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The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
If a few days at the Glen.

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 A party of colony boys camped al Green Pond, three nights last week Joe Platt, Hewitt Mallinson ant Julius and John Wilson comprised the party and MT and Mrs Wilson acted as camp manager and cha. perone.
 MT Burnham has returned tc Brooklyn after a two weeks vaca. tion.
 Miss Grace Hewitt of Brooklyn is spending a week at Waterside.
 A marshmallow roast was given by Miss Lily Godfrey to some of he1 friends on Thursday evening ,~s Miss Hariett Jensen has returned to New York after a pleasant visit at Overlook.
 The colonists, who have come to love this neighborhood within few years, appreciate visits from those who have known the vicinity for a much longer time and cherish its traditions. Mrs Barnum, who spent Thursday with her daughter, Mrs Otis Durga, at her camp at Mauwee- hoo and made some calls in the neighborhood with her daughters, Mrs Pugsley and Mrs Betts, was a welcome visitor in the homes near by.
 The Sunday evening song service held on MT Durgy's porch at quar- ter before seven continues to hold it's popularity. A number of people from Sherman center joined us, this week. All are very welcome.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
CLANS WERE LUCIoUs AND AP
 / PETITES GOOD.

V. P. staub, J. E. Mullins, Louis A. Hager, C. D. Pulyer, Hubert Thomas, George Northrop, William Hephur, H. D. Hine, Charles Planz, R. J. Dunlap, Eugene Wildman, Dr c. B. Blackman, John Pierce, Fred Miles, H. H. Pomeroy, w. B. Hun gerford attended the clam bake of the Fellow Craft club at Lake Ken oshia, last week Thursday night.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
CHESTNUT LAND.

Charles E. Erickson, who returned to business in Brooklyn two weeks, ago, is spending a weekend visit with his family.
 Miss Lillian Erickson returned to Brooklyn, last Tuesday.
 Alfred Peterson, who retired from business in Brooklyn, N. Y, a short time ago, will spend the remainder of the month with MT and Mrs George Johnson.
 c. E. Riddiford has sold his fast road horse to a party in Torrington.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20

MI duu MI o cs iiohNh bNNst sSei Thursday, after a weeks visit at Monterey and Great Harrington, Mass.
 w. c. Hopkins of the Hopkins house, Great Burlington, Mass, was visitor in town, Monday.
 T. J. Daley, the genial proprietor of the Lincoln house, was a visitor in Hartford, Monday.
 Miss Minnie Baur, for some time the capable clerk at the store of P. M. Cassedy, has resigned her posi- tion and returned to her home in Danbury.
 A. T. Ellis, W. L. Erwin and R. F. Logan attended the annual field day of the Telephone Employee Mutual Benefit Association at Savin Rock, last week Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs T. A. Green of Dan bury were recent guests of MT and Mrs s. H. Morgan.
 M. w. McOmber, who underwent an operation at Grace hospital, New Haven, has returned improved in health.
 Mrs s. H. Morgan passed Sunday with New Britian friends
 MT and Mrs Jerome Titus are visiting a son and grandson in Den yer, Col.
 De Rue Brothers, minstrels, ap- pear at the local Opera house under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, September 2. A concert will be given by their band at noon and in the evening.
 MT and Mrs M. W. Hill returned home, Saturday, after an enjoyable stay at Ocean Grove, N. J., and New York City.
 R. M. Wilbur and daughter, Miss Minnie Wilbur, and Miss Elizabeth H. Noble are enjoying a sojourn at Newport, R. I.
 Mrs c. D. Pulver and children re- turned on Saturday after weeks visit in Waterville.
 Miss Flora Pulver returned, Tues day, after visit in Great Barring ton, Mass, and Falls Village.
 Mrs c. M. Hunt and son, Harold, have returned after three weeks visit with friends in White Plains, N. Y.
 Charles E. Brinton is i'll with typhoid fever at his home at Elgin, III.
 Miss Pearl Taylor, an operator at the local telephone office, is enjoying a vacation of two weeks.
 Representative c. B. Marsh re- turned, last Thursday, after an en- joyable stay at Spectacle lake.
 A large and handsome night blooming cereus attracted a goodly of visitors at the residence of Mrs Hubert Thomas, Thursday. It remained in full bloom from about 3 p. m., to 1 a. m.
 Mrs George Lines and Miss A. E. Bostwick are enjoying sojourn at Asbury Park, N. J.
 William Allertson Anthony, who 1as been spending six weeks with his sister, Mrs George H. Lines, left on Tuesday.
 Frederick Grimms of Millerton, N. Y, a first class harness repairer, Add to New MILFORD. 1as taken a position with Frank zvitts, the harness maker. MT 5rimms is highly recommended by Mr White, salesman for Weed & Co. ,f New Haven. r.
 William Locke has left the employ ,f Frank Evitts and has returned to Stamford.
 James Mcdonald of Stamford passed Sunday in town.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
The NewtoWn Bee Newtown, Friday. August 20, 1909.
New Milford

