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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Newest
fashions.

Correctness goes hand IN
hand with newness in the
Butterick fashions that are
now ready.
Butterick means correct
ness as far as fashion news
is concerned always. When
Ia pattern is sold freely right
in Paris the very home OF
fashions it simply must be
correct. And Butte1ick pat
terms are sold in large guam
tity right there.
New patterns are excel
lent. There is a tendency
to get away from the ex-
tremely close skirts that
have been the mode. Large
number of women will well
come this change. Lines are
graceful in all the new cos
tunes. Trimmings are To
be more used than for some
seasons-and this will scope
for the exercise of ones own
taste in decoration of cos
tune.
But come and see how
well they are shown In the
new Fashion Book. That
book, by the way, sells for
25. cents, but actually costs
only 1O-for in each book is
a coupon good for any But
terick Is cent pattern: And
there is many times ten
cents worth Of fashion in
formation bound between
it's covers. -far~ -gs-7~~f-- 80
Left aisle, rear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
algonquin Club
TO Decide Its
Future Course

There will be. q meeting of the AL
gonquin club Wednesday evening at
which time the members discuss the
alterations Of the building and the ex-
tension Of the lease The owners of
the building have submitted a prop
ositton to the club which is looked
upon favorably by many !, The SUBJ
committee Of which Robert Beers is
chairman has voted to recommend the
alterations suggested by Architect j.
W. Northrop. .-az.
These alterations include the NOV
ing Of the billiard room into the as
sembly hall now used for bowling, the
enlargement OF the dining room and
the addition OF small dining room.
There in imperative need for greater
dining facilities because at certain
hours 1t frequently happens that all
the tables are in use and consequent
Is members who arrive late are dis
appointed. 1t is also planned to re-
decorate the club throughout and to
install new fixtures. There is a diff
ferenc Of opinion among the members
regarding the wisdom of spending the
club funds TOR the contemplated inn
provements and IT ia expected that
there will be a warm discussion Wed.
nesday- night. s
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Angered Husband
Set Fire To His
Wife's Clothing

The incinerated remnants OF a suit
of boys clothing were presented to the
city court today by Mrs. Frank Nc
Guirk of 306 Coleman street. as evil
dence of to what extremes her hus-
bands temper had led him in their
numerous Quarrels.
McGuirk has been arrested many
times for beating his wife and similar
offenses. Recently his wife inherited
small amount of money, paid him
$25 for his interest in their belongings
at the home, 306 Coleman street, and
babe him good bye He was back
home from 10 days in Jail onThursday.
and he assaulted her. Again on Fri
day he assaulted her, then set fire to
her clothing, and what he couldn't
burn in stove, he carried into the
yard and burned.
McGuirk was sentenced to Jail for
eight months and fined 81 and costs.
He filed notice Of appeal, and Judge
Wilder fixed his bail at $500. He
couldn't furnish this. and went to Jail
to await the Common Pleas court next
week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
veterans Of The
18th In Session
AT Cupheag Club
Hundred Sit Down at Ban
quet This Noon = Death
Claimed 10 During Past
Year

Forty-nine years ago today, the 18th
Connecticut Volunteers were mustered
into the service of Uncle Sam to help
quash the rebellion. Today, about 100
veterans of that famous regiment. to-
gether with a number of invited
guests, are gathered at the Cupheag
club, Stratford, in celebration of the
anniversary.
The 18th regiment was encamped for
quite time at Seaside park, before it
went South for active service and
naturally the soldiers were the pets of
Bridgeport at that time. The veterans
today can recall those stirring days
and the scenes which preceded their
departure fore the 'front.' as we'll as
the bloody struggles which followed
When the veterans went into ses-
sion this morning, the secretary an
nounced that 10 of their number had
answered the last great roll call dur
ing the past year. The association,
despite the depletions in the long years
since the war is still a large one,
probably one of the largest of it's kind
While the majority of the survivors
live in this part of the state the vic
issitudes of time have scattered MEM
bers of the regiment and today's gath
ering includes men from all parts of
the East, including Pennsylvania,
The election of officers, which was
the main business this morning, re-
suited in the choosing Of Samuel
Thorpe of Bridgeport for president and
George B. Phillips, also Of this city,
treasurer j. H. Brakeman of Oro-
noque is secretary and Comrade Peck
of New Haven, the chaplain.
At noon time the veterans and
their guests sat down to an excellent
dinner, served by the Cupheag club.
Wfan the coffee and cigars had made
their appearance, the veterans were
welcomed to the town of Stratford by
e. w. Peck president of the Stratford
Board of Trade. Com. S. G. Brakeman
responded for the association. Then
came a number Of after dinner speech
es, the toast list including the Rev.
E. n. Packard. the Rev. G. s. Bull
lock, the Rev. n. E. Cornwall, all Of
Stratford.
The selection of the--meeting place
for next years reunion was left in
the hands Of the executive board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
rs Lives Lost
By Boy Crying
Fire In Theatre

