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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
JOHN BURNS
 IS ASSAULTED
Especial from United Press

Especial from United Press)
 London, Jan. 6.-Dispatches from Staffordshire today say that John Burns, labor member of Parliament and president of the local government board, was assaulted last night by an unknown, as he was entering his au- tonobile after political speech. Burns was struck several times but not seriously hurt. His assailant fled when friends of Burns came to his as- SiStance.
 The assault is attributed to the in- creasing political rivalry which is be- ginning to manifest itself in violent outbreaks.
 The fight is becoming so hot that none of the prominent peers or union ist campaign orators against whom the wrath of the people seems particularly stirred. will appear upon the streets at night except when attended by a bodyguard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
PRIEST RAN LIKE
 TRAINED ATHLETE
FATHER DUFFY, AFTER LIVELY CHASE, CAUGHT THIEF WHO ROBBED POOR BOX OF HIS CHURCH.

New York, Jan. 6.-The Rev. Father Duffy, acting pastor of St. Agnes Roman Catholic church in Forty-third street, near Lexington avenue, led in a chase after an alleged poor-box thief last night, in which fully 100 members of his congregation joined. The priest ran like a trained athlete. Moreover, he caught his man.
 Thomas Balfy, the sexton, was the first to notice the suspect. He was fumbling about one of the poor boxes, when the sexton entered the church, just before dusk.
 The moment the stranger saw Balfy was close at his heels as he darted into the street. There Balfy almost ran into Father Duffy, who was about to ascend the front steps.
 Simply shouting ''Thiefw the sex ton kept on after the fugitive who ran toward Third avenue. Father Duffy in an instant realized the sit proved himself a sprinter of merit by speedily overriding and passing Balfy.
 The fugitive, on reaching Third ave- nue, darted in front of a north-bound trolley car, which barely missed him. Father Duffy and the sexton slzirted the rear end of the car and again sprinted after the runaway.
 By this time fully 300 persons, many of them members of St. Agnes who had recognized the pastor, joined in the hunt. But the priest still led, and at Second avenue he reached the side of the man and grasped his arm. He gave up without a struggle, was handed over to Policeman Sheehan and taken to the East Fifty-first street station.
 There $S.36 in small change, inelud- ing many dimes and nickels, were found in his pockets. The police also found a long thin piece of whalebone on one end of which some sticky sub stance was smeared It is supposed that he thrust the whaIebone into the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
PILE ES Quickly Gu re d
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure-Trial Package Mailed Free to All
 in Plain Wrapper

We want every man and woman, suffering from the excruciating torture of piles to just send their name and address to us and get by return mail free trial package of the most eff fective and positive cure ever known for this disease, Pyramid Pile Cure.
 The way to prove what this great remedy will do in your own case. is to just fill out free coupon and send to us and you will get by return mail free trial treatment of Pyramid Pile Cure
 Then after you have proven to yourself what it can do, you will go to the druggist and get 50 cent box.
 Don't undergo an operation. Oper- ations are rarely a success and often lead to terrible consequences. Pyra- mid Pile Cure reduces all infamma- ton, makes congestion, irritation, itch ing, sores and ulcers disappear-and the piles simply quit.
 For sale at all drug stores at 50 cents box,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
Sultan Recovers Valuable
 Jewels From PawnshOp
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Paris, Jan. 6.-Sultans Mulai Hafid of Morocco today paid the Mont De Piet or national pawnshop $400,O00. and thereby recovered the jewels of twice this value that were pawned by Abdul Aziz, his predecessor. Owing to the insistance of Mulai.s the pawnshop yielded point and surrendered the jewels despite the fact that the pawn ticket was missing. Ell Mokri first intervened on behalf of Mulai two months ago but was unsuccessful as he could not produce the ticket. In the collection of jewels were many of the State jewels of Morocco. Dealers from all over the world had gathered here in expectation of the auction sale of the collection and there was keen Superintendent resentment toward the government for concealing the fact of the jewels redemption.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
RIVER AND HARBOR
 BILL CONSIDERED
TT CONTAINS VARIOUS ITEMS THAT CONNECTICUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WILL URGE.

