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Thomas King, q crippled flower pedler,
whose stand was at Twenty ninth street
and Sixth avenue. jumped from the e'e-
waited platform At 10th streot and Eighth
avenue at . O'Clock last night and was
killed instantly.
The station agent and porter saw him
walking up and down the platform Tor
seysrai minutes. Then he jumped over
the rsilink i7s fest above the pavement
and turned . half somersaut. strikins
In his pockets were one italian copper
coin and o card admitting him to treat.
msnt at st. Luke's Hospital. By mean. ol
this IL was found that he lived at Sio West
TwSntv ninth street. His landlady ssid
that hs had been there sinoe he came from
NoW Haven, Conn.,, I'VE yeaIv ago. A
nostai card was found from hls sister
Ers. Lille Twombly Of bs Prospect street
Now Haven. He was about 90 years old.
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Evans Ward OF Pert Chester FSund Guilt
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to Jail for Ave days by Judge Msthewson
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ing his automobile to the Yale-Cornell
game last Saturday.
Ward said he was late for the game and
hurried up his machine somewhat, but
did not think he went above 20 miles an
hour.
Policeman HeenAn, who arrested him.
said that Ward lodged reoklessly among
trolleys and teams at forty mile speed.
He appealed his case and was released
under bond.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
LILLEY IS STILL VERY
 SICK MAN
He Is Conscious Most of the Time, But Is Very Weak and His Mind Is Not
 Clear.

Hartford, April 17.-Dr. F. G. Graves of Waterbury, Governor Lil- ley's family physician. made a state ment last night that is fuller as to Governor Lilley's condition than any that has heretofore appeared.
 He said:
 "The governor is in about the same condition that he has been for the last few days. He is getting along fairly comfortably, but is by no means out of danger. It was week ago that he had the serious relapse and it left him very weak. Of course another such relapse is possible, but we see no cause for immediate alarm. For the last two or three days his heart has been unusually regular, from 76 to 80, and the temperature normal. In many ways he is better than he was a week ago, but he is still a very sick man. What has bothered us some is the fact that he does not ap- pear to want to take as much nour- ishment as we think he should have
 'After the governor rallied from the relapse of a week ago he was con- sclouS for some time and his mind clear. Since that time, while he has not been unconscious for any great length of time, still his mind has not been perfectly clear. I consider it a result of the extreme nervous exhaus- ton that overwhelmed him. It is not, in my opinion, due in any degree to the heart and kidney troubles with which he is afflicted, but rather the result of aslaemiaa that is always prom inent in such cases.
 ''The kidneys are doing all right He has had acute nephritis, a conges- ton that comes under the head of Bright's disease, but we have been careful not to say that he had Bright's disease because of the misapprehen- sion that it might cause in the public mind. There are various forms of this disease and it is not safe to use the term 'Bright's disease boldly un. less it is carefully explained It seems to be complication with the valvular disease of the heart, not an original disease.
 'sThe governor is still very weak and not out of danger, and there is no possibility of his being moved for some time to come"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
TAFT'S TOUR
 TO PACIFIC
 COSTS $l7,ooQ
President Has Prominent Railroad Official Estimat- ing Cost of Western Trip He Expects to Make This Summer-Will Be First Chief Executive to Visit Alaska.
Special from United Press.)


 Washington, April 17.-President Taft has requested a prominent rail- road official to make an estimate of the cost of the western trip that he ex- poets to make this summer and if con- ditions are favorable he will start soon after the first of August. Enough in- formation has been gathered to show that the Presidents tour to the Pacific coast and back will cost close upon $17, ,000. If the President goes to the coast he will visit Alaska. This an- nOuncement was made by the Execu- tive to-day. It will be his first visit to the Arctic province and will be also the first time that any President of the United States has ever set foot upon it's soil. After he makes his trip to Alaska and the southwestern part of the United States he will have wis ited every spot covered by the Stars and Stripes.
 The extent of MT. Taft's western trip is contingent upon his securing the travelling appropria ton of $25OOO from Congress.
 On his trip the President expects to attend the A1aska-Y ukon-Pacific Exh1- bition at Seattle; the Irrigation Con- gress at Spokane; the TranS-MissiSsip- pi Congress at Denver and the G. A. R. Convention at Salt Lake.
 The summer sojourn of the President and his wife will be spent at Beverly, Mass, where he will enjoy a thorough rest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Gambling In Futures Now Interests
 Congressmen

