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Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1906

Page

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Trolley Strike Talks At New Bedford End With No Result

In New Bedford Massachusetts Aug 2 hopes rose for a settlement between the trolley company and its motormen and conductors as a conference with Henry H Crapo head of the carmens' national organization and the state board of conciliation was arranged. The meeting between Mahon president of the Brotherhood of Trolleymen and Crapo ended at noon today without any statement or agreement.

New Bedford Mass New Bedford Trolley Company Henry H. Crapo Carmens’ National Organization State Board of Conciliation Arbitration State Board Mahon Brotherhod Crapo Trolley

Artist Myles Collier mauled by bulldog in Gloucester

Myles Collier an artist from 939 Eighth Avenue New York age 70 lies seriously at the David J Lyle cottage East Gloucester after a vicious bulldog attacked him as he approached a car. His son Barron Collier and son in law freed him after a fierce struggle. wounds included a severely lacerated hand bites on the legs and other scratches. Dr Eveleth treated the injuries for nearly two hours.

Gloucester Mass Myles Collier Eighth Avenue New York David J. Lyle East Gloucester Colliers Collier Mr Collier Eveleth

Bridgeport Hearing Sifts Facts in Builders Union Case

A proposed dissolution of a sweeping temporary injunction against the Building Trades Union was heard before Judge Gager. A three-per-side committee conferred with attorneys this afternoon, agreeing on certain facts but failing to resolve intimidation allegations, which will be taken to court.

Bridgepors, Aun Master Builders’ Association Building Trades Union Gager

Construction of Dock No 8 Protects Norfolk Dry Dock

Persistent rains loosen soil at Norfolk Navy Yard threaten $1,000,000 dry dock under construction. Night and day work required to shield the site. Builders erect a concrete blanket one and a half feet thick along the dock rear to secure excavation and prevent cave-ins.

Norfolk Norfolk Navy Yard

Yacht race trend grows in Corinthian event

The afternoon forecasts a second contest for the specially built class with about a dozen Roosevelt boats over a twelve mile course. Most vessels underwent careful overhauls after yesterday’s race as interest in the event continues to rise.

Marpieneau Mars Roosevelt Up Etul

Bristol and Vine Tramway stockholders form five year pledge

Stockholders of the Bristol and Vile Tramway Company meet and pledge to retain their holdings for five years. They represent eighteen of the twenty four hundred shares of the company’s capital stock. The motion formalizes a combination among investors at the meeting held last night.

Bristol and Ra ‘Vile

Surrender at Derbent Recounts Regiment’s Handing Over

A fragment reports the Samar regiment at Derbent facing the Iron Gate position. Commanded by Deshinger, the unit met defeat and surrendered, with the commander and telegraphic services reportedly restored after recovery efforts.

Samar St Deshinger Derbent

Turn for the Worse at the Home of Dr J Vernon Brigg

Report notes a troubling turn at the residence of Dr J Vernon Brigg. Details remain sparse in the fragment, with emphasis on a decline or deterioration impacting the household or its occupants. Further context unavailable in the readable text.

J. Vernon Brigg

Mutiny and Fighting Around Kronstadt and Sveaborg

Reports from St Petersburg and Helsingfors detail mutinies at Kronstadt and Sveaborg with loyal forces counterattacking. Casualties run high, mutineers temporarily hold parts of Sveaborg and Sandham Island while Russian loyalists regroup. Reinforcements arrive from Finland as artillery duels and infantry charges unfold amid continued bombardment and rumors of wider unrest.

Helsingfora Finland Associated Press St Petersburg Svea Sveaborg Sandham Islid Sappera Sandhamm Langorn Nicholnies Harakka Sandhamm Ieland Cros Red Guard Armed Socialist Legion Johan Koeh Rithimaki

Poison Inquiry Grows Over Mrs Knudsen Death

Arsenic evidences found in Mrs Johanna Knudsen, who died in West Pullman on March 17, prompt an inquest. Coroner Hoffmann weighs presenting to the grand jury as detectives search for Miss Helen Heaselfeld and other associates amid a missing-link case. A separate note reports a rabid dog chase involving local officers and a bungling dog fate.

