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Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Open Night at Y. M. c. A. Gym.

Two good games of basketball and
the regular class exercises Of the gym
nasium will be seen tonight at the
Y. NJ. c. a., when the regular monthly
open night is given and the public is
cordially welcome without charge to
see the work of the athletes.
The basketball teams playing are
the four Of the employed boys class.
which viii play their regular games
in their competitive SERIES
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Pittshurg Releases Murray Parker

New York, Feb. 25.-Joohn A. Hey
der, acting president Of the National
league, promulgated q number of con-
tracts and releases Of baseball players
today, especially affecting the Boston
Chicago Cincinnati and Pittsburg
teams. A change OF note is the re-
lease by Boston of George e. Browne
the speedy right fielder, who is trans
fsrrsd to Chicago. Another release
that Of Louis E. Ritter of BROOKLYN,
passes this old time catcher to a mi
nor league. Ritter is to go to Den
yer.
Among the releases, Pittsburg let's
Royal p. Shaw go to Providence
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

WHEN yen want Ic 7uJ your pusi-
ness before the Duol:c- there N no me-
dium better tnRn torcugn the adysrfis.
Ina columns OF Tns Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Trouble in Penn Baseball.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-Walter Bro
kaw. who was recently elected cap
tain of the university of Pennsylva-
mia baseball team, was notified today
by Chairman McIlhenny of the base
ball committee of the athletic assoc
citation that he could not be recog-
nized as captain of the team and that
a new captain would be elected by
the members of the team after the
southern trip. Brozaw, VINO has been
recognized as captain by the faculty
committee on athletics, says that he
proposes to assert his rights to the
place.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Hay. Grain and reed.

terschoIastic league: the two Stevens
es. who rival the Moore brothers of
last year, for second and third; and
Babcock OF the Saybrook league team
for shortstop.
AS six or seven men are trying for
the outfeld, hopes for the champion
ship this year are strong.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Pen and shaffer in Finals.

New York, Feb 25.-T. R. Pell, for
mer holder. and G. c. Shaffer, Column
bia university, won their places today
in the final round of the national in
door championship singles in the tour
nament now nearing its end on the
courts of the Seventh regiment armory
here.
In the doubles W. C. Grant and Pell
gained the final round by defeating
G. f. Touchard and DR.. w. Rosen-
baum.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
COTTON.

New York, Feb. 25.-Cotton futures
closed steady. Closing bids: February
9.27, March 9.2s, April 9.26. May g27,
June 9.27. July 9.Ss. August 9.27. Sep
TENDER 9.21, Oct 7ber 1928, November
9.19. December 9.19. January 916. Spot
closed quiet: mlddling uplands, e.6S;
middling guk. $50; sales, 500 bales,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

WHEN you want 10 put your bNsi-
ness before the public. there Is no me-
dun better than through the advertise
inE columns Of The Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Silver Knight Sensational Winner.

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 25.-Silver
Knight, 200 to 1 shot, furnished the
sensation at Emeryville today by win
ming the fifth event at one miles. Des
Somnets, favorite, showed some early
speed but stopped. Silver Knight
closd with a rush in the stretch and
won cleverly from Ak Sar Ben and
FL PICARD.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Call up the Charters Groeery-'Phons
54s-5-and we will deliver to all p4rt1
OF the city. Give US your dinner erden
VIM. Charlie, Prop Taftvilie. Gina
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
CLINTON HAS STRONG HOPES.
With Pitcher Moore and Crack Infield
Has Eye on School Championship in
Baseball.

Advance baseball dope from Morgan
school at Clinton is to the effect that
they will have this year their best
chance ever to win the pennant in the
Eastern division Of the Interscholas-
tic league. The following men will
make up the best infleld the school has
had in ten years: Moore, their Twill
ing crack; Merwin, back of the bat;
Burdick. who cannot be beaten as q
hrst baseman by any one in the In
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
GEORGE f. ADAMS,

IL Town Street.
Carriage Painting and Trimming
You Auto" Let Me Paint It.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

l am closing out my winter stock OF
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers at excep-
tionally low prices II. Franklin nv
West Main st. Shoe Repairing a spe-
cialty.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
champion Fancy skater.