Washington, April 17.-Congressmen are displaying an interest in the Pat zen wheat corner lively enough to give promise of curative legislation next winter. Gambling in "futures'' in az ricultural products has long been a shining mark of the statesmen, par ticularly those from the rural districts. At the last session of Congress eigh- teen bills to destroy the traffic were in- troduced in the House. While there has been a great sufficiency of moral sentiment there has likewise been fail ure to agree on an effective law that would snuff out the gamblers without dama ging legitimate business.
 It happens for instance, that the cot ton manufacturer when he takes on a big contract must ensure a profit by arranging for the delivery of raw cot ton in the future. It seems to be rath- CT difficult to separate such a transac- ton from a cotton exchange gamble where, on the face of negotiations, there is an agreement to deliver and accept the great southern staple. i,
 eff there must be speculation" said Judge Ellis to-day, "let it be limited to mining stock and things of that sort. This thing of manipulating food products in a way to bring hardship to millions is a serious matter and I hope Congress will find a way to stop 1t.
 A number of Congressmen were ask ed to-day whether they thought the high price of flour was likely to raise a demand for free wheat. They thought not and they did not seem to regard that as a remedy for the trouble. That conditions had for a long time been favorable for the formation of a wheat croner was statement made to-day by chairman Tawney of the House Committee on Appropriations They were due, however, more to shortage in the grain supply than to specula- ton. he thought. The production of wheat had not kept pace with the con S1rnntiOD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
WYCKOFF BID
 DID NOT MEET z SPECIFICATIONS
Claim Made By Member of Street Committee Apro- DOS Silliman & Godfrey Suit.

There is speculation as to the out come of the $5,000 suit brought against the city by Sil1iman & Godfrey over the Main street paving contract. Mayor Lee said today that the suit will determine whether the Common Council is governed by the ordinances, as the ground upon which the action of the committee was based was the contention that the ordinances had not been complied with in that Silliman & Godfrey were mot the lowest respon- sible bidder
 As to the Wyckoff Pipe & Creosoting g Co. being the lowest bidder, as set up in the complaint of Silliman & God frey, a member of the committee said this morning:
 ''The Wyckoff bid was considered and was rejected because it did not give a guarantee as required in the specifications, and furthermore the Wyckoff specifications were not the specifications of the city. The com mittee in letting the contract as it did as to the outcome of the suit"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
STATES LARGEST
 USER OF JAPANESE GOODS

able because. indirectly. and at a period in the economic development of the country when few even of the most far sighted are conscious of the direction in which the great trade cur rents are drifting. they hinted at a will be to large extent driven to trade with foreign nations for the sup port of her manifold and complex in dustrieS
 New England as a free trade com munity would certainly be a curiosity. and yet. such things may happen; will happen, if the conditions vaguely fore told by Congressman Hill and MT. Moore shall be realized.
 MT. Hills tale of how the tariff is made, threw new light upon this in teresting subject.
 They do not make the tariff a bit like Ida Tarbe1l says they do. She tells about powerful Hobbies. and con S1derate process by which one tariff maker tic1les another and they both get what they want. The tariff is actually made by 12 men with the as Sistance principally of two books. It is unnecessary to describe these books, but the biggest one shows what it costs to produce articles in a foreign are exported from, and how much in to this country. Then there is big book containing the evidence of the people who want, or who do not want, a tariff, and a very little testimony from consumers.
 At any rate, the twelve members of the committee on ways and means, of which MT. Hill is member. heard all of this evidence. Then they voted to keep secret every thing they should do in executive session, and that they
 tContinued on Second Page.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
INLAND WATER WAYS WILL
 HELP CITY
Speech of H. Hampton Moore Throws Illumina- ton Upon Necessity of Large HarbOr.

Those who chance not to realize the importance of preserving a. large har- bor for the future commerce of Bridgeport would have been much en- frightened last night could they have heard the speech of Hon. J. Hampton Moore, relative to inland water ways.
 A portion of MT. Moore's remarks bore upon the increase in traffic by water that would certainly follow the creation of the canal system he had outlined to facilitate transportation from the Gulf of Mexico to Boston.
 Mr. Moore showed the great dis tances that would be saved by cutting a way through Cape Cod, and through various other points. which in one case amounted to more than 300 miles.
 He then showed that an of the Bos- ton traffic would be obliged to go by Bridgeport, that some of it must stop in Bridgeport, and that the result must be greatly to the benefit of Bridgeport commerce.
 Curiously enough the person who sat next to MT. Moore upon one side was Mayor Lee, who is a staunch advocate of a plan which will decrease the size of the harbor by some eleven acres.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Armour Says Trading
 In Futures In Grain
 Is Permanent
(Special from

(SpeclHI rom On1ted PreSS)
 Chicago. April 17. - ''The system of trading in futures in grain is perma- nent. Congress in my opinion will never change it. It is too deep root ed in our commercial system and its benefits and legitimate uses for out weigh the occasional abuse to which it may be subjected. It would be fool ish to think of abolishing it.'
 In these words J. Ogden Armour eX- pressed his opinion of the efforts of Congress to strike at James A. Pat tens wheat deal. Armour has always been a consistent business enemy of Patten but in an interview he defined Patten'S attitude towards Congress.
 "Patten hasn't a corner in wheat. Neither are his operations in May wheat responsible for the rise in prices, "he said. There is merely a serious shortage in the wheat supply which the present advance in the price has discounted We will have to look to the relation of supply and demand to explain the advance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
DEGREE GRANTED
 MRS. WOODSIDE

