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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Robertson in Locomobile
 Overhauls Frenchman and
 Leads in Today's Race
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(Continued from First Page.) bilt winner let out a few more notches and passed Bouraue before the first turn. He overlook Denison's Knox car on the Lowell straightaway and fought it out tooth and nail to the stretch, leading to the stand. For seven miles the machines whirled side by side ,go- ing about 80 miles an hour when 'Deni- son engine went bad and Robertson shot ahead of him like a streak. Deni- son had to withdraw from the race and Robertson finished the seventh lap in second place.
 At noon Stoddard-Dayton car No. 5 while making the turn at Cedar Lake, went into a ditch and is reported dis abled- C. A. Englebeck is driving the car and HIT. Arlington is his mechani- clan.
 Robertson scorched by the stand fin- ishing his Sth lap in pursuit of Chew rolet who was leading by seven min utes. Robertson continued his terrific speed and during the 9th lap overcame two minutes of Chevrolet's lead. finish ing the lap five minutes behind the F'renchman whose time was 3:46:05.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS OF 12O AT
 ST. AUGUSTINE'S

A class of 120 children, 63 boys and 57 girls, received their first commun- ion yesterday morning at St. Angus tines church at o'clock mass. The boys all carried white bouquets, while the girls wore wreaths and veils. They formed in procession at the convent and marched to the church. occupying seats in the center aisle. Prof. Brise- bois presided at the organ, rendering a number of appropriate hymns. Holy God We Praise Thy Name" was sung in unison by the large class.
 Rev. Charles J. McElroy. rector of the church, read the mass, and ad- dressed the children at the close, as to the importance of the sacrament which they had just received. The children have been under instruction for this event for a number of weeks, being under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy. First Communion day is considered the one and greatest day in child life in the Catholic church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
-Four Classes May
 Enter Races to Be
 Held Saturday Next
Auxiliary Craft, Speed Boats, Open Power Boats and Power Boats With Cabin.

Under the auspices of the Park City sXacht club will be given next Satur- i$3av Afternoon one of the series of fraces which have been arranged by f1h& local yacht clubs for the summer
 Gezsou Four classes have been de <cfded upon. There will be class for fauxfliary craft, which are equipped fwifh both power and sail, and these my use either motive force. There \ n q class for speed boats, which are .rnfed af above 10 miles an hour. Open oad cabfned power boats, of less speed tfhnn 10 miles an hour are put into ffyo classes Two prizes will be of f forod In each of the four classes The whistle will blow at
 o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
MARRIAGE ANNUILED BECAUSE SECURED
 WITHOUT DIVORCE
This Woman's First Hus- band Was a Felon and She Married a Second Belley-1 inp It Was Her Right.

Judge Lucien F. Burpee, in the su- perioE Court; civil side, today filed decision annu1ling the marriage or Flora KeIeher of Fidgeheld to Will liam Cole, also of Ridgeheld. The court gives the custody of the four children of the couple to their moth-6 CT. The decision was given on the ground that the plaintiff was mar ried woman, who had not obtained divorce at the time of the second mar. riage. It was August ', 1897, that Flora Mead, the plaintiff, married Tf- mon J. Keleher in North Salem, N arrested in New York state on the charge of murder and committed to Sing Sing for IA years. the jury bring ing in a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree. On Oct. 15. 1889. Mrs. Keleher, believing that the incar- ceration of her husband entitled her to a remarriage, married William F. Cole in Danbury. They have four children, three of whom are in the county home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.
Hearing Set for the
 Remonstrance Against
 Jim Jacques Old Place
County Commissioners Also
 Fix Time When Remon- strants Against Koon-
 chang Inn May Be Heard.