Cleveland, Feb. 25.--Arthur Williams
of Newark. N. j.. tonight won the in
ternational fancy skating champion
ship of the United States by 81 points.
Edward Dunn of Brooklyn was second,
A points, and Sylvester Maloney of
MSntreal third, with 43.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
WILLIMANTIc FIRMS
SIMPSONS STABLES,


Mrs. James p. Brown. ITO Main Street,
Willimanuc Conn. orders taken for
puns and other hair goods. Your own
combings made into a switch, pompa-
Face and Scalp Massage. supernuous
hair removed. Full line OF Victoria
Toilet Goods. Evenings by appoint-
ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
MONEY.

New York Feb. 25.-Money on call
easy at 3-4@2 per cent; lowest
ga; ruling|rate 2; last loan l ga;
closing bid 1 3-4 offered at 2. Time
loans easier; sixty days IL per cent
ninety days 3 ga per cent; six
months per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Business Directory
OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERLY, R. l.
NORWICH FIRMS
HAY AND GRAIN.

HAY AND CHAIN
We handle good No. l timothy hay
straw, grain. salt. feed and poultry sup
plies. Tel 1865. Greeneville Grain Co.
Solomon Bros, Props.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
TAFTVILLE FIRMS


f. r. Grenier. Taftvilie. CT. Prosorip-
tions filled with the greatest care and
with only fhe best and purest drwGa.
A full line o, Toilet articles.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
De rRousn Beat the Unknown.

The Unknown from Chicago who
twice won a forfeit from Gotch be-
cause the champion could not throw
him in fifteen minutes, lost in a
straight match to Raoul de Rouen in
Montreal
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
WAGONS FoR SALE.

Two new business wagons. also two
new dump carts, a secondhand top car
riage and q secondhand top phaetOn.
Painting and repairing a speciality. Tel
ephone 572. Geo. w. Harris. 664 West
Main st.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
COAL AND nvnnn.

The Park Wood Yard. Franklin street
Wood and Coal in any quantity delN-
cred to all parts of the city at reason
able prices. WIN. nee. Tel. 500.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
PnuItrv and fsame.
Roasters, pr,$1.50
Groceries.
Elsa.


020l Brand, box. so
sir. CLANS, pix. 60
/, 1Ol Round CLANS, op.
81 at. IS
20lCanned Salmon. IS
Ol5I 2 for rs
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
coNTRAcroR ANp JoRnINo

r. z. BeckwIth. 80 West Main Street
Contractor and Builder. JobbinB work
of eli Kinds promptly attended 70.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Little Soldiers

In your blood are the millions
OF corpuscies that defend you
against disease.
To make and keep these little soldiers
healthy and strong, is simply to make
and keep the blood of the right quality
and quantity.
This is Just what Hoods Sarsaparilla
does-it helps the little soldiers in YOUR
blood to fight disease for you.
1t cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole system.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
FOR SALE.

Slabs 800 a load. Norwich Wood
Yard. rear Bulletin Bldg. Franklin st.
Tel. 5Oz.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Shfubb Smashes Indoor Records
From / to IS Miles-Dorando Beaten, Running Game
:, Race-Kelley Batters Thomas-Referee Stops Bout

eastern ieague) and Murray r. Par
ker to Springfield Connecticut
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
FULLER'S
Insurance Agency.
The Oldest Insur0n ce Agency
in Norwich.

Losses adjusted in a liberal and hon.
cradle manner.
Companies represented are among
ahe best in the world, including:
Royal Insurance Co.
Northern Assurances Co.
London Assurance Corporation.
Aaehen 6. Munich Fire lns. Co.
Commercial Union Assurance Co.
Boston Insurance Co.
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Springfield F. e. M. lns. Co.
Pennsylvania Fire lns. Co.
New York Underwriters.
Aetna Indemnity Co. Of Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Fresh shore paddock. market cod
steak cod; also fine line Of all Other
kinds of fish at the Norwich Fish Mar
ket; telephone-571.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
sTENOGRAPHER.

Hattie l. Jewett. Public stenographer
and Shorthand Teacher 2s3 Main St
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
The Norwich ! New York PrOPsAs' i
CHELSEA LINE.
Freight Service.


Superior Freight Service. Ne tsans-
ferrinx.
Freight received and forwarded u
all Southern and Western points
Rates furnished on application.
Freight service direct to New YoTk.
Special arrangements may be made
whereby freight by this line can be
delivered at Store Door in New York
promptly upon ARRIVAL OF steamer. Low
est rates.
STEAMER YUMA leaves Norwich
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sundays at 4
p. m. Returning Ieavea Nav York
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at
p. m. New Pier % East River foot
Roosevelt st. New London leaving tim
8 p. m.
Norwich 4 New York Propeller Co.
mar2Sd c. A whitaker. ARsr
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

CHALLENGES M'oRATH.

