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Evening star., 1909-07-18
Sale of Great Western Property.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, July 1.-THE sale
OF the Great Western railway property,
with all the company's assets, to be
held August 81, was announced today
by A. X. Moore. special master in chan
cery. 1t Is conceded there will be but
one bidder, the firm of j. P. Morgan s.
Co. Of New York. The reorganization
Of the road will follow rapidly on the
heels of the sale
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Southern Agents Elect Officers.

NORFOLK, Va. July 17.-The South
ern Railway Agents Association ad
journed their annual meeting at Old
Point Comfort today after electing these
officers: President, W. A. Davis Of
Knoxville. Tenn; vice president. G. A.
Barnes of Chattanooga, Tenn: secretary.
w. c. Townsend of Augusta. Ga; treas
urer D. L. Bryan of Columbia. s. c.:
executive committee, T. L. Hill of Birm-
ingham. Ala; T. j. Coffey of East st.
Louis, and Frank McCabbe OF Charleston.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

PARIS. July 1T.-Prices on the bourse
today were firm.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Harriman's Health Improved.

GASTEIN, Austria, July 17.-E. III.
Iarriman's health is much improved.
fe makes long walking tours daily.
lis children. who are now on the way
join their father, arc expected to
esch here soon.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

Boston Stocks and Bonds.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

BERLIN, July 17.-There was a good
tone ON the bourse today.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

circumstances. Accepting property in
payment for securities at an orer-valu-
alton rs not prohibited. and u punish
able only when a stakeholder Of the
corporation fraudu1enfiy profits there
by How does this limit the use Of
fake construction companies for pro-
moters prohts2 The commission has
power to approve" the issue OF mort
gage bonds in unlimited quantities; but
mo- penalty is provided for the issue Of
such bonds without such approval.
No restrictions whatever are placed
upon the issue of debenture bonds or
coupon notes 1t is impossible to see
what effect this section has other than
to extend the powers OF corporations
now subjec. to charter limitations
Sections 8 and vest In the commits
sfop the final power to determine the
location of poles and wires in the high
ways aS1d to appraise the damages suf-
fered by adjoining proprietors. These
powers are now vested in the judges
OF the superior court. Is this a public
benefit?
Section 10 reduces the legal stand
ard for gas from sixteen to fifteen can
die poWeri
Truly. the majority bill is strangely
ana wonderfully made, Is not its pres
entatfen, through the medium OF a
majority of q legislative committee, an
insult to the general assembly; an ex-
preston of utter contempt for the gen.
iiine public demand expressed at the
hearings for a rational and effective
utilities bill?
The public asked for bread: they arc
offered stone.
RALPH o. WELLS.
Hartford, Conn. July 20. 1909.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
The ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.

Slackness in government. like slack
pess elsewhere, leads to disaster. 1t
Us the easy town, just as it is the
kasy man, that is done out of every
1hing even to its birthright. Maria
gansett Pier, r. T., that popular sea-
side resort, has let vice run loose UNI
iii it was losing its prestige, and real
estate was selling at about half what
Cts value was six years ago. The cit
liens were easy until they saw finsn-
rial ruin looking them in the face.
Increasing taxes and decreasing valu-
Rtions did not please them. so the
property owners took a united interest
IN public affairs and appeared to the
members of the town council as a
force. They were simply told that
''the law against crime had got to be
enforced or the cottagers had got to
get out; and they triumphed as NOR
al force will If 1t has a backbone and
il has been announced that the big
gambling establishments will close
their doors and cease to do business
in the place. The laws of the state
hre SUFFICIENT, if enforced, and the
pressure upon the town council was
too strong to be resisted. The Nara
gansett Business association was one
Of the moving factors in the fight. and
It pushed the council hard, giving the
members twenty-four hours in which
to decide whether they were for the
enforcement of the law or not The
council yielded.
This get-together movement at Mar
ragansett Pier must keep together to
win permanently. Reforms which go
by fits and jerks only furnish humor
Tor vice.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
CRY iNFLuENcE.

