Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 3, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI.—NO. 27. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM HEEHBT Submitted to Connectic ut General Assémbly by Commission Appointed to Investigate MANY TEACHERS THOROUGHLY UNFIT For Their Positions, Being Uneducated and Without Am- bition or Ability to I mprove—Distressingly Small Wagell Paid—Miserable _ondition of School Build- ings in Many Smaller Towns—Recommendations. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2.—The com- mission appointed by the last general assembly to investigate the school system of the state, with Senator Lu- ther as chairman, today submitted jts finding to the general assembly. The system of local management Is de- clared to be a grave injustice to the children of the stat the different ability of different com- munities to maintain suitable schools, yartly due to indifference and incom- petency on the part of local authorities and partly due to petty and unworthy jealousies liable to exist between com- munities and in'communities. ons of School Buildings. The condition of schodl buildings in maller towns of the state are old, unclean, offering no proper shel- ter, poorly heated, unventilated, asso- clated with old buildings offensive to the senscs and sensibilities of the child and adult alike: buildings which would not be tolerated for an instant in the case of a state prison or county jall, yet in these hovels are gathered together five or six hours a day the Delpless little children for whose edu- cation the state has assumed to care. Many of these schools are poorly equip- ped and in many cases the children are without text books. Uneducated Teachers, The repor ays further that many of the teachers in-the school are thor- oughly uniit for - their positions, su teachers are uneducated, without perience or knowledge of teaching, without ambition or ability to Impr Wages paid to a large proportion of our teachiers are distressingly small . Buildings Defaced, “We might present photographs ot exteriors 4 interiors of schools which would be humiliating for a cit- izen of Connecticut to look upon. We have in our possession a photograph ¢ a school building so defaced that raph could not lawfully be T 1 the postoffice and an ex- ibition of it e in violation ot the general statute: Excellent Conditions - Citios. The com n notes with pleasure : excellent condition of the schools cities and most of the boroughs and in those towns in which still per- &ists effectively something of the New Ingland spivit of carller da; Recommendations The comumiissioa makes the foilowing ommendations to the general as- sembly: 1 present “district system” be abolished, that town school committees be elect- ed, and that the towns be grouped so ws to constituie territories for con- venient supervision. 2. That territorial supervisors elected or appointed substantially mccordance with Lhe pro: chapter X of the Connectleut school Jaws, their duties to be prescribed by the state board. 3. That as part of their duties the supervisors shall prescribe examina- tions suited to pupils in the eighth or higher grades and issue to puplls sat- fstactorily passing these examinatious of Schools in be diplomas™ certifying to their attain- ments. 4. That after a certain date no teacher, not appointed by the state | board of education, shall be appointed to teach school in the state. 5. That the provisions of the aver- nge attendance grant be extended so that in no town shall there be less than twenty-five dollars expended an- nually for each pupil in average at- tendance In providing for his educa tion. 6. That after a certain date no school shail be maintained in any town in the siate in which the average at- tendance shall fall below twelve pu- pils; and puplls belonging to such dis- continued schools must be carried to some central school according to_the rovisions of section 48 of the school ws. 7. That the means provided for transportation of children to and from ‘school must be approved by the terri- torial supervisor. 8. That section 169 of the Connect!- e A S St S RS S S S STATEMENT BY BRANDENBURG THROUGH HIS WIFE. Will Return When He Gets Money Enough to Pay Counsel. New York, Feb. 2.