The hearing on the remonstrance to the application for the liquor license of William Hart at 400 Water street, the saloon formerly conducted by James Jacques, has been set down for Monday afternoon at o'clock at the office of the County Commissioners. The remonstrance is brought by Judge Edward K Nicholson on the grounds that the applicant is an unsuitable person, and also because of the un- suitability of the place.
 At p. m. there will be a hearing on the application for the license for Dudley J. Stafford, Koonchaug linn. Stratford. Considerable opposition has arisen in the old town recently to the conduct of this place, the remon- strance resulting. On Friday. June 25, at 10 a. m. the commissioners will hear the remonstrance against a liz cense for Casper Kuhn to sell liquor on Kings Highway, just over the city line. The residents in this vicinity do not want a saloon there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Cared for Spinster for
 % Years; Court Awards
 Schempps Sum of $12.5W

Adam and Mary Schempp are allow ed s12,5op for the services in caring for the late Agnes Coffee. in a decision by Judge Lucien E. Bmpee. made yester- day. The commissioners allowed tha Schempps $S. 500. In decision in q demurrer Judge Gager ruled that the statute of limitations would preclude the Schemps from collecting their claim for pediod of more than six years back of the date of their suit. Judge Burpee is not in accord with this ruling, but he finds that for their services for sfz years the Schempps are entitled to sS. 200. Miss Coffee was a maid ser
 want who worked for many years for a single family. At 60 years of age sht had saved some $10. .000 which accumu- lated until it was a larger sum. She entered into an agreement with the Schempps to care for her until she died She agreed in return to leavs them her money. For g years they kept their share of the contract, but when the woman died she left her
 money to distant relatives. Judge Morris B. Beardsley as commissioner on the estate gave the Schempps $8.6oG The heirs appealed. zs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
CONDITIONS BAD
Main Street Merchants Have been Patient During All and Authorities and Private Companies Will Work Together for the Common Good.

Never, perhaps, in the history of the city, has Main street been disrupted during the past few weeks. The 'mer- chants on that thoroughfare have borne with exceedingly good patience the hardships endured by reason of the conditions and have made but little complaint. Now that an inkling has gone abroad indicating a possible delay in the laying of pavement some feeling has arisen and the merchants on that thoroughfare believe that inasmuch as they have suffered the inconvenience incurred by the tearing up of the street for water, gas and electric uses, that the rest of the Improvements should be followed up as expeditiously as pos sible.
 The street at the present time is a series of trenches, some of which have keen filled to a point above the level of the street and others which have settled below the surface. Naturally these conditions will not be perma- nently improved by the companies for whose purposes the streets were open ed, because of the immediate prospect of the permanent pavement.
 The most important improvement so far advanced has been the laying of the A inch main by the Bridgeport Fly draulic Company from East Washing ton avenue to State street. This work required the taking up of the old main and the putting in of the new and was done with unusual expedition and is now completed. In speaking of the condition in which the street has been left, an official of the Bridgeport Fly draulic Company said this morning: 'In laying our big main through Main street, we worked in cooperation and with the concurrent judgment of the director of public works. The size of the pipe required unusually large and deep ditcheS. We were of the opinion that the pipe ought to be laid we'll in advance of the permanent pavement for a number of reasons. In the first place, if the pipe was laid only short was put in the trench would not have had time to settle thoroughly, even though we used, as we have in this in stance, every effort to puddle and tamp the ditch thoroughly. In this even the permanency of the pavement would be seriously affected. Then again, if a steam roller was run over a new ditch before it had time to thor oughly settle, the probabilities are that it would start the joints in the main and leaks would follow, which ulti- mately would mean the tearing up of the pavement to repair. The company realizes the importance of keeping the principal streets passable, and if we learn that any great length of time is to -elapse before the permanent pave ment is started, we will top dress the ditch and put it in the best condition under the circumstances. Our inten-l tions and purposes have been clearly understood by Director Biltz, and all the W ork has been done in cooperation with his plans for the s1
 provement."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
SAMUEL GOMPERS SAILING AWAY
 ISSUES MESSAGE

