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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
Not From Blow on Hoad.

All the evidence in the case of Clara Sprague and Fred Raynor for the al- leged murder of James Mullen. has been submitted to the jury. This morning counsel for the State and the accused began arguments to the jury, the jury. It is expected that the case will go to the jury about 4 o'clock. The court has mapped out a program, the counsel for each side being allowed two hours in which to argue. The court will use one hour in his charge.
 Prosecuting Attorney Alexander l.. Delaney began the arguments for the State. He said that the State and de- fense were in harmony up to the time when Mrs. Spra que and Mullen were to bow he came by his death; and again agree from, the time Mullen was carried down the three flights of stairs and placed at the rear Of Brooks cafe. '"The States witnesses. both MT. Tow Ter. his employer. and of MT. Plun1ey, had money. Fowler had seen a roll of bills. and P1um1ey had seen Mullen open his best and touching hiss pocket say, I've got InoEey.'
 Why did she bring him to her room? The defense states that Null len asked to go there. No. she took him by the arm while on the street and led him to her den of iniquity and crime. Took him there. as the State claims beyond reasonable doubt to possessed. If they did not intend to rob him why did Raynor say to Mrs. Spra que in the station at South Nor walk, which conversation was over heafd by MT. Stearns, You gave me dirty deal, you got all the money, I'm going to quit But she wouldn't let Eim quit. she was going to see him with her to Danbury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

January. He overlook her on the way from the house where both roorned fr Hamilton street, at the corner of East Main and Ann streets, and he drew a razor across her face several times
 The girl lived, but suffered scars that marred her beauty for life. Musco boasted after his arrest that no one would wed her, now that she had lost her beauty. He was arrested in Brook lyn by State Policeman VireIli and brought back to this city, was recently sentenced by the Superior Court to spend from 10 to 25 years in prison.
 Musco will soon be aguest of tha state at Wethersfeld Sheriff HawleY will send a detachment of prisonerw there as soon as the session of thG criminal superior court is completed. Meanwhile he and other prisoners bound for states prison occupy a biz steel cage which their respective cell rooms adjoin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
FORCED TO CALL
 STRIKE
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Go. Fails to Join Movement Calling for Court
 of Arbitration. Peace Terms Off and Labor Unions Will Have to Make Good Threat of
 General Strike Tonight.
Especial from United Press.)


 Philadelphia, March Alt noon to- day the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company had failed to answer the let ter asking that the company join the strikers in asking the common pleas court to appoint three members of a court of nine to arbitrate the existing differences.
 Peace negotiations are therefore off and the labor unions will be forced to make good their threat to call a gen era1 strike of the 100, 900 union men in Philadelphia. at midnight tonight.
 Four thousand special policemen have been sworn in in the past week and they will be thrown into all sec tions of the city tonight to preserve order. The situation has become acute. policemen cannot cope with the Situa- tiOn a request may be made to Gov ernor Stuart to order out the National Guard.
 How many men will go out on 8 general strike tonight it is impossible to say. The strike leaders today re- peated their statements made earlier in the week that 75, 900 men will quit inl1n ediately and others will follow shortly. City authorities, on the other hand, declare not more than 15, 900 men will quit.
 The street car company declares it is running more than 1000 cars today half the normal quota. No disorders have been reported but with the sus- pension of labor this afternoon by men who will inlan ediately join in a sym pathetic strike trouble is feared.
 It developed here this afternon that the arbitration act of 1893, referred to by Mayor Reyburn in his message to councils was declared unconstitution- al during the big strike at McKees Rocks by Judge McFarlan-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
COL. ASTOR IS
 FORBIDDEN TO MARRY AGAIN
Bnt Mrs. ASt0r, Who Gets Her Final De. cree Today, May Wed if
 She Desires.
Justice Mills Disregard:ng fine Requests of Lawyers Says the Papers Are
 Not 10 be Sealed.
Especial from United Press }