Medford, Mass, Feb. 25.-Williams
Is, Tufts 9.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
HoRsIEsHoEING

p J. white. Is Bath Street. Horse.
shoeing in all It's branches. Careful
attention on our part insures your pat
ronage. Once customer always a
customer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

"THE SOUR-MINUTE RECORD.
Come in and hear II. It's something
great.
Geo. p. YeOmans, 221k Lafayette 81.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
BALTIC FIRMS
SHOES. SHOES.

have this day received a Lot q
Mems $3.50 Shoes that / will seii for
sl.9S. This will be for 10 days only.
II. A. FOntaine, Railroad St., Baltic, %.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
BUILDING MATERIAL.


Peck. McWiliiams q Co. 47-s5 Wesl
Main Street
Lime, Portland Cement. Pariod Roofing
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
PUTNAM FIRMS
HAIR pRESsuR

D. r. X McEvoy. 81 Main Street
Ladies'. Gents and Children's Hair
Hair worker in all its brancSea Wirn
for sale and to rent
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
HURsEsHOEING AND WAGON
REPAIRING

Arthur Roy. Baltic. Conn. Hxper1
horseshoeing end wagon repairing.
Our motto Is. Best work at right
you.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
James E. Fuller,
161 MAIN ST.
feb1Od

PITCHING OUT YOUR FURNITURE
In a frantic effort to save it always
makes your neighbors laugh. Much
more digni1ed and profitable to keep a
good policy for FIRE INSURANCE in
your inside pocket, then calmy walk
out OF your blazing premises.
ISAAC S. JONES, Insurance Agi.
Richards Building, 81 Main Street.
jan21daw
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
GROCERIES. HAY AND GRAIN

!. G. Potter & Sons. 40 Main Street
We carry a complete line Of fancy and
STAPLE Groceries. Hay. Grain and Feed
Poultry Supplies. Etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
HAGBERG,
Ladies' Tailor,
Norwich.
PAINTING.
REAL Estate AND INSURANCE

Geo. e. Bachelor. Room s Shannon
RldR. Real Estate and Investment
Broker. Notary Public. Auditing and
Expert Accountant. Telephone SIC.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
HORsEsHoEING AND WAGON
REPAIRINa

G. F. Bourgeois, Baltic. Conn. We
make study OF shoeing horses that
will satisfy. Years OF experiences has
made us experts. Wagon repairing az
right prices
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29

PARENT TO THE THRONE.
long line of tainted stock, with both
father and mother suffering from tu-
berculosis, and belongs, says the writ
er, ''to an enfeebled dynasty that is
afflicted with every kind Of disease,
both of mind and body, to the point Of
actual insanity
When Abdul assembled the throne he
had ten wives and has taken one each
year since, making something over for
ty in all. There are a large number of
other women in the harem, who, in
Turkish parlance, are slaves.
There are wild tales to the effect
that some sunshiny morning Russia
intends to step down to Constantinople
and tuck Turkey under her arm.
Whatever may be the truth as to
Russia's intentions and as to her i'm
Piled connection with the Turkish rev.
olution, there is one very inspiring fact
connected with the situation, fact
that relates both to Turkey and Rus
STA.
The spirit of democracy and liberty,
having swept over western Europe, is
marching east. 1t is this which is ere
ating turmoil in the land of the car,
and it is this that animates the Young
Turk movement leading to the over
throw Of ''the great assassin" Abdul
Hamid.
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Personal Side Of Abdul namld H.,
Who Started a Counter Revolt
Against the Young
Turk Party.
+ +++++++++++++++4
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
lHE Oninion ic nou ,1nivorcal r

