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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
10000 RAILROAD MEN
DEMAND WAGE INCREASE
.TOTALING 100000 YEAR

Chicago, Oct. 2.-F'orty thousand To-
connective engineers and firemen en-
ployed by railroads running west of
Chicago have notified officials of the
lines that they will terminate their
present labor agreements on Nov 10
and demand a wage increase aggre-
eating $4,000, GOO a year according to
plans in railroad offices here The
railroads informed Warren Stone, chief
of the Brotherhood of Railroad En-
gineers, and W. S. Carter, chief of
the Firemen, that they would welcome
a readjustment of the wage schedules.
In addition to a wage increase the
firemen and engineers are asking for
a joint contract with the roads, The
advance sought ranged between rs
cents and one dollar a hundred miles,
according to the nature of the service
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Aged Preachers In Germany.

The shamefully Inadequate provision
made for the support of the aged min
listers of the { }e1 of most denomina-
tons in this country is in marked con-
trast. to the superb provision made for
them In Germany. There, it is stated,
the young minister gets a minimum
salary, usually $500 and &arsonage.
This salary is increased Every few
years until at sixty-f1ve the minister,
even If he has changed his parish, re-
ceives $500, the largest compensation
permissible, to which is to be added
the use Of the parsonage and certain
fees given him. At sixty-f1ve the min
lister can withdraw on a pension If he
shall so elect or if the parish shall SO
desire, or he can continue by general
consent five years longer. On with
drawing he receives as a pension for
the rest of his life two-thirds of his
last and highest salary. OEk*ais death
his widow receives an ade6AEte pen
sion for the remainder of her days and
also each of her children until their
sixteenth OF eighteenth year, Chris
tan Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
and steady disconnection and extinc
ton Of VIVA tsoever miseries one has Ii
this world Thomas Carlyle.


Henri Rochefort went to court Of
tener, It is said as plaintiff, defendant
or witness than any other man in Par
Is. Partly this was because Of his ar
ticles, partly because of his continual
dealings with the picture dealers, with
whom he often disagreed. In his later
years, moreover, he was often called
SIS witness" by parties In political
suits, not because he had any pertinent
testimony to present, but because he
had happy faculty when on the wit
ness stand OF making the government,
the police and all that set appear set
of foo2s or scoundrels. The French
code Of procedure allows witness
much more latitude In telling his own
story than does ours. And Roche
forts stories, whether relevant or not,
were sure to have a sting in them for
the folk IN authority.-New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Fagoed For Her banoinc.

Countess Lambsdorff, who I'm hex
youth was an enthusiastic danceE
states in her memoirs that prior ~
her marriage she attended 225 balls.
and after her wedding 557 more A.
the different dances she received eight
cen offers of marriage. This Wis be-
fore her marriage. Afterward zT2 melz
sent her love letters, and hundred ~
her admirers Threatened to shoot then
selves In their des9atr. The num5osE &C
dances which the countess tN2neS o.
her cre1lt Is stupendous. Alb3GeEnGE
she took part In 1894 square dances
$500 waItzes and 600 polkas, her part
meFs Numbering LOO OF the latter
she describes l. 200 as stupad BOO bore
some, 100 offensive, - nice and 3 Wit
IT, Countess LgRnbsdorn esttUGtaI
Efe total distance danced byyhsE e zsct
less than Ie 600 miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
vetaries of church Bells.

The church bell has It's votar1es
Tennyson sang of 1.-The mellow l1n-Ian-
lone of the evening bells.'' And do
you remember that experience Of
''Henry RyecroftY p 81 once passed a
night in little market town where 1
had arrived tired and went to bed
early. slept forthwith, but was pres
emily awakened by I knew not what.
In the darkness there sounded a sort
OF music, and, as my brain cleared, I
was aware of the soft Ginning of
church bells. Why, what hour. could it
be7 1 struck light and looked at my
watch. Midnight. Then a, glow came
over me. We have heard the chimes
at midnight, Master Shallow Never
HlL then had I heard them. And the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Significance of Small Du+ies,

Don't object that your duties are so
Insignificant. They are to be reckoned
of infinite significance and alone I'm
portant to you. Were it but the more
perfect regulation of your apartments,
the sorting away of your clothes and
trinkents, the arranging Of your papers
-''Whatsoever thy hand hndeth to do,
do it with all thy might" and all thy
worth and constancy. Much more, if
your duties are of evidently higher,
wider scope; If you have brothers, sis
ters, father, a mother, weigh earnest
" what claim does lie upon you on be-
half of each and consider it as the one
thing needfuI to pay them more and
more honestly and nobly what you
owe. What matter how miserable one
e Il one. can DO that3 That Is the srEs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
WouId Eli the RHE.