—A statement jus- titying his failure to respond to the galling of his name in court in answer ®, the charge of grand larceny was ivon qut today by Broughton Brande- $urg, the ‘writer, through his wife. Brandenburg, who is wanted in connection with the selling to the New York Times of an article which he rep- resented as having been written by the Jate Grover Cleveland, but which was ubsequently ~ declared spurious by irs, Cleveland and others, gives as is reasons for forfeiting his bail the | fact that he is without funds with which to retain handwriting and other experts to refute the expert testimony to be offered by the prosecution. As soon as he has obtained money enough to cover the cost of such expert tes- timony he declares in his statement he will return and face trial. COURTMARTIAL TFIAL FOR NAVAL ACADEMY SURGEON. Charged With Improper Professional Treatment to a Midshipman. ‘Washington, Feb. 2,—Surgeon Fran- cis S. Nash, who has been on duty at the naval academy at Annapolis, is to be tried by courtmartial in Washing- ton Feb. 10 on charges of having ad- ministered fmproper professional treat- ment to Midshipman H. W. Stephen- mon of Nebraska. He was today de- tached from duty and ordered to his “lome. 1t is charged that Nash used %00 strong a solution of nitrate of sfl- ver in treating the midshipman's eyes ®&nd thereupon that Stephenson’s sight has been impaired. Death of Rev. John F. Dodd. Phillipsburg, N, J, Feb. 2—Rev. John F. Dodd, former general secre- tary of the New York conference and . wecretary of the International Mission- ary noyl of the M Episcopal here today, 72 This is due to | d|the tools, impiements and That after a certain date the| cut school laws be amended so that the schoolnouses and outbuildings must be maintained in a condition sat- isfactory to the territorial supervisors. | 9 That pupils may attend the| school that is nearest their places of residence, and in all such cases in | which the nearest school is in am ad- joining town, the town in which they reside shall pay their pro rata tuition. 10. That the attention of the state board of education be called to the fact that children between 14 and 16 years of age arc not exempt from school at- tendance under law unless actually em- ployed at labor. 11. That section 38 be amended so that all the public schools shall be maintained for at least thirty-eight weeks in each year. 12. That there shall be established cash scholarships in the normal schools of the state for promising ppils se- lected by competitive examination, the beneficlaries to sign a contract to| teach for five years in any school to | which they are assigned by the state board. 13. That after & certain date the echool committee in every town in which free text books are not supplied shall purchase text books and other supplies used in the public schools, and, subject to such regulations as to their care and custody as it may scribe, loan them to the pupi | schools, free of charge, and, if instruc- {tion 1s given therein the use of tools! | and cooking, may 8> purchase and loan materials necessary therefor; and that no text books not approved by the state board of education shall be used. 14. That the state board of educa- tion be authorized to make provision for the teaching of agriculture in the normal schools in the state. 1 That after a certain date the course of study in the rural schools shall include the elements of agricul- ture, 16. That provision be made for in- struction in the academies and high schools of the stdte in the science and practice of common school teaching, under a course to be prescribed by the state board of education. | 17. That line § of section 76 of the Connecticut school laws, relating to | evening schools, be amended by strik- |ing out the word ‘“ohe” so that in- struction in any study usually taught in a high school may be given on pe- tion of at least twenty persons over 14 years of age, competent to pursue high school studies. 18. That no person who is related { by blood or marriage to any member of the school committee of any town shall be employed as a teacher by such com- mittee, except upon the consent of two-thirds of the members thereof. That it shall be the duty ogsthe Ipal or other person in charge of 3 public school having more than | 100 pupils to Instruct and train the pu- pils by means of drills, so that they | may in a sudden emergency be able to {leave the school building in the short- | {est possible time and without confu- sion or panic; and that such drills or rapid dismissals shall be held at least once in each month. | 20. That every teacher, before en- | {tering upon the school duties of the | vear, shail be required to take a suit- able oath of office. 