three
cent lines as the city Is responsible
for the upkeep of the road-beds and
paving on those lines. and has been
negligent In letting them run down. II
settlement is reached, the city will
have to pay for the renovation OF the
old Detroit railway system either d.
rectly or In rates of fare that will give
the company leeway to provide for
new road-beds, etc.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

WASHINGTON April 21.-There'
going to be an American Hyde park"
In Washington. Mrs. President Taft
has decreed It.
or course you have heard OF beauti-
full Hyde park In London. But that's
not the kind OF a Hyde park Mrs.
President Taft means. It's just the
setting for Hyde park" where all
the rich folks. court officials, dressed
up ambassadors and beautifully gown
ed women 70 on show for the benefit
of the proletariat and others who max
be walking in the park or lounging on
the benches. But maybe the benches
will be removed on such occasion on
the ground that they will destroy the
beauty of the ensemble.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

Over in London. the finest band In
town plays In the Hyde park grand
stand OF afternoons. At the sound OF
music the gorgeous carriages and auto
mobiles form in line and the process
sion circles slowly around the park In
an endless chain, giving society a
breath OF fresh air and a chance to
show its costly raiment to the staring
crowds at the side OF the road.
And that's what Mrs. President Taft
expects to make OF the speedway In
Potomac park, Washington. The Ma.
rine band will play Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons and all society Is
expected to turn out and form an end
less chain with their fine buggies.
wagons and motor cars.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
Anthracite Conference Postponed.

NEW YORK. April 2l.--It was an
nounced today that the general con-
ference of the big anthracite coal op-
orators, which was TO have taken place
here on Thursday. has been postponed
until April 81 The reason for this
delay was not divulged. but there is
in circulation report that the policy
committee OF II Is badly divided.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
LOCAL sEAMEh TO
VOTE TO STRIKE
Ballot Is Now Being Taken, But the
Result Il Foregone
( Conclusion.

Acting under orders from headQuar-
tiers In Chicago. union seamen all over
the lake region are now vo,ing ON the
strike proposition. Business Agent
Gerald Pierce IL In charge of the voc'
locally. The ba.loting started ON
"wednesday morning and will continue
until Monday.
The result is foregone conclu
sion," said Mr.. Pierce. Tho men VII
vote to strike almost unanimously"
With respect to the union nreme-s
and engineers the local situation u
practically unchanged. The men aro
standing together and while no strike
has been declared oflcially there has
been no disposition to subscribe Z"
the Lake Carriers terms. The only
deserter from the ranks OF the en-
gineers Is 8. @. Cowell. now N MIL
waukee fitting out vessel under an
open shop contract. Charges were
promptly preferred against him Dy
the union.
Four members of local No. 3, M. -.
B. A., who signed open shop con-
tracts with tine Tomlinson line rev
DAYS ago, have surrendered these con-
tracts to the union within the past
few days and will remain loyal
| The movement Of boats from De
troit has beon very sluggish thus far,
owing partly to the dull times. The
William A. Rogers. which deputy
sheriffs have been guarding for several
days. got away with non-union crew,
Tuesday night. but 1t will be a week
or more before there will be anything
doing to speak OF.
! Agent pierce sent four seamen.
cook and a porter to ship on the west
ern line package freighter Mohawk.
Four lumber carriers, the Harlow, tho
McWilliams will leave In few days
Gettysburgr The Stafford and the barge
with union crews.
I uvxiV
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
The city will give n farewell reception
20 the seventh infantry before the

regiment IeaNes Fort Wayhe. May ].
for the Philippines. Aid. FreiwaId
preached the subject In Tuesday
nights council meeting and a rese
luton to that effect was promptly
carried President link appointed a
committee to make the necessary ar
rangements. Aid. Freiwald IL chair
man. and the others are Aid. Vernon.
Harpfer. Heincman. Field. Walsh and
Deimcl. Mayor Brcitmeyer and Park
Commissioner Hinchman. steamer
will probably be chartered for a river
excursion
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
CLAIMS WIFE'S BODY.
Husband Of Eleanor Mckelvey, Sui
eide, Takes Remains Home.

