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The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11
EAST VILLAGE.

John H. Hawkins is buildin. one of the open front scratching shed poultry houses so much advocated by poultry experts, on the Ferris property recently purchased by s. w. Smith of Ansonia.
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Miss Carrie skidm' re. Miss Ann Biackman and J. Albert Blaskman attended lne wedding ) their nephew, Francis Blackman Barnett to Miss Williams in Glastonbury at the home of The brides parents last Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Jones Brothers of Dodgingtown, who purchased the horse, Quaker Boy, of Howard Bassett, had the mis- fortune to lose him, last week. They were driving him along the road
 vheEM suddenly reared up and fell back dsad Quaker Boy is well known a1aeng the horsenen of this loca MtI sNid was owned for several years bf C. G, Peck.
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RoxburY.

l FAINTER HILL AND VICINITY.
 Mraapd Mrs Bernard Higgins of Torrington were the guests of s. R. Percy, Decoration Day.
 Philip Frager has severed his con-
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me regular, and that | would event ually have Gspsy. l would bloat, and sufferfrsnksshng' down pains, cramps and chills, and l
 csuld net sleep nights. Ny mother wrste ts AM Hlk. han fer advice, and l began ts ake LyiiaE. Pinhan's VeuetakIe Gem.
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Fast0n.
ASPETUCK.

Willard Fanton of Albany, N. Y, spent Memorial Day with his par ents, MT and Mrs I. c. Fanton.
 Etkel Faircnild of Greens Farms 1as visited at. the home of l. c. Fan lon.
 The Ladies Aid society of Center street Methodist thuTcn, which was held at the residence of Mrs Eliza Davis. May cC, was largely attended and the sum of nine dollars added to the treasury.
 Mrs Leroy Mills and son of Bridge port are at Mrs William Vanvorse's.
 William H. Grumman was taken taken seriously ill at church, Sun day, and at this writing is no better. A MT and Mrs Milton Williams and daughter Elizabeth are visiting re- latives in Wilton.
 Miss Sadie Banks and friend spent Sunday at Ii. 5. Fanton's.
 Quite a number from this place spent Monday at Sport Hill viewing the auto races. Robert Gould was one of the specials at that place to do flag duty.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11
Monroe.
MASONIC NOTES.

Special communication of Wash. ingtcn lodge, No. 19, has been called for Monday evening, June 13, for comforting the M. M. degree on two candidates
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Mrs Jennie Honan of, Gaylordsville was5 aaggnest last geek,iGI 4StfS elk,iIo of odf, MT and Mrs MaiHonan in lTaupt0n,uGa
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proved his place in Huntingtown by having the lawn nicely tefraeed and graded in front of his house
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

W. HIAle8ander of Taunton has
 Ecen having Ehis barn newly silled and BfNG s{N Betsford Fairchild as sisted him with Ihe work.
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MissaEiizaBsthW tliI5a s5Iof ,t,a a;aIGDan- bury is spending few weeks with herr son ,s Gaorge,R WlsonGinl Tapn- tonIg uslj bngmmOJ9I nso bnG ,zT9ugu 4n
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

George Milo and family of Long Hill have moved into the Butcher place in Taunton.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Mr and Mrs Harry w. Hoyt of nanhury were guests over sGndly of Mir and Mrs Arthur J. Smith,
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Miss Murray INeYens of New York is spending few days with Mrs w. J. Alexanqsr in Taunton.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

II. c. Gilbert spent last Saturday in Trumbull and Bridgeport with friends.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Herman K. Beach of Bridgeport called on friends in town. Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Miss Susan Fairchild of Bridge port is a guest at A. T. Net,leton $.
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MOTHERS
 WHO HAVE DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound

winchester, Ind. -Four doctors tsll me that they could never nake
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

BAPTIST CHURCH ITEMS.
 A very agreeable interest contin- ues to show itself at the Baptist church and Sunday school. The
The Newtown bee., 1909-06-11

Israel Nezveskey of Huntingtown is enlarging his house, ,by building a large addition eS ita9bMh and west sides, morss4iN d4b'irGsh size pf ms h0usf1nnQ uaaro2
 Mrs Harriet Briscoe of Hunting town has improved her blouse, by, ] lha;y!uO ns2y s19ad J Martin Dwy has moved into Frank Conger's hGaM In ,HMtfngtURn.
 John H. Frank has greatly i'm
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John H. Frank has greatly i'm
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
WAS It MURDER
Or SUICIDE?
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE QUIZ
ZINC TWO PROMINENT CiTl-
ZENS WHO WERE PRESENT
WHEN MRS. MONTANA DIED.
(By United Press.)

