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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20
DIED.

August 20th, 1912, Henry l. Flint, aged "A years. 4 months, ID days. . Friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, corner of Main and Broad streets. on Friday, August 23rd, at 2:SO p. -Interment at Mt. Grove ceme- tery. L2o b. NICHOIS.-In Nichols, Conn. Aug. 20th, 1912, Caroline Isabelle Men ois. wife of William B. Nichols, aged " Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late home, Nich11 ols.. on Thursday, 22nd inst. at 200 e-0f ~Burial in in Nichols cemetery, s . sHEEHAN.-In this. city, Aug. 1s,, 1912, Patrick J. Sheehan, ageo % --.-Friends are. invited to attend the funeral from the undertaking pariors of Cullinan & Mullins, SS4 Main street, on Wednesday. Aug. 21.vat S:30. a. m.s and solemn high mass at St. Charles church at 9 @interment at st. Michaers cemetery. aF MULCAHY.-In. this city. Aug. 1s. llsI2.. 2. Era5k 2 faEks.k k Mp'leshy' s 9s
 
 a4F1A funeral from his late residence. No. 911 Fairfield avenue, on Thurs. day. Aug. 22 at g. 30e a. In., and from St. Augustine's church at 10 a. m., with solemn high mass.
 L 19 THOSIAs.-In Milford. Aug. IT. 1912. George Thomas. 'S
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the undertaking parlors of Cullinan & Mullins. No. S64 Main street, on. Wednesday, Aug 2f, at S:30 a. m. and from St. Mary's church at g a. m.
 -Interment at St. Mfchaeps cemetery. L19 b" MGAHAY.-In Stratford, Ct, Aug. 18th, 1912, Marietta, wife of John J. McGahay. aged 4s years. 10 months.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late residence, stratford avenue. stratford, on Wednesday, Aug. 21st, at 8:30 a. m., and from St. James church, at g o'clock a. m. L19 b*p HECK.-In this city, Aug. 19,~ 1912, Elizabeth. wife of Charles Heck
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 38 Walter street, on Wednes- day, Aug. 21, at g a. m., and from St. Mary's church at 9;30 a. m
 -Interment at St. Michael's cemetery. L19b*p LORD.-In this city, Sunday, August 18th, 1912, William, beloved hus- band of Sarah Lord, aged 79 years, months, 15 days.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence. No. 54 Orange street, on "Wednesday, August 21st. at 2:36 D. m.
 -Interment at Lakeview ceme-. tery. L19b%
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20
THE HoWLAND DRY GOODS co.

and he then denied that he was In
 the gray murder car the night of sne
 killing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20

IN THE FARMER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20

Front basement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
Notice

For forty-six years we have been mnnducting business at the same olo location, corner of Main and John Streets, Bridgeport, Conns and our Private Bank has been esfab1sne0 there continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without nO- tice millions of dollars of money de- posted with us and we continue 70 receive money subject to depos1tOr $ check at sight, on which we allow allow three per cent. per annum, cre@!eu e;. to each account monthly. We solicit tFe s,ccounts of individuals, business men. firms and corporations, and all who want a bank account where they can deposit money. checks or GralUs' month or one year, and draw interest Q nit for any time 1t is left with us; He give to the business our cafS.uI a personal attention as the oldest nfni of pefvate bankers in tfds state.
 T. L. WATSON S co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
FIRST THINGS

The first great nation to decree the abolition of slavery was Great Brit ain, the act for the abolition of slav- cry in the British possessions going into effect seventy eight years ago to- day, Aug. 1, 1884. By this act 770, ,280 slaves became free men. Twenty mil lion pounds sterling were appropriat- ed by Parliament to compensate per- sons hitherto entitled to the services of such slaves. Four years later, on Aug 1, 1888, slavery was abolished in the East Indies. In America, many States prohibited slavery soon after the Revolution, but civil war was nec- essary to bring about the general abolition of the system. Holland pro hibited slavery in the Dutch West In- dies in 1863 Brazil proclaimed free dom for slaves in 1873, and Spain freed the slaves in Porto Rico in 1873 and in Cuba in 1880. Portugal suppressed slavery in it's colonies in 1876. The first society for the suppression Of the slave trade was organized in England in 17S. England abolished the slave trade in 1907, the United States in the following year, Austria in 1782 and France in 1794. Before 1808 when the traffic was about wiped out, an aver age of about 100000 slaves were taken from Africa every year, the majority going to the West Indies and the Southern States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
JIM SULLlvAN'S BULL
Gives Invitation to Friends to Stay at
 His Irish Castle.

