The Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 3

THE MERIDEN DAILY JOURNAL MERIDEN CONN TUESDAY AUG FIREMEN KILLED ENGINES COLLIDE NEWS OF ALLINGFO For Sick Women To Consider Leading Business Honses MR BISHOP COMMENDED BANK OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE HIS CAREER OF USEFULNESS A excursion to New York and Coney Island Saturday August 18 SOUTH MERIDEN Rev Cunningham commenced yesterday to take the annual census of Holy church OF WALLINGFORD WALLINGFORD NOTES Wallingford Conn Aug The heat was so oppressive yesterday afternoon that the employes in the tinning department stopped work about 3 for the rest of the day Wallingford council Royal Arcanum will meet to-night at the Masonic hall Real estate transfer: Dime Savings bank to Jqhn and Margaret Fitzsimmons 80x100 feet of land with buildings on Ward street THIS WEATHER is particularly trying to your watch The dampness works its way into the movement rust follows and then you wonder why it keep time Bring it to us We und erstand the conditions and know the remedy MAINSPRINGS $100 CLEANING $100 MANSFIELD JEWELER OPTICIAN 76 CENTER STREET SZZSZZZZSSZZZZSSal Pittsburg Pa Aug Running at a speed of seventy miles an hour Panhandle train No 16 known as the Cincinnati and New York limited crashed into a light engine at 10 last night The collision occurred near the tower Steuben street West End The firemen of both engines were instantly killed and the engineers were badly injured while scores of passengers although severely shaken up escaped injury The dead are: James Umstott aged twenty fireman on passenger train of Sheraden Pa Owen Cunningham aged twenty-three fireman on light engine of Ingram The injured are: Engineer Dow ney of light engine badly injured of Sheraden Charles Wolf engineer on passenger train of Allegheny Train No 16 composed of three Pullmans one diner and a combination baggage and smoker was east-bound and should have had a clear track When nearing tower Wolf noticed an unusual light on the net work of switches and looking ahead saw the head light of the light engine He threw on the air brakes and reversed his engine but not before both trains came together The combination car was reduced to kindling wood and as its drawhead snapped it was thrown over on the westbound track Both engineers stuck to their posts but the firemen either jumped or were thrown as they were both found on the westbound track badly mangled ven and family are visiting relatives in town That almost every operation in our hospitals performed upon women becomes necessary Hi rough neglect ot such symptom as backache irregular and painful periods displacements of the female organs pain in the side burning sensation in the stomach bearing-down pains nervousness dia-ziness and sleeplessness -The medicine that holds the record for the largest number of absolute cures of female ills is Lydia Vegetable Compound It regulates strengthens and cures diseases of the female organism aa nothing else can For thirty years it has been helping women to be strong curing backache nervousness kidney troubles inflammation of the female organs weakness and displacements regulating the periods perfectly and overcoming their pains It has also proved itself invaluable in preparing women for childbirth and the change of life The great volume of unsolicited and grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn Mass many of which are from time to 4 time published by permission give ab- solute evidence of the value of Lydia I Vegetable Compound and Mrs advice Mrs Standing Invitation to Women-Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs Pink-ham at Lynn Mass All letters are received opened read and answered by women only From symptoms given your trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised Mrs Pinkham is daughter-in-law of Lydia Pinkham and for twenty-five years under her direction and since her decease she has been ad-visingsick women frqe of charge Outof the vast volume of experience in treating female ills Mrs Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that will help your case 8urely any woman rich or poor is very foolish if she does not taka advantage of this generous offer of assistance Mrs Goodwin of Worcester Mass is vjsiting her son Edward for a short time Mr and Mrs Brown who have been visiting Mrs sister Mrs Delaney Sawyer have returned to Stamford Miss Alice Heaton entertained friends from New York over Sunday at her home on Cheshire road Underhill of Main street left yesterday for Pittsburg Po where