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-The
failure of Charles o. Whittemore,
the Los Angeles railroad magnate,
and r. G. Hanford, wealthy min
ing operator, to reveal the fact that
they were present when Mrs. Lo-
rena de La Montanya was killed in
her apartments Friday night, until
after it was discovered by report
ers, is being investigated by the
police today.
The question of whether the wo-
man committed suicide or acciden-
tally shot herself remains a mys-
terry Mrs. Margaret w. Patton.
Mrs. Montanya's guest on the night
of the tragedy, is certain that the
divorced wife of Marquis James de
La Montanya shot herself acciden-
tally. Hanford thinks she commit
ted suicide, although he said his
back was turned towards her when
the revolver was discharged.
The party had gone to Mrs. Mon
tanya's apartments for dinner. and
Hanford took small pistol from
his pocket, he says, and laid it on
the table. While his back was
turned he hard a shot and Mrs.
,Montanya fell dead All concerned,
even Coroner Leland, kept the
facts quiet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
ROAD BUILDERS
IN CONGRESS

SEATTLE, July GA varied line
of subjects was covered in the dis
cussions today before the congress
of American road builders in ses-
sion here, in which every state In
the Union and many foreign coun-
tries are represented. Logan Wal
Ter Page, Washington, d. c.; r. II.
Thompson, Seattle; Professor Hen.
ry Landes, Seattle; A. b. Fletcher,
Massachusetts; f. f. Ellery; Cali
fornia; f. N. Godfrey. New York:
Horatio S. Earle. Michigan: r. M.
Brereton. Oregon: A. N. Johnson,
Illinois; w. w. Crosby, Maryland:
II. p. Gillette. New York, were on
the program today for papers and
addresses.
James j. Hill was not present at
the opening of the congress yester-
day but Governor Hay, in welcom.
ing the delegates, paid the veteran
railroad builder and advocate OF
good roads high compliment. The
congress was opened with the dedi
cation of the Washington good
roads building. in which the build
ing was turned over to the state by
George E. Dickson of the state ex
position commission. M. 0. Ell
bridge of Washington, ID. c.; An
drew Rinker of Minneapolis, and E
r.. Powers of New York were tn,
speakers at the opening session.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06

IN SPOKANE

Charles Field, a bachelor farmer
of middle age, from near Elmira,
Wash, is being hunted by the Spo-
kane police and G. H. Henning,
one of his neighbors, at the re-
quest of his sister and aged
mother.
Field. German with red COM
plexion and small light mustache,
left his ranch, IL miles out of Ell
mira Thursday morning to meet
his sister and mother in Spokane,
on their way out from the east
Since then he Is missing as COM
pletely as though the earth had
swallowed him. His, sister and
mother reached here all right, but
he failed to meet them at the
train.
When he did not return to his
farm, as he expected to, Mr.. Hen
ming. who has known him for the
last 20 years, became alarmed and
fastened to Spokane to see what
had become of him. Here he found
the missing mans gray-haired old
mother and her daughter anxiously
waiting for him to meet them.
They are still here.
Field was dressed in a brown
coat and gray trousers, no vest, a
soft shirt, four in hand necktie and
a straw hat with a medium broad
upturned brim. He is nearly bald.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06

was at his bedside. Death was due
to pneumonia, following a slight
operation on his neck. He was
critically i'll five days, and after a
rally Saturday night 1t was thought
he would recover. Hope was not
abandoned by physicians until mid
night, when he became unconscious
and remained so until death.
Cushman was born May 8, 1867,
at Brighton, Iowa, and graduated
from the local high school. In
every sense he was self-made
man. He studied law without aid.
after serving as water-boy ON rail-
road construction and section hand
until 16 years old. Later he was q
cowboy on ranch in Wyoming, and
, a lumber camp school teacher. He
was admitted to. the bar in Me-
braska and located in Seattle and
Tacoma in 1891.
Cushman was elected to con-
gress over James Hamilton Lewis
In 1898 and continued there ever
since. Cushman entered his first
congressional campaign with Wig
or, although 1t seemed impossible
for him to defeat Lewis. He was
nominated by the republicans, and
since that time he was without
opposition in his party and was al
ways reelected by overwhelming
majorities. He leaves a widow, an
aged mother and q brother. the
latter recently appointed a Judge
of the federal court in Alaska
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
PEODL|NC
REGULATIONS
FARMERS WHO DO NOT. LIKE
CITY RESTRICTIONS MAY
TAKE THE MATTER INTO
THE COURTS.

