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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24

A fire al Evansville destroyed the
-four mills and elevators OF laglehart
brothers. The loss viii probably
reach 100000
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24
Wrcnu DIAGNOSIS.

Gver-There goes man VINO
afraid TO think for himself !.
Myer-Why doesn't he get mar ~
Gyer-That's the trouble-he D. ma
ried.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24
A Dialogue.

Him
VIII you love me, dearest one
When I'm gone?
That depends on Just how far
Gone you are
Cleveland Leader
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
LOCAL BOND DEALERS GET GREATER PART OF
 STATES BOND ISSUE
Hincks Brothers, Dealers, Allotted $835,OOO Worth of the Issue of $1, ,OOO,-
 900 Connecticut Se-
 .curities.
 The Bonds Mature in 1884, Draw Three and One-Half Per Gent. Interest and Are In Great Demand Because of States Small Debt.

Hincks Bros, the we'll known bond mousse of this city. jointly. with N. w. Harris & Co.,. New York, secured to- day. practically the entire issue of $1,- OOo 600 Connecticut bonds or $S35.00O worth that were awarded upon their bid of 100 58s. The bonds bear 31s per cent and are free fron1staxation.
 Connecticut has not issued bonds since 1885. At that time the issue was to refund the old war bonds. The state is cne of the most conservative in the union in respect to indebtedness. Its liabilities in the form of debt are but 22 one hundredths part of one per cent. of it's grand list. This grand list will exceed thousand million dollars.
 The local concern bid for the entiru million, but purchasers desiring small CT quantities of the issue bid somewhat higher and were allotted bonds by the state treasurer as follows:
 Connecticut Savings Bank. New Ha-' ven-$25 600 at 102.27. Connecticut Saw ings Bank, New Haven$25, 900 at 1O3. .268: Lawrence Parkhurst, BoSton-$1O0, ,O00 at 100.6s; Isaac w. Brooks-$15,oC0 at 1o4. .4f.
 The bonds mature in 1884, but the state reserves the right to call them in in 1924. OF 15 years hence.
 William T. Hincks, of HinckS Bros. said this morning that the demand for bonds is very great be- cause of the small indebtedness of the state and the conservatism with which the finances of the Commonwealth are managed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
PLANS UNDER WAY TO SETTLE STRIKE
 OF THE EATERS
Especial from United Press.)

South Norwalk. April 30-With a view to a definite plan looking to the settlement of the matters strike, rep resentatives from the several cities affected by the tie-up met here today. Reports were made by the several representatives of the situation in their respective cities and the situation was discussed at length. Several recom- menGations. were made which were not given out for publication, and Dr. Charles s. Mcfarland and Mortimer M. Lee of this city were appointed as committee ito carry out these rec- concentrations. As soon as their work is completed another meeting of the committee will be called.
 It was originally planned to have five delegates from each city attend the meeting but these plans were not fulfilled and only two outside dele gates were present, the Rev. John D. Kennedy, representing the cities of Danbury. Bethel and New Milford, and Wilson J. Vance, secretary to the Mayor of Newark, representing that city and Orange, N. J. Dr. Charles s. Mcfarland, Christian Swartz, Dr. c. S. Bohan and Mortimer M. Lee rep resented this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
ANNUAL SOCIAL OF
 BIBLE SCHOOL A SUCCESS


 The annual social of the First Bap- tist Bible School took place last night in the church parlors. A program ar ranged by Supt- Theodore T. Phillips was most enjoyable. Everett, Albert and Chester Jersey, with George F'owIe, rendered several songs T. Boyton drew some clever blackboard pictures. Miss E. Still, MT. Stannard, Milton iNordstrom, Ethel BCSehannan, Mildred Foster, Natalie McFarlene, Frances Carney, Bessie Wortman and James Beran contributed in divers ways to the entertainment. The following committees helped to make the even ing success:
 Arrangements, Theodore T. Phillips, chairman; Miss Ross Warrington, Miss Ada Bennett, Mrs. Arthur E. Warner Miss Maud Curtis, Miss Frances Car ney, Miss Irene Carney. Miss Ruby Weidinghoff. Miss Alice Hanks, Nathan Whfpple, William WenzeIs R9fresh- rnents, Mrs. F. c. F'etherstonS Mrs. George w. Nicholson. ,Af
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
M'MAHON HEIRS APPEAL; PROPERTY
 LISTED TOO Htin