1. That the school committee of any ty or town may retire from ac- tive service and place upon the pension roll any teacher of such city or, town | who is 60 years old or over, or'is, in| the judgment of said committée, inca- pacitated for useful service, and who has faithfully served in the state for twenty-five years; provided that th expense o incurred by the town shall not be computed as part of the school expense in determining eligibility to benefits of the average attendance grant. 22, That it shall be the duty of the state board of education to prepare, for the use of the ptiblic schools of the state, a_programme providing for a sa- lute to the flag at the opening of each day of school and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by the board to be expedient, under such reg- ulations and instructions as may best meet the varied requirements of the different grades in such schools. | sIX 8HOTS FIRED | INTO CROWDED COURT ROOM | sonlaibe | Two Persons Fatally Wounded—Two Seriously Hurt. < | Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 2.—Two | persons probably were fatally wound- | ed and two seriously hurt today when | six shots were fired in the district court room from the crowded corri- dors during the trial of William Mul- house for seduction. One of the at- (torneys for the defense was speaking when the shooting began, David Ross suffered a bullet wound in the back and arm; James Smith was shot in the head and three bul- lets took effect in John Haines' back and arm, while A. P, Wiley was | wounded in the leg. Miss Verna Ware and her brother, Charles Ware, were arrested, charsed | with the shooting. It is believed that Haines and Smith will dfe. | Died of Asphyxiation 8ays Coroner’s Doctor. Chicage, ¥eb. 2.—Mrs, Katherine M. Campbell, who was found dead in the bathroom of her home a few days ago, and in connection with whose deat her husband, John D. Campbell, is now under arrest, died of gas asphyxiation, is the opinion of Dr. W. H. Hunter of the coromer’s staff, who made a. post-mortem examination today. Dr. Hunter said that he found slight abrasions on the body and g slight cut over the left temple, but that these infuries apparently could caused the woman's death. not have Trial of Colonel Cooper—Jury Box Not Yet Filled. Nashville, Tenn., Feb, 2.—The second week of the trial of Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J.yCooper and John % Sharpe for the murder of Senator E. ‘W. Carmack, was completed today, and stlll the jury box remains un- filled. Altogether 182 talesmen were examined. The few who attempted to qualify were challenged peremptorily by state or defense. It is not improb- able that the fourth venire of 500 names will be exhausted tomorrow. I Cabled Paragraphs. Catania, Feb. 2.—The American re- lief steamer Celtic left here today for Naples. . Honolulu, Feb. 2—The plantérs of the Hawailan Islands are arranging to bring laborers here from Porto Rico to supply the Jemand caused by the stoppage of Japanense immigration. Paris, Feb. 2—'A number of Egyp- tian students in Paris have sent a telegram to Sir Bdward Grey, the British foreign _secretary, protesting against Great Britain's continued oc- cupation of Egypt. Paris, Feb. 2—Alfred Picard, who was named minister of marine in_suc- cession to M. Thomson last vear, for the purpose of reorganizing and car- rying out reforms in the French navy has presented to the cabinet an e tensive plan of development which, not counting new ships, involves an expenditure of $45,000,000. London, Feb. 2.—Tang Shao Yi, the commissioner of the Chinese govern- ment, who is on his way around the world and who arrived here recently from the United States. paid his first visit to the foreign office. this after- noon and was received by Foreign Secretary Grey. The call was not made in the officia] capacity of commission- er, as Tang Shao Yi has not vet re- ceived his expected introductions from. the new administration in China. SPECIAL CHARTER FOR BALTIC WATER COMPANY The Case Presented to the Joint Com- mittee on Incorporations. 1 to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Feb. 2.