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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
sEAsIDE PARK-.

Common Council 16eetingl
 The committee to whom was re- ferred the subject of acquiring the lands bordering the Sound at the soaafherly limits of the city for a Sea- sfde park, and also Of obtaining the title to the park in Hast Bridgeport, and providing means to fence. grade. and improve the same have had the specffuIIy beg leave to report--
 The contemplated Seaside park contains about 31 acres Of land bounded southerly by Long Island Sound, and extending from Main and Broad streets on the east to Iran istan avenue on the vest
 The owners of the several parcels Of land embraced in this tract are:
 George Bailey, EsQ., of St. Loufs5 Captains Brooks and Knapp of this aatYy Harry Wheeler and P. T. Bar nsxaa Esqa, of the town of Fairfield. city and partly in the town of Fair field
 Captain Brooks and Knapp and Messrs Barnum and Bailey generous ly offer to donate so much of their lands as are embraced with in the limits of the proposed park to the ci- fy on the condition only that they be received, laid out and improved as a public park
 MT. Harry Wheeler will donate for purpose form an avenue through 1t, next to the sound one hundred feet in width, but for tha balance requires payment at the. rate of $500 per acre; and { there Being in the remainder of the tract about seven acress the cost of this purchase will be about $2,1O0-
 The committee have not inquired particularly into the cost of the inn prowemenfs needed on these lands. be- cause The expense of the improvement VIII depend chiefly on their character and extent and that will remain to be determined by the people of the city, after they shall have come into possessi on of the lands
 They would observe, however, that tho principal items of expense will be the building Of a. sea-wa11, the mater ials for which are on the premises; fencing the grounds and making the avenues. There can be no doubt that the expense of these Improvements will be much less than the cost o1 purchasing an equal quantity of land in any other eligible locality.
 The committee unanimously and earnestly recommend to this Council and to their fellow citizens. to avail themselves of this opportunity to se- cure the lands in question for a. pub lic park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
FIFTY YEA RS AGO.
COI RA GREGoRY nL

col. Ira Gregory. of this city, father of the wife of Ira Gregory, Esq.. is reported to be dangerously aL from what is called "dry morti- ncatdon.s Some weeks since, it ap- pears. he felt a peculiar soreness in one Of his big toes but knew not what. it was This soreness increas- ed, and finally extended to the whole foot, then to his leg. and now seems to effect hls whole system sAmputa- don Of the toe and foot have been advised. but the colonel refuses to submit to an operation. We hear of two other persons, similarly afflicted In this city
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
HAD A OIlAnTBAKE.

The members of No. Engine Co, entertained themselves and friends yesterday with a clambake at the en- zine house. Amout 40 were present Five pictures of fire scenes were pre- sented to the company by Ex-Alder- man Roman and were accepted in their behalf by Captain Madden.
 Others who made speeches were Chief Beards1ee, Captain Condon of Truck 1. Captain Long of No. En- zine Go, Captain Harty of No. 1, Wal ter Stap1eton, Frederick Breckbill, William Keefe, John Connors, Ser geant Redgate, F. c. Callahan and Louis ChatfeId. Mayor VIark eeu1d not be present but furnished the boys with cigars.
 Truck No. had a dinner yesterday at No. 5 house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
Ldttle James Mccormick.

A16E4G James NACAOEA4ACko
 Lst+As James MeCorlnaeax. the four widow living at 10 B'airmount avenue was watching some 1ssds firing off crackers near his house. One Of the boys threw an ignited caunon-cracker on the ground. It did not explode inn mediately and little Jimmy, thinking the fuse went out. bent over it. Just then 1t exploded, and threw the little fellow on his back, some of the par ticles entering his eyes. It is not known yet whether he will lose the sight of both or either of his eyes Dr. Sheedy attended Jimmy.
 Henry S. B1rdseye.
 Henry S. B1rdseye, of 66O Fairfield avenue, suffered from a eannon-crack- CT exploding in his hand. He held two crackers in his left hand and lented the fuse of one. The fuse of the second one also ignit ed, and as he watched one the second exploded. la cerating his hand The little finger was so badly torn that 1t had to be a1nputated. Dr. F. B. Downs per formed the operation.
 William Braclunan.
 William Brackman of Kossuth St.. lost the index finger of his left hand cracker.
 The Lesser Accidents.
 Charles Windeberger. 10 French St., right hand badly Iacerated; Gustave Anderson, 16 Buckingham street, face filled with powder; Joseph Silburt S6 Golden Hill, hand burned while handling a cannon: Jabes. Johnson, 21 8 William street, slight pistol wound on on right hand; John Gilbert of Shel- ton street, burned hand; Louis Duka of Hancock avenue, three fingers la cerated by exploding cracker; John Williams, AT Atlantic street, Samuel Chadburn. 10 years old. of 10 Curtis street, Alfred J. ReopeH Of Is Will liam street, Burt Smith 46 Park ave- nue, John Johnson. 26 Main street, Jo- seph Malone, 206 North avenue, Rob ert wheeler of 26 Clinton avenue Ed ward MussIer of 287 Fairfield avenue, all suffered from burned hands and powder in their faces.
 While standing on the corner of Broad and State streets last evening Richard Kelly was hit by bullet in the right ankle. The bullet was ex- tracted by Dr. Lynch.
 AIonzo Moore of Long Hi1l stood in front of a cannon on Main street yes terday and got charge of powder in his legs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
FTTzsIN1NGoNs Is FREE.
(special to The Farner.)


