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New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
ATTACKS CABMEN
Courtlandt Nicol Tells City Club
About Overcharge.

The first Of series of five meetings to
discuss problems of city government was
held at the City Club last night Each OF
the five boroughs will be dissected, figura-
lively speaking, and when the representa-
tives of the respective boroughs have told
of their work, the members Will know Just
how various departments are being con-
Quoted.
Charles Fl. Strong. president of the club.
introduced Alderman Courtlandt Nicoll.
who attacked the horse cab and ia xica b
service. Every member of the club, he
said. could probably recall cases of over
charging. In London it cost 16 cents to be
driven a mile in a cab, while in New York
City 81 mile was the charge in many
cases.
The big hotels, he said. derived a big
revenue as a result of the excessive tariff
exacted from patrons of taxicabs. One got
s25 600 a year for its cab stand privileges
alone Public hackmen had told him they
would gladly agree TO a reduction in rates
He thought the caba and taxis should be
under the control )f some official
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20

west Of the powerhouse and half a block
from the 50th street bridge. On the north
end of this building two windows are
missing.
When the Bureau of Buildings was mott
fed of the accident Inspectors ReVille, Nc
Gee, O'Toole and Nurge were dispatched to
the place. Two unsafe building cases were
reported to Commissioner Miller They COW
cred Fire Engine House l. on the southeast
corner of 50th street and Lexington avenue.
and the powerhouse where the death and
disaster occurred.
Commissioner Miller detailed an inspector
for all night duty to watch seventy-tve
vorkmen assigned by the New York Cen
trail Company to search for other bodies
that are believed to be in the debris
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20

down in the excavation. I haven't seen
any Of them since, and neither has any one
else. When they clear it away / believe
they will discover them
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20

enhan debris front d dn

sd street. She had reached Park avenue
just as the explosion occurred She said
she felt no shock. no trembling of the
bridge. It was not until she reached
Madison avenue and saw a policeman that
she was able to learn why everybody was
running about in such an unusual way
JOSE Barth, tailor at No. 572 Lexington
avenue. was working at the front window
Of the front room of the first floor fiat. His
wife was in the rear of the apartment.
Mrs. Barth said the glass was blown in
ward and cut her husband on the back OF
the head She was cut by glass in the
kitchen. The smell of the smoke and gas
made her sick. The force of the explosion,
she said, Jumped her high up. When she
got to the front of the house she found
people running screaming through the
streets.
Invalid Wouldn't Move.
George H. Johnson, on the top, floor Of
No. $40 Lexington avenue, has suffered from
locomotor ataxia for twelve years. All the
windows in his place were blown out He
made his way around on crutches and
stopped up the holes with blankets When
the police surgeon, DR.. NJ. A. Palmer called
on him and prepared to take Mr. johnson
to q more healthy place, he refused to go
He was good natured about it, saying:
I've put up with one thing and another
for g. good while, and guess 1 will stick
where I am, and he was not converted to
another view.
The only sign of disturbance in the New
York Central yard not Immediately con-
nected with the spot where the explosion
occurred was found in the disnatcher's s
house, about one hundred and fifty feet
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
PARCELS PORT PLAN INDORSED
Denial of Suffrage in South Also Taken
Up by Republican Club.

The Republican Club at its monthly
meeting last night indorsed the stand taken
by President Taft in favor of the establish
rnent of a parcels post.
A committee was appointed TO consider
what steps could be taken by the club to
call attention to the fact that In many of
the Southern States certain elements Of
citizenship were deprived of their right Of
suffrage, and to bring about, therefore. the
carrying out Of provisions of the Constitu-
ton restricting the number of Representa-
tives from such states in proportion as the
right Of suffrage Is denied.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
EAST SIDE WORST HURT.
Wreckage Appalling, However, in
All Streets of Explosion Area.
SMOKE ADDS TO CONFUSION
Fire House Unroofed; Hospital
Patients Scared-End of
World, Small Boy Thought.

Following the noise Of the explosion the
Immediately noticeable thing in those
streets adjacent to the power house on the
east side was smoke The smoke was pc
culisrly strong and pungent- This added
to the confusion and fear. Churches. pub
lie schools, hospitals. hundreds Of business
places, from small shopkeepers to big brew
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
DIGGING KILLS Father: SON III

Summit. N j.. Dec. 10 (SpeciaD Typhoid
fever. contracted. while digging a cellar in
his house. according 10 the doctor attend
ing him. has caused the death here OF
George II. Johnson. local merchant. His
son, Russell. eighteen years old. Is also a
victim OF the disease and is in a critical
condition. He helped his father with tha
work OF excavation " 's
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
Battalion Chief Duffy Hurt.

