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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
VAN BERG WILL
 BE EXTRADITED
He Was Station Agent at Trumbull and Absconded -Sheriffs Enjoy Wait for Prisoner.

Oscar Van Berg who, some time ago, while acting as ticket agent at the Trumbul railroad station skipped out with a little over $100 will be given a chance to explain to the New York authorities Aug. 20 when a hearing will be held. Shortly after his escap- ade, Van Berg was located in New York city by the security company which gave his bond. An agreement was reached whereby Van Berg was to pay s1O monthly to settle his debt. This sum was paid for a while when the accused again disappeared. He is now out on a bond of s1.000 furnished by a New York friend. Governor Weeks has signed extradition papers which Deputy Sheriff Arthur Plumb. of Trumbull, took two weeks ago, to Albany to have them signed by Gov ernor Hughes. The Governor was out of the state and they had to be sent on to Lake Ontario to Lieutenant Gov ernor Chanler. This took time, which was used to advantage by Sheriff Plumb and Deputy Sheriff Dave Burr of Fairfield who accompanied him. They took in Lake George and Lake Champlain. the races at Saratoga and the many places of interest about AL bany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
ENGAGEMENT RUMOR
Reports in Rome to the Elf feet That the Duke and Miss Elkins Will Wed Soon.
fspecial from United Press.)

Rome, Aug 17--Rumors Of the re-
 mragement of the Duke of Abruzzi fand Miss Katherine Elkins are again current in Rome While it has been Impossible to trace any of the rumors to an authoritative source, the stories are more generally believed now than at any other time since the affair be- Etween the two was brought to the public attention.
 It is now believed that the duke and
 Miss EIkins will be married shortly after the dukes return from the Himi- liayas. where he is now on noun ttain climbing expedition.
 There is no truth in the report that the Duke is under consideration for [the ambassadorship.
 One of the Dukes friends went so ffar today as to say that the engage ment between the Duke and Miss FL kins had never been definitely broken, but simply interrupted" pending the disappearance of objections from cer- tain members of the Dukes household Dowager Queen Margherita and the Duchess of Aosta, two of those most
 bitterly opposed to the match are now said to he resigned to the Dukes ir- rational course.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
Especial from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Hartford, Aug. 1.-The surprise of today's session of the Senate was the turning down of Governor Weeks veto of the Sunday bill by a vote of 13 to II. Those voting. in favor of the bill notwithstanding the veto were: Sena- tors Chamberlain, Alsop. Courtney, Shanley, Bowen, Chase, Hurley, Phil lips. Latimer, Allyn, Bradford, Arnold and Searls.
 Senator Latimer. who drew the bill as a subcommittee of the Judiciary committee, urged the Senate to again pass the measure regardless of the Governors veto. He first obtained from Senator Brooks a ruling to the effect that the bill was not now amendable. Had it been he would have introduced an amendment, he said. Referring to the Governor S great ability in terms so extravagant as to cause suspicion that he really intended all he said, he stated that the executive mind was in such a state that it would be impossible to draft any Sunday law that would be good for anything which would meet with his approval He further stated, that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

stray bullet.
 The condemned man posed as a mar tyr to the cause of Indian liberty to the last and walked to the scaffold without signs of fear.
 The execution was closely guarded to prevent any attempt at revenge by Dhingra's fellow conspirators in Lon- don, of whom there are hundreds.
 Lord Alverstone, the lord chief jus tice who passed the sentence of death on Dhingra: Lord Morley. Lord Cur zon and other prominent Indian offic- ials are under special police protection to prevent the execution of threats made against them.
 Calcutta, Aug. 17.-Thousands of na- lives in Bengal and other provinces are, today celebrating the execution of Nadar Lal Dhingra in London as a freely extolled as a martyr to the cause"
 Pamphlets giving the history of the glorious deed" and badges bearing Dhingra's portrait are being sold op the streets. Most of the vernaculaI press publish inflammatory articles lauding the crime and it's perpetrator end the police have been compelled to disperse many seditious meetings.
 The viceroy and the members of the council are heavily guarded. The feeling in official circles is that it would have been wiser to have sen fenced Dhingra to penal servitude for life and thus avoided giving the dis loyal Indians chance of making a martyr of him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
NO PROBE FOR LOBBY Senate Almost Unanimous ly Defeats Reeds Resolu- tion for Investigation STAMFORD SENATOR MAKES A PROTEST Conditions Created by Third
 House Described as
 Intolerable
 He Wished Governor Elm powered to Appoint Com | mission With Power
Especial from United Press.) )