AGENT HALL ON DECK AGAIN.
 Charles N. Hall, an agent of the State Board of Education, was out, Monday, for tue first time, after be- ing laid up for a month with tonsi' litis and what threatened to be typhoid fever. Dr J. c. Barker had the case in charge, Two New Haven physicians were called in eonsulta' ton.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
Sherman.
LADIES PICNIC AT SPRING LAKE

There was a ladies picnic at Spring Lake Park on Wednesday last, no gentlemen present. Dinner was served at 12 o'clock, consisting of all the good things that are pro- vided on such occasions. Hot coffee was made on the grounds. After dinner all enjoyed sail on the lake and then a ramble was taken up the ravine south of the lake. The scenery was beyond description. Some hard climbing was done over rocks and fallen trees. It was a day long to be remembered by the ladies present.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
TELEPHONE OFFICE CHANGES

Miss Ada Brown has resigned her position as clerk in the local tele- phone office and will enter tlie New Haven training school for nurses. Miss Julia Maelia will take the position made vacant by Miss Browns resignation. The employers of the local telephone office pre- sented Miss Brown with a s5 gold piece on her departure.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
Washington.
CHURCH Hill.

Mir and Mrs August Johanson of Brooklyn, N. r., are at present stop ping with MT and Mrs Carl Pearson.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
SECRET SOCIETY NOTES.

A regular meeting of New Mill ford lodge, No 292, N. E. o. P, will be neld on Tuesday evening, August "A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
BRYAN THROWN FROM AN AUTO Painfully Injured in
 Tampa. HE CAME NEAR TO DEATH
 --e----- Big Machine Throws a Tire and
 0yestnrns. Nesraskan is seriously Bruised 'ana suEsrs oreas fain at Hotei--
 Had Just FinisArd Y Lecture.
B CAME NEAR TO DEATH

Tampa, Fla.s Feb. e.--while re- turning from Sutherland College. where he delivered his lecture. "The Prince of Peace." this afternoon William T. Bryan came near losing his life.
 A big machine in which he was rid ing, threw tire on bridge near Tarpon Springs. and plunged into the trestie work. throwing the occupants out
 Mir. Bryan was on the side next to that which struck the woodwork. and was damned against a rail and suffered considerable injury. At first it was thought his leg had been broken, but when he arrived at Tampa, an ex- animation revealed that the lex was only badly bruised.
 Mir. Bryan is scheduled to appear at St :. Louis soon and at Sprinffeld. H.. on Feb. 12. Lincoln's birthday. where he makes the principal address, and 1t may be that he will have to cancel these dates. He Is in his rooms at the Tampa Bay Hotel and is sufrering much pain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
TWELVE ARE KILLED
AFTERMATH OF STORM IN THRER
 STATES.
The Year 1909 Made Long Stride Toe ward Eaualiing the Remarkable
 Record oK 1908 for De- sarOyfng Lives.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. GA dozen deaths, mostly those of negroes. all told, in Mississippi. Alabama and Georgia. Is the result of the first serious wind storm of 1909.
 News reached here today that at Roberta, Ga, last night negro cabin was blown down and two negro chti- dren burned to death.
 In the neighborhood of Moultrie, Ga, where dangerous forest hrOs ragged last night. the flames moderated today during heavy rainfalls. Fires were burning stiu in many places tonight. but with the weather calm. there was every assurance that they would be extinguished without further serious damage.
 The storm center travelled eastward from North Texas and appears to have wrought the greatest havoc in North ern Alabama, although high winds pre- vailed throughout the length and breadth of that State. reaching ve- locity of forty-six miles an hour as far south as Mobile, where torrential rain was accompanied by hatA
 It was impossible last night to reach hundreds of towns in Northern Ala bama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
MAY IGNORE REQUEST
RO0sEvELT WANTS TO CONCEAL ExRENnTrUREas.
Senators Think Pubiie Has RaeAt ts Know where Money Used By
 Detectives ans OtAeEa