 Syracuse, N. Y.s July 5, 1895.@The jury in the case of the people against Robert F1tzsfmmons, charged with killing his sparring partner. Con Rior- dan, returned a verdict of not guilty after having been out about 3 A hours The announcement by the foreman of the jury was greeted with rousing cheers from the threats of the peo- pie who more than filled the court room, and the gaveI Of Judge Ross was poWerIess to quiet the enthusi- asTn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
THEE MAR1TNGs AND
 CUMMINGS YESTERDAY

The Fourth of< July for 1895 has come and gone. leaving the marks of It's visit like a wreck in Bridgeport caused by the use of the deadly can non cracker, the ordinary cannon and premature discharge of powder.
 Fred Banks
 The worst accident was that of Frederick s. Banks tinaekeeper at Eaton Cole & Burnham's and former ly a book-keeper for F. A. Bartrarn & Co. MT. Banks had lighted the fuse of cannon cracker on Wall street The fuse apparently went out and MT. Banks picked it up to reIight it. As he held the cracker it exploded, tearing away the thumb and shattering ali the bones in the right hand. Mr Banks was taken to the Emergency hospital in a fainting condition. It was found that the hand was so badly shattered that the hand had to be am putated and the operation was per- formed by Drs- Osborn. and Fitzgerald
 Daniel CahfII.
 Daniel Cahi11, a section hand on the Consolidated road living at the Nau- gatuck Junction. was in Milford We'd nesday evening. While standing in a crowd some person threw an ignited cannon cracker among them which
 p10dea in front of Cahilrs face. The shock From the explosion ruptured the ball of his right eye. He was ta- ken to the Emergency yesterday morning for treatment and Dr. De- Wolfe removed the injured eye
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
CATHERINE o,LEARY DEAD.

Chicago, July 6. 1s95-Mrs. Cathe- rine OLeary died Wednesday. She was the owner of the fractious COW, which. in a barn in October, 1871, kicked over a lamp and started the big Chicago fire, the losses from which aggregated 190.oOO,00O Since that night Mrs. O'Leary has denied the truth of the story
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
aafA1orgs NOT FABULOUS.

Tn our French fIesywe find a letter from Nantz, May 12, which relates among other traits of transpprS that in the battalions crowdiz1g in from vosees the writer saw with Shis own eyes. two or three hundred women in mems clothes doing soldiers duty; a lady of our acquaintance Ga second Thalestris), was sergeant major A great many Of them march for Metz I exaggerafe nothing, I assure you
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
RAILROAD CLERKS ARE
 GUESTS OF HARLEM LOCAL

The annual outing of the railroad clerks was an enjoyable affair yester- day at College Point, where the mem bers of Harlem River local No. TO, act ed as hosts. A number of Bridgeport clerks attended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
FRoar, ENCSLANDiss
HinItan. steE1ng 6 Hyde,

HinIfaE. SteE41ng. 6 Hyde,
 No. 8 and Con1z1azEy- Block.
 Have selected from the latest inn portakions from Europe. 75 pieces dreassd and undresss q s caHeoes. of the choicest patterns and. of a superior qua lity, among which arc
 EIEGANTE dark-greens stripes. etc, black Ba1 ce1ona 6nandkerchiefs; patent stea1n-looun shiEting, etc. etc, Bridgeport, July End. 1S1S-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06

