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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
Do you wonder we've been busya And that folks have been delighted?
Second floor.
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.

will close with the singing of the hymn, My Country Iris of Thee" af- ter which adjournment the assembIage will board special tro1leys in front of the hotel and will proceed to the grave of Andrew Ward at Fairfield to place flowers upon his monument At the grave there will be prayer and bene- diction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21

Long skirts at $1.25. Nice cambric with founce of tucked lawn and ruffle of embroidery.
 Combinations at $f.35. Nice sold nainsook or fine cambric, individual patterns trimmed with lace or em- brOideFy. Charming and well-fitting.
 Short skirts at 05c. Handsome nainsook and cambric, made with deep full fiounces that are trimmed with embroidery or lace in new and hand some styles.
 Corset-covers at 75c. New pat terms made of sheer and dainty lawn or nainsook. Trimmed with lace or finished with beautiful embroidery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
HARTFORD GIRL
 KILLS HERSELF
Especial from United Press )

Hartford, May 21.-Minnie Aengel, IT years old, clerk in a local dry goods establishment drank carbolic acid at the home of her sister, 20 Webster street, today. Failing to end her life in this manner the desperate girl seized long needle from the pin cushion and drove it to the eye in her abdomen.
 A few moments later the girl was found by her sister in terrible agony. She was rushed to St. Francis hos pital where she died.
 So far as her relatives know the girl had no love aairffs and she was in the best health. They are totally at loss to account for the deed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
NEW HAVEN HIGH
 BEATS B. HIS SCORE 2 TO 0

Especial from United Press.)
 New Haven, May 21.-In hard fought game this morning New Haven High School shut out the Bridgeport High school baseball nine to 0. The pitching of Walros of New Haven High, who struck out eleven men, was the feature of the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press)
 Willimantic, May 21.-The first of the cars in the third days trip of the All Connecticut Reliability run reached Willimantic and were checked up on schedule time. At 1:15 o'clock five cars were still to report and were ex- pected to arrive at the checking sta- tion shortly. The Speedwell, No. 15, driven by F. A. Rrantz, of Bridgeport, was the leading car, arriving here at 12:25 o'clock with the Chalmers-De- troit No. l. following a close second.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21

Drawers at 50c. A collection that includes the new and liked styles. Cambric of special quality, beautified by embroidery or by cluster or hem stitched tuc1xs.
 Night gowns at CSC. Nainsook gowns in tho extra sizes as well as the regular. Low or V neck and fin- ished with tuclking or embroidery or with combination of lace and ribbon.
 Princess slips at 91.95. Fine white lawn Princess slips made with round yoke of German Val lace combined with embroidery. Pfn-tucked founce is deep and full; pretty trimming of ribbon gives added beauty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
MERE GIRLS ON LARK ANXIOUS FOR HOME
 THEY TELL POLICE
Special from United Press )

Especial from United Press.)
 New York, May 21.-Edith Finne- gan, IT, and Hattie Sullivan, 15, who say their homes are in Worcester, Mass, were picked up by the police in Brooklyn today and are being held until their parents can be communi- cated with. The girls told the mat ron at headquarters that they ran away from home to see some of the world and their money gave out. The girls are anxious to get back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
CHEMICAL CALLED TO QUENCH BLAZE
 IN COAL. YARD

The chemical engine was called this afternoon to extinguish a fire in the engine house of Archibald McNeil & Sons, at their Noble avenue coal yard. The blaze was extinguished before the apparatus arrived and the damage was slight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
A Real Disappointment.

