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Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
Tommy Murphy won a decision over Owen Moran, the English
SPORTING AFFAIRS.

lightweight, in a twenty round bolt at the Dreamland pavilion in San Fran cisco. This gives Murphy the right to challenge Adolf WOlgast, the present lightweight champion.
 With Henri St. Yves forced to quit early in the contest owing to Il severe tOOthache and ether troubles, Johnny Hayes, the Olympic champion, won the Marathon race at San Francisco i'll ? hours 44 minutes 5 seconds. The track was slippery and poor. About 5000 people were in attendance.
 Harry Gissing of the New York Athletic club defeated Melvin w. Sheppard of the Irish-American Ath- letic club in | 900 yard special match at the Twenty-second Regiment ar mory in New York; time, minutes 2 1-5 seconds, a new indoor record.
 Carl R. Gardner and Gustave F. TOuchard won the national indoor ten his championship in doubles at the Seventh regiment armory in New York. They defeated William B. Cra- gin, Jr., and Miles s. Charlock by a score of G-1, 3-6, 70, 6-1, G-4.
 Battling Hurley, the New Jersey lightweight, battered Frankie Madden of New York at the Sharkey Athletic club in New York so hard for six rounds that Madden had to throw up the sponge.
 For the first time in the history of Texas baseball the Giants lost a game to the Dallas team at Dallas, Tex, the score being II to s. Defeat was en- countered ill the last three innings.
 Frankie Conley of Kenosha, Wis, won a knockout iE the forty-second round from Monte Attell of San Fran cisco in the Vernon arena at Los An geles.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
GRIM ES
 AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES Mrs. fIaSier, Wloo"
 nNn of General Benjamin ~ Fla%ler. was killed in NAeoAI'' stantly and Mrs. George r. Nye and Mrs. Morris ,Cohn, Jr., were injured severely when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by New York Central railroad train at Niagara Falls.
 Mrs. Alma Proctor Vaughn was ar rested at Kirksville. Mo-. on a war rant charging her with the murder of her husband, Professor John T. Vaughn, who died of strychnine poi soning. She was relea ed in $25,000 baik On the same indictment pr. James B. Hull was arrested in Monroe City.
 P. c. Lutkin of Albany, N. Y, killed himself by asphyXiation in his room at a hotel in Savannah, Ga. He left a note to his brother, Professor Lut- kin of Northwestern university at Ev- anston, H., saying he was going to kill himself and bidding his brother goodby.
 The plant of the New York Veneer Seating company, covering the greater part of block in Jersey City, N. J., was destroyed and ten frame dwell ings on the Halliday street side of the factory were badly damaged by a fire which did $3OO,OOO damage.
 Three men were killed in fire which destroyed the Railroad Young Mems Christian association building at Rot terdam Junction, the terminus of the Boston and Maine railroad, near Sche- nectady, N. Y.
 Edward F. McGrath, alias Webster, an eX-prizc fighter, was convicted in New York of murder in the first de- gree and was sentenced to be eXecut- ed in the electric chair.
 Five small boys attempted to wreck train near Greenwich, Conn.,, by opening switch. They confessed that their object was to rob the bodies of the dead and injured.
 Ambrose Aubrey, Mrs. J. Aubrey and Miss Nellie Aubrey were drowned when their canoe was swept over Height falls, in Green river, near Rock port, Ky.
 Carlo Giro, a burglar was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison, New York, for the mur- der of Mrs. Sophie l.. Staber in Flat bush.
 One man was killed, another mortal ly injured and four others buried in the ruins when tenement house in New York collapsed.
 John Goodwin, one of the best known politicians in Delaware, was sent to jail for bribery in the recent election.
 Fire in the plant of the T. C. Rich Conn, caused a loss of $125,0O0.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
Live Stock Mark cts.

CATTLE - Dressed beef, Sa11c. per pound.
 CALVES-City dressed veals, 11a1Gc per pound: country dressed. 9a1412c.
 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Dressed mutton, 11a13c per pound; dressed lambs, 14a1612c. HOGS - Country dressed, 12a131ac. per pound
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
CARD OF THANKS

wish to express my deep gratitude to all the friends and neighborS for the sympathy shown ill my late bereave- mant. Mss HARRIET BELDEN.
 South Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
FOUR TRAINS LOST
 IN SNOW AVALANCHE
Flfty-One Men, WOmen and
 ChiIdrSn Perish.