b There is no doubt that the city with
stamina has a good influence upon all
the surrounding towns; and, on the
other hand, the city OF easy ways ID
abutted by initiative hamlets.
The person who trolleys through the
city Of New London sees posted there
large. clearly painted signs, with May
or Armstrong; signature affiyed, call
ing attention to the state automobile
law and warning strangers who are
driving cars through the place to OBJ
serve the law. There is business
look to such sign. and 1t always
should mean business. Going farther,
these signs are found posted in the
towns south of New London and on
their face they bespeak for the COM
munity a vigilance and energy which
command Immediate respect.
Autos without lights are not seen
in the business streets OF New London
at ten o'clock at night. or autos
speeding over the vitrified brick pave
rnents of the city at express rate speed
with a prolonged screeeh of the siren
the entire distance. This only oc-
ours in loosely managed cities and
towns.
1t is suggested by a Vermont paper
that tax of ten dollars be collected
from everyone who exceeds the speed
limit and every time it is exceeded
as a means OF raising a fund to re-
pair the damage to city streets which
these joy riders do.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

the Connecticut company Ca subsidiary
company d the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company re-
ports to the railroad Commissioners
only in reference to its street railway
operations. yet it is exempt under the
proposed act from making any reports
concerning the Electric lighting BUSH
ness which II conducts in Waterbury.
New Britain. Norwalk and eleven other
towns in the state, while all other pri-
vate plants and the municipal plant in
Norwich must make full reports. Is
this an indication of the origin of the
proposed measure2
Section 6 of the majority bill pro-
vides that the corporations subject 10
this act shall furnish reasonably
proper and adequate service but the
bill contains no provision for the en-
forcement of such service and no PEN
atty for the failure to furnish it. This
section also provides that the corpora
ton shall take all reasonable precau-
tions to prevent injuring "the persons
or property Of others" but IL gives the
commission created no power to oroer
repairs necessary to public safety or
even to investigate the causes OF acct
dent. The section, although having an
appearance OF Importance, adds moth
ing in fact to the existing common law.
Section T. dealing with capitaliza-
ton. is a joke. In conjunction with
Section is, 1t gives all corporations
subject to the act power TO issue cap
ital stock, mortgage bonds, or other
evidences OF indebtedness in unlimited
quantities .for paying the whole or
any part of its Indebtedness or for the
provision of proper working capital
What greater powers could be devised
Yet later in the section 1t is expressly
provided that under certain circum-
stances a corporation may issue and
sell its full paid stock at price less
than par to be determined by its direc-
tors" and the measure does not ex-
pressly forbid such issue under any
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

HER LADYSHIP

Ii was cold wintry night outside.
but the cold seemingly had no effect
| on the crowd of jolly fellows who were
gathered around the Preside in Club
| by" Rogers room in the dormitory of
one OF our large eastern universities
| Friendship and good fellowship were
very much in evidence and there was
much good natured chatting and laugh
| ter as one by one they took their turn
at relating some story, truth or fiction,
| and ! think the latter predominated by
| far, to pass the time away
Say, Jack Hunter. it's about time
you took turn at spinning yarn
can forget that book you have been
reading there all night" he added
We'll, ! suppose I'll have to be
obliging, If you talk that way" re-
| piled Jack, and. lazily stretching him
self, he carefully placed his feet upon
the table. Then. after having filled his
pipe carefully, having lit it, he launch
ed himself forth on the following lit
tie tale:
II suppose can lay the whole affair
to my fondness for reading, for il was
| that which started the affair | was
feeling very lazy that morning and
thought | would drop into the little
branch library, near my home for some
book to help pass few hours before
went out.
while looking over the shelves de-
voted to fiction / noticed one book the
name of which was Her Eadyship' and
as 1t seemed very likely title
thought 1t might be worth looking over.
You know, boys. anything relating to
ladies' is of interest Of yours truly" he
added.
Leave that to Jack the Lady Kill
err, remarked Pete Hayes. Jacks
roommate.
Il took the book to one of the ta-
bles," went on Jack, without seeming
to notice the interruption. land as l
opened the book to the index l came
across a picture"
Enter the heroine chimed in
Pete again
Here there was a momentary pause
in the story telling as Jack calmly
reached over and grasping Pete by
the collar calmly deposited him i'm the
waste basket.
1t was the picture of young girl of
about 20 years Of age" continued Jack
after Pete" had been rescued very
nicely by one of the other boys, "and it
was pretty girl, too"
She was seated among a large group
of huge rocks by the seashore with a
jug. which presume was full of water,
in one hand and a letter in the other
hand and by the expression of her face
| it was evidently very pleasant let
ter
There was something very winsome
about her features, and the longer /
looked at that picture the more deter
mined became to find the original OF
it, though how it was to be accom-
plished had no idea.
Il thought and thought but no solu-
ton presented itself to me, and in dis
gust at the end of the pretty romance
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
A Iona Needed Man Of Affair,