White Plains, N. Y., March 1.-The final decree of divorce granted Mrs. Ava Willing Astor from her husband, John Jacob Astor, the multi-nlil1ionaire was signed in the supreme court here today. Motion that the interlocutory judgment rendered four months ago be made permanent was granted, upon motion by attorneys for Mrs. Astor.
 There was no opposition. Justice Mills signed papers and ordered that they be filed in the office of the clerk of Duchess County at Poughkeepsie.
 It had been the intention of the at torneys in the case to ask that the pa pers in the case be sealed, but Justice Mills, without waiting for any requests from the lawyers. took the papers and endorsed them:
 ''These papers are not to be sealed.''
 He then handed them back to the at torneys and they made no protest, it having been intimated to them that protests would be of no avail They, however, refused to permit anyone to been filled with the county clerk.
 It developed that no alimony is men, toned in the papers This matter has been arranged by conferences between the attorneys for both sides. One re- port is that Mrs. Astor receives an in come of $300000 year.
 In the decree, which confirms the report of Charles H. Youngs as referee which was filed on November 10, last Mrs Astor is restored to the use of her maiden name, Ava Willing. She is given the custody of her daughter while the son is awarded to his father. Colonel Astor is forbidden to marry again in the lifetime of his former wife, but Mrs. Astor may wed agains if she so desires.
 News of the final winding up of the divorce proceedings did not come to Colonel Astor until some time after the decree was signed. He remained in bed until late following a ball which he gave last night to celebrate the opening of his new home at 65th street and 5th avenue. One hundred and if ty guests, most of them famous in so ciety, attended and there was a general air of jubilation. the fact that he was to resume the ranks of the unwed to- day seemingly greatly pleasing the host The favors for the women were hand carved and painted parasols while the men received expensive smoking sets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

Is it cheaper to live a double life than to live a single? Sidney Rosen- field, the celebrated playwright, says that it is, but declares that to do it one must live in gay Paree, rather than in New York city.
 RosenfeId, author of many dra- matic successes, and of others that were not, was today before Judge Howard B. Scott, in the Common Pleas court, an applicant to take the poor debtors oath. Last November Quincy F. Gushing, of New York, ob- tained a judgment of $529.1S against RosenfeId, which the latter has neg 1ected to pay, stating that he has not the means. Rosenfeld at the time the suit brought, and at the present time, has his legal residence in Bethel, having a handsome home there. Prior to this he lived in apartments in Matilda Court 3lo gagged the apartments from Cushing, who is a real estate agent. He later left the house in care of house keeper, who was not to the liking of elected. The place went unoccupied for some time, and bill was sent refusing to come up, the real estate dealer brought suit in the Common Pleas court of this county. judgment being rendered in his favor.
 On the stand today RoSenfeld did not present the appearance of one who could not pay his bills. He looked the part of well Ted in dividual, who enjoys the best life has to offer. He was asked by counsel for the defendant, Attorney John Hayes of New York what his occu- patton is.
 He replied, "I am writing a play which I will call, The Divorce Col ony.' At the present time one of my plays, The Children of Destiny is be- ing played at the Hudson Theatre.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
Special from United Press.)

(SpeciaI from United Press)
 New York, March 4.-When the case of Fritz Augustus Heinze, the Montana Copper Magnate indicted again yesterday in connection with alleged fraudulent practices while in control of the Mercantile National Bank over two years ago, came be- fore Judge Hough today the judge refused to have anything more to dc with the case.
 indictment of HeinZe on four Sepa- rate occasions and in every instance Judge Hough has sustained the de- murrerS interpOSed. The last time the case came before him he inti- mated strongly that the governments s proceedings were without warrant Of law and when Heinze, accompanied l by his attorney, came into court to-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
RAILROADS TIED UP BY TORRENTS
TO ST. PAUL AND NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Especial from United Press.)

Butte, March 1.-The Chicago, Mil waukee, Puget Sound and the North ern Pacific & Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroads are indefinitely tied up west of this city by torrents sweeping down Silver Bow Canyon with such force as to tear out big piles faster than they can be driven to replace washed out bridges. The St. Paul road is also tied up east of Butte and all freight traffic in and on the Oregon Short Line.
 Large crews were put to work to break up gorges today. The gorges are growing larger and water is back ing up for a considerable distance It is predicted inestima b1e damage to railroad property will result. The Northern Pacific's double track and the St. Paul roads follow the Deer river for several miles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
BURLISON'S SALARY
 INCREASED TO S1,OOO.