F1fty-one men, women and children aboard Great Northern train were buried in an avalanche ill the Cascade mountains, iii the state of Washing ton,. on Tuesday. The train was caught by an overwhelming mass of ice, snow and rock and carried down the mountain side to the bottom of the gorge.
 A second train, consisting of bag gage, express and mail cars and SUD- posed to have no passengers, was also carried away by the avalanche beyond Cascade tunnel. Two other trains, consisting of work cars, locomotives and rotary blows, were buried in an avalanche near Wellington.
 More than thirty lives were lost on Monday in two great snOwslides at mining towns of the Occur d'Alene district in northern Idaho. A slide swept down the mountain, striking the towns of Mace and Burke and burying twenty-five houses and their sleeping occupants in a mass of snow and ice at the bottom of the canyon.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
NEWS
 OF OUR NEIGH R0R c

Pitre, Guadaloupe, ceased operation. A director of the Beauport plant was captured by the strikers and appealed to the military for help. All places of business were closed, and the governor was unable to restore order.
 Fifty persons were killed in a panic following 2 fire in the N,:licipal the ater at Trujillo, Peru. The fire start ed among the apparatus used in con nection with a moving picture show.
 President Gomez at Havana signed the senate bill granting amnesty to the three Cuban editors imprisoned recent ly on the charge of having libeled the president.
 An avalanche overwhelmed the vii. lage of Huifsdal, Iceland, on Isa ford, and twenty-three persons were killed.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
South Canaan, Col

For mountain climbing camels are inefficient and seldom used ill Abys- sinia and other mountainous lands.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
OBITUARY
ELIZA ADAM sEDGwICK

Eliza Adam Sedgwick was born i'll Washington, Conn.,, near Litchfield August 20. 1915. When eighteen years of age she married Philo c. Sedgwick, a young lawyer, and immediately started for Pennsylvania, which i'll those days was like taking a journey to the Far West. They lived in Carlisle, and then settled in Harrisburg, the capital of the state. which was their home for more than twenty years. After moving to Philadelphia, where they resided for three years, they came to Connecticut.
 Mrs. Sedgwick, then a widow, made her home in Canaan for many years. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs Emily s. Tracy, at whose home in Falls Village she died Tuesday morning, also by five grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. At the time of her death she was 94 years and six months old.
 Mrs. Sedgwick's father was John Adam, who lived and died in the house in Canaan in which MT and Mrs. Alfred H. Herriman now live.
 EDWARD PORTER BELDEN
 Edward Porter Belden was born in Huntsville, March 30, 1841. His father, Edmund Belden, was i'll partnership with Charles Hunt, afterwards presi- dent of the Housatonic railroad, in the mercantile business.
 When he was two'years old, his father moved to Falls Village with his family, and entered into partnership with U. H. Miner. and the firm of Belden & Miner was long and favorably known.
 Edward Belden graduated at the old Goshen academy when Prof. Rice was principal, and afterward took a scien- tific course at East Hampton under Prof. Hitchcock.
 When still very young man, he, with J. B. Reed, now.of Canaan, began busi- ness as merchants in Falls Village Af- ter few years they sold out to another firm and MT. Belden returned to his home in South Canaan, where he occu- pl6u nlilStll NIlIl IlOlllG uldllGIS. MI. Belden was well known in this vicinity, and his daily presence will be missed by friends and neighbors.
 His death occurred Tuesday morning, Feb. 22. The funeral was held at his late home on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24, Rev. G. w. Griffith, of Lime Rock, officiating. Burial ill Grassy Hill ceme- tery. The casket was covered with beautiful flowers brought by relatives and friends. That Mir. Belden had a great many friends is shown by the large number lresent at the funeral. Among the out-of- town friends at the funeral were MT. and Mrs. Milton Robbins, of Lakeville, George Watson, Forest Waldo Woo,lin, of Cheshire, and Mrs. John Bclden, of Hartford.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
DEATHS OF NOT ED PEOPLE,.

was the son of the president of COlOm- bia and was born in 1915. He was made governor of the Colombia prov ince of Panama in 1903 and was sent to the United States as minister ill 19O4
 Arthur Fraser Walter, who at one time was chief proprietor of the Lon don Times and more recently chair man of the board of directors of the company which purchased the paper died at his home in Berkshire. Eng land.
 Mme Vera Fedorovna KOmmisara- hoffskaya, the actress. died at Fash kent, Russia, from smallpox. She had made an engagement to appear at Tashkent and refused to cancel it after smallpox became epidemic there
 Lieutenant Colonel Bernard A. Byrne, U. s. A, retired, died in San Francisco following q long illness. He was veteran or the Indian campaigns and also participated in the charge at San Juan hill.
 Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, wife of the head of the Curtis Publishing com pany and the first editor Of the Ia dies Home Journal, died ill her home
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
TRESPASSING SIGNS

