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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11

One of the most pathetic scenes within the memory of the attendants at the Bridgeport hospital was en- acted this morning when Mrs. Loies Hartman, one of the wreck victims, suffering from shock. was informed of the death of her baby.
 Mrs Hartman was found by the searchers in a perfect heap of dead in the car that was smashed up the worst of all. The rescners were amazed to find her alive and appar- ently not badly hurt. Beneath her was her baby boy, dead, The blood of a man dead above dripped upon her.
 Mrs Hartman was carried to the Bridgeport hospital. When she had sufficiently recovered from the shock of the accident to talk. she began to inquire apxiously for her baby.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
MT. Mulcahy Shelters
 Victims of Wreck

F. J. Mulcahy, general manager Of the Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, furnished succor to six wreck victims. this morning Miss Josephine Wal ker, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Sarah McConnell, Miss Ellie Packard, Mrs A. H. Powell, and Miss Linda John son, all of whom were taken from one of the derailed sleepers through a hole cut in tn eroof. They were on their way to Bar Harbor.
 Mir Mulcahy's handsome home at 9l1 Fairfield avenue looked like hospital for some little time.
 Those who were seriously injured were transferred to the hospitals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
PORTER HURLED
 THROUGH WINDOW
 TO THE STREET

Charles Frazier. a porter on the United States Fish commission car, when seen this morning at St. Vim cents hospital said: "I had just gone to sleep when the crash came I woke up in a hurry and a man sit- ting near me told me to jump. Just then l was sent crashing through the window and landed in the street be- zine and the steam from the engine scalded me, l was afraid of the wires that I fell among because thought they might be alive. AL though my legs were scalded and paining me badly, I managed to crawl out of the danger line."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
MOTHER IN HOSPITAL IDENTIFIES CLOTHES
 OF HER DEAD BABY

Attendants at the hospital, who knew of the baby's death, feared to inform its mother, lest the shock might be too much for her. So they soothed. her and evaded the question as much as possible.
 It was found that Mrs. Hartman had not been badly hurt and her inquiries concerning the baby kept growing more imperative and would not be put off A little purse taken from the child'e clothes, had been brought to the hospital for Identification. When it was no longer possible to ward off her questions, she was informed of the worst, as gently as possible. She opened it. Inside was a pair of little red stockings the sight was too much for everybody and the bereaved mother became frantic. At press hour her condition was low, owing to the effects of shock and grief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
RAILROAD MAKES STATEMENT
 CHARGING DEAD ENGINEER :.
 WITH BLAME OF CATASTROPHE

was derailed.
 'The cause of the accident was due to the engineer striking the cross over from track No. ? to track No. at a high rate of speed estimated close to 60 miles an hour.i He was going from Track No. 2 to Track No in order to make the station stop at Bridge port The road rules specify IS miles per hour.
 "The killed are: Engineer A. M. Curtis, fireman W. A. Ryan and II passengers. The injured are: Conduc- tor M. J. Sperry and fl passengers. They are being taken care of in the hospitals at Bridgeport. The others have proceeded on their way to. Bos- ton"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
fSnecial from United Press.l

Especial from United Press.)
 New Haven, July 1l-Stating \that thirteen persons were killed and 42 injured in. this mornings Bridgeport wreck the New Haven roads press agent made the following statement:
 Train Mo- 72 Federal Express. left Fairfield at 3.29 a. m., and was wreck ed at 3:32 a. m. It consisted, United State Fish Commission car. baggage car, coach and six sleepers, total 9 cars.
 "The engine and first six cars left the rails at the cross over and went down the bank, most of them in the street at Fairfield avenue. Of the re- maining three sleepers, two are still on the rails while one of the sleepers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
WRECK HOLDS UP
 TROLLEY TRAFFIC

All trolley traffic beneath the via duct was suspended. It was after o'clock that trolley cars could be brought to the railroad tracks from the west, trolley cars from Norwalk being impressed into service to SUD- plant those ordinarily sent out west from the barns in this city.
 Traffic was kept up by transferring paSSengers around the Viaduct
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
GOVERNOR SIGNS
 UTILITIES BILL

Hartford, July Ex-Governor Baldwin today having signed the public utili- ties bill passed by the Legislature, the State Railroad Commission Is super seded by a commission Of three mem- bers to be appointed within IS days. The new commission will have power
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11

whole spirit will rule Mill End There will spleadd the will be with n quantities they sembly inspiring   the best Mill End evers shall not be disappointed.
 