Hartford Aug. 17.-The Senate sat up and took notice today when Sena- tor Reed of Stamford introduced res- olution providing for the appointment of a commission by the Governor to investigate the methods pursued by the lobbyists in influencing the vote on the public utilities bill, and after a somewhat strenuous debate the ac- ceptance of the resolution was reject ed by an almost unanimous vote on the ground that it was new business.
 The resolution reads as follows:
 Section That the Governor be and he hereby is authorized to ap- point a commission consistin of three competent persons to investigate the methods pursued. the means employ ed, the practices indulged in. whether corrupt or otherwise and any and all unlawful methods used by individuals, corporations, or the so-called lobby to influence the vote of any member of the General Assembly of 1909 upon any of the several bills commonly known as the public utilities bills
 Section 2-To carry out the intent of this resolution the commission is appear before said commission and to compel the attendance of such wit nesses by legal process and to take testimony under oath and false swear ing DeIOre Sa1d commission snail con- stitute the crime of perjury and be punishable as such.
 Section 3-Said commission is in- structed to report it's findings and re- recommendations to the Governor not later than January, 1910.
 Section 4-In the event that the re- port of said commission shall warrant, the Governor is authorized to lay the same before the attorney general who shall bring such legal proceedings for the punishment of any person using any corrupt methods or means or par ticipating therein, as he may deem proper and any person upon convic- tion thereof, shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Section 1,261 of the General Statutes.
 Section 5-Said commission shall serve without pay but may for the purpose of defraying any necessary expenses. expend sum not exceeding s1, POO from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated"
 Senator Reed. inf introducing the measure, stated that the people of Connecticut who favored a public utilities commission. had been pitted against unfair odds. He stated that he was a. spectator in the House the day that the floor was ordered clear of lobbyists and said that the scene he witnessed was a disgraceful one and LConnecticut "It is the duty of the General Assembly," he said. ito show the people of the State that these con- ditiops will not be tolerated in the future"
 Senators Tenn of Hartford, Higgins, Peck, Chase and Searls opposed the acceptance of the resolution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
CITY COURT CASES

James Carroll and George Lennon vere charged with selling liquor with out license this morning in the city court. but at the request of Liquor Prosecuting Attorney Greenstein the cases were continued until Tuesday, Aug. 24, under bonds of. $150 each The Carroll saloon on Middle street was raided yesterday afternoon by Liquor Agent Wagner, and Policemen Beamer end Brown
 Michael Fftzgibbons and Thomas Bowen were each fined s. this morn ing, for settling an argument by as- eoultiux each other last night in Daniel Walkers saloon in the West End- EttxGlbbons had two stitches <~IsSn IF hI1 lower lip If the Elmer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
$5OO,OOO PLAY HOUSE At Main and Congress Streets With Entrance 1
 on Main Street MIR. POLL ANNOUNCES
 PURCHASE OF SITE Promises Finest FirepxoofI Theatre in State of
 Connections Fox, Dorus and Winter Properties Have Been
 Purchased

