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J. L LATHROP & SONS continue to issue insurance on Mer. cantile, Dwellings and Farm Property in th nronzen companies at low rates. before plach us iness elsewhere, H ‘Shetucket St set, Norwich, Conn. marldaw FULLER'S Insurance Agency. TheOldest Insurance Agency in Norwich. Losses adjusted in a liberal and hon- orable manner. Companies represented are among the best in the world, inoluding: Royal Insurance Co. Northern Assurance Co. London Assurance Corporation. Aachen & Munich Fire Ins. Co. Commercial Union Assurance Co. Boston Insurance Co. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. Springfield F. & M. Ins. Co. Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. WNew York Underwriters. Astna Indemnity Co. of Hartford. James E. Fuller, 161 MAIN ST. feb10d B. P. LEARNED & CO., Have moved their In-|i surance Office tempo- rarily to the Thames Loan and Trist Co. Building, in Basement feb1od NEW LONDON COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Norwich, Conn. ESTABLISHED 1840. Statemeni January 1, 1909 Anscts & Surplus Total Income . Loases Paid Since Organiza- tlem .. .§042,582.84 President, H. H. Gallup. Secretary, W. F. Lester. William H. Prothero. HOME OFFICE : P8 Shetucket Sfreet, ' Norwich, Conn. teblld N. TARRANT & GO., 117 MAIN STREET. Fire, Accident, Health, Liability, Plate Glass and Steam Boiler . .. INSURANGE Nerwich Union Fire Insurance Socisty, F. N. Gilfillan 'PHONE 34z 'PHONE 842, STOCKS, BONDS AND COTTOM. Room 4 Bill Block Correspondent JOHN DICKINSON & CO. (Wotablished 1896.) 42 Broadway, New York. Mombers Consolidated Stock Ex- shange, N. V., Chicago Board of Trade. Biract private wire to floor of Excharigs CURB STOCKS A S8PECIALTY. san2id ATTORNEYS AT LAW. AMOS A. BROWNING, 3 Richards Blag. ttorney-at-iaw, "Phone 208. “HROVN § PERNI, I ——— over First Nat 3Sank. Shetuckst St » "o Thas WAy, nex: to o8 Nat. Tel. 137-2 e Your Atfention, Please If you need anything in the fine of Furniture, Bedding, or Floor Covering we can ell interest you, A call at our store will surprise you, SOHWARTZ BROS,, “Horde Furnishers,” 9-11 Water Street We buy Second-hand Furniture. ©pen evenings. Tel. connection. feb2sa Piciures and Photographs framed in the best possible way at Feasonable prices. A new dtock of "rlmg Mouldings for the spring season _NORWICH FiAME WORKS, 96 Thames Strec:, Fotter Building. Uien evenings. Tel 11 | up his five for a game in New ibn mext Saturday might -‘ina ‘the Bulkeley basket Donohue wfll have the stro; BM - possible and will undoubtedly give the New London boys a tight rub, The Independents would also 1ike to get & game this week Wednesday br Thursday evening to settle the rub. ber with the Mighty Five of the local association. Each has won a geme and this one will settle the question of su- premacy. COLLINS MEETS ABE AGAIN. Wrestlers Matched for Finish Go in Three 81ra|ght Win_By Warriors, Westerly No. 2 Defeated—Westerly No. 1 Wins Three at New London—Aberg Make: Potato Race Record at Y. M. C. A. —— The Norwich Warriors were rolling Eryer .. ., in fine form Monday night in_their | Aitken .. . Westerly Wednesday. game in Westerly against the West- |livine .. . e — o erly :\:lr‘n No. h‘.', !p{i\'lngththe d!u:hknl:l; Bliven .. hI: is t’wlfl; cv?’n::de!rlhlle ‘{n;‘e’nn ;h.t experts from the Rose e mal ] sorts o ‘esterly lool rward to three straight games. Westerly was th: wrestling match between Abe the most dangerous in the first string, but ewsboy and Bill Collins of Central Murphy’s high single of the match, Brubeck Village Wan::’diny night, which is to Lot ‘ot dewn” 300 for - the. peat | Eeters ... "] S 24| Diiie "there ‘In sufo 1o 6. s hasd three string total of the evening. The |AFmstrong .. 