he has obtained employment in a factory as shipper John Curran clerk at grocery store will leave the first of September for New York where he has obbtained a position as salesman for a biscuit company Mrs Frederick Bitterman will entertain friends Thursday evening at her home on Cutlery avenue the occasion being a party in honor ot her son Freddie Several of his young friends will be present The banns of marriage were published Sunday for the first time at Holy church John Cassidy and Miss Nellie Cousins being the contracting parties McKernan left yesterday for Boston and he may decide to go on a western trip from there in the interest of the Niland Cut Glass company Misses Kitty and Jennie Barry had as their guest over Sunday Miss Cassidy of New Haven Joe Rail is being congratulated by local friends for the fine game he pitched Saturday for the A baseball club in Meriden Mr and Mrs Frank Seeley and sons Guy and Frank and Miss Flora Pen-dexter have returned from Short Beach after several vacation The Misses Nellie Bradley and Mabel Hollister will leave Saturday for Block Island to spend a vacation YALESVILLE Harry May of Springfield was the guest of his sister Mrs Hotchkiss yesterday Mrs Germain of Southington is visiting her sister Mrs McKen-zne on Main street Miss Daisy Hoyt of Brooklyn is spending a week with Mrs Hancock Rev Hurlbut who has been on the sick list for the past month left this morning for a two stay at Clifton Springs for the benefit of his health Mr and Mrs Young leave tomorrow mornin gfor a short stay at Cosey Beach Miss Cook of Wallingford will start her dancing class to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 and she will be pleased to have the parents and friends of the class attend Mrs John McKenzie and son Maxwell spent the day in New Haven Mr and Mrs George Hough and daughter Ruth will leave to-morrow for Co6fey Beach to spend a few days Miss Edna Church of Wallingford has been engaged to fill the vacancy in the Yalesvllle grammaff school caused by the resignation of Miss Klrt-land James Treloar of Hartford Is visiting his sister Mrs Hunt on Hanover street Young is on the sick llst Miss Elizabeth Burr of Milford Del is visiting Mrs Van Leuvan PLANS FOR AN OPERA LAMES' ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE ONE FOR LIBRARY BENEFIT Wallingford Conn Aug The Ladies' Library and Reading Room association propose to give an opera this fall for the benefit of that association The managers of the association have appointed tae following committee to have the opera In harge: Mrs Barker Mrs I Morris Mrs von Grave Mrs taav-enworth Mrs A Goodrich Mrs Hubbard Mrs Fowler Mrs Tibblts Tlbblts von Grave Edsall Morris Walker Hapgood Stuart Benson A Goodrich SKAT is a pure sweet eoft soap made of the very best of materials and sold in big lithographed cans at X0 cents SKAT Is peculiar in many ways but principally because It will instantly remove dirt and grease which other soaps will not touch When yon wmeh with SKAT it gets Into the crannleo and to corners of your hands and cleans them thoroughly That's where the dirt lurks and hard soaps will not go why SKAT is so popular If once you try SKAT you'll use It every day and like ft more each time SKAT is for sale by most Grocers and Druggists If yours carry it send us his name and we will aeo that you get It SKAT MFG CO HARTFORD CONN mm Wallingford Conn Aug Leonard Bishop who recently resigned as secretary and treasurer of the Dime Savings bank after a service of twenty years because of ill health has recently received the following letter from the committee appointed by the Dime Savings bank Wallingford Conn July 23 1906 Leonard Bishop: Respected and Dear Sir: Your resignation on account of illness of the double office of secretary and treasurer of the Dime Savings bank was accepted with deep regret The incorporators desire to make record to you for the coming years of their appreciation of your faithful and valuable service The twenty years of your devotion to these duties will continue to be a living influence in the growth of this valuable institution To this work of yours have been brought constantly the qualities of tjie high minded and modest Christian gentleman Character and true courage to endure in the face of pain have won justly the confidence and esteem of this entire community We congratulate you sir upon this nobility of ideal and of conduct and pray that rest and change may serve for life and usefulness Very sincerely yours Yale John Kendrick Charles Morris' committee Out The forty