Daniel McKelvey, husband OF Flea
nor McKelvey, who died in st. Mary's
hospital from the effects OF drinking
carbolic acid, swallowed with suicidal
intent at Cass--st. and Jefferson-a ave-.
Sunday night, arrived In Detroit from
Newcastle, Pa, Tuesday evening. Nc.
Kelvey Is a steel mill employe.
Though the couple have been es-
tranged. and divorce proceedings
were In progress, he was greatly af.
fected as he gazed at the body.
McKelvey called at police headquar.
tiers. Wednesday morning, and, with
Detective Lally, paid a visit to his
wife's former rooming place at No. so
Columbia-st. east, to get her trunk
and personal effects. He asked the
landlady whether his wife had left
any farewell letters for him. or for her
mother, who Is Frustrated with grief
over the affair
Letters were brought to him, but
they served only to deepen his sad.
ness. They were affectionate letters
addressed TO his wife, and signed
Jack" Fred" and Bob McKelvey
crumpled them up In his dig fists, and
took them TO the basement, where he
tossed them in the furnace. He said
he would take the body back to New
castle during the day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
MnLER's BOND FIXED AT $1,000

SAGINAW, Mich, April 21.-Wm.
Miller, who is under arrest here
charged with attacking Charles Yazel.
roadmaster. at Bridgeport, has been
placed under $1,000 bond by Justice
Blaisdell and his case Is set for trial
April 20 Yazel. who was terribly
beaten. will not he out for several
weeks and the trial may have to DO
postponed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
Miss Laura Warren, a pretty empioye
M kI... n Co kIIll

against her employers I'm Justice
for injuries TO her arm. alleged to
have been sustained when a box OF
seeds fell on her Several girls In
the room with Laura say they heard
nothing of the accident. and others
testified that she told them her arm
was sprained while scuffiing in her
home with her beau. named George.
Justice Lemkie viii visit the scene
OF the alleged accident before decid-
ing the ease.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

The value Of the known mineral
outnut az Alaska to date IL In the
ne,rhborbood of $14S.000,00
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
CONGRESSMAN Edwin DENLY gave q
fereouftcou leefurc m the Field

branch OF the public library, Tues
day night. on the Panama canal lie
said the big ditch. one OF the great
est undertakings in the worlds his
-taEr- -u a,.la-be@ee FHplet~a-tH--iei65
during Tafts second term The
struction
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

New York for Scotland. May 8. this
will be the only opportunity bible
students In Detroit Will have OF hear
ing him.
The directors of tho ". VI. 4. A., re-
Gently elected, met Tuesday evening
and chose their officers as follows.
President Robert NJ. Zug: first vice.
president. G.. Jay Vinton; second vice.
president. James =. Smart: CORES
pondine secretary, John Y. Howarth;
recording secretary, J. r. Howard
treasurer. Robert Is. Tannahill.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
An ordinance governing moving pie
ture shows was passed by the cOun-

ture shows was pnssed by the coun-
ell Tuesday night. 1t gives the fre,
lighting. building and police depart
ments Jurisdiction, and leaves u 10
them 10 lay down their regulations
for the conduct OF these places. I'm
mediate effect was given the ordi-
nance so that IL Is legal as soon as
nuhllshcd and approvel by the mayor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21
The Rev. Henry opping, professor Of
nhilo.nphx In DcirOIt COLLEGE, VII
In the recount Of the death at Henry
NItc In The Times, the names OF the

widow and his daughters, SShsis anu
Alma, were unintentionally omitted
Mr.. White was resident OF DetIoi.
for IS years and his funeral occurred
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

John Richie, of Kiimnrnock, Scotland,
author of biblical writings and edi-
tor OF the "Believcrs Magazine" Will
be In the city next Sunday and Mon
day. He will address meetings sun
day, at 3:30. and 1880 o'clock. and In
the evening, Monday. In the Central
Gospel hall. Grand River and Harri-
son-aves. As Mr.. Richie sails from
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-21

Misses and chlldren's Oxfords and
Ankle-strap Pumps. In all leath-
ers. tan and black. with light and
medium weight soles. All sizes
and widths, 3+.25, s1.so, st75
and $500.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
RUSSIAN RESIGNATION.