Washington. Jan. 6.-The House committee on Rivers and Harbors be- gan consideration yesterday of a gen eral river and harbor bill. For ten days there will be hearings before the committee, after which the members will consider the various items in exe- cutive session.
 For the Housatonic river $45,000 is required during the coming year, and Bridgeport needs s20000 for mainte- nance. in addition to the amount that will be placed in the sundry civil bill to continue the present project. Nor walk harbor needs $8000 for mainte- nance. and the engineers report that the rev project at Greenwich harbor will cost $8,000. To complete the pres ent project at Five Mile River s9 300 is necessary, while Stamford requires BPS, 300; Southport, $15.111, and West port harbor and Saugatuck river, s3,- O00
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
SPAIN IN GRIP
 OF BITING GOLD
(Special from United PresS.l

Madrid, Jan. 6-Hundreds of per- sons in northwestern Spain, made homeless by the recent floods, are dy- ing from exposure to the unprecedent- ed cold that has now gripped the flood cd territory. The situation is most desperate and all attempts to furnish adequate relief have proved unavail- ing.
 The people are suffering from pneu- rnonia and meningitis. Shelters are so scarce that entire neighborhoods are huddling together in the few houses that remain.
 The cold weather has driven thou sands of mountain wolves into the vil- lage where they have killed large num- bers of livestock Harbors are ice bound. Unless the cold spell abates soon. an enormous death toll will re- suit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
Workman Hurt in
 Elevator We'll

Leroy Butler while working on a staging in an elevator shaft at the terday, was thrown six feet from the staging and severely injured. The elevator was run upward The coun- terweights coming downward struck the staging and shattered it. Butler, badly bruised, was removed to his home
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
MANUFACTURERS
THOSE IN CONNECTICUT of- POSED TO INVENTORY
 PROVISION.

Of raft,s New Corporation Tax Law
 Census Questions Likewise oo-
 jectionable..
 washington, Jan. 6. - Connecticut manufacturers are annoyed more over the provision in the new corporation tax law which requires them 10 pay inc tax on the basis of an inventory as of December 31 than over the tax itself, according to statements made to members of the Connecticut delega- tion and many concerns have made no effort to prepare an inventory as of this date. because their regular 1n- ventory is not taken until later. and to shut down, as they would nave 10, for a special inventory would De too expensive. 4 e,o,,, inc department of justice a ruling on whether or not it would be admissible under the law for manufacturers to offer the inventory last taken De1ore December 31, with such changes as altered conditions in the business would make necessary to produce supstan- tially accurate inventory.
 It is pointed out that the Connect1- cut law requiring the filing of corpora tion statistics gives manufacturers their choice as to whether the statls- tics shall have been taken within six weeks previous to February 15. or Au- gust 15. and if the department con siders the present form of law inf1ex- ible. there will doubtless be introduced an amendment to it altering it so as to give some such latitude as this.
 Connecticut manufacturers are also keenly interested in the coming manu- facturers' census, which will be taken this year, and recently have made ob- lection to the form of some of the questions prepared by the census bu- reau, with the result that when this matter was called to the attention of the director of the census these ques- tions were changed and a new schedule of questions prepared.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06

slot of the poor box and fished out the money, a piece or two at a tune.
 The discovery of the telltale wnale- hone caused great indignation among inc reserves in the station, many or whom belong to St. Agnes palisn, <.
 Several of them muttereo UT ee''s against him. "1o+n De Lange, a waiter" but refused nls address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
WEST POINT CADETsHIP.

Boy for Principal and Two Alter
 Washington, Jan. 6-Senator Bran degee has named his principal and alternates for the Military Academy at West Point. The principal is Clar- ence Charles Harvey of Woodbury; first alternate Rudolph Zetterstrand of Naugatuck and second alternate, William Henry Ford of New Haven. The entrance examinations will be held January H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
THE SMITH-M MURRAY CO.
 - ssE Semi-AnnuaI Clearance Sale SPECIAL SALE of Ladies' Misses and Chdrens Gloves. Manufactur- ers Samples 68O pair worth soc, 75c and $10O pair YOUR CHOICE 25c PAIR
 F1oor.
SPECIAL SALE
(Main Floor. Front).

