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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
PISTOL SHOT AT | CITY HALL STARTS
 RACE TO CLAMFEST
Assistant City Clerk Gill Fires It and Alderman Berger Bertilson Races Against Time.

x plstol shot rang out ih of'N-
 :.tr.st. near State street. this mornlns : .snrt1v before 10 o'clock. and causeo
 ;, rrovrts of 200 people to collect. As sdssnnt caty Clerk Lawrence J. s;nad Gan a.a, 4o ss,os,nS,s.d that the shot was fren 70 - LaeT1,,an Berger Bertilson on tbe 5e mile Marathon run which is to
 e-r,,,irate at the Board of Aldermen, ,s g |Sc1arnbaire at the Courtlan0 CfuO enis
 r1ere are about 40. present a1 the
 ..,re,,f The feature Is five innins kf,~s.Srau game between the Repuon- &can and Democratic Aldermen: NV $S,,e tss f.xclpsed from playing. Balter- ~ rrsnc and Conner for the Demo zrrats. and wilder and Primrose TOT fthe Republicans. snrarar Y The bake was prepared py Mala a f15esSa AIdermen John O'ConneH ana & n.,ss F.T,ck Lawrence J. Gill is mas $er of ceremonies and official handl- &auper for the spDftzng events
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
CITY COURT CASES

Henry Smith, an old time offender, was given 30 days in jail to-day in the city court for drunkenness and as- sault. Smith told the court that through his hard labor he built him home, only to have his wife cast him out His plea however, was un- availing as he has been showing up on and off in the city court for the last 20 years.
 Irene Wilson fell on Main street last night because of her weak heart, so she said, but when examined at police headquarters it was found that although her heart was not all it should be, her contact with the side walk was the result of a. few drinks too many. Judgment was suspended
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
ADAMS AND SUTTON
 ENGAGED IN FIGHT
(specfaI from United statesl
(By Samuel M. Evans, Staff Corre
 pondent of the Iraited Rressl

(By Samuel M. Evans, Staff Corres-
 pondent of the United Press.) day of the Sutton inquiry began to- day Lieutenant Willing was on the stand for cross examination by At torney Davis for the Sutton family. Davis tried to show by Willing's tes- infuriated at the time of Sutton's death and that he had to be sepa- rated from Sutton. So far as the court has been able to determine from the testimony adduced up to the pres gagged in a fight when the others ar rived on the scene Lieutenant Bev- an had stated that when he arrived Lieutenant Utley and Sergeant De ling has stated that he found all three of these men on the prostrate form of the young lieutenant when he reached the scene. But all of the of heard someone say that Sutton kill ed Rocker and some time afterwards they saw a flash near Sutton's head and that Sutton was found to have been shot However different the tes- timony of the officers has been, from the testimony they gave at the for mer inquiry, they have been certain about this point and it is believed the attorneys for the Suttons will have hard time explaining away this ap-
 
 eide rendered by the former board
 The mystery that still enshrouds the case is what became of the Smith 6. Wesson revolver that Sutton is sup posed to have had in his hand that night and who gave it to Sergeant De- Hart. The Sutton family think that Sutton may have died from wounds inflicted before the fatal shot was fir toms body when it was taken to the hospital are now the most important witnesses to be heard except DeHart who is expected to be called to-day.
 That another witness to the fight which ended in the death of Lieuten- ant James N. Sutton on October 12, 1907, will be called upon to tell his account of the row was indicated to- day when Attorney Davis, represent ing the Sutton family announced that he desires Private Kennedy of the marine corps summoned by the court. It was learned that Kennedy's story will bear out the story of the Suttons, that the young lieutenant was badly beaten before he died
 Mrs. Sutton, the mother of the dead officer, declares that the letter writ ten by Miss Elizabeth Stewart of Pitsburg who is now in Canada, is proof that her son did not end his own life. Miss Stewart was at Carvel Hall with Sutton on the night of the tragedy and has been mentioned often in the case. In a letter which she has written to Judge Advocate Major Henry Leonard of the court, Miss Stewart declares she had an appoint ment to meet Lieutenant Sutton seven hours after the time he met his death. They were to have gone to St. Mary's Catholic Church to attend services Sunday.
 Mrs. Sutton declares the fact that he made this engagement is proof that her son was not Respondent and that he did not end his~own life Former Lieutenant Rocker who was engaged in the fight with Sutton, and whose supposed death is believed to have led to Suttons death, has been To- cated in Kittening, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
TEN PERSONS
 ARE SUPPOSED
 TO BE DROWNED

