Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1909, Page 1

VOL. _LL—HO. 26, PRESIDENT-ELECT IN GULEBRA CUT Close Examination of Its Fourteen Miles Made in Company of Engineers LOCAL FEELING OF OPTIMISM CREATED Fears of Delay in Completion of the Big'Canal are Re- lieved—Colonel Goethals Declares that Naval Vessels wiil Sail Through the Lock Canal by the First of January, 1915 —Frecautions for Mr. Tafi’s Safety. His Cordiality Toward Panama as a Whol This afternoon Mr. Taft called upon ex-President Am-dor, who is ill. Ex- President Amador ' &nd President Obaldia have not been on friendly terms for a long time because of po- litical differences. Mr, Tast wishes to make it plain that his cordiality is toward Panama as a whole and not towerds one or another political fac- tion, land-he has endeavored during ki stay here to treat all men and all par- ties in the same cordial man@er. Precautions for Safety of Taft Party. Prior to the vieit of Mr. Taft and the board of engineers to the Culebra cut today, all dynamite was removed from the workines, so that nossibility of accident to the president-elect might e avoided. Ready for Business Jan, 1, 1915, Although not speaking for publica- tion, the engineers do not conceal their satisaction over the feasibility of the Gatun dam. Chief Engineer Lieuten- ant Colonel Goethals and the army engineers engaged in the construction Culebra, Panama, Feb, 1.—William H. Taft and the engineers accompany- ing him reached here from Panama to- day on a special train and made a close examination of the fourteen miles of the Culebra cut. Mr. Taft and the engineers are very much gratified \at the extent of the work accomplished at Culebra. Existing Plans Satisfactory. The fact that the existing plans fdr the lock and dam at Gatun are satis- tactory to the visiting englneers has created a local feshing of optimism and the fears of delay in the completion of the work have been releved, Mr. Taft exmected that the views of the engi- neers regarding the situation at Gatun would be favorable and their finding consequently did not come as a sur- prise to him. Taft a Pacifier of Factional Feeling. Panama, Feb. 1.—That Mr. Taft is acting as pacifier of the strong post- election factional feeling, which at times has been very marked, is shown by the fact that invitations have been nt to both President Obaldla and eror Arias, at one time opposition nai s for the presidency, to work are much gratified at the result dinner and reception arranged for to- | of the investigation of the special en- morrow by Hergert G. Squiers, the | ginees Colonel Goethals said fo American minister, in honor of the |that naval vessels would sail througt American president-elect. the lock canal by Jan. 1, 1915 GREENFIELD SAVINGS BANK CLOSED BY COMMISSIONER WEST POINT CADETS Has 7,000 Depositors, Many of Whom | No Appropriation Made for Trip to | Are Working People. inaugural Boston, Feb. 1.—By an order of the | Wask s the supreme judicial court today, closing | serate ir rescue, the Wes the Greenfield Savings bank of Green- | Point cacets will not ba able to atten field, and suspending the payment of | the inauguration on the 4th of March further dividends, it is hoped to elimi- | at the expense of the government. The mate the unproductive ete of the | cadets have been one of the big at vank, and eventually throw open the | tractions of the Inaugural ceremonie doors of the institution to its 7,000 de- | for many years past. ositors who have entrusted mearly | Order an ifem providing funds for the hree million dollars to its keeping. | cadets' trip to Washington was strick- The bank is one of the largest sav- | en from the military appropriation ings institutions in the Connecticut | bill. valley, and its closing today, at the re- | Another item remoted from the bill quest of the savings bank commission- | Was an appropriation for the construc- er, Plerre Jay, came unexpectedly to|tion of an asylum for refugees in time the depositors, many of whom are 1ill | 0f war and another for a storehouse hands and other working people. on Corregldor Island, in Manila bay. e of asking for a receiver,| On account of the time consumed Commissioner Jayv requested that a | With bills under suspension of the course similar to that adopted In ad- | rules, the consideration by the house Jjusting the finances of the Marblehead | Of the appropriation bill was not com- pleted. Under suspension the house passed the Payne oill prohibiting the importa- Savings bank, five years ago, be pur- | ened. This permits the trustees to | carry on the business of the bank un- | der the supervision of the bank com- migsioner, to lend money to needy de- | Senate bill to pension federal judges. positors, and to gradually nurse the|The Bennett bill for the exportation of aliens convicted of a felony was | also denied passaze. A limitatien was i placed upon the scope of the Olmstead ‘lfl'r(, | committee to Investigate ap- propriations for and the work of the secret service of the various depart- mets. 2 ondition. bank: back to a healthy PASSED BY THE SENATE Houss Bill Declaring 1909, a Legal Feb, lL—Seventy-five bills on the