—Willis A. Bris- e of Norwich presented to the joint committee of incorporations this aft- ernoon the case of the gentiemen who are endeavoring to get a special char- ter for the Baitic Water company of that place, which is to take over the water plant of the Baltic Mills com- pany and conduct it concern. He was accom; 3 Eccles and Wiillam E. Peck of the Baltic company, but neither of these gentlemen found it necessary to say anything to the committee, In a graphic way Mr. Briscoe de- scrived the situation of the village of Baltie, which is without fire protec- tion and would have lost its® entire business center in a recent fire but for the aid of the Baltic company, and expressed the feeling of the people of Baltic that there should be a public water service. The company has some 65 temauts, he said, and feels itself interested from their standpoint, It has a good sized reservoir which will hold some eight or nine million galions of water, and is situated 300 or s0 feet above the village, so as to give a good pressure of water. This, with such mains and pipes and other pos- sessions go with the water plant the mills company is very ready to turn over to an independent water com- (Spe pany operating under a special char- ter, abl being itself neither desirous nor charter, to supply wa- lage. Senator Ba##num, senate chairman of the committee, asked if there was any other charter for a water company which covered this territory, and M Briscoe replied that there was none and no other company had shown any desire to operate there. House Chair- man Parker asked what was the gen- eral feeling in the town, and Mr. Bris- | coe asked Representafive and First Selectman Jodoin to state as to this. Jodoin” said that there was the atest desire in the world for this w service, as he had ascertained by personal calls on numerous tax- payers. The village has no fire pro- tection now and would consider a wa- ter service a godsend, as indeed it| proved at the time of the fire men- tioned by Mr. Briscoe, He answered Mr. Parker's question by -saying that there was no objec- tion to the cor 's tearing up streets to lay pipes which he had heard of, and on behalf of t government offered to do anythirig reasonable for the new company if the legislature would charter it. The committee seemed to take the entire matter with some show of favor e town nd took the papers for consideration | in executive session after Mr. Briscoe | had mad a minor change in the word- | ing of the resolution so that ite pro- | visions as to issnance of stock and bonds would stand independently of tite general law, orporators of the Baltic Wa- ter company, which s chartered to do a general busi ter supply in the town of ccording to the resolution, are John es, Frederick C. Sayles, Robert W. Sayles, C. H.| Newell and William E., Peck. There is given to the concern the right to condemn land within the town for its purposes if it is unable to arrive at an agreement with an owner. = ALABAMA MINE EXPLOSION. Seventeen Men Are Dead, Five White and Twelve Negroes. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. teen men are dead as the resuit of an explosion in the No. 2 ort Creek mines of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company. ten miles west of Ens- ley, today. Five of the-dead are white and twelve are negroes, The explosion occurred just before noon and is thought to 'have been caused by a windy shot. The mine is practically uninjured. Alex Bonneyman, manager of the | company, was the first to leave Bir- mingham for thejscene of the disas- ter, although Mine Inspectors Mill- house and Flynn hurried to the scene to render what aid they could and to make an inspection, Officials of the company did not know the exact num- btr of men in the mine at the time of the acciden Ambulances were sent from Ensley to the sceme and late tonight coffins will be rushed to the ill-fated mine. 2. —Seven- SAID HE LIVED IN NEW LONDON. David Parkhurst Arrested in Hartford While Trying to Enter a Store. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2—David Parkhurst, years old, colored, who said he lived in NeWw London, was ar- rested here tonight while trying to en- ter a store at 1,068 Main street. He rvm be given a hearing in the morn- ng. New Line of Steamers Between Mexico and Japan. Mexico City, Feb. Z—Plans are form- ing for a new line of steamers to fly the Mexican flag and to be operated between the western coast of Mexico and San Francosco and Japan. The company will be backed by Mexican, English and Japanese capital. Boy Killed by Boston Terrier. Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 2.