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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
3
Joseph Bisner of the dime messenger 2 at Albany faces second degree larceny charges and assault. He told police court he would fight extradition as his case was continued to August 14 with bond set at 3000 dollars. Catherine Ahearn remains hospitalized in Albany.
Gladisom Conn July 28 local station was broken into early. The telephone box was stolen or broken up but nothing else appears to have been taken. No further details available.
DeForest Harral son of Edward W Harral president of the Fairfield Rubber Co lost control of his Overland car at 8 o clock this morning and crashed into the fence and stoop of Robert S Allen at 644 Fairfield avenue. The car skidded onto the sidewalk tearing 30 feet of fence, damaging steps and veranda railing, and breaking lamps on the vehicle. The power unit remained intact and Harral drove away.
The north side of Fairfield avenue from the Protestant Orphan Asylum to Ash Creek will be repaired after a year of disruption. Director of Public Works Biltz ordered a work squad to proceed this morning to complete the macadamizing around a recently laid 10 and 15 inch sewer. The state will pay part of the cost as the avenue is a state highway, with inspector Frank W. Beers overseeing. The finished roadway will become a 75 foot wide boulevard from the railroad viaduct to Ash Creek, improving the city’s western entry.
The funeral of James J Moran was held this morning at 8:20 from his home at 485 Hallett Street and at 9 from St Charles church. The funeral mass was read by Rev Father Callahan. Callers were Thomas Moran George Westine William Russell John Gordon James Ennis and John Moran. Interment was in St Michaels Cemetery.
Samuel T. Rogers filed a quitclaim in the town clerk’s office transferring his interest in the estate of his late daughter Sara B. Rogers to his sister Rachel L. B. Durgy of New Haven. Durgy, co-executrix of Cornelia H. B. Rogers’s will, is empowered to act for Rogers in managing four city real estate parcels and related mortgages.
Hartford July 28 The House passed the Bennett Australian ballot bill the chief act of its short session. Supporters call it the best system and say it ends posters or peddling ballots while a Wilton representative opposed change long desired. Additional measures include juror increases and money for the Lincoln memorial capitol repairs and Middle town hospital fire escapes.
Mayor Lee signed a warrant at the August 2 council meeting for electing a military enrollment registrar. Legislation pending a personal tax may delay or nullify the registrar’s duties. If August fails, aldermen may convene in a special session to elect the registrar, with general belief the tax bill will pass.
The resignation of President Reyes of Colombia was formally accepted, according to a dispatch from Paxton Hayden, secretary of the legation at Bogota. The note confirms the official acceptance of the Colombian president's resignation.
Hartford July 28 The motion to reconsider the Senate action on the employers' liability bill failed 18 to 9 with Luther Goodwin Fenn Shanley Holrer Arnold Peck Brinsmade Reed voting in favor. The bill returns to the House which has already passed it. Other Senate measures include operators for prevention of procreation a highway deficiency appropriation a State road project and court messenger provisions. Corporations were postponed due to Senator Barnum's absence.
Mayor Lee, in a morning interview, pledged a $1000 reward to anyone who can prove he made promises before the election. He cited predecessors like Jarratt Morford and John Wessells as elected without promises, and discussed a union mason job controversy involving Bricklayers & Plasterers' Union members and a nonunion appointee.
Thaw testifies amid cross examination by Jerome, denying insanity claims and defending actions. Jerome questions his beliefs about a pamphlet critical of him and names alleged blackmailers while Thaw cites past experiences and a recovered memory of a disorderly house encounter.
New Haven July 28 The board of health ordered the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to clean their tenement houses on La Fayette and Minor streets after investigations showed filthy conditions. The line must comply within one week.
Melville Miller and James Flahaven faced continuance requests from Judge Foster for Flahaven until July 31 with bonds set at 150 dollars. Miller, a bartender at Flahaven's saloon, pled guilty and was fined 100 dollars plus costs after arrest Monday night by Patrolman Joseph Coughlin. A separate lawn party at John McCabe's Grove Street home featured Miss Veronica Dargan, Miss Margaret Donahue, Miss Anna Dargan, and a duet by Gerald Phelan and Harry Irwin.
Antonio Donsesa of Pembroke Street failed to provide for his wife. Judge Foster continued the maintenance case until August 28, with Donsesa under probation officer supervision during the interim.
A Tartars tale tells Robo, cousin of the mogul, condemned to death. The skilled blade fails to sever his neck as he remains upright, proving balance preserves head and status. The mogul then makes him cashier, praising balance as loyalty in crisis.
A dry sewing needle laid on water floats due to surface tension and can act as a compass if magnetized. The needle points north and south and returns to alignment when disturbed, illustrating liquid surface resistance and molecular cohesion as explained by the Chicago Tribune.
A quoted exchange contrasts an Indian chief lamenting encroachment with a judge remark about perception of heartbreak. The lines, drawn from Judge and Life, reflect on property, imagination, and sentiment as part of a historical newspaper fragment.
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