Chauffeur BurIison of the automo- bile ambulance received an increase of salary from $900 to $1O0O per year, by vote of the Board of Charities at the annual meeting last night. at which BurIison was re-engaged for the year beginning April 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
GRIFFIN TO SUCCEED
 O'NEIE. AS ALDERMAN

Former Alderman John M. Griffin, who served efficiently for several years as a member of the council, is slated to succeed Alderman Dennis O'Nei1, re- signed MT. Griffin will undoubtedly be the caucus nominee of the Democra- tic alderman for the place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
This week's disasters in Paci-

This weeks disasters in Paci- f1c Northwest:
 MOnday-S6 persons killed by aVaIancheS in Idaho and two drowned in Washington. Four teen seriously injured and nAdny missing.
 Tuesday-115 killed in Wash ington avalanche which wrecked two trains.
 train wrecked by Washington landslide, one killed. Estimated 30 lost their lives in slides and floods in various parts of Idaho and Washington.
 TIIursday-23 miners killed and eight injured by dynamite explosion in East RedWen Mine near Jaunau, Alaska.
 Total dead, 2Oz: injured, 22.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

The estate of Alexander Bond, left to his widow, comprises the little dwell ling at 1444 Stratford avenue. MT. Bond was well known Civil War Vet eran living for many years in the East End.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
STATE CLAIMS MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE BY
 SLAYERS OF MULLEN

Prosecutor Delaney, in Opening Argument Says That Kill ing of Unfortunate Teamser Occurred in the Effort to Commit Felony-Defense Argue That His Death Was From Bright's Disease Aggravated by Alcoholism, and Not From Blow on Head.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
By Geo. c. Cowirg, Staff Cores.
 United Press.)

On1I0d 6I0SS.J
 wellington Wash March As the hours go by the horrors of the dis aster near Scenic, at the mouth of the Cascade Tunnel, where a mighty ava- from the tracks of the Great Northern Railway down into the canyon hum dreds of feet below, grow Today it is certain 115 persons per- ished Others may be buried under the frozen mass but the officials who have been taking a census of the mis- sing declare this is unlikely. Thirty five bodies have been recovered Thir- ty-one have been identified Today they lie side by side, tender1y wrap ped in blankets, waiting the repair of the railway so that they can be car ried to places of burial.
 The work of recovering the bodies is pitifully slow. The nature of the slide, the enormous mass of earth, trees, vegetation and snow being pack ed hard to a depth ex-aeding 50 feet. Heavy snow falling almost continually CTS and volunteers who have Hooked here from every part of the state. The whole marks the worst tragedy in the history of railroading in the north west and it will be many weeks before normal conditions can be restored.
 The scene about the mouth of the tunnel is awe inspiring. The great bare nnountain towers upward to a height of 5000 feet. One week ago it was covered with snow above which the tops of the trees lowered. Today
  Great furrows mar the black face of the 1oam as though mad by blows. Great indentures show where monster trees were torn out. Boulders are left in fantastic heaps where they dropped out of the avalanche
 Down in the canyon into which the trains were carried are acres of snow dotted on the surface with logs, stunps of trees, pieces of broken railroad equipment, like wreckage in a still white lake.
 On it's surface can be seen men car rYing long rods which from time to time they use as probes endeavor1ng to locate the solid wreckage.
 Awaya across the canyon the snow is piled up 300 feet where it broke against the mountainous side. The upper edge is strewn with tinbers looking like a. wooded beach at low tide
 Railroad men who have grown gray fighting the snow in the mountains estimate that there was a half million tons weight in the slide when it reach ed the stalled trains. This vast mass, running at a great rate of speed, hit the two heavy trains and the massed rotary blows and carried them like light reeds down into the canyon and destruction.
 The bodies that have been taken out of the mass were all near the sur face. The work of recovering the oth- CTS seems almost an impossible task Polling in the snow at the base of the slide the men work slowly and careful 1y Whenever anything solid is located with the divining rods force Of show
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
SIDNEY ROSENFELD, NOTED PLAYWRIGHT, WOULD TAKE
 POOR DEBTORS OATH
Last Money Took Was $50 for Song, '"The Money
 to My Wife,

Now Mrs Rosenfeld is Giving Back Him the Rate of $25 Weel-Double Life in Paris Cheaper Than Single Life n New York-Lost Money on "The Octopus
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
JUDGE HOUGh WILL HAVE NOTHING TO
 DO WITH HEINzE

ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHEN GOVERNMENT HAS HAD IN DICTNIENTS AGAINST COPPER MAGNATE HE HAS SUSTAINED DEMURRERS AND DISMISSED THE CASE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

FOR SALE.-Farm, 90 acres, good house and large barn, 16 cows, 2 horses, all tools, hay, corns, Sc.
 Watson, S3 Fairfield Ave. a*p FOR SALE.-On Laurel Ave, ? fam fly house, all improvements. Rent ed $72O. Want to close an estate.
 Watson, S3 Fairfield Ave. a#p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
DEATH ROLL 2O7 FROM
 THIS WEEKS DISASTERS
 IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Reports Still Continue of Dire Re: suits From Floods, AvalancheS and Train Wrecks With Fur=
 ther Fatalities Threatened.

Horrors Attending Mighty Snow Slide, That Swept Two Great Trains From Tracks Down into Canyon Hundreds of Feet Be- low, Making the Worst Tragedy in the
 History of Rai.roading in the Northwest Graphically Told by Special Correspondent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
Especial from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Seattle. Wash, March 4.-With 2oz dead. 22 persons injured and many more missing, reports of dis asters continue to pour into Seattle today from floods, avalanches, mine disasters and train wrecks in al parts of the Pacific northwest and weather conditions still threaten fur tI1er fatalities.
 Streams are swollen far beyond their banks while warm rains and the dreaded Chinook winds, which melt the snows as if by magic, are increasing the danger hourly. The streets of several interior towns are under water and houses have been washed away.
 Wheat crops worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been washed out of fields and live stock losses are enormous.
 News from the mountain districts in North Washington is meagre but reports so far received tell of nun1e1- : ous snowslides and a large number of fatalities
 Eastern Oregon towns are suffer ing from the floods today.
 The UInatil1a Indian reservation is inundated.
 Many arroyos have become ragins torrents and the waters have swept away houses and stock sheds, No estimate of the property can be made at this time but throughout the Paci . dc northwest it is certain to amount to millions of dollars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

WANTED.-Women and small girls ou paper box making. Since our new building was completed We have added a large number. but we sfin have openings for many more An- ply 10 me 1 5rlst EF9therS Con and Atlantic Sts. F q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

5 DAY SALE.-Bankrupt stock
 clothing, shoes, hats, furnishings, youths, boys suits. 1294 Main
 Cor. Congress. a*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

TO RENT-F'irst class half house,
 William and Ogden street, Enquire 200 Ogden or 1O6 Roosevelt St. s 4 s%
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

FOR SALE.-F'arm, 80 acres, new house, good out buildings, teams easy. Watson, S3 Fairfield Ave.
 a D
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

FOR SALE, EXCHANGE-wilI sell for S10O, $35O 3 wing, 6 plate door,
 mahogany book or wall case 129+ Main street. a*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

WANTED-We still have cutie e number of new sewing machines fol which we wish operators on each part of corset making. We also niin3ine liI of threads for sTnaii girls Apply to The Warner Brothers Com pany at office, Lafayette and Allan tic Sts. E A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

FOR SALE-New ten room house in Boston avenue, three minutes from Whiting Silver Co.'S new factory all
 inlDroVenlent including vacuum cleaner. 4.00o. Terms reasonable M. McNamara, 306 East Main street. Phone 2934. A 13 tfo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

SATURDAY SPECIALS.-4s cans To- matoes, 25c; Peas, Corn and Succo- tash, Sc; 3 lbs. Cal. -Prunes. 10c; Dairy Print Butter. BOG: Potatoes, 75 cets. sEhe Coe & White Co.
 S 4 b
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

HURRAH, Book Wurst, Brat Wurst
 Country Pork a speciality at Mark NageIs. B 25 If. O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

ROOMS papered and painted for $5.50
 ceilings papered $1.50. Good material
 Geatons, 592 Broad street. s 4 d*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
UNCLASSIFIED

HOT ROAST BEEF served free at 31 Cannon St.. Saturday, March 5, from D. m. a%p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

BIG BARGAIN at the auction sale tonight 1284 Main St. A Elwood & Son, Auctioneers. a*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

STOCK AND. FIXTURES for sale at the auction sale to night, I2Sf Main St. Last day sale. A. Elwood
 & Son, Auctioneers. a*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

aluminium milk checks, the cleanest and most durable check to use. Call and see our samples and get our prices. The Schwerdtle Stamp Co.,. fl Cannon St s 4 d
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