Washington. Feb. e,--president RocseveIt's reduest that the reply of the Secretary of the Treasury Co the
 Soraker resolution calling for an item, ixed statement of expenditures made from the war deficiency fund of 1888 De considered confidential. may be ie- nored by the Senate.
 Since the document has. besn repos- Ing in the files Of the Committee on Military Affairs 1t has been examined are not impressed with the importance of 6oncealing from the public the iF- formation ft contains. s ss1s.. E.
 Ths reason given by President Roose- xeits for the redtieEt that the infoFma- |itipn should be kept as executive mat ter was that the war fund had been used to send military agents isto for elgfi counties s.to gather lnateriaf for the secret use of tits Government.
 whife 1t is said that this Is true in regard to some expenditures, certain Senators havs declared that the report 90 hfsaes the details connected with such expSnditures that the qualification of the report could not reaWlt in any dip- lomatie estfaasenlenas sh ether goy.
 Tiie fAsoiatIon bringing siss ststs- gnesSt to the aessta wsa lntFodEcAd sy HfeS Fnsal2sr q fef fiA isaEm0a shat sit G&S hE3 wh6 naka iiE working on tist Brow se case he4 NesA zi From tho var aex.efeH6x suAH. II ie deelaFed kss NsxeFef Sspatss1 |sSTssa Ats&e N xa M E1ls @ 2. iIll3l thtx xait lssf 1ii Ae1st tn Shows tfid4 fii6 &4aita q &S D 6ek aAea ~ a Afifiknainl junk feh fs as- serted tiImte the staae zsahfs shotv that sSkSraf jufketss were paid fpf from this fund and kltats thk certain instances the fund waa ueed % pay fer the esa- tertainnienfs of military waAi tors ss from other countries
 Althoush q number of other Senate are aisposed to make the document public, it ia known that such action would be oppoked bx others and there. fore . unolloA to print the statement As d public document may be accom- panied by sharp and acrtInonious de- hate sis%s fs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
T00RGANIZE MILITIA
GOV. GILLETTE RECEIVES REQUEST
 FROM WAR DEPARTMENT.
The Governor Wiii EmmedIatesy@ 0r- ganike sixfeen MiIitia Companies to Be Held in Reserve for
 Coast UefenBe.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb, 6.--Governor Gillette has received from the War Department at Washington, Q request that he organize sixteen militia com panies to be held in reserve for coast defense, according to reliable inform alton obtained today.
 Some time ago, Aujutant-General Lauck was requested by the Federal authorities to assign that many men of three regiments of State militia to the coast defense. but Lauck declined to do SO. It Is understood that Gov ernor Gillette. who left here for San Francisco today. will begin the or- ganization of the companies at once
 Governor Gillette informed one of the newspaper men who accompanied him to San Francisco today, that his visit had no connection with the anti Japanese lesisletion st Sacramento. The Goveruor declined. however. to comment upon the purpose of his vinIt.
 State Adtutant-Ceneral Lauek em- phatically stated that the renewed ac- tivlties in his department. at the re- quest Of the war Department at Waaa- inxton for the organization of six ee1n militia companies of artillery kot coast dafense, were not the result oi the passage of the Assembly of ths amtasIapanese school htils
 asnarai Lakack declared that neither aAwAfnpr Gkitetk nor hIinBeiE had &lls sTnnAnese situation tn mind when 1t was decIdeSas fo accedes if possible. to the request of the Federal War Depart nent that he establish an adequate coast defense. Not one-fourth of the men, he declared, necessary to man the harbor guns are now available.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
WON'T REPy.AL PRESEE'. LAW Nationa aakrupt Meas
 N< to Stand. |cIAyroN,s AMENDMENT LOST
 .--s-~~ Those Favoring Repeal Vii Keep
 Up Fight.
 t ----s----- srr. olaysoa Declares That the Nssienai Retsiiers A..ssi~sisa Fsssr.a
 the Repeal ef sAs rressasy
cLAyT0N's AMENDMENT LOST
BY ALFRED ,. sToFER.