Opposite the power house is the head
quarters of Hook and Ladder 2, and Bat
talon Chief William J. Duffy Every win
dow. as well as the roof of the building, Is
missing Duffy was in his bath The blow
that landed On the building turned over q
large marble slab, which came down on
the chief. hurting him, though not seri-
ously.
West of the explosion the side streets
escaped with practically no injury. Only
one window was broken in 49th street, be
tween Madison and Park avenues Nc
windows were damaged in the other cross
town streets. About twenty windows van
ished on the east side Of the Office or the
American Express Company, 45th street
and Madison avenue, and dozen were
broken in the Adams Express Company
building Madison avenue and 46th street
At No All to 421 Madison avenue-the
east side Of the street-there were three
full front plate glass windows IN row.
The two end ones were treated as If they
had been on the other side Of town, the
centre specirnen being strangely unharmed.
A gang Of twenty Italians were working
inside the building at No. 422 Madison ave
nue. When they heard the explosion they
kneeled and began to pray
Two painters were working on scaf-
fold at the second floor of the same build
ing. The explosion shook the scaffold and
the men fell on their knees TO pray.
Only four windows were broken on
Madison avenue between 44th and 50th
streets.
Archbishop Farley was at breakfast
when the explosion broke two windows In
his residence. He at once sent seven
priests connected with st. Patrick's Ca
thedral to the scene OF trouble and had his
secretary telephone to the three nearest
marshes. from which eight mora priests
were hurried to help the dying and care
for the dead
The cathedral was uninjured- Maria del
Porto. one Of the women who help clean
the cathedral, was crossing the bridge at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
CHARGES
 AGAINST FITZGERALD

New Haven, Aug. '19-There was a very moderate attendance of the troIIeymen at the regular monthly meeting of the trolley workers of the city at Union hall yesterday after noon and last night While the men were hoping for a report from the arbitratio committee on the wage scale that he committee will fix for the State of Connecticut, yet it was soon learned that no word could be received on this matter until early next week.
 Outside of routine business of the union it was stated that there was a prolonged hearing on the charges made against Dennis s. Fitzgerald, a member of the national executive board. Fitzgerald, it is claimed, made charges before the union some time ago that President of the New England Conference Board c. w. MinnX and President Thomas Desk1n of the local union were working in the interest of the railroad company These officers, it is said, subsequently preferred charges against Fitzgerald on account of this and called for his suspension.
 Fitzgerald has many strong friends in the order, who believe him to be one of the most valuable members of that organization, and a diligent, ca pablo and valuable worker.
 No action looking to a request for the suspension of Fitzgerald was taken last night, it was finally de- clared.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
A TriniLL...a RIDE.
The Piano Run a<Frenehman Gave
 Loconotiye Enojneer.

sE s1
 The Piano Run a<Ffenehman Gave {
 Locomotive Engineer.
 'I was lofteringf around the streets last night" said Jim Nelsen, one of the old locomotive" engineers9 9running into New Orleans. "As Tahad nothing tc do dropped into a concert and heard a sleek looking Frenchman play 8 piano in a way that made me feel all over in spots. AS soon as he sat down on the stool I knew by the way he handled himself that he understood the machine he was running. He tapped the keys away up one end, just as if they were gauges and he wanted to see if he had. water enough. Then he looked up as if he wanted to know how much steam he was carrying, and the next moment he pulled open the throttle and sailed on to the main line as if he was half an hour late. You could hear her thunder over culverts and bridges and getting faster and faster, until. the fellow rocked about in his seat like a cradle. Somehow thought it was old 36 pulling a pas senger train and getting out of the way of a special The fellow worked the keys on the middle division like lightning, and then he flew along the north end of the line until the drivers went around like buzz saw and I got excited. About the. time I was fixing to tell him to cut her off a little he kicked the dampers under the machine wide open, pulled the throttle away back in the tender, and how he did run! I couldn't stand it any longer and yelled to him that heawas pound. ing in the left side, and if he wasn't careful he'd drop his ash pan. But he didn't hear. No one heard me Everything was flying and whizzing Telegraph poles on the side of the track looked like a row of cornstalks and trees appeared to be a mudbank and all the time the exhaust of the old machine sounded like the hum of 8 humblebee. tried to yell out, but my tongue wouldn't move. He went around the curves like bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft plug went down grades fifty feet to the mile and not a controlling brake set She went by the meeting point at 8 mile and a half a minute, and calling for more steam. My hair stood uE straight, because knew the game was up. Sure enough, dead ahead of us was the headlight of a special. In 6 daze heard the crash as they struck and saw cars shivered into atoms people smashed and mangled and bleeding and gasping for water. heard another crash as the French professor struck the deep keys away down on the lower end of the southern division, and then came to my senses There he was at a dead standstill with the door of the frebox of the machine open, wiping the precipitation off his face and lowing to the people before him. If live to be a thousand years old I'll never forget the ride that Frenchman gave me on a piano. Life
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
PLANT LOST
 BIRTHDAY TROLLEY RIDE