Sylvester 2. Polf, the the44x4ca1 magnate announced positively today the location of his new theatre mhfch will cost in the neishbof41ood of4e5o0.- 900 inclusive of the site. It will be; on the southeast cornerrof A6afnSnnd Congress streets with ans eutxanenr fn Main street, near the foet- of Chnpo1 street. The main structure z5s1l3 ou- cupy the major portion ofsthe cell6or of the block, bounded by~Haiu atroo< Gold street. Middle streets and con- gress street.
 MT. Polf has purchased prppexfy with 118 E feet frontage in Main <trest and 172 5k feet in Congress street, Ae stated this morning that he has erUund enough to build any kind of a<theatro and that it fs shis intention to build the best theatre in the state off GDn- necticut.
 The deeds will be passed in q GcW days and a, surveyor will go to work upon the ground immediately andte ar range so that there will be exits from the playhouse on three sides
 The corner property was purchased from the Fox estate and a 1arEer. track with a frontage on Congress street was purchased from the IA Winter estate. The properly where the entrance is to be located was purchased from Mrs. Rose A. Docus and has been occupied of late by the Empire Furniture Go.
 MT. Poli plans to build with a. seat ing capacity of 2,500 and the struc- ture will be of absolutely f1reRroo1 material with a steel frame Tb6 of drawing the plans, will be
 in the hands of the best thS
 architect in the country. The
 will be eight feet wide and th4
 will be located on the Congres&
 end of the structure. Special
 ton will be given to heating a4
 fiIafi0n Al fan and blower
 will be installed to keep the te1
 ture of the interior unifor4u healthful. All the best attraetlons in vaudeville will be played and no money spared to give the people Of Bridgeport the attractions desfred by them. sz
 He will also equip the theatre with it's own electrical plant
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

New York, Aug. 17--Fully equipped and manned, the nonmagnetic yacht, the Carnegie, is ready to sail on the first leg of her fifteen year voyage to correct the magnetic charts of all the oceans of the world. The vessel, which cost s125, 1000, is as nearly nom modern seagoing craft for all her. metal fittings except a few steel valves and the piston rods of her little en- metal put into the yacht was thor oughly -eested for magnetism, and sci entists agree that her compasses- will point to the magnetic pole without the slightest variation from every angle of the globe. The undertaking is directed by the Carnegie institute at Washing ton, and the work of charting the seas will be done by Commander William J. Peters, scientific representative of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
|DONNELLY NOT A CANDIDATE
 FOR MAYORS JOB
He Wishes Only Renomina- ton As Tax Collector and Success of Ticket.

John M. Donnelly who has been ire {uuenfly mentioned as a probable can td4ate for the Democratic nomination |eor Mayor, said this morning to a kramer reporter: sT am not a candi- fdate for the nomination for Mayor and ido not expect to be-"
 1 If is pretty we'll understood that MT, iDonneliy favors the nomination of ECity Clerk Buckingham for Mayor, land that he will be nominated again I6or Tax Collector. and be returned to line office which he has filled with Iereat ability for a number of years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
DAUGHTER SEEKS
 MISSING FATHER
He is Aged Yaphank Man Who Believes Fortune
 Awaits Him in Bridgeport

Elbert Randall, about 65 years of age, left his home two weeks ago at Yaphank, Long Island, and came to this city on the Port Jefferson boat. His daughter came here yesterday and through Mr A. c. Still of Wright's pharmacy in the West End. she has asked the police to find her father. He has a full beard. sandy in color, and Is somewhat bent. giving him an aooearance of being short in stature. H& marines that fortune awaits E3w fu His city and has been seeking
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
MARTYR TO THE CAUSE Execution of Indian Student at London Religiously Gel
 ebrated at Calcutta MURDERER FREELY
 ENROLLED TODAY Sir William Curzon Wyllie's Slayer Walks Fearlessly
 to Scaffold
Lord Chief Justice, Who Passed Death Sentence, Under Police Protection
Special from United Fress.)

London, Aug. 17.-Nadar La1 Dhin- gra, the Indian student, was hanged at o'clock this morning in the Penton- vile jail for the murder of Sir William
 Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Lal Caca, at the Imperial Institute on July 1. Dhingra accused Sir William of be- ing an enemy of India and fired upon III Dr. Lal Caea being TIKI b* .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
GEORGE c. CARR WILL
PARADE IN POUG

IAIS<AIlS IN OC N11 INI1 11A N7111
 Proprietor George c. Carr of the Golden Hill hotel will go to the New York State Firemen's annual conven- tion at Poughkeepsie, Wednesday. He will attend as member of tie Citi- zen's Hose Co, of Catskill- For sew ary roll of the company He will pa- rade on August 20, wheH there will be 100 New York fire companje9 in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who in so many ways showed sympathy for us in our late bereavement and to all who sent floral offerings, during the sickness and death of our beloved son Fl<E1t
 AIR. and MRS. CHARLES axuN- k1 DERS AND FAMILY ss <. y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