"Yes, sir." Uncle Eben said to his nephew, ''there are all kinds of disap- pointments in this world, Charley. and some of lem are worse'n others. But they're all jest ways of feelin' bad for minute. l guess. Bout the disap- pointingist disappointment ever have is when feel and feel like sneezin' and it won't sneeze. That kinder gives you a notion of how all disappoint- ments feel till you get over them."- Youths Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
CHAMP CLARK MAKES TAFT ADMINISTRATION
 LOOK LIKE BAD COIN
Democratic House Leader Says Proposed Appropriation of $25OOOO for Tariff Commission Is Another Desperate Effort of the Republicans to
 Hoodwink the Voters

Creation of Such Commission, He Contends Would Be Still Further Evidence of Legislative Branch of the Government surrendering Its Constitutional Rights to the Executive, Whether Operating With Big Stick or the Smile that Won't Come Off
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
Accidental Death by Drowning Coroner's
 Verdict in Case

(Continued from first page) is more than likely that the bodies had become lodged in the soft bottom and the action of the tug dilodged them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
Attell Rests Murphy

Abe AtteH the featherweight cham pion in New York, last night, bested Harlem Tommy Murphy in a 10 round bout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
More pretty curtains.

There's scrim curtain made with an insertion of lace and Renaissance edge that very very tasteful In white Arabian, 2a yards long, special vaue$1 pair.
 Linen Cluny curtains distinctive of style and fine Foundation heavy cable net patterns handsome $2 to SIP pair styles Some plain with heavy and effective border Some aover patterns of exceptional tase 3 to $10 Imported Brussels point curtains in small pattern and nicely adapted for parlor use,-$5 to $15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
Artloom rugs; unique because seamless.

It took good many vars of blaming and experiment. ing to make Artloom rugs actual fact The man who thought of making large rug without single seam had to think great deal longer before he thought of prac cal of producing that rug But at last he succeeded And Artloom rugs result.
 The old-style way of weaving rug by. hand in any size that the maker wanted is the inspiration of the Art loom rug To take the odstyle hand loom, to evolve it into power loom that should onepiece rugs the task of the inventor of Artoom rugs And he finally succeeded.
 Was it worth while? Emphatically,it it was. Artoom rugs because they in piece without single lie closely the floor There absolutely chance of their being pulled apart at any place. They sweep with and speed Beside this they made in rich patterns and handsome coors possess all the advantages of most large rugs.
 In colors and designs that distinctly Oriental in the size which counted most usefulS9.
 floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
-
 Underwear savings.

Picked almost with the eyes shut here are some ex- ample savings from the sale of underwear:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
Headq|u arters

Combination Garments are
here IN such quantity. such va
r1ety and at such modest prices
that one hardly ever thinks of
looking elsewhere for such gar
ments.
First to introduce this lin
gerie to Washington. always
with a complete stock, ever
preaching their virtues, win
ming the dressmakers and tai
lors, delighting those who have
tried them, the Combination
Garment has become as popu-
lar in Washington as have
Onyx Hose and the Glove
fitting "Merode" Undergar-
ments, also our proteges.
The economy of these gar
ments is not less an important
consideration than their style
lending and comfort-giving vir-
tues. Think of only soc for
Corset Cover and Drawers or
Corset Cover and Skirt COM
bined in one. Better than two
separate garments because with
no bulk to mar the waist line.
Now look at the lace and en-
broidery trimmings and you'll
wonder the more how such two
garlnents-two in one-can be
sold for only SOC.
At o8c you find no less than
fifteen different styles of these
Combinations, all as dainty as
can be and all so superior in
every respect that the mystery
is how the price can be only
o9c.
At s1.o3 gradually rising to $4,000.
is collection of over 100 different
styles of Combination Garments,
equaled nowhere else in Washington
and in very few establishments in the
United States.
Note that the picture to the right
hand shows the Palais Royals noted
Three-piece Combination Linking Cor
set Cover, Drawers and Skirt in one
Note. too. the handmade combinations
are also here. more or less deliberately
embroidered by hand. up to $50
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
aLWtNtC SELLS ron $3.50.
o. Nas Printed in 1905 On the FITst Press
set Ip tn America