Guilford, Aug. 19-M. F. Plant, the Connecticut millionaire, has met with disappointment. Yesterday was the date set for operating the first electric car over the Shore Line Elec- tric Railway Company's new line from Ivoryton to Guilford. Unfortunately the cars did not arrive at the power station at Saybrook until Wednesday and it was impossible to get them off the freight cars and mounted on the tracks in time to keep the promise made to MT. Plant of Groton, who is financing the road. It is particularly disappointing to- the managers. inas- much as August IS is MT. Plant S birthday and he had been promised birthday ride on his new road. Four cars have reached Saybrook and every effort will be made to start a test car on Saturday.
 Contractor A. William Sperry now says that MT. Plant will be aboard the first car and he wishes it to run the whole length of the line thus far eampletedsfroEn .Ixoryton-to. the cor ner Of Graves avenue and Boston street in Gui1ford. The power and current has been tested both at the main power house and at the sub station at Saybrook and all is in working order so far as the engineers and machinists can discern.
 There is no telling when the road will get into New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
HER PHYSICIAN
 APPROVES
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine.-"Y You told me to take Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
STATE LABOR UNIONS IN
 POLITICAL AGITATION

That the New Haven Trades Coun- cil is thoroughly in sympathy with the political move that has been ad- Vanced by the Hartford Central La bor Union was evidenced last night, when, after a protracted debate, a committee was unanimously appoint ed to consult with that body regard ing the letter which has just been sent out from there calling for labor legislation, the questioning of candi- dates, a discussion of the Employers Liability bill, the S5,000 death limit, and kindred matters. This commit tee will not only get in touch with Hartford, and the other labor unions in the State, it was declared, but it was also stated that it was prepared to go even further, to enter heartily into the calling of a State conven- ton of labor men to take up the mat ter of the nomination of candidates of organized labor, if the two great parties do not take care of these mat ters this fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY
New Discovery Has Revolutionized
 the Treatment of Skin Diseases

NeW DiScOVeFy Has t(cNOIuGlOnlZcO
 the Treatment of Skin Diseases
 Nothing in the history of medicine has ever approached the success of the marvellous skin remedy known as pos lam, which, it is safe to say, has cured more cases of eczema and skin dis eases than any remedy ever offered for these ills.
 The success of poslam is not at all surprising when it is considered that even a very small quantity applied to the skin stops itching immediately and cures chronic cases in two weeks. The very worst cases of eczema, as we'll as acne, herpes, letter, piles, salt rheum, rash, crusted humors, scaly scalp and every form of itch, yield to it readily. Blemishes such as pimples, red noses, muddy and inflaned skin disappear al- most immediately when poslam is ap- piled, the complexion being cleared overnight
 Every druggist keeps both the 50-cent size Gor minor troubles) and the S2 jar, and either of these may be ob- tained in Bridgeport at Jennie Hamil- tons Pharmacy as we'll as other reli- able drug stores.
 But no one is even asked to purchase poslam without first obtaining an ex- perimental package which will be sent by mail, free of charge, upon request, by the Emergency Laboratories, 32 West Twenty fifth street, New York City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
RITTER LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST WATERBURY
 RAILWAY COMPANY

New Haven, Aug. 19.-A bitter legal fight against the Waterbury Railway company will follow the step taken yesterday by Judge William L.. Ben nett, when he denied the motion of F. P. Stephen of Woodbury for a temporary injunction to restrain the railroad company from operating cars on his land. Attorney Spock repre- sented the railroad company, while Attorney Munger stated yesterday that the fight will now be carried to the superior court in Waterbury. The question to be taken up in Water bury will be in the issuing of a perm anent injunction against the railroad company.
 MT. Stephens sets forth that his home was jared and that stone fences posts and even his barn were damaged by landslideS caused by the continu- ous rumble of the cars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
Heat.

neat.
 Little things like bacilli will live iI temperature of above 211 degrees F Experimental observations of stokers have shown that man is a cousin tc the salamander. Dante made six fiery circles of -hell@ahd felt constrained td resort to ice for the seventh and last condemnation of souls. Heat, in other words, is relative term. Heat is benefcient if you like things hot Ii depends on the point of view. Heat is supposed to be enervating The hook worm is engeEdered by it. But, then a race horse will go much faster on a hot day than a cool one. The fercest rays of the sun appear to lubricate the joints. There are various kinds o1 heat, such as just common, everyday heat, prickly heat and the heat of de bate, etc.-Kansas City Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
A Spartan Father.