dollars that I spent Down at the shore amounts to this: A loss of weight A nervous state And just one kiss! The Reason Clara So you have given up your trip to Frantic City? Ciattde Had to I had enough money for expenses but not enough fo- tips SUIT OVER WATCH DECIDED BY JUDGE FKNN 'IN HEARING THIS MORNING Judge Fcnn to-day gave Judgment of 25 and costa to a Polish society of unpronounceable name in Its suit against Sluzarwleb who formerly held an office In the organization The dispute was over a watch which was given hy a book concern as a premium Sluzarwleh kept the timepiece claiming that It belonged to him while the society on' I he other hand claimed ownership because all the members had been Instrumental In getting the premium Attorney 1 Danaher Is counsel for the defendant and Attorney A Aubrey for the victorious society FANTOZZI VS D'ATARIO The suit of Peter Fantozzi vs Antonio D'Aiarlo an action to recover $50 for hoard was settled in Justice Albert It Chamberlain's court this morning by Attorney Hlnman for the plaintiff Jtui Mr Aubrey foi the defendant MOST ANNOYING "Now ihet all these summer hoarders Is sojournin' hero" said the rutile on the ci acker barrel "I reckon yer post office work's kinder heavy ain't It "Wnl" replied the cross-roads postmaster "It's dash-dinged nggervatln' Sometimes I don't git lime ter read all the postal Catholic Stand ard and Times CAPTAIN DRUM DEAD Washington Aug Captain A Drum for the past fourteen years superintendent of the Arlington Ngtlon! cemetery died yesterday after sn Illness of several months Ho was sixty-four year old and served throughout the Civil war This evening the Curt of Burgesses will hold their regular meeting It is probable that the Democratic caucus for selecting of delegates to the various conventions will be held two weeks from to-night This evening the Advent cottage service will be held at Mrs Frederick 28 North Elm street John Foote a well-known resident of Northford who is still quite hale and hearty reached his eighty-seventh birthday anniversary yesterday Officer Hill came down here yesterday afternoon on the electric car taking the New Haven 2 trolley car for New Haven jail with three prisoners from Meriden Meeting to-night Hose company of the Hubbard Mr and Mrs Jerome Twitchell of Binghamton Yare staying at Mr and Mrs Perry Semi-monthly meeting this evening of the Young A society Miss Grace Gilbert who has been staying in Ansonia returned home yesterday afternoon The Simpson Hook and Ladder company hold their monthly meeting this evening at their rooms in the Wallace block First Lieutenant Fox of the New Haven Grays was a borough visitor yesterday afternoon Last evening Henry A Norton returned from Block Island Superintendent Leonard has now un der his charge at the town farm thirteen inmates This evening Accanant lodge will meet at the Odd hall Bids for the Ward street and Wallace Row sewers will be opened at the borough office this evening at 8 It is probable that the outing which has been contemplated by the Hubbard Hose company will be given up and instead a supper given in the fall Rev and Mrs Henry Stone left yesterday to attend the Advent camp meeting being held this meek at Springfield Mass Mr and Mrs Ernest Carr returned last evening from Cottage City The slander suit of Noble Ingraham against Constable McNer-ney of New Haven that was expected to be tried yesterday afternoon at 2 was again continued because of the absence of Justice Davis who was out of town until Monday August 27 at 2 Fowler is counsel for the plaintiff! Wynne 8f New Haven appears for the defendant The final hearing on the Haller-Brown company bankrupt estate has been assigned for next Friday morning at 10 before Referee Henry Newton at his office in New Haven Mrs Storrs Hall and child of Wallingford are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Pratt Fordham on the Saybrook Essex cor The Misses Grace and Mabel Bishop arrived here yesterday from Worcester Mass and are staying at Mr and Mrs George A Hopson and Miss Margaret Hopson left yesterday for a stay in Taunton Mass Mrs Fowler and daughters will return to-morrow after a two stay at Short Beach Mrs Smith Is visiting Mr and Mrs Lansing at Portland Samuel Caplan's team collided with a team from Reed's Gap last night on Center stroet Both team were on the north side of the street Caplan going west and the other to the east The rigs were badly damaged and Caplan was bruised some but not enough to prevent him following his usual business this morning ip eutting meat The hearing