Chicago Johanna Augusta Knudsen West Pullman Olson Walter Haines Ludwig Hektoen Otto Lewke Knudsen K. C. Knudsen Charles R. Wisser Hoffman Mount Hope Cemetery Sheehan Provdence R. L Helen Heaselfeld Helena Westberg

Stand ard Oil cuts crude prices again in Pittsburg

In Pittsburg on Aug 2 Stand ard Oil Co again lowered crude petroleum prices, matching July 28 reductions of 3 cents on higher grades and 2 cents on all lower grades. In York Pa Thomas Mar Seesoe fell into a lime kiln at Thomasville yesterday. coworkers freed him after an hour but he died.

Pittsburg England York Thomas Mar- Seesoe Thomasville Sarahan

Summer Lectures Opened at University Address on Rise and Development

Ambal and Reid inaugurated the university summer lecture course with an address titled The Rise and Development of the United. The program marks the start of a series of talks on progress and engineering topics this season.

Abe Bridge Eng Ambalane Reid The United

Taft and Cannon Campaign in Native Littlefield District

Native Littlefield district visited as Represent Speaker Cannon plans to assist with a single speech and campaign stops. Taft led events alongside Cannon to bolster support in the contested area.

Taft Cannon Littlefield

Optical shop ad promises eye care and fitting

An early 20th century style optical ad urges readers to have eye exams and correct vision problems before it is too late. It promotes correctly fitted glasses and outlines services offered by the local optical dealer Boeest Oo.

Complete Tie Up Strikes Hit New Haven Weavers

In New Haven about 300 lithographers and helpers across four firms report for work after a general strike order. The union seeks an eight hour day, raising overall work weeks from fifty three hours. Simultaneously in Adams Massachusetts fifteen to sixteen hundred weavers walk out at Berkshire Cotton Mills over union leader Samuel Whitlam’s reinstatement.

New Haven Internapees Protective and Benefit Association United States Canada Adams Mass Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company Samuel Whitlam Weavers’ Union

Eagles Parade Gathers 25000 in Worcester Festivities

Fraternal Order of Eagles members from New England converged on Worcester Massachusetts for the annual Massachusetts branch convention. An estimated 25000 visitors plus 5000 members filled the city as Governor Curtis Guild Jr Mayor John Duggan and H D Davis reviewed the parade at city hall. A barbecue and field events followed at Greendale race track.

Worcester Mass Order of Eagles New England Massachusetts Curtis Guild, Jr John T. Duggan H. D. Davis Order City Hall Greendale Race Track

Disobeyed Orders Trigger Salisbury Train Disaster

At a London and Southwestern railway shareholders meeting Sir Charles Cotter said the Salisbury wreck on July 1 near the Plymouth express was not mysterious. The engineer ran the train at over sixty miles an hour against schedules set under thirty, causing many deaths. The company had not lost a passenger since January 1, 1889. In Detroit delegates to the Democratic state convention named possible governors candidates Charles H. Kimmerle Stanley E. Parkhi and James W. Holmes, with Bryan likely to be endorsed.

Salisbury London London & Southwestern Railway Charles Cotter Plymouth Detroit Nng John T. Winship Charles H. Kimmerle Stanley E. Parkhi James W. Holme William J. Bryan Dent

Bankruptcy recess in Cass case aids book examination

A recess was taken in the bankruptcy proceedings against Luther M. Cass in Winsted to allow the referee, the trustee for creditors, and Cass to review the books. Cass said he could show his business transactions and his position, and a satisfactory examination could lead to a forthcoming hearing.

Counter Project Ratved from Vatican on French Separation Law

Vatican quarters signal the pope's instructions to French clergy oppose the new regime. They propose a counter project to that separation law. The note appears in Rome on August 2.

Rome Vatican France

Brewster Strikes Dread Ledge En Route to Boston Harbor

Swampscott Mass Aug 2 A United Fruit steamer the Brewster struck Dread Ledge in thick fog off Swampscott while proceeding from Jamaican ports to Boston. She freed herself after half an hour with her own engines and then signaled for tug assistance. The vessel of 468 tons, built in 1876 at Millbridge Missouri, left Jamaica July 27 carrying 20 000 banana bunches.

