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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
1
Lee denounces patronage as a curse while the Charter Revision Committee discusses changes to expand appointments. Proposals would create new public works schemes, alter the board of relief terms, and let the mayor select key city officials, raising concerns of political control and potential patronage.
Waterbury fire department ordered a Locomobile chemical engine from the Loco Go of America. The auto chemical apparatus will include a four hose wagon with three inch hose. The hose will be kept in one house by one company of Waterbury. The machine was in the city Tuesday.
Report says carpenters at work on the top of the building annoyed city court as they prepared rooms for a tuberculosis dispensary. Judge Pullman ordered quiet, and the court proceeded with business in peace.
The Ansonia Ansonia papers report the marriage of attorney V. Wall Root to Miss Marga Clafford, performed at the parish of a local Episcopal church. The groom, a post office employee, wed in a ceremony attended by immediate relatives and friends including a clergyman related to the groom.
Gaetano Munno reports two well dressed Italians befriended him in Main Street then guided him toward a bank while a third suspect slipped a wallet containing 53 dollars from his inside pocket and a forged bag with 2000 in paper notes. Police are investigating the scam.
Residents of Brookfield and neighboring towns demand a county court hearing on January 29 at the county courthouse. They allege Brookfield's failure to repair a public road and accuse officials of improperly taking action on portions of the highway. The petition seeks orders to restore passable condition and cites county commissioners’ authority to approve work within a specified time.
Miss Gertrude E McMahon of 606 State Street is appointed to Stamford High School teaching Latin English and History. She succeeds Miss Alice Fessenden in a position created for Fessenden after she joined the staff. McMahon is a local graduate who entered Smith College and graduated last year.
Boston January 15 United Press reports the Massachusetts Senate adopted a rules committee motion to exclude all legislative agents from the state house chamber and corridors. The move marks a sharp curb on lobbyist access to lawmakers and the capitol.
In Veszprem Hungary on January 15 a coal mine wrecked by a double explosion left 114 men rescued and 61 bodies recovered. At the time of the blast about 240 men were in the mine and many rescued workers were nearly dead from poisonous gases.
Pittsburg Jan 15 In less than an hour after a jury found J B Rinehardt guilty of looting the Farmers' and Drivers' National Bank of Waynesburg of over a million dollars he appeared before Judge James S Young and was sentenced to fifteen years in the western Pennsylvania Penitentiary He showed emotion after the verdict and sentence and shook hands with those present.
A national fight over dropping the union label triggers widespread walkouts. About 25,000 workers across Newark Danbury Norwalk and Philadelphia areas are affected as the United Hatters move to abolish the label amid disputes with Guyer Hat Co. and Dunlap in New York.
Edith McCormack lies in Bridgeport Hospital after a severe beating by her husband Martin McCormack of 621 Broadstreet. Police say he battered his wife and two children, took pennies from her purse, and damaged Santa toys. He was jailed for 30 days after a $10 fine, while two young children were placed in Lakeview Home for safety.
Madison Jan 15 The second issue of La Follette s weekly magazine questions National Republican Chairman Hitchcock in the Oregon Senate race affair. It says Hains faces trial for advising crime while Hitchcock is accused of urging voters to violate promises. The piece notes a legal penalty applies to Hains but not to Hitchcock and urges denial if not vindicated.
Miss Grace George opened in Milwaukee in a new Thompson Buchanan play A Woman's Way. Critics call it her best offering and likely her greatest success. Phoebe Davis, famed for Anna in Way Down East, reherses a new Grismer piece after 11 seasons as Anna.
New Haven January 15 Mat McGrath champion hammer thrower testified in court as a member of New York's Finest. He said he arrested the two men three years ago causing them to change their plea from not guilty to guilty. They were sentenced to from one to three years on the first count and one year on the second.
A United Press dispatch from Leopoldville Congo Free State reports the steamer Canstaine Skagers troem sank in the rounds, fifteen persons drowned. In New York, Wall Street saw a $3,000,000 loan for thirty days at one and a half percent, labeled the cheapest money ever known on Wall Street.
Flushing January 15 Thornton Jenkins Hains was acquitted this afternoon of the murder of William E. Annis. The verdict drew extraordinary demonstrations as a packed courtroom cheered while police cleared spectators. Hains, tearful and shaken, thanked God in tears despite his palsy.
The inventory of the late Bishop Michael Tierney of the Connecticut Roman Catholic diocese was filed in Hartford. It shows estate value at 9887 dollars, consisting of three life insurance policies led by a 3600 dollar policy and a library valued at 1250 dollars.
Judge Ward of the United States Circuit Court ruled that a convicted banker may qualify for bail while his case is on appeal to the Supreme Court. The decision touched Morse and related defendants Moses Haas and Frederick A. Peckham, who face removal and indictment in the cotton leak scandal.
The David Trabee & Co wholesale warehouse at 498 Water Street was burglarized at dusk last night. A 14 year old, John Katkous of 189 Water Street, was arrested after three bags of plunder were recovered under the Beef House platform. Detective Cronan and Railroad Detective Knapp traced items including tobacco, cigars, canned goods, and candy to the boy, who confessed with little remorse.
Hilda Eaton has died, halting the state’s criminal case against Bert Ruby the local chauffeur who was arrested on a serious complaint by Miss Eaton. The death, deemed not natural, erased the action from the docket, though a civil damages suit from the deceased’s parents remains pending.
The estate of the late Wong Cheung, Chinese, who died early in the week, was admitted to probate this morning with J. B. Klein appointed administrator. This marks the first Chinese estate recorded in Bridgeport Probate Court. The Mongolians have a dread of the Probate Court, thinking they will be chested.
In Washington on January 15 1909 the House referred a resolution to the Judiciary Committee to decide whether Connecticut Governor George Lilley may hold both offices. Rep Gaines raised the matter asking by what authority Lilley appeared in proceedings while also serving as governor. Higgins defended Lilley as lawmakers questioned whether resignation or dual office saved money. The committee was ordered to report within ten days. Hartford reports Lilley was not in his office during the development of the resolution.
On January 22 the county commissioners will hear remonstrances against Ruppert and Clausen Brewing Co licenses as foreign dealers under the 1907 law. They will also hear the McNiff Danbury application on January 23. No licenses will be issued to Eckart Bros Green street, Jacob Ruppert Brewing Co East Main street, or John H. Spittler Seaview avenue near Steeplechase park. Last year these licenses died for lack of profitable business. renewals may occur if demand rises.
Inclemency of weather kept Democratic aldermen from caucusing last night to choose a successor to William Seelinger of the Tenth district. A caucus is planned before next Monday’s meeting, with Former Alderman Louis Brock likely to be chosen. Ambulance aids cripple Catherine Nelson after a fall at Hicks stables. She recovered and went home from the emergency hospital. Saturday specials list groceries and staples. The largest consignments of wallpaper arrived, consigned to D Murphy at Congress Street.
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