Recently a. first year high school pu pill handed gher history teacher wha she evidently considered an exhaustive and final study of, Eacedaemonian GUS toms. In it. she stated that one Spar tan habit of, strengthening youth was to compel the .boys;to sleep always or beds and thistles.
 The incident reminds one of a story that is told of one of the Camerons o1 LOchiel.
 The chief, when bivouacking witt his son in the snow, noticed that the lad had rolled up a snowfall to make a pillow He thereupon rose and kick ed it away, saying sternly, ''No eff feminacy, boyr"-Youth'S- Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
Burning a Diamond.

The diamond was first burned by Davy and Faraday in 1914. It was held on a platinum rod in a glass globe of twentytwo cubic inches of pure hydrogen and the Duke of Tus. cany's burning glass-a lens of four teen inches and one of three inches separated six and one-half feet-con- centrated the suns heat In three quarters of an hour the stone burst into a scarlet flame. Out of focus it blaZed four minutes and was con- stunned in two more trials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19

Wants, To Rent. For Sale, Etc. cent word in Farmer Want Column
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
 HAVE CURED ME o |

The above is a quotation from a letter written by H. NJ. Winkler, Evansville, Ind. 'I contracted a sev- ere case of kidney trouble. My back gave out and pained me. I seemed to have lost all strength and ambition; was bothered with dizzy spells, my head would swim and specks float be- fore gay eyes. I took Foley Kidney Pills regularly and am now perfectly we'll and feel like a new man. Foley Kidney Pills have cured me-" F. B.
 Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. a1 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19

H. ". MITCHELL, Box 3, Saba ttus, Me.
 Another Woman Helped.
 Graniteville, Vt. was passing throughthe Change of Life andsuffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound restOredmyhealth and strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." = Mrs. CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite vile, Vt.
 Women who are passing through this critical period or who are suffer- ing from any of those distressing ills peculiar. to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for tBHty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound, which is made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills. In almost every con- munity you will find women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19
MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION.

Kidney and bladder ailments are so serious in their consequences, and if unchecked so often fatal that any remedy offered for their cure must be above suspicion. Foley Kidney Pills contain no harmful drugs, and have successfully stood a long and thorough test. F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-19

|OO m 70 u nO d nO
 Liver Pills before child-b birth, and we are all surprised to see how much good it did. My physi- elan said z Without doubt it was the Compound that
 helped you.' l thank you for your
 kindness in advising
 me and give you full permission to use testimonials ,,-MrS
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-09-22
Birthday Party

In the presence of six of his child
rem and large number of grandchil-
dren besides many other relatives and
friends, Martin Nelson of south Oak.
field township celebrated his seven
tieth birthday on Sunday, Sept. 18th.
He was the recipient of valuable pre-
sents and all in all it was a day
which will not soon be forgotten by
those present.
Mr.. Nelson and family moved from
Illinois to Iowa some forty two years
ago and has resided on the same farm
in Oakfield township for thirty eight
years.
Assisted by devoted wife he has
accumulated considerable of this
worlds goods and the two can now
look back with qualification upon a
we'll spent life.
May He who said "Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden
and | will give you rest" crown their
lilies eve with many blessings.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-09-22

VIM. Bear spent Friday night and
Saturday in Brayton looking after
his store.
Willie Nelson went to Lincoln Neb
one day last week to enter college
taking up the subject of Forestry.
Following is list of the premi-
ums won by j. G. Hardman & Son at
audubon County Fair. They made
Z entries with the Clydesdale horses
winning 5 first prizss, 2 second and
Sweepstakes for best draft Stallion
of any breed, with the Poland China
hogs they made entries with boars
under six months and won first and
second and made one entry over six
months AID won End. The list is as
follows:
Clydesdale Stallion, yrs, first prize.
Clydesdale Stallion, one year, fret
and 2ad prize
Clydesdale Stallion colt, first prize.
Clydesdale Mare, years, first and
2nd prize.
Clydesdale mare, one year, first prize
Sweepstakes for best Draft Stall
lion of any breed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-09-22
The Lash OF A Flend

would have been about as welcome to A.
Cooper Of Oswego, N. Y, as merciless
lung.racking cough that defed all rene
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till 1 used DR.. Kings New Discovery
which cured me completely. Inever
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its matchless merit for stubborn colds.
obstinate coughs, sore lungs, lagrippe,
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cough or hayfever. 1t relieves quickly
and never fails to satisfy. A trial con-
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Ghantry