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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

APresident Taft's proposition that a poetal savings bank system be estab- nsf1ed at, the next session of Congress, Is ecarce1yszfkely to be adopted, with puch, strong opponents as Senator AL ariclf and Speaker Cannon. The pro- posed system is particularly in favor In states which enforce no such su- pervision of savings banks as obtains here in the East, and in which these banks are organized for private profit Tn Connecticut, postal savings banks are not needed and would not be pop ular, with their interest rate of but pne-half the amount paid by the pres ent savings banks. If, as is reported, The American Bankers association an- hagonizes. at dts coming meeting, President Tafts project, such action will so strengthen the Congressional opposition as to probably assure it's rejection, despite the fact that 1t was advocated in the last National Repub- lican platform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

lees Magazine in her lap and passed on. This simple act of mercantile ag- gressiveness proved the real beginning of Patricia O'Brien's stage career. Picking up the magazine absent-mind- edly, Miss Stahl began turning the pages until finally her eyes rested up on a short story entitled ""The Extra Girl' and written by James Forbes, a man numbered among Miss StahFs ac- quaIntanceS. Out of respect to MT. Forbes more than for any other reason she began to read the story and i'm mediately became intensely interested in the subject matter. Before she had finished she was in a state of subdued excitement because she felt that she had discovered capital material for a vaudeville sketch. Upon arriving in Boston she immediately communicated with MT. Forbes who agreed ito make the story over into a twenty minute play. The balance of Patricia's ca reer is now a alter of stage history. She was a hit in vaudeville and later when she became the heroine of a four act comedy she found a conspicuous place on the legitimate stage And Miss Stahl confesses with characteris- tic frankness that the unknown news boy deserves a large share of the credit,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
MONROE.

Fred Rau has accepted a position with the Dairy Machinery@& Construc- tion Co., of Shelton, and drives back and forth.
 Remember the Japanese fair and sale to be held at the town hall Labor Day evening at ' o'clock.
 Mrs. Cornelia L. Shelton is with her sister, Mrs. Marshall Beach.
 Marshall Beach left Tuesday to visit with friends in Cheshire.
 Miss Kate Dwyer who has been with Mrs. H. J. Lord for several months, left for her home in Fairfield, Satur- day. She is to be married Wednes- day, Sept. 15.
 Isaac Hubbell has returned home from the Bridgeport hospital.
 Several from this place attended the funeral of J. Herbert Craig last Sat urday.
 Miss Fannie Burr who has been nursing at the home of J. H. Craig, has returned to her home. Lonnie Nichols of Shelton attended service at St. Peters Sunday. Mrs. A. Rau and Mrs. R. Stockbridge have visited friends in New Haven.
 Mrs. George Wagner has entertained her parents, MT. and Mrs. s. Brand, of Hartford
 Mrs Henry Edward has returned home from two weeks outing at Fairfield Beach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

It now appears that the conference of Progressive Democrats" to be held at Albany on Saturday next, is called mainly for the purpose of or ganizing an income tax league. Mir. Bryan has forwarded for presentation to the league when organized an in come tax resolution, accompanied by a letter in which he says that 'it is well to emphasize the fact that it may become necessary in war or other emergency and that it should not be considered in connection with the tar If, for 'tthe opponents of the tax are going to try to hide behind the tariff and appeal to protectionists.' MT. Bryan adds: Make it (the league) non partisan and do not allow my name to be used in amy way
 The appeal to protectionists, re- ferred to by MT. Bryan, is an argu- snent that with a large revenue from Income taxation. there would be less
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
CAUGHT AFTER
 THIRTEEN YEARS
Jack Wilkinson, Who Escap- ed from Albany in 1896,
 Captured at Bristol
Is Charged With Murder

Bristol, Sept. Jack Wilkinson, who made his escape from the police station at Albany, N. Y., in September. 1896, where he was held in connection with the murder of H. R. Capron, was captured here yesterday afternoon by Chief Belden, local officer, and a de- tective from Albany. Wilkinson ad- mitted, it is said, his identity, and also being with Capron on the evening of the murder, but denied connection with the crime. He expressed a, willingness to return without extradition and was taken back last evening.
 Wilkinson was also variously known, it is said, as Harry F. White, Harry Lablanc, and Harry Robinson.
 The murder of Capron by shooting occurred on September 8, 1896, and Wilkinson was arrested on the follow ing day, but later made his escape, and although he had been traced to Buffalo and other places, they had been unable to secure trace of him for two years past until it was learned a short time ago that man answering his description was here. Wilkinson while living here has worked as a ma- chinist. He is said to have married a New Britain girl, but had not lived with her for some time.
 He learned a few days ago that his whereabouts had been discovered, it is said, and for that reason left town. He anne back yesterday afternoon, however, and upon his arrival here shortly before o'clock was placed un- der arrest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