on the allowance of tho administration account on the Lnurl-sorr Ives estate assigned tor this morning was postponed one week Officer Hill of Meriden came down here again to-day with a couple of prisoners from Meriden for the New Haven jail They left here on thh 11:30 electric car thla ipornlng It was three degrees cooler here at 12 o'clock thla noon than It was yesterday To-day It waa eighty-seven Short sleeves are aa much In fashion here now for man aa for women Ticket Agent John Flood will handle the sale of tlckata for the Meriden A Refreshing drink of ice water is almost a necessity these hot days and there is nothing so clean to keep it in as a stone water cooler 5 Gal Cooler with Faucet $150 3 Cooler $115 THE DICKERMAN HARDWARE SUPPLY CO WALL1N6F0RD WANTS l-2c a Word a Day WANTED Operators on electric machines to make shirts and overalls Also experienced foreladies to take charge of learning room Address Box 854 Wallingford Conn Taken at 103 North Elm street Terms reasonable Very desirable location Receiving a certificate from the school board last Friday evening Fred Dorman aged fifteen years started to work yesterday morning in the Aetna Nut company's factory He had been working upon a press but a short time when he allowed his finger to come in contact with the die and the top of his first finger on his left hand wras cut off Dr Mille- dressed the wound The picnic of the Piantsville Congregational Sunday school will be held to-morrow The Piantsville Baptist church will hold its annua! picnic to-morrow at Lake Compounce Frank Reidy clerk at market but whose parents reside in Collinsville is threatened with typhoid fever The regular meeting -of the borough board will be held this evening To-day Fas a big day at Lake Com-pounce for the members of the United Pomona No 1 as there wfire several Interesting speakers among them being National Master Bateheller of New Hampshire He is an ex-governor of that fitattf and represents organized agriculture with President Roosevelt Hale of Glastonbury the peach man Wood of Ellington state master Healy of Woodstock state lecturer and several others were down for addresses The Three Settlers in minstrel varieties at Lake Compounce this week Wednesday will be Illumination night at Lake Compounce The lawn and grounds will be lighted up with Japanese lanterns The Plalnvllle selectmen are advertising tor bids for the construction of a section of a telford and macadam road on the highway leading Toward this town The Misses Stella Helen and Lucy Crangle of Jersey City are visiting Mrs Sullivan of Eden avenue The annual picnic of 8t church will be held Thursday August 16 Stephen William clerk a Dunn'a market Is enjoying hU vacation at Saratoga Thomas Welch clerk at afore spending HU vacation In New Haven Miss Ada Cockkayne visiting In Hartford Stephen Walkley a member of the Seventh Connecticut visited the home at Noroton yejftrdgy Mrs Robert Cummings of New Ha- CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children Thi tint You Hm Always Bought Miss Mollie Shea is spending a few days in New Haven Workmen in the edge tool forging room were forced to quit on account of the heat yesterday Gall Borden of New York is spending a week with Mr and Mrs John Cockkayne of Bristol street Selectman A Lewis and Mrs Lewis left yesterday for a two aeation to be spent at Block island TRACY Mr and Mrs Charles Todd of Lock-port and Miss May Riggs of Rochester Yt who have been the guests of relatives here and in Wallingford the past two weeks returned home yesterday Mr and Mrs Keron Daly and daughters Margaret and Anna attended the reunion of the Conley family at Lake Compounce Sunday when thirty-six sat down to dinner at 1 all brothers and sisters with their families The many friends of Mrs John Andrews will be pleased to learn that her health is much improved since her return to Tracy a few weeks ago James the little son of Mr and Mrs George Neale who was hurt by a fall Sunday was still in a critical condition last evening Mrs Brown is quite ill with malaria at her home here Lyon picked the first lima beans of the season yesterday Mr garden is an unusaullyfine one this year and he has an abundance of everything seasonable just now The Tracy Social club will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the club house Howard Button is thp guest of Edwin Yale at Indian Neck this week Nelson Burnham of Middlefield spent Monday with his cousin Justin Smith of Corner When the telephone was needed most yesterday and Sunday it was unavailable because of