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‘ “the court mid already passed on the
Qilfltlon in, wllng'fifllnst the plen’
' solution. the revolutionaries are do~‘
5 of the ten Chicago meat packers
: S00 witnesses and is carefully zuard- E
/ puny in 1908.
: blue step by step to “the time period:
‘. covered in the indictment in the el 1
‘ ers dixed the prics of meat and sup-
_S. Miller, in behalf of the. packers.
‘ Stated-in our plea in abatement be-
. can spare .
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Pretty Subscription Affair ,in
Assembly Hall Last
Evening '
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”Chinese Revolutionisis Do Not
Want to Await an Answer
from Peking
DEVDllllllllllSlS ADE
The first. annual Christmas subscrip-
tion dancc‘of a number of \‘ot walk
young people was held lust evening in
the too 11 assembly bull in Wall sheet
and proved 11 most happy nif.1l1.l)o«
spite the many other attractions ui‘~
lorded on the liolltlay'_oi'erllng. the
greater number of invited guests ap-
peared {171d enjoyed 1the pleasant oc-
(liliilDll.
Nothing to mnke the affair 11 success
was loft undone by the young men in
charge and it. won indeed 11 successful
READY EDD All lDlllllllE _ . .
Would Like to Meet the Imperial , Assembly hull usually so difficult to
Edeiolutc nontly was most hundsomely
Army Marching from the [birth
adorned with the demiutlons oi the
season.
SHANGHAI, Chino, Dec. 26..~—is no
lied and green crepe pupcr,(‘h1let-
Will) has not been received p, 1.11135 inns trees and 55190115 assisted in funk-
Shiloi'i in his
Yuan bill 1111i pointing out that the m. and fol the plcuslur.r dulloruiions the
ceptance of the idea of n rcpubrc lSl committee in charge of the offnlr fo-
the only means 01‘ securing a punceful. celicd manv compliments from the
guests of the cloning.
lienucr s orchestrn dispensed bean-
Etlfullv selected music front the dais
Ewhith nus neully ontlosed in crepe
paper of the red and green. t‘omplh
Elncnts are due the committee for their
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—-FOR HIRE NIGHT OR DAY,
7- passenger touring cur. limousine and
taxicab. .,'l‘el. 101-12.
'cholce of music.
«q mm M E The a'ffuli \vili probubh be up 1111-
300 WITNESSES final one from this year onwurd.a11d
Fun PAGKERS’ TRIAL thcre is no doubt but that each will
prove more popular than the preced~
BHICAGO, Dec. 26. —~when the trial lug one. The committee who had the'
in- uffair in charge were George A. Shel-
(“0th for alleged 1iolutlon of the don. Chester P. Meeker 11nd Anson F.
Sherman antlr'rzust low was resumed Keelcr.
M19! ,,1ilit1as holiday today he- ice cream and cake were comm
folio nit
A. Content“. the government began ed. a delightful social time. There
the prosé‘hfiitlon of its case to the were guests present from New York
Jury by editing its first witness to thejnnd other‘nsorby towns. none of whom
stand but went home praising those in
-'1‘h¢ subpoenaed' charge of the affair.
A dance that will probably be copied
All the listd'f names in future dance was originated by
‘ District Attorney Wilkerson will be- the young men in charge it is so
government has
. gin by having witnesses tell the story; pecialiy pleasing to some for it puts
. of the old packers' pool, which is said one in the limelight so to speak. The
to have operated prior to the organi Edunce is called a "sourchllght dance”
zation of the National Packing Com and the lights in the hall are exting-
’.ulslied lcming but this single my
The defense may decide to admit from an automobile headlight. This
'that such a pool ekisted, and if thlsEis operated and couples are picked out
course is followed the hearing may boE most uncxpoctedly and placed in the
materially shortened. Ellght's rays. Se1erai laughable in
The government will then trace the! stances occurred when the light was
hlbtory of the! alleged packers‘ com-Eshlfted last evening
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fort to prove that the Chicngo pack- Eopens Jan. 4. 8. Policy teacher.
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ROME, ec. 26. «An exchange of
communications between the ltnlian
foreign office and the chancelldrios of
other European powers is proceeding
Iat the present moment with the great-
est activity. The subject of the com-
munlcations is the war in Tripoli, but
the question i'svihe renewal of the
triple alliance between Germany, Aus-
tria-Hungary and Italy lsalso being
discussed."
Efforts are being made both by the
go1e1nment in Constantinople and the
Italian foreign office to find a possible
basis for the conclusion of house he-
hween the two countries.
