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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
REPUBLICAN EDITORS TO
 FEEL PULSE RACK HOME.'

Indianapolis, July 24.-Republican editors returned to their desks, to- day. to feel. the public pulse back home following the failure of the Republican Editorial Association to adopt a plan for concentrated action in opposition to the bull moose move ment in Indiana When the meeting began, sentiment, favored going on record in the Roosevelt con- troversy but before it was half finish ed that sentiment had diminished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
J. P. Morgan Hadn't
 Heard of Bull Moose

New York, July 25.-J. Pierpont Nor gan, whose long stay in Europe some suspicious folk tried to connect Up with the sittings of the Stanley steel trust committee and the Pujo money trust committee, returned to New York yesterday aboard the White Star liner Olympic.
 'Is it true that you are going to finance the bull moose movement?'' shouted reporters.
 "In Heavens name, what is a bull moose?'' roared Morgan.
 '+The Roosevelt independent move ment-'' a reporter began to explain.
 tGo away! Get out! he shouted. Nothing to say"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
IA MINERS DROWN WHEN
 DAM BURSTS

Uniontown. Pa, July Officials of the superba Mine reported by tele- pohne here that it was practically certain that IA miners had drowned in the Superba Mine at Evans. Station which was flooded by the breaking of the company's dam.
 At 3 p. nn., rescuing parties were making frantic efforts to gain. en- trance to the. mine but were driven hack by the onrush of waters
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
DYING, WANTS TO
 LIVE TO SENTENCE.
 HIS WIFE TO JAIL

Newman. Ga, July 24.-"I want jus tee; my wife has robbed me of the best part of my life and she should suffer for it,'' said Eugene Grace. as he lay utterly helpless on a bed in his Methods home. paralyzed and which he insists his wife fired at him.
 'I would give anything if I could attend the trial and tell my story to the jury"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
JUSTICE GERARD INJURED.

Ostend, July 24.-Suffering consid- erbly from the injuries received when he was knocked down by passing taxicab. as he was entering an auto mobile just before he. left London for Ostend, Justice James w. Gerard, of the New York supreme court. con suited physician here, today. numerous and painful, his hurts are not serious, however.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
Million Dollar Flood
 Follows Bursting Dams

:.Wausau, Wis, July 24.-Damage estimated at $1,O0o,0OO was caused by the. breaking of two dams on the Wis consin. riveT,- north of here early to- day. No lives were lost here but, ac- cording to reports, several farm houses were carried away by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
ELEVEN BALLooNsSE ENTER sNATION4h FERMENTATION RAGE.

Kansas City,-July- -24.-Eleven bal loonsS the higgYsEF&Ten fec9rF m national elimination races to start from Kansas City. Saturday, and indi- cations, today. were that. more would be added sto the list The three bal looms making the longest flights will represent America in the Internation- al races in Germany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
storI closes at 5, except satur days.
".
 l inc to save IS right now.

The Mill End sale offers best chance that Bridge port to money. But it offers only for limited time. It does not go and on indefinitely
 That limited time is fast drawing it's close Folks who would share in the savings of the ale savings that are big and general will do we'll to share with delay.
 We had bigger lots than for this 29th Mill End sale We had better lots than And have served more people, and served them better
 Quantities growing smaller. But qualities not growing less attractive and values just great Without great quantities however the sale would be natural And so supply is exhausted the sale draws to is close.
 Come, without day of delay, if you would pick from the Mill End tree which hangs full of economies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24

Hartford-In enforcing the tene- ment house law, the plumbing inspec.. tor has ordered work done in 259 tenements.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
WALL STREET TODAY,

=. Il a.. m.-The tone was uncertain. Price movements were irregular.
 Government bonds unchanged, oth- CT bonds firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
THE HoWLAND DRY GOODS co.

flood Four bridges were carried out by the flood. The city is without electric. lights, power, gas or street car service
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
OBITUARY