BosTON. April q. The sale at an auc-
ton room u one of tho finest private
libraries in the United States. that of the
late Amor l.. HolingswOrth OF Milton
containing some ~ the very rar~St hooks
ever printed and some 81 the choicest
and most artistic bindingS 10y the fore
most binders ~ France. England and the
United States. began TODAY
There are some very rare Americana
in the library. and the few numbers ~
this class which we're offered this morn
ing aroused strong bidding A copy Of
Brakenbury's Almanac. which the ave-
rage person wouldn't give 10 cents for,
was quickly run up from siOO 10 $685.
the highest price ever paid for a copy Of
this almanac. which was printed AZ the
Daye Press in Cambridge. the first press
established in tho colonies. 10y Samu 81
Green in 1887.
u belonged to Chief Justice Samuel
Sewall OF the Massachusetts, Bay Colony
and contains an autograph note Of Judge
sewall's concerning tho incognitO visit
&C Lord Culpsper. his MAjesty's LeU-
tenant and Governor General OF Vir-
xinIa. 20 Boston. August ~. 1870.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
WIS. BISsFLL GERS DU ORcE.
Reno Judge q on,mrnIs on Nr~ iorh =
INWPer Laws

RENO. New April I? For IA. hr~t
time in the history ~ the lOcal divorce
cont the story of a husbands mi-treai-
ment to-day hroI sht forth comments
from the presiding Judge on the New
York divorce laws when Mr. Madeline
Gordon Bi--elI e Buffalo declared that
1he Wa comp. ilsd To come TO Nevada
to get freedom from a man Who frequently
all but killed her
The laws 81 her own State she testified
offered her no redress.
For nearly an hour D.. wife Of DIR Will
lam Bi~sslI. q prominent physician 81
Buffalo. the city ba"t"rolOgist. nephew
~ ex-Po-tma-ter- General Bss-eIl % Glove
lands Cabinet and a man prominent in
society. told ~ her husbands brutality.
until finally Judge PIKE asked her And
are wives II New York men compelled
to submit to such beatinGs and inhuman
treatment from their husbands without
any legal recourse "a the divorce laws Of
that Statey-
Mrs. Bis-eIl repI,"d Many ~ them
do I had to come here for relief.
Attorney Ma --ey then -aid. 7 hat =
tho lAw " New York state. A man can
beat hIs wife A. much a. he wants To- and
-lle cannon uANOrN ierreH from httn
Well laid the Court. You certainty
can have a decree here and u - - or
,ier,sd 1hs clerk will TRANSCRIPTS the
testimony
Mr.. B-~sll -Aid her husband would
heat her unmer, fully. upon Ona occasion
breaking her eariruIn by the fore Of
a blow He choked her. ~hS Declared.
and frequently knocked her down In mo-
ments Of anger.
During a dinner party she gave AT the
IroduOiS Hotel he became enraged
without Gauss. she said and. dragging
her from the table. ihrew her out into
the corridor and later. in their apart
metNs. dragged her into bathroom.
baaf her. cut her face and lOrked her in
she tried % telephone for help. she to-
tined. hut h. Knocked her down. Shs
finally could endure has brutality no more.
she declared and went To New York
city. finding refuge with her brother.
Dr Bisael appeared by counsel In a
formal denial hut no crosse NarntnatiOn
vas made. The couple married In OctO-
Der. ioOS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
NEW ANTI-u GAR Trust MOVE.
OmeIaI sG CsMpan, Involved 10 inqnlry bS
Csagre~a NoN PrOhahle.