70— 237 struggle. The match will be um; as 413 447 4151270 | catch can style at eatch weights. Aba is a big favorite in Westerly and looked upon as the winner, as he tells his admirers he Is going to make short work of it, being in fine shape hom hard training. Collins is strong an has ail tke cleverness and will vroblhly give the Newsboy a big surprise. The games made no difference in the relative standing of the leaders, as Westerly No. 1 and the Norwich War- riors each won their three straight and hold first and second places as before. New London No. 1 and West- erly No. 2 both slid down the latter and will shortly meet Norwich No. coming up out of last place, as the home team has proven that it can do scme pin splitting when rolling in form. The Standing. Won. 2| Former Norwich Manager Just Misses Taking Possession of Lowell Team. Lowell, Mass., March 1.—“The Count Ffi‘ederl‘o"lboe Just missed coming to Lowell as owner of the Lowell basel franchise. ¥or weeks Doe was nego- tiating for the purchase of the team, and just when things seemed to be breaking O. K. for the transfer the Lna( P.C. 78 Westerly No. 1 .. Norwich Warriors New London On_the New London alleys West- | New London majority stockholders decided to give No. 1 took their match from New |Westerly No. Al Winn another chance. don No. 1 by three ' straight | Norwich No. Doe is a hustler in baseball and is strings by good margins. The scores = one of the most Dleture were only ordinary, as follows: N. F. A. indepefidents Have Game. |the spoi produced. 5 1 LS ways been a “card” on the New Eng- Westerly No. 1. | Captatn Donohue of the N. F. A. In- | Jany" circuit while & memper o iha Holdsworth .. ... £9 107— 283 | dependent basketball team his signed | Jeague. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MARKET STRONGER | sates, . copper quotations at the metar | cxchénge and in London were advanc- | ed. The reports regarding the copper ‘\rnrle developments were aponymous, Starting out with Lewiston when the present New England league was or- | ganized, Doe jumped over to-Lewlston and later transferred his baseball af- fections to New Bedford. Giving up that city at a profitable sum, Doe fn- vested in“Worcester stock, and subse- quently acquired an intérest in the Providence team of the Dastern league He 1s reputed to be worth about $50,- 000. Rise in Reading Exerts Influence on Whole List. Doe was manager of the Norwich team which won the Connecticut league championship in 1900. and the partiss to the allcged trpnsac- tions were unnamed. These circum- stances threw some suspicion about the stories, but they proved efficacious in prompting large buying of - th stocks concerned in that trade, The effect was beneficial on all the metal stocks, and United States Steel shared in this benefit. e in United thcoming decision of the su- | States Steel was encouraged by the n the coal roads case. As | news from Washington that the senate 1 sion day with that court, | would take no action on the commit- the bears bot ght heavily of Read! | tee investigation of the circumstances » the court convened, to reduce | connectod with the merger of the Ten- r very extensive short lines in the | nessee Coal and Iron company with Extensive cov- ts was the ac- h of the strength | t_tode is wes in Readittg, in_which to be a continuing eneLuVA(‘nn based on assumptions of | New York, Mar ering of short co £ Chicago, March 1.—“I will fight Jack Johuson for the heavyweight champlonship of the werld if I am able to get into condition to do myself jus- tice,” said James J. Jeffries, who was in Chicago today on his way to New York. “The report that I said that I would fight Johnson as soon as I fin- 1ehed my vaudeville engagement is not true,” he continued. “I must have stock. The result was a five point rise | the United States Steel corporation. [more time to analyze my condition in Reading, bringing it to within two | The early returns of railroad met earn- | before I will make any definitep lans. points of the level from which last|ings for January, of which but a few s b Ay Tuesday’'s 10 1-2 downward plunge was | have been repeived, gave satisfactory | DETROIT STRONGER THAN EVER. comparisons. The strong tone of th mariket was impaired before the end of the day by realizing sales and by subsidence of demand. Bonds were Ir- regular. Total sales, par