  Mill assembly alike
  choice filled these steps interest of folks
  that the sale pnteous And would not be far to send eks fill order
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11

tAS .S SoA '~'SN " - ''~~~Nr' ~e~ brother.
 Funeral services over the remains of James F. Lee were held this morn ing from the home of his sister, Miss Mary J. Lee, 1043 Noble avenue at S:3O o'clock and thence to St. Charles church where Rev. John T. Lee, of Hartford. a brother of the deceased sang a high mass of requiem. At the offertory Miss Jessie Murray sang Ave Maria and after the mass, Miss Sadie Dillon rendered, Heaven is His Home." The bearers were Denis Mulvihill, ST., Denis Mulvihill, IT, Michael Lee, Bernard Lee. James Reilly and Edward McKeever. In torment was in St. Michael's ceme- tery.
 The funeral of William Schneider was held this morning from his late home, 60 Colorado avenue. at 8:30 and from St. Peters church at g o'clock where Rev. Father Kelly cele- brated a mass of requiem which was attended by a large congregation. At the offertory Mrs. Kennelly sang 70 Salutaris'' and after mass rendered Rest for the Weary" The floral of ferings were numerous and exceed ingly beautiful. The pail bearers were all members of Court Pequon- nook, F. of A., No. 62. The burial was in the family plot at St. Michaeis cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11

Mary F., widow of Emanuel Jacoby died this morning at the home or her son. H. l.. Jacoby in Fairfield, after a short illness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-11
OBITUARY

ing at his home, 54 Lenox avenue. He was a bookkeeper by trade. He had been in declining health for some time, and had been confined to his home for the past four weeks. He is survived by widow and one brother.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
The Willy Cuckoo.

AS is we'll known, the cuckoo makes
40 nest OF It's own, but utilizes one
built by some other bird, leaving rhe
task Of incubation TO the future foster
parents The fnster-parents may be-
long TO any small! species of bird. such
As meadow pipits, hedge sparrows
willow Wrens. wagtails. and others
all very tiny birds in comparison with
the cuckoo itself
The cuckoo must. therefore, lay q
very small egg to match those Of its
host, and for the size Of the bird, the
cuckoo may be said to lay the smallest
egg Of any living species.
The procedure adopted by the cuckoo
is this: First it lays its egg on the
ground, then carries it by beak or claw
into the nest of the intended foster
parents, who incubate it along with
their own eggs.
1t is evident that the cuckoo searches
for nests. With a view to testing its
proceedings I have, on various occa-
sions, placed deserted and empty nests
in tufts OF grass on ground frequented
by the cuckoo. In some cases the trap
has been successful and a solitary
cuckoo's egg was found lying in the
dummy nest. Were proof needed this
would tend to show that the cuckoo
needs no assistance from the parent
birds in finding nests, and further In
dicates that she is at no pains to ascer
tain before depositing her egg, that
the nest is chosen is destined to be
used. Strand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
Improving on Mature.

The road thru life of the conscien-
tious laynan is beset with scientific
perplexities. No sooner has he changed
the habit of lifetime in obedience to
some new scientific warning than Ii
still later investigator rises to unsettle
his newly acquired faith. Take the case
Of the housefy, for instance. Sanitar-
ians conducted for several years a
campaign of education against the
little pest that left it not contaminat-
inz foot to stand on and eliminated
this spring in determined lay cam
paign for it's determination. The news
paper poets even enlisted and sang our
duty toward ourselves and the COM
munity in verses Of the Housewife
swat that fly" and Ten wicked house,
flies sitting in a row" variety. A fiy-
less hygienic millennium was in pros
pect.
Now arises the inevitable unsettlel
Of our new belief and bids US pause
The mission OF the housefy. he rea'
sons, is to scavenge. Therefore, II we
kill it in the house while providing
work for it behind the barn. we may
upset the balance Of nature" which
sourds ominous, and means that, lack
ing the insect appointed by nature, the
horsehy may come to take up its un-
finished task. And the horsef1y. with
It's sting. may make our last hygienit
state worse than our first. Therefore
il yriiou.@s ::s, heforc proceeding witt
our hunt, to remove the scavengiIg
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
Bio Barometer Of Fasnza,