Dogs, horses, cattle, mice and even fish suffer from cancer.
 St. Petersburg is to spend s50.000,00O on sanitary improvements.
 Whooping cough kills more children under five years of age than scarlet fever.
 Deaths from hydrophobia in Europe average only a small fraction over one year.
 More than s5o, 1000, 900 worth of soap is made and sold in the United States every year.
 An official estimate places the num- Der of dairy cows in the United States at 21 10000, 900.
 Metallic chromium is now a commer- cial article and can be obtained in high degree of purity.
 The German Government is sending cooking schools in charge of experts to all portions of the Empire.
 More coal is mined by machinery, in proportion to the total output, in Ohio than in any other State.
 Some varities of rice ripen in two months after planting, while others require up to six months of cultiva- ton.
 Five Chinese Government schools are teaching railway engineering, and a sixth probably will establish a course.
 Lightning which struck his kite re- gently killed a. Norwegian scientist who was emulating F'ranklin's experiment. In some of the public schools of Con- necticut a course of Agriculture has been introduced in some of the higher grades.
 Brackets to lock milk bottles to sides of doorways have bene invented by a resident of New Jersey, to defy thieves. According to a Government report 2,600, 900 cattle die every year in this country from disease, exposure and neglect.
 The clay products of the United States in 1908 were valued at $133, ,197,- 762, compared with S158, 8,942, ,569 the year before.
 An American company is equipping Rio De Janiero and the surrounding ephone system.
 The first process of making soda on an extensive scale was discovered by Nicholas Leblanc, a French chemist, in 1791.
 Skinned milk has been proved a valuable food for laying hens, accord ing to experiments at the Virginia ex- pertinent station.
 London has no grain elevators. and never has had any, though it buys more wheat annually than any other city in the world.
 Ohio produced 26,27O639 short tons of coal last year, a decrease from the previous years output of about 1927 per cent.
 The Canadian government supports more than a score of wireless tele- graph stations along it's coasts, five of which are on the Pacific.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

In Chicago, an earnest effort is being made to secure the establishment of a municipal ice plant. The price of ice khere has advanced since May to $5 a bon. It is s;claimed that a suitable plant ean be provided ah a cost of $5o.ooo b $100. GOO, and the proposition is to Furnish. ice at the cost of production. pther cities have the same project nnder Reconsideration, and not the feeb- lest affirmative argument is that eheaper ice would lessen infant mor- tality- during the summer months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
Veteran Steamboat Master,
 Capt. F. IT. Beebe, Dead

Essex, Sept. 1.-Captain Fred How land Beebe, veteran steamboat mas ter. died at his home last night, aged 71. He fought in the Union army at Fort Hudson and during the siege was under fire for 42 days. After the war he began his career on Connecticut river steamers and after working up to a captaincy commanded all of the steamers running on the Hartford and New York line except the Middletown. He displayed bravery in many in stances and was prominent in rescuing persons at the time of the burning of the steamer Nutmeg State in 1899.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
INLAND WATERWAY TO FLORIDA

K z The Atlantic Deeper Waterways as- rociation will commence it's second annual convention at Norfolk, Va. on ! Nov 17th, the session to cover four lays. This is the organization which ls eudeavoring to secure further Con- krsssional action upon the project of m Inland waterway from Maine to { Florida, and which has already secur- a thss authorization of surveys from Bosbon to Key West. In g. speech de-/ nvered in the House by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania on July 27th last, he declared that this project would give greater immediate return 2 bo the people than will the Panama ranal." The association asked, at its last session, st1ie continuation and deepening of the waterway from Nor folk, Va, totBeaufort Inlet, N. e." the. purchase ofs the Delaware and Chesa- peake. canal surveys for a. canal from Beaufort souths and from the Della Rare river to New York harbor, and Tall necessary promotion to the pro- fsctss for opening a channel between Long s1sIand Sound and Massachusetts Bay" A private company is now nredging a. ship canal across Cape Cod: from New York to Philadelphia, there is now an inland passage by way of the Raritan Bay and River, the Hpelaware and Raritan canal and the
 eJaware River, but capable only of
 komn1odating vessels drawing not
 than feet: the Chesapeake &
 kare canal practically unites
 Alphia and Baltimore; the Ches-
 