value, $3,314,- 000. United States bonds were un- changed on call. made. The buying of this stock was not accompanied by any, alleged in- formation that the supreme court would decide in favor of the railroads. This fact was indicative of the profes- sional character of the buying to cover shorts. The speculative covering of shorts in Reading ceased when the court_ had oonvened and it became known that no decision in the case would be handed down today. While Forecast on American League Season— Boston Felt to Be Weak. American league fans look forward to another strenuous campaign for the pennant, with a race too open to select the winner before the final weeks of the season. The same four clubs that finished in the first division last year are touted | COTTON. New York, March 1.—Cotton spot the rise in Reading constituted an im- | closed quiet, five points higher; mid- for it again, with its uncertain team portant sympathetic influence on the | dligg uplands 9.70, middling gulf 9. of young blood, handicapped by an un- whole list, the firm tone was extended | sales, 6,200 bales. Futures closed tried manager. beyond the reaction in Reading. Thero | ly Closing bids: No definite idea of the probable line- was no important selling of stocks at | April and May 9.31, June .29, Ju up of the White Sox can be provided any time to serve as an obstacle to| August 9.27, “September 9. until the leadership is determined. as rising prices, making the buying that much more effective. An effective fac- tor in sustaining the market was the strength of the Copper group. This was 9. November ¢ end December. 9.20, January #t is natural for President Comiskey to leave the assignment of positions to his manager. The acquisition of new material d\xrlng the winter complicates {the problem of asstgning the players. Detroit, Mich.—The ers are be- lieved to be far stronger than they ever were. MONEY. New York, March 1 easy, 2@21-2 per cent., rull last loan 21-2, closing bid 2 1- due fo the insistent reports of some large sales of refined copper for ex- po which had been effected, and as- tions that specifications mow in | offer- hand promised early sales of yet latger | ed at 2 1- For the outfield Detroit's challenge amounts for forward dellvery. These| Time loans easler; sixty days 21-2|still is, “Show us one to equal it.” One sales, it was also alleged, were being | to 2 3-4 per cent., ninety days 32 3-4 tn thing that makes Detroit'’s infield closed at prices above those of recent | 3 per cent., six months 3 per cent. stronger is that when a man fs hurt SHED LIGHT : ON THE UNCERTAINITY _IN COOKING. {Richmonds always Bake: NO GUESS WORI} | If YouPlease — Don"t Athietics will play ball park next season, team which will play there is ln a dacldndly uhou:: condition. “Was] D. C. — The Senators prospects for a good team in 'Wuhln‘tnn the coming season is the ‘brightest in years. The Senators got & bad start last year, but Cantillon ex. Bects many earty victorles the coming N" York, N. Y—No man can say mdm ‘what the lineup of the Kl(h- lers will be when the pennant sea. «or: opens. Even Stallings himse!f has yet to find out. He hopes to have the ball | o roblem plrtly salved before he leaves for the go ‘The 9! hln‘ ent cannot be any weaker than it was last year and is _iikely to be s r. t. Louis, Mo.—The outlook is prom- ising after the great showing of last eason, and the Browns will not con- cede any team a better chance for the Criger is one factor expected to add a champlonship touch to the team that was missing last year, while Schweltzer's expected {mprovement also will aid materially in a depart- ment that needed bracing last year. Heldrick, should he condition himself and comply with the wishes of the powers behind the club, will add sev- eral points to the Browns' efficlency ABERG MAKES RECORD IN 10-POTATO RACE. Sets Mark at 56 2-5 Seconds—Record Time for Norwich Y. M. C. A. Gym- nasium. In the athletic events of the senior class at the Y, M. C. A. gymnasium Monddy evening, Aberg put up a mew local time mark for the