A number of farmers who have
been selling their produce at the
public market will hereafter sell
their goods by establishing ped
ding routes in various parts of the
city. They claim they can thus
sell their produce far better and
give the people the benefit of deal
ing with the producer instead of
the middleman and grocer. The
routes are in most instances prov
ing popular.
The farmers will not, it is under
stood, take out licenses. They
claim the city has no legal right to
deny them the privilege of selling
their own produce This is the
view taken of the matter by the
powerful farmers union, an it is
understood that any attempt to re-
strain the trade of bona fide farm
ers will be fought in the courts, If
necessary, to establish the right of
the producer to sell his produce
direct to the consumer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
MOTHER LEA YES HER THREE
CHILDREN TO STRANGERS

There's something wrong some
where when for any reason q moth.
er has to leave three children, her
all, to the care of strangers and
so out into the world alone.
Mrs. Dey has a boy, age six, and
two girls. one seven and the other
nearly nine years old. out at the
Orphans Home of Spokane, EDO
Liberty avenue. They all belong
to eacho Their and each other are all
they have In the world. They won't
have that much always, either, be-
cause they will have to find homes
where they can, or rather where
the superintendent OF the home can
find them. A woman and a man
somewhere ara responsible for the
little ones, but that tie of response
bility has been wrenched from the
childrtn after they were old enough
to undeFatand what possessing Il
and also what loaing 1t means
Such cilses are even sadder thar
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
ROASTS DECISION
fRY United Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-"The
decision by Referee Roche Is the
rawest and rankest Judgment ever
made in prize ring" declared
Sherwood Becker, former boy
mayor" of Milwaukee. Wis, who
witnessed the Ketchel-Papke fight
yesterday,
Becker Is an enthusiastic fight
fan and knows thing or two
about the game. 1T was a direct
steal for Ketchel." said he. mo
doubt that was due TO the fact that
ketchel was an Is to favorite.
For the sake of the fighting game
I am sorry to see fight go that
way. Decisions like that kill box
! ing"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
SALOON FIGHT
CAUSED It

Instead of being the victim Of
brutal highwayman. whom he de-
clared stabbed and slashed him
with a knife because he had but
two cents. Carl Johnson Is be-
lieved to have been one of the
participants of an early morning
saloon brawl
Slashed completely across one
side Of his face and stabbed in the
shoulder and side. Johnson was
brought from the home of A. OF.
son, 826 Perry street. early yester-
day morning. He told the police
his injuries had been inflicted by
desperate highwayman.
Only little, more than an hour
before this, the police patrol, laden
with officers. rushed to the Acme
and the Akley saloons in response
to report that cutting scrape
was going on at place with a
name that sounded to Desk Officer
Walker, similar to those of these
places. There was no trouble 60
ing on at either of these places,
and, not Knowing where to look
for the fighters. the police gave
up the search for further informa-
ton. Officer Walker explains that
the report was given by some bad
ly excited person, who hung up his
telephone receiver before he could
be asked to repeat his information,
The blood on Johnson's clothing
was well dried in places. and after
making an investigation OF his
"holdup" story. and finding that
he told various conflicting stories
Detective Pearson. has. come to the
conclusion that Johnson was one
of the saloon fighters. The police
are now trying to locate the place
lat which the fight was going on.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
FACTION
IS BEATEN

Word has been received from W..
E. Barber, delegate from Spokane
to the socialist state convention
held at Everett July 3 and 4, which
will be of interest and satisfaction
to the rank and file of the social
lists of Spokane. The news Is. to
the effect that the convention turn
ed down the entire state committee
of the party and elected a new
committee, which represents the
progressive elemtn of the party.
The old committee had been
dominated by DR.. Titus for years
and all who opposed his dictum
were either expelled from the So
cialist party or refused member
ship. The Titus faction bolted the
convention. Spokane is to be the
convention place next year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06