By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
"HE opinion is now universal that
the recent reactionary uprising
in Turkey was instigated by
the sultan. The move was in
keeping with the character of one
whom Gladstone denounced as "the
great assassin" Abdul Hamid went
on the throne over thirty years ago,
and his entire reign has been a series
of secret and open assassinations, mas
,sacres and other atrocities inspired, it
lis believed, by the monarch himself.
1t is within the truth to say that he
has the most unsavory reputation Of
any ruler on earth, not excepting the
,unspeakable Leopold of Belgium. In
Christian nations the feeling against
him may have been heightened by the
fact that he is the visible head of Is
lam, but most of it is due to his per-
sonal character. That his hand was
i'm the Armenian massacres and the
bulgarian atrocities is as certain as
that it is to be seen in the present re-
volt against the constitution and the
progressive element. The son of q
minor wife who had renowned her re.
;1igion to enter the harem, regarded by
his father with aversion, reared as a
spy, with little education and with an
order of ability exhibited most in low
cunning, coming to the throne under
faint of fraud against his elder broth.
er, suspicious, cruel, crafty. afraid OF
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Turks, Ahmed Ria, sitting at his left
hand. Everybody was 'affable, and all
was lovely as a marriage bell. It was
a solemn mummery, but perhaps de-
ceived nobody. At any rate, it de.
ceived nobody long, for scarcely had
the sultan wiped the crumbs from his
mouth-the first occasion in history, by
the way, that any sultan ever ate with
his subjects-than he was up to his old
tricks. He began intriguing and schem.
ing to overthrow the constitution and
the new regime and to that end bribed
officers and soldiers right and left. The
result of all this government by spies,
bribery and underground methods was
the recent abortive counter revolution.
Then the Young Turks were sorry they
had not cut off the head of 'the old
man. in the first place and swore
stoutly by the beard Of the prophet
that there would be no more temporiz-
ing.
The real crux of the July revolution,
of the counter revolution and of the
counter-counter revolution, then, was
the sultan. What manner of man is
he? The following facts, though some
what disjointed, will furnish KEY to
his character, or, rather, lack of it:
Abdul Hamid In a Nutshell.
He was born on Sept %, 1912.
He is an inveterate cigarette smoker.
His foster brother reads him to sleep at
night.
He is a good carpenter and takes pride
in displaying his skill.
He has five recognized sons, with the
eldest of whom, Prince Selim, he is on
bad terms
He employs jester and sometimes in
dulges in the most ridiculous horseplay
at the FOOLS instigation.
He has smattering of medical science.
and whenever he feels indisposed he
writes out his own prescriptions.
He is of consumptive tendency
He has four brothers and three sisters
He has been on the throne of Turkey
since 1876.
He amuses himself with clock making
and at times paints pictures.
He is an early riser, getting up winter
and summer at s o'clock In the morning.
He seldom goes outside the limits of his
own palace, and his exercise consists of
short walks in the royal park
He Is something of musician, playing
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the dark, eXecrated by mankind in
general and feared and hated by the
Ibest people in his own empire, Abdul
tHamid presents most sinister figure
That is the naked and ugly truth of
the Turkish situation. Contrast that
unpleasant picture with the fulsome
fiction required by court etiquette.
The following description Of the sui
7tan from recent Turkish newspaper
shows what toadyism may do at it's
worst:
Hitting Up the Sun and Moon.
'"The finest pearl of the age and the
esteemed center of the universe, at
whose portals stand the camels of JUS
,tice and mercy and to whom the eyes
of the kings and people in the west
have been drawn, the rulers there
finding an example Of political Prov
ess and the classes model Of mercy
and kindness; our lord and master, the
sultan of the two shores and the high
king of the two seas; the crown of the
ages and the pride of all countries, the
greatest Of all caliphs; the shadow of
GOD on earth; the successor of the
'apostle of the Lord of the universe;
the victorious conqueror (Al-GhazD,
'Sultan Abdul Hamid Khan.
''May God protect his kingdom and
place his glory above the sun and the
moon, and may the Lord supply all
the world with the goodness which
proceeds from his holy majesty's good
Intentions"
Is it not delicious? Could toady tom
imyrot go further? 1t is not exactly
an example of "from the sublime to
the Ridiculous" but rather of the SUBJ
lime that is the ridiculous. 1t seems
to go on the principle that official adj
ulation should be in reverse proportion
to the blackness Of the subject; that
praise should be given not where most
deserved, but where most needed.
THAT touch about "good Intentions"
is especially fine. It is one more proof
of the adage that the internal regions
8 are ''paved with good intentions" The
!entire hifalutin panegyric deserves
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The Trouble In Turkey:
One Of the Worlds Most Cruel
MonarChs. a Crafty Intriguer
and q Degenerate Of the
Higher Order.
+ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