R. E. Downing. member of the Le- land Stanford. IT,, University baseball team, was fatally injured when ma- king a dive at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii where the. team is now playing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06

The British Ministry promised the National Union Of Railway Men that at the end of the war the railway men serving with the army will obtain po- sitions equal to the ones they gave up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
oID REsIDENr sUCcTMBs

Edward Hanley, one of the oldest residents of the Fourth ward, died yesterday at his residence, aged 66. He leaves a family of grown up children, James, Michael, Edward and Marga- ret, Rose, Radie and Anna.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
THE BRASS SHOP WORKED YESTERDAY

So driven is the Brass Co.,, with or ders that the shop was pun yesterday. It is the first time in many years that 1t has been operated on the Fourth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06

women are engaged throughout Russia working in factories turning out war munitions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS,
 ANNIVERSARIES AND ENGAGEMENTS

Whatever the gift is, it should be of unquestioned quality. Something in fine jewellery makes a most well come gift. Gold bracelets, dainty la, vaIIiers, magnificent brooches, dia- nnonds rings, 1ockets, watches, scarf pins, cuff links, cut glass, si1verware, clocks and etc. We can't list al Ithe beautiful things we have here at mod crate prices. Select your wedding presents early. A small deposit will secure them. We have made a Fepu- tation for quality and reliability. M. J. BUECHLER
 The Reliable JeWeler..
 48 FAIRFIELD AVENUE
 Near Middle Street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
BOSTON ooAsEIN&.
CaEEsle1A on by WOODWARD & LECY.

BOSTON ooAsEEM0 sl Cazzled on .by
 WOODWARD & LACY.
 Who Have On Hand 1. ooo owt country wool 200 QuintaM oodnsh, 20 tons plalstaF, 40o cwt smoked sa1mon. 1 lsuslaelssrock salt. 1s barrels superdne ho1r. Q large quantity of Hingham ware and a gen. eral Assortment of groceries. All favourw in their line will be sthanA<fully received.
 Bridgeport. July 5ths 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-06
 BRIDGEPORT IS T WAS
1m- s-a-xEARs AGO
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(Talxen fronaaGhe Esles.of The Evening BhEmer)
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
KRAUSE BOUND
 TO GRAND JURY
MAN ARRESTED FOR KIDNAP' ING CHRISTIE HAS HIS
 FIRST HEARING.

SEATTLE, Nov. 17.-Edward Krause, of Petersburg, Alaska, who is charged with the abduction of Will liam Christie, of Treadwell, Alaska, was bound over to the grand jury this afternoon. His case is causing a tremendous amount of interest in this city and, indeed, has become cele- brated already all over the United States. The charges now being made in Juneau that he has also abducted or murdered two other men are add ing to the sensational nature of the matter. Krause continues to proclaim his innocence of the abduction of Christie but has not yet been told of the other accusations.
 He will be tried at Juneau but be- fore any trial comes off the police will make the greatest possible efforts to discover the fate of Christie. The fact that Krause travelled on the steamer Jefferson under an assumed name is taken as indicating a sense of guilt.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
LESS ALIENS ON
 RAILROAD WORK
NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT
 IT, HOWEVER.

ANCHORAGE, Nov. 17.-The statement in the Gateway of two days ago to the effect that aliens have been laid off the government railroad work at Anchorage was at least partly cor rect and was probably entirely cor rect. No statement has been given out by the commission about the matter and the Gateway only secured the news from persons coming from An chorage but the truth of the state ment has been borne out by queries to Anchorage. If people will remem- Der, this paper stated some months ago that a change would come in this respect in the railroad work and also in the wages paid. It is now clear that the commission has come to the conclusion to bring the change about The following telegram was received by the Gateway yesterday in answer to an inquiry:
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
BRITISH GOVT.
 YET IN PARIS
EUROPE EXERCISED BY FEEL ING THAT PEACE MAY
 BE PROPOSED.