The City of Bridgeport is named as the defendant in suit filed in the superior court this morning in which the plaintiffs are Mrs. John H. Mo Mahon and heirs appealing from the decision of the Board of Assessors. The plaintiffs set up the claim that in 1908 their property, the Steeplechase dock on Stratford avenue was listefs for $15.000 and the Steeplechase Island properly. which includes the Seaview avenue dock was listed at s6e, 900, which, was a fair valuation. The assessors this year listed the Stratford avenue property at $2O, 900 and the Steeple- chase property at SIS, 3,0800. From this assessment the plaintiffs appeal. Through their attorneys, DeF'orest and Klein they claim that the assessment is unjust. unfair, unreasonable and therefore illegal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
MRS. EMILY COLLINS
 DIES AT AGE OF 95
She Was a Real Daughter of the Revo. lution And a Pioneer in W0man's Suffrage Movement.

Hartford, April 30-Mrs. Emily Parmely Collins. one of the pioneer
 workers for woman suffrage in this country. and since 1879 a we'll known resident of this city,, died late yester- day afternoon in Atlantic, Mass. where she had lived for some time. She was, 95 years old. but up to about five months ago, in spite of her ad- vanced age, she was in excellent health. and her mind was apparently as active as it ever had been. About five months ago, however, Mrs. Collins had a bad fall, fracturing the hip joint. from which she never recovered.
 Mrs. Collins services to the cause of woman suffrage are recognized throughout the Country. In 1848 she organized the first woman suffrage of Bristol. N. Y.. and the same year she sent the first petition on the sub ject to the Legislature of the state of New York.
 Mrs. Collins, whose maiden name was Emily Parmely, was the youngest daughter of James Parnely and, Lydia Robbins Donelson. She was born in the town of South Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y, on August Il, 1914. Her father James Parmely. a descendant of John Parmely. who settled in Guilford in 1889. fought in the Revolutionary War, enlisting from Killingworth COnn., as a QruI1In0T DOy, JdHudFy lO 1777. Mrs Collins was thus eligible as real Daughter of the Revolution and in October. 1904. she became 2 member of the Hannah Woodruff Chapter D. A. R., of Southington. Her father lived to be S5 years old and her mother died at the age of 90 years.
 Along with her early interest in woman's rights, Mrs. Collins became an ardent abolitionist. even before the general anti-slavery movement had be- gun. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse in Virginia. her two sons, one a surgeon and the other a lawyer, accompanying her. Dr. Peltier was stationed at Martinsburg. as post sur geon. and in 1864. after the disastrous battle at New Market, Va, Mrs. Col Iins joined him there as a volunteer nurse.
 Here in hospital tents she helped to nurse the sick and wounded until General Siegel evacuated Martinsburg on July f. before Early'S advancing army. leaving a large number of his sick and wounded too ill to be remov- ed Here Mrs. Collins remained while frequent skirmishing occurred between detachments of the opposing forces and sometimes cannonading and she'll ing across the city. The railroad was cut by the evening and the inmates of the hospital were saved from Starva- tion only by loyal people in the rural country privately sending in supplies At last the battle of Winchester, Fish CTS Hill and Cedar Creek effectively cleared the lines of travel and soon after Mrs. Collins returned to her family.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS HARDEN
 AT SMITH TODAY
(Special from united Press ,

