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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
SIX BODIES
 FROM RUINS
 OF LENOX FIRE
Especial from United Press.)


 Lenox, Mass, April 12.-At nine o'clock this morning no more bodies had been found in the ruins of the fire which destroyed s5oo.ooo worth of property here yesterday and caused the loss of six lives.
 Tons of water are being poured on the still blazing ruins rendering the work Of recovery of any bodies there impossible, until the mass has cooled. At 10 this morning the selectmen met in session to consider ways and means to relieve the suffering of those rem dered homeless by the fire and the fire department met at noon for further ac- ton. Mrs. Nelson Root, George Root and Walter Root, who suffered severe burns in their attempts to escape from the Clifford Building, are reported at the hospital as doing as well as could be expected from the nature of their injuries and no anxiety is felt as to their condition.
 The fire is supposed to have started from spontaneous combustion in the stock of James Clifford & Sons Com pany, hardware dealers. They had tur- pentine, paints, oils and dynamite stor- ed iA the basement.
 George Root, who lived in the upper story of the Clifford Block, was awak- ened by smoke that rolled into his room from a partly covered chimney hole. He called his brother and moth CT, and they ran down the front stairs in their night clothes, shouting to the ether occupants of the upper floors as they went. They found the front door in flames, but the men wrenched it open and they dashed through.
 The Roots had barely crossed the street before there was a terrific ex- plosion in the building behind them. and in an instant the Clifford block was all afame. This explosion was heard for a distance of six miles, shattered windows within a wide radius and caused the fire alarm to ring.
 Horace Perrill and his wife, other oc- cupants of the top floor, aroused by the shouts of the Roots, had got half way down the front stairs when they saw the flames leaping up to bar their exit. Three women were below them, trying to get out through the front door, but Perrill saw that the attempt was useless. He rushed his wife through a long corridor to the back stairs, and got out in safety.
 In the Clifford Building, where the fire started. six lives were lost. The dead are Edward c. Ventres, Al years old. a contracting electrician; Mrs. Ed ward c. Ventres, 35; Leslie Ventres, 12, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. E.. c. Ven tres; Miss Alice French, Al, a book keeper; Hiss Belle Cook, 40. daughter of Mrs. R. Hiram Cook, bookkeeper in Curtis Hotel and Miss Mary Sparks, 26, a school teacher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
WALL STREET TO-DAY.
Especial from United Press.)

Special from United PreSS0
 New York, April 12.-The stock market started with a continuation of strength many stocks in the first few minutes moving up one point or more while nearly everything traded in showed some gain. 1nduStrialS were again prominent and. shared in the speculative interest to a great extent. The copper shares were all active and made material advances. The r,5 rG Id list was established on a fract.onally higher range. Mexican Central was one of the features of the early trad ing.
 II a. m.-The market advanced strong all through the first hour although there was evidence in some stocks in cluding Reading and Union Pacific of selling. This selling caused some frac- tional recessionS for a time but later on both stocks became strong again and recovered all they had lost. Spec ialties continued to attract most of the interest.
 Government bonds unchanged; other bonds strong and active.
 Noon.-Immediately after the an nouncement that no decision had been handed down in the commodity case there was strenuous effort to cover shorts in Reading, putting the price of that stock up above 139. At the same time buying orders appeared in many of the other issues Union Pacific sell ing at the highest figure of the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
WHERE IS MAN
 WHO RAN OVER
 WILLIE TIER?