 Hor1olk; the Dismal Swamp and Chesapeake and Albeanarle canals, with the AIbemarle, Croaton and Pam11co pounds complete an inland passage from Boston to Beaufort, N. c. With the barriers at Pam1tco sound cut, vessels could reach the ocean below dangerous and dreaded Cape Halter as, after an inside trdp of 739 nautical miles from Boston-a canal is now being cut from Pamlico sound ito Beaufort.
 Na&tonally, the project of an inland waterway from Maine to Florida, with R depth of not less than 25 feet in any Df it's links, is of prime importance, In times ofipeace as. well as war. Lo- pally, 1t is also of very material inn portance. This city is on the line of This proposed waterway and, with an adequate harbor, would profit greatly thereby. Unfortunately, its people do hoh appear to realize the advisability pf reserwing for future use every foot Df available water area.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Edgar N. Bayliss, a merchant of Robinsonville. Del, wrote: About two years ago I was thin and sick, and coughed all the time and if I did not have consumption. it was near to it. I commenced using Foleys Honey and Tar. and it stopped my cough, and I am now entirely well. and have gained twenty-eight pounds. all due to the good results from taking Foley's Hon. ey and Tar" F. B. Brill. local agent.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

or no need of customs duties. It was used against the corporate income tax but 1neffectively. But we need to know more of the origin and purposes of these Progressive Democrats'' before endorsing their movement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
FIRE ON ESTATE
 OF GIRAUD FOSTER

Lenox, Mass, Sept. Fire on the Bellefontaine estate of Giraud Foster Monday night destroyed his COW barn and the seasons cut of hay. All the pedigreed COWS, equipment, and stock were saved. Thegloss Is estimated at s5,OO0. MT. and Mrs. Foster were at Seaput Club, Oystervil1e, Mass. where MT. Foster is recuperating from a se- were illness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
CHICAGO TO SEATTLE
 IN SIXTY-TWO HOURS

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The railroad run- ming time from Chicago to Seattle will be reduced to sixty-two hours-ten hours below the present schedules-as the first move in a war declared up- on other roads by James J. Hill of the Great Northern, according to a story The Record Herald will print to- day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
WARNING.

Do not be persuaded into taking anything but Foley's Honey and Tar for chronic coughs. bronchitis, hay fever, asthma, and lung trouble as it stops the cough and heals the lungs. F. B. Brill, local agent. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
COMMITTED TO JAIL.

Albany Sept. 1.-Harry White, alias Jack Wilkerson. who was arrested in Bristol, Conn.,, yesterday charged with the murder of John B. Capron of Al bany on a. lonely road in Green Island on September IS, 1906, was to-day com mitted to jail. White declared that he can clear himself of the charge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
TAX LIST 1909

The Assessors of the City of Bridge port vii meet at the Assessors Office City Hall, on the first day of Septem- Der and each week day thereafter, to and including the first day of October, 1909, for the purpose of receiving the sworn lists of all persons liable to pay taxes on personal property (horses, wagons, automobiles, stock in stores etc.,) and real estate, in the City of Bridgeport, making a description of all real estate, each. parcel being sep arately described (including street number). And if he or she shall neg lect or refuse to do so, the Assessors shall fill out list for him or her and add thereto ten per centum of it's val uation.
 Special attention is called to Section 2303, of the Statutes, which states that each parcel of property must be sep arately and accurately bounded and described.
 Post Office address of each owner must be given.
 Office hours: g A. M. to P. M.; Sat urdays, A. M. to 12 M.
 F. J. HUGHES,
 DAVID FENELON,
 JULIUS w. KNOWLTON,
 WILLIAM V. WALSH,
 Board of Assessors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01