FOR SALE.-House barn and 1-2 acres land on main road between Fairfield and Southport. Over 1,5O0 feet fronting on highways. Tele- phone B. Wakeman, Fairfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

FOR SALE.-2 family, 10 room house. with all improvements, on William St. near Shelton. VIII sell at "a sacrifice. Rent $360 per year, price $3700. Small amount down and balance to suit. Bridgeport Home & Land Co, Room 105 Warner Bdde.. s3 Fairfield Ave. Telephone 1924.
 T. IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

& GOO STUDENTS have been educafe6 at Union Business College, Main and
 Congress streets. The Leadfr1a
 School Now is the time to begin. New catalogue just out. Telephone 146 I 10 a Co
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

CASCA-LAxINE TABLETS cure bi1-
 iousness and constipation. Follow ths direction. B 1z O z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

FOR SALE.!Two family, 15 room house, all improvements, western part of city. Good location. Price $3, 800 Address, J. N, this office
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

OLD HOMESTEAD CAFE. hot and cold lunch all day. Look in. corner B. Main and Walter Sts. IT. F.
 O'Connor. Prop. A19s s6 Q 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

TO RENT-Entire third floor contain ing $500 sq. it. In hreproof building
 Corner Fairfield and Courtland Ap- ply Crawford Laundry Go. P31 ii. .o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17

FOR SALE-Two family. 12 room house, all Improvements ana barn Rents for $4S0 year. Price $4200 Address Residence, this office
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Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

The latest measure suggested to cir
cumyent that common enemy of law
abiding people, the modern improved
and revised pistol-tOter, comes from
Congressman Lewis, Of Tennessee, who
proposes to introduce bill in congress
making it a felony to carry pistol In
the District of Columbia. If this bill
should pass it is expected that it will
inspire the various State legislatures
to take similar action in dealing with
this great evil, but even in that event
the ever-present problem Of the en-
foreement Of the law would still con-
front US, and with laxneSs in that re-
spect we would probably discover that
pistol-toting as a felony has no more
terrOrs for the law-breaker Of that
kind than pistoEtoting as miSdemean-
or. The present hw on the subject
would doubtless be sufficient to break
up the evil practice if it were vigorously
and impartially enforced and impriSOn-
ment as well as heavy fine made the
sure penalty in every instance. But
the decent, law-abiding people Of this
country are so harried and bedeviled
by the pistol toters and their foul, muir
derous work that they would consent
to the most extreme measures to get
rid of the breed, and if making the Of
fence a felony viii accomplish the end
or even contribute, appreciably to it,
they would doubtless approve such a
law. On this subject the Pensacola
Journal says:
THE Journal most earnestly hopes
that the Florida legislature will take
this matter up in April PiStOl-carTy-
ing should be made a crime with a Sc
we're penalty attaching. When this
shall have been done it is safe to say
that the heartrending tragedies which
have so often disgraced the State will
be thing Of the past,
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

Swear off from all your bad habits
and get right with God and man today;
and do it sincerely, without mental res
ervatiOn, for this may be your last
New Years day on this narrow 18th
mus called Life between the two eter-
mites. Even though you break the
resolution it is better to have made 1t,
for it shows that you yet have a con-
science and moral stamina and recOg-
nize the call of duty. So long as that
is true YOU are still worth saving and
the star Of hope continues to shine on
the horizon Of your future. 1t IS the
man who is reckless Of all higher
things; who wallOws in senSuaity; who
knows no moral restraint; gives full
rein to the evil within him and lives
and dies like the animals around him,
who makes no good resOlutiOnStO guide
his conduct and lift him to a higher
level of life.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