Attorney "Jim'' Sullivan, who as counsel for Jack. Rose induced him to make a confession in the Rosenthal murder case, while in New Haven a few nights ago, met some of his old friends, with whom he was going over old times in that city.
 Jim said he never would forget his experiences in Maine when he went on the stump for the Democratic can didate for President. Maine was a great stumping ground and it wasn' t his fault if there were more Republi- cans in the State when he entered than when he left.
 Jim was in high feather about the castle he expects to build in Ireland some day. Speaking to his friends about this, he said:
 I'm going to have a castle in Ire land of which any man may well feel proud, and want to say if any of my New Haven friends get within sixty miles of that castle I want to have lem stay there.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
PATENT RIGHTS ISSUED TO
 CONNECTICUT INVENTORS

The following were issued July 30; list furnished from office of A. M. Wooster solicitor of patents, Bridge port, Conn.,:
 lEllgene E. Norton and A. U. Lan- genegger, Bridgeport, ironing ma chine. ! Franklin F. Knous, New Haven, magazine ftrearm.
 Wilson E. Porter, New Haven, alarm clock.
 Henry W. Starkweather, New Ha- ven. electric primer. . Ira H. Spencer. Hartford, cleaning device
 Albert B. Cobb. Waterbury, purifier for acetylene gas.
 Vim H. Bristol, Waterbury, tacho- . Louis R. Alberger, Greenwich, cen trifugal or turbine pump. Isaac E. Palmer, Middletown, ? pat ents: Apparatus for conditioning tex tile material; conditioning textile ma teria1.
 T'rade-MarkS
 The Greist Mfg. Co.,, New Haven, attachments for sewing machines.
 Prints Winchester Repeating Arms Co.,, New Haven, 'fWinchester Rifles and Shooting Requirement." (for Winches- ter rifles and cartridges.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
WILSON WILL WIN.
New Britain Manufacturer Says Elec-
 tiOn is as Good as Over Now.

A sweeping Democratic victory in the State and nation in the fall elec- tions is the prediction made by one of New Britain's most prominent manufacturers in an interview with a Hartford Times reporter.
 The manufacturer, a Sta1wart Re publican, made the statement that Governor Woodrow Wilson is as good as elected now. His estimate. of the worth of Governor Wilson was voiced in the assurance that he twill give the country fine business and scholarly administration"
 ''I have discussed the situation with manufacturers I have met and with men of this company he said.
 "Taft is too soft and has no will of his own Roosevelt is an impossibil- ity," asserted the manufacturer.
 How do the other manufacturers of the city feel in regard to the political situation?" the reporter asked.
 Much the same as do," he an- swered.
 s"The country will not go to the bow VOWS under Democratic administra- ton. There will be revision of the tariff The tariff question is seri- ous concern for the welfare of New Britain Every manufacturer will be affected How serious it will be will depend on the revision rates.'' q think I'll go fishing next election day" remarked the manufacturer, bringing the interview to a close.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
RAY BRONSON, HOOSIER
 SCRAPPER, WILL BE
 25 YEARS OLD TOMORROW

Ray Bronson, the little Hoosier lad who has made his fists felt by some of the best of the lightweights, was born in Webster City, Iowa, twenty five years ago tomorrow. His par ents gave him the name of John Ray, but when Bronson began his ring ca- reer he sent the John to the discard The clever Indianapolis boxer is five feet four inches in height, well built and has the appearance of a perfect fighting machine, although his face is not of the architecture usually as- sociated with the profession of pugil- ism. He is a rather handsome lad, is Ray, and such scars of battle as he may have received are not visible to the nude eye. He began fighting in the Indiana capital at the age of seventeen, and during the year of 1905 took part in eleven engagements, eight of which were victories and Skinny DeBruler and Jimmy Casey were the fighters to hold Bronson even, but he met all three of them in return engagements and in, each case was victorious. In 1906 Bronson took part in a score of battles, and not once was he defeated, although Fred die Cole and Young Sharkey held him early bouts were fought in Indianap- oils, although a few were pulled off in neighboring cities in Indiana and Illinois.
 Bronson's most important affair in 1907 was ten-round draw with Gro yer Hayes, the clever little Philadel- phian. The following year he defeat ed Kid Hogan and Perry Mover and fought drawn battles with Anyd Beze- nah and Jimmie Dunn. Early in 1909
 Bronson made a Southern trip, knock ing out Kid Stein at Atlanta, but go ing down to defeat before, Freddie Welsh, the lightweight from Wales, at New Orleans. This was the first time the Hoosier scrapper had ever
 been beaten his Waterloo coming in the 'hoodoo'' thirteenth round. La ter in the same year he fought two battles with Jack Redmond in New l Orleans, the first a draw and the sec
 ond victory for Bronson. The great fight of his career was held in the
 Crescent City on Sept 19, 1909. when | he took on Packey Mcfarland and held his own against that great boxer
 In the fall of 1910 Bronson went tc Australia, defeating Sid Sullivan and
 others, and early last year he visited I England, where he lost on a foul ir i the nineteenth round of bout witt | Sid Burns. Bronson's record is re- markable for the number of drawr battles in which he has participated which shows him as great defensive
 boxer, but lacking in the punch tha' | wins victories.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
SEA BREEZE ISLAND