Judge Howard J. Scott this morn ing granted a decree in the suit of Louisa Woodside of this city against Clarence Woodside, whose whereabouts are unknown. The decree was sought upon grounds of habitua1 intemperance and the statutory accusation. It was granted on the latter ground.
 A chief witness in the case was Archibald A. Hayward. a clerk, who is seeking a divorce from Catherine Hayw ard. The testimony showed that Woodside and Mrs. Hayward had been much together under circumstances which warranted the worst construc- tiOn.
 Mrs. Woodside was represented by Attorney Louis M Petrtcelli
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
MISSING KING
 BOYS LOCATED
Quest Which Took in the Whole of the Country at
 Last Successful.
Boys Reached Easton Last September and Have Been Public Charges-Mother Leaves Today to Bring Them Home.

David and Elmer King, aged IA and 12 respectively, the two sons of Charles and Carrie King who disappeared from this city seven months ago and who have been looked for by the police of every large city in the county have turned up in Easton. Pa. The father is Chinaman. and the mother is a Caucasian. They conduct a laundry at 151 Wood avenue. The boys were sent about the country selling notions and were we'll known in the city and suburban towns where they operated. One morning they left the house with their little stock of goods and failed to return. The police in all the neigh boring cities were asked to look for the boys but they had disappeared as This morning Supt- Birmingham re- ceived letter from the chief of police of Easton. Pa. saying that the two boys were there. They gave their
 The boys reached Easton last Sep tember. They became charges of the charities department there and were placed in situations where they could earn a living. Recently they became charges of the city again and the in vestigation resulted.
 When charged with being the King boys the little fellows denied their finally obliged to acknowledge that they were the long lost scions of the Celectial-American house of King. They then gave the residence of their parents. which was on Sher- wood avenue when the boys left but is now on Wood avenue where their father runs a laundry.
 The boys are notorious prevaricators and the stories they have told the po- lice of the different towns where they have stopped during their absence from this city would make the largest volume of fiction ever printed.
 The mother. Carrie King, left to-day for Easton and is expected here to- morrow with her boys in tow.
 The family lived in Southport for several years where the father oper- ateG a laundry and where the oldest boy. Arthur was arrested and sent to the reform school for stealing bicycle.
 The boys are unusually precocious. When forced to admit their identity at Easton they told the police pitiful story of the life they lived at their home here. They said that they were obliged to peddle notions about the country and if they returned without a profit of s3 per day they were beaten cruelty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
WALL STREET TO-DAY.

il a. m.-A belief prevailed that the reaction in the market had run it's course. A majority of the speculative element on the floor bought and bid for stocks during the early part of the first hour but rallies generally were limited to small fractions. At the end of the first hour and half the general list showed only slight changes from yesterdays closing figures.
 Government bonds unchanged; other bonds strong.
 C1osing.-The feature of the trading in the last hour was in advance of Jersey City on few hundred shares to PTS making a gain of Il points for the day. The general list continued strong with Reading the leader. ad- vancing points from it's lowest fig ures. Other stocks in which there was fair speculative interest moved up in the same way although the gains in the rest of the list was not as large as that in Reading. The market closed strong at the highest
 Government bonds unchanged: other bonds strong.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
SULTAN PLANS OF
 PARLIAMENT
By Bysantius Moschopolous, Staff

By Bysantius Moschopolous, Staff
 Correspondent of the United Press.)
 Constantinople, (via Philipoppolis, April 1.-The dissolution of Parlia- ment-the first step in the Sultan's bold plan to regain his despotic powers -is believed to be coming to-day. It has leaked out that the Sultan would have already taken this step but he was prevailed upon to wait.
 If the Sultan's emissaries, now call ed Reactionaries, are able to convert the troops that are standing by the Young Turks, the old regime of abso- lutism it is feared will be completely re-established. If the Young Turks are successful they may save the constitu- ton but it will undoubtedly be at the expense of a civil war and the prob able breaking up of the empire.
 The latest reports say that 2,500 peo- pie have been slain in Adam and Mer- cina and that the massacre of Chris tians is spreading to other towns and is likely to sweep over all Asia-Minor. A large part of Adam has been burn ed and the Mohammedan fanatics are applying the torch in other towns.
 Several English, German and Amer ican residents in Adam are among those killed and wounded, it is report ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
HIGH FLOUR
 PROMISES
 SMALL LOAF
Seven Dollars a Barrel Is More Than Little Bakers
 Can Stand.
But They Cannot Cut Loaf, Nor Increase Price, While Big Bakers Have $5.5O IE1O111.

