davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
MAY PURCHASE ROAD.
Petition Introduced by Representative
 Curtiss, of Sheffield.

Curtiss, of Sheffield.
 Representative Curtiss, of Sheffield, Friday introduced a petition to authorize the New Haven Berkshire Street Rail- way company on condition, says The Eagle, that it shall comply with the con. ditions imposed last year when the talk of the consolidation of the Berkshire street railway with the Bennington & North Adams line was under considera- ton, namely the extension to the top of Greylock, the line to connect with the Western Massachusetts railway at Hunt. ington, the extension to the Connecticut line and the branch line to Egremont.
 The petition should have been filed asst December and advertised. 1t was referred to the committee on rules. This committee will give hearing and if it is found that the failure1o thus advertise has not injured anyone it will report that the petition be admitted. 1t will tlen probably be referred to the com mittee on railroads and street railways, sitting jointly.
 LATER-There is considerable doult as to trolley extensions as the legislature shows disposition to oppose the owner ship of electrec roads by steam roads.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
Was Royalty Entertained by the Canaan
 Chapter
THE BEST MID-WINTER MEETING
Remarkably Fine Menu ard Some Very Interesting Addresses-CIub is Invited by Mir. StOeckel to Hold it's Next Meeting at Norfolk.

Rev. G. W. Judson of Winsted pre- sented the report of the music committee, which stated that G. w. Chadwick of Boston has consented to compose this years work for the Choral Union, "Noel' a Christmas pastoral, and to conduct the initial rendition at the music shed June 2d by chorus of $50 voices, composed of the Salisbury, Tor rington and Winsted societies. It will
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
Borden Man Transferred.

R. W. Dye, who for the past two years has been connected with Borden's milk plant at Chapinville, has been transferred to Washington, Conn.,, to act as superintendent of the Borden's factory in that place. G. s. House, sta tion agent at Chapinville, will fill MT. Dye's former position.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
A MAN OF THE OLD.
 FASHIONED SORT
CHARLES B. EVERETT OF SHARON


 LegisIature-Has Held Nearly Everr' Town 0ffice-Has Been Married 50 Years.
 Charles B. Everett, one of the present representatives from the town of Sharon was born at the Everett homestead i'm Ellsworth, Gown of Sharon) on Feb l. 1885 and lived the first 63 years of his life upon the place where born. He Is son of Gamaliel and Nancy Woodward Everett, and was one of a family of niDt= children, five boys and four girls. oS whom there remain but himself aud one sister, three of his brothers dying i'm one year.
 His education was obtained at ths- public school in his district, supplemented by a few terms attendance at the hiRIgs school which at that time was flourish ing institution of Ellsworth, but which has long since ceased to exist.
 Fifty years ago last September, iua 1858, he was married to Miss JuIisE Chaffee in the Congregational church. at Ellsworth by the Rev. Robert Gardner at that time pastor of the church, bu C who aft"rward taught school at the, Brownell place in sharon street. Six. children were born to MT. and Mrs. Everett, three boys and three girls, oI
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
Oldest Mason Dead

Luman F. Parker, Meriden's oldeEFs resident and the oldest member of thE Masonic order in the state. died Thurs lay in Merder, aged 90 years, of heaEH disease. Pc bccaucn Mason 60 years agn.-
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21

an almost inexhaustible fund of humor- ous stories and kept the assemblage in constant roars of laughter, It was the wittiest speech of the evening and es- tablished for him a reputation as a post prandial orator.
 He said it gave him a homelike feel ing when he saw so many bald headed men present. He observed several who, like himself, who could comb their hair with their hats on. When tClint" Rora- back asked him to speak he asked what he should talk about. "Clint" told him to talk about something his hearers
 [Continued on page B.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
NEW NATIONAL PERIL.