New York. June 1e.@Samuel Comp CTS, president of the American Feder- ation of Labor, sailed for an extended trip in Europe on the White Star Liner Baltic, today. Nearly a thous- and friends and sympathizers were at the dock to see him off, and there was great enthusiasm. Just before the boat left, Gompers gave the following mess age of farewell to the American peo- pie, through the United Press:
 'T go to Europe with a heart filled with gratitude toward the whole American people, not only toward the laboring people who have stood by me and the cause, but toward others who have expressed their well wishes for the work and for me personally. I cannot say how much appreciate this demonstration. Many persons outside best wishes to myself and MT. Mitch ell and Mir. Morrison in the contempt cases and we all feel keenly the inter est that is taken in us-nOt for our selves-but for what we represent.
 'I go to Europe to look into the working. problem there. shall look into their conditions of life and la- bor, and find out what they are do- ing to better both these factors in their happiness. I hope to learn many 1es- sons and hope to carry a message across the sea to our brothers. that may do them some good.
 'I think that the trip will result in a better understanding between the worl<ingmen of ~she nations and serve to bring them in closer understanding with the employers. I want to say that I am going on a trip of ser vice and will endeavor to do my best so that can be a more useful citizen when I return"
 Gompers has been in the city about a week at the Hotel Victoria, and was sitting at a desk most of the time dic- tating letters and holding consulta- tfons with labor leaders from all parts of the country in order to get things running smoothly when he leaves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
CROWLEY HoME ON v1sIr

Vincent Crowley. son of Edward Crowley of 599 Broad street, and broth- er-in-law of Col. T. J. Murphy is re- newing acsouaintances in town after an absence of six years or more in the great Southwest. For three years while a member of the U. s. Hospital corps, he was a ward master at the U. s. General Hospital for Consump- tives at Ford Baird. New Mexico. and since that time he has been mining in Arizona and riding range in New Mex leo and Mexico. He says that cattle are herded in New Mexico and Mex ico as in the old days and that there are few fences as in the majority of the western states.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
DIED

 WcCARTHY-In this city, June IS. 1909. John T. Mccarthy. aged S6 years. month. days.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late home. 453 Lex fngton avenue. on Sunday. June 20 at 1:S0 D. m. and from St. Angus tines church a D. m.
 A mass of requiem will be cele- brafed for the repose of his soul. at 9f Augustine's church on Monday, June Al, at a. m. to which relatives and friends are invited to attend
 -Interment at St. Augustine g DCHWURDTLE-In this city, on Fri day, June IS, 1909, Emily C., daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. John Schwerdtle, aged 16 years, months, A days Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her parents, No sz Blackstone street, on Sunday, June 20, at p. m-
 -Interment at Lakeview cemetery. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.

and the Young Mems Total Abstinence formed the parade which was held here to-day in connection with the general field day exercises of the c. T. A.zV. The parade began at 12 o'clock and in addition to the various mems societies, the Ladies Auxiliary had several beau tiful floats in the procession
 The first prize was awarded tos the Tierney Cadets of New Haven for making the best appearance of the bows, societies and the ladies auxiliary of New Britain won the prize for hav- ing the most appropriate float
 The field day exercises are being held this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Delightful new fancy cOttOns.

Some new plain-color ginghams with wide border ing stripes of contrasting color are selling so fast we scarcely dare advertise them. There are such con- binations as tan with a green stripe, red with a white stripe, and so on. Sounds bizarre, doesn't it? Yet they are attractive and tasteful. Make nice dresses for little girls, good skirts for wear at the shore. And they are A inches wide and are to be bought for IS cents a yard.
 Mercerised Rajah is an- other effective fabric. It is 'every thread cotton but it is a wonderfully-good likeness of the famous Rajah : rough pongee. Is mercerised and has a good luster; is good weight and firm. In such colors as green red navy tan pink old-rose and light or Copenhagen-blue. 25c a yard.
 Plain poplins; so much in demand we are hardly able to get them fast enough. At tractive of both weave and color, launder nicely, wear well. In blue lavender green red navy and. old-rose. 121ac a yard.
 New fancy suitings at tract as much by the clever combination of color and pattern as by the goodness which is so plain to be seen. There are figures and stripes in tans browns blues and grays. Such a fabric as sells usually at 19c a yard, 121ac.
 Mercerised poplin. Sturdy of weave, durable, and with the luster that only a we'll mercerised cotton can have. In all the new colors, includ- ing the liked shades of tan. 25 cents a yard.
 Pretty fancy white cot tons for waists and dresses. In checks of several sizes and in stripes of varying widths. 12N cents a yard.
 Mercerised white batiste. Woven in a design that has a pretty checked pattern and of excellent finish. Equally good for waists or dresses. 25 cents a. yard.
 Plain fine mercerlsed ba- tiste,a a favorite fabric of this season, pure white and with charming finish, 45 inches wide, of a quality that sells regularly at 39c-29 cents a yard.
 Center aisle, rear
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
MARK TWAIN SUES
 HIS SECRETARIES
AUTHOR OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN ATTACHED FOR DEBT HIS GIFT
 OF HOMESTEAD
Amount of Loan is $3.OOO
Miss Isabel Lyon Was His Social Sec
 retary and Ralph M. Ashcroft, Financial Secretary-They Married and Disagreed With Miss Clemens.