Bakers in this city have not reduced the size of their loaves of bread yet, but the advance in the price of wheat flour is likely to force a number of the small bakers out of business.
 The large bakers buy their flour several months in advance. The small baker buys in small lots. The big ones are now using flour they paid s5.5O per barrel for. If their supply is used up before the market drops from it's $7 perch then the size of the loaves will be cut.
 The small bakers will have to pay $7 per barrel almost immediately, but they will not be able to reduce the loaveS until the large buyers begin to cut off a number of ounces from every loaf.
 A master baker said this morning: '"The master bakers in this city claim to have an organization but they do not hold together well enough for them to make an agreement by which the small bakers would be protected. On the other hand the public is pro- tected through the fact that the mas ter bakers are not better organized, for. an attempt to protect those who have no large stock of flour ahead would force the public to pay the reg uIar price for short weight loaves made from flour the big dealers bought at $5.5O. the prevailing price of flour for sometime past.''
 A member of the firm of c. Russell & Co.,, proprietors of the City Bakery, was also interviewed by a Farmer re- porter. He said his firm would not change the size of it's 1oaves until it was forced to pay the high price for flour. He said that there was little money in selling the present sized 1oaves with the price $5.50 per barrel. He thought that $4.50 per. barrel was the fair price for flour if the bakers were going to make the profit they ought to make.
 In New York city the East Side Hebrew Bakers association have a1- ready reduced the size of loaf of white bread from pound to IS and fl ounces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
DAVIS ACCUSED OF INSULTING WOMAN Taken from Trolley Car In Stratford and Housed
 In Jail. Would Have Pared Badly at Hands of Irate Passen- ger But for His Prompt Arrest.

Sheriff Stagg took Harry Davis from the lookup in Stratford this morning to the county jail in Bridge port The man is under $500 bonds to appear before the Superior court. He was arrested on Friday by the conductor, F. J. Onet, of the Paradise Green car, on the charge of indecent behavior toward a woman.
 His annoyance of the woman on the car attracted the attention of the pas sengeS aud Mr- Miner F. Buckley. of waterbury, would have punched the mans head if he had nat been ar rested. He was brought before Judge Peck, who held court last night, and put, him under bonds and had him locked up until this morning. The man is some 45 years old and claims to live in Westbrook- 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
WORLDS WHEAT SUPPLY SHOWS
 BIG SHORTAGE
Conditions Show Greatly Reduced Acreage in Flu rope By Reason of Ad-
 verse Weather. Liverpool Grain Men Be- lieve Price Would Have Scared Even Without Manipulation of James Patten,the Chicago Wheat King.
Special from United Press.3

Liverpool. April 1.-The worlds wheat margin or visible supply over the amount that will actually be de- manded, has practically disappeared, according to a statement issued today by the big wheat interests in this city, the great European market. While precise figures are unavailable at this time it is said that conditions generally show a greatly reduced acre age in Europe by reason of adverse wea ther.
 Russia, and the Danube country are shipping only half of their usual amount which represents a shortage of 30, ,0O0. 900 bushels.
 Argentine is the only country that shows af1 increase. The worlds sup ply is declared to be within a very narrow compass and the margin is worked down until it has almost dis appeared.
 The Liverpool market men express the same pessimism as is voiced by the Chicago grain men and mil1ers of the American Northwest They pre- dict that the price of wheat will con- tinue to set new records and that un- less some favorable change develops, bread will become almost luxury throughout England and the conti- nent.
 James Patten, the Wheat King" is given credit for pushing the price up to the recent record breaking figures, but even without his manipulation Liverpool grain men believe the price would have scared nearly as high
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Secretary Wilson Says
 There Is Enough Wheat
Especial from United Presso

Special from United Press)
 Washington, April 17.-"There is suf- f1cient wheat in the country at nor mai prices to make bread for the sAm- erican people up to the time wheh the new crop comes and those who attempt to keep prices up at present rates ex- pect to get their money out of the conn mon peop1e-the consumers
 This is the reassuring message made public to-day by Sectretary of Agricu1 ture Wilson in a special statement is sued as a denial of the possibility of the "bread riots" predicted by Thomas W. Lawson and others as certain to follow the Patten wheat manipulations at Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
MILK INSPECTION <.
 FAVORABLY NOTICED
Federal Milk Inspector Compliments Local Board of Health on It's Work.

Federal Dairy inspector Lane, of Washington to-day inspected the test ing room of the charities department He expressed himself in praise of the work of the department here. He de- clared that Milk Inspector Knapp was efficient. He complimented Miss Oar gan. who makes the milk test on her work and also on the care with which the records are kept. He said: 'sI wish all the departments I visit would be as careful and explicit in keeping their records It would make my work much easier" He was shown about the city by Sanitary Inspector Lynch.