Rarely a day passes without largs turnout of a society, a Sunday school, a fraternal organization or a club d Sea Breeze Island. The expansive amusement resort is ideally located for outings of this sort, and the man. agement caters especially to that class of patronage. Inquiry at the general offices at the island will elicit all the necessary information as to arTange< ments for outings. picnic parties, and the like. Yesterday brought 300 pie nickers from Rowayton. Today ths coIored folks own the island. Saturs. dav the Masons will turn out several hundred strong, and next week sey'- eral large outings will be held. On August 2O the Hibernians and thfit friends throughout the State will in. wade the island, and indications point to the biggest attendance in the his- tory of the island, for the visitors ex- pect no less than 15,OO0 people in lins for their monster parade, and with their friends and the Bridgeporterf who will repair to Sea Breeze for tnt afternoons field day sports, the rec. ords of the biggest days at the lsIano are likely to go by the boards.
 Sunday will be Newsboys day Witc the island thrown open to every ncwss hoy in the State. Thousands of kids dies will flock to the island, and all the amusement attractions will bf thrown open to them through combit nation tickets which are distributed without charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
N. Y. Wholesale Market

BUTTER-Creamery extras. ID. gre O 27Ac; firsts. 25%c O 261sc; dairy tubs, finest, 26c; good to prime. 4c O 25c.
 EGGS-Fresh gathered, extras, dog en, 23c o 24c; extra firsts, 200 O PC; hennery whites, fancy, large, new laid, soc O 31c; selected whites, good to prime, 27c; hennery browns, 24c O Poo; gathered brown and mixed colurs, 20c O 24c st
 FRUIT-Cherries, sour, black, s-1b basket, 6Oc O 75c; sour, red, soc 70 roc; Currants, quart, 41Ac O Sc; Black berries, quart, Sc O 1Sc; Raspberries, red, pint, Sc O lie; BIackcaps, pint. 4c
 HAY AND sSTRAW-Hay, large bales, timothy, No. 3 to l.. 100 tb, goo O .$1.321a; shipping, 75c O soc; clover. mixed, light $1.05> O $1.10; heavy, soc p $1: Straw, long rye, 65c O soc; oat, 55c O G0c.
 POULlTIRY-FreSh Killed - Chickens. bSoflers, ne4r. 5oc @ 65c; Turkeys, old, mixed, 16c O 17c; Fowls, 60 ID and over to dozen, 17c; AS to 55 fb, fancy. 1615c; 40 fb and under, 141ac O 15c; Spring Ducks, 1815c; Squabs, prime, large. white, dozen, $1.5O O s350; dark, $1.25
 VEGETABLES Long Ts- land, bbl.s $250 Onions, Eong Island yellow. bbl. $1.75; red, basket 75c O S1; white, soc O 75c; Beets, bbl, $1. a O $150; Carrots, bbl, $1.50 O $175: Cucumber Pickles, bbl, $25O O $4; Gu cumbers, box. 75c O SIPS; Cabbages Long Island, 100, $4 O $5; Peas, large basket, $150 O $2.25; Tomatoes, near by, box, s1 O $2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
MANY INCONVENIENCES
President of Hawthorne Co. Com4 plains Before Claims Com-
 mittee