One of the interests of the late H. III.
Rogers was the race question, as pre-
sented on the line of the coal road
which he lived to see completed out of
his own capital from West Virginia to
tldewater. He had requested Booker
T. Washington to investigate condi-
tons among the negroes along the line,
getting together as many as possible
Of the people to listen 10 lectures on
the value of morality and thrift. Rogers
hoped that Washington, with his tact
and skill, would be able to influence
the whites; and that thus the gather
ings would be a means of improving
relations between the races of the re-
gion traversed by the new railroad.
This design appeals to Raymond Du-
Puy the manager of the road. A trip
over it has just been made by DIR.
Washington and forty odd meetings
have been held, some of them from the
rear car of his train. Great crowds of
both whites and colored had gathered
to listen to HMM some cases the
whites outnumbering the blacks-just
as had happened. indeed, during Wash
ington's speakinA tour through Mis-
sissippi last autumn and again last
spring i'm South Carolina. Mr.. Rogers
solicitude over the race problem was
that of the long headed man OF affairs
with vast stakes in the prosperity Of
the south
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
WHAT IS THE BOOK GOING TO BE

The question is being asked, What
Is the 25oth anniversary Jubilee book
going to be like? 1t is not going to
be like any book ever printed about
Norwich, if we have the right concep-
tion OF it.
1t is going to be an accurate ac-
count Of the entire celebration gather
ed by competent scholar from relia-
BILE sources and no pains are to be
spared in making it the finest book
ever printed about the city and town
of Norwich.
1t Will contain the cream of all the
sermons and addresses delivered, the
names of all committees, and also the
names of hundreds of people who took
part in the ceremonies, with portraits,
and street. scenes and views Of the
parade and the historical play-the
very best pictures which The Bulletin
can procure.
1t is expected that this book will
have 400 pages, with so pages of APP
propriate portraits and pictures.
1t is to be sold for 81, bound in
cloth. and for SO. bound in leather.
There has been received orders for
about $50. The Bulletin would like
to make an edition of 1000, but unless
there is a quickened demand the edi-
ton Ia likely to be cut down to 500
copies.
The Jubilee book Of 1859 was not
to be had less than IS or 81 copy
when wanted this year. This book
will be at a premium in the future.
The Bulletin is planning to have it
ready for delivery about the LIST of
December Those who desire a copy
should send their order to The BUSH
ness Manager Of The Bulletin, Nor
witch, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
UNFOLDING THE HANDS or TAFT

The great west is alive and, in the
vernacular, it may be said to "holler''
when it is pleased as well as when
it is offended. Just now the whole
country is in spirit of admiration
over the stand taken by President
Taft. and the people west are SIS
tanning the president with great
volume of personal letters; and as ev-
cry voter is not likely to be quick or
clever at composing proper epistle,
the newspapers are furnishing prop
err forms. so that anyone who is moved
may lend themselves to his support.
The instructions and letter are as
follows:
Letters should simply be addressed
to THE President. White House,
Washington, Dc" and it is suggested
that the subject matter be expressed
something like this:
Il have read with great satisfaction
accounts of the manner in which you
are using your influence to prevent the
enactment of the Payne Aldrich tariff
bill in it's present form, and ] am
glad that you are urging tariff legis-
lation in the interest of the people.
IL 10 my NOANlCtlOu tlldt PuDiiCf ScHli-
ment is overwhelmingly in favor of
the views which you have expressed
and ! hope and trust that you will
continue to do everything in your pow
err to bring about just treatment of
the consumer. The OCCASION may de-
mand a veto and ] hope that you will
not hesitate to prevent in this way
the enactment of any more odious
tariff legislation"
1t is not probable that the president
will ever have time to more than look
at the. accumulated stack of mail mat
ter which will result from such sus-
tanning campaign; but it's bulk will
represent the backbone of the nation
and it does president of the United
States good to see that once in a
while. AS a symbol of energy in
maintenance OF his views it is of ines
Unable Importance and value.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
SUCCESSFUL TROLLEY CAR
FENDER.