Especial from United Press.1
 Northampton, Mass, April 30.-The chapel exercises at Smith College this morning were in the nature of me- norial service for Miss Helen Warden who was murdered on the campus Thursday morning by Porter M. Smith. President Seelye spoke very feelingly of the sad tragedy. It was one of those things, he said, that happen in this life which are beyond the compre- hension of human minds. It was not for us either to pass judgment or criti- c1ze the young man who committed the deed In taking his own life he Inflicted punishment upon himself as severe as any punishment that could have been inflicted upon him by law. He did not believe the young man could have been in his right mind at the time the deed was committed.
 The students who were close friends of Miss Warden deny the story that another young man was paying his at tention to her and that it was because of this that Smith was so insanely jealous and driven toSthat point that led to his murdering the girl and kill ing himself.
 Smiths body was taken to Chicago last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
 FIRST CHURCH SCHOOL George $. Hawley is Elected Supsrintend. ent and Reports of q Rosy Nature
 Are Read.

The annual election and banquet of the Sunday School of the First M. E.. church was held last night. George S.. Hawley was elected superintend- ent and Dr. R. H. ". Strang and Mrs W. B. Spencer were elected assistant superintendents. J.. H. Hearns was chosen financial secretary and N. E. NickersOn treasurer. The average att tendance in the school during 1908 was 236. The Sunday School library con- .tairf2 1000 books. In many ways the school is in excellent sha pc.
 lDr. Strang acted as toastmaSter. Among those who responded to toasts were Mrs. Frank B. Plumb. who spoke Cn the Teachers Privilege; pr. Ed ward s. Smith, who had for his topic "A Source of Inspiration and Informa- don''; and Miss Mary Rector, whose topic was "W1Eat a Woman Sees" Howard s. West and Rev. George M- Brown spoke respectively on What We Should Not Do'' and -eWhat We Should De-" The dinner was served in the breakfast room of the S'rsa- field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
HANS TESTIFIES IN
 MURDER TRIAL
Takes the Stand Today in Defense of His Brother, Who Killed William E. Annis and Repeats Good Deal of His Original Story.
(Suecia1 from United Press) ]

Flushing l.. l.. April 30.-Thornton Jenkins Hains. who was acquitted of participation in the murder of William F. Annis last February, took the stand to-day in defense of his brother, Cap tain Peter c. Hains, who fired the shots that killed Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club last August. Thornton has been in Flushing since Monday and be- cause of alleged threats of bodily harm made against him by former associates of Annis. he was persontally guarded by Police Captain Patron. He was cool witness for himself and his com posture as he took the stand to-day was perfect although he must have realized that he will be subjected to mercilesS crOSS-eXamination by Prose cutor Dewitt.
 The direct story of Thornton differ ed but little from the original story told at bis own trial. The chief differ ence being that much of the detail was eliminated by the ruling of Justice Garretson who has held that only the actions of Captain Hains are to be re- actions unless they were directly con- nected with the Captain, must be eliminated. rI
 Before Thornton took the stand, length without anything particularly new being developed Thornton, as he originally told. descriB-d the expres- sions used by the Captain when he burst into his home at Bay Ridge the day after he ..came back from San Francisco but Justice =Garret son sharp 1y rebuked him. I.sHTeH what happened ard describe this defendants actions without any of this display severely interrupted the Justice. Mcintyre ob- jected but was overruled. Thornton had barely started his story when the luncheon recess was ordered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30