Suits
 Misses Suits. 12 to 1e-year sizes, worth $8.s6 to 5000. Sale price $500.
 Women's Suits that were $500 to $20.00. Sale price $500.
 Suits that were $25.0o to tso.0o. | Sale price $fS.OO. Waists
 Black Brilliantine Waists, all sizes [ 34 to A. Sale price $1.S9. Sale price 95c.
 Fine Lawn Waists. Sale price 1 $1.85. Kimonos
 Flannelette Kimonas. Sale price S9c.
 Long Kimonas, $1.4o. Wrappers
 Fifty dozen Percale Wrappers [ worth $1.25. Sale price s5c. Raincoats
 Misses Raincoats in Gray and Tan |. Sale price $3.95.
 women's Raincoats in Silk and
 Satin and Cravenette Raincoats. {; $12.5O. Furs
 Scarfs and Muffs in Coney. Fox and Opossum, at 25 to 50 per cent less than value.
 Pony Coats, 50 inches long. worth. 1. $65.0O to $75.00. Sale price $50.00.
 Brown Coney Coats, 50 inches long. Sale price $42.5O. Dresses
 One piece Dresses in Broadcloths Prunella and Serge, $7.95, $fo.00 to- $15.OO.
 Hats
 All our Trimmed Hats worth $1.85 to $3.95; your choice $1.O0 each.
 Outing Hats for Ladies' and Chf1~ dren, soc each.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
Infants Department

1nIanCS' U6pdTCIneuC
 This department at the present time offers GREAT INDUCEMENTS to the careful buyer.
 All Dresses slightly soiled and mussed during the holidays are offer- ed in this SALE AT REDUCED PRICES.
 Lot 1-Plain Nainsook Dresses, Bishop style, at 39c.
 Lot 2-Trimmed Dresses, assorted styles, were 75c and S9c. Sale price 59c.
 Lot 3-Fancy Dresses, nicely trim med, good quality. Sale price $1.19.
 Lot 4-Better qualities, pretty stlyes, nicely finished. Sale price $f.9S. Babies Caps, slightly soiled. Sale price 19c, 39c, 49c and 75c each.
 Right Aisle, Centre.) Cloak Department
 This time the prices on all winter garments will be cut so deep that there will be no chance for further reductions. Everything Is new and in the latest fashions. Come early, then, for these.
 Goats
 Black Kersey Coats, 50, inches long, newest styles and materials. worth S10.O0. Sale price $4.95.
 Women's Short Jackets in Cheviot and Kerseys, worth from $10.00 to s12.5O. Sale prices $6.95 and $S.95.
 Black Kersey and Broadcloth Coats, 50 inches long, worth $13.50 to $15.00. Sale price $1O.OO.
 Coats that were s2o.oo and s25.oo. Sale price $500.
 Women's half fitted Coats in mix ed goods, worth $10.00. Sale price $6.95.
 Children's Goats sizes-Brown, Navy, and Mixtures, worth $895. Sale price $5.95. Children's Coats that were $500. Sale price $2.95.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
FREE PACKAGE COUPON

Fill out the blank lines below with your name and address, cut out coupon and mail to the PY- RAMID DRUG COMPANY, 154 Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich. A trial package of the great Pyra- mid Pile Cure will then be sent you at once by mail, FREE, in plain wrapper.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
Wanted

Experienced straight seam CTS for corset work on one needle machines. Apply at once. Birdsey-Somers Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
Coats
Children's Goats

Children's Goats in 12 and IA year sizes-Brown, Navy, and Mixtures, worth $8.95. Sale price $5.95.
 Children's Coats that were $500. Sale price $2.95.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06

Next week-Lottie Williams & Go. presenting "On Stony Ground" a nov city and the greatest little sketch yor ever saw.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
Letters From the People
REPLY TO MRS. LESLIE CARTER