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Theft OF RECORDS CHARGED
FIVE ARRESTS IN SAN FRAN.
CISCO GRAFT CASE.
Employe Of District Attorney One
Of Alleged Conspirators to Secure
transcripts Of Evidence.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 27.-Ffve men
were arrested this afternoon and locked
in separate cells in the city prison. ac-
cused of conspiring to secure confidential
records and transcripts of evidence of
value to the defense in the graft cases
from the private Offices of the district
attorney.
The men arrested are: Reed N. Hamlin
confidential employee OF District Attorney
Langdon and for two years private secre-
tary to Detective William J. Burns: AL
Mckinley. William Corbin, e. A. Plat
and Joseph Van Wormer
After his arrest Hamlin broke down and
made a confession of his part OF the
AFFAIR. He was the only man in the
district attorneys Office who possessed a
Ike to Burns desk and also the combfna-
ton to the safe. 1t Ia alleged that Ham
lin, for a consideration Of 500 a month
has been in the practice Of transcribine
records and documents which he Thought
would be Of importance to the gran de-
Tense and turning them over to Mckinley
who is declared to have acted as a 20.
between. About two months ago Rprns
became suspicious Of Hamlin and since
then he has been allowed to handle moth
ing OF Importance.
Plat Is alleged to have sold reports Of
of members Of the grand
jury panels in the graft cases, and the
the others are said to be implicated
as Intermediates in the matter.
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CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS
LOCAL CHARITY WORKERS
STRIVE TO ASSIST NEEDY.
Receive Check for 5000 From Com
missioners Of the District-Names
Of Contributors.

The first mail yesterday contained
check for $500 from the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia. making 1t the
best day in the present campaign of the
Joint finance COMMITTEE Of the Associa-
ted Charities, Citizens Relief Association
and the Association for the Prevention of
tuberculosis. The amount Of the check
represents the interest derived from the
investment of the Centennial inaugural
relief fund, and by the direction of the
Commissioners was turned over to the
Citizens Relief Association to be expended
solely for the purchase of fuel and cloth
ing for the poor Of the District of CO.
lumbia. This contribution will serve to
place the association in a more indie
pendent position than either of the Asso-
ciated Charities or the Association for the
Prevention of tuberculosis. BY this SUBJ
stantial addition to its funds, the contri-
buttons of the Citizens Relief Association
time. while the Associated Charities is
nearly four thousand dollars behind the
total contributions at this time in 1908.
and the tuberculosis committee Is also be-
hind in its collections compared with last
year.
Among the contributions acknowledged
by the joint finance committee Is one of
$50 from Senator Elihu Root
The Five-Dollar Club, started at the
suggestion of A. Lsner. is yet in its in
fancy. Six memberships have been Sc
cured. Persons are not limited to single
memberships. but may take as many as
they choose Mr.. Lisner has himself
subscribed for four. The hope is ex-
pressed that those who join the club will
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some of these selfish interests will be

some of these selfish interests will be
denied
Devoting his remarks largely TO an
academic discussion OF the tariff. Mr..
Hardwick (Ga) maintained that the south
still condemns and denounces protection
In spite of what has been said TO the
contrary. He said he was opposed to the
Payne. bill as whole. He contended
that 1t is revision upward. He also de-
clared that 1T was not true that the south
is turning to Taft.
Securing the floor for two minutes. Mr.
Focht Pa). while expressing himself in
favor of the Payne bill as a whole. said
he would oppose the placing of bituminous
coal on the free list
That the national wealth has been
doubled is one of the effects which Mr..
keifer (Ohio) attributed to the operation
of the Dingley bill. Speaking OF the plac-
ing OF certain raw materials on the free
list of the Payne bill. Mr.. keifer favored
a reasonable duty on hides.
IF hides are not to be made dutiable,
then boots and shoes and leather manu-
factures must go on the free list" he
said. why should not the raiser. breeder
and feeder of cattle have the same pro-
lection on their products as is given the
shoe manufacturer and the tanner on
their products?"
Protection and the south was discussed
by Mr.. Slemp Of Virginia. who said that
the protection policy, historically, had its
origin in the south.
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COAST GUARDS SAVE TWO.
Timely Aid Rescues Fishermen
Drifting on Overturned Craft.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j.. March %
Coast guards from Shark river station
who rushed seaward early today to pick
up what appeared to be an empty skin
floating bottom upward at the mouth
of Shark river near Long Branch. found
Carl Anderson and Otto Peterson, two
Sea Bright fiisherfen dashed 10 the tinv
craft.
The men had started out early in the
morning for the fishing grounds and when
their boat turned turtle under the shock
OF a heavy sea they had presence OF mind
10 fasten themselves 10 the sunwale OF
the little craft They had been In the
water for more than an hour and had
lost all sense OF their plight when the
life savers reached the boat
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Partly Cloudy and Slightly Cooler,
With Probably Showers Today.