—Two- year-old Bert Leadbetter's fondness for dogs resulted In his death today, the child dying within a few ‘minutes after being shaken by a Boston ter- rier owned by the lad’s uncle, The child’s splne was broken and his neck badly lacerated by the dog'g little fellow was the son Leadbetter of Lynn. teeth. The of Walter FILED LAST NIGHT IN ISUIT FOR SEPARATION. ON BEHALF OF HOWARD GOULD Mrs. Gould, While Guest at Lynch- burg Hotel, Called Actor Farnum to Her Apartments—No Liquor Served. New York, Feb. 2—Two more de- positions taken on behalf of Howard 7ould in the suit brought against him by his wife, Katherine Clempons Gould, for a separation, were filed to- night. They were those of James G. Clark, a bell boy, and Clarence Pul- len a waiter, employed at the Hotel Carroll in Lynchburg, Va. They were taken before William C. Arnold, the referce appointed by the supreme court. Mrs. Gould at Lynchburg Hotel. The depositions are to the effect that Mrs. Gould was a guest at the Lynch- burg hotel in November 1906, and that Dustin Farnum, the actor, who has been brought into the case through Mr. Gould's counter-charges, also was a guest there at the same time, though they had apartments on different floors. Visted by Actor Farnum. Both men testifled that Farnum vi ited Mrs. Gould in her apartments, at her request, Clark calling him the first time, soon after Mrs, Gould’s ar- rival. Pullen, the waiter, also said that he called Mr. Farnum to Mrs. Gould's room and the two had supper there together. The next day also Farnum and Mrs. Gould took their meals together in Mrs. Gould's rooms and Pullen waited on_them. They left the hotel that afternbon. Condacted Themselves as Gentleman and Lady. Pullen was asked if any served in the rooms at the liquor was meals and he replied that he served none and saw none in the rooms. “Did you see any impropriety of a nd_between Mrs. Gould and Farnum while in the hotel?” asked Clarence J, Shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould, “No, sir,” Pullen replied. “They con- ducted themselves as a gentleman and lady as far as my observation went.” SENATOR-ELECT ROOT LOST IN ARKANSAS MOUNTAINS. Tramped Miles Trying to Find Way Back to Hot Springs. Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 2—His un- famillarity with the topography*of the mountains about Hot Springs today cost Senator-elect Elihu Root an extra tramp of six miles. Starting out alone for a short stroll, Mr. Root lost his way, and before he could find a path leading back to the city he had trav- eled six miles, rather to the detriment of his infured knee, which he sprained while alighting from a_c: WaShINREOR, == 5 e SNOW REMOVAL FRAUDS. Thirty Employes of New York Street Cleaning Bureau Arrested. New York, Feb. 2—Following an in- vestigation into alleged snow removal | frauds, which was conducted at a late hour tonight by District Attorney | Jerome, Street Cleaning Commission- 2dwards and Magistrats Krotel, the police took into custody thirty em- ployes of the street cleaning depart- ment on charges of grand larceny. The method by which the alleged frauds were committed was not made known tonight, but it was sald that the city stood to lose between fifty and sixty thousand dollars. Commissioner Edwards has ordéred all the men having contracts with the ity for removing snow to stop wark and beginning tomorrow t ty will do its own carting and removin er 200 NEGROES ARRESTED In Effort to Render Residence Section of Pittsburg Safe. Pittsburg, Feb. More than 200 negroes have been arrested tonight in an effort by the police department to render the Herron Hill residence sec- tion of the city safe. In the last few weeks numerous attacl have been made hy Degroes uUpon young weme nd_gi The police force wasfin ased, but the attacks continued, and tonight a raid was made through the negro quarter and every who could not show that he was em- ployed was arrested as a vagrant. An offort will be mad: to send all of them to the workhouse tomorrow. TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT On the Execution in Russia of a U. S. Soldier. shington, Feb. 2.