PARIS, Nov 18.-The war govern ment of the British empire is still in this city. A conference took place between the four British ministers, Premier Briand and Minister of War Gallieni yesterday but the strictest precautions were taken to prevent the least inkling of what occurred getting out. On one hand the rumor is rife that the visit of the British ministers is for the purpose of ascertaining the views of the French government re- garding proposals of peace, but most of the people seem to believe that the visit is due to the desire to come to a modus operandi in relation to Bal kan affairs. It is stated in some quarters openly that France and Great Britain each believes that the other should take the burden of the defense of the Balkans on it's should CTS. France and the French people regard the British as more affected by the attack of the Teutons in that region as it is a vulnerable point in the defense of British positions in northern Africa and India. On the other hand it is said, the British hold that in blocking Germany at sea it has done it's share, but all this is only rumor. The result of the confer ences are expected to be momentOus. The British prime minister and his colleagues will return to London this evening if all goes we'll.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
$ l. < $ 4 $ * % (: * < % * DELIGHTFUL PARTY {: |: GIVEN YESTERDAY <

One of the pleasantest and most successful parties in every respect was that given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Alex Mcdonald and Mrs. Guy Whitehead, at the residence of the latter lady, in honor of Mrs. Hal lett, of Seattle, sister of Mrs. Me Donald, who is visiting here. Nine tables were occupied in the playing of bridge winch formed the chief pastime during the afternoon. Dainty and varied refreshments were served and the ladies who had the good fortune to be present appeared to be unanimously of the opinion that the afternoon set high mark for parties of the future to try to attain. The prizes were won by Mrs. Sauers, Mrs. Ray and Mrs. McNeer. During the evening Messrs L. L. James, McDon- aid, Soupcoff and other men dropped in and some more games were played, Mir. James winning all the prizes. The following ladies were present; Mesdames Borgen, Ray, Baughman, Sauers, Mover, Schaleben, Blue, Saw yer, de Sherbinin, Tamblyn, Mantell, Balderston, Ellis, Nelson, Eide, Romig, Graf, De Line, Ward, Phillips, Cramer, Sloan, seiffert, McNeer, Root, Sexton, Forgy, soupcOff, Hal lett, Scott, Lucas, FSeegan, White more and Miss Sexton.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18

SEATTLE, Nov. 17-The latest
 accounts of the mine horror at Ray
 ensdale place the number of dead at one or two more than had been stat ed. It is feared that the total num- Der of dead will be at least thirty-fiye. Several of those missing were young men who had been brought up in the neighborhood and leave families. The work of trying to get the other bodies out was resumed this afternoon but the fumes made progress almost im- possible. More than one hundred men took turn and turn about at the work but each relay found it impossible to proceed for only few minutes when others took their places with the
 use of oxygen helmets. The real cause of the explosion is still a mys- tery but the first suppOsition that it was due to a dust explosion seems still to be the correct one. The oc- eurrence took place late on Tuesday. Two Seattle boys are reported to be
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
THANK KSGIYING EVE DANCE IS
 NOW THE WHOLE SUBJECT
The Greatest Gathering Ever Seen in Seward Will Make Merry for
 Sweet Friendships Sake.

Next Wednesday evening, Thanks giving Eve, Seward will see the greatest dance of it's career. This time the dance will not be to celebrate the choice of Seward as the terminal nor for any similar reason but it will be an occasion which will bring forth all that is in the people of this city and district. The committee of the Pioneers has been buster than bees since their appointment for the task and they are finding the sentiment of the town just as the sentiment of an Alaskan town ought to be. It will be great dance and a great time and never was such a chance given the people of any community to celebrate Thanksgiving with the spirit most appropriate to the occasion.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
ALLIANCE ARRIVES

The Independent steamship AL lance arrived yesterday evening at 5:45 from the south. Those arriving on her were: Miss Allen, E. Allen, J. J. Fitzgerald and E. B. Smith. She had 159 tons of freight for Seward, of which 147 was consigned to the firm of Brown & Hawkins. The Alliance sailed for Anchorage at 12:90 this morning and will leave about 200 tons of freight at that city,
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
ZERO WEATHER HALTS
 ALASKA RAILWAY WORK

(By International News Service)
 SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. SO.- With zero weather already here and the annual freezup expected at any time, construction work on he Gov ernment railroad For chis season IS practically at an end.
 Chairman Edes of the Alaskan Engineering Commission is preparing to leave for the outside on the next boat. Commissioner Thomas R' Riggs, IT,, left Seward last night on the steamer Alameda. Chairman Edes will go to San Francisco and Riggs direct to Washington"
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
Some Scribblers
 Knocking Seward
Telegrams Going Outside Saying We are Freezing up with
 Zero Weather.