After searching for two days Detec- tive HacFett this morning found the man who ran over Willie Tyer at the corner of Park and Railroad avenues last Friday night. He is Harry Ker chi, who drives a delivery wagon for a furniture house in the city. Kerchi lives at 261 James street. This morn ing he told his story of the affair to Capt. Arnold of the detective depart ment. He said that the boy was roll ing a hoop down the incline on Park avenue and ran into his wagon at the corner of Railroad. The wheels pass ed over the boy breaking both his legs. He picked up the boy and turned him over to am older brother. He denied that he was driving fast or that he was in any way to blame for the accident. The Tyer boy is now at St. Vincent's hospital where he is doing nicely and will recover. The police are making an effort to stop the reckless driving of a class of foreign born residents who do not seem to have much considera- tion for the rights of pedestrians. The friends of the boy are pressing the prosecution against Kerchi but it is doubtful if any action is taken. All the parties concerned will present their evidence at police headquarters this eveninR-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
IS BURIED TODAY
 WITH HONORS
Special from United Press.)

New York, April 12.-With honors such as were never before paid to a simple policeman whose claim for fame was simply that he had done his duty with the result that he was murdered by the criminals that feared him, Lieutenant of Police Joseph Petrosino took on sinister note through the intimation conveyed to the authorities that Italian criminals, who were not satisfied with the death of the man they feared most, planned another out rage during the funeral.
 Long before the hour set for the fu- neral, crowds began to gather on La fayette street, near the home or the dead officer All were kept on the move by three hundred uniformed po- lfcemen detailed for that purpose. Of- ficers also kept track of the move ments of the crowd from adjacent roofs. The funeral procession moved from the house to old St. Patrick's where Petrosino had been a regular att tendant Uniformed men marched on ca ch side of the hearse and the car riages containing the mourners. and the curiosity seekers were kept at a
 As a last tribute to the dead man nearly every city official, judges and representatives of civic organizations were in line while flags on all city ana county buildings were at half mast.
 Two regiments of police and squad rons of mounted men, battalion Of firemen in command of Chief Croker and all of the officials of the fire and police departments were in line. Be hind them came every Italian society in the greater city, the line being prob ably the longest ever seen at fu- neral in this city. At the church the Rev. Father Lavelle and Rev. Father Carney officiated and a solemn high mass of requiem was sung. The old church, once the fashionable of the city, but now one of the most modest, was far too small and only the invited guests were. permitted to enter by the police. Following the services the procession marched through the streets, passing police headquarters where Pet rosino was stationed. for many years, up fashionable Fifth avenue and across to the cemetery. At the Man haitian end of the bridge most of the men on foot dropped out but four troops of mounted police went all the way to the cemetery while flanking parties of bicycle police kept the party in sight all the way.
 All along the route of march thou sands gathered and stood bareheaded as the body of the dead policeman passed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Mems ..Korrec. Shape" Oxfords.

One of the most necessary improve ments in the change from winter to summer apparel is the adopting of low shoes, in place of the heavier footwear of cold weather. The Burt & Pack ard 'Korrect Shape OxfordS for men for spring and summer are shapely and particularly stylish. either in tan. wine, or black guaranteed patent and dull finish Burrojaps leather. The fitting quality of the Burt & Packard ''Korrect Shape" shoe is in itself fa- nous; then add a choice of colors, dur ability, pliability and finish and there is nothing left to be desired in the way of symmetrical, comfortable footwear. The guarantee, "A new pair free if the upper breaks through before the first sole is worn through, is applicable to all BurrojapS leather. W. K Nolan, who has the exclusive sale in Bridge port of the "Korrect Shape shoes, has all the advance styles of Oxfords in all sizes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
DEATH CHAIR CLAIMS YOUTH
 AT SING SING
(Special from United PressA