are not on your guard enough to
tell him to call around tomorrow
or next week or never, you'll likely
buy lemon"
He "stung" Thompson 4 Son.
hardware and implement dealers of
Harrington, Wash, the other day.
Mr.. Thompson wrote Immediately
to the Spokane police, telling them
about 1t. and Chief of Police Sulli-
van accordingly offers a warning
to Spokane citizens against this
sort Of graft.
Thompson declares the man with
the fake stuff came in. rubbed a
little Of the fluid on an old, worn
and battered brass scale scoop,
then rubbed II little with q mus
lin rag. and 10! 1t shone like new
nickled scoop right from the fac
tory. 1t would wear for a year and
half. he said, and induced the
firm to place an order for -four
dozen bottles--spot cash, oil
course. The next day the SCOOP
was all brass. but the man was
gone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06

. Until late hour last night =
. 1t was happy Tim Hollihan, =
. good fellow and entertainer .
= for new made friends. .
= Today he is suffering the .
. fate of the far famed Happy .
. Hooligan, who, while trying to =
= be agreeable, meets disaster =
= thereby. .
Hurled bodily off the Great
Northern trestle by two men after
they had strong armed and robbed
him of all his money, Tim Hooli-
han lay for six hours in the driz-
zling, chilling rain beside the river,
too badly injured to rise or to shout
for assistance, before he was found
by the Waterman of the Echo mills
this morning.
He is badly cut about the head,
his arm is broken near the shoul.
der and one knee is SO badly
sprained that it will not bear his
weight The crime was perpetrated
by two men Hoolihan claims to
have been drinking, with in differ
ent saloons about the city nearly
all the early evening.
He was lured to the dangerous
trestle when in high state of in
toxication about half hour after
midnight, and while one of his
strange companions throttled him
to prevent him from raising an out
Cry, the other relieved him of lit
tie over $40. This done, both to-
gether picked him up and pitched
him to the ragged rocks some 20
feet below. He was found about
$3.50 O'Clock this morning and has
tened to the emergency hospital.
where DR.. O'Shea, the hospital sur
geon, and Acting Steward Dare at
tended his injuries.
Hoolihan told the police that he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
CAPT. C0vERLY
/ IS RETIRED
VETERAN POLICE OFFICER
PROTESTS ON BEING RELE-
GATED, EVEN THOUGH HE
WILL RECEIVE $50. PER
MONTH FOR RESTING.

Under the new law creating a
board of police pension fund COM
missioners, Captain Coverly, one Of
the Oldest men of the Spokane po-
lice force department, was form
ally retired on half pay this morn
ing. The half pay in his case
amounts to $50 per month.
Captain Coverly filed a written
protest against retirement for age
or any other cause. but will accept
the ruling, as the law makes re-
tirement obligatory at 60 years,
after serving 20 years. His protest
holds him in preferment If the law
should be tested and found .uncon-
stitutional. There is some question
raised as to whether a mans job
can be legislated away from him
under civil service rules
The boardorganized with Mayor
Pratt as chairman, City Clerk
Fleming secretary and City Treas
urer Peterson treasurer. All the
members of the council are made
members, and Cartwright, Shaefer,
Ostrander, Nelson and Lambert at
tended the first meeting.
Captain Coverly Joined the Spo-
kane police force in March, 1899,
at the age of 40.
There will be money enough to
start the pension payments, as the
members of the force are each as
sessed one and one-half per cent
on their salaries, and the fund re-
ceives the proceeds of sale of I'M
claimed property taken in charge
by the police.
This afternoon the board OF po-
lice commissioners will appoint a
captain to succeed Coverly, and
also an acting captain to help boss
the force while Captain Sullivan Is
acting chief.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06

those Of babies too young to appre.
ciate anything of the boon of par
entage and a home nest.
There are SO children at the
home now and five are ready to
be sent out for adoption as soon as
suitable homes are found for them.
Their ages range from four to
nine years, One of the little girls
finding shelter there must be very
tenderly cared for because she has
just come from hospital where a
delicate operation was performed
on her ear 10 overcome the effects
nj scarlet fever
Thirty-six children mean ter
rifle amount OF work at the home,
but Mrs. Dey simply can't turn
them away. and no matter how
dark the prospects she. Is, always
hoping that even the most hopeless
Iof her charges win some day find
his or her chance fo{ usefulness
land enjoyment in life. \
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
WEEKS
OF BALL