Some who have attended councils
and associations can appreciate this
story of the late Rev. DR.. Norman
Macleod OF Edinburgh Going into a
room in which was a cage containing
a large owl, he surveyed it for a long
time. The owl sat unmoved, placid
and erect. His mien was dfgniaed, his
horns impressive, his eyes cold and
observant, his countenance sagacfous
and critical At length Norman broke
silence, s'Man, ye wad max a splendid
moderawtorT'- Christian Register.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Musical Mar,,ele.

It has been said OF DIR. Hans Won
Bulow and Rubinstein that, ff every
note of music worth preserving had
been destroyed, they could between
them have reproduced every line Of it.
Won Bulow once gave series OF TWEEN
ty piano recftaIs without a line of mu-
sic and striking approximately 1885,
600 notes, each of which had to be re-
tanned in its exact position In his mem
Org; and Verdi once, for a wager, play
ed fauIt1essly an entire opera, drawn
by lot, which he had composed four
teen years earlier and of which he was
not allowed to see a note.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

ATopos Of a marriage that dnel.
ened to turn out badly, a sociscy We
man uttered an appropriate ana very
true epigram.
$50 Mr.. BIanc," she saiG, "IsrSayan
at the club that he's sorry be evW
married"
Then she smiled and addsd:
"WelI, when a man tells his erisnz
he's sorry he married it's safe % a.
sumo that I1issw1fe IL sOrrys-to0es
York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

Grouchy Parent-No, sir, my dauB1@
ter shall not marry you. SuitOr-Eus
your daughter wishes TO marry me, SIX.
and she told me just now that yea
would deny her nothing. GrOuchy Par
ent-That, sir, is precisely what am
doing-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
We'll Qualified.


ing the applicant with the usual ques-
tons.
"speak Frenchrs
"Yes'
"Good salesmanT'
sYes.'
Scan you tell good he2"
~Oh, yesr'
''WeIl, I'll give you a start"
The young man got on famously for
few weeks, until one fine morning a
dainty Partisan damsel approached
him and sweetly stated her require
ments in the native tongue The poor
young man was fabbergasted, not
comprehending a single word Five
minutes later he was facing his indig-
nant employer.
.@This is scandalous, sir. When I en-
pIoyed you did you not tell me that
you could speak French 2"
eTrue,'' mildly replied the culprat;
sFbut did you not also ask me If could
tell good he?''-London Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

town IN which I slept was Evesharn,
but a few miles from Stratford-on-
Avon What if those midnight bells
had been TO me but as any other and
had revfled them for breaking my
pf''-London Chronicle
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
OBITUARY.

The funeral of Walter Root, former
1y of Stratford, was held this morn
ing from the undertaking parIors of
Rourke & RouTke, Main street. The
remains were taken to Southington,
where funeral services were read by
Rev. Father Lyddy, formerly Of
Bridgeport Interment was I'M st
Thomas cemetery, Southington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
san4in,an+aIiam

"Here's a very good definition OF a
sentimentalist."
Lets hear it,
GA sentimentaIist is a person who
weeps over a fallen column, but is
too lazy to help set it up again Dir
mfngham Age-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
No. He Waan,e Excited.

Miss Rose-Was Gilbert excited
when he proposed? Miss violet-Well,
we were in his car and he ran it back
ward for more than a mile without
noticing it-ChicagO News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Honk. Honk!

ibid she come to the door when you
serenaded her with your mandolin p
ssNo: but another fellow, came along
and brought her out with an auto
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Nice For the Cove.