stalrWayS they found a. two gallon can which had contained kerosene oil and at the bottom of the second flight up after the fire was extinguished the f1remen found a can that had con- tq1ned five gallons of the inflam1naaoIe mixture.
 It is the police theory that incen- diaries took the oil upstairs and, pour ed 1t down all the stairs with the re- suit that all street entrances wers blocked. The dead are: Stephana, the policeman missed; Annie. T, Frank 2. Antoinette De Bonis: Thomas Mat t1eo Ciappdna, 35; Concettina Piccina 22: Iug1a Belevfa, T; Dominico PAx- zelh, 22
 The police investigation deveaopoa the fact that Jacob B. Ra1ck and Adolph Weiss, who conducted a gro cery on the street floor and had am night ago received a letter which had on the top of it a skull and croSs- bones and read as follows:
 Our society demands $1.000.'' Na attention was paid to this and last Monday they received a similar letter. which read the same as the other except tbat it also said: We want the money naoa or ,s;a 1sath; Bring 1t to Mott sub-statioRA in Green street in tho heart, of the New York Ghetto. The police have taken the letters today and are tracing their source.
 AL Une nOSpflalS It IS said two of tho injured, Salvatore Caiern, aged 40, and Carmelia Caierri, aged one, will die, and the others will recover. The facf that the tenement was Surrounded by two story structures was responsible for the loss of life. All of the inz mates fled to the roof when the alarm was sounded aIsd found their escape cut off. They then tried to get back to the street by way Of the fire es- capes, the stains being a well of flames. but as usual in this section, the fire escapes were cluttered with household effects and the apertures blocked
 When the police made thorough search of the tenement the body of an unidentified man. about twenty-five or thirty years old. was discovered, irl- the total list to nine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
Especial from United Press. )


 New York, April 30.-Nine lives were they may have escaped but this will not be known positively until a com plete search of the ruins is made, and fourteen are in the hospitals as the result of an incendiary fire which gutted the six story double decked tenement house at 37 Spring street in the heart of the Italian quarter early today. That the loss of life was not trebled was due entirely to the fact that the Mulberry street station house was only a half block away and the police were on hand in a. very short time and helped get the frightened in mates down the fire escapes.
 To Officer BrosSner great credit is being given by his superiors today. He was a former ball player and when he reached the scene he stood on the ground yelling to the frightened peo- pie to wait for the engines. But they would not heed and soon one mother yelled to him to catch and threw her baby down ito him. He caught it and as he says himself the lair was at once filled with flying kids Seven were dropped in almost as many seconds and the big policeman managed to catch five of them while one other had its brains knocked out on the surbstone when it slipped through his hands, and another's skull was frac- tured by striking his helmet and bounding off. Then he and Officer James White, who only yesterday was given a. police department medal for gallantry, clambered up into the smoke and flames and passed down thirty one persons to other police and fire men below. The rescues were thrill Ing fin the extreme and the officers were kept busy until the arrival of the big fire trucks which finally clear ed the fire-escapes of their terribly scorched human freight.
 The fire was discovered by Sergeant ORierdon and Officer Kirk and they rushed into the building only to find the halls and all the stairwayS a sheet of flame At the bottom of the lower
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
WIFE FREED
 FROM LIFE
 OF TERROR
Husband of Katrina Popp Stabbed Wife and Gut
 His Own Throat.
Threatened to Have Funeral of Entire Family on Same Day-Kuhn Went Out to Vote and Never Came Back - Other Divorce Granted.

Judge Howard J. Curtis, in the Su-
 perior court, civil side, set Katrina
 H. Popp of Norwalk free from Ralph
 G. Popp, also of Norwalk, granting the
 divorce on the grounds of habitual in
 temperance and cruelty. Mrs. Popp told the court that she was married Nov. 25, 1901; that her husband never
 worked enough to support herself and their two children. He was seldom sober. When he came home in that condition there was always a rough house. He often told her that the fun eral of the family of four would be held on the same day. Once he stab bed her with a pocket knife, then cut his throat. Both were taken to the hospital. It required five stitches to sew up the wound in her stomach. Af- ter he got well he was arrested for attempted murder and is now lodged in the jail in this city. Officer Strat- ton of the Norwalk police produced the Popp had been arrested and convict ed four times. The court gave the mother the custody of the one minor child, aged seven years.
 Maria A. Inglese, a pretty young daughter of Sunny Italy residing in Norwalk, was in court this morning, and told of her marital woe with Frank Inglese of parts unknown. Ma ria told the court that she was mar ried Dec. l, 1902 and that five months later her husband deserted her, and that she has not see him since He never worked, but lived on her mother. The court granted the decree on the grounds of assertion.
 Arthur H. Kuhn, formerly of Stam- ford, but now of parts unknown, left his home on election day.. in 1905 to vote and never returned. At the fac tory of the Yale & Towne Co, where he was employed, he was allowed two hours time in~ which to cast his bal lot. Minnie B. Brady married Kuhn in Newark, O., Jan. 12, 1899 and with In a year went to live in Stamford. For two years before he left her in 7l1905, the plaintiff had to support herself.
 Judge Curtis granted the divorce on the ground of assertion. The plain tiff was represented by Attorney Ho- ner s. Cummings of Stamford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
BANKRUPTCY CASES IN U. s. COURT