Galveston, July 22.-Searching par ties are to-day trying to get trace of ten persons supposed to have been drowned yesterday when the storm which broke over Galveston swept away Bettison's Pier.
 Those believed to be drowned in cIude three members of the Bettison family, c. H. Daley, Edward Lewis, Ray Teetshorn and four negroes. They were members of a fishing party and employees of the pier, marooned by the sudden rush of water that broke over the pier when the storm broke. No one in Galveston was kill ed
 Bridge repair parties hastily forward ed by the railroads using the bridge from the mainland to Galveston began to-day to repair the bridge wrecked yesterday by a barge being blown against it.
 Railroad men declare they will be able to run trains across in A hours. Trains are now being run as close to the bridge as possible and boats car ry passengers back and forth between city and mainland. Reports from summer resorts along the gulf indi- cats that many cottages were flooded or washed away but the cottages all escaped.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
DIED.

DIED. this city, July zl' iSoS' James McGrath. 4,,. V -Triends are invited to attend the . funeral on Friday, July zs, aI o. !. STvhorras. church, Fairfield. at a. m.
 -Interment at St. Thomas cene tery. ,,. % 1ooo Thomas Nadfn.
 Friends are invited to attend the 6.yneral from his late residence, NO n F1m street, on Saturday, July z4' f at 2:30 p. m. -..-,a+esv p b sosTELLO-In this city. July H. 1908 Annie Margaret, daughter Of Mary and the late Patrick Costello. aged 9 years.
 <.,rera1 from the residence of her mother. No. 622 State street, on FIT day. July 23, at 8:30 a. m! ana rom st. Augustine's church at a. m
 ..--- P 21 bsp aGTIGHTON-In New Milford, July Il, Theodore Boughton. aged 50 years :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22

Mir and Mrs.d P. B. Foley and daughter, May of TYP Howard avenue, are spending several weeks at Hins- dale. Mass.
 Capt. George Beardley of Truck Co No. 2 and his family are spending two weeks at Fort Trumbull beach,
 Post-Office Inspector Jacobs who with w. T. Myers of this city were known as the "Goldust Twins of the post-office service is spending a few days here with MT. Myers and Post master Marigold-
 i MT. James Cox of William street is spending a weeks vacation with Mir James Cummings in Lenox. Mass. s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
BIG CONTRACT TO
 HARTFORD CONCERN

PRATT & WHITNEY co. BEATS
 OUT BRITISH FIRMS IN BID
 FOR BUILDING GOVERNMENT
 SMALL ARMS FACTORY IN AUS
 TRALIA.
 Melbourne, Australia, July 22.-Of- ficial papers which have been issued, explaining the acceptance by the com monwealth government of the tender of the Pratt & Whitney Company. an American firm, for the erection of a small arms factory in Australia for the government, show that the British firms which made tenders were hope lessly outclassed, |both with regard to price and time.
 One English tender was $50O,OOO. as against s340, 900 bid by the Americans. and required three years to build. as compared with the American firms one year. The Americans allege that the British rifle factories are twenty years behind the modern continental arsena1s.
 55Questioned in Parliament with re- gard to the contract, the minister of defense, Joseph Cook, said that he would willingly have made sacrifices to give the work to a British firm. but he was obliged to accept the Ameri- can tender as it's conditions all around were so much better.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
Bridgeport, Conn.,,
 Thursday, July 22, 1909.
The Weather-Showers tonight O tomorrow.
More fuel for the MILL END fire.