calendar of the senate were passcd today. The consideration of these mcasures, most of which were of a local character or of minor im- portance, consumed nearly the entire session of the senate. tor Foraker attempted to get con- eration for the Aldrich substitute | bill_providing for a court of ipquiry to pass upon the qualifications of the | discharged negro soldiers of the February 12, Holiday. IMPORTANT CHANGES Affecting Genéral Army Office nounced by War Department. Washington, An- | ‘Washington, Feb. 1—Several impor- | tant changes in the station and duty | 07 general officers of the army were announced today. Brigadier General | Charles Morton 1s relieved of tiie com- mand of Fort D. A. Russell, Wy T'wenty-fifth infantry, charged with laving shot up Brownsville August|department of the Missouri. 8-14, 1906, bul postponed making a | Brigadier General Willlam . motion for that purpose so that Sen- ator McLaurin of Mississippi might | speak on the Brownsville affalr to- | morrow. Mr. Foraker announced that after Mr. Mcluurin's speech he would who is ordered to the Philippines to command the department of Luzon, re- lleving Brigadler General Albert L. Mills, who is ordered to San Francisco. Brigadier General Ramsay D. Potts, endeavor to obtain actign on the bill. | commanding the department the Without amendment Qhe senate to- | gulf, is ordered to the Philippin day passed the house blll making Feb. | where he will ommand the depart- ment of the Visayas, relieving Briga- dier General Charles L. Hodges, who will proceed to San Francisco for or- ders. 12, 1909, the 100th snniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, a legal hol- iday, and recommending its celebration throughout the United States, for which purpose the president is author- ized to issue a svecial proclamation. The bill also declares that as a part of the natonal memorial to Lincaln there may be built a highway from ‘Washington City to the battlefleld of Gettysburg, Pa., to be known as “The Lincoln Way.” An appropriation of $60,000 is made for a survey of pigns and estimates of such highway. CONNOLLY WAS PERFECTLY COOL His Head in Republic Disaster. Washington, Feb. 1.—The Whi! House today made public two lette from Willlam J. Prendergast and wife of Jefferson, Mass., fellow passengers with James B. Connelly, the writer of CUT OFF FROM MAINLAND. Prince Edward Island Undergoing lts | Republic, saying that Connolly ‘“was Annual Experience. perfectly’ cool” at the time of the dis- aster, went to the staterooms in the dark 'to get life preservers for Pren- dergast and his wife, who “were afraid to go for them,” and he aided other passengers. “He was a brave man an credit cannot be given I Mrs, Prendergast. Picton, N. 8., Feb, 1.—Frozen in and cut off from comununication witih the mainland, Prince Edward island, for the first time this winter is under- going the experience which is of al- most annual occurrence. The govern- ment steamer Minto, which left | Georgetown, P. &. L. on turday morning last, pushed through North- umberland atrait to a point about three miles outside Pictou light, but there the ice was so heavy that she could not buck it successfully. Today she remained fast in the ice and her passengers and mail were transferred to the mainland across the frogen surface of the strait. The government steamer Stanley, which arrived here on Saturday morning from Georgetown, remained at her wharf mere toda; DOMINION COPPER COMPANY. Plan for a Reorganization by a Com- mittee. Boston, Feb, 1.—A plan for a re-or- ganization of the Dominion Copper company, by which & committee rep- resenting the bond and stock holders is given guthority to purchase the roperty at foreclosure sale and trans- ? it to the New Dominion Copper company, was made public here today. The re-organization committee com- rises Charles Hayden, W. F. Foster, ohn A. Sleicher, Warren Curtis, Chan- ning Stebbins, James Wilkinson and Henry H. Melville. Becurity holders have been asked to deposit their holdings in_the Hunga- rian American bank of New York. Meriden Buys Reservoir Site. Meriden, Conn, Feb. 1—The city too much wrote Will of Mrs. Lynch, Whe Was Killed on the Republic. Boston, Feb. 1.—The will Mary K. Lyneh, wife of Eugene Lynch, which was executed meven days before she was killed on the steamship Re- public, was filed for probate It disposes of an estate valucd at $14,- 000 and Jeaves all the property to rei- atives. The only bequest to her hus- band was that of & large diamond ring, Mr. Lynch’s will, which was filed Iast weck, contained numerous public bequests, but left the bulk of his prop- erty to his wite. Elected Lieutenant Governor of Mis- souri. Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 1-The Joint session of the Missouri genera! assembly today declared Jacob G. Gmelich elected lieutenant governor of Mis=ouri. ote was taken, the speaker declaring the result when the recount commitiee of five republicans and flve democrats reported its find- ings as follows: For Jacob G. Gmeiich, republican, 246,642, for William R. Painter, democrat, 246,465. Gmelich’s plurality, Actress Threatened With Blood Pois- oning. Boston, Feb. 1.