Washington. Feb. s.-tSpeciai. )-- There wass c lively time In the House this aftefnoon over the bankruptcy question. but the House refused to re- peal the law.
 r 4 bill was brought up to amend tne present law, and Representative Clay ton offered as an amendment his meas ure repeating tine present bankruptcy law. 1t was voted down. and the te- publicans accepted, in order to gain Democratic support, the bill of Repre- sentative sheriey of Loutsville.
 Mir. Clayton says that the National Retailers' Association favor the trepeai -of the law. but the Credit Mems Asso- citation in the large cities iavor .ss ~. also are much in favor of 1t. but those demandihg its repeal intend 10 Keep
 y ras @ the time being.S the omnibus ciasrs biil Is tied ID in the House calF dar. opfnions differ as to its Tafg Its sfBsnds are trying to get it Into confef6ncps but some favorable to- tlse measure Kear it-is dead for sthis ssssion. but they are going to do wnat they can eto force action.
 The testimonx in the last Huneley hearing has not yet been printed. The proofs were being read yesterday but as the tessfmony js 60 voluminous, it may be sofne days before the complete copies are ready. Alahaina lawyers Interested tn this controversy are anx- ious to get the testinony asl soon as poasihie Id order that the briefs may Do prepared. and filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee.
 Senator Bankhead has been advised thak the North Carolina Legislature ha& unanirnonsiy instructed the sena- tors and Representatives from that State to favor his good roads meas ure; his inforiDation also is that this movement is growing in the Old state 4iink aa 1t iasin Alabama.
 Whrhu@il the tTterceeeicn of Senator aohnAton. Jnnaa eiHapeeFs who vas exr p6rkeH to ra&oh lsta Ala hpfse af 0adsr sen tstiays N1aa dseeaaf&ed from the h2vxs Ihe ease was pressed hy A5on' VI < q. Nosk kin of uadsden. wae intsr- : eated hinnseIe in young Himpsoias who lk1 itsfa .latti0uh trouble hy eperetay- IaG hlk leave sfla vieiafspf of the Teguiat lions was due t0, atcknesb as fl,e kssuit ok -h railrcad eceidsnt several yeare ssY 's's,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
QUALTR0UGH GUILTY
NAVAL OHFFCER IS SUSPENDED
 FOR SIX MONTHS.
Cesnnansaer of Baffieship Georgia Convicted of Drankenaess whfle ? On Duty~-EDetaehea and Orr
 derea Home.

Gibraltar. Feb. s.--Captaln Edward F. Qualtrough. of the battleship Georeta. having been found guilty by court martial of being intoxicated while bn duty, and of conduct preju- diciaI to the good of the navy has been suspended from duty for six months with an additional punish tnent of the loss of ten numbers in rank
 Rear Admiral Sperry. commander in chief ok the Atlantic batfleship fleet which starts on ita hofnewaFd voyage tosisy has approved the nnding of the nots martial Nut ths secretary Of the na must tsske officlaf action on the receEnfne nendation for loss of numbers.
 Captain Quattrough han been de- taeiisd ffofT the feet and ordered home. He will go as q passenger on the Georgia. Liepfenant Commander George ". Kline. who was. placed in command of the Georgia will continue in command on the .homeward journey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
WI. JONES GUILTY
Nf5TEDl. eOuTiE 0AnOLINA GAS
 G0sgEs TO ca0stc.
,Tonea. Whe Ha. . WeaIeAy FEmateFs Was T Charxea with MnFderlhg Hls ,t wife By PoiS0m Laat
 Jwfx.