framing as a prize exhibit of uncon.
scious humor. But do not blame the
Turkish newspaper. It probably had
to print the stuff.
1t appears now, however, that a
change has come over the spirit of the
Moslem dream. This truly "good''
ruler that had both the sun and moon
stalled and the Milky way doing
obeisance is being hustled out of his
royal job with scant ceremony. The
qualities which gained for him the
names Of "the unspeakable Turk and
"the great assassin have proved too
much even for his own subjects.
Off With His Head.
The Young Turk movement which
caused the revolution of last July and
put into active operation the defunct
constitution was not only in the inter.
est of progress, but was essentially, an
effort to end the abuses of Abdul Ha-
mid's reign. Since the Young Turks
had the army with them, the sultan,
with his usual cunning, made a virtue
Of necessity and apparently bowed to
the popular will. There was large
party among the Young Turks in IA
vor then Of depriving the aged in.
triguer of his throne, if not Of his
head, but more conservative counsels
prevailed. A great feast was pre-
pared, at which Abdul Hamid ate with
bis parliament, the leader of the Young
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Face Like Wrinkled Parchment.

In the American Magazine of last
November Nicholas G. Adossides, for
some years an attache of the Turkish
foreign Office and the son of Adossides
,Pasha, a former minister of the empire
and envoy extraordinary, thus describes
the sultan's personal appearance:
His face is wrinkled parchment, as if
thousand anxieties and suspicious had
left their impress there. His features,
besides cruelty and cunning, denote intel
ligence and cowardice. The eyes Of aim
ond shape, by far the most interesting
detail of his person, are dark and pierre
ing, aged with eternal suspicion. They
denote high intellect, extraordinary intel
ligence, subtle refinement and pitiless
cruelty.
The thin upper lip and the thick, SEN
sual lower indicate combination of pas
sion, Feasibility and selfshness. His nose
is aquiline and lends to the face the ap-
pearance of a bird of prey. The chin
though hidden by a beard, is weak and
indecisive.
Yet there is a charm about the man,
especially in his voice, which even
those who hate him most are forced to
confess. Summing up, Mr.. Adossides
pronounces him degenerate of the
higher order. He is descended from a
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ent. Popular airs are his favorites.
He is exceedingly ambitious and loves
power.
He drinks coffee at short intervals all
day long.
He has a deep seated fear of death and
breads illness.
He is superstitious and believes In for
tune tellers and magicians.
He has acquired mastery over his pas
sion and leads a we'll ordered daily life.
He always carries revolver with him
and is in constant fear Of an assassins
attack.
His meals are prepared in little kitch-
en- barred like a cell and closed by an
iron door.
He loves the drama and attends fire.
Quent performances at the private theater
In the palace. !.
Likes Dime Novels.
He is fond of penny dreadful litera-
ture and has all the latest trash of the
book world translated for his benefit and
read aloud to him.
He has issued standing orders that the
palace be lighted brilliantly all night long.
and his orchestra plays every evening nm
til very late hour.
He never rides in closed carriage, for
fear that he may not be able to jump out
quickly enough in case of accident His
favorite vehicle is an open victoria.
He makes it point to invite foreign
actors and singers to appear before him
and often shows great liberality toward
them after performance, giving them
rich jewelry and diamonds.
He Is exceedingly nervous, and at times
when state crisis is impending he has
been known to remain awake forty-eight
hours at stretch plotting and planning
to meet the situation.
He seldom reads anything except nov
els and is a poor speller
He is simple in his dress and shows a
marked preference for dark colors.
He distrusts every one of the persons
with whom he comes in daily contact.
He is avaricious, and all his financial
accounts are itemized to the last cent,
He believes firmly in the microbe the
ory of disease and takes every precau-
ton to avoid cantagion
He has the keenest dislike for all state
ceremonies and avoids them as far as his
position will admit.
He is very careful about his person,
bathes daily and washes his face and
hands at frequent intervals.
He is crack shot with a pistol and has
been seen to write his name on wall
twenty-five PAGES away with bullets.
He requires that all state documents
and papers intended for his perusal shall
first pass through careful process of
disinfection.
His courtesy toward visitors of quality
is always marked. He listens to the con-
versation with the closest attention and
politeness.
He has an excellent knowledge of chem
1stry, which he acquired in order to be
able to make tests Of food and drink in
which he may suspect poison
He Is hard worker and keeps corps
of secretaries busy all day writing out his
orders to his ministers of state and sub
ordinate officials in all parts of Europe
He eats alone and surrounds himself
with cats and dogs, to which he OCCASION
ally throws pieces of the food before him
in order to assure himself that it is not
poisoned.