—Owing to the con- tinued indisposition of - Miss Biliie Burke, who was taken 1l at Spring- fleld last week and threatened with blood poisoning. the first week of her engagement here in “Love Walches” canceiled today. It is stated that Miss Burke will require several days of cemplste rest. today purchased a tract of land on Cheshire street, consisting of 27 acres, from Frank McKenzie, upon which a reservoir will be bum The price paid es- on_doljars will timated that hal Be reguired to wficx MAY NOT GO TO WASHINGTON. | By a point of | | ton of oplum, but refused to pass the ! | opey & ’]I “|No Further News of Sinking of Un- | Writer of Sea Stories Did Not Lose | sea stories, on the ill-fated» steamer | of Mrs. | today. | Cabled Pa.rsgraph& Willemstad, Curacao, Feb. 1—The Dutch cruiser Utrecht came into_this port yesterday and the American cruiser Des Molnes left here today for La Guaira. \ St. Petersburg, Feb, 1.—The report current yesterday that M. Kokovsoff, minister "of finance, had resigned and would be apvointed ambassador to France has been given official denjal. Lisbon, Feb. 1.—The first anniver- sary of the assassination of King Car- 108" of Portugal and his son, Crown Prince Luiz, occurred today. No un- pleasant incidents have been reported. Copenhagen, Feb. 1.—Dr. Maurice F. Fgan, the American minister to Den- mark, and Mrs. Egan tonight gave a dinner to the king. All-the foreign representatives and their wives were present. London, Feb. 1.—Michael Arthar Bass first Barton Burton, died in London this evening. He underwent an operation for an internal complaint last week. He was born in 1837 and was director of Bass & Co., Limited. London, Feb, 1.—The delegates to the international riaval congress which has been in session in London since De- cember, were entertained at dinner this evining by the naval attaches of the va sious embassies and legations. They 1/ill be received in private audi- ence fomorrow by King Edward at Buckingham palace, TURKO-BULGARIAN DIFFICULTIES SETTLED. Recognition of the Kingdom of Bul- garia—Protocols to Be Signed Soon. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.—The settle- ment of the Turko-Bulgarian difficul- ties, it is stated in well informed cir- cles, involves the recognition of the | kingdom of Bulgaria, whose proclama- tion of independence precipitated the is. As soon as the details of tho angements have been worked out the protocols will be signel. It is un- rstood that Turkey will lead in r: & Bmzeror Ferdinand,-not wait- ing for a c of the powers to | ed. London, Feb, 2.—A despatch to the m St. Petersburg say: have approved R e payment of the T Bulgaria, which | plan for |claim a | cancel sufficient allments of Turkish war indemnity to enable i to borrow the sum of 125,00 i {franes ($25,0600,000) demanded from | | Bulgaria, Bulgarfa undertaking to re- | was not the motive, for in his pockets | mburse Russia to the extent of 82, | were a gold watch and a considerable | 000,000 franes ($109.400,000) by the an- | sum of money. A diamond stud in his nual payment of 5000000 franes for | necktie also was in its piace. |interest "and sinking fund Thus, in- | The_body was discovered by Mrs. stead of receiving §,000,000 francs year- | Wilhelm when she and two friends {17 from Turkey, sia will draw 5,- | returned home after fulfilling a_dinner {000,000 from Bulgaria. BLOOD TRANSFUS];N FROM WHITE MAN TO NEGRESS. Brought to Succcssiul Issue at Belle- | vue Hospital—First Case on Record. ! New York, Fei. 1—Wkat Is believ- | ed to be the first case of blood tifins- fusion fram a white man to a negress brought to a succesful issue here tonight at Bellevue hospital. The patient, Julia Herrinfi, a 2 |old negress, was brought to the hemor- pital suffering from internal rhages. The surgeons in att decided that the only way lay in the transfusion of her blo situation was explained to the derlies of the hospital by Dr. Ge the surgeon in charge of the cas: i an appeal was made by him for some one among them to volunteer to save | v . Several offered their Labrink, ve: e hospital as a m enger, chosen for the operati About 'a pint of the white man's blood * transfused. The negr the surgeons report, rallied almost Immediately after fon, and there now is hope for known Stbamer Off Hatteras. {Ing on Diamond Shoals, three miles off | {the Cape Lookout lightship. e local weaher bureau and navy yard wireless Palmer Congregational Church Burned. Palmer, Mass., Feb. 1.—The Second Congregational church was burned to- the fire starting from defec loss is $25,001 Mr: The deatt aniel M. Randall. of Mrs. Danlel M. Randall home in Preston, just Norwich line, at 1.30 o'clock Monday morning after’an iliness of 16 | nd she suffered intensely death, Mrs, Lizzle Loulsville, befors her Randall's maiden name Given and she was born Ky.. March* 21, 1849. Mason Randall ved on s far many years, living in New York. They came to Norwich about 25 year: 0 and conducted restaurants in the | Breed Hall hilding, Beckwith and Fay buildings and in Shetucket street. T | deceased was the last of her immedi ate famnily. She was an excellent cook, | | possessed a kind and charitable dispo sition and was held in high esteem her many friends. She was a member of the McKi. v avenue A. M. church, in which she, wasf active when | She is survived by her hu band. | Meeting of Clericus. The January meeting of the Clericus was held at Trinity Episcopal churc h | on Monday, followinz dinner at the Wauregan house. Rev. P. 8. Irwin of Pomfret changed dates with Res R.