 Ossining. N. Y.. April 12.-Bernard Carlin, a 20 year old youth who killed his mother in Brooklyn on April 9th prison a few minutes after six o'clock to-day. Only one shock was necessary and the boy was pronounced dead. It was one of the most successful execu- tions ever held in the local prison.
 Carlin walked with a firm step to the death chair. To Rev. Father c. ". Mahoney. pastor St. Augustine'S church he made the following statement to be given out when his death occurred:
 'I was suffering from a hallucina- tion when I killed my mother but I realize that this does not excuse me Since my conviction I have come un- der the influence of religion and req liZe the enormity of my crime. A mans best friend is his mother and I am ready and anxious to die.''
 Carlin's two sisters bid farewell to their brother last evening and from that time he spent the hours to the time of the walk to the chair in prayer with the prison chaplain.
 Most of Carlin's life was spent in orphan aSylumS and reformatOries. He was discharged from the House of He blamed his mother for his bad eyes which were very weak and while in prison decided to kill her. He bought a revolver en route to his home and shot his mother the moment he was let into the house.
 In sentencing him tine presiding jus tice said: Your crime was one of the most iabominable acts in the history of humanity. You are a monster who has no right to live.'
 Counsel Henkler made an unsuccess- full attempt to save his life, carrying an appeal to the court of appeals and finally begged the governor to com mute the sentence on the plea of in sanity from birth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Famou. Collection of Ant1er..

Of the famous collections of antlers formed in the seventeenth century only two or three have escaped the general fate of conf1a grations. sieges and pill lage. One of these is in Moritzburg, the king of Saxony's historical hunting castle, near Dresden, while in the ceIe- brated gun gallery in Dresden itself are to be seen in an unrivaled show the wonderfully inlaid arms used by the elector. The great banqueting hall of the castle of Moritzburg is one of the sights with which no doubt many a travelled reader has been charmed. It is a chamber of noble proportions, sixty-six feet long by thirty-four wide and thirty-eight feet high. On it's oth- erwise unadorned white walls hang seventy-one pairs of magnificent ant lers, which one may describe as the most famous of their kind in the world. Not a single one carries less than twenty-four tines or is less than 2OC years old, while some are probably double that age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Promises to the Dying.

A clergyman, discussing unhappy live affairs, said:
 Many love tragedy is caused by a husbands promise to a dying wife that he will not marry again. He thinks when he makes this promise that it will be easy to keep. Whether it is easy or hard to keep, it is a promise rarely if ever broken. Time and time again widowers have sought me out for advice on this subject. They are in love, but they promised their dead wives not to marry again. Shall they break or keep this promise" I can only advise them to do as their conscience dictates. At the same time I think it Is selfish of dying wives to extract such promises from their bro- ken hearted husbands. Such prom ises, by the way, are rarely extracted by dying husbands from broken heart ed wives. But. then. when the dead husbands will is read it is usually found that if the widow marries again the money is all taken from her. Sc 1t comes to the same thing in the end, doesn't itY'-New York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
PEACH BUDS SAFE.

Hartford, April 12.-Peach growers hereabouts are congratulating them selves on the fact that, although the freeze of Saturday night came rather late in the season, the crops will not suffer l.. c. Root of Pennington said that the buds were not far. enough de- veloped to be affected.
 The orchards of J. H. Hale of Glas- tonbury were likewise unharmed by the sudden cold. Some of the buds were stiffened up a bit. but the sun of yesterday 1oosened them up early and not the least harmful result was expected. Both of these growers say that the prospects Sfor a gilt-edged crop are excellent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
A Fearful Duel.

The most terrible duel fought at any time in Paris was the one between Colonel D., an old Bonapartist officer, and M. de G. of the Gardes du Corps, a mere youth, but of herculean strength. The two men, lashed togeth- CT so as to leave their right arms free, were armed with short knives. placed in a hackney coach and driven at a tearing gallop around the Place de la Concorde. They were taken out of the coach dead. The colonel had eighteen stabs. the youth only four, but one of these had pierced his heart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
A Celebrated Clock.