 Mark Twain, less we'll known as Samuel Clemens. is the plaintiff in a suit for $4.000 damages instituted against Mrs. Ralph W. Ashcroft, nee Miss Isabel V. Lyon, formerly his social secretary. The suit is brought through the law firm of Garfield, Jud- son & Pullman of this city. Mrs. Ash band and the attachment was placed upon the house and farm owned by the defendant adjoining Mark Twain s place in Bedding. The writ says that defendant who asks for ,00 damages The place attached bv Deputy Sheriff Banks to substantiate the claim is a pretty little cottage and about 16. acres of land which is valued at $1 300 upon the tax books of Bedding. The prop erty was formerly owned by the dean of American humor who made his social secretary a present of it. About $700 has been spent in improving the buildings.
 When Miss Lyon welded Ralph w. Ashcroft. MT. Twain's financial secre- ta1y. short time ago they had only returned from their. honeymoon a little time when Miss Clara Clemens return a clash between the daughter and the social secretary and the secretary was elbowed out of the household Her husbands services were also dispensed with and the suit follows.
 Miss Clara Clemens, who was edu- cated for grand opera, conducts con- cert tours with her own company of artists. She has ideas of how business should be done and her methods are said to be vastly different from those of MT. and Mrs. Ashcroft. The de- parture Of the secretaries was a sur- prise to Mark Twain's neighbors, but that the creator of Huckleberry Finn should invoke the laws assistance a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Fire Chiefs Auto Wrecked On It's
 Way to Waterbury Fire

Waterbury,June 19-While travelling at breakneck speed down Main street this afternoon in answer to a fire call the 50 horsepower automobile belong ing to the chief of the local fire. de- partment crashed into a telegraph pole The chauffeur. Pasuuale Chuci and Deputy Chief Dodds. the occupants ot the machine, were thrown into near by doorway but were practically un- hurt. The machine was a complete wreck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
Dibble Suspect, Taken
 From House to House,
 Is Not Recognized

Robert Dougherty. insane man sus- pect in the Dibble murder case who was arrested in Stratford the fore part of the week because he acted queerly and was thought to be demented.. was this morning taken to the scene of the murder by State Policeman Verelli He was brought from house to house but none of the residents of the village could recognize him. He was again locked up in the county jail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
CALEB J. CAMP,
 WEALTHY TWISTED
 MAN, DIED TODAY

VV3nsted, June 1e.-Caleb T. Camp, me nf the weaIthiest and most prom luenf citizens in this town. died at his f~ GurvIved by a widow and three dauT77ters. The funeral will be held uexf Tuesday at P. M MT. Camp vzas q native of this town and spent most cf his life here He began his eareer aa a clerk in a local store and Infer becafne owner of the establish menk- He was at one time president Of the Central New England Railroad, vhen that line was known as the Con nec<1cut Western Railroad and turin s m sadrairiistratfon the circuits of the road increased in value more than 100 per cent ae was also the founder of the W1nona, 1dfnn-, Savings bakk-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
TIE PARK CEMETERY

I,ocnted in North Bridgeport, on
 nskh sandy ridges. Carriage entrance YNndley street, or cars from Reservoir 9wenue Improved lots for sale on enev terrnsA Two telephones at Ceme- e<yrv: Superintendent's Office, 975; Su- ueflufendenf's House, 514, or City Of-
 6ce, SO0 Court Exchange. Telephone
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
BEAUTIFUL WHITE GIRL WHO LABORED
 AMONG CHINESE BRUTALLY MURDERED

No Chn the Case Been Missing in Been
 
 SeveralA ArrstsTod
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
c. T. A. U. FIELD
 DAY IN DANBURY