The death of James Coffey, aged 80, one of the best known of the older residents of East Bridgeport, occurred at his home, TAT Arctic street, yester- day. Though he had been bereft of the faculty of sight for 13 years, he retained excellent health until very recently, and he kept up a large ac- .quaintance. MT. Coffey was a native of Ireland. Coming to America as a young man he took up his residence in New Milford, where for many years he, was 8, successful farmer. He re- mained in that vicinity until with ad- vancing years he retired and came to Bridgeport with his wife and family. Mrs. Coffey passed away several years ago. Up to Saturday he had been in good health, but he was seized with a chill which with other infirmities of advanced years resulted fatally late yesterday afternoon. He is survived by nine children, Michael J., Ogdens- burg, N. Y.; Mrs Joseph Millette. of Pittsfield, Mass; Miss Catherine F. Coffey, Mrs. Simon Crehan, Mrs, Ste phen Havrilla. James, John, Martin and Cecilia, all of this city. Mr. Cof- Charles Church, and a member of it's society.
 The funeral of Edwin D. Hit, 3S1 Catherine street, was held from the bereaved home this afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Charles w. Simpson of1ciated. There was a large attendance Of rel atives and friends The ritual of St. Johns lodge, F. & A. M, was exem- plified at Park cemetery
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
BISHOP WARREN DIES

Buffalo, July 24-Bishop Henry War ren ST. retired Bishop of the Method ist Episcopal Church, died here last night of pneumonia. His wife was with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
Oh, Hang 1t!

Your Telephone Book then you will know where it ss Five cents buys handy book hanger for telephone books sold at JACKSON'Ss BOOK SHOP, 986 -9s8 MAIN ST. Once tried youswoudn't sell it for dollar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24

No matter what you want try the Farmer Want Col umn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24
NEW YoRKERs OBTAIN, LICENSE

John Arthur Corbin. aged 5s years, a lawyer practicing in New York city. and Julie Barker Barley, aged 40 years living. in New York, came to this city today. and took out mar iiaEg license at tffe town sscIerk's office It is the second marriage for MT. Cofbin and the first for Miss Bar ley.
 Los Angefes-The city council voted to abolish free lunches in all saloons The new law will go into effect 30 days from date:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-24

Farmer Want Ads. 1 Cent a Word.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
Copyright by F. L. Nelson

me that his father kept a big bank roll in his safe at home, and the only reason he gave for 1t was that the old man was getting cranky. I be- came deeply interested in the story, owing to the hard times that had struck the firm of Wooley 6 Spengler, and tried to get Temple to fix a limit on the old mans pile. He couldn't or wouldn't do it, and I sent Andy up to Dobbs Ferry to take a look at the Temple mansion, to find out what sort of prospect there was for an exchange of the Temple bank-roll. The house was far in the country and about on the dividing line with Hast ings. Andy came back with report that the game was as easy as the kick of goose, and the coin-box was like finding it in the street. l did not exactly relish going back to old tricks, but something had to be done, and that was all there was about 1t. The plan of the house showed that it was adapted for second-story work, and there were only two men who
 
 Temple and the other was the old man. The other inmates were women !; two or three daughters and domes- tic servants. Andy was not able to get the location of the strong box, so as to know what tools could best he used to open it. Did you ever know that safes must be tackled ln T ferent makers?
 We picked out for our visit very stormy night, when we knew that young Temple was in the city blow ing in his allowance. This left us only the old man to deal with and the women. We went up the river on an early train as far as Yonkers and there I got a carriage from solid friend of mine who knew enough to keep his mouth shut and ask no questions. We reached the Temple house before midnight All the lights were out and Andy went up a pillar on the back piazza to the roof and fastened a rope ladder for future use. We got into the house in about five minutes. We went to the different rooms on the second floor and found old Temple alone in bed asleep. There was no one in the adjoining rooms, and I woke him up. I made things plain to him: It was simply to give up the safe combination or lose his life. He was badly scared, and said that he would open the strong box. He got up, shaking like leaf, and took us to an office off the dining room. I made lights in several rooms so that the light in the office would not attract attention, while Andy had the old man working on the lock. When l returned to the office the old man groaned suddenly, placed his hand over his heart and fell heavily against the safe door, He was un- conscious, and we carried him into another room. opened the safe and cleaned it out. We reached New York before daylight with a big roll of securities and $45,000 in money"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
Farrell Did Not EaIter.