Canonsburg, Pa, Aug 2S-stunned
by the tragedy Of Saturday night when
26 lives were trampled out in the Nor
gan Opera House. Canonsburg is today
preparing to bury her dead.
Rewards have been Offered for the
arrest and conviction Of the person
who cried fire, causing the panic
The police fear that if he is caught
he will be dealt with violently, as
threats are heard on all sides.
We do not know who the person is
that called fire in the theatre said
Chief Of Police Samuel Swan today.
I'VE heard 1t was a young foreign boy
in the gallery and that he did 1T in
joking spirit when the film broke, but
We cannot verify this
To prove that II did not burn, the
reel Of films OF "a Little Child Shall
Lead Them, which started the ex-
element, was shown to the police.
The operator stated the film merely
broke. q very frequent occurrence.
Grieved by its great loss, the town
will go into mourning for the whole
Of this week. Gayety Of every form
will be bandsted from the life of the
town. The baseball games in the
Church League have been declared off
for the remainder OF the season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
PEOPLE. OF TOWNS FIGHT
FOR TROLLEY Line FOR
BRIDGEPORT AND SHELTON
Matters Likely to Be Settled in Senate Tomorrow
Lobby Making Desperate Efforts to Defeat
Indepen dent Line

The people of Huntington. Shelton,
and Nichols are preparing today for
the fight in the Senate in Hartford
tomorrow, when the last round Of the
contest between the people of these
communities and the railroad monop-
DIV will be fought out. Thus far vic
tory has rested with the small towns.
The people of the towns desire
charter for a trolley line to connect
Shelton with Bridgeport, at Beardsley
Park, through Nichols. The commit
tee on railroads at first reported the
charter favorably, but experiencing
change Of heart, had it recommitted.
The committee then reported the res
olution granting the charter unfavor-
ably. But the House resented this
action and by an overwhelming vote
granted the charter.
The matter then went to the Senate,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

where it was sought to throw the res
olution out on a technicality Through
the appeals of Senator Judson, Senator
Donovan, Senator Mcneil and others
this was defeated, and it was decided
to hear the case on its merits.
The lobby has been working hard to
kill tn eresolution. Citizens have been
working with equal vigor and disin-
terestedly to secure it's passage 1t
is expected that tomorrow will show
whether the lobby or the people of
Sheltona Huntington and Nichols have
the most weight in the Senate.
Demand for the line is very strong
in the communities which the line
would serve. The road would open
up territory now almost inaccessible
and would be great advantage to the
entire State, and especially to Bridge
port and the other communities that
would be served.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Beattie Turns White as
Sheet When Mother of
Slain Wife Faces Him
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
The mother of sorrow had entered the
room where a moment before Detec-
tive Cherer had related a story or
blood and horror like a nightmare.
Unprepared for the significant testi-
mony which the questions of Prosecu-
tor Wendenburg drew from the soft
voiced lady, Beafttie's counsel sought
delay.
Objections and arguments on every
conceivable point failed to stop the
answers of the quiet figure of sadness
until she had indicated the horrible
trend of her knowledge that her
daughter. newly a mother, had discov-
cred that her husband, the prisoner,
had contracted a vile disease in his
debaucheries
Through a maze of questions Wen
denburg developed that Beattie had
not invited Mrs. Owen to ride with her
daughter On the night of the murder,
although 1T had been his custom to do
So The weeping mother declared that
when Henry Beatte brought to her the
bloodsoaked body of her murdered girl,
she cried to him!
who could have been so cruel as
to kill our angel girl?"
Shaking her head she said he made
no reply.
When Beattie arrived at the Owen
house on the night of the murder, she
said, he explained he had had a pune
ture and that a man passed him and
did not offer to assist in repairing It..
She testified Beattie said: eff 1 had a
gun could shoot him.
Carriers cross examination did not
shake the sorrowing mother. The at
torney did not press her heavily, evil
IDENTIFY fearing that she might collapse
before the jury. He dismissed her
with a few questions and, dropping
her veil over her face, she was led out
overruled a formal motion by the de-
Tense to strike out her testimony.
Beattie, his careworn father, his
brother Douglass, and Lawyers Smith
and Carter then held an excited con-
ference in the courtroom after Judge
Watson had ordered recess.
For moment the accused man bent
lower over the desk before him in his
tiger-crouch attitude as the heavy
fore the jury. Then he steeled him
self and sat up straight, with strain
ing eyes fixed on the witness and his
fingers clenched before him.
After asking Mrs. Owen regarding
her visit with her daughter for two
months prior to her death, Prosecutor
Wendenburg asked:
State as far as you can all you
know as to your daughters living
happily with her husband during that
time
The defense, startled into activity
began legal fight to prevent the adj
mission of this line of testimony. At
last the little pale-faced mother, per-
nitted TO answer the question, bent
forward tearfully
Oh seemed sad and frequently had
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