Providence Is congratulating itself
that there has been in use in that
, city for the past eleven years a troll
ley car fender which is among the
best tested by the public service com
mission of New York. The Provi-
dence fender would answer very near
the description Of those in use here
abouts, IL they had the wheelguard a
little thing which works well. The
Journal says: THE record of this
fender in Rhode Island is good. It
does not insure immunity from shock:
a man run down by car is fortunate
II he escapes serious injury; the best
result that. can be expected is keep
ing him away from the wheels. This
is accomplished in the great majority
of accidents. An idea of the efficiency
of the automatic trip wheelguard may
be formed from its performance in a
Central Falls accident. It picked I'M
a bicycle and its rider and both the
machine and its owner suffered only
trifiing injuries.
But valuable as a weil-designed
wheelguard is it Is only an auxiliary
appliance. A clear headed and vigil
liant motorman is worth more than any
safety attachment; the man who can
shut off power and apply the brakes
quickly I'M time of emergency may
operate car for years without injur-
ing a pedestrian. All men, however
are not able to make the best use OF
n few seconds; and when people care
iessly step on the track foot or two
ahead Of moving car it may be i'm
possible to stop before injury is in
nicted. In such cases the wheelguard
running close to the pavement is in
valuable. 1t is employed successfully
IN so many cities that no company
has any excuse for choosing fender
of the class ordered removed from
two lines Of cars in New York"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

/ had planned / threw the book on the
table AS 1t fell 1t happened to open
at the inside cover. on which there-is
pasted slip, where the number OF the
borrowers card must be stamped be-
fore the book is allowed outside of the
which the book was taken out and then
at the number of the card on the cor
responding date, and found that the
card number was 3S733.
Il went upstairs TO the reading room,
where the card indexes are kept, and
as l. knew the attendant i'm charge A
was not long before had the name ana
address Of the owner of Card 3S733.
Then came another difficulty:
Should | return the picture in person
or should send it by mail? finally
decided to return II by mail, which /
did, together with a polite note. ex-
planning how the picture had come into
my possession.
by return mail came very dainty
note, thanking me for my kindness
and inviting me to call when 1t should
be convenient. and you may be very
sure that 1t wasn't a long. while be-
fore l took advantage of her invita-
ton.
when l did call l found that the
owner of the card was the original of
the picture and very attractive young
pei 6OHdSt i iOuit0 AiCi " Dt- IlCI
L4adyship. as / soon came to call her,
was much prettier than her picture, as
the picture could only show one ex-
preston, and her face was as an au-
tumn sky. never showing the same ex-
preston five minutes in succession"
Here the speaker slowly arose. and
shaking the ashes out of his pipe said:
We'll, boys, I'm sleepy; WHO'S coming
across to bed ?"
But you didn't tell us the endsof it
ALL piped up Chubby Rogers. In the
stories and in the plays the nero mar
ries the heroine and they live happy
ever after"
Chubby began Jack severely, lit
tie children should be seen and not
heard, but" and here the twinkle in
Jacks big blue eyes grew brighter, "as
long as you like that kind of an ending
l am glad | am not going to disap-
point you, for if you and the rest Of
the crowd behave yourselves you may
very shortly receive cards announcing
the engagement of Miss Helen Daley
OF Boston, Mass, TO yours truly, Mr.
John Carlton Rogers of Cleveland. o.
There was a moment of stiffness and
then Jack was literally submerged by
the eager crowd, who surrounded him
all trying to shake hands at once. At
ter he had managed to rescue himself
they all trooped down the stairs to-
gether and across the yard
When they had gone Chubby Rog-
ers started hunting in his desk, turn
ing everything topsy-turv and dump
ing over a bottle of mucilage in his
search. What are you looking for
Chubby" asked his roommate, looking
up in surprise.
"Oh, was just trying to find my
! library card,' answered little Club
byr-BostOn Post
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