Down from the from the makers who slow shipping from the where they had been crowded other Mill End lots from direction Mill End fuel for this Mill Endfr
 New bright and fresh and tempting they are They make the sale look attractive the day began And there great lot of them; almost every part of the has something
 With these things there is still goodly quantity of the Mill End lots that have already such favor The sale growing better, If anything with each day that passes
 Money spent the Mill End sale we'll big Think of getting worthy staple merchandise words of the usual price! Think of buying seasonabe fish weangs less than half of regular But that the usual thing in the Mill End sale.
 you have been here day the opening of the sale again and find something and goodness that overlooked And does pay let single Mill End chance slip by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
WEEK END EXCURSIONS.

A good many people will avail them selves of the week end excursion to Port Jefferson on the steamer Park City this Friday and Saturday leav- ing the wharf at the foot of Fairfield avenue at 1:30 o'clock-the trip across the Sound takes one hour and thirty minutes. The steamer leaves Port Jefferson at 4:3O, arriving in Bridge port at p. m. Surely this is an ideal trip and an excellent way to spend an afternoon. number of week end parties are planned for this week and with a good orchestra on board. most enjoyable time is assured.-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
REoPENING AT INCORPORATES

Alter extensive alterations and re- pairs Woolworth's Five and Ten Cent Store, Main street, will reopen for in- spection tomorrow at p. m. AL though no goods will be sold; just to give the public a chance to come in, look around at the many changes and improvements and see the new de- partments and new goods, which will be on sale Saturday. Saturday morn ing the store reopens for business and it is expected that all will be surprised at the great improvements made,more room having been obtained by taking in the store formerly occupied by the Wissner Piano company and this ad- ditional space acquired has allowed the manager of Woolworth's to make changes long desired.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
LEATHER COMBINE
 NOW SEEMS SURE

New York, July 22.-There will be a. special meeting of the stockholders of the Central Leather Company on August 1 at which the charter of the company will be amended that the United States Leather Company can be combined with the Central. The Central. already owns 90 per cent of the stock of the United States Leather Company but the minority stockhold- CTS fought the merger in the courts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
BOYS ROBBED
 SLOT MACHINE
Four Taste Fairfield Justice to Tune of Many Days in Jail.
Special from United Press,

Westport, July 22.-Four boys who gave their names as Edward Farmer John Williams and Samuel Lewis of New York and Charles Jackson of Bridgeport, and their ages as IT, were to-day sentenced to 30 days in jail each on the charge of robbing the chewing gum slot machine in the To- cal railroad station. While the trial was in progress a member of the Greens Farms Congregational church drove up to the justices office and preferred charges against the young men for breaking into the church at Greens Farms but on learning that they had already been sentenced for crime he withdrew his charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
TIE PARK CEMETERY

Heated in North Bridgeport, on
 nanh 1andy ridges. Carriage entrance IlrdIcy street, or cars from Reservoir avenue. Improved lots Tor sale on ~~~~ terms. Two telephones at Ceme- fery. Superintendent's Office, 975; Su- nerfntendeDt's House, 514, or City Of- 55ce. zoe Court Exchange. Telephone
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
AGED ABERDEEN RESIDENT ENDS
 LITE BY SHOOTING
from United Press.)

special from United Presso
 oxer;5en. July 22.-John Finnegan' $ srsd 75 for d great many years re- kires-ted resident of this city, endeo |S5s life by shooting this morning. de sed been fll for some time and was Et1ffering a great deal of pain ana lt 6s believed that he shot nimssh .o SSe ESd cF the suffering He leaves wl1e Ind three children
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
MANY HURT
 AT PlTTSBURG |. CONFEDERATION
Especial from United Press.)

Pfttsburg, July 22.-A disastrous fire occurred in the immense chemical works here this afternoon. During the progress of the fire a. big benzine tank exploded blowing the roof of the bu1ld- ing off. Thirty-two persons were 1n- jured, and several of them have al- ready died. The injured were fire men, workmen and reporters. Many of the others injured, it is reported from the hospitals, will die.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
AUTO DESTROYED.