Retired .Haberdasher Gate of Lon
don)-Now, then, 'Enry, I'm goin' 20
have a large party ERE next week, and
I shall expect an unlimited quantity
OF milk, cream and butter. After that
the cows can ave rest till me and
Mrs. P. returns from the contenong.-
London Punch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Gifted.

"T am convinced said Mrs. Meek
ton, chat women are especially quail
fed for the duties of statesmanship.
"Why?''
Because most of the women have
known were natural born lecturers."-
Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
A Touch Case.

'fwhat's the trouble, old manT'
I'm in bad way. L lie awake
nights thinking about my work. Then
when I'm at work | keep going to
sleep Pittsburgh Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

'~That man surely is a philosopher"
''Been giving you some good advice p
'No He's In great trouble hfmsaif
and he's actually trying to grin and
bear tt.'-Detrofr Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Badly Expressed.

Old Aunt (despOndently)-VF
shall not be a nuisance to you mucf
longer. Nephew Creassurafngiy)- Don
talk like that, aunt; you know yoI
wiu-Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

SHOW do you want your egs57' laE1-
ed the waiter.
'''Soft boiled replied tine man. Whp
d1slikes the cold storage system 'Anfa
see that I get 'em that way, Those
you served me yesterday morning were
merely thawed Washington 6taE
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Conspicuous by ABSENCE.

The bridegroom is of little impor-
lance in wedding, but let him fail to
show up, and his stock suddenly rises
In polls Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

Three thousand miles of unknown
and stormy waters did not frfghten
Columbus, yet a few showers of rain
water IN some places kept a lot of peo-
ME at home On Columbus day,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
s74.9Oo.oO

This sum added to the foregoing
amounts makes sz5s, 2o1.oo as the to-
tai gum required next year, to take
care of our debt. and does not take
snto account any additional debt like
y to b created by the actfon of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

Experience teaches us again and
again that there Is nothing men have
less command over than their tongue.
-Spinoza-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24
Mr.. MULLINS SPEECH
ACCEPTING NOMINATION

voters. on the pending bonding meas
ures, to be submitted to them at the
next election.
This amount of $258, 2o1.oo is
equivalent to a tax of about two and
one half mills on each dollar of our
city's grand list, for debt charges
alone.
The total gross debt of our city, on
the first day of April last, appears to
be 100000, to which must be
added the following sums, which have
been already. authorized, ana which,
will be added thereto this year:
Sewer notes ...--$ 100000
New High School Bonds. 900, 100000
New School notes. 1885,. 200. 900. 90
Pavement notes ...-...-- 100000
$3.50. 900 90
making the gross debt of the city So.
o3s, 10000. There is sinking fund
applicable to the payment of this debt,
amounting to $621, 7o6.6s.
The homes of the people OF Bridge
port are already mortgaged to the
amount of about three millions of
dollars and we must pay yearly tri-
butte from the proceeds OF taxation,
of about one quarter of a million dol
lars for debt charges
1t is well to bear those matters in
mind for they are, in my Judgment,
of vital interest to every taxpayer of
our city. more especially to our small
home owners who are obliged, in the
main, to foot the bills.
1 do not wish to be understood as
advocating any backward step, for
such is not the case. I believe in
progress along all necessary lines, but
do not believe in unnecessary bonding.
We should not lose sight Of the fact
that while Bridgeport Is great man
ufacturing city, it is city of small
home owners. Our largest and most
prosperous manufacturers are non
residents and the great profits are not
spent here, but go outside to be spent
elsewhere.
The next city administration VIII
have a legacy Of debt. from the pres
ent one, of about s11O,o0O.oo. being
the amount levied by the General As
sembly. as a State tax on the list of
49, - <As4AN NVAA1C4A OuS4I 10 D0 paul
under the provisions of the law, on or
before November 10th next
AS no provision has been made in |
the last tax levy for its payment, it
will probably remain unpaid until
next year. And as a similar tax is
levied on the list OF 1913, there VIII
have to be provided in the next tax
levy two years of State taxes, amount
ing to about $22o.0O0.oo In all.
So that it can be readily seen that
with q two mill tax for state ex-
penses, and two and one-half mill
tax for debt charges, it will be abso-l
lute1y necessary to exercise the ut
most economy, consistent with proper
and legitimate city progress, in order
to keep the tax rate from becoming
actually burdensome to our homes
and industries.
1 expect, within the next week, to
make a fuller and more complete
public statement Of my views upon
some of the other important questions
relating to our city government.
---
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-24