The Indians got in this morning.
the Tigers are here and we're 60
ing at it again at Recreation park
this afternoon for five weeks
straight. Vic Holm is in the spot
light for the home tribe. Bill Hur-
ley is boss of the Tigers now, Russ
Hall having quit the game.
Seattle is on the road for four
weeks now and with the Indians at
home all that time and more the
tribe has about the only chance it
is likely to get to reach the top.
Here's where the glad and busy
boost is going to come handy.
They had run of the jinks over
at Seattle, but it's hard for a white
man, let alone an Indian, to keep
his head level in that town. The
Spokane fans get the whole league
here in a string in the coming five
weeks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
CITY NURSE WILL REST

Miss Hornburg, the visiting
nurse Of the Associated Charities,
leaves tomorrow for a months va.
cation after hard siege of work
with various tubercular cases and
battling with sickness among the
poorer families in general. She
will visit for one week at least with
friends at Fish lake and will com
plete her outing either at Hayden
or Chelan lakes. She will take up
her work with renewed vigor when
she returns, she states.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
POLICE SAY BEWARE OF
NICKEL PLATING ARTIST

Look out for the fake SELF Elec-
tro Nickle Plating" man. He is
headed this way. He's got few
bottles of lemon colored stuff that
puts temporary "nickle" finish
on about anything there Is going,
and itSlooks good to suckers. but
it's really just as II looks--like
lemon, according to information
given the police.
The fakir with the winsome
smile and catchy line of talk is
about 55 years and sanguine. He
tmay hustle with sprightly step
into your store or your home at
any time. and after seizing up your
! scale Ascoup or maybe your married
Gle, tell you he's got some
Vow you and Just beg you
We OF minutes Of your
-. you can't deny that.
testing in his talk
1hble, and when he's
scoop or your ladle
new. Then. II you
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
PROVIDENCE LABORS WITH
CITY COUNCIL

Providence gave the council an
object lesson ON supplying a city
with water yesterday. Government
observation closed for the day with
a total of IL inches fall, and the
biggest part of that came within a
short time in the evening. The
most striking evidence of this was
the soppy shirt waists, demoralized
millinery and other symptoms of
feminine agony that came trailing
in from Fourth of July points. or
course, you've heard the express
sion as to the wet hen, etc.
II there is any statistical doubt
about 1t, the folks who were out
celebrating last evening will fur
nish sworn testimony that the
shower was the dampest and most
superabundant that has ever
dripped softly DER the town.
Here is where the object lesson
comes in. The way to supply the
town with water Is to furnish
plenty of water. So far as OBJ
served yesterday there were no
meters In use. Neither was there
mention of referring the matter to
the finance committee, or propos-
ais to divide the territory into
sprinkling districts. Also there was
as much water in Lidgerwood as
on Cannon hill.
Possibly the difference in the
two localities discernible from the
city hall Is invisible from the water
tower in the sky. Or else the Gre
ator is sadly lacking in council
manic experience.
However, remember that the
only way to furnish plenty of water
is to supply plenty of ii. and keep
hammering your councilman on
the back to that end. For the first
time since the present drouth be-
| gan there is actually a breathing
SPELL" but unless it is utilized In
energetic preparation and haste,
another "gasping spell' will
quickly follow. Summer is Just get
ting a good start.
The Press has all the faith in
the world In Providence. but It's
poor policy to expect Providence te
be always willing to make up fol
human deficiency when there is nc
excuse for the deficiency. and the
city has been undertake and cut if
two by water supply
| It's long jump from considera
ton of the Creators work TO con
sideration of the councils work
but the latter choice is the busi
ness of the hour in this city.
Keen after your councilman lest
he pin his faith to q Fourth 81
July shower and bid soodoF ~
| every fear foreverinore. e
prone to pin his faith e sfHl
| SO that It requires nof lq
counciimanic exert1oR.
4I4l q x /. ~ r i
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
FIFTY CHILDREN
IN CHORUS

A large number of tickets have
been sold for the Orphans Home
of Spokane benefit to be given at
the First Presbyterian church,
Second and Jefferson, Thursday
evening, and some very good talent
has been selected. The program
will include vocal and instrumental
music, solos and duets. violin and
mandolin numbers, recitations and
chorus of so children dressed in
white singing Rainbow Little
Miss Margaret Neff and Master
Klussman will sing the solo parts,
dressed in Indian costume.
Admission to the benefit Is %
cents for adults and 10 cents for
children.