James A. Farrell, of the United States Steel corporation, has reputa- tion for courage He learned the steel business from the beginning, and is thoroughly familiar with the dangers the mill, blast furnace and mining men are called upon to guard against.
 President Farrell, recently, was making a tour of inspection of min ing properties in Klondyke coal re- gions in Pennsylvania. At the Lam bert mine of the Prick Coke company he was about to step aboard the cage leading to the mine when the superin- tendent warned him that slate was falling in the mine. and advised him not to take such risk.
 Are the men working in the miner" MT. Farrell asked of the superintend- ent.
 "Yes," replied the superintendent.
 Then I do not see why I should hesitate to enter the mine" replied the steel corporations president, concluding with an order to lower the cage.-Wall Street Journal.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
HAS WORLDS FAC" RECORD
Woman Tells Judge In New York Court That Husband Has Been
 Drunk for SAYS Days.

New York-"Your honor this man, my husband, has been drunk contin- uously for 5,475 days without let-up, and I want him put away as an ha- bitual drunkard."
 So spoke Sarah Welinski in the West Side court before Magistrate Butts recently.
 Your honor, I have spent most of those days in the synagogue in West Ninety-frst street. You can send for a MT. Klein, druggist, at One Hun dred and Third street and Amsterdam avenue, and he will tell you I am of sober and religious habits" ( So spoke Abraham. and of Sarah, of 123 West Ninety-sixtn street, where he has tailor shop
 If Sarah Is right there is no doubt Abraham has hung up a new worlds s Jag record, according to court archives.
 Magistrate Butts became so inter. ested in the case that he sent for Klein to tell all about it. In the meantime Abraham is held.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
QUE" IN AFRICA
Explorer Finds Lake of Dead and
 a Strange People.
p. A. Talbot, Who Located Sacrea Body of Water, Describes Weird Scene of Place Never Before
 Seen by White Men.

Cape Town, Africa.-Mr. and Mrs. P Amaury Talbot have just returned to London from Central Africa, where they had spent two years in an anthro- biological, botanical and geological sur Vey from the Gulf of Guinea eastward across the continent In a statement issued to the London press, MT. Talbot declares that certain territory he and his wife traversed had never been vis- ited by white man before. He said that in the Southern Algerian bush he found evidence of the origin of the Witchcraft panic, which swept over England. New England and southeast ern Europe in the middle of the seY- enteenth century. Said MT. Talbot:
 The bush, with its soft green twi- light, dark shadows, and quivering lights, is peopled by many terrors, but among these 'ojje,' or witchcraft, reigns supreme Should the suspicion of Witchcraft fall upon any one, only trial by ordeal can free them. The most usual one is that of eating esere, a poisonous bean which almost in 'tNA ASe'iJ AA4A6 tLC 5u5pCCbCo PStDCAA The ordeals of boiling oil poured upon the palms of the hands and of pepper corns inserted in the eyes are far less dreaded, not only because their re suits are practically never fatal, but because the physical anguish entailed is acknowledged to be less intense than that caused by esere"
 One of the most interesting discov- cries was that of the Lake of the Dead in the Oban country.
 The name of this lake," said MT. Talbot, occurs in many of the tribal songs, but for a long time I could not discover the meaning of the word, and all inquiries failed to elicit informa- | tion, and when l believed I was in the neighborhood of this haunted spot and altered my course my carriers begged to be allowed not to proceed, and were left behind After a struggle through dense bush We could see the edge of a sheet of water, along the banks of which were the holes of crocodiles, whose tracks covered the shore. The
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
TEXT WAS NEW TO HEARERS
Germans Struggle With the English Language Praiseworthy, but Some
 what Mirth Provoking.