Size 11xIl. Printed on heavy cards in bold, plain type. All persons are for Didden shooting, fishing or trcspassiug on these premises under penalty of the law" with space for signature, 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03
FOREIGN
 NOTES OF INTEREST.

the imperial palace and shouted for franchise reform. The kaiser was within. They proceeded to the palace of the crown prince and tried to break in. Troops dispersed them.
 Dr. Botkin, the private medical at tendant of the cZarina of Russia, com mitted suicide at St. Petersburg by taking poison because he made a mis- take in diagnosing the malady from which the empress was suffering.
 Gustave Herve, the antimilitary agi- tatOr and editor of the revolutionary organ La Guerre Sociale, was sentenc- ed in the assize court in Paris to four years imprisonment for melting to murder and glorifying crime.
 Senator Millies-L -LacroiX and Senator Lintilhac fought duel with rapiers in Paris. and the latter was wounded in the arm. The duel was the result of the lie being passed in the senate chamber.
 The pope gave an audience to Bish- op Kennedy, the president of the American college. who presented to his holiness a gold medal sent to him by Archbishop Farley of New York.
 A duel with pistols was fought at Vienna by two Austrian government officials, pr. Oscar Mayer and Baron Hermann Widerhofer. Mayer shot Widerhofer dead.
 The German reichstag elected Count von Schwedin-LOewitz, Conservative leader, as speaker to succeed the late Count Udo von rg-Wernigerode.
 Following the discovery of wide spread revolutionary plot against the Portuguese government, many arrests were made at Lisbon.
 The pope appointed the Rev. J. w.. Heldrick of Ovid, N. Y, a domestic prelate, which carries with it the title of mOnsignor. {.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03

Following the strike of 10000 sugar cane cutters, several grind.
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03

After a great fran chise reform meeting at Berlin thousands of rioters marched to
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03

The United States ap- pealed from the deci- sion of Judge Hough
Connecticut western news., 1910-03-03

Jose Domingo de Obal- dia, president of Pan anna, died of heart dis ease at Panama. He
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
REPUBLICANS
NAME DELEGATES
State Convention to Endorse
National and State
Administrations
DR.. LAYTON NOT TO
ATTEND CONVENTION

At the Republican primaries in this
city, on Saturday, delegates to the
State Convention in Dover on We'd
nesday were named. There was only
one contest and that was In the Elev-
enth ward, where John w. Smith de-
feated John #. Russell by vote of
SO to for delegate. Andrew Mclean
received the total vote for alter
nate.
There was to have been a contest
IN the Sixth ward, but two of the can.
didates withdrew, which obviated 1
contest.
There were no contests in rura
New Castle county.
The Republican platform to b.
adopted by the convention on Wed
nesday will be short and right to tn,
point. II will endorse the Taft ad
nsinistration, the State administra-
ton in Delaware, and the records O
Senators DUPONT and Richardson anC
Congressman Head i'm Congress.
Just who will be elected chairman
OF the Republican State Committe,
remains TO be seen. Several namel
are spoken of, since General T. c. du
Pont has retired from political af
fairs because of ilR health Captain
Horace Wilson is vice-chairman Of thu
committee, and it is said that b,
would be named chairman If he woul,
consent to the use of his name. l
is understood that he does not de
sire the craftsmanship. The names o
Colonel Edmund Mitchell of this city
and Colonel A. r. Benson and Colone
w. d. Denny, of Dover. also are mem
toned for the craftsmanship.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
''BIG QUARTERLY"
MARRIED BY RAIN

Colored folks from Delaware, Mary
land and Pennsylvania came here yes
terday for big Quarterly" the big
colored religious revival. The gath
ering was as picturesque as usual,
but far less spirited than IN former
years. The rain cut the number down,
but there was a big crowd notwith-
standing.
The affair was originally reli-
giOus celebration concentrating the
founding in 1913 OF the first free Afri-
can Union Methodist Church by the
Rev. Peter Spencer.
The day began with a love feast at
Z O'Clock In the morning, followed by
preaching at IL a. m. In the A! u.
M. p. Church, on French street, above
Eighth, the scene of the principal SER
vi0es by the pastor, the Rev. ID. T. H.
Skinner. At 2.30 o'clock the Rev. ].
| Is. Cooper, at ST. James A. u. NJ. p.
Church, and at 7.45 the Rev. G. w.
Coleman, of Colt, Md, preached. The
Rev. H. Bell, of Newport was in
charge OF the lecture room where the
Rev. Samuel Coffman preached at IL
O'Clock, the Rev. Peter Brokins at ESQ
and the Rev. J. II. Bell at 7.45.
Coincident with these services we're
services in the tent behind the church,
where Dr.. A. B. Silyey. of SCOTS A.
U. NJ. p. Church, OF Camden, N. j..
was in charge and preaching was
conducted by DR.. Silvey and DR.. Jor-
dan, also Of Camden, n. j., and DR..
Coleman, OF Salem, N. j. An old
fashioned prayer meeting was held
following each preaching service and
in the opinion of some of the church
people there all the services were very
good.
For the younger colored folks the
principal diversion was a fashion
parade" up and down French street
Fried chicken, ham and cabbage and
steamed crabs were sold in all the
coiored restaurants in large quaint
tiQg
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29