The negotiations regarding the
pressed competition.
, it may take threemonths or more
for the prosecution to conclude its
case.
And Packers,~—CHI
When the trialvwas resumed John
created a surprise by reviving the
famous immunity plea. succéssfully
used by the packers several years ago.
when they were prosecuted by the
go1ernment.
9‘? Mr. Miller moved that all testimony
in the present case relating to trim-
.aactions prior to July 1,1905; be ex-
eluded as incompetent.
E Council contended that the immun-
ity plan applied to all defendants who
testified before the Garfield investi-
gntihg commission.
12’. “Shhstnntldlly our objections were
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Revolutionary Leader in Mexico.
Could Not Get Enough Fol-
lowers to Make Gainsl
HIS lDllll EDD SEDlllDll
The Ten 11',
dispnttn i0 Pleniler ting the merrx Christmas color scheme.
.Stntes District Judge Goo. E1115 the intermission hour. which prov- "
2 Wlll Slilll Ill ll'llll
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iHatl Organized Several Expedi-
tions Against Mexican
.Iiovernmeni
,the household of if. N. Raymond was
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‘rcnder ofGeu.Bt-na1dino Reyes at
Linarus, .\uevo Loon yesterday, it luE
hellc1cd hclc, marks tho and of thc
before tht- Msdtl‘ro government Seem
innly all over the country recently
have sprung up small revolts. duo niosti
oil them were lnxtho name of the fornr
or military leader of the country.
ills following in Mexico was consid-
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Burglar ll'tloli a Big Chalice of
.leuofieriousiylnlurcd
most perplexing plohlem yoi broughtE‘ml‘m‘ed ‘0 the
"I crowd of boys.
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Bites Brother-in—law and At-
tacks Sisisrebog Helps Him
but in the Attack
ounuuwmu, Dec.'2u.‘—-A part of
in an uproar for an hour or more late
last night, when Alexander Gustufuon,
ll. chef 1.1 the Greenwich'hospltal, tem-
porurily lost his mind not! attacked
his two sisters and brother-in-law, nil
in the ftnymoud'empioy. Gustafson's
fit of insanity solved him while in the
center-of the village and, directing his
steps to the Raymond home. sturmd in
to annihilate his “brother-ln-luw lul-
mediutcly upon his arrival, ending up
by lilting him in the bunch Thu two
sisters noted as pacemakers, and one
was given a black eye and the other
kicked in the stomach.
To add to the general excitement
the Raymond dog mixed up in the
affair, biting one of the women severnl
times in the legs. .
inter three policemen eutorcd on
the scene, closely followed by three
physicians Tho former lunged Gnu-
tnfson to the lockup, and the latter
wounded.
7.11111111‘sous condition is impi‘ovcd
today.
11m "trill?
ruins cries
'(miber Frank Station held school
this morning in the police station. at
which time he put a number of boys
through the third degree to ascortnln
Who was paying cups at the west-
mmomrm all»
noon The oliw was cumin; through
the station when be In titrated by
Item
he found that plulng'crlpa. Ho nuc-
coadod in getting the boy who hod'tho
dice and by intimidating him. secured
the comes of other: whoyeco playing.
Upon inundation ‘
Rain
WEATHER FORECAST
or snow tonight and Wednesday.
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Great Holiday Crowd Witnesses
‘ ‘ the Defeat of the Sixth Com-
pany by Score 34-18
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The Clark House combination
of basketball talent exhibited their
1.. ovvcss bofoic :1 grant hoiday gather-
ing of eleven hundred people last me
hing at the state, armory. When the
totals ‘were all in. Clark House had
outplayed the- Sixth Compam quintet
lo the music of $1518. The first game
also was a will one, the High School'
' lads meeting the North Sides, a local
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Miss Helen Northrup Becomes
the Bride of Lewis Wood,
in Norwalk
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Northrup was the scene of one of the
most beautiful Christmas weddings
i hold in The Norwalks for some tl1nc.l
when liev.i1‘rank i). Torrey married
Miss Cl'll‘lle Helen Northrup to Lewis
Wood 1esfe1day aftelnoon at 4
o'clock. .
bliss Northrup was at“. lred in a white
Esutin dress and carried a boquet of
Ewhito curmutlons. She was altcnde d
by Miss Hazel Phillips, who was at
tlmd in a yellow satin dress and car- .
ried pink cmnntious 5 1
Harold Tripp wns the best man. E
Mil-ls \‘orthfup was led to the par-E
E101. W'lll(i| was decorated with palms,
Efiiristmua greens and a huge wedding!
lbell, on the arm of. her father, who}
$3.19 her away. ‘
Misu Filicl G1 :llliilli played the brid-
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match.