Swampscott Mass Boston Harbor United Fruit Company Brewster Dread Ledge Jamaica Boston Millbridge

Diplomatic Corps Flocks to New England Resorts

Eight embassies and ministries spend midsummer at Bar Harbor Marblehead and other New England locales as Bar Harbor hosts three ministers from Austria Hungary Denmark and Norway while Barón Sternburg and other envoys frequent Magnolia Beverly Farms and Portsmouth. Sir Henry Durand and Chinese minister Liang Cheng choose Lenox Amherst respectively. Jusserand stays in France.

Boston National Capitol Washington New England Massachusetts Maine Rhode Island Bar Harbor Baron von Hengelmuller United States Austria-Hungary Constantine Bron Denmark Christian Hauge Norway Taron — Bowen Russia Portsmouth Magnolia Mass Baron Speck von Sternburg Farms Massachusetts Bay Heston Beverly Farms Marblehead Baron von Sternburg Dimmels Baron Rosen New Hampshire Henry Mortimer Durand Lenox Berkshire Hills Chen- Ting Liang-Cheng Amherst Amherst College J. J. Jusserand France

New York Also New York Ace 2 About 500

A clipped New York update notes a figure around 500 in a local context. The brief item references New York participants and a titled entity, with no further details available from the fragment.

New York

Three Killed In Duneherd Railway Blast

An explosion on the James Bay railway near Duneherd Ontario yesterday claimed the lives of Foreman Peter Morrisey and several workers. Four men were killed in the incident, with weather noted as fair and slightly warm after the blast. Local officials described the scene and left the cause under investigation.

Duneherd James Bay Peter Morrisey West Por

Mayors and trolley fight tied to Johnson controversy

Cleveland August reports relay AP corrections over July dispatches on Mayor Tom L Johnson and the street railway dispute. The piece denies claims of Johnson’s financial stake in the Forest City or Municipal Traction Co and clarifies his aim is to secure lower fares and municipal ownership potential.

Cleveland, O Associated Press Cleveland Electric Railway Co Fulton Street Tom L. Johnson Forest City Railway Johnson Municipal Traction Co Forest City Co

Dog Handles the Mails at Harlem Division Station

Winsted Connecticut August 2 with a mill dog named Buster Sheldon from Millerton guarding mail pouches at the Harlem division station. Pouches are sent from the down mall train at 9 am for the up train and Buster ensures they reach the green bag. would be risky to interrupt him.

Buster Sheldon Millerton Station Winsted Conn Millerton Harlem Division Buster

City News on Probate, Mills, and Noise Complaints

The will of Adam Callan was filed in probate court. Seovill Mfg Co plans a third rolling mill along the Mod river edge to Haltwin street, near SeoVill’s bridge, with hundreds of workers. A court action to limit private property rights may follow as residents Joseph Pollak and others complain of nightly factory noise that disturbs sleep and peace.

Adam Callan Seovill Mfg Co Mod River Haltwin Street Seovill Chase Hotline Mill Co Iean Joseph Pollak Puliak the Democrat Pollak Mount Vernon

Desertion in Twenty-second Infantry at American Lake

San Francisco August reports seven privates remain in Company I of the Twenty second infantry stationed at American Lake. Since camp began sixty five men answered roll call but fifty eight deserted toward Canada sixty miles away where no extradition laws apply. No ball game today as rain postpones Wie terbury versus New London.

San Francisco sAug American Lake Twenty-second Infantry Aixty-Tve Canada

Notable August Furniture Sale Opens Strong

A Waterbury furniture firm announces a notable August sale with large discounts on RED tagged items. The firm claims last year set a historic sales high and promises more attractive goods this year, urging housekeepers to shop while discounts reach five figures in value.

Waterbury

Dining Chairs and Rideboards Featured in Oak Box France Sale

A fragmented ad lists varied furniture items with prices such as rideboards sideboards and biteboards including figures like 3.00 57.50 and 45.00. It mentions Oak Box France Cane Beat Dining Chairs and a terry included offer, with scattered terms and locations implied.

Terry

25 Per Cent Discount Notice From Waterbury Agency

Fifty Waterbury agency offers a twenty five percent discount on goods to Reed and Buches. The notice lists terms for the reduction and eligibility, naming the agency and parties involved and specifying the discount period and applicable items.

Waterbury Agency Reid & Buches

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