child are visiting his parents in
Georgetown
Mrs. Edward Oaks and children
were recent visitors in Georgetown.
=. L. Simmons left this city on
Saturday for Roanoke. VT, where he
Will spend his vacation for about ten
days
Mrs. William S. Evans accompanied
by her daughter, Katherine, will leave
town this week for an extended visit
to Atlantic City.
Miss Laura Campbell was a recent
visitor I'm Newark.
Miss Myriel Gregg is visiting in
Newark
Mrs. C. A. Johnston and children,
of West Grove, Pa, are visiting
friends in this city.
Miss Bessie Hopewell was recently
entertained by her parents in Hope
we'll
Miss Mary Morrison is visiting her
grandmother at Newark
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M. Hardness
and son have been visiting Mr.. Hark-
ness brother, in Pleasant Hill.
Miss Lillian Chandler. Of Newport,
is a guest of local friends.
Miss Bessie Jones is visiting her
cousin in Pleasant Hill.
Mrs. Claude Brown and Miss Helen
VAIN were the guests of Mrs. Chand-
Ter Eastburn in Hockessin recently.
Miss Margaret Reed. of Greensboro,
is visiting relatives here.
Homer Ewing is visiting his uncle
in McClellandsville.
Miss Efie p. Chambers, who has
been visiting in Newark at her home
there, has returned to this city.
Misses Margaret and May Ryan are
visiting In Dover.
Miss Agnes Forkum is visiting in
Dover.
Miss Laura Cannon, If Dover. Is
spending some time in this city.
Mrs. ID. Barnard and son are visit
ing in Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Frazier have
returned home after visiting in Viola.
Miss Margaret Draper. of Elkton,
has returned home after spending
some time visiting friends in this city.
Miss Sara Bowen was a recent visl-
tor in Elkton.
Joseph Whiteman is being enter
tanned by Hooper Giles i'm Elkton.
Mrs. James Davis and daughter,
Evelyn, were recent visitors in Elk
ton, where they we're entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Dean.
John Riley was a recent visitor in
Perryville.
George Pyle, Of Perryville. visited
friends in this city one day recently.
Miss Algard, of this city, who was
visiting her parents in Charlestown
! for several days, has returned home.
DR. and Mrs. N. B. Morrison and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Chambers are
stopping at the Naples, in Charles
town.
Mrs. Ralph Grier and children are
visiting I'm Zion.
Mrs. William Bennett and children
were visitors I'm FELTON, last week.
Dale Neugebaur is spending some
time with his sister in Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mcclure we're
recently visitors I'm Laurel.
Miss Ada Wilson is visiting friends
in Queen Anne.
Stephen Singleton, of the Singleton
Decorating and Furnishing Company.
has gone to New York to purchase fall
/ goods.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
Social and
Personal

Miss Florence Deary is visiting
Mrs. William Cox. in Middletown.
Miss Edna Vail was visitor in
Middletown last week.
De Waugh Rhodes is spending some
time with his parents in Odessa.
Mrs. Joseph Enos and daughter.
May. of Odessa, we're recent visitors
in this city.
Mrs. William Robinson and daugh-
ter are visiting in Blackbird.
Mrs. Hugh c. Browne and son are
the guests of Mrs. Brownies mother
In Middletown
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mcintyre and
son spent several days with relatives
IN Middletown recently.
Mrs. Willis Bissell spent some time
In Middletown recently, the guest of
her brother.
Miss Ida Bouchelle has returned to
her home In Odessa after spending
several days In this city.
John H. Clark has been spending
his vacation with relatives in Odessa.
George Bradley, OF Blackbird, was
a recent visitor In this city.
Miss Bertha Hayden is visiting in
Blackbird.
Miss Mildred Tarbutton is enter
tanning Miss Anna G. Van Dyke, OF
Townsend.
Miss Emma Eccles, of Townsend,
was a recent visitor in this city.
Clerk Of the Market Thurston NJ.
Lowe was a recent visitor in Milton.
Miss Elsie Blizzard. of Georgetown,
is visiting in this city.
Mrs. Mollie Robbins Lynch and
daughter, of Georgetown, are visiting
in this city.
Mrs. Robert Butler, of this city, is
visiting in Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Simpler and
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
GREAT DAY AHEAD
FOR CITY KIDDIES