1 Tlfcrc were about; forty guests from
‘ P2 '1lladciphln Donbun, Furmiugton,E
ll)urlcu 11nd \Vestlorf
l After the ceremony the bride cut the
wedding cake and then a bountiful col
'luilon woe served
The 11c11'ly1veds'ca1“1iuge was doc
crafted with white streamers 11nd ‘covs-
bells. They were followed to the
ESouth Xorwaik railroad station by an
E.uuto At the station while waiting
for the train they were showered with
lrice They left for Dunbun on the
13:20 train. and will visit Plttsfleld and ‘
Eother points. They will be at home-
aftor January l, at liE‘Orohard street,
more they will resido‘foi- the present
They recoil ed beautiful presents in
Euro shape of cut glass. silverware and
Echlna. ‘
E The following guests were present:
EMr. and Mrs Thomas Northrup. Mr.
loud Mrs Robert Wood of Danbury.
DANBUR¥,Doc. 28.~—'i‘ho clothing
store ofJohn ii". Woodruff. in Main
strut, was proton into suturdoy night.
and considerable clothlnz. jewelry nndl
small wares taken it was not so
much in the goods taken as in that
great risk taken by the hur‘zinr whichE uni“ 0P f'FTaan
mode the police marvel today. TbaE .- Ln’T I“ spmnE
man had climbed to a nelzhborinx
roof by means of a lender. Then hoE GLASCOW, M 26 ‘4.” British
Up to press thus, ‘no .vrmsntr hsd
been issued for the most of any of the
boys, but it was stated at the police
headquarters thst arrests may follow.
WATEfiBURY, Dec. 26 -Roy Bird» Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Farm-
nli. 19, sud Donald Bordvall 17, worel fusion, Mr and Mrs Hanford Smith
arrested hen-aim must. on the abuse of Dorian. Mr and Mrs Fred Smith of
of belts the men who held 1111 a "01- erien Miss .11 Smith of Barton, Mrs
lye car on the Watermwn line last ,,c Johnson of Phlladelphla, Mr. and
Wedneldty limit Mid TON)“ the 00“ EMrs. E. Wand of Westport. Mr and
doctor of 823.10. The boys made IE Mrs L. Allen of Westport. Mr. and
full confculon to the police soon after “14-5.?er (1111911911 and family Mr
they were arrested and also confessedl and Mrs William Phillips. 1115; H3231
till! they "10!! to hold ill) I on? on, Phillips, Mrs. Susan Van Scoy, Mrs.
hnd cronsed this roof and jumped s
:otenmer Guillemot from London for
space to the roof M the clothian Genoa, laundered in the Bay of Blaol
the Cheshlre line Iii}! Saturday night.’ E‘Vlluam H5395 and daughter M138
but all,“ when they I“? "in lhereECurrle Othame. Miss Ethel Graham.
—-Danclng School. Red Men's Hull.
house He broke through a henvyE
plate glass skylight. Let himseltl
thrcuzh the aperture which hrlstlcdl
with fazed edges. dropped dowu to“
a section of steam pipe, and-then hand
over hand worked himself along the
pipe until he was over a table on
which was, plied clothing. H055 drop.
nod to this table. some thirty feet. the
clothing breaking his fall. Hethen
gathered up what goods were wanted
and let himls'elf out the back door.
The’ police say the man tok a long
chance.’ They beileva that the man
\vent info the stern on Saturday night
snd'iooked over. the place and then
carried out the plan. They believe
that he did not really understand the
difficulties. but when he made the
break he had to carry it out with the
risk of being seriously hurt in making
the drOp '
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Christmas was celebrated with I
wmskev is FATAL“ To new HA.
coy on December 21.
.and fifteen of her crew were lost. sev- .
en survivors were picked up by that
British steamer Muesli-n and landed
here today.
immediately after rescuing the sur-
vivors of the Guillemot the Linc-1m
sighted a Spanish steamer, whose
name, she could'not discover. in dis.
tress. Before the Lincairn'wso able
to proceed to her assistance. the Spam
ish vessel foundered‘ with al: hands.