The local method of taxation is something of a puzzle to E A. Haw- thorne, president of the Hawthorne Manufacturing O.. and he stated many reasons for a petition to have a rebate made in his taxes, which made it's appearance before the Claims committee last night. Mir. Hawthorne moved his business to this city from Philadelphia two years ago. He failed
 to file the required property list witn the Board of Assessors and the ten per cent. penalty was added to his tax
 bill He appeared before the Claims committee last night and stated his
 amazement, not alone at the addi-
 tional ten per cent. assessment, but
 the size of his tax bill as well.
 Mr. Hawthorne has been subjected
 to so many inconveniences that he
 hasn't formed very good impression
 of Bridgeport and it's care of manu-
 facturers. He assumed from the firse that the tax system here was similar to that in Philadelphia In that city he said all possible aid is given tha
 manufacturers and they are encourage
 ed in many ways, and particularly by being exempt from taxation. The First and Second district tax assess ments are all bewildering to him and he hasn't been able as yet to figure
 out the meaning as it is expressed on the tax bill
 | When he received the bill he con- suited with other manufacturers and was advised to go before the Common | Council. He said he was willing to pay the tax assessment minus the ten per cent. penalty, even though the tax alone was too high. He regarded hia property as valued at $15,O0O, whereas he was assessed on a S25,O00 vaaua- | ton.
 l Among other inconveniences Mir. Hawthorne has to endure the noiss and bother which comes from work men building a new gas tank near his | place of business. It bothers a great deal when he is dictating to steno-
 graphers. He has also been wonder | ing why he should be called upon to pay a street sprinkling assessment when all last summer there was little
 sprinkling of the street.
 | A bill for $1,000 submitted by the l Miller Motor Car Co.,, which came be- | fore the committee last night, will ba referred to the city attorney. Tha bill resulted from a contract made by former City Engineer Nj. F. McKenna. | The Motor Car Go. has just recently submitted it. Attorney F. K. Nich-
 olson appeared before the committee | to urge it's payment. He stated that he had started an action against the city for the payment of the bill. | There was a great deal of business before the committee last night. The committee had 59 petitions before 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
CONFIDENCE IN THE
 JEWELER

is one of the most important things you consider when buying diamonds.
 The majority of buyers must rely on the jewellers honesty, when selecting a diamond.
 In Bridgeport the word "Buechler" has grown synonymous with reliabil- ity and honesty. The most inexperi- enced can buy here, with the same as- surance of receiving full value and goods that are just as represented as the. most experienced shopper. Our large, complete stock, insure wide range of price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
T.L. WATSON & co.

We offer, subject to sale, the follow.
 Ing or similar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
ENGINEER TO START WORK
 ON NEW LONDON DOCKS.

Hartford, Aug. At a meeting of the Rivers. Bridges and Harbors com mittee, yesterday, it was voted to hire an engineer to develop the scheme Of the new docks to be erected at New London This will come under the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
DIR. BASSETT DIES IN
 NEW MILFORD, AGED S4.

New Milford, Aug. 1-Dr. John H. Bassett, for 50 years a practicing phy- sician in New York city with an office on West 31st street, died at the Way side Inn here. yesterday, from paraly sis. He was S4 years old and leaves his widow, three daughters and one son.
 He was a graduate of the Berkshire Medical School, now 8 part of the Harvard Medical School.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01

million dollar appropriation for the improvement of the harbor by the last General Assembly,
 Resolutions of regret on the death of Oliver T. Gildersleeve, of Portland were passed. MT. Gildersleeve was a member of the committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
GOVERNOR NAMES BARNES.

Hartford, Aug. 1-Governor Baldwin has appointed Frank G. P Barnes of New Haven a member of the board of trustees of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, to serve until the ris- ing of the next General Assembly. He succeeds F. c. Bushnell of New IJa- ven
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01

Farmer Want Ads. Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
AIDED DEFEAT
 OF MATHEWSON
CHAIRMAN COMSTOCK SAYS THAT IS THE ONLY TIME HE EVER
 HELPED RORABACK,
ANSWER TO FORMER JUDGE
Denies That He is a Lobbyist And In. Vites Judge to Know Democracy
 Better.