There is some person or persons now sending out reports to outside newspapers which do more harm to Seward than anything else imagin- able. Some days ago the Gateway drew attention to a message sent out side from Seward and later clipped and published by this paper to show this pernicious practise. No man who has anything to do worth doing in Alaska will bother about sending news to outside papers as those papers pay practically nothing and the sending of the stuff is pure waste of time, but some correspondents, so- called, make up for this by inventing stuff to get few more cents, and they seem not to be particular in the least what they scribble. In the Los Angeles Examiner of October 31 ap- pears a telegram from Seward "By International News Service" telling the people outside that Seward has zero weather. What do you think of that? But here is the whole story with head and all:
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
 RIGHT IN LONG BEACH

LONG BRANCH, N. J., Nov. l3.- President Wilson's new Summer White House is not at "Elberon, near Long Branch" nor at West End, near Long Branch" nor any place else in the world but right spang in Long Branch itself; and the Long Branch Chamber of Commerce, through it's secretary, Daniel Doran, wants that distinctly understood by the world at large. Certain pesons have written dispatches putting the Summer White House at both these other places and Mir. Doran, in each of the many hun dreds of letters he is sending all over the country, points out that Elberon and West End are parts of Long Branch. The Chamber, in fact, pass ed resolutions ordering MT. Doran to do it. It also is remarked that Long Branch "has housed } presidents with in half a century, including Grant and Garfield, and will house another one, after lapse of 95 years, in 19l6."
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
SEWARD DEMOCRATS TO
 ASK SPENCE'S RECALL Democratic Club Will Probably Meet Soon and Pass Resolutions
 Like Other Cities

The calling of a meeting of the Democratic Club of Seward for the purpose of dealing with District At torney Spence is now under contem- plation and will probably happen within the next forty-eight hours. It is regarded as likely that resolutions will be passed calling for the retire ment of Spence.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
REPUBLICAN MEETING
 TO TAKE PLACE SOON

Charles F. Heron, chairman of the territorial Republican committee, will call a meeting of the local Re- pubicans on his return from Anchor age where he now IS. He has been in communication with the leaders of the party all over the territory and will be in a position soon to state where and when the convention will be held. L. V. Ray vii leave in a few days for Valdez, maybe on the North western, to represent that city in the dock matter, and it is likely that Her ron will meet him here on his return and fix the thing up finally.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
HOSPITAL SHIP
 SUNK BY MINE
CARRIED THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO WOUNDED
 MEN IN CHANNEL.

LONDON, Nov 17.-The British hospital ship Anglia was sunk by a mine yesterday in the English chan nel and, according to the reports to hand up to the present, hundreds ot those aboard were either killed or in- jured. The vessel was packed at the time of the occurrence with wounded men, the number of the wounded aboard being reported unofiicially as three hundred and seventy-two. The others were doctors, nurses and guards as well as the crew. It is stated that three hundred were say ed out of the total number and this probably means that at least an equal number were killed by the eX- plosion or drowned later. The mine had probably been laid to wreck troop ships and it is suspected that many others have also recently been laid in spite of the great care taken to guard against it. The Anglia was on the way from France with men who had just been wounded in the trenches. The occurrence has caused another wave of horror to spread all over England.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
ONE MORE MUNITION
 FACTORY BURNED UP

German conspiracy. Nearly the whole stock of gun cotton and all the machinery was ruined completely and the factory cannot possibly be in working condition again for several months. No one was injured but hun dreds of people have been thrown out of employment.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
FDFS AND RIGGS HAVE THEIR
 HEADQUARTERS AT WASH, DC.
Via Seattle, Astoria, Ore, Wireless and Sitka)
 EIGHT MILLIONS FOR k. k.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-Eight million dollars is the sum that Secretary Lane has decided to ask from con gress for the construction of the Alaska railroad for the coming year. Chairman Edes of the Engineering Com mission and Commissioner Riggs will remain in Wash ington where the Commissions headquarters have now been established and for the next few months they will consult with Secretary Lane and supply the information which will be necessary to present to congress when 1t convenes on the 7h of month The decision of Sec retary Lane to fix the sum be asked for at eight millions came after careful investigation of the needs of the com ing season.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-18
BIG SHOW TONIGHT

The Empress Theatre will show an exceptionally fine class of films to- night. The star feature will be John Barrymore, in high class comedy, "An American Citizen" Those Tn Seward who have seen the comedy pronounce it one of the master pieces of the moving picture world. An other feature in the program will be of course, the Pathe Weekly News.