crying SPELLS" she said The little
woman declared that her daughter had
not told her the cause of her sorrow
did she show any of her husbands
clothing?" demanded Wenderburg.
Smith was on his feet, with an OBJ
lection in moment, but the little wo-
man slipped in an answer.
Eyes she showed some of his under
clothing" Then she hid her face be-
hind her fan. wendenburg asked as
to the condition of the clothing.
A bitter argument followed and
Judge Watson asked Wendenburg
what this line was expected to de-
velop.
I'VE propose to show the reason for
the sorrow Of the dead woman said
Wendenburg.
Judge Watson ruled that the admis-
sibility of this line of testimony would
have to be argued in chambers away
from the jury. The prosecution then
deferred the questions and asked Mrs.
Owen whether Mrs. Beattie had re-
fused to go out along with her hus-
band just prior to the murder.
Another objection was made and
Judge Watson ordered the lawyers to
join him in a little room in the front
OF the court house to argue. Beattie
was taken along while the little pale
faced woman remained sorroWful
figure in the witness chair. She had
come from Dover, Del, to bare the sad
details Of her daughters life, and she
waited with the courage of sorrow
while the lawyers debated over her
right to tell the STORY.
Calmly she sat beside her husband
and his two brothers tanning gently.
No more dramatic entrance ever
characterized a murder trial than that
of this unexpected witness. For a
week it had been reported that she
would not appear. She was brought
out from Richmond today in a taxi
cab Her appearance almost threw
the defence into a panic, and they OBJ
jected almost Historically to every
question asked her
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
N ew
books.

Keeping up to the record,
here are more new stories
added to the collection at 45
cents.
Don't blame folks for be-
ing enthused over such
stories. Don't blame them
for wondering how books OF
such goodness can be print
ed and illustrated and
bound as these are-and
then sold for 45 cents.
But it can be done-for
we are doing it right along.
Here are latest additions:
Man From Glengarry--Halph Com
Grath.
Heartbrcak HilI-Herman X. yie1c.
Key to Observation-Disclosures Neville
Joe Miller - Detective Cofbrou
and GrOner. ~
Blue Lagoon-H DeVere StacpooIe.
Iazarre-Mary III. Catherwood.
Francezka-Molly Eliot SeaweII.
Fighting Bishop-Herbert VI. Hop
kinS.
The CharIatans-Bert l.. Taylor.
The Day of SouIs-Charies Tenny
jackson.
White Cat-GeIett Burgess.
Literally hundreds at the
one price 45c
Near Fairfield avenue door.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
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Some new
couch-covers.