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
-SeIden.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
TRAP CATCHES MAN
ACCUSED OF EXTORTION

Charles W. Thulan, % of 10 Cen
tire street, was held for the grand
jury by Judge Hahn in the First
Criminal Court on the charge of ex-
tortion
James 3. Nimmo, of rs Hill street,
the complainant against Thulan, al
Ieges that on last Friday night
Thulan, who was a stranger to him,
called at his home and threatened
to expose him unless he was paid
money. Nimmo says the charge was
untrue, but for fear of having his
reputation ruined he gave Thulal SIS,
all the money he had.
Thulan accepted that amount, but
insisted on having more, and Nimmo
agreed to meet him Monday afternoon
in front of Market street saloon
and pay him more. When they met
yesterday afternoon Nimmo gave
Thulan an envelope which was sup
posed to contain money, and as soon
as the man placed it in his pocket
Lieutenant George Fohs, of the de-
tective bureau placed him under ar
rest.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
UNEXPLAINED FIRE IS
CAUSE OF 81, 900 DAMAGE

From an unknown cause a fire
started in a closet in the home of
John George, on the first floor of
$50 Hunterdon street today and
caused about $1,000 damage before
il was extinguished. The George
family has been away since Sunday,
and how the fire started is a mys-
terry.
Lieutenant Henry Frey, of the po-
lice department, occupies the second
floor of the house. He was asleep
when the blaze was discovered by his
wife Mrs Frey was working about
the kitchen when she detected the
smoke coming from the floor below.
She awoke her husband He went
downstairs, and looking through the
window, he could see the rooms were
filled with smoke. He ran to the
corner of Bergen street and Clinton
avenue and turned in the alarm.
The dining-r room and one of the
bedrooms of the George apartments
were Quilted before the blaze was con-
trolled. Aside from the damage by
smoke and water. Lieutenant F'rey'f
| rooms remained unframed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
LAWYERS ARE
GIVEN $500 BY COURT

Bills approved by Judge William
p. Martin and Prosecutor Louis Hood
aggregating $500 have been paid by
County Collector Richard w. Booth
for the defense of Joseph Ferrara,
recently found not guilty of the muir
der of his brother, Salvatore Fer
rara. during a quarrel at % Calumet
street, on June 2S last
Jerome T.. Congleton and J. Victor
D'Aloia, assigned by Judge Martin
as counsel for Ferrara, were paid $3.50
each for their service, while an adj
ditional 500 was allowed Mr.. Congle-
ton for experts services. The trial
lasted two days.
Frank Z. Bradner, who, with An
thony R. Finelli, defended Antonio
Fiore in his two trials for completely
in the murder of Leonardo Clccone,
was asked today if he had received
payment from the county for his serv
ices and stated that he had not. Mr..
Bradner refused to discuss the matter
other than to say that he had not yet
been paid.
The trials of Fiore lasted four full
days in each instance, the first one
ending in a disagreement of the jury,
while the second resulted in a verdict
of murder in the first degree. In
Flores case Mr. Bradner alone was
assigned by the court, he engaging
Mr.. Finelli as assistant owing to the
necessity of having someone familiar
with the Italian race and tongue in
the preparation of the defense and in
the actual trial of the case.
AS the preparation and the actual
trial work of the Fiore case was much
more intricate and involved than the
Ferrara case, the amount awarded
Mr.. Bradner by the court is expected
to be a considerable one in view of
the fact that 5000 was paid in the
Ferrara case.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
TO ASK STATE TO TAKE
OVER PASSAlC AVENUE