—The state de- partment h; alled on the American consul at Riga, to investigate and re- port on the alleged summary Killing in Russia of ¥°ritz Strombach, a Unit- ed States soldier, who formerly resid- ed in Philadelphia. According to statements of the man’s friends, Strombach was arrested and execute in October, 1907, in the province o Kurland, Russia, while on a furlougl from the United States army to visit his mother, Signal Service Recognized. Washington, Feb.” 2, President Roosevelt, who has been anxious for some time, according to an official an- ent made at the White Hox to recognize in suitable fash- ion Truxton Beale’s signal service to the community in which he lives,” has apipointed him on the assay commis- sion. Mr. Beale was prominently con- nected with the prosecution of the “graft” cases in San Francisco. Would-Be Lynchers Disappointed. Wilmington. N. €., Feb. Avill ‘Ward, the negro who criminaliy as- saulted Mrs. Millie McLeon, wife of a respectable farmer {n Sampson coun- ty on January 10, and who was placed in state prison to prevent lynching, was_tried in the state superior court at Clinton today and sentenced to be hanged on March 3. To Prohibit Sale of Liguors in Missouri Jefterson City, Mo., Feb. 2.—Peti- tions were presented to both branches of the legislature today, the signers comprising residents of every county in the state, for the submissicn of amendments’ to the state constitution prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in Missouri. Prominent North Carolinian a Suicide, Charlotte, N, C., Feb. 2.—Charles F. ‘Wadsworth, one of the most promi- nent citizens of Charlotte, committed sufclde today in a Greensboro hotel. colored man | Depositions of |Connecticut BellBay’aa’dW-aiter General Assembly THE TAKING OF PERCH IN GARD- NER LAKE. CHARLES B. WALLER ELECTED Judge of Court of Common Pleas for New London County—Pensioning of Teachers—Employers’ Liability. Hartford, Feb. 2.—The senate was called to order at 11.30 by Lieut.-Gov- ernor Weeks. Praver by Chaplain Sexton, Resolutions. By Senator Ludington—Authorizing the adjutant general to lease or pur- chase lands in several parts of the state as he shall deem necessary for ranges for the C. N. G. The sum of $10,000 is_appropriated for the pur- pose of the resolution. Military af- fairs, Senator Searls—Appropriating 0 to Willlam H. Taylor for 700 copies of the legislative history and souvenir of Connecticut. ~Contingent expenses, Windham County Commissioner. The senate passed, under suspension of rules, house resolution appointing E. Herbert Corttis county commission- er for Windham county. Bil By Senator Allyn—TJ prevent the taking of perch in_Fitchville pond, Bozrah, less than six inches in length. Violation of the la | be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than 350 or by imprisonment for mot more than thirty days or both.- Fish- eries and game. R By Senator Allyn—To prevent thé taking of perch less than six inches in length in Gardner lake, towns of Col- chester, Salem and Bozrab. and pro- viding for a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $50 or imprisonment not more than thirty days or both. Fisheries and game. Judge Waller Eiected. Charfes H. Waller was elected judge of the court of common pleas for New London county. There were "twenty- eight votes cast and Judge Waller re- ceived all. Pensioning of Teachers. By Senator Holzer (by request)— That any person employed as a public school teacher for not less than thirty years, the jast fifteen of whose service shall have been in this state, shall be paid an annual pension. for the re- mainder of his or her life by the state. be divided into The first class zhall be before retirement, shall of $300 or less; the whose salary is $1,000 and the third shall be those whose salary is more than $1,000. The annual pen- sions shall be: First class, 30 per cent. of $500 for thirty years em- those who, have a salary second those or less and more than $500; ployment and 2 per cent. of $500 for o ¢ yeaP in excess of thirty years, ided that no member of this class #i¥e more than’ $200 per year, For the second class the pension shall be 30 per cent. of the average salary for the last five years before retire- ment, etc. and third classes shall receive more than $300 a vear. Only holders of state certificates for ten years shall be eligible for a pension,” and those who have taught successfully for not less than ten years before the pas- sage of the act. _Appropriations. Adjourned to Wednesday. THE HOUSE. The I|num~' was called to order at 12.30 by eaker Banks. Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. Frederick Sexton. chaplain of the senate, in the absence of the house chaplain. Resolutions. By M. Tingier of Vernon—Amen i rter of Belding Bros. & Co. Rockville, allowing increase of cap stock to an amount not exceeding 000,000. B of Roxbury— Al women to vote for public library directors. Suffrage, Petitions. By Mr. Martin of Stonington—For oration of the Mystic Trust v. Banks. Additional Tuberculosis Reports Wanted. Mr. Knight of Salisbury presented a resolution asking for the printing of 10,000 additional copies of the report of the tubercalosis commission. He explained it b; ng that there had No mémber of the second | Condensed Telegrams The Skeleton of a Prehistaric 15 feet high, was reported found in Mexico. : Detective let;n, in u/uowdsd New York street, shot the driver of a stolen truck, after a chase. ——— Rudolph Berger, baritone of the Ber- lin Rfly:{I Opera, is udying in New York to become & tenor. Lieut.-Commander G. G. Mitchell of has been ordered to duty in charge of the recruiting station at Chicago. Mrs. William Gould Brokaw of New York, miarried a little more than u vear, sued for a separatiod, alleging icrueity and desertion. | MRl Controller Metz said that any can- didate for mayor who made the build- ing of more subways in New York an issue would be beaten. Representative Humphrey, in advo- cating a large merchant marine, says Japan would have. great advantage over America In the event of war. Politicians Heard that President | Roosevelt and Governor Hughes agreed jon_ William Prendergast as_an ideal candidate for mayor of New York. Noted Singers, Actors, Musicians and fashionable folk joined at the Waldorf- Astoria, New York, in an entertain- ment for the Italian earthquake fund. The British Foreign Office in London issued a statement to the effect that as Canada knew all the terms of the waterways treaty the Dominion had no causg for compiaint As a Result of Barring High School graduates from entering its medical college, requiring a large degree of giucation, Cornell university has only 7 freshman students in medicine, as compared with 70 lust year. President Gomez of Venezuela de- mands that as a.preliminary to the settlement of the claims of the New York & Bermuda Asphalt comps question of the validity of the Venez- uelan court's sentence be arbitrated. NOVELibECISION RENDERED. A Man Does Not Relinquish ~ll Rights to His Body and Soul When He En- ters the Army. Washington, Feb. 2—A mnovel decis- ion was today rendered by.Judge An- dersofr in criminal court in overrul- ing a motion of Distriet Attorney Ba- | to quash a_petition corpus filed by Major Fi drews, U A, retire . “Judge rson declared that a man did not uish all rights to his body and soul when he entered the army and he had the right of habeas corpus even though admittedly insane when reg- ularly confined in an asylund. In the motion to quash the writ, the contention was made that Major Andrew an_officer of the army, could be released only when cured or by an order of the tary of w i Judge Andersol u reliey officers of the army from the exceed- ingly equivocal position of being de- ing_dependeni when confined in an . the tend- aftect asylum upon tiie will of. two m. secretary of war and the super |ent of the insave asylum. In the decision secures to army men the same rights of citizenship as arc en- joyed by others TAFT AT COLON. Looks Into the Matter of Construction of Breakwaters. Mliam H. “olonel of the can and s, proc from Culebra to Colon this morning, and he had an opportunity to look in- to the matter of the breakwater which it is proposed to construet there. The engineers have decided to recommend that bre waters be built from Colon and Point Toro, which will better pro- tect the entra of the canal and form a safe harbor. The cost of these hre Panama, Feb. accomranied - by I Lieut thais, the chlef enginee: the The engineers are contemplating saving expense by lower dam at Gatun_ th originally planned. They w at Culebra tomorrow for the purpose o liting data. Mr. Pacific locks and Taft wiil inspec channel tomor nge Investigation, 2. —The mi ew Y. ange was inquired i the Jegislative committee vestigating the methods tions of the various exch: i Welding Ring, p been numerous applications for them | Sit¥, Welding Ring, president of th om other states, ' olution wa oduce excha ave much infor- from other states. The resolution wasy fiSQUCe CXCbAnge, gave much infor- passed under suspension of the rules| fhation regarding the trading in min- resolution was transmitted to Bills By