potato race with ten potatoes by doing the triek in 56 2-5 seconds. This is ahead of anything before done in this event at the gym. Thres events were held during the evening, as part of their competitive series, resulting in the following team standing in total points up to date: Rustlers 2794.5, H\llflll’. :uza Tuss- lers 2489, The Individual leaders and team scores in the events were as follow: Shot put, Aberg 30 feet, Desjardines 290.9 feet, Read 28.1 feet. Rustlers 408 points, Hustlers 398, Tusslers 357. Three standing broad jumps—V. C: Ton 241 feet, Vaillin 23.2 feet, Ho 23.1 feet. Rustlers 432.5 points, Hust lers 400.5, Tusslers 390. ‘Ten-potato race—Aberg 56 2-5 onds, Read 67 1-5, Carron 51 xHG\;ltlel'l 431, Rustiers 870, Tusslers sec- SHAVE IN TWELVE SECONDS. English Barber Can 8kin 8ix Alive in 1 Minute, 29 Secénds. Robert Hardie is the quick shaving champion of England, says A y QGentry 1n the Strand May in 1 minute 15 seconds stood for some years, but not loi . the champion of the razor tho he would -try for few and wettar thnte, 50 5o managed to shave six men in 1 minute 29 sec- onds. Mr. Hardle a little time back issued a challenge to the world for $2,500 and this money can be won by anyone who will take up the cudgels at either quick or blindfold shaving and is able to beat the existing cham. plon’s time. Mr. Hardle can shave one man, no matter how harsh his beard, in 12 séc- onds, or he will allow himself to be blindfolded and then make a clean job of it In 27 seconds. Besides these times, which are accomplished by the ald of an ordinary razor, Mr. Hardle will give any man a perfectiy factory shave with the aid of a ca ing knife in 46 seconds and with a perknife in 28 seconds. Boxing Bouts This Week. ‘Tuesday—Jimmie Gardner vs. Bill McKinnon, Armory A. A. Bostos Young Corbett vs. Johnny Marto, Jimmie Walsh Patsy Brannigan, Pittsburg; Young Donakue vs. Kid Parmer, New Orleans. ‘Wednesday—Fred Gilmore vs. Napo- leon Dufresne, North Wedn Gilmore vs. Jim Clabbe, Hammond, Ind. Thursday—Patsy Kline vs. Napoleon Dufresne, North Adams; Johnny Cou- lon va. Bodle Doyle, New York. Friday—Mickey Gannon vs. (Cyclone) Johnny Thompson at Philadelphia. Brooklyn Ball Team Wants Games. The Independent B. B. C. of Brook- % would like to hear from sem| yramnonu teams in this sec- tion. We offer goed inducements on our grounds for Saturdays, Sunddys and holidays. Will play return games it desired. J. Jack, care of Shannon, 208 Woodbine St., Brooklyn, N, Y. Lundin Was Thrown. Raoul De Rouen won in two stralght falis last week at Montreal from Hja mar Lundin, the Swede, taking th first fall in 39 minutes and the second in 26 minutes. GOOD MARKET FOR YOUNGSTERS Average Price of 84 Trotters at New York Sale Was $500. The horee auction in New York, which lasted ten day: luring which roximately, 1,000 trotting bred arious degrees of excellence ‘were disposed of, demonstrated, by th: peices obtained; thet the market for oss horses, especially of the young and untried sor{, never was better than now. This is the opinion of He: Te: White. A striking illustration of this fact was given when the Walnui Hall farm annfixnna mostly two year alds. was offered. Bixty-tour foals of that age were offered and ¥he aver- age price obtained was a 3500. Last year the sam 65 hiead at an nv.rm of $410. In thk 1908 consignment was the lonal Harvester, wmh )N\Im $9,000, while this year the topliner was & colt by ‘Walnut Hall, 2.08 1-4, dam 2.05 1-2 This s superiative breeding, Walnut Hall, in addition to being a fast horse xt mnnmv, wan a colt trot- it class, winning the i- of 'the Kentuciy hree year old forin to do a mile colt Harvester, brought , and Native Belle, full' sister to fast_celt, The K-uu. vmu m- $2,226. When more than two year olds, not one of the ,lm weing broken to harness, average’ $500 at vendue, the demand for untried rsefiesh mare st and is out of Jessie 1-4, by McEwen. Tho two year old filly Moelle by Ma- bel, 2.10 dam by Alcyone, in Ja- cob Simmons' charge at the Point Breeze track. Philadeiphia, is touted