The Guillemot belonged to the Gen-
erol Steam Navigation company of
London. She wos a vessel register-
“15.1.1311 toils“ netxand was built at
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Lid _ Ant-acted
5 Bottle.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 26..——A six-yeah
old boy, George Hunt, living at 126
SIX-Vear-Old by
Portsss streetkdied at a local hospitul _
' yesterday from the effects of whiskey
which he drank eariyyesterdny morn-
ing. The child got out of bed ysster
‘déteotlves when thug searched
1 several days.
fore the opal-111130111113 trial, " said Mr.
Miller. “All of these defendants gave
1testimony before the Garfield commis-
sion in 1905 and on the immunity plea
triple alliance are of the most import-
ant character. as it is conceivable
that they might even result in the
withdrawal of Italy from the alliance
will‘ by the members of the Norwalk
Country Club 51111 their friends last
evening, at the club. The celebration
day morning to seek . his Christmas
presents" and was attracted by 3 hot-
tle of whiskey which was on a buresu.
‘ not. indicted at that time. and that is.
and the consequent strengthening of
5 the triplh entento between Great Brit-
sin, *Franc‘e and Russia. ' ‘ 1
The Italian ambassador at Berlin is
now in Rome. where he is giving a
verbal report to the foreign minister.
the‘Marquis. at San Giullnno, as to the
E disposition of Germany.
sevon ol' thede defendants were ac-
Quilted.‘
“Tildeh, Heyman and Fowler were
why this. plea of immunity 1711: not
reward in their favor. We now make
the point in their. favor as well as
.l“ behalf of the other seven.” , 5
Connie! for the government eon-
tested the motion on the ground that
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ghoul: OEF‘THANKS.’
We desire to extend our sincere
. thank; to the poilsbcrs and buffers of
'L the lockwood Ins.- Co. and employee
. of J. 81: J1 Gash ,im e (1‘,qu sud
“ relative. for their flora mrlhutlons
E 5.; in the boresvethontof our for“ wife
and mother. . .
‘ ‘2‘! ill MILY
resolved itself into one of the happiest
occasionb of the year. those present
participating in the Christmas dance
with a spirit that was not to be de-
nied. Spdldel’s'; orchestra, of Bridzs-
port, dispensed this music without the
evening-E l 5
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Georlel‘ cl on. whose work. in this
direction was applauded by
mum. Tbs Mullen him up
only 11.11 mood-if 11:11.; min
many to} whom biennial tfiirflntof:
town to and the inner were? do.
lint‘edwlih the club and the minim-
ity with Wichita members lnduldcd
their:
he died.
{file occasion with copra-.5
profs «will 1! design by 31mm ,
. Company building. Thur-d» «chin.
He secured the bottle and drank four
ounces of the liquor and than Went to
sleep on the floor where his mother
found him and put him to bed Later
in the any convulsions seized him and
be was removed to ‘3 hospital where
aaAsou auction.
the public telephone WWWO
me, but Pro in a hurry! vow hid
tam 911911on mluutos and not aid o
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The Short and Meek Once-Sir; I’m
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-—EH. Smith‘s donning school, Trust
The with and Alamsivo one (at 5
The captain! W83 0: large number or 988501188” 0“ Miss C. Sherwood. Miss May Ryan,
b‘oalt‘d.
Four revolvers ware found by the’
the
room which the boys had been oc-
cupying at 629 North Main street for
Tuesday morning. as tho-hoid-up was
wcotnmltted' in that town.
-_—SPECIAL SAL! DURING THE
" HOLlDAYS.
At Charles Sigiuwoy's. ‘21 Day St..
South Norwsik. ThreoStar Cognac.
Wilson. Hook Mo‘untniu- and other
per bottle Bottled imported and do
mastic Wines. from 601: up Bottled
Beer (brewery bottling). $1 per- case,
delivered.
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Rev. Levi G. Nichols, at the Grace
Baptist Church, corner of Quincy and
Butler streets, last. Sunday evening,
read his letter of resignation as pastor
of the church. The letter stated that
the resignation would become effective
infirm months. it ls‘-tinderstood that
Rev. Mr. Nichols is" considering locat-
ing in New Haven or ‘sotne other place
:ismr than The Nor-walks. He has
been pastor bore! for several years. and
has 11 inrze number of friends in tho
town. ‘
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—HID LETTER DAY.
Stumps moon. 8 01 {1.00811 Pre-
mum Forlorn. is North mm 91
luring in your my crane“, tobocco
can, lobolli and particularly your Ham
hion Coupon and count lInd more
E s. .15 1i. Stomp: tn Mme. dim—5]
.nusiy no W mm on wild“
Elston 7:» .. .