GTJINEA HENS. ducks roasting chickens, broilers. fowl, liver pud- ding, sausage meat. bologna. ,:a-
 mos & Biltz. G 15 IS O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

WHEN YOU WANT a good Derby or soft hat, see Jim at 974 East Main street You know who. James J. Sheehan. ID 14 ~tfo l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

HOT ROAST BEEF for Saturday
 night at O'Connors, East Main and water Sts. All welcome. Lager and ales the finest if 5 q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04

Everett, March 4.-Ohcials of the Great Northern today denied reports that 10 persons had been rescued alive from the train struck by an avalanche near Wilmington. Wash. One man had been rescued half dead after 60 hours in the imprisoned train and it is hop ed that some others may be found but the chance are slim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03

chordists. It may have been only an arniaD
afectation which made the English composer
OF the sixteenth century name the virginia. =
the instrument for which their music was y
tended. but since their music makes no Ceca0
for the mechanical contrivances applied 70 U
harpsichord to increase its expressive capaclN
it seems likely that the composers really haa
in mind the instrument which was most WioeV
diffused among the people. IN Pepys's dlar9'
under date September 2, 1866, one may read. "
his description OF the scenes attending u
Great Fire: II observed that hardly one uSn'o
or boat in three that had the goods OF nous
in but there paire OF vIrg1naIs III !.
Plainly, in proportion to population. virginia
were as plentiful in London two hundred an
fifty years ago as pianofortes are to-day
This would be in harmony with the belief thae
I have expressed in the universally or muslca1
culture in England during Shakespeares nrne
and also with the sentimental inclination VINO
led some writer's to suppose that tie virginia
had received its name from the clrcumstans
that il was the favorite instrument or the yrs
Queen. Unhappily for this pretty theory
virginia. commonly spoken OF at the Orle
originals or "a pair OF virsinals. was KNOW
by the name before Elizabeth was born
HEX
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03

Continued from second page.

ancient Britons were all sixteenth century Eng
lishmen: that they thought. talked, sang,
acted and danced like the people of Elizabeth S
court or her simpler subjects.
What manner Of people. then. were they to
whom Shakespeare could talk blithely. without
need of oral gloss. footnote. Of "discords."
"stops," "rests" dumps" "dapasons." bur
dens" "descant" divisions" "frets," con
cords" base" "sharps." "pricksong," "broken
music "gamut." Are (and on through the
notes of the medieval scale), "plainsong."
'minims," MEANS" "virginalling." Jacks" and
a score or more of similar terms belonging to
the voca bulary Of music? Without calling for
evidence outside of the fact that Shakespeare
did write must conclude that they
not a commonplace people; else there would
have been Shakespeare to write for them.
He sprang from their loins. From many
sources we know that they were strong people.
Rather rude; having those physical. mental and
moral qualities dominant which marked out a
large portion Of the world for their possession
Stout eaters and most courageous drinkers Con-
tentious Fond Of show. and tickle Of taste in
dress the devotees Of fashion are to-day
| Somewhat given to swashbuckling fear Heed
| full of the laws Of courtesy and gallantry vet
| plain-spoken. Not tender-hearted: kindness
| and pity held possession Of only a small portion
l
in bear-baiting. The women not prudish. either
| in the playhouse or at home. but frank In their
| recognition Of natural appetites. Frank. too.
and amiable in the exercise Of the social
amenities. The hostess her daughter might
greet the gentleman visitor with kiss-"a Gus
| tom never to be sufficiently commended" said
| the gentle Erasmus: and the gentleman might
| ask the tribute from his fair partner after each
| dance-or even before. to judge by King Henry
| Wits remark first seeing Anne Buen
Sweetheart,
| II were unmannerly to take you out
| And not to kiss you"
| king Henry WILL Act I. Scene 4.
| Foreigners were amazed at the beauty Of the
women and their learning THE English chal-
| lenge tho prerogative Of having the handsOmest
women. of keeping the best table and Of being
| tn most accomplished in the skill Of music OF
any people," wrote the same Erasmus
| tBriiamni. prGter ala. forman musicam ci
Iautds mcnsds proprie Sibi rindicent Erasmus
! EncOnium MOridc)
! Many Of the gentlcwomen had Sound knowl-