Union, s.. G. Feb s .--Guiity. with q recommendations Tor mercy. was the verdict of the jury in the case of ". T. Jones. wealthy planter Of this county who has been on trial here on the charge Of murdering his wife by poi son last July. The verdict was rem dered late this afternoon. a
 -f when the foreman of the. jury an nouncad the verdict after that body's protracted session. Jones's face be- came palIid and he. showed much emo- ton. A motion by the defense for a new. trial wiil be argued next Tuesday aentenca was deferred.
 The trial, which began last ,Wednes- day. has excited widespread, interest because of the ktanding of the prisoner and the sensationaT charges involved n tha case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
GmtredaceA to Presidemt.

Washingt0n, Feb, l6--R Repres sentative underwood of Alabama today intro- Iduced to the President, Fl LA McCon- |neli of Mobile. ana 2. L. Nabers. of Bir- rhinkhanl, who some time ago obtained land for large banana plantation in Colombia.
 ! When the Republic of Panama was created, the land passed into Panama territory, and then there arose a dis pute as to whether the plantation be- lonKed in Panama or Costa Rfca. the latter country putting in claim to the territory. The dispute was submitted to arbitration. resulting in Panama's claim being sustained Costa Rica has not yet yielded to the decision. and it lis said has sent troops along the bor- der to enforce her claim.
 1 The President asked for q written statement of the trouble, and this was submitted. He will take up. thh ques- tion with the State Department which has for some time been handling it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
PREACHER IS KILLED
TEXAS BAPTIST DTvINE MEETS
 MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Body of Rev. W. T. Hmdnon of Ekouat0n | In FOund niddled With Buck
 l shot fin a Pond Near Hous-

Houston, Miss. Feb 6,--The body of Rev W. T. Hudson. pastor of the Baptist church at this place and one of the most prominent ministers in the State, was found riddleJ with buckshot lin a pond near Houston late tonight.
 Mir. Hudson left his apartments at the Houston Hotel early today and when he did not return at nightfali, a search was instituted which led to the dis covery of the body. It was his custom to prepare his Sunday sermon seated upper a tree near the noni and it is con- sidered evident that he wRs shot from ambush and killed white anus engaged As to the motive. which could have prompted the killing or the person who committed the crime, nothing can be learned tonight The condition of the body indicated that he had been dead for some hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
traveled about <s.ooo nilss and trav- ersed about <oo dtxrces of iatifude and as n6knv drkrees of longitude.

as f1&ny dckrees or 1onEituoe-
 A flemnrlknb1e vsyhEe.
 The American battieship neet, cofli- posed of sixteen warships. Is now op the last run of its famous cruise Roads December .Is. 1907. and when it again anchors fn that port February zz 1t will have been gone one year and sixfy-efsfit days.
 No accident has marked the ,progress of the .greatest. armed fleet that ever made such long voyage. The cruise has been In every respect an unquaitfi- ed sttcess.~
 The trip has been watched with the greatest interest by all foreign powers and. wherever the vessels called squth America, Australia. Japan. China, cey- Ion. Egypt and the ports of the Medit- erranean. the ofacers and men have been given hearty ofhcial ana private
 The fleet left Hampton Roads under Admiral Rpbley U Evans. who com ducted 1t as far as San Francisco.
 Rear Admiral Charles II Thomas then took command hut she was suc- .ceeded Maysl5 by Rear Admiral sperry who brought the vessels home.
 Rear Admiral Arnoid's third sqnad- ron of the Atiantic fIeet, consisting of the battIeships Maine. MlssissippL New Hampshire and Idaho and the scout lem will meet AasntraI sperryss fleet in the AtlantIce about thousand miles from the, coast and then with Admiral Arnoid's ships ak an escort the world touring vessels will proceed teward Hampton Hoads where they will be received by President Roosevelt on WasltnEtoa 's. birthday. &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
PROHIBITIONISTS NOT
 DISCOURAGED IN TEXAS