Special from United Pressl
 Danbury. June 19.-More than 1000 people. composed of forty societies of the Catholic Total .Abstinance Union of Cappecticut. the Immaculate Concep-
 Sierney Cadets. the Immaculate
 k4 Total Abstinence Society
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19

-Isouio Kelly, a huckster, who claims to own S10,000 sought the police this morning to secure the arrest Of Mich nAa aGhap1ro, another huckster. He cfndmed that in making change he gave 8hnpIro some $4 too much. The po- lice declined to interfere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19

Sevastopol, June 19.-The Russian military transport Ingul is reported wrecked in Tupsay Bay in the Black Sea. Details of the accident have not been received. Many soldiers are be- lieved to have been drowned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
House Lot at Auction.

Saturday, June 26, 1909, at 2:3o p. m there will be an administrators aucs ton sale of finely located house lot at 1105 North Ave. belonging to the estate of the late Patrick Knablin. F Kane is the administrators.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Friday, June 18, 1909. The Weather-Fair tonisht and to.
 morrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
For playtime..

= < Here are playthings the active little chap will really enjoy:
 Wheelbarrows, 5oc and 60c.
 Wagons, soc 75c and to $4 for a coaster wagon with brake.
 ve1ocipedes of many sorts tire, $1. 50 to $2; rub Der tire, $2.50 to $3; rubber tire with ball bearings, ST to 5$8.
 For girls-tricycles that ride as easily as a carriage, -$5 to $8.
 Front basement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
foWLAND'S
.Silver-plate
 Of SerVIce.

Each of the silver-plated table articles here told of can be depended upon to give long and good service. The fatware is all made with a specially heavy plating at the points most-exposed to wear. The dishes are all of uniformly-good metal with. a heavy plating.
 Three-piece tea-sets, new English border style, ST 50.
 Coffee-sets,dull finish new grape design,-$12.
 Bread-trays, lace pattern,
 $$3. 50.
 Ice-water pitchers with porcelain lining, g,-$6. .75.
 Gravy-boat,; gray finish, $5.
 Teaspoons, graceful pat. tern, -$2.75 dozen.
 Dessert spoons and forks, -$5 dozen.
 Table spoons and forks, $5.5O dozen.
 Salad forks, $1.35. Oyster ladies, $2.
 Fruit knives,-$8.50 dog en.
 Table knives, bright or dull finish, $3.85 and $ dozen.
 Cannon street aisle, front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19

WANT ADS. CENT A WoRD
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-20

college boys In my play said Miss Elsie
Janis, when interviewed bya reporterfor
the STAR. 1T was my idea absolutely.
/ wanted real realism, IL one can prop
erly describe It that way, and l will
leave it to my friends in the audience
whether l succeeded in getting it. The
play was written so true to college life
that those boys needed hardly any re-
hearsing, as far as acting went. After
they had learned their words M vari-
Gus drill movements the rest was easy.
And the best of it all is that they lever
get tired of their work. It's all play to
them. That's what they tell me, and l
believe them, for 1t seems TO me, too,
more like just having a glorious time
with a lot of nice boys and girls every
evening than acting"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-20
CENTENARY M. E. CHURCH TO
HOLD EVANGELIC SERVICES.
Several Noted Pulpit Orators to
Assist in Meetings.

The first lecture of a series of evan
gelistic services will be given at the
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
at Summer avenue and Kearny street
tomorrow night. The series is under
the auspices OF the Rev. DR.. Abel G.
McCrea, pastor of the church, who
thus disposes of the umo that he was
about to resign from h pastorate.
The first lecture will be delivered in
the Sunday school temple by the Rev.
DR.. David Hughes, who will use as his
topic From the Theatre to the Pull
pit" On Friday night Bishop William
A. Quayle, of Oklahoma City, Okla,
will give his famous lecture on Jean
Vatican" Bishop Quayle, who is n
of the youngest heads In the Methodist
Episcopal Church, ave this lecture be-
fore 800 ministerial delegates at the
general conference held in Los Angeles
recently and is a remarkably strong
and powerful speaker.
DR.. McCrea will also be the leader
in an active compaign for new MEM
bers for the church during the coming
months.