WASHINGTON. April I,.-The Depart
n.~nt Of Justice il preparing to make a
new move in it's prosecutions = the sugar
trust frauds in the New York Custom
House. This was Indicated by Attorney
General WickersbAm to-Isy. but he de-
~iinad 10 disclose what the nest step will
b.. Thr general impression here il thai
IL will involve son'e une high in authority
in the trusts aHPirs
Henry T.. Stimson. Who has been prose-
cutting the sugar trust frauds. arrived
ia Washington tonight AMI so also did
Collector I.'eh They held a long CON
ference this evening nj the Shoreham
Hotel AMI to-morr ~ ths7 will meet
Attorney General Wiokersham. Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury Curtis and
Secretary ~ the Treasury MacveaGh
in another conference
Representative Hill OF. Connecticut.
chairman Of the House COMMITTEES ON
Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment. who yesterday made known his
intention Of taking up the matter m
Congressional investi gation into tho ~ gar
frauds. called ~ the Treasury Depart
ment to-day and had talk with Assist
ant Secretary Curtis OF the customs divi-
sion Mr. Hill said tonight that he
committee probably will report the Fig
gerald resolution late in the week II Ne
discovered no good reasons why this
should not he done. The Fitzgerald resS =
luton calls upon the President 10 inform
the House u there il any good reason
why the activities OF the American Sugar
Refining Company should not be investi-
gated by a COMMITTEES Of Congress.
AZ the Conference tomorrow COnsid"ra-
tion will be given hs To whether Con
gresa inquiry would prejudice the cases
instituted 10y the Government in the
courts In his annual message to Con
gress ~ the beginning ~ this session
President Taft urged that M inquiry
he authorized On IN. ground that ~
would eInharrass the leRnl officers ~ the
Government
The Adminisi "a ton feels that II NAV
I've difiirult To Gorestnll an investigation,
and at Tomorrow conference II -
thought that the administrator will give
the word that il has no further objection
To such an investigation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
COMPLAIN OF PICKET-L iDIES
TaIIors and Thslr CUstSasers Roth Apply
10 the Ceuri for Relief.

The womsn's tailoring firm OF stein a
blaine ~ IVES, Thirty--iNth street asked
supreme CO,rt Justice Blanchard yes
tsrdny 10 continue temporary IN
junction rsstra ming strike plcks's from
rnolestIng women customers and walk
ing M and down IN front % the tailor
shop wearing sashes reading Picket
LADIES' Tailor Strikers The injunct ion
IL directed against the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union. Local -
The plaintiffs told the court that the
foreman dis harEed Hyman DambruH.
one ~ the workman. last Dec"mhsr
hrcau-c he was careless. Immediately
sightv-two employees struck AMI said
their only grievance was the discharge
&c DambrJf The tailors declare that
an the EMPLOYEES have Gather returned
To- work for them or are engaged else
where VT the union keeps 10 p,ckeis
ia front ~ he place ar moving custOmers
several wom.n submitted afidayts tell
ing how Insy rad To- ha escorted from
their carriages To- the tailor shop 10y
guards Emplpvee- also told the court
how they had been assaulted by strikers
and pick"ts Decision was rese. v'Sd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13

Net I.IkrIs 90 Ne NIsIbIe to the Nah sd
Eye fog some Time.


EJe f0V some Time.
CHICAGO. April ~ Hsllsy's comet was
observed during more than half an hour
to-day ~ Prof Edwin , Frost and
Edward D. Barnard. working indepen-
dainty Of eech oshSr IN the Ysrkes Ohser-
vstory a. Williams Bav. Wis
The comet failed 10 q spiav a'Al
~ apueared a. rs \ " and rera ned
visible through the telescope until n~ariv
S O'Clock. when the morning had over
flowed the skv and drowned the "a INT light
Of comet and stars
Prof Frost made he otseTv a. ,ons
through the " inch instrument IN the
sout heas,ern dome Prof PRrnlrd picked
up the comet through the smaller iBstr,I-
ment housed in = small ois"rva'Or:
building that stands a. some same
from the main structure The ohssrya
tons we're made possible ny the clsnrnes-
Of the atmosphere after The s'orn Of
Monday night
We saw fhs comet this morn NJ - Il
Prof Iros' :; vas pls G!v visible go .
Tho say vas quite G'ea- ~ The eastern
bOr ron. and both Prof Barnard and !
made ohasrvat ions through d,f erent IL
s'r,imeuts from as INIT I:iO
IL docs nOs prom ~ 20 l." y.s.lie 20
the naked eve for Home time We; " =
still extremely Il n Near ~" point
where the comet rose here a star 'ha'
10 a Little le~a than the sNth ma Snitrde
in brightness and The comet was IA nt"f
than this star But the STAR ShOns A. a
point and the comet shone a. a surfa"e
Because % this IL attracted more aiisR, on
and will continue 10 do 80 ~ ~ no
likely that 10 will he conspicuous L"for~
IL paases the sun and goN- into he evening
sky
The comet show cd no tai There .
no way Of telling wba' a come will do
about carrying a tai or about any Of rs
other acts When this comet was here
befOre the tai became invisible few
days betOre perihsliOn and continued
invisible for three or four WEEKS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
FIERCE RIOTING IRSrILLEs
STRIKERS StS0e ears; Many Hurt TrSsps
ResJsre Quist strike Failing.