Waco, Texas, Feb, 6-The prohibit tionists of this state do not seem dis couraEed by the refusal of the House yesterday to pass the bill submitting statewide prohibition to a vote of the people aud say they will keep up the fight.
 They claim that the failure of the Democratic Legislature to provide for the submission of constitutional aineudment. after majority of demo- crats had declared for 1t in the primary. will he distinct advantage to the cause of prohibition when the fight comes up again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
EULoGrzEs ALLISON.
AIsny Tributes PaIa the late Tswa

Many Tributes Paid the Late Iowa
 Senator.
 Washington. Feb. 6.--Eulogies in honor of the late Senator william Allison, of Iowa. occupied the session of the Senate today.
 Splendid tributes to the public ser vice of the dowa statesman. extending over half a century. were paid alike by Republican and Democratic Sena- tors.
 Senator Deliver, colleague of the late Senator. reviewed the public events Of Mir Allison's life. He said the peo- pie of Iowa would build monument to Senator Allison fn his own State and would ask permission to erect ga statute to him In this city.
 Among others who spoke were Een- ators Hale, Teller. Aldrieh. Daniel Challom, Bacon. Gallingar. Ledge, Tiii- man, Perkins, Nelson. Kear. DepeB. Burkett, william Alden smith, Borah and cummins. the latter SeAAtor Ai- lison'B successor.
 Senator Bacon declared that on the pemocratic side the confidence Of Sen- ators in Mfr Allison was as great as on the Republican eide of the cham her,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
TAFT WOULD TAKE
 HIS DEGREE IN OHIO

Atlanta, Feb. 6.-Anent the an- nouncement that @ Masonic lodge in Columbus, O., is to make President elect Taft a Mason on sight" 1t has become known here that during his visit to the South, MT. Taft was told that 1t had been intimated that he would be made a Mason by lodge in Augusta, Ga, MT. Taft is quoted as having said:
 ''That is very kind. but If am ever elected to take the Masonic degrees [ shalI take them in the home lodge of my father at Cincinnati"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
vnTo ls IaEFERRED.
ROoaevelt,s Message Goes to Census E< Cof,arzffafee. st-

C0nnuta4ee.
 Washington. Feb. s.-The first busi- ness of importance to claim the atten- tion of thu House today was the Presi- dents message vetolng the census bill. --ts
 MT aiIlett. of Massachusetts, object ed. .InasInuch as the bill could not be amended there was no reason for its referehce.
 { MT. crumpacxer said that the alter native was offered of reporting the bill back either with recommendation that 1t pass. Presidents veto to the contrary Notwithstanding. Or recom- fnendation that 1t does not pass.
 A motion by MT. Parsons to amend the bill in accordance with the Presi- dents suggestions failed and without further debate, the bill and message were referred.
 An attempt will be made in the House, according to the plans of House leaders to pass the census bill over, the veto of the President. F The action on the veto will be post poned probably until an opportune time next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

Junction. three young boys broke through the crust and were drowned
 The boys were riding on q bob-sle and had small sail up. catching the breeze. sMheu the wind died down. a fourth boy leaped og and pushed. the sled over the ice. While doing so the sled was steered over a thin. sheet of ice and the three boys with the sled broke through Into the water.
 The drowned are: Alfred Demarq. aged years, his brother. Ernest De- mary, aged 13. and cousin. Alfred chapeidaics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
DFag. Ta I.lauoIF seIIern

7 Danville, Va.1 Feb. 0--ThIrteen ar- arrests for illicit traflc In intoxicating beverages were made tonight, follow ing a series of raids participated la, by practically every member of the l0cal police force. Plans for the spreading of a drGgnet have been in course cg formation Cor several days.