Couch-covers that look
exactly like rich old Oriental
rugs in both colors and pat
terms. These are the new
est-and the'handsomest we
have seen in a good long
time.
Woven tapestry are they
but so cleverly are they
made that they might al
most be mistaken for rugs
which had been thrown up
on a couch.
Yes, patterns are those
that we have heretofore
seen only in rugs-and they
look wonderfully well as
carried out on these covers.
In addition, there are
some covers that seem to be
strewed with leaves in all
the gorgeous colorso of the
Autumn woods.
81 by 1O8 inches,-Sa to
$3.50.
Third floor. 49,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Small Boy Brutally
Kicked by Teamster

Eight-year- old Walter Wildman and
his parents registered a complaint at
police headquarters today against a
teamster whose name they were I'M
able to furnish the police, who kicked
the youngster bputally.
Walters right leg was torn and
bruised, back of the knee, where the
teamster's heavy shoe had come in
contact with him. DR.. McGovern
sewed up the cash at the emergency
hospital. The police are looking up
the teamSter
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
MASTER BUILDERS
OUTING POSTPONED,

The annual outing of the Interstate
Local Assembly, which had been
planned to be held at Riverview park,
Milford, tomorrow, has been post
poned. The date will be announced
later.
The committee in charge decided
that a postponement was advisabl
because Of the recent heavy rains
which have made the countryside
pretty soggy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Tom Lawson Guilty
Of Running Lottery
And Is Fined $I00
Especial from United Press.)

Plymouth. HasanAug 2S-Thomas
w. Lawson IA illionefre financder, was
found guilty IN the District Court to-
day of "conducting lottery to induce
attendance to the Marshfield Fair. !"
He was fined 500, but appealed to the
Superior court and was liberated on
$500 bonds and his personal recognize
arce. The charge was brought against
Lawson by the Watch and Ward So
ciety, which had Lawson served with
a summons Saturday because he Of
fered a horse and trap to the holder
of the admission ticket bearing the
lucky prize number. Representative
Robert o. Harris was counsel far Law
son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
SAILOR CAUSES RAID

Ella Miller, keeper of a disorderly
house at Bank street, was fined SIS,
and Henry Canton, seaman who
caused her place to be raided early
Sunday morning, was given a like fine,
and two other frequenters fined so
apiece in the city court today
Canton claimed he was robbed. but
the woman testified that he started a
rough house and then ran away from
the place without collecting his valua-
bles. Canton's captain from a schoon-
er moored here, paid his fine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

vote on all the bonding measures.
Practically no voters refuse to sign
the petitions and the great majority
are enthusiastically in favor of the
view that no bonded debt should be
created against the property Of the
City and its Inhabitants without the
consent Of the people.
The petition was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the voters of the Singer fac
tory, and not a few men took copies
of the individual petition to have it
signed by their friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
HANDS BADLY GASHED
BY JAGGED GLASS

Charles Davis of Warren street,
clerk at the Mohican Co.'s store, was
badly gashed in the palms of both
hands this afternoon when a carboy
Of spring water broke and the jagged
edges of the glass cut him.
DR.. McGovern dressed his injuries
at the Emergency hospital. He lost
a great quantity of blood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
THREE MEN BOUND
OVER IN WHITE
SLAVE GIRL CASE
fspecial from United Press.

Hartford, Aug. 28.-On Margaret
Raynis' story in Police Court today
that three men had forced her into
an immoral house in this city i'm
mediateiy after her leaving Brook
lyn, n. Y, girls reformatory, Sol
Burns, Frank Devlnl. and Michael
were bound over to the
next term of the Superior Court in
$1,000 bonds each. Similar action
was taken in the case of Mary Ber-
nard who kept the house in which
Margaret was placed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
FIREBUG HELD
FOR BURNING HIS
DRY GOODS STORE
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
New Haven, Aug. 2S.-Held with
out bail for further investigation,
Reuben Goldberg of this city is sus-
pected of firing his drygoods store
this morning. The firemen found
about the place several ladies' rubber
bathing caps filled with kerosene oil.
The blaze did 1900 damage. Cold
berg carried 5000 insurance
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
SON BORN TO
CONGRESSMAN AND
MRS. j. @. TILSON

New Haven, Aug. 28.-A son was
born to Congressman and Mrs John
@. Tilson at the home of Mrs. Tilson's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P.
North in this city yesterday. The
child, who tipped the scales at nine
pounds, has been named John Q. Til
son, Jr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