The big barometer at Faenza, Italy
set up as a memorial to Torricelli, the
inventor of the barometer, is thought
to be the hugest of all such tnstru-
ments.
The oil column in this barometer
stands normally at about thirty-seve
feet. and its fluctuations are read IN
feet instead Of inches, as in the case
with ordinary barometers.
AT first it was proposed to use wa
ter as the liquid. in which case the col
umn would have stood normally al
about thirty-two feet, but this plan was
abandoned, owing to the ease with
which water evaporates. Glycerine
was next tried, but the normal height
Of the column was only twenty-seVer
feet, and it was thought desirable tc
have it much higher. Finally olive OIL
was chosen and found to be quite sat
isfsctory.
The olive-oil barometer OF Faenza
will, no doubt, hold the record for size
Cor a long time to come, when some one
will employ a still lighter liquid thar
oil. in which case, o. course. the height
of the barometric column will be even
greater-Harper's Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
IN BURTON SW EEL > 4 2 y.
IRramer County Independentl.

The old I'VE" Of this newspaper in
vted himself to take a ride with Bur
ton E. Sweet, and we rode past about
twenty FIVE miles OF Bremen county
farms. Thirty-five years ago when
Burton rode a steer on the vi!g!A
prairies of the Wapsie. he used to
think he could go some, but ne hash
got that Idea out of his head yet. But
now he rides an autom obile with him
self for driver. Burton is pretty Vel
satisfied with himself as a driver and
so are we. He drove at the ratio OF
twenty Ave miles an hour. including
stops, and that's fast enough for us.
It's worth while to take ride over
Bremen county the latter daya OF June.
1911. If YOU don't know it. try 1t some
day covering parts Of Washington,
Jefferson. Maxfield and Warren town
ships. and II there Is any poetry in you
1t will try to get out. Corn fields, corn
fields, corn fields, waist high, wave
upon wave OF green. stretching 10 the
horizon, running past In an endless
panorama OF green promise: fields of
grain touched with the golden tinge OF
approaching harvest; PASTURES and
timothy fields and the red bloom of
clover; roads brown and dusty checker
ing the fields and homes that rise
among powered trees. Oh, ride over
Bremen county in June. 1911, is worth
while. Likewise It IS worth while to
have friends who will invite you to
take a ride-When you give them a
convincing hint as TO what you mean.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
La TOILETTE AS PROPHET.

When La Toilette first arose to
speak in the United States senate there
was an exodus. The Wisconsin man
the Chicago convention which nomi-
mated Roosevelt, and his successful
rivals wers Spooner and QuaTles, high
senate priests at that time. La Fol-
lette had defeated Quarles and was
now to start his reform work in the
citadel of stand patism. When La Fol-
Iette began TO speak nearly all of the
senators left the room. It was a pre-
meditated and studied insult to the
Wisconsin man. He paused long
enough in his address TO say:
I can not De tnsensible TO the fact
that senators absent themselves during
my remarks. want TO say that though
my observations may have no interest
to the senate, they have very keen
interest to the country. And I take the
liberty to observe that seats which are
now temporarily vacated will later be
vacated permanently
Since that date Father Time and the
people haev co-operated TO fulfN that
prophecy. Out OF the eighty eight
members Of the senate at that time
thirty-six Of those who walked out on
La Toilette have now gone out Of the
senate The list follows:
Ankery of Washington, Foraker Of
Ohio, Fulton Of Oregon. Hansbr ough OF
North Dakota, Hemenway of Indiana,
Hopkins Of Illinois. ktttredge Of North
Dakota. Long OF Kansas. McCreary Of
Kentucky, Platt Of New York, Teller of
Colorado, Whyte Of Maryland. Aldr!ch
of Rhode Island. Buckley Of COnnecti-
cut, Eurketr Of Nebraska, Burrows Of
Michigan, Carter OF Montana. Depew Of
New York, Dick Of Ohio, Flint Of Cali
fornia, Frazier Of Tennessee, Hale Of
Maine, Kear Of New Jersey, Piles Of
Washington Scott Of West Virginia,
TaIiaferro OF Florida, Warner Of Mis-
souri,, SpooIer OF Wisconsin, Alger of
Michigan, Alec of Delaware. Berry Of
Arkansas Blackburn Of Kentucky,
CiaT.. Of Montana, Dryden of New
Jersey, Willard of Nebraska, Elkins of
West Virginia.
Thirty-six men who taruouslv
thought that they could by their mere
frowns crush the meddler from Wis
eonsin. How fool;shIy childish their ac-
ton. 1t never pays to be anything but
a gentleman anywhere or under any
circumstances.
The sentiment which drove those
men from public life is stronger to-
day than ever before and it is still
growing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30