changes at central and breaks along the line NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES SHOE BOX MYSTERY AND TORNADO RECALLED Wallingford Conn Aug 7 Two anniversaries take place this week which were notable in the making of local history To-morrow is the anniversary of the famous shoe box mystery Many have been under the Impression for a long time it was on August 9 That is a mistaken Idea It was on a Sunday August 8 1886 that the torso of a man was found in he Farms district in a shoe box The arms and legs were found later in another part of that district but the head never was found Thursday brings the twenty-eighth anniversary of the tornado which swept over the borough on Friday afternoon August 9 1878 in which many lives were lost and much property destroyed HEAT PROSTRATIONS LARGE NUMBER WERE AFFECTED IN BOSTON Boston Mass Aug One death and thirty prostrations were reported yesterday as the result of the excessive heat in this cMy No hotter day than yesterday has there been this summer and no greater amount of Buffering experienced The temperature reached 93 1-2 degree In the afternoon At midnight it was Heventy-lx At 8 o'clock this morning the mercury stood at 79 1-2 eYa-terday at the same hour it registered seventy-eight The weather bureau officials give little encouragcernnt that better conditions will prevail during the next twenty -four hour YOUTHFUL TRAINING "Every boy should learn to "I don i know" answered the man who cultivates differences of opinion "The boy who can't swim keeps awsy from deep water rather have my hoy put In hla time practicing the art of dodging trollejr' oars and Washington Star When a "want la big enough to trouble you It la big enough to ties JAIL BREAKER VANO AT HANOVER THEATRE One of the very best vaudeville shows given at Hanover park summer theatre this season is on the boards this week It was so good that a capacity crowd braved the heat last night and packed the playhouse to the doors and they liberally applauded all the acts because they were all good William Vano the jail breaker and his accomplished wife Minerva are the topliners and they do some weird and startling things that mystify everybody It will be remembered a years ago that Mr Vano while stripped was securely handcuffed at the police station and got himself out of the manacles in short order Both he and Mrs Vano did these stunts last night and famous trunk mystery was successfully carried but On Thursday night they are goLng to have Mrs Vano get out of a packing box in which she is to be nailed by the clerks of some factory or store and on Friday night she will liberate herself from the regulation straight jacket using dhe one belonging to the hospital There are other good acts on the bill including Marlowe Plunkett in a laughable skit "The Deaf Lambert Williams in an unique song and dancing specialty as well as Bending Bonda in a clever -exhibition The performance closes with a one-act farce Night in a Medical THIRD RATE TRAVELER INTENDED TO GET TO HARTFORD ON TEN CENTS Wallingford Conn Aug A man giving his name In court this morning as Owen Clark was arrested last night by Officer O'Reilly This morning he was charged with intoxication and breach of the peace He said he left Bridgeport two days ago and his home was in Boston He claimed he must have been affected by the heat of yesterday When asked if he had any money he answered by saying he had enough for his car fare to Hartford When further questioned as to what money he had he said he had ten cents This led Prosecutor Fowler to remark he must travel third rate Judge Phelps gave Clark a fine of $1 with costs of 11160 Clark went to jail COATLESS IN PULPIT PENNSYLVANIA CLERGYMAN BELIEVES IN KEEPING COOL Berwick Pa Aug Before commencing the services in the Methodist Episcopal churen here last night Rev Thomas Hooper announced that the men were at liberty to remove their coats to obtain relief from the intolerable heat There was some hesitancy until Rev Mr Thomas himself to the shirt sieves In full view of the congregation A general shedding of coals followed The Curling Iron plays havoc with many a hair The heat causes the hair to become brittle split or fall out the iron burns out the pipment and causes the hair to turn air ealth wlU prennt all thla It Mops the failing out and positively raslore gray hair to tea former beauty thkkneaa and color It la not dye wtU not aiain akin or clothing not grMy Ita eat cannot be detected Thtlo It ay Co Newark I 50c at ILL 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