as a -nod thing, said that she can step better than 2 2.30 clip now. Chariey Kenyon may train at #Vest umny, Ia., again this season, and it's that the trofter Ken- yon. 2.11 3-4, which he marked at the Dallas meetlig, will be In his sta. ble again the coming season. Wendy, a yearling filly in Ray War- ner's charge at Coldwater, Mich. Is aid to be fast. She is by Music Ma:- ter, a son of Moko, and her dam Is Mias Victorla, by Peter the Great, 2.07 35 By Cecillan, 222, out of a full sister to Ida Highwood, 2.09 1-4, to wagon, is the breeding of a promising three year old that John Rowe, the Chicago iner, is working on now, with con- siderable progress. One of the best sons of the Ohio sire, Sir Alsantara, .05 1.4, s the gray :X stallion Sir Albert, 2.19 1-4, own b Bhirl.y Foster of Hudson, Mich. His dam is by Bobby Burns and second am oy Riar Hembieton: Dick MoMahon is loading up to ex- ceed even his past performances. He brings two great pacers from Califor- nia with him in Aerolite, 2.00, and Mona Wilkes, 2.03 1-4. Both of these are out of the same mare and should beat thelr. records. Tralner Ben White has shifted The Abbe, 3, 2.101-2, to & pace. The Abbe was faid up as @ 4 year old, and when he was placed in training again up to expectations. After much fussing with him in_an endeavor to get him to going, White let up on him. This year he shifted the welght, and Ben says that the horse is now one of the slickest going pacers he ever saw. The Abbe will probably be staken where | ti s possible to stake him on the half mile tracks, as that is where he wiii be raced this year. ENDS CO-EDUCATION. Wesleyan Trustees Deocide Against the Present System. last | year as a § year old he did not come | Co-education at Wesleyan university | death blow of trustees After the students of in Middletown xeceived its at the hands of the board of the university Friday. young women who now are ihe university have been graduated none of the fair sex are to be ad- mitted. The trustees will devote their attention to establishing a college for women. This decision was reached by the trustees at a meeting held in the rooms of the Mehardist board of for- eign missions, No. 150 Fifth avenue, New York, recently. since the first undergraduate women were adimtted to the university, and thelr numeber was limited each year to one-fifth of the entire undergraduate . _‘The meeting was called to de- cide the question of co-educati also to determine whether or not danc- ing may be held in the university gym- um at the junlor class prom next No Snow, No Pay. At Winsted, Zeb Holley of Bus Hilil, near, Woodbury, has bought a new ' slelgh or the instaliment pian. Tvery time it snows he is to make payment on it, There have been twn snow falls since he bought the slelgh costing $20, and as he pays only $1 for a snow storm, he figures he will be able to draw at least seven monthe’ inter- eat on the other fellow's money. DENTISTRY Teeth Without a Plate is the greatest boon of modern times. | wish you could understand the diff ence between having teeth with a plate and testh without a plate. One is firm, comfortable and lasts a lifetime; the other covers the roof of your mouth, destroys the best part of the tasie. One never falls down; the other often does. Where it is necessary to wear 4 plate, DR. SYDLEMAN will make you | one that will fit. HOURS: 8a m. to 8 p. m. Sunday, 10-2, “Ici on parie Francais.” All work guaranteed. DR. R. E. BEARDSLLY, Dentis!, 237 MAIN STREET, FAY BUILDING. Norwich, Conn. Tel. 856-4. Lady Assistant. jan1sd DONT WORRY; It Makes Wrinkles. Warry over fll-health does yo r health no good, and merely causes that make you wrinkles, look older , but go about It to make ycurself wefl. To do this we repeat the words of thou. of other forma= suffere Iy Tlia, stdlar to vours. when we say. 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N Send us a sketch or plan of your requirements, or call us on the ’phone. A trial will convince you of economy. ROBERT BROWN ESTATE, 56, 7, 59 West Main Stroet._ o Telephone: 133. A 1 .