.nent prosperity Of this section - a
whole. The truth Is that the stupen-
dOus Southern industrial boom during
the past twenty years has been accom-
pIished largely at the expense Of our.
agricultural interests and our rural
population. Public works and indus
trial plants Of al kinds have proved q
heavy and continuous drain upon the
latter; the prospect Of good wages
better living and enlarged facilities
generally IN the towns was An irresist-
ible temptation 30 an army Of boys and
young men On the farms; in number
less instances their parents and the
whole family followed them and the
result was that the towns were quickly
distended with population andthe farms
suffered corresponding loss. This was
al well enough while the boom lasted
and times were good, but the boom has
busted and times are no longer
good, at least not to brsg about And
with the ebbing Of the tide We find IN
nearly every Southern community OF
size considerable surplus population
originally drawn from the country,
practically stranded, with no demand
for its labor, hanging on as best it can,
eking out a seant subsistence with no
prospect Of betterment for the future.
If this surplus would go back to the
farms it would bring large relief to the
situation. We have had our industrial
boom IN the South and it has increased
the sum Of our wealth enormously, but
the development has not been even nor
general. What we need now is an ag-
rieultural revival, a widespread move
ment back to the farms TO restore the
economic equipOise; for, as the soil is
the original source Of all wealth, so the
farmer, even though the price Of his
crops just now may yield him Scant
profit, can at least be independent if he
farms inteIigently, and that is more
than he can be while dependent on the
uncertain tenure of a sob" in town.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

Discourage the local companies Of
Jacksonville and be prepared to SEE
them lose heart, TO see the city some
day handed over to a mad mvb.-Times-
Union.
Very true, indeed! It's shOrt-sighted
policy on the part Of any community to
refuse ample and cheerful support to
its local military organization. The
old notion of "tin soldiers" is emily held
now by shallow and unthinking people;
the other kind understand that Our
State troops are soldiers in the best
sense of the word who are called upon
in grave emergencies to discharge du-
ties of the highest usefulness to the
community, and that in these days Of
mob violence and widespread contempt
for law town or city fortunate enough
to possess one or more well-disciplned
military companies has an asset OF
great value which it cannot afford to
neglect.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

The Democrat has received tie a.a
quarterly bulletin Of The MaFioa. A.,
Institute, which contains the a
recently delivered before the slsit
of that institution BY Judge Hocka q
the supreme court Of Florida, ahas
theme was the Bible and he ple
way to study it. In this ags q ve
spread religious doubt and negaiisn e
is refreshing to mind and soul b fss
these strong, clear. simple ssnieaeea g
one Of the most highly-trained and b.
minOus iRtellects IN Florida uiteFgi q
support Of the Old faith Of Cur iaiae4
and tOrealize that that faith d siil O.
guiding star Of undiminishea hrgai.
ness for such great men a. the agihf
Of the address, while lesser minds ere
cropping bewildsred in the thick msit
Of skeptieism or plunged IN The tesFsl
night Of scientific matenaiism
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

Here is a sensible and timely para
graph from the WaycrOss, Ga, Her
aid:
Occasionally some fellow who left
the farm several years back for better
or worse and who has progressed in
experience, multiplied his family and
deeimated his fortune, returns to the
soil and he hugs it ike penitent prod
igal. A man who has struggled in
town or city for few years to support
a large family on a single wage is well
prepared by training in economy self
denial and energy to do we'll on the
farm where all the boys and girls from
two years up become helpers and even
the wind and rain and sun eOnSpire to
help coax a living out Of mother
earth"
The observing traveller through the
South of recent years cannot fail to
notice the want of correspondence or
proportion between the towns and cit
les and the country districts in the mat
ter of up-tO-date development The
latter lag far in the rear Of the former
and the unnatural disparity does not
sneak well for the stable and perma-
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-01-01

Here is a genial little Christmas Pee.
OIution from Editor Holly, o. the sss'
ford Herald, which has a soft muslea
ring about it We seem 70 have beard q
the long ago when life was IN 20
spring and about once a year aicag
about the first Of January ever s.nce
But, though fractured times innamer
able, it has an infinite capacity Cos ~
ing successfully repaired and made a.
good as new, as We personally noH'
and It is a noble resolve which ve
should all make even mOrs Frequently
than We do. Says Editor Holly
The editor Of this primrose sheett
having turned over a new leaf an9
pasted It down, viii now proceed 70 uA
It full of noble deeds AID other hief-
esting memoranda. "