The art of the clockmaker has achieved many remarkable triumphs during many centuries. Sometimes 1t is a clock wonderful for the complexi- ty of it's movements and it's busy popu- lation of automatons that attracts our like that in the Cathedral of Strassburg. At other times the i'm mense size of the machinery and the dials excites astonishment. This is the case with the celebrated clock in the tower of the Church of St. Rombaut at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
ENGINE STOLEN FROM NEW
 HAVEN RAILROAD SIDING

Fishki1l Landing, N. Y., April 12.- Officials of the Central New England Railroad here and at Hopewe1 Juno ton are Investigating the disappear ance of a fifty-ton New Haven locomo- tive at o'clock this morning. It was either stolen or moved of its own ac- cord from a siding of the New Haven Road at Hopewell Junction, fourteen miles from Fishkill Landing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

Mechlin. A writer in La Nature thinks this clock possesses the largest dials that exist in the world. There are four of them. one on each side of the great square tower, and their extreme diam eter is nearly thirty-seven and one-half feet. The figures showing the hours are nearly six and one-half feet high. and. the hands have length of nearly twelve feet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
No.e. Ont of Joint.

When I was h girl. the aristocratic nose was high. beautifully modelled. rising in delicately waving ridge and at the tip standing we'll out from the face and not turned up. But now the fashion has completely changed. The pretty women one sees portr1 yed in H. frustrated papers and magazines very seldom have much to speak of in the way of noses.-Dowager ' London Chronicle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

SUFFERERS WHO SAY they have sr.ed everything without benefit are. the people we are looking for. We want them to know from glad experi- ence that Ely's Cream Balm will con- quer Cold in the Head, Hay Fever. and obstinate forms of Nasal Catarrh. This remedy acts directly on the in- famed. sensitive membranes. Clean sing, soothing and healing. One trial will convince you of it's healing power. Price soc. All druggists, or mailed by Ely Bros.. 56 Warren St.. New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

The DimcuIty About Our Composers.
 ''Who is your faverite composerT' in- quired the artistic person. 'T can't say just at this moment" answered MT. Cumrox. with an appealing glance at his wife, "but it's somebody whose mu- sic can't remember and whose name I can't pronounce."-Washi Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET.

The postponed annual meeting of the Bridgeport Business Mems association will be held Thursday evening of this week at The Stratfield instead of Tues day evening as first arranged. Re- ports of the officers will be received and other business transacted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
POOL TOURNEY AT
 BRIDGEPORT CLUB

The big lead of the Blues over the Reds in the poul- tournament at the Bridgeport club was brought down a bit Saturday night. In the first game H. McDaIlen, (Red) won his game from w B. Wakelee, CBlue), 100 to 31. This brought the lead of the Blues down from 140 to Il. V. H. Kincaid, (Red) then lost his game to c. H. Gernert, (Blue) by the score of 100 to 77. increas- ing the lead of the Blues to 94, which is the standing to date.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
THE PRETTIEST FACE

and the lost beautiful hands are of. ten disfgured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 253 Fairfield aveune and lS6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
CLEANEAST. THE BEST HAND
 SOAP.

Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust Grease, Ink, Paint and Dirt. For ths hands or clothing. Large can 10 cents Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. 2ss Stratford Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
NOTICE.

We have just received 5 more bar rels of that Famous Gibbons United States Bonded WhiSkey that we are selling for $4,O0 a gallon or $1.00 a quart If you are a lover of a nice mellow Rye give us a call. Drew Bros.. Wine Merchants, 43 Sterling St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Ask for O.Rourke's unlon tobac,

PALOL, the palatable castor oil on sale at all drug stores. Uistf
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-21
NEW YORK.