character, whose generous benefac~
tiohs are gratefully remembered
These men all Il WAS q privilege to
know and am grateful to The Man
sonal "reminiscences concerning them.
The Man Who Talks needs no
praise of mine to assure him that his
sayings from week to week through The
Bulletin are highly appreciated by 9
multitude of readers. nevertheless It
il a pleasure to bear testimony to the
fact
GLORY. and honor and peace to
every man that worketh good" Rom
2:10.
May "The Man who Talks long live
to give to the readers of The Bulletin
his cheerful. optimistic thoughts evolv-
ed from the abundant resources at his
command.
Norwich. July 20, 1909.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

ton. and eminently successful in bus
iness. He astonished many by his dar-
ing in purchasing two thousand bales
of cotton at the beginning of the civil
war at seynteen cents a pound. Other
manufacturers closed their factories
and started them again with cotton at
from eighty cents to one dollar per
pound.
an ever cheerful presence, and a kind
ly greeting to whomsoever he met. A
centenarian with faculties unimpaired.
Moses Pierce, a man of decided con-
victions and great positiveness of
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Mr.. Editor: The SOL called public util-
tiles bill published by a majority OF
the special committee appears to have
been drawn for the committee with
extreme contempt for the intelligence
of the general assembly and Of the
public.
The bill leaves the existing railroad
commission with no increase of Its
present inadequate powers, but merely
creates an additional commission with
hardly so much as a semblance Of pow
er 1t excludes from its operation rail-
roads and street railways, although the
demand for an effective public utili-
ties commission resulted principally
from abuses connected with street rail-
way charters.
The bill purports to apply to all
lighting. telephone and water compa-
MES: but BY Section / all corporations
reporting to the railroad commission
ers are expressly excluded from the
operation of the act :; hence, although
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Through our national money order
system last year s66,o0O,00O more was
sent out of this country than was re-
ceived from other nations by money
order.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Things which took place while May
or Mcclellan of New York city was
away on his vacation just confirm the
saying that When the cats away,
the mice will play"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

A Kansas man left a will written
upon the back of his Yale diploma
This ought to keep his diploma out
of the hands of secondhand dealers
now that he has gone.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

New Haven.-Robert Leibiger drew
pistol as the services at his wife's
grave we're in progress and would have
Killed himself had not mourneEs over
powered him and wrested the weapon
from his hand.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

1t is estimated that the proposed
corporation tax would hold the Stand
ard Oil for half a million annually.
Thus 1t would lose that $29, 000, 900
after a while.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Those who think that they are inn
portant enough to be Swallowed by the
Black Hand. or other vicious persons
have a nightmare on which needs
immediate attention.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: If you
talk too much people cease listening
to you, and you talk in vain.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

The New York suffragettes do not
throw brickbats. but just toss out SEN
sible addresses wherever they think
that they will do most good.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Many a ward heller feels as If he
was bigger than Rhode Island. but
when he comes to be sized up he is
found wanting, while Little Rhody
never is.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

The mayor of Milwaukee goes a.
fishing, but he always sees that the
glad hand for strangers never leaves
the City hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

The drownings thus far this season
have numbered 472, and there have
been not few good swimmers among
them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Nothing yells like wealth about
taxes, but it has never yet been able
to tell why it should not pay its fair
proportion, which it seldom does.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

1t is officially reported that s5 per
cent. of the scraps between the police
and firemen of Chicago result from
internal baths of alcohol.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

1t is remarked that the new Turk
ish government has shown that it is
more unlucky to be one of IS to be
hanged than to be banqueted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

The refrigerator notices that the
high price of ice prevents it from
getting the heavy chill which it is ac-
customed to.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

Weston win ride back from Frisco
and admire the continent through a
parlor car window. He deserves to.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

1t is now reported that auction
bridge is to succeed bridge whist, but
the old players are not worrying about
il.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

The woman who has faith in her
husband because no one else has, is
not so simple as she appears to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-23

" Why do women marry? asks an ex-
change. For the same reason the men
do: They cannot help it.