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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
An aldermanic observer argues police protection may outweigh fire protection in value to citizens. He notes insurers guard insured property while vast timberland remains vulnerable without coverage. He urges stronger enforcement of farm land fire laws and closer cooperation with neighbors to improve human safety.
James Coughlan of Baldwin street sells his land and buildings on Baldwin Liberty and River streets to Willetts and Miller in the largest fifth ward transfer. The 132 by 283 by 102 foot parcel includes brick blocks a meat market cafes stores four tenements and several houses with price around 50000. Coughlan a longtime Baldwin street businessman retires amid a strong local reputation.
The Hartford state secretary Theodore Bodenwein of New London will retire in January. His office staff presented a colonial cut glass tankard with sterling silver top and his monogram and the date engraved. Deputy Secretary John G. Mitchell led the presentation, praising their long cordial relations and wishing Bodenwein a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Social and fraternal notices describe a Christmas Eve dance at Turn Hall and an inaugural ball for Governor-elect George L. Liljeey in Hartford. Also listed are lodge officers elected by Radiant Star and Brass City lodges, a Brass City installation, and notes on local performers and Civil Reform Association officers.
The fifteenth annual convention of the England branch of the National Bartenders' Union will meet at Central Labor Union Hall on January 17 and 18 with delegates from across New England and even Manchester. The NHA banquet will feed delegates and select public guests at $1,500 per plate. speakers and music are promised. Local Union No 200 holds its annual meeting Sunday afternoon with officers to be elected and five delegates to the convention. A delegate will be chosen for the Connecticut Federation of Labor meeting at Central Labor Union Hall on January 19.
Dave Hartford quits the Hartford Stock Company after the Eagles take over the theater amid debts and canceled salaries. Hartford travels to New York then Los Angeles to join a stock company, leaving the city with unpaid bills and a shuttered venue. Maude Allan Hathaway dies from burns at age one and a half. her mother Mrs Hitchcock suffers severe shock and burns.
A survey details the eighteenth murderers executed at Wethersfield under the T8935 law, noting origins including Connecticut, other U S states, and various foreign countries. It lists birthplaces, dates of hanging from 1894 to 1908, and counties in Connecticut with Fairfield leading, followed by Hartford and New Haven, with December appearing as a frequent execution month.
Giacinto Ricci was electrocuted at New Jersey state prison early today. A planned resuscitation test was not performed as Physician Scammel was absent and did not request the body. The attorney general advised that the county physician had no rights at the premises. Ricci had murdered a three year old girl, the child of a family he visited at Climwood.
Six municipal officials flee Pittsburg amid graft and bribery charges tied to franchise votes. City council faces shaken confidence as reports suggest more arrests of councilmen and bankers. Attorney A. Leo Weil calls this the beginning while rumors link traction interests in Pittsburg and Philadelphia to the bribery plot.
The president praises Pilgrim's Progress as a landmark work and names Great Heart as his favorite allegorical character. Rev Duncan Milner quotes the president calling Bunyan's figure a model for public life, urging readers to subscribe to the Cosmopolitan Magazine and the Evening Democrat for January issues.
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