The final accounting in the bank ruptcy case of D. J. Brew & Co.,, hat ters of Danbury. was made before Judge John w. Banks, commissioner $500 remained as the total assets of the company after a fire which destroyed the factory last DeceEAber. About 30 men, who were employed in the fac tory a0 the time of the fire, divided up this amount, receiving about s per cent. of their claims.
 This afternoon the first meeting of the creditors of David Islivski will be held at the office of the Commissioner in Bankruptcy. The claims of the creditors amount to about S1OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
COMING EVENTS OF
 LOCAL INTEREST

The Stratfeld during the month of May will again be the scene of much gayety a number of social organiza- tions already contemplating events. During the month there will also be quite a few conventions. The list so far includes: May 1, Theta Sigma Fra ternity, dinner in the breakfast room for 60; May 3, Mrs. c. B. Doremus. Art League, 125 people; May 6. Kappa. Mu Sigma, dinner in the breakfast room for 75; May 10 and Il, Knights of Columbus convention, with banquet on the 11th; May 17, Pyr- amid Temple, Arab patrol, dinner; May 24, Slovenian National Society, dinner for 250; May 31 United National Association of Post Office, Clerks, din- ner for 100.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30

One of the most interesting talks
 ever delivered before the Teachers
 Association of Fairfield county was
 given at the morning session of the
 33d annual convention today at the
 Henry SuzzaEo, professor of the Phil osophy of Education, Teachers College,
 Columbia University. His topic was
 '"The Making of the Man of Action" ,"
 He said that the man of action was the man of efficiency in intellect and
 impulses Both of these faculties
 were necessary to have the man of action. The teacher, in developing the intellect should strive to develop the control of the impulses so that the pu- pill will use them at times when 1t is necessary to exercise his intellect. A man of intellect without impulses, he said, was usually the man who. was planning, or dreaming. all the time, but who never went into action to de- velop the ideas which the intellect per- mitted him to formulate. The child who was naturally impulsive, he said, needs intellect in order to have ideas and judgment when exercising his az gressiveness.
 Impulse without sufficient intellect does much harm in the world, while intellect without impulse does nothing. He stated that the development of im- pulse could be brought about among pupils by teaching them to get facts themselves: that it was one thing to teach facts and another to inspire the pupil to get facts Teachers in train ing the boy to be the man of action, should classify the impulses or emo tions. First there are the impulses of jealousy and envy, which should be suppressed; secondly, there are the emotions that should be fostered; thirdly, those emotions which should f3vV70 a<7 Sod at another time.
 pr. Charles w Deane, superinten- Gent of the public scssnols in this city, gave a most fi;teresefne address on school reader. He urged that every effort be made to get the pupil to read with the proper expression, for if this is not done, he said, the child what it reads and he is not likely to acquire a taste for good reading. READ SOMETHING
 What is the good of teaching read ing if good reading is not going to be read when we have finished, teach ing?" he asked. O
 Further he told the teachers that if they were devoting most of their at tentionS to novels they were wasting their time not that novels were not good but because they would be giv- ing up their time to one kind of read | ing. He believed in cursory reading l and teachers who follow such a plan would find it beneficial to read history | and current literature. By cursory reading he said one soon found the | lines of thought of one writer crossed by those of another and that one would l be surprised at the development of thought and the knowledge to be ac- 1uired in that way. He was of the | opinion that no good could come from | novels if novels were all that | were read
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