Improvement is the order of the day
in trade, collections and industry.
Freezing temperature, light SHOWS. or
killing frosts, coupled with freer crop
movement. have helped retail trade
and collections at the West and North
west, while lower temperatures and
high prices and free marketing of cot
ton have helped distribution at the
south Jobbing trade has been coinci-
IDENTIFY benefited by bordering to fill
broken stocks, and the distributive
trade side accordingly presents a IA
vorable appearance.
Trade at first hands feels the stim1-
lus in more confident buying for
spring, though the unsettlement in the
goods trade, due to high cost of ma
terial and talk of curtailment. still re-
tards trade in this line. However, the
tendency of cotton goods is undenia-
bly, upward. and buying appears sight
ly more confident at the higher prices
asked. From industrial lines the same
story of full order books and of longer
hours now comes, payroils are expand
ing. and available skilled labor is re-
ported closely employed, with less idle
ness noted than for two years past.
Business failures in the United
States for. the week ending with Oct.
IL, were 222, against 203 EAST week :
244 in the same week of 1908; 207 in
1907; 10 in 1906, and IFS in 1905
Bradstreet's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-21
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Hogs have been selling for SSH pei
hundred weight at Paola, Kan. the
highest price they have brought for
years. The prices were due to compe-
tition of hog buyers in that part of the
State.
Control of the United Railways Com
pany and the Ruth Trust Company, of
Portland Ore, was purchased by j. H
Hubert, of Fontanelle, Iowa, and c. l.
Dunbar, OF Vancouver. b. c. The pur-
chase price was close to $5,O00,O0O
The Senate committee, which has
been touring the Northwest for the
purpose of visiting the irrigation pro-
jects. are thoroughly pleased with the
work of reclamation and are in favor
of extending the service along this
line.
The extensive development OF iron
ores in Ashland County, Wisconsin, is
reviving and is pressed to the front py
the projection of railroad spur into
the low grade beds comprising the
Guest and Penokee mines, recently
abandoned
At a special election held in North
Company, which is composed entirely
of neighboring farmer stockholders,
won a franchise by vote of 3OS to IT'S.
The victory is the elimination of a
four years effort.
Egyptians are awakening to modern
methods in agriculture American Vice
Consul Frederic w. Caldwell, of Cairo,
writes that steam plows have found
great popularity in Egypt During the
last six years $50 sets of patent
steam pillow of British make have
been imported.
During the harvest season just closed
15,S50,OOO pounds of binder Irvine were
sold by the Saltwater, MINI, State
prison. OF this amount 1854 900 pounds
were sold outside of the State, under
the law passed two years ago permit
ting the sale of prison Irvine % osher
States. North and South DaIote end
Wisconsin were among the plrctaz.ser:,
! ]. C.. Evans, a farmer OF Jackson
County, Missouri. has 200 persivnrDoo
trees bearing fine-flavored fruit They
sell at about 80 cents a basket in Kan
sas City, and each tree averages an in
come of 500 per year.
/ A remarkable farm is located in
Alaska, on a small tributary of The Ia
mana River, only 125 miles south of
the arctic circle. The owner, ]. III.
i Parshner, while prospecting for gold
/ discovered warm spring whose
waters he distributes over his land by
the irrigation process. He raises ire
mendous crops of all kinds of vegera-
bles, which find ready sale at big
j prices.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-21
KIDNAPPED CHILDREN FOUND.
Chicago Police Hold Viviano Boy
ard Girl Stolen from ST. Louis.

ard Girl Stolen from ST. Louis.
Tomaso and Grace Viviano, children
kidnapped in st. Louis last July and
held for $4,000 ransom, have been
found wandering, abandoned, on the
streets of Chicago. Suffering from eX-
posture and with a we'll developed al
tack of pneumonia the little girl was
taken to the Passavant Hospital and
placed in the care of physicians. The
child cries constantly when her cous.
in is out of sight, and to keep her con-
tented the boy also has been quartered
at the hospital Captain John Rehm
of the Chicago avenue police station
wired the parents of the kidnapped chill
dren, Peter and Justina Viviano, in St
Louis.
Immediately after the discovery OF
the identity of the children detectives
from central, Chicago avenue, and the
Hudson avenue stations were detailed
to search the neighborhood where they
were found in an effort to capture the
kidnaper. No trace of the custodians
of the boy and girl or place of custody
has been discovered. Though appear
ing to have been fed well-but not
comfortably clothed = both children
have been frightened into silence and
it was with difficulty they were per
suaded to talk.
1t is desired that several strange
features in connection with the cast
will be cleared up. it having been re
| ported at st. Louis that the Vivianos
recently had paid $1,000 of the $4,000
ransom demanded by the kidnapers.