Funeral services over the remains
OF Miss Louise W.Lyon. late librarian
or Smith college, Northampton, were
heid this afternoon at o'clock at the
residence of Mrs L. w. Golf. 1877
Coleman street. The services were
in charge of Rev. DIR. Burton, pres
ident of Smith college and Rev. r. L..
Swain, rector of South Congregational
church. The honorary bearers were
George z. Pearson, Frank V. Burton,
P. Howard Powell, and Robert w.
Eames. Interment was in Mountain
Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Freights In Head
On Collision On
Berkshire Road

Winsted, Conn, Aug. 2S.-Misun-
derstood orders, due to extra freight
No. 400 being set back two hours re-
suited in a head-oncollisiOn between
this train and freight No. 1853 on
the Berkshire division of the New
Haven system at Great Darlington,
Mass, early today. Both engineers
escaped injury by jumping and no
other trainman is reported hurt. The
big engines We're wrecked. Traffic
was blocked for several hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mary Halpin, daughter Of
Doorman James Halpin at Police
headquarters, and Miss Ella Ganley Of
Warren street, returned home Saturday
evening after several weeks in Nor
thern New England and Canada.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
OBITUARY

News was received in this city yes
terday Of the death at Barnston, Que
bee, Canada, of Mrs Rose Mackenzie,
mother of Roderick ]. and Angus H.
Mackenzie. proprietors OF the Bridge
port Public Market. Word of the
death came as great shock to her
two sons, both of whom had heard
OF an accident to their mother, but did
not consider her illness serious. Mrs.
Mackenzie was on a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. G. E. Cleveland. She
suffered a fall down stairs. sustaining
a. dfslooation Of her shoulder, which
with internal injuries brought on her
death. She was in her 10Th year.
Mrs. Mackenzie made her home with
her son, Angus. She was a substan-
tial pillar and a very prominent men,
Der Of the Peoples Presbyterian
church. Funeral arrangements have
not yet been perfected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
Half Way POINT CROSSED
IN CAMPAIGN FOR NAMES.
ON Referendum PETITIONS
The Patton is Enthusias ticaly Received at Singer
Factoy and 200 Electors Sign at Small Gate

and nine electors en-
Singer factory added
the referendum petit
'ubmission of bond is
ton for the
the petition we'll be-
tooAy' carrylnWay point. Some 800
yonu Tn ehaI led, of which more than
names are Mere in hand. 1t is ex-
oo per cent. &c work will be rapidly
pected mat II there seems little doubt
and will have chance to
but the voters
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

CARD READER-Advice on all af-
fairs, Csc. Mrs. Levy, 674 Madison
Ave, fourth house above North
Ave. LIZ IT,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

Boston-Tempted by pop corn cast
to them, two whales raced 70 miles
with the steamer Boston, from Nova
Scotia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

WHERE ARE THOSE CHICKENS?
Fifteen chickens vanished over
Saturday night at the poultry yard
of Edward Schneider, IL River street.
He ased the police to help find his
wayward fowl.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

Ellen M. Smith, widow of Jasper
2. Sage, died Saturday at her home
in Long Hill in her 10th year She
WAS native of Madison Co.. but had
made her residence in Long Hill for
ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
DIED.

DIED.
SWINDON.-Sarah Elizabeth Swim
a don (nee Northrop1 at Bridgeport.
y Conn.,, Aug. 2Sth. -'---
Funeral services at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Theo-
dore J. Kirk, 21O Congress street,
Tuesday evening at o'clock q. m.
--Interment private at Thomas
l6toekbr Sc; Pitfs6eld. Great
harrington papers please copy.
a *p
SPEER.-In Toiisome Hill, Fairfield,
CT, Aug. n, 1911, at the home Of
her daughter. Mrs. Samuel Wilkes,
Margaret Speer. widow Of Charles
II. Speer, aged 10 years. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

Levi Jennings died this morning at
his home in Jennings Woods, Fair
field, in his 85th year. He was
native Of Fairfield and was farmer
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Ann e. Brown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28

The remains of Frederick B. Keppy,
who died at Bayport, L. l., were
brought to this city yesterday after
noon and taken in charge by Funeral
Director Henry e. Bishop. 1nterment
was held In Mountain Grove ceme-
terry