Prince Henry of Reuss, who speaks superb English, laughed good-natured- ly at a dinner in New York, over the account of certain officers of the Ger man fleet.
 One of our chaplains," said the prince, had the hardihood to preach In English at one of your Lutheran chapels the other day. He astonished his congregation by saying, as he rose, that he would choose for his text the words:
 And he tore his shirt
 "A quite audible snicker went round.
 The chaplain noticed it, flushed and repeated the text in a louder, slower, more distinct and impressive voice:
 And he tore his shirt
 "'The snicker became a laugh, and the pastor rose and said:
 "'Our good brother is quoting, of course, the familiar words:
 And the door is shut.''
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
DEFECTIVE ARMsTRoNG's TALE.

There is an easy solution" said Detective Armstrong, "to every mys- tery, and when mysterious circum- stances are cleared away it always makes you wonder how the proper key escaped you. The robbery of Andrew Temple in his home in Dobbs Ferry was one of those peculiar cases that you will not meet more than once in lifetime, and they never fail to low who has any of the detective in- stinct.
 q reached the Temple mansion the morning after the robbery, and the first salute I got was that Andrew Temple had been murdered by thieves during the night. The family physician was present to attend to the women in the household, who were suffering from severe shock, and he informed me that MT. Temple had been killed by pistol wound in the forehead. I looked at the dead man and saw just above the temple small hole which looked like the wounds l had seen made in the head by bullets, and l took it for granted that the physician was correct. I had a mur- der then upon my hands. as we'll as the robbery, which only became an incident in the investigation. I fol- lowed the usual form, which is a sec ond nature to the detective, of look ing over the details of the robbery, to see if the work had been done by experts or chance visitors. I hunted high and low about the premises, and 1 could not find the slightest indica- tion as to how the thieves had gained of the servants and several members of the family that every window and door had been found locked in the morning, when they had examined the house, with the exception of the window on the second floor over the piazza, and this was never locked.
 It would not have given any good second story men trouble to have reached the window by climbing from the stoop, but there were no scratches anywhere to show that this plan of entrance had been adopted The work on the safe showed clearly that first-class men had been on the trick, and the lock had been operated by knocking out the spindle in the com bination and working the tumblers. The burglar-proof compartment had been battered in by some system that was not familiar with, and it was a wonder to me that the noise had not been heard by everybody in the house.
 MT. Temples body had been found in the dining room adjoining the of flee. and his appearance indicated that he had been dead several hours. He was dressed only in his nightshirt, and there were several slight black and blue marks on his shoulder and back which might have come from a fall. His bed-clothes were not dis turbed any more than a person would
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

scene was a weird oRe; the surface was absolutely still, and round about were ten-foot high bushes, with what were apparently great tufts of creamy flowers. These, however, proved to be nests of tree frogs.
 'The place is sanctuary for all wild things, for no hunter would dare to penetrate the bush to this dreaded spot. As we stood at the edge gazing out over the water its quiet was sud denly broken by a broad ripple, and little fish were seen to spring agitated- ly above the surface. A great python was crossing, and this, We learned shared with the crocodiles the guardianship of the Sacred Lake"
 Describing visit to district where all the houses were built of ebony, MT. Talbot said:
 The side of our tent almost touched a little ebony hut built over a large and gruesome looking pot, the sides of which were Drnamented with iron hooks. Before this, about breast high. and the length of man, was kind of ditdl, Hhdue oi StOul SpoAy pioChS' III front of our tent door was a tall carv- ed pillar, ornamented with strings of human skulls. The people all had the filed teeth and thin. shrunken appear ance which are always associated with cannibal rites, and although they one and all stoutly denied knowledge of anything of the kind, every one of our carriers said that not only was the pot in the little hut meant for the sac rif1ce of human victims, but the two hideous mud figures of god and god dess in another shed on the further side Of the carved pillar had had their heads worn away by the constant liba- tions of human blood poured over thom ''
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
Meeting Emerqencies.