All Europe is studying the increase
Of its naval ornaments. Italy is the
last. OF every n dollar earned In
Italy 20 cents already goes to the tax
gatherer. Yet 1t is proposed there to
spend $500, 000, 900 in bringing the
Italian feet up to the safety point
Austria has done'it by laying down
four Dreadnoughts. The Austrian fleet
is to-day stronger than the Italian.
Italy must at all hazards build a big
ger feet, as Italy did from 20 to 30
years ago, when naval defeat by Aus
tria in 1866 had shown the peril to the
italian coasts from q strong Austrian
feet. Austria builds its ships as part
Of the German plan for a great fleet,
controlled from Berlin, strong enough
to seize the seas, defeat the English
feet and then make short work of the
Monroe doctrine. But for German ma.
val expansion this rush to naval arma.
ments by all lands would never have
come, says the Philadelphia Press. No
one armed the more because of the
English fleet. A strong French fleet
brought no enlarged naval expenditure
in other lands. Our rapid naval ex-
pansion since 1898 awakened no ter
rors.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
SENSATIONAL SUIT ENDS
Action Against Former Governor
Brown of Maryland by Daughter
in-Law to Be Dropped.

Baltimore, Md.-Recent develop
ments indicate that the suit recently
filed against ex-Gov. Frank Brown by
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Snow
den r. Brown. for 500. 900 for aliena-
ton of her husbands affections would
be dropped.
Mrs. Brown is also suing her hus-
band, young Frank Brown for absolute
divorce and alimony, and it is said
that while the suit for divorce will
continue the alimony point will be
dropped.
The report which came from a per-
son closely connected with one of the
principals in the divorce case was that
a settlement of $4,000 was to be
made on the young wife in c~onsidera-
ton for dropping the suits for alimony
and alienation Of young Browns af-
fections.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
CLUBS, BRICKS AND STAG USED
IN LABOR FIGHT AT M'kEES
ROCKS, PA.
STATE GUARDS ARE CALLED OUT
parent Reason on Preparation on
Either Side-Strikers Not
Members of a Union.

P%ittsburg, Pa.-Six wounded, two
fatally and fifteen seriously injured
Sy flying bricks, iron Stag and clubs
sums up the result of the first days
surprise strike" by the men en-
ployed in the Pressed Steel Car Co.'s
plant at McKees Rock.
The strike starting shortly before
noon Tuesday came without much ap-
parent reason or preparation on either
side. The striking men composing for
the greater part the foreign element
of McKees Rocks, claim that since a
pooling system of pay has been intro
duced they have been receiving less
pay for the same number of hours
they worked previous to the change.
On the other hand the Pressed Steel
Car company claim they are paying
higher wages than before the pool
wage system was in effect and are
willing to open their books for public
inspection to prove their assertions.
The men employed by the Pressed
Steel Car company are not members
of any particular union or %organiZa-
ton and their strike does not in any
way effect the union organizations
here.
With the arrival of two hundred
men of the state constabulary and the
additional force of deputies now on
the ground, the authorities believe
they have the situation we'll in hand
and are able to cope with any
emergency.
The company attempted to bring a
number of strike breakers by steamer
to the works; but the rioters lined
the banks of the river armed with
bricks, Stag and revolvers.
Their fusillade was returned by
sheriffs on the beat. but the landing
of the men was prevented by tho riot.
ers. Several guards attempted to leave
the plant for a near by restaurant
but were set upon by strikers and
compelled to beat a hasty retreat
Shots are heard at frequent intervals
and a number have been injured but
not seriously.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
ELLA GiNGLEs PLANS TO REPEAT
HER TESTIMONY ABOUT ABUSE
TO THE GRAND JURY.
STORY IS HELD TO Be UNTRUE
Jury Compromises on Acquittal by Elk
oneratlne Miss Barrette From
charges-Periury Not
Determined.