The prisoners will beE
token to Whlertown far 11 hearing'
well~known brands of Whiskies, at $1 '
Means-m. liléc. 517. Ten 3 a. 11.15
EMlss Pearl Van Scoy Miss Alice Sel-
lock. Harold Tripp. Earl *Garflold.
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(Ill IEBIDEI VOTE
MERIDEN, Dec 26 —-Judze Lucien
F. Burpee of the superior court at his.
oflice in Waterbury Friday afternoon
‘sot Saturday. December 30, at 10:30
o'clock, as the time for the hearing
on a petition for 11 mount on the
Merlden election will be. heard by him
The allegations were filed with
Judge Burpoe Friday afternoon by
Attorney William C. Mueller and per-
sonal service wasmade on Dr. Davis,
the respondent last week.
Just who was elected mayor of Mer-
lden, Dr. C. H. S. Davis. the demo-
cratic candidate. or‘Daniel J. Deno-
van. the republican candidate, will be
decided'by Judge Burpee and his car-
tificate under thoseal of the court will
be issued entitling the succesful can-
didate to hold and exercise the duties
and powers of the office of mayor. The
allegations in the petition claim many
unlawful lde'mooratlc ballots were
counted'in all the wards and some re-
publican ballots argued as ‘ legal were
unlawfully rejected“ Attorney George
A. Clark and Attorney A. .B. Aubrey
Will not as counsel with Attorney
Mueller; in the case.
BEA curruls .
A $75,101 r111:
.m CLIFF. L- In Dec. “.‘A m
which lithium-two blind 1st sound
for rolled early 9225b dumbed. 111m
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5 bury, announce the marrin
, danhter, Mist Autos detos,
» ind other places bf
_ 5 bride and h§r uni
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Massacre Has Been Going Oh.
Since Saturday, Says a 115.11:
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His Dismissal .
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LONDON. Dec. 26.4Ag‘rnussacre hiss.
been going on in Resht since Satori
iduy, according to official Persian our
cgrams received in London. The»
state that on Sunday five hundred Pifi
sinus were killed by the Russian»,
many of them being women and ohlh
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A BUT 01mm , ‘5
Fill Gllll ”INTI!
rm Alex s. Gibson, who mm
for three months director of the éth‘t‘
of the First Methodist couch. . W?
very pleasantly saw on ‘
evening. After the bervloe. Itch
an elaborate 11111111211;th mi
dared in excellent ftylb, W
vlted to step film the choir was, .. . E .
Wsrren Scaffold the ooh» but, made '-
a felicltious little address and preach;-
ed to Mrs. Gibson n W
glass dish, on I. chi-intact ‘
brance from the choir.- 8b. 'I‘l
lighted ill: this oviduct of H
predation. but was so much m
that it was hard at first mm5 m .
to give expression to her feeling; :3“
our naorutns' .
11111111; ELEGTS
Our Brothers' Lodge, No.10, l. 0.0. E
F met and elected officers last ch11»
lng Harry Joyce was honored with
the office of. Noble Grund. and the
meeting was duite largely attenddd.
The officers willk'be installed in thd
near future by District Deputy ‘Grnnd
lMaster Cornelius M. Daniels. The'gf— ,
floors elected are as follows: -
Nobiwrandul-iarry Joyce.
Vice GrandVi-ie‘rbert S. Brown.
Secretary— ’ilbur Hubheil.
Recording Secretary—Harrie
Smith. , . . "
Treasurer-Samuel 0. Kaitlin
5 Trustee for ‘throe yesrsl—Charl '
Hoyt. ' 5
officers that will be filled previous
to the installation.
MICH PAYS FINE
Charge of Assault With intent to Kill
Judge Edward M. Lockwood,- of Nob
walk, was convinced that in tho 7:
against Philip Mich charged with. '
snult with intent to 11111 Frank in j
there was nothing deeper than
drunken brawl and for this reason he
fined Mich but 57 without costs. in ’
Lockwood felt that Mace and
were equally to blame for the- ‘
and disposed of the base as a.
Mich pleading guilty to'thVohir ZN
intoxication.
oULtlveha-Kovltco.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ron}!!!
srd H Gulliver The opium
performed at‘ the firbt'fCo“
cl Church, in Dsnbury.
ml. and Mrs; Guilt”?
No. on. center this on.
comp wedding not on ,
‘ air. govncpl conducted a m
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