| D. Hatch of Willimantic, who gave a | paper entitled Premillenial Eschatal- ogy, which proved decidedly interest- i Those present were t! Revs. J Eldred Brown, Neilton Poe Carey, F. J. Bohanan, M. impson, Norwicl John W. Walker, Putnam: Rev. Sidney Irwin, Pomfret: Rev. Albert J §. Mystic; Rev. . Moors Black Hall: William Howard Davi Danielson; C, M. Stewart, Groton R. M. D. Adam: , Stafford 3 H. Darble of namom In the City Court. Charged with breach of the was in She an ex- mpoats married Dani extra expense. ;o { Willlam T. Buill's physicians: | 1 meace | for striking Patrick dd, Albert kinson was given 30 dgys in jajl and costg in_ the city cous on Monday | morning. The case against Effie Smith was continued until this morning and she was allowed to go on her own recog- nizance. City Aftorney Hall talked of making a serious charge sgadust her. found. his name by the clerk of the gustice Dowling _forfelted Branden- u for_his arrest. of Brandenburg had been founc Attorney Surprised. ney, from his client since last N he had had a telephone conversation with him, and he was in ignorance of the writer's pregent whereabouts. REAL ESTATE DEALEH Snui the Rectory, 30, 190 Rev. | chure their licensing. to join the Riverhead License league. M. | low citizens | This Moans 8.000 idle Tondon | ment of the na | Mrs, an_hour th |end pluse normal.” ~ NORWICH, COUI.. WWY, Brande nburg Forfeits His Bail ANSWER L. FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT TO ARCENY CHARGE. MACAZINE WRITER IS MISSING Was Odt on $1,500 Bail Furnished by a Bonding Company—Bench Warrant Issued for Hi New York, Arrest. Feb. 1—A warrant for the arrest of Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, whose sale to tue New York Times of an article alleged to have been written by Grover Cleve- land resulted in his indictment on a charge of grand larceny a few weeks ago, was issued today Dowling. by Justice No Trace of Brandenbura. The case against Brandenburg was ra's bail and | to have come up before Justice Dowling in the supreme court today, but when the time came for calling of the de- fendant to the bar Brandenburg, who had been out on $1,500 bail, furnished by a bonding company, After ordering the calling of could not be court, issued a bench warrant Late tonight trace 8. B. Thomas, Brandenburg's attor- said that he had received no word ght, when Newark Police Searching for an Itaiian band was murdered late todav are searching for an Italian palice who is raid to have with death. Wilhelm was d engagement rear basement ce, which w: This door opens upon a small which faces upon a rear street. If Wil- helm was murdered, robbery e Suspect. do so. The o hn- OWe erforc follow ('”; —— Sk e k. I, Feb. 1—The dead bod Vien -1t is announced illielm, a real estate dea | from Constant hmple that the grand Jfi*llmj of the peace, was found vizeir has informed Marquis Pallavin- | tonight by his wife in_his home' with cini, the Autro-Hungarian ambassador, | & bullet wound in the head. It is be- the Austrian boycott has been | lieved by Mrs. Wilhelm that her hus- and the threatened him found lying in front of door of his resi- as unlocked but closed. vard entl Death occurred some hours previously PASTOR BELIEVES IN LICENSE. New York., Feb. 1 circular letters headed Riverhead, Long Island Jan. were , in the 8ends Out Two Theusand Letters in Interest of Saloons. Two thousand srace Church sent out today bv the William A. Wasson, rector of the interest of saloons and He wants the people “The sole object of the league.” says Wasson, * h liquor business tion under reaking, mer of ts to carry the > town s a far better plan ti license, which perjury, s to convince our fel- at the licensing of the and its proper regula- reasonaple and practical n that of caused and ptine | has alwa hypoeris; corrupt and co form an organization to for license next fall. SY‘EELVWOHKS TO START UP. Employment for Eight Theousand Idle Men. Pitts Norfolk, Va. Teb. 1.—No further |St news has heen recefved here, either |Pittsbure and over the govermment wires or the | wireless telegraph. of the sinking of 1’-‘ near here. |an unknown steamer Saturday moriy cally Jte rg, Feb. 1—Employment for men will be provided the next two weeks by 1 Car company at its works near ithin the Pressed by the Standard Steel company at its works at Butler, Both plants have been for abont a year. Or-! are said to h running with full forces for sev- |eral mont be in hand to keep Revenue Cutter for New London. (Special to The Bull, ‘Washington, | Higgins has introduced 1 bill for the e | cutter, of the first cla: exceed $250.000, for | harbor and | He has for some time attempted to get | boat assigned to this work, | best he could construet in.) 1—"ongressman ‘4 the house a n of a revenue to cost not to