Partly Cloudy and Slightly Cooler,
With Probably Showers Today
Forecast For Sunday and Monday-For
the District of Columbia. Delaware.
Maryland and Virginia, partly cloudy and
slightly cooler. with probably showers
Sunday. Monday partly cloudy; moderate
winds. mostly westerly.
Barometric pressure is low over the
entire country and is lowest over the
northern lake region. eastern Tennessee
and Texas. where it is below $3.50 inches.
Pressure is highest over California, where
1t ranges above 29.9O inches. Temperature
has risen in the Atlantic and gulf states
and has fallen from the Mississippi val
ley over the plains states.
Scattered rains occurred Saturday In the
Atlantic states, the lake region and Ten
nessee. and from the Pacific coast over
the plateau region. and snow was re-
ported in the middle and northern Rocky
mountain districts.
During Sunday the weather viii be un-
settled, with showers In the Atlantic and
guif states. and snow Is likely to continue
In areas In the Rocky mountain states. In
the plains states and thence over the mid
die Mississippi and Ohio valleys the
weather will be fair.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be moderate to
brisk west to northwest: on the south
Atlantic and east and west gulf coasts
moderate to brisk southerly; on Lake
Michigan moderate to brisk west to north.
west.
Temperature.
Midnight. 80: 2 am. "a: am, 30: g
a. m, 35; am, 40: 10 am. So: II noon.
SO; pm, Is: pm, 81: 6 pm. 81; o
p. m, So: 10 pm. IS.
Maximum, s.: minimum, 30.
Relative Humidity. r
am, Is; 2 pm, 81: pm, 20.
Hours Of sunshine. 10.
Percent OF possible sunshine, 81.
Temperature same date last year-Max-
imum, so; minimum, So.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tiae. 7:38 am. and s:25
2. M: high tide. ZIP am. and 1:3s pm.
Tomorrow-I1ow tide, SAB am. and 9:2S
pm; high tide. 2:13 am. and 2:3s pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:53 am; sun sets,
6:19 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 5:52 am
Moon sets lip am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps Ill
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Temperatures in Other Cities.
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CREMATEn UNDER AUTO.
Gasoline Ignites in Overturned Ma
chine Burning Man to Death.

Deputy Sheriff James r.. Abrams was
burned to death and George c. Barco
was seriously injured when Mr.. Barco's
machine turned over near Boynton
shortly after midnight last night. PIN
ming Abrams. Barco and Richard Gard
ner under the machine.
The gasoline tank exploded, scattering
the burning fiuid over the men. Gardner
succeeded in extricating himself unin-
jured and helped Barco from under the
machine. but Abrams was pinned under
in such manner that he could not be
moved. The accident was caused by
the steering gear becoming unmanagea-
bic.
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Names of Contributors.

Names of Contributors.
The following have been acknowledged
by the respective treasurers:
For the joint finance committee, Howard
5. Reside. treasurer: Senator Root. $50
For the Associated Charities. John Joy
Edison. treasurer: DR.. Ada r. Thomas. IS;
M. E. S.. 81: DR.. Thomas A. Wilmington
81: DIR. and Mrs. George s. Duncan. s.;
Mrs. Alexander r.. Shepherd. $50.
For the Citizens Relief Association, Mil
ton E. Allies. treasurer; Centennial inaugu-
raj relief fund through the Commissioners
Of the District of Columbia, $500; Mrs. C.
{. Black. IS; Miss Louisa F. Symonds, 50.
For the Association for the Prevention
OF tuberculosis, William H. Forwood,
treasurer: DR.. Ada r. Thomas. s.;
The following members have been added
to the ''Five-dollar Club: Mr.. A. Lisner
-four memberships. $40; William Cor
coran Eustis, S.; Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis, IS.