Especial from United Press.)
 Southington, July PA man who gives his name as l. R. Williams of Trenton, N. J., accompanied by his wife and two daughters, is on his way to Hartford today by train following the destruction of their automobile here when they narrowly escaped se- rfous injury or even death
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22
WHEELER NAMED

D. Fairchild Wheeler was to-day ap- pointed administrator of the estate of the late David OConnor William l.. Lewis and Paul s. Chapmon were e-,noirtad anuraisers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-22

Farmer Want Ads. 1c a word.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Find Much Water.

AS we neared Cape Sabine the wealth
er cleared somewhat and we passed by
Three WORT island and Cape Sabine,
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the winter of 1901-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of set
ting the lug sail before the s%outherly
wind, but a little later appearance of
ice to the northward stopped this.
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert, and from there scattered ice
to a point about abreast of Victoria
Head, thick weather and dense ice
bringing us some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the n%orthward
out of the current. We worked a little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then we again worked
westward and ~northward till we
reached q series of lakes. coming to a
stop a few miles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
VILE. ,
From here. after some delay, we
slowly worked a way northeastward
through fog and broken ice of medium
thickness through one night and the
forenoon of the next day, only emerg-
ing into open water and clear weather
off Cane Fraser.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Peary Denies Cook Claim.

Battle He-bor, Labrador Via Marconi
wireless, Cape Ray, N. FL, Sept. 1O.-Do
not trouble about Cooks story, or at
tempt to explain any discrepancies in his
statements. The affair will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on April
q, 1908, or at any other time. He has
simply handed the public a gold brick.
These statements are made advisedly.
and I have proof of them. When he
makes a full statement of his journey
over his signature to some geographical
society, or other reputable body, If that
statement contains the claim that he has
reached the pole, I shall be in a posi-
ton to furnish material that may prove
distinctly interesting reading for the pub
lie. ROBERT E. PEARY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Heavy RUNNING Ice.

Finally on September 2 we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in a
shallow niche in the ice, but after some
hours we mad another short run to
Black cape and hung on to a grounded
bit of ice. At last, a little after mid
night of September s, we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into a
stream of open water, rounded Cane
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
Within a quarter of an hour of the
same time we arrived three years before
seven a. m, September 5-we reached
the open water extending beyond Cape
Sheridan.
We steamed up to the end of 1t and it
appeared practicable at first to reach
Porter bay. near Cape Joseph Henly.
which | had for my winter quarters, but
the outlook being unsatisfactory, / went
back and put the Roosevelt into the
only opening in the foe, being barred
close to the mouth Of the Sheridan riv-
er a little north Of our position three
vaor q nrtnr N| HT
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
American Explorers Own Story Of His Thrilling and Successful
Dash to the Absolute Apex Of the Earth.


The work of hunting and Transporting
supplies was prosecuted continuously by
the members Of the party and the Eski-
mos until November 5. when the sup
plies for the spring sledge trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted at various places from Cape Co.
Ian to Cape Columbia.
The latter part Of September the move
ment of the ice subjected the ship to a
pressure which listed 1t &c port some
eight or ten degrees, and II did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October l / went on a hunt with two
Eskimos across the field and Pass bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit of
Clemants Markham inlet. and returned
to the ship in seven days with Is musk
oxen, a bea and q deer.
Later in October 1 repeated the trip,
obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting
parties secured some 20 deer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Gets Glimpse of Sun.