rvice in New jacent waters. Feb. but the secure was a promise | |that the cutter Gresham would We sent | |from her post at Boston occasionally He ai8o introduced a bill for the p: sum of $4,035.96 to months with, rheumatism and hes [Erame ’;,f;\xh;'g;npg;yxnv:g]\' - trouble. Sunday morning her condi- | SRy Saa e n secmed better. but grew worse, | LAt for dredging the Saugatuck river | under the mpression that the job was an ordinary one, but found that the i bottom was composed of a slaty forma- tion that would not yield to the ordi- ; methods of worlk. finished the work, but at a loss, the bill is to reimburse them for the The company and Two Ante-Bellum Negross Mest Trag- ic Deaths. Milledgeville, Sarah Ga., Feb. Reeves was burned to aroline David- + Isolated home Secrotary Garfield 1l With Grip. Wasnington, Feb, 1.—Secretary of the Interior Garfield nas teen confined | U | to his_residence for days with a His condif although he is much improved | the past two or! attack of the on is marked by high Exonerated from All Blame. Chicago, Feb. 1.—George Busse, who today. Dr. Savapnah, “Dr. Bul} ‘ortable day | 1ast night aecidentally shot and killed Lucius C. Tuckerman Walton apartment bullding, was exon ersted from all blame By & jury Mayor .Busse. in th Bull Passed Comfortabie Day. Ga., ing bulletin_was issued today by Dr. Feb. 1.—The follow- passed a quiet and com- He was in the sun abdu niorning. Tempcrature —— *Forty-Nine; r Commits Suicide. Corey, Pa., Feb. 1.—Seur Woodin, 80 hanged years old, who durirg the gold fever of 1849, made the overland trip to Cafi- fornia, bedroom. himself today in his Y 1.—Two an- | te-bellum negroes, hoth 190 years old, | | met tragic deaths’ in this county yec- | terday. death in her homo and son froze to death in he coroner’s | Busse is a brother of FEBRUARY 2, 1909. |Two Years i in Federal Prison AND,TO PAY A FINE OF TWEN- TY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, LURED A BEAUTIFUL CIRL From the Streets of Paris to the Unit- ed States—“White Traffic Promoter Sentenced at Chicago. Slave” Chicago, Feb, 1.—The pitiful story of a peautiful girl being snatched from the streets of Paris and lured to the United States resulted today in the conviction of Henry Lair, Lh.n.rxed by | the government with promoting “white | slave” traffic in this country. Sentenced by Judge Landis, Latr was sentenced by Judge Landis to serve two years in the government prison at Leavenworth, Kas., and to pay a $2,600 fine. The next case to he tried 1s that of Lucie D’Arvaille, Lair's | supposed wife, who was Indicted with him on charges of importing French girls to this country in violation of the immigration laws. Marie Peuroy Chief Witness for the Government. Marie Peuroy, 19 years old, was the chief witness ~ for the government. When 14 years old, she said, she met in the streets of Paris Jules Dufour, who { supposedly introduced her “to Louls | Payne, now in the government prison at Atlanta, Ga. Payne induced her to | come to America and brought her to Chicago, where she fell into the hands | of Lair, who came from San Fran- cisco. Mile. Peuroy informed immi- gration officers of her plight and was finally rescued. Jules Dufour, met the girl in Paris, is a brother Alphonse Dufour, who with a known as Eva Dufour forfeited, $; cash bail after indictment for white | slave traffic in Chicago and fled France, where they were recently con- victed in a French court EX-PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA Charged With Having Instigated At- tempted Assassination of Vice Presi- dent Gomez. of | Caracas, Jan. 29, via Port of Spain, | Feb. 1—In accordance with instruc- tions from Senor Alcantara, minister of the interior, the attorney general will bring sult’ in the high federal | court against Cipriang Castro, tie fc mer president of Venezuela, on the | | charge of having instigated the at. | tempted assassination of Vice Pres 2 dent Gomez. Minister Alcantara’s communica to the attorney general acce panied by a ‘g“ i 21 mentary “wes colle an abort! plm against the i Vice President Gomez, the tional charge of the presi Continuing, the minister s communication: “The documents show that the black cagsniracy, which happily ~was frus trated Dy, the presence of mind of the supreme maglstrate, was the result of suggestions, acvice and orders of Gen- | eral Castro, “According to article 95 of stitu i jurisdiction in ministry reque necessary proceedings.” The court aiready has decided that adequate proof has been furnished for the heginning of the action against General Castro. ANTI-JAP LEG!SLATION | Leaders Determined to Push Th.ir‘ Measures to a Vote. \ { ays in his | the con. al cour ion, this | i cramento, € , Feb. 1.