In connection with the question of
woman suffrage there are two funda
mental facts which should never be
lost sight of in order to arrive at a
correct solution of the matter. as they
should be the controlling factors in
helping us decide the question rightly,
under present conditions.
First-The family is a natural in
stitution ordained by the Almighty. in
which woman's influence is perhaps
greater than mans, because she is more
at home than he.
Second-The state is an artificial in
stitution created by man, in which his
influence is greater than woman 5,
because he is more in touch with it
than She
The blame so clearly cast on men for
the evils of today rests every bit as
much on the women who helped bring
up the men who went wrong, as there
is no sound ground for imagining that
women generally are better than men
generally.
If women can not, through home in
fiuence, bring up boys who will stay
good later in life they can not, just by
voting hope to correct the acts of
their husbands, sons and brothers. The
more absorbed women become today in
matters they are the less fitted for the
less will become their influence for
good at home-and finally outside the
home also.
Many of the evils of today can never
be corrected, whether women vote or
not-as long as in this commercial age
we allow our present industrial con-
ditions to control our business, polit-
ical social and family life, as is now
the case. HUBERT e. JAMES
Q Garfield avenue, Santa Cruz. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
Compelled to Buy Bibles

The first Bible printed in Scotland
was issued complete in 1879 In the
same year, by act of parliament. every
gentleman, householder and others
worth thrie hundreth merkis of yeir-
lie rent or abone," and every yeoman
and burgess with $500, had. so we learn
from the History of Secondary Educa-
tion in Scotland" (from early times to
19OS) by John Strong, Nj. A, TO provide,
under a penalty of flo. "a Bible and
psalme buke in vulgare language in
THAR houssis for the better instruction
of thame selffis and THAR famelijs in
the knawledge of God"
And to see. that the provisions Of
the above act were carried into effect,
the following year searcher was ap-
pointed with power to visit the houses
of those signified by the act, "and to
require the sicht of THAR Psalme Builis
and Bybillis."
In a footnote it is added: The
privy council had in 1875 commanded
and charged the principallis and Held
ismen of euery parochin alswein TO
Burgh as Landwart' to contribute and
collect f5 for the purchase of a Bible
to be placed in every parish kirk.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
PERSONS IN THE NEWS

j. C. FORD, president of the Pacific steamship
company and vice president and general man
ager of the Pacific Coast company, came up
from the south yesterday with Mrs. Ford and
is staying at the Palace. They are from Sc
attic.
J. H. MATHEWS, businessman Of San Luis
Opsbo; W. VI. Newton, merchant Of Marys-
Vile. and S. F. Morse. mining man OF Biz
liugs, Mont, make up a group Of recent ar
rivals at the Argonaut.
N. M. CARAHER, a real estate man: John III.
Powell, an attorney. and A. ID. shepard, gen
eral manager of the Post-Intelgencer. make
up a group OF Seattle men staying at the
Palace
r. KoEHLER. general purchasing agent Of the
Oregon Short Line. is in town for few days
on business and Is at the Palace. Mrs. koehler
accompanies him.
C. E. GRoEsBECK, general manager OF the San
Diego gas and electric company and vice presi-
dent Of the Cuaymaca club Of that town, is at
the Palace.
H. c. KEYEs, who is interested in natural gas
in Sacramento. is In town on business trip
and is staying at the st. Francis.
E. P. GAFFNEY of Seattle is registered at the
st. Frsneis.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13


The winds sang you last hhey cooned around the
dows and called through the chimney and obbed the oldest
the spheres
Out of the unknown they you laden with such melodies
only great hearts and brave souls understand and
lagos of the whathas-been and the INTERCHANGEABLE
There aren't words with which phrase the burden of their lays
sound of which old wounds dued with the chill of time
and call from the Never Never land asking the why and the
wherefore of things that shame you and make the best you blush for
the worst of you
Oh the repaable yesterdayshe steps that be
traced the that can't be picked from the cutters of
and ceansed of their soil!
And isn't much the things which you did the reckless
impulse the medtated wongas what you have negeced
There flowers that have whered these many many years
the gardens of memory There clean of the Past
toward which your mind has long since ceased to
here lonely mounds quiet marked by stained
shafts around which the grass grows wild and the weeds find
The wind trying tell youhyn say you that there's still
remember Not with and parade of things
that Real can be built of Memorials
of tinted glass tablets your vanity by which mob learn the
avhne the depth of your emotion If you would build
dows memory them up within soul.
Copyright. 1910, b
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13