County Supervising Engineer James
Owen at joint meeting of the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners
and the road committee of the Board
of Freeholders made suggestion that
met with instant favor by both bodies
and one that will probably be acted
upon in the near future. He sug-
gested that Passaic avenue, from the
Plank road bridge to Madison street,
be taken over by the State Road Com
mission and improved as a State
highway. This would relieve the inn
mense volume of yehlcular traffic that
now congests Ferry and Market
streets
Passaic avenue makes more di-
rect route to the centre of the city
and is at the present time little used.
On a motion made by DIR. Charles F.
Kraemer, of the Board of Works, it
was decided to hold consultation
with State Commissioner of Roads
Edwin A. Stevens with a view of
getting his opinion on the matter
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
JERSEY CITY LIBRARY
TO GET MAINE TABLET
Especial to the Newark star.I


JERSEY CITY. N j., May IL
William Donald Mitchell, of n Lem
beck avenue. Jersey City, has pre-
scented to the Free Public Library a
bronze memorial tablet of the battle
ship Maine, which was sunk in Ha-
vana harbor February Is. 1898.
This tablet is one of. thousand
which are being cast from the metal
recovered from the wreck of the bat
tleship when it was raised from Ha-
yana harbor last year. BY an act
of Congress of August 20, 1912, the
secretaries of the War and Navy De-
partments were authorized to have
made from the wreck tablets for do
nations as relics, etc.
The design for this tablet was Sc
cured by the Navy Department by
means of a competition which was
participated in by some of the lead
ing artists of the country. The de-
sign of the sculptor, Charles Keck,
was recommended for adoption by
the Fine Arts Commission at Wash
;ngton. and. this selection was ap-
proved by the secretaries of the navy
and war. N ~ "a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
GRANITE BLOCKS FOR
SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE


South Orange avenue from South
Twentieth street to the city line will
be paved with granite block. That
was the decision reached at a con-
ference between. the members of the
Board of Works and the road COM
mittee of the Board of Freeholders
at the Court House yesterday after
noon, and win be approved by the
fun Board of Freeholders at its next
meeting.
The Public Service Railway CONF
pAny will also be required to move
its car tracks from the sides of the
street in the section named to the
centre. The cost of the paving will be
about $4,000, of (which the county
viii pay $4,000, the city $4,000 and
the Public Service Railway Company
s61 900. The county will take care of
twenty feet of the paving on either
side of the ear tracks. the trolley COM
pany of twelve feet and the city the
balance of the street, including curb
ing and intersections
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
MISS BROWNELL SCORES
THE THIEF AT ORPHEUM

With Mabel Brownell and Clifford
Stork making their last appearance
of the season, Henri Bernstein's
drama. 1.-The Thief is the attraction
at the Orpheum Theatre this week.
Mr.. Stork and Miss Brownell play the
roles formerly played by Kyrle Bel
lew and Margaret Ellington.
Seldom has the theme of a woman
sacrificing herself to retain her hus-
bands love been more skillfully
woven into a play than in The
Thief" She knows that her hus-
band has been favorite with pretty
women. but their income does NOT
permit the wife to indulge in such
luXuries as many of the women with
whom they are thrown together
This is especially true of the wife
of her husbands particular friend,
and at one of the society affairs at
the friends house the young wife
notices the husband silently compar-
ing the gown his wife is wearing with
those of the other women present.
In order to keep up an appearance
the wife falls into debt and is finally
driven to Steal iron the wife of her
husbands best friend, who is in
clined to be somewhat extravagant
and careless in the handling of
money. The theft of the money is
discovered. and the son of the hus-
bands friend accused. To shield the
woman with whom he is desperately
in love although vainly he takes the
BLANC
The real thief is discovered by the
husband. who in stirring scene
which gives Miss Brownell ample OPP
rortunity to display the emotional
acting for which she is famous.
threatens to cast her aside The af-
fair is finally explained satisfactorily
to all parties concerned and ends hap
PLY. of course.
Miss Brownell never entered into
the spirit of a role better than she
did last night, and her playing evoked
continual applause. She was ably
backed by Mr. Stork, who played the
part of the husband. Lee Sterett, az
her husbands best friend and Miss
Suzanne Perry, as his wife, were all
that could be expected. as were Ar
thur Jarrett as the son. and Joseph
w. Girard, as Zambault. detec-
tive.