Chicago ,Illinois.-Freed by a jury
of charges of stealing lace, but her
story OF attempts to make her a
white slave" denounced as untrue
Ella Gingles, the pretty Irish lace
maker. plans to repeat to the grand
Jury the remarkable tale Of alleged
experiences she told on the witness
stand.
The basis of the defense made by
the Gingles girl, who was on trial Tor
stealing lace from Miss Agnes Bar
rette, was that Miss Barrette and 9TH
ers had attacked her and mistreated
her in the wellington hotel, on two
occasions last winter, and that the DID,
iect of these attacks and the animus
back of the theft charge, was the at
tempt to sell her to an unnamed man
in French Lick Springs, Ind.
Advises Her to Go Back to Ireland.
The Jury reached a verdict after
nearly sever hours duration, compro-
missing on acquittal by generating
Miss Barrette.
Miss Gingles walked up to the ju-
rors and shook hands with them.
Juror Thomas Mackey, the oldest mar
on the panel, turned to the girl and
said:
Now be a good girl, Ella. Go back
to your home in Ireland and be a
good girl"
The girl nodded her head and
turned away.
what are you going to do nowT"
. she was asked as she was leaving the
court Don
81 am going to tell it to the grand
Jury" she answered quickly.
Perjury Case Not Determined.
When she was asked what she was
going to tell. and reminded of the fact
that the jury had said that it did not
believe her story, she appeared a lit
tie discounted. Before she talk any
more her attorney and the women
hurried her away.
1t was announced by Assistant
States Attorney Furthmann that the
question of whether indictments for
perjury would be asked against Miss
| Gingles would be taken uD.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
PRESIDENT TO STAND PAT
Taft Informs Senator Aldrich and
Representative Payne He Still
Favors Corporation Tax.

Washington, d. C.-Slight but un-
mistakable evidence of friction be-
tween the president and the conferees
on the tariff bill have become ap-
parant.
At last effort by the conferees to
induce the president to consent to
striking out the corporation tax
amendment failed. The president not
only told Senator Aldrich and Chair
man Payne that he would not with
draw from his position in favor of this
tax, but that he was assured of suf-
ficient votes to keep the provision in
the bill and to insure its adoption in
both houses.
The president reiterated this
position to several Of his callers.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
TWO STRIKERS ARE SHOT
Non-union Marine Engineer Was just
flied in Staying, Declares cleve-
land Police Chief.

Cleveland, Ohio.-After an investi-
cation lasting throughout the day
Chief of Polio Kohler said that James
j. Purvis, the non-union engineer Of
the steamer Centurion, who shot aad
killed Richard Brown and William
woods, sailors, vas justified in his
action. The men attacked Purvis, said
Chief kohler, and in his opinion the
engineer had a right to defend himself.
Purvis who is held at one of the pre-
cinct stations on the formal charge
of murder, believes he will be ex-
onerated when a%rraigned.
The shooting of Brown and Wood
caused much excitement about the
docks, but there was no trouble be-
tween the strikers and non-union men.
The non-union mariners are remaining
on their vessels, fearing that attempts
to land might cause violence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23

Thomas Jones, who owns a big
ranch on San Juan island, lost a collie
dog last fall for nearly a month, and
for several days searched the woods
about his place ~zealously for the ami
NAL, without success. One day he
tossed a bone to another collie. In
stead of gnawing it, he picked it up
and started for the woods. He kept
turning his head, apparently to see if
he was followed, and Joues concluded
to follow him. The dog trotted along
for about a mile and stopped at the
edge of an abandoned well. He drop
ped the bone over the edge of the well.
Jones got a ladder, climbed down and
found the dog that had been lost, says
the London Telegraph. There was
only about two inches Of water in the
well, but the animal would have
starved to death had it not been for
the other. The lost dog was in good
condition, and as it had been missing
"a days the other animal must have
kept it supplied with food for nearly a
month.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
LEAVES GIRL TO PERISH
Police Seek Brutal Chauffeur Who
Leaves Victim of Machine Un-
conscious at Roadside.

Chicago, nlinois.-The police of
Hammond, Ind, are searching for the
chauffeur of a black touring a who
seriously injured a girl near Ham
mond and then left her unconscious
at the side of the road.
The girl is Hulda Soltweidel. She
is in a critical condition at a Ham
mond hospital.
She was crossing a street when
she was run down and dragged 15
feet by the touring cal. An angry
crowd gathered and threatened the
chauffeur, who pacified them by prom
Using to take the girl home. He start
ed in that direction, but suddenly
turned, put the girl in a lonely spot
and drove away.
She was found unconscious by other
autoists and taken to Hammond.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
TWO KILLED IN A WRECK
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK NEAR MAN.
CHESTER, IND.
Seven Cars Leave the Rails and Bag.
gage Car and Engine Turns
Over-Six Were Injured.