Senator Dixon was condemning piece of political deception.
 The thing was as fragrant" he said, ''as the railway case.
 Two men. one of them very short, were passing through a station toward the train gates when the bigger one was heard to say:
 "'I've took half ticket fur ye, George, Yer so little, yell pass, all right
 "But,' protested George, how about my beard? And he rwiddled his chin beard nervously.
 "'Oh,' rejoined the other, tell 'em it's mole,"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
To Protect the Flowers.

Edelweiss and other characteristic Swiss flowers are said to be in dan ger of total extinction because of the craze of tourists for collecting them. Women tourists especially are always anxious to take away souvenirs in the way of a plant, and do not simply pull the flowers, but dig up the plant, It is proposed to introduce law that will prevent the buying, selling or dig ging of edelweiss, fire lily, Siberian spring crocus, Alpine columbine, the Daphne, Alpine violet or other na- tional flowers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
Two Ennunh for Her.

He was a small boy with a dark, eager face and he was waiting at the end Of the line of eight or ten per sons for a chance to make his wants known to the librarian. When his turn came he inquired briefly: Have you got Twenty Thousands Legs In der the Sea'?"
 "No,' responded the librarian a lit tie snappishly, for she was tired, I'm thankful to say I've only got two. They're not under the sea!
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
The GiVeaWaY.

"Jane," said her father, how does 1t happen that I find four good cigars on the mante1piece this morning? Did Henry leave them for me-
 No; he took them out of his vest pocket to avoid breaking them last night, and l guess he forgot all about them afterwards"
 The laugh that followed made her wish that she had been as careful with her speech as Henry had been with his cigars.-Detroit Free Press.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

A P1ttsburg jury decided in a case brought before it that woman who has not seen her husband for twenty seven years can consider herself a widow. She can also consider herself fortunate that such husband disap peared instead of staying and making her support him.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

It was 100 in the shade the other day in Medicine Hat, where they run the blizzard factory. and 96 in Battle ford, where the Canadian northwest fights for cold records every winter How's that for an anti-monotony ell mate?
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
R.ts slauqhtered In MIIIIons.

Fifteen million rats have been sac rificed for the sake of the preventive measure against the spread of plague brought forth by the metropolitan po- lice board of the city of Tokio. This enormous number of rodents have been purchased by the authorities from the residents and killed since the first case of the pestilence was discovered in the capital in December, 1902.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

A mother sparrow in a nearby city defended her nest so vigorously from a painter that she caused him to fall off the scaffolding and break his arm A brave little mother like that, fight Ing for her babies under such odds ought to win human respect even fl she is only common bird. :.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

An Ohio man wishes to get cured oi the gambling propensity by a surgi cal operation on his brain. Most gam bling places will be pleased to effect a reasonably sure cure by the usual operation on the pocketbook.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

Paintings worth $50,000 have been cut from frames in New Jersey resi- dence. AS the rioh sometimes buy pictures for their frames the burglar de shown to possess the critical in gtinct
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

The Paxton Toilet Go. of Boston, Mass, will send a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic, delightful cleans ing and germicidal toilet preparation. to any woman. free, upon request
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

A Boston woman physician advo cates scientific marriages. We imag Inc that scientific marriages would greatly increase the waiting lists ir most of our clubs.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

They say some Boston women are 30 slow in adopting fashions that they ale wearing hoop skirts at this late day. Imagine a street car conductor saying: Move forward, please!"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

by his own son in his palatial Dobbs Ferry house. This is the intimate story of the men who actually planned the crime, their hopes, their fears, their ambitions. Secure in their ill-gotten gains they believe that no eye can reach them, that justice, for them, is truly blind. Then comes the story of the detective, like an inexor- able fate, that tears down the elab- crate edifce of lies and, in pointing out the true criminals, saves the life of an innocent man.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

Coffee experts have testified thA the last shipment from Mocha was over 200 years ago. It must have been a tremendous shipment to have lasted this long.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

New Workers are picking peoples pockets through the open windows oi elevated trains. New Workers are nothing if not progressive
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

If you have been going fishing these summer days and some of the big ones have been getting away, remem Der the story will be as good next summer