—While the letter of President Roosevelt to Gov ernor Gillet regarding the Japanese question made a deep impression upon the legislature, the two leaders of t proposed legisiation against Japan de- would | clared today that they push their measures to & vote as soon as | possible. The judiciary committee today fur- nished ‘a repert, favoring the passage of the Drew measure without chauge, and it was made a special order of business for Wednesday, to pre- cedence over the Johnson bilis deny- ing Japancse the right to be memn bers of corporations and scgregating them not only in the schools, as at- tempted by the San Franc board | of education two ysars ago, but alse in residential quarters at the option of | boards of supervisors. A number of those who voted toda. to bring the matter to a voie on Wed- nesday will vote on final passage, 4t is said, with the organization which is | opposed to all of the measures affect- | ing Japanese. MISS WRIGHT MAY COME IN. Secretary Straus Decides an Important | Immigration Case. i Washirgton, Feb. n impprtant | immigration case was decided today by Secretary Straus of the department of | commerce and labor.” Ethel Wright, a | Canadian woman, 25 years old, applied | for admission to the United States in | order that she might enter the “nu ! home™ at Chicago to study nursicg. common with other student nurse the institution she was to be allowed small compensation. A special board of inquiry rejected her ap, ied her admission. »d_her case to Secretary and he has directed that she be ad- | mitted. ALL QUI:T IN CUBA. | Sonsational Incident of Last Week | Closed by President Gomez. i Havai Feb. 1.—President Gomez ned a decree today appointing Jose zarte chief of the secret police. This closes the sensational incident arising out of the proposal to appoint Ricardo Arnauto to that cffiee, which was frus- | trated by Vice President Zaya's threat | to resign. s snowbnund Passenger Train Relsased. Madison, Wis, Feb. 1.—Twenty- seven people who had been stailed on he Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rain which left Milwaukee Friday night arrived in Madison today. Among the passeng was Mre. James O. | Davidson, wife of the governor. Mrs. | Davidson sald that nene of the pas sengors suffered by their unusual ex- perience. | $1500 Incendiary Fire at Bloomfield. Bloomfield, Conn., Feb. 1.—Fire tc- | day destroyed a barn apd tobacco shed | pelonging to Jaogseph Sherran with a Joss of $1,500. The fire is sunposed to | { have beén of incendia: origin. | Steamship Arrivals, At Marseliles: Jan. 20, Italia, from New York. At Genoa: Jan. 31 Koenigin Luise, ! from New York. coman\ing made in seeking me | naval officers to the residence | with his wife. | refugees, | one of the new Conden@ii'ze_legrams The Viceroy of Manchuria, fore- warned that he was to be removed, has resigned. A Siight Earthquake Shock at Mexi- o, Mo, cracked the inner walls of the courthouse. An American Soldier, retirning to Russia, his tive land, to. visit his mother, was arrested and shot. An Overdose of Me e is believed to have killed Dr. H. R. Holyoke of Lincoln, Neb., found dead in a Chi- cago hotel. France and Germany Prepare for tariff reprisals if existing agreements | with the United States are abrogated in the new tariff bill. Washington Despatches Stated that President Taft after March 4 would appoint only Taft men and ignore the Roosevelt appointees. Calied to a_Brooklyn Hotel by tele- phone, Mrs, Von Hasselin, who had re- puised his pleas for an elopement, George Hahn, aged 37 vears, shot hi self dead in her presence. Rear Admiral Goodrich, com: at the Brooklyn na order recognizing th andan | making the naval constructor respon- sible for most of the work. The Westinghouse Electric and Man- ufacturing company of Plttsburg has witiout a word of warning resto o to its 3,000 employes the rate of wa that was pald before last March. Former Sheriff Daniel F. B: Boston, who fifty years azo Professor Webster of Harv murder of Dr. Parkman. retires from the position of chief officer of the Charles street jail at the age of 90 years. d for the Dr. James Ewing, 1 of the American Society for Canc o se announced that ti adont! of an anti-vi i law would prove a se- control of cancer. MUCH FIHING AT GIBRALTAR: Salutes of Our Battleships and Replies Keep Guns Booming for an Hour— The Warships Coaling. one hour this altar scemed val engagemenh Gibraltar, Feb. 1 morning the port of to be the scene of at close range. T ships that arrived yesterd cha and the foreign wars that weré omitted jit was Sunday. TI luted the port and Admiral Sir James G nander of all tae naval e t Gibraltar, with tw th tablishments ins, and when these had been returned gun for {gun from a short battery and the British battleship Albemarle, lutes were fired to and answered b Frenc 5 was inces louds of gray s lew over the w The warships n coaling toda for the homeward voyage. Admix ¥, accompanied | Rear y_the membe ashore att noon Frederick Fu e regiment, in red c imiral's launch at pscorted the carriages of fean of the governor. The American many congratulatory British and other foreign office! visited the ships. The official cle concludes a laudatory tecinic listened to from the ticle upon the remarkable homeo- geneity of the fighting fleet with the statement that the Am an navy ranks sccond to the B battleship steaming now “The record at set when the crulse has been ed,” says the Chronicle, “will take a lot of beating. This {s a triumph for American ships. American men and ‘American organization.” TENEMENT HOU&E TRAGEDV Brooklyn Man Shot His Wife and| Himself. New York, Feb. 1.