Chicago, Ill.-While rounding q
curve south of Manchester, Ind, pas.
senger train No. 3 southbound on the
Monon railroad jumped the track. Two
trainmen were killed and six pas
sengers were injured.
The mail clerks, the conductor and
a baggageman were slightly hurt.
The killed: N. Byrne, engineer; l..
Austin, fireman.
The injured: Moses Aaron, Cincin-
natl, back %sprained; J.. Bernstine,
Louisville, shoulder and side bruised;
Mrs. Margaret Bosh, Chicago, wrist
bruised; Mrs. r, l.. Oglesby, Chicago,
slight cut on the head. Mrs. George
Richards, Chicago, shoulder bruised;
Mrs. Myrtle Stockery, Chicago,
shoulder bruised.
Seven cars left the rails, but only
the baggage a and the engine turned
over. All the injured passengers were
taken to a hotel in Charlottesville,
Ind.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
HOME TESTING
A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee.

To decide the all important ques-
ton of coffee, whether or not 1t is
really the hidden cause of physical
ails and approaching fixed diseases,
one should make a test of ten days by
leaving off coffee entirely and using
well-made Postum.
If relief follows you may know to
a certainty that coffee has been
your vicious enemy. OF course you
can take 1t back to your heart again,
If you like to keep sick.
A lady says: 81 had suffered with
stomach trouble, nervousness and ter
rible sick headaches ever since / was
a little child, for my people were al
ways great coffee drinkers and let us
children have all we wanted. got
30 l thought / could not live without
coffee, but / would not acknowledge
that it caused my suffering.
Then / read 80 many articles about
Postum that I decided to give 1t a fair
trial. / had lot used 1t two weeks In
place of coffee until I began to feel
like a different person. The headache
and disappeared and
whereas / used to be sick two or three
days out of a week while drinking cof-
fee I am now we'll and strong and
sturdy seven days a week, thanks to
Postum.
II had been using Postum three
months and had been sick a
day when I thought I would expert
ment and see If 1t really was coffee
that caused the trouble. so I began
to drink coffee again and inside OF a
week I had a sick spell. / was 80 i'll
/ was soon convinced that coffee was
the cause of all my misery and / went
back to Postum with the result that
I was soon we'll and strong again and
determined to stick to Postum and
leave coffee alone in the future"
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville,' In pkgs. There's aReason."
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full Of human
interest
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
BOMB WITNESSES
Special Grand Jury Ready to Take
Up Inquiry Into the Chi
cano Outrages.

Chicago Illinois.-The special
bomb" grand jury sworn in to inves-
tigate the charges against Vincent A.
Altman, accused of throwing a bomb
recently, will begin the real investiga-
ton Wednesday. Two Lakeview wom-
en- will be witnesses against Altman.
1t is believed the women are those
who partially identified Altman as
one of the two men seen near the
home of Charles w. Kerchner shortly
before the house was dynamited, May
6, 1908.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23

Is the college cheer to go? The con-
held in Boston adopted a resolution af-
irming that organized cheering at
intercollegiate contests, in sc far as it
is obviously intended to discomfort the
opposing team, should be discouraged
as being unsportsmanlike and there
fore unworthy of the spirit of fair play
among college men," This looks like
"a counsel of perfection"-an ideal
too pure and good for human ma
lures daily food" If the boys will
stop smuggling there are many who will
be content that they shall continue to
cheer and yell.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23

London, England.-A dispatch to a
London news bureau from Athens
says that a violent earthquake has
occurred in Southern Greece, result
ing in considerable loss Of life and
damage to property.
Twenty persons are reported dead
and a hundred injured at n village
and three other villages suffered
heavily.
The dispatch adds that when the de-
tails are learned it is likely that the
casualty list will be greatly increased.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Exchanging Solemn Thoughts.

Exchanging Solemn Thoughts.
"Ah, say the man with the parted
whiskers, when one stands alone in
the night and contemplates the won
ders of creation, how futile. how puny
man seems! How vain. how puerile
his hopes and longings, when he is.
surrounded by the eternal silence of
the universe! Has this ever occurred
to your"
you bet!" the man with
the big scarf pin. "He feels just as.
punk as he does when he misses the
owl a and has to stand OF the cor
ner an hour for another one."-Chi-
cago Post.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
A Gentle Aspersion.