spots, which are also breeding places.
behind our barns. in stables. and wher-
ever else, In city and country, we I'M
hygienically throw refuse and dirt.
1t is becoming daily more apparent
that it is a difficult and delicate matter
indeed to improve upon nature. so far
has the pendulum swung to the other
side In Germany that a new society for
the protection of birds, recently found
ed in Stuttgart, has for it's purpose the
protection Of birds Of prey, whose place
in the economy of nature has only been
made clear by their practical extermin-
alton. No doubt the rat will have its
coming day of at least partial rehabili-
tation. along with the falcon, the fox,
the stoat, and even the sparrow. Let
us, therefore, suspend our Judgment
even of the woman who, with a pig
cons wings on her hat. will with truly
womanly tenderness chase away the
cat that is stalking the unsuspicious
sparrow in her garden.-,New York
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
Topics of the Times

Congressional trust Investigations are
interesting in that they disclose what
We have already read in the magazines.
The state Of Dubuque is preparing to
nullify the Moon law and to operate
saloons in excess OF legal restriction
as based upon population.
Talk about the expense of going in
society How would You like to be the
king Of England and see 5000 guests at
your little garden party?
Mrs. Olea Bull Vaughan, Of Boston,
becomes the sole heir TO a half million
dollar estate left by the widow Of the
famous violinist, but she had to contest
a will of many strange provisions in
order to get the money.
Next Tuesday is the day Of slaughter
for small boys Fond parents should
bid their darlinss an affectionate fare
we'll. Fourth of July Is almost here.
The old, old story has been repeated
in Des Moines where the Masonic lodge
raised money for $4,000 building
and the architects estimate ran up to
100000. while the lowest bid received
was $225.eo0.
The heavy rains Of last week furnish
ed opportunity to judge correctly the
value of recent thing in the drainage
ditch counties of Iowa.
Any farmer who wants his road to
town dragged all of the way in can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
CHARGED the jury.

BY some twist of the election an old
negro had been elected to the office
of justice Of the peace In Z little back
woods district in Tennessee. His hras
case happened to be one In which tho
defendant asked for . trial by jury.
When the testimony was all IN. me
lawyers waited for the Judge to give his
instructions to the Jury. The new JUS"
tice seemed embarrassed. Finally one
of the lawyers whispered to him that
it was time to charge the jury. He
webstered one hand into the front OF
nj scoat, calhouned his voice. and said:
'Gent'm'n Oh de jury. sence dis am =
putry small case, Anil ony charge yo
dollah m half apiece"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30

Moon law. will be laying the founda-
tons for new opposition to all liquor
interests. The brewers and distil!ers
and the wholesale men ought to help
curb the individual greed Of the sa-
loon men in the river cities. The only
reason for defying the Moon law lies
in the fact that it interteres with some
men who want to stay in the business
AS far as consumption and accessible
ity are concerned, no one can contend
that one saloon for every one thousand
is not sufficient. In the end there is
nothing to be gained for the liquor In
terests by attempting to defy the laws.
The laws may not be entirely to each
mans liking, but the laws express the
ma jority sentiment Of the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
THE bitches WE'RE THERE.
Manson Journal