z. 5. RUSSELL Of Mexico City. W. p. Shaw of
Louisville and J. r. shelton OF Grand Rapids
were among those who registered at the MaDx
yesterday.
r. B. MCCLURE. member Of publishing firm
OF New York, is in town on a business trip
and is guest at the ST. Francis.
BEECHER RAY Of the army
came in on a transport yesterday from Ma
Mia and registered at the Manx.
J. NJ. GRANT and his family Of franklin Pa
are spending the winter on the coast and have
apartments at the Falrmont-
CAPTAIN H. S. ROWLAND OF the army ar
rived on the transport Logan yesterday and is
staying at the ST. Francis.
JOCKEY j. RANsCH arrived in this city YES
terday from Paris and is at the Palace with
Mrs Ransch.
BISHOP RICHARD sCANNELL of omaha and
Bishop T. ]. Gesrin Of Iowa are staying a.
the Palace.
W. D. sTARRET OF Washington. D. c.. Is at
the Stewart with Mrs: stewart.
GUS HOLMES. hoteIman Of salt Lake, Is a
guest at the Palace
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
Lest You Forget Too Long!
KAUFMAN

lying bald, bare tossing with fever slng
between pride and grief shuddeg for fear that she must plead at the
doors of charity There bed wholesome swept hospital to
which memory might send her, token of love tor another woman
who would have been glad know that recollection OF her made you
pause the blind grind long enough place monument OF gratitude
in strangers heart and o it there In her
boy will shver the early cold tomorrow morning and go
slipping through the uh while you within your blankets
wee bit of of the ptu cogs the wheels that turn to
your leisure.
There was child in the long ago-about the And
when the light died out of his bonnie eyes and he what
the use of irving to bring back you? The winds have to
YOU until they a-ueary You did knowyou will
You weTa for day and you moaned for night
Then back the whng swing pleasure glad money mad
throngback the fight where might prevails nghback to
the selfish striving SNUG conenback gross and bunting
indu gence
And meanwhile the mound stays hidden under the ragged grasses
and the shaft beneath the cypress grows thicker with And luck
less women toss their cherries And boys like the other
draw thin cheap jackets tighter around their miserable frost sng
chests, and you
Oh we'll you just keep forgetting and wish that the internal
wind would stop rafting the shutters.
Herbert Kauman
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
The
System Reeks
| With Fraud

of wealth population The republican party
coming policy specially pushed
public
kinds connection with
land such for roads without pubic bneh
general policy has been OF the means by which
wilderness opened the abaon
achieved which would
of
while there ceased
of should sell all
onyw development
affected with public interest the take OF, by
regulation better Washington
siby IN.
proposed by anybody stop selling the lands but
believe of including the Oregonan would prefer
til business honestly 1t has been done honestly
in the ps st, all know
In addition the observance of honesty the
servatiohs do coal phosphate
deposits powers alenaed perpetuity for merely
nominal price AS Secretary Banger put it the other day. Alaska
prize package should know better than he.
Mr. Bnger the testimony shows, has been using the
package as persuader of campaign contributions
There are other prize packages besides the Alaska coal
measures and the whole system makes for fraud 1t the
why the land office has for years reeked with corruption The
whole system is and it is time that should
common honesty That understand it. Taft policy
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
Cold Winters in Europe

In 1863 the entire width of the Baltic
sea was crossed by sledge. In 1889 a
great many persons were frozen to
death in England. In 1909 the Danube
was frozen up from her source to her
estuary in the Black sea. In 1859 all
vines in France were killed. by frost
In 1909 and 1889 the port of Marseilles
was frozen over, and there was great
suffering and distress. In 1903 France
was ice bound from north to south. the
ice extending for miles seaward. Birds
and animals died of cold