Among the prisoners brought before
q Chicago police magistrate one Mon
day morning was one, a beggar, whose.
face was by no means an unfamiliar
n to the Judge.
II am informed that you have again
been found begging in the public.
Streets" said his honor, sternly, and
yet you carried in your pocket over
$40 in currency"
Eyes, your honor" proudly returned
the mendicant. 81 may not be as in
dustrious as some, but sir, | am no.
observation-disclosures Weekly.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Spanish Pretenders Son Ranlshed.

Paris, France.-Don jaime, son OF
Don Carlos of Bourbon, the p~retender
to the Spanish throne, who died at
Varese, has departed from Paris for
varese. Under the law passed by the
French parliament after Don Carlos,
In 1881, allied himself with Count de
Chambord, forever banishing the cid
est representative of any family that
ever reigned in France, Don jaime
hereafter will not return to Paris,
where for years he has spent most OF
his time.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
workmen Decide to Strike.

Youngstown, Ohio.-In a meeting
which lasted several hours, mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers de-
cided to call a strike against the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube company.
The company has refused to sign the
union wage scale.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Split In Teamsters Union.

New York City.-For thousand
men have seeded from the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Transfers and
formed an organization which they
call the Independent International
Brotherhood of Transfers.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23

were pains in my back and swellings
of the ankles. Often l had smother
ing spells. l had to be helped about.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me five
years ago and / have been we'll since.
They saved my life."
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Soldier Washer Sentenced.

Honolulu, H. Live years hard
labor with dishonorable discharge
from the army was the sentence i'm
posed by court martial at Schofeld
barracks upon Private r. c.. Cunning
ham, Of troop X. fifth cavalry, for an
noying two Hawaiian girls while on
sentry duty.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
"solitary" for sufragettes.

London, England-The s~uffragettes
in Holloway jail who have been max
ing trouble for the prison authorities
by refusing to comply with the pris-
on regulations, have been ordered
confined to their cells for a period Of
"a hours.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Amateur Boxer Killed.

Dallas, Tex.-Earl Terry, 20 years
old, died at Aquilla from injuries suf-
fered in at friendly boxing match with
Britton Stacey. A blow delivered In
the left side nea Terry's heart caused
him to fall. and he died in less than
one minute.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Two Locked in FOLDING Bed.

got up to stop an alarm clock
his folding bed closed, i%mprisoning
him and his wife, the latter a we'll
known vocalist. 1t was an hour be-
fore they were released. Smith was
bruised and his wife has a d~islocated
shoulder and internal injuries.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Fire DESTROYS Fast Horses.

Tulsa, Oklahoma. - Toboggan, Pat
Ormus, Orvidd Ladd and one 9TH
er horse we're killed and a score OF
other crack ace horses injured by a
fire which destroyed So stalls in Driv-
ing park.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
browns, Chums Escape.

Carmi, Hl.-While bathing with two
companions Miles Thomas was
drowned in Lost creek, near Enfield.
The body was recovered.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Sister browns in Bio Sioux.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Two women
drowned by the capsizing of a boat
in the Big Sioux river were identified
as Mabel and Pearl Meisenhelder, 23
and 20, sisters.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Bogus $40 Bills Are Out.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-Examine closely
your $40 bills. Chief Wilkie of the
Secret service has sent out this
warning. At the subtreasury it was
learned that many of the new bogus
bills made in Cuba have been received
here from places in Ohio, as well as
several spurious dollars and half dol
lars.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
Bow Killed by Train,

st. Louis, Mo.-John Smith, 16-
year-old son Of Benjamin Thomas
Smith, returning from a days fishing
on the east side, fell between a
Terminal engine and a freight car at
Ninth and Poplar streets late Thurs
day and his legs were cut off. The
boy died ON his way to the hospital.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
-Four HELPLESS on Ocean.

San Francisco, Cal.-Somewhere
on the Pacific, between Half Moon
bay and this city, four men in an open
bot are drifting while life savers are
patrolling the coast to effect a rescue.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-07-23
spectators Were Moved Down.

Berlin, Germany-Four persons were
killed, more than 20 severely injured
and a dozen others slightly hurt, as
the result of the explosion of a motor
cycle and a fire which followed It DUR
ing a cycle race at the old botanic
gardens.