The Sunday night ram was the first
test Of the big drains which have been
recently completed In this section. The
big open ditch along the Rock Island
right Of way took care OF the water in
good shape; the big tile IN the east
part Of town also did its work. but the
big drain to the Tobin pond north OF
town failed to care for the food and
the pond filled to the brinl. as did also
the old Ray pond east Of town. The
latter pond filed as bad as if there had
been no drain, ard the Indications are
that 1t will be several days before this
pond is empty. The drain to the old
Goose pond proved its worth and took
care Of the water In good shape. The
crops were not injured by the floor in
the least. The drain to the Wise
slough also carried off the water and
that whole region seems to be thor
oughly drained. The success Of the
Wise slough drain and the Goose pond
drain is very gratifying as the failure
Of these two projects would have been
almost a calamity to q number Of peo-
pie who are directly interested. The
success of these drains also proves
beyond question that there is some
thing wrong with the Ray pond drain.
This drain is larger than the Goose
pond drain and does not have near so
Tong run and should carry off the
water in good shape, il it were work.
ing properly Mr. Yoder Is the great
est loser by the failure Of this drain,
as his onion crop is completely under
water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
PARALYZED IN THE S1NTIES.

lltOCktOrd 1seSlSteTI.
If any one fact stands out plainly in
respect to the death Of influential men
OF today who are in the thick OF the
battle, in the realm of industry and IT.
political life. it is the appalling num-
Der who are laid low with paralysis
between the ages of 60 and 6S. AS a
rule its victims are men of robust ana
vigorous conStitutio1-Well one day
and dead the next or tottering. broken
old men. This is the price men OF am
bition and energy pay as result or
their attempt TO keep UP with the ter
rife pace imposed by conditions of our
modern life and an ignoring of the
fact that to keep the human machine
in order exercise of the body must be
commensurate with activity OF the
mind and pull on nervous and vital
energy. The death of those referred
to Is the direct result of law as mex
orable as that of gravity, yet one that
is almost completely ignored. The loss
to humanity in the death of men thus
stricken in their maturity and prime
can hardly be measured 1t is high
time that physicians and others laid
greater stress upon the causes that
wreck the lives OF thousands of our
ablest men annually. and pointed a
way OF prevention-a slowing of the
pace and balancing of mental and
nervous activities with physical exer-
else that will tend 10 keep the proper
balance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
CORNER LOT PAVING.

The people OF Baltimore are having
sorne paving experiences which should
be Of value to citizens Of towns gen.
knowledged the fact that the full cost
OF street paving should not be assessed
to the abutting property but that the
general public should pay part OF 1t
and the property benefited another
part So the city council in Baltimore
has borrowed five millions with which
to pay for paving and announces that
the city will pay Tor all paving on side
streets where the lots are assessed for
paving frontage on main streets.
The principle thus established can be
made effective in Iowa If property
owners are disposed to appeal. 1t was
tried out before two different judges
Of the district court in Marshalltown
In two separate cases and the decision
OF both courts agreed upon the princi-
pie that street paving on two sides OF a
corner lot aggregattng four times the
cost Of paving to tho same sized lot if
1t were an inside lot Is excessive. I'M
der the law OF special assessments
which prohibits them being in excess Of
the actual benefit to the property as
sessed q portion OF paving expense in
the case Of corner lots must be paid
from general taxation. In the Mar
shalltown cases 1t was held that a
corner lot with a sixty foot frontage
could be assessed for the full amount Of
the paving in front and for an equal
am ounr or sixty feet Of frontage On the
side but beyond that the city must
pay.
Besides being sound IN law this prin-
ciple Is good public policy. Abutting
property does not receive all the benefit
from street Improvement. The travel
tag public, general business and even
general property values are benefited
by road Improvement and general taxa
ton should pay for a portion Of the
Improvement In our eastern states
where the most enlightened and ad-
vanced road laws are In effect this
principle Of apportioning the cost of
road building between the state, the
county, the township and the abutung
..=nse-.- !s recognized II is the only
equitable way to distribute the burden
O; building permanent public highways
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-30
Patent No 100000.
President Taft has acknOwle(

President Taft has acknowledged TO
q sentiment in the matter of the eel
ebration of the issuance of the ONE
miilionth patent by the government, II
has been the hope of Commissioner
Moore and the other high officials OF
the patent office that when the time
arrived for the issuance of patent No.
1000, 900 chance might throw In the
way an opportunity for issuing really
important patent upon this. the great
day in the history of the great bureau.
President Taft has forestalled fate
and chance and luck in this regard by
ordering that when No. 100000 IS
reached the patent shall be issued TO a