—Frederick Voigt shot and dsilled his wife today in their | apartment in Brooklyn, and then himself, infiieting a wound from which he died shortly afterwards. The tragedy occurred i house. Neighbors say was almost continually When _t in the doors of the V found two little children weeping p cously near the bodies of the r Annual Meecting Connecticut Laundry- men’s Association. Bridgeport, Conn. principal business | meeting of the Connecticut ssoclation here today the ion_to aff th th drymen’s Nati ociation. A mo- tion to aml carried unani- mously. Officers of the tion were ele. dent, Theodore vice' preside Dabbs, Haven, W. ( New Britain, W. P. Heming, sacretary, | W. I, Beauton, ; treasurar, | B."T. Osporne, Hartford. Trial of Can Francisco Briber—Eight | Jurors Accepted. y-tw jui houn, Railroad rged with bribery, were disquali- fled during four hours 'of actual ecurt} proceedings t At no-time did it seem likely thore would be an ition ta ight jurors temporari . More ihan 500 tal oned to attend c three weel been actually examined by have the attorn Rain Causes Great Discomfecrt to Mes- ! sina Refugees. Messina, Feb, 1 eprain stiil con- ! tinues causing much discomfort to the though some progress I been made in st few days in the construction of sh court, which N been holdin boat, has tran rters 10 Oldest Woman Pcstmaster Resigns. Greenvil: Pa., Feb. 1.—Mrs. Mai \14‘( '0} d 86, sald to be the oldest | postmaster in the United | ¢! resigned her position il‘ | Sheakl ille, Pa., which she filled for forty Mrs.' McCoy was appointa | and the > carried mall on to perform- ed by tdegt John early years of her sery grom Aeadville in addi ]ng her ‘o Went a Mile in His Asroplane. Eerlin, Feb. I—Ammand Z. Infel, the French aviator, succeeded today In making a flight in his aeroplane of :url) a mile at &n altitude of sixty [Chicago and Mrs. McMitchen of Phila- | years instead of feet. tey of | haneed | Near to Zero Weather Creates Intense Suflerhd Among Manhattan’s Homeless, Midnight Dole of _offee of the Homeless Slept thl was the coldest day of the Erom midnight to 7 o'clock ords of temperatire showed a declining scale that finaily reached | | five degrees. Suffering in- ali parts of | the city was intense, particularly on | the Bowery, where the homeless con- gregate, and numerous cases of expo- sure were reported by the palice i Hack Driver Frozen to Death, A hack driver was found frozen to | eath in a livery stable at Rockaway | Beach. | I Fugitives Made Comfortable on Chari- | ties Pier. Despite the fact thdt a number of lodging nent had house in , whic has thus giv- | | s fifty more | beds for th rlow of t ght. These we rtment p. xth «tre » the pier were y ‘Women and Caildren in Pitiable Condi- tior. the three hun and eighteen ot °d LONG LINE OF TWO THOUSAND MEN Waited Shivering Outside the Bowery Mission for the Charities Pier—Bowery Lodging Houses Crowded. New York, F 1.—After the snow-, persons who applied for shelter, twene falls of IPricay anl Saturday, the ty-four were women and. three wers mometer started to drop last night, children. Some of the applicants wers nies hesitated to spend them for, pro= tection from the fearful cold that’made acking boxgs and woodyard sheds 3 !m| ssible refug { and Rolls-~Overflow Group Heated Structure on the in such a pitiable condition that the superintendent found it advisable to give them hot coffee and food- before they slept. Record Bread Line of the Winter. All along the Bowery the same cons ditions were encountered. Two thous= sand men, a long and dreary line that stretched away beneath the elevated | structure, in shivering groups, with hands clenched in empty, ragged poek= ety, waited outside the Bowery mission for the midnight dole of coffee and rolls. It was the longest bread lne of the winter. Cheap Lodgings Crowded. All_the clieap lodging houses along the Bowery were crowded. No mam . who could s€rape t cther a fow pem= - Ory, Bitter, Nipping Cold, A high wind to the discomfort o the ¢ It was a dry, bitter cold ) ped through the heaviest gar~ Nobody siopped in the street, it ™as to view a thermometer, esirc Lo determine Low muc ‘ - one was being made q by the unkind weather. The were 1l cases of exposure - reported by the police. PUBLIC DISCLAIMER FROM. WHITE HOUSE | 1 Of Published Reports—Letter Received from Los Angeles. first | per of | t tin | pu park, ng in Rock Creck , struck the horse worr hap letter nan's to Hous eived fro lows 5 | idel ou why you do not deny sincerely. ILIZARITH M TRIAL OF COLONEL CODPER And Others for the Kill Senator C-rm RHOD! o of Former Nashville, the colm the Robin D. Sharpe for killing former Senator E. W. Carmack. “This followed a decision by Judge Hart that Juror Whitworth was physically able to continue in the box. Inimedi- etely Attorney Anderson of the defen because of ¥ community cause of iliness, but h ty to his clients comp ask that Whitworth be dismiesed One of the Arst witnes led by the defense iIn this connection swore that Whitworth declared that the kill- ing of Carmack cost Governor Patter- son many followers and that Whit- worth belleved the governor had a hand in the