The biggest celebration exclusively
for children eyer attempted I'm a local
place of amusement will be held at
Brandywine Springs on Thursday. II
VIII be a combination of Children's
Day. Babies Day and Doll Babies
Day, and in each event excellent
prizes will be offered.
There will be a display of dolls in
the dancing pavilion, at the lower end
Of the park. Promptly at 2 o'clock
there Will be a parade of the children.
This will be in three divisions; the
first division being the children who
take part in Children's Day, the moth
ers and babies, and these followed by
the children, who exhibit dolls. Each
division will headed a floral coach
drawn by six children dressed as cup
ids The parade will march to the
upper end OF the boardwalk, counter
march and return to the dancing pa
vilion.
The prizes for Children's Day will
be gold watches, and they will be
awarded TO the holder of the lucky
coupon. The first prize for the pretti-
est baby in arms will be a baby coach.
The second prize will be a Whining
ton Savings Fund Society handbook,
with a deposit made by the Peoples
Railway Company for the lucky child.
There will also be a prize of a bank
book and deposit each for the pretti-
est and cutest twins. There will be
the same prize for the prettiest doll
baby and the same for the cutest and
most comical doll.
There is an additional offer with
the bankbooks. If, during the year,
the parents or friends of the child de-
post an amount equal to that depos-
/ tied by the company at the time Of
the presentation, the Peoples Hallway
WILL on the next Children's Day one
year hence, deposit an additional
amount equal to the original deposit.
Additional entries received for the
Baby Show since the publication OF
the last list follow George T. My
rers, seven months, Wilmington;
Hazel e. Willard, age not given, Will
mington; Ethel Isabella Saurbrey,
eleven months, Wilmington; Edward
! Quinn, two years and five months,
Wilmington; Harold w. Smith, two
years and six months, Wilmington;
Alberta Gladys Elberon, seven
months, Wilmington; Joseph Peter
son, five months, Wilmington; Edith
May Lewis, eight months, Whining
ton; Maud Naomi Lewis, two years,
Wilmington; Harland Edward New
lille, seven months, Wilmington; Ar
thur Karl Tress, five months. VIII
mington; Marion O'Connor, (age not
given, Wilmington; Bernard f. Rob-
erts. one year, Wilmington; Irene
Fleming. one year, Henry; Allen
Kemski Wilmington
Additional entries of dolls have been
made by the following; Miss Evelyn
Jones. Wilmington; Ellen Sigman,
Wilmington; Margaret Sigman. VIII
mington; Miss Sarah Schwatlo, Will
mington; Miss Sadie Hand. Henry
Clay; Miss Sadie Toner, Henry Clay;
Miss Bertha Leatherbury, Wilmington.
Entries will be received by postal
card or letter or by calling the Peo-
pies Railway office over ID. e. A. tele-
phone No. SSS any time up to and in
Guiding Wednesday next, which will
be the day before the celebration.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
NEVADA" AS TOP-LINER
ON SHELLPOT PARK BILL

All arrangements have been COM
pleted for a big week at Shellpot
Park. The Henry and Young Mill
tary Band will give more elaborate
programs than usual at its Sunday
concerts and the Champion Strong
Man of America will give athletic
feats each afternoon and evening In
front of the band stand
The big feature I'm the Family The
atre will be the playlet Nevada in
which Henry and Young, Mr.. and
Mrs. James y. Henry, Will appear.
Nevada" is the vehicle in which Mr.,
and Mrs Henry appear on the vaude-
Vile circuits during the regular sea-
son.
Tomorrow at the park will be
Children's Day and on that occasion
each child arriving over the lines Of
the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company between noon and
s d. m. will be admitted free to all
OF the park attractions.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-29
Mother Dead, ChiIdren mn.

Mrs. BERTHE c. Miller, wife Of the
Rev. K. II. Miller died at Sharptown,
Nd, OF typhoid fever yesterday. She
was As years old and leaves a husband
and two children, both children suffer
ing Of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Miller was born in Baltimore
where her two brothers, Howard and
Edward Caulk, still reside. She
taught school on Chincoteague Island
for seven years. Mrs. Halcean Crane
of Seattle, Washington, is a sister The
funeral will be held on Tuesday af-
ternoon and burial made at sharp
town