lSpsrtai CIAs DsspJfch 10 TVS STN
MAHsEIILEs. April - 4 riot here this
afternoon growing out Of the strike by
the naval res~rvistS against the alleged
severity exercised ia punishing an IN
subordinate crew ended in a sharp fight
betw zen the rioters and the police and
cavalry
The tTamway men and a number Of
industrial and commercial employees had
joined the strike and the business ~ the
city was greatly hampered.
To-day's disturbance began by the
strikers stoninG the tram cars The
police charged the mob but was unable
90 handle IL. consequently troops were
ordered TO assist the police and they
eventually dispersed the rioters.
Many persons were injured Some
were thrown into the docks Three thou
sand troops have been summoned to re-
snforce those here; they will arrive to-
morrow
The strike leaders say that 5000 men
are on strike The work Of the port 10
going on fairly smoothly. the strike having
practically failed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
HIr NJ NAXIAE ELLIOTTS CiR.
y v ID. Wyckoa kaScAed DoNn IN wrSasl-
way-TMree nlhs nrshea.


Ma zine Elliott's automobile, with the
actre~s and two women friends In the ton
nedu. knocked down q man on Broadway
yesterday afternoon. The man was
Jacob Van Dyck wyckoH. q years old. a
real estate dealer Of u West i7sth street.
He was taken 10 New York Hospital With
three broksn ribs.
The automobile vent north on Broad
way. and crossing the car tracks At
Twenty-stxth street headed south to
stop In front Of q confectionery store in
the middle % the block II ran past the
door and the chauffeur had started to re-
verse when wyckoR. who had been stand
ing on the curb. stepped into the street
and was thrown to the 20 vement.
Tho chauffeur. Henry Heath Of IoT
East Seventy fourth street was arrested.
AIiss Elliott and her fr:ends lcfi the auto
mobile and Heath drove TO the old West
Twentieth street station vi h the police
man. A few minutes after hey arrived
the actress got there in q taxi cab with her
lawyer. She asked whether II would he
necessary 60 hail out Heath. She said she
would Offer hSr home AZ , Fast Eighty
first street.
In reply 10 the lisutenant's questions
she said her name vas MAXINE Elliott
Goodwin and that abe owned the car
Inquiries brought OFT that the number.
7saoe y. T.. was registered under the name
Of John Boese Of Astoria. J.. !. We
chauffeur was locked uD for assault aud
on the additional charge Of violating the
highways laws Mics Elliott explained
that she had bought the car Recently and
she thought her lawyer had attended t.
everything necessary
In Jefferson Markc, court whittier
Miss Elliott and her lawyer wen, in the
"a xicab. MaGistrats Herrr-n paroled
iIoath in the lawyers custody On the
assault charge and held him in 500 bal
on the other Miss Elliott furnished hail
IL was said az the hospital last night
that wyckOF. besides HE broken ribs. was
badly bruised. but seemed TO have no other
In i1riss and ought to get we'll
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
HTPNOrIzES MOTHER-IN-LiW
Weman Cssnpsains That sSH-In-I.a~ Cas'N
spetl pan Ser.