murder. Another witness | ore that a or the slay- | ing of Car h openly ¢ clared “excused that his | him to men (th { hanged 5 | At the conclusion of the defense's | testimony on Whitworth the state asked for time to meet the charges, and court adjourned until tomorrow. LEWIS FOR PRESIDENT Of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca—Maje change since last week ica underw found the Lewis ad- and this even . | minstration victorious {nents, led by John Wal {who was rival {for the national presidency:. |er furnished a statement today that he would not contest the lon be- canee he believed such action hopeless, packed ver its oppo- + of Tliinols, the tion | r. Walk- The convention had been against him, he sa The teilers of | the vote w robably report to mor- row, and ort will show Presi- | dent Lewis' majority to be about 16,- 000. LARGE FARMHOUSE ; MAINE To Miss H. n Keller's Future Home. Be farmhouse | fu A large ) e the ome of Miss Helen Keller, the dumb and blind young Miss Keiler, who for some time has lived at Wrentham, AsS. fr. and Mrs. J. A. M has, jointly | and Mrs, Macy, purchased at Brunswick and the ti | will move there next. T | have not yet fully decided whether to | | make the place an all the year resi- 1to do so. Miss to be farther away from er that her work for the not & urrupud by \u' may soc nd | many Presented to the Pope. Feb. 1.—The pope today re- audi onsignor rector of th n col- ne, and conversed with him ding aflairs in the Unit- | e rope said that he was | an ever In that coun- ‘ been $0 generous In | | ita aid [u the arthquake sufferers. Monsignor Kennedy presented Father Maloney and Mr d Mrs. Sackloy of dclphia. | PASTOR DISCOURAGED, | trlal tof 170 victims have already been re- | typhoon last July, but was at once re. {eral grand jury no TURNED ON THE G. With His Wife Found Dead in Jersey City. $ New Yorl Fel With the gas adlator tu 1 on full, Frederick V re old, and his wife Marie, from asphyxiation in their department In Jersey Cit: tos day. There was no message left by r of the couple to indicate that death was other than accidental. tonight that Valiey was ned minister of the Methodist Church of ths His wifo was a few years ilvea in Jersey City lo more than a year. They chine lphia. ~ Efforts = of the hey to drganize g congres of his own were unnusceessful, the house, which furnished, showed that endeavored to obtain ol his calling, SECOND SHOCK AT MONTREAL. Two Earthquakes Bundly Nigh Frightened a Good Many People. gatio Letters found in wats poorly the clergyman employment_outsids Montreal, Feb. 1.—Just before 3 o'clock this morning a second earth- quake shock followed the slight one that occurred before midnight, and & number of people who had been aroused by the first tremor were bad= ly frightened. In West End, where the shock seems to have been felt the most, a_number of persons got up and prepared to leave the but as the disturbance was {exciternent soon quicted down. quake was not record mogFaph at M. FIFTY SUBPOENAS ISSUE! Second Trial of the $29,000,000 Case Against Standard Oil. . Feb. 1.—Fifty subpoenas ise Judge Landis in the district court for District Attorney Sims have been given to the United States mar- shal for service on witnesses to ap- pear for the government at the second al of the $29,240,000 case against the Standard Ofl company of Indiana. The o is set for February before .l'.ulp.e A. B. Anderson of Indianapolis, CANTON FLOWER BOAT DISASTER 200 Lives Reported Lost in the Fire That Destroyed Fleet. Canton, China, Feb. 1.—At least 300 lives were lost In the fire last night in the fleel of flower hoats. The bodies but The pereons are still was sunk in & covered, missing. many fleet built. ROBBED SAFE OF $3,000. Masked Men Lined Up Inmates of & Goldfisld Saloon. Goldfield, Nev., Feb. 1L—Throe mask- ed men held up the Mohawk saloon yesterday, lined ~up twenty men in front of the bar and robbed the safe {Of $3,000. The robbers escaped. Dragged Wl(h Hoek from Burning Building. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 1.—Using a long pole with a4 hook on the end, friends Mraeged Joseph Verner from his burn- ing home last night at Point Marion, Pa. Attracled by flames, neighbors rushed to the house to find Verner ly= ing unconscions on the floor of the burning bullding. Unable to reach him, they dragged his body ouly with the hook, but not until he was 1y urned. He died without regaining N consciousness. b Alloged Oklahoma Tewn-Lot Fraud Cases, Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 1.—It was stated here today by a reliable source that the govern: t expects the fed- in session here to {raturn at least three hundred indlct- ments involvine from fourteen te | twenty persons in the alleged Muskogee town-lot fraud cases, The jury re- sumed its gesslon today, examining several witnesses. Tt i3 hoped to ha: heard all the evidence hy Thursday evening next. when ‘it is helleved any indictments that are to be made wiil be returned promnt! Now Divorce Bill. Feb. 1.—~The state as- sembly passed a bill today »w that applicdnts for divorce in bl must be refllenu of the state two #ix months s Were- tofore. b \l