Chairman Charles W. Comstock of the Democratic State Central Commit tee gave out yesterday at the commit tee meeting in New Haven a state- ment in reply to the charges made by Judge A. Mcclellan Mathewson some time ago that he, Comstock, was a. lobbyist and that he and J. Henry Roraback, chairman of the Republican State Committee, worked together at the Legislature.
 Chairman Comstock says that the only time he ever worked with Rora back on a measure was to defeat sJudge MatheWson for judge of the city court of New Haven.
 The statement in full follows:
 T received from MT. de Vicq a copy of a paper containing Judge Mathew sons attack. upon me in the public press in which he charges, or inti- mates, that I supported the interests. so-ca1led, against the people.
 This statement is wholly without foundation. I ask him to file his bill of particulars and name, if he can, a single Democratic member of the Gen eral Assembly that ever urged or re- quested to vote against any plank in the Democratic platform If he can not find such person let him forever hold his peace!
 
 "He further states that MT. Rora- back and myself are working for one common object, or words to that ef- feet. The only time, that I recall, when MT. Roraback and were in ac- cord was in a wholly non-partisan matter opposing the selection of Judge Mathewson as judge of the police court of New Haven. At that time MT. Mathewson was, and for several years previous thereto had been an active member of the Republican State Central Committee I believed then and believe now that the judiciary of the State should be divorced from par tisan politics-that no man should. be identified with a political organization and at the same time hold the office Of judge of any Of our courts. He should resign one of his offices. For this reason I opposed Judge Mathew sons nomination.
 "T1e judge further intimates that am allied with the lobby interests of the State. It is true that I have ap- peared before several committees of the Legislature in behalf of measures which I deemed of public importance and have also appeared for the Mont vile, Norwich and Westerly. Groton and Stonington, East Lyme, Lebanon, and Willimantic and Stafford Street Railway companies all of which cor porations are independent, owned and controlled by local capital except the Montville1 Street Railway Company, which was purchased a few years ago by the Connecticut Company at which time I was dismissed from the board of directors and have done no work for it since.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
Favored Street Railways.

These street railway companies are of the utmost convenience to the peo- pie of New London county and they unanimously favored the building and operation of these roads and also unanimously supported the granting of the several charters in the General Assembly.
 T also obtained a charter for. the Uncas Power Company which is gen erating electricity from water power and thereby conserving the coal sup ply of the country besides furnishing Norwich and Willimantic with cheap electric power. The public is directly benefited by the operation of this company.
 T fought for six long years for the charter of the Montville Street Rail- way Company and my principal work before the committees of the General Assemblies has been to obtain rights and privileges for these public service corporations.
 eff it is honorable to hold a court for the correction of abuses and. for the protection of the public, it is equally as honorable to appear in this court created for that purpose. It is as honorable to try a case before a legislative committee as to argue 8 matter in the Supreme Court of Err TOTS. Every lawyer with a respectable practice is sooner or later required to appear before the committee Of the General Assembly. Every town. city or borough attorney must look to the Legislature to obtain an amendment to the charter of his respective cli- ent.
 'I never urged a measure before a committe which in my judgment did not possess merit, and I would have voted for it had I been a member of the General Assembly myself. all men are 1ObbUjSfS thai aD-
 pear before a.. committee of the Gen eral Assembly to support a measure which they believe to be meritorious, then T have done lobby work. .sp understand that the judge intends to vote for Wilson There is hope for him yet. When he becomes more fa- miliar with Democratic principles he will better appreciate the character and work of the chairman of the State Central Committee
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
The House Fly and the B. B.

One of the characteristics Of
the present day campaign for the
prevention of disease is the
homely, practical way in which
facts are being placed before the
public. Many of our state boards
through bulletins-are doing
excellent work in this direction.
AS a result. some popular
ideas are being sadly shaken.
The little house-ny for instance,
has been for years the subject of
household poetry, and has been
referred to as the harmless and
innocent companion of man.
The bedbug, on the contrary, has
been looked on with speeches.
aversion. He has no social
standing. Even the mention Of
his name has not been consider
ed good form in our best circles,
while the least suspicion of q
speaking acquaintance with him
has been regarded with horror
In the May number of the Bulle.
tin of the North Carolina State
Board of health, DR.. Cyrus
Thompson, in an article on Files
and Filth" says: Now as a mat.
ter of unprejudiced fact, barring
the sting of the bite and the odol
of the encounter, the bedbug is
a much more eligible companion
than the house-Ay, whether OF
bed orof board. But if bedbugs,
comparatively clearly of habit,
crawled all over our plates, table
and food just as the house-hy
crawls, fresh from the foulest
filth of every pestilential kind.
who could eat or even sit at the
table for a moment? | am not
making a plea for the elevation
Of the social status Of my noetar
|nRl friend who I0yqa darkness
! rather Than light, but | am Dc.