wmKEsBARRE. April ~. Charged with
hypnotixinR his mother in-iaw. his wife
and his children Whenever they annoyed
him Peter Avondals was arrested to-day
and taken before Mayor Kniffen.
The charge was made ny the mother
in.law. Mrs william Roo-e. who SAid she
was unable "a put up any longer with
the strange tricks that AvOndals played
upon her and the family. She declared
that there vas q power in his eve which
rendered them helpless. He usually. shs
declared. hypnotizsd them in such a
manner that their limbs became useless.
so tina, they fell 60 the floor and there
lay helpless until AvOndale chose tn re-
leess them. Recently she called in n
nsighbor 70 protest To him. but was rem
dered speechle-s and helpless, she de-
cIares. by q look from her SON in law = eye.
AvondAls said he knew nothing about
hypnoti-m and did not hypnOtiss any
one The Mayor. puzzled A. to what
TO do finally held him under $500 bail
to keep the peace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13

Nvs. mary =. Mason Nskes Great Bar
rIngien Scr mestauary t.egRtee.

PTrrsEIELD. Mass. April ~. Requests
amounting To $40. 500 TO friends and in
-tituiions IN PittS6eld and Great Bar
rington and a gift ~ nearly $500. 900 20 the
latter town for the establishment and
maintenance Of a hO~pitAI there are con-
tanned in the will 81 Mrs. Mary A. Mason
of Great harrington filed in the Probate
Court here to-day.
All her servants are remembered. her
coachmAn. Owen Root. reoeiving sIS. O0O.
while her attorney. Frank n. Wright.
gets So. OOO. and the Rev. Howard Murray
Dumhell. retiring rector u 81. James's
Epi@copAl Church in Great harrington.
receives q perHonal gift Of s. .00O in adj
ton 10 siO. go for a parish HOUSE.
The Webb Masonic lodge 81 Augusta.
OG. gets $500. The town u Great Bat
raington 10 the recipient IL the largesf
bequcsi. receiving the residue Of the
estate which n estimated ~ nearly half
a million dollars. for = hospital To- be known
a. the Henry Hobart Mason Memorial
Hospital. and So. 900 for a library build
ing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
"a. sNITH. 4 mo PLINGER.


PHuADEI.PHIA. April IA. Smith"
10 going 70 play an important part in the
BANKRUPTCY proceedings against the de-
funct buckle, shop Arm ~ John A. Board
man a Co.
This curious twist in the prelimina
inquiry ~ 90 lust why and how The Board
man failure came about. and uhstheT
the whole business wasn't merely scheme
Of RamblnG carried on under the guise
OF q Ieeal brokerage business. was in
dIcnted to-day in the continuance % the
Droce~dln@s before Referee David W.
Amram.
Il was az a previous Boardman hearing
that cbauncey Burt. former floor tTndeT
on the Consolidated Exchange for Board
man a Co, who. by the way. will I've the
rhlef witpsns for the Government in is
Con. aRaInst the alleged bucket shop
m~n. declared that Boardman 4 60.
Of George G. Turner.
The one witness before Referee Amram
to-day Was Philip OOldSnith. sEDsT'
accountant. Who made for the city an ex-
pert examination % such hooks and
documents Of the Boardman concern az
he could Rst shortly after the failure.
OoIdnmith also said that indications
POINTED to the ooaSs'ssica thGt BoardInan
ran . bucket shop business. He also
pointad out the tranaacttoos between
Burt and one A. Smith and said that about
% per cent. Of the transactions On Board
mans CLEARING house shssts for the two
months which he era minsd had been
credited 20 Smith. He also said that no
actual transfer Of stock took place IN
most Of tho sales. and altogether his
testimony was along the same lines ~
that gwen by Burt.