AT noon of March 5 the sun, red and
shaped like a football by excessed re-
Election, Just raised itself above the hori-
zon for a few minutes and then disap-
peared again. 1t was the first time l had
seen it since October !.
I now began to feel a good deal Of
anxiety because there were no signs
of Marvin and Borup, who should have
been there for two days. Besides. thew
had the alcohol and oil, which were in
dispensable for us.
We concluded that they had either lost
the trail or were imprisoned on an is
land by open water, probably the latter.
Fortunately, on March II the lead was
practicable and, leaving a note for Mar
vim and Borup to push on after us by
forced marches, we proceeded northward.
The sounding of the lead gave ITO
fathoms.
During this march we crossed the
eighty-fourth parallel and traversed a
succession of just frozen leads, from a
few hundred yards to a mile in width
This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free of the
leads and came on decent going. While
we were making camp a courier from
Marvin came and informed me he was
on the march in the rear. The temper
AZURE was SO below zero.
The following morning, March Is. I sent
Hansen with his division north to pio-
neer a trail for five marches, and DR..
Goodsell, according to the program, start
ed back tn Cane Collmhia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16


A girl in Pennsylvania who aimed
at a rat with a rifle shot her mother.
Ut is time that feminine sharpshooters
should learn something by experience.
If the girl in question had aimed at
her mother, she would have stood a
better chance of shooting the rat.
Women ought to know by this time
that they go by contraries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16

The Turks have started to fight the
Greeks with the boycott-that blood
less weapon of modern warfare which
causes mor devastation and brings
speedier results than all others in the
array of improved ornaments, and
whose victories are caused by the un-
endurable agony it infiicts upon that
most sensitive of all organisms, the
pocket nerve.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16

Battle Harbor, Labrador (via Marco
nj wireless, Cape Ray. N. F.). Sept. g.
The steamer Roosevelt, bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club, parted company with the
Erik and steamed out Of Etah ford late
in the afternoon of August Is, 1908,
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board 20 Eskimo men, II women, and
10 children. 226 dogs, and some forty
odd walrus.
We encountered the ice a short dis
lance from the mouth of the harbor.
but 1t was not closely packed, n was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious diff
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Put Up for Winter.

The season was further advanced thar
In 1905; there was more snow on the
ground and the new ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker.
The work Of discharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
pletion. The supplies and equipment we
sledged across ice and sea and deposited
on shore. A house and workshop were
built Of board, covered with sails, and
fitted with stoves. and the ship was
snug for winter in shoal water, whore It
touched bottom at low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores Of
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardvilie,
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
TENDER 10 and u bear was brought in on
the 18th and some deer a day or W
later aENN.H HMf w aF fT'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Return on Roosevelt Begins.

These instructions were carried out and,
after their return in the latter part of
May Mcmillan made some further tidal
observations at other points. The sup
plies remaining at the various aches.
were brought in nj on July IS the
Roosevelt left it's winter quarters and
was driven out into the channel back Of
Cape Mon.
1t fought it's way south in the center
of the channel and passed Cape Sabine
on August 8. or 80 days earlier tina ins
1908, and 80 days earlier than the British
expedition in 1876.
We picked up Whitney and his party
and stores at Etah. We killed seventy
odd walrus for my Eskimos, whom I
landed at their homes. We met the
Jeanne off Saunders island and took over
its coal and cleared from Cape York on
August rs, one month earlier than ina
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16

Uruguay is joining the progressives
in South America. That country is
in the market for a loan of &c.
OOO,OOO for public works purposes, and
like other countries in that quarter
turns to the United States to get the
money. Another indication Of the
strengthening ties between this and
the South American nations, a rela-
tionship that eventually must be high
ly advantageous all round.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16
Supplies Moved to Base.

In the February moon Bartlett went to
Cape Hecla, Goodsall moved some more
supplies from Hecla to Cape Colan, and
Borup went to Markham Inlet on a hum
ing trip. On February Is Bartlett left
the Roosevelt with his division for Cape
Columbia and Parr bay.
Goodsall. Borup, Macmillan and Han
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
Cape Bryant on February II and left for
Cape Columbia on February 21. l brought
up the rear on February %.
The total of all divisions leaving the
Roosevelt was seven member Of the
party, 50 Eskimos, 40 dogs and % sledges.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-16

A man in New York brought his
wife into court because she had such
"a mania for hard work that he could
not restrain her from doing it all the
time. This n remarkable case is
enough to balance the many which
women bring against their husbands
because the latter compel them to do
hard work all the time.