From Maurice Baring's Russian
Essays" comes this bit of conversa-
ton: 81 then lay down on my bunk
Another Cossack from the other side
of the cabin called out at the top Of
his voice to the man who was over
me, who is that man. He is a
foreigner Is he travelling with
goods: 2 No, he is just travelling,
nothing more Then, looking down
at me from his bunk, the Cossack
who was above me said, Thou are
quite bald, little father. Is it illness
that did it or nature" Nature |
answered. 'Shouldst try an ONT
ment.' he said. 4 have tried many
ointments,' | said, including onions,
tar and paraffin, none of which were
Of any avail. There is nothing to be
done NO. said the Cossack, there
is nothing to be done 1t is Gods
business
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
MOORE MAY Be
ACOMM|SSIONER

Little Ro,k, May 6.-Special.-
Governor Donaghey is expected to
announce before the end of the
week or on next Monday, the men
he would appoint as commission
ers on the new state capitol COM
mission. 1t is.intimated he has the
men already picked and is waiting
to be sure they will accept before
sending the appointments to the
senate for confirmation. The ap-
pointments must be made in order
that the senate may pass upon
them before adjournment. DR.. A.
E. Moore, for many years auditor
of Arkansas, or connected with the
auditors Office, is mentioned as
one of the commissioners. AS he
is of the type appointed by Gov
ernor Donaghey op boards so far,
above criticism, there is no doubt
to the rumor.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
TOY SOLDIER IN THE RANKS.
French Army Recruit, Drawn for
Service. Three Feet High and
Weighs Forty Pounds.

There are as everybody knows
who has seen a frenGh ilne regiment
some extremely sInail soldiers III inc
French army Beyond DOUBT now
ever the most dImihnti'e coh'crlPl
VINO ever ere" an uhIucAy hulIloeI
from the urn is 'onn o"eharu'
Young man porn at Maii'es' III lhe
department OF OFhe' OH July -
1885.
his conscrlpt, VINO Is III MS
tWchty-hrst year, mas only attained
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
MUSICIANS RECREATlONS.


Sir Edward Elgar, the famous
musician, is said to be very keen on
chemistry and spends some of his
leisure time in analysis and expert
ment. He has been an enthusiastic
cyclist and can tell a good story of
adventures encountered on the high
ways and byways of western Eng
land At one time he made a hobby
of kite flying and was not ashamed
to be seen tugging at a string and
gazing heavenward after a strug-
Cling object with long tail which
strained to get higher and ever high
err He is also an ardent naturalist.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
MISS DUNAWAY PLEASES
Audience Delighted With Conway Girps
"Lady of the Decoration"
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.

To say the audience was delight
ed would be expressing in mild
terms the pleasure experienced by
those who heard Miss Hettie J..
Dunaway at Central College last
evening in her presentation of
The Lady of the Decoration" in
character costume. The attendance
was by no means as large as the
entertainment deserved, but the
audience was appreciative and
showered this daughter of Conway
with compliments over the splendid
advancement she has made in the
art of entertaining since her last
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13

public appearance here several
years ago.
The Lady of the Decoration"
is adapted from pretty little story
by Francis Little. The story IS
tod in series of letters from a
young Kentucky woman who IS
"a widow, but not sorry, to a be-
loved cousin. The young woman,
it develops, was forced at 8 into an
i'll advised match with a man much
her senior, who for seven years
holds the high-spirited young girl in
CALLING bondage and then obliging-
ly departs this life. As there seems
nothing else to do the young wild
ow takes a steamer for Japan to
engage for four years in mis-
sion work 1t is during this time
that the letters Miss Dunaway
reads are written. Her delineatlon
of the varying moods of the
lady" are charming. Jack, a
sweetheart of her young glrlhood,
has ever remained true, and
though she has forbidden his writ
ing to her, the gradual ascendency
OF her love for him, with its cul-
mination amid the stirring scenes
of the Russo-Japanese war, IS
beautifully expressed by the read
er. Lingering upon delicate
touches OF pathos just long enough
to start the tears, Miss Dunaway
swiftly makes her hearers laugh
through them with her spontane-
Gus humor. Not the least enjoy
able feature was the songs appro-
priately introduced. The piano
accomplishments were played by
Miss Julia Robins
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
HER MIXED METAPHOR.

\ girl ran franticaIly barrheaded
in the high wind Of Wednesday,
chasing a huge wheel-like something
that persisted in keeping half a
block ahead Of her.
what is it she's after" asked a
bystandor, watching her "A hoop
or the wheel of a bicvcle?'
Its her spring hat explained
another, "that came loose from its
moorings and sprinted away"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
WILL DIE FOR THE CAUSE.

Mrs. b. Borrmann Wells, the
English suffragette, says that at
every meeting in England of the
sufrragettes they risk their lives, but
she declares that she is willing to die
for the cause, and would prefer
death to loss of setf-respect. Some
women, she said, had died for the
cause.