Mr. Loos of New Haven—Allow- ing saloons to open at 5.o'clock in the afternoon of election days. Excise. By M:. Tibbits of Norwich (by re- quest)—That after an award to a suc- cessfu] bidder for supplies for state institutions has been made other bid- ders may know the price. Humane in- stituti By Mr. Larkin of Lebanon—Proo- hibiting fishing in Williams “pond. Lebanon, between December 1 and April 1. Fisheries and game. By Mr. Rockwood of Franklin— Providing that every person who sets a fire_in the woods between March 1 and November 1 must get a permit from the town fire warden. Agricul- ture, By Mr. Rockwood of Franklin— Making raty for talking fover the tel- ephone between adjoining divisions not more than fifteen cents for five minutes. Judiciary. By Mr. Bartlett Amending charter of Cornecticut Bap- tist convention giving it power to hold fund as trustee. Incorporations. By A. T. Grosvenor of Pomfret— Prohibiting setting of snares_without consent .of owner of land. Fisheries and game. Employers’ Liability. Mr. Bishop of New Haven intro- duced a bill (by request). requiring that in all actions brought by an em- ploye against an employer for negli- gence the defense that the negligent act or acts causing the Injury was the act or negligence of a Bervant of the defendant shall be available as a de- fense to no greater extent than if the suit had been brought by a person oth- er than an employe of the defendant. Judiciary, Shorter Hours for Women. Mr. Forster of Vernon introduced a bill shortening the hours of labor for employed women and minors to fifty¥eight hours a week. Labor. Election of County Commissioners. A proposed bill was introduced by Mr. Forster of Vernon ccncerning the elestion of county commissioners by direct vote of the people. It is pro- posed that they shall be voted fo every four years and no elector ma vote for mote than twe. Under this proposed act no county commission of Brideevort— members of the legislature tising certain mining stocks apers was consi Charged With Barn Burning. Bloomfield, Conn., Sherran, who was arre 4 setting 1 adv in new ik ierday, s barn to- m two ch; . arson, drun ch of the peace. No Earth Shock for 24 Hours. Feb. or the first time {w hours, since the day of the |earthquake which whelmed the city, no shocks have been noticeable. as present appointed could hold office after July 11, 1911 Judiciar: Employment of Convicts by County . Commissioners. By E. H. Keach of Killingly—Con- cerning the employment of convicts by county commissioners, Judiclary. By Mr. Dunn of Windham—Pre. venting the pollution of streams en- tering into reservoirs or water sup- plies, Public heaith and safety Election of Judge Walle The resolution nominating (harles B. Waller judge of the court of com- mon pleas of New London county was_reported favorably to the house the committee on judiclary. On motion of Mr. Cronin of New Lordon a ballot was taken, resulting as fol- lows: Yea 200, nay 11. Messrs, Bart- lett, Whiton, Malone and Dunh were the tellers. Mr, Cronin moved that the report of the clection of Judge Waller be at once transmitted Yo the secretary of state and that action was taken. - Initiative and Referendum. Mr. Dunn of Windham offered a res- olution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing the initia- tive and referendum by the people, § per cent. of the voters to propose any Washington, Feb. o single questiol, nor, indeed, any group of Questions, is absorbing the interest and concern of the administration at this moment as are certain phases of t anti-Japanese agitation in California. The president has been in communica- tion with many perscns who should be thoroughhly infor tions on the Pacific coast, Real Mainspring of the Agitation. It is admittcd ‘hat a systematic agi- tation is in progress on the coast, but a significant feature of its | ot strength is the ct that the labor | leaders have taken no prominent part in it. Indeed, it has been stated to the administration that the real main- spring of the agitation was in some of the great corporations that had found their profitable business of coolie transportation threatened with de- struction by the success attending the efiorts of th 1 lon to stop this class of immigration. For the fact is that in the opinlon of the a ministration th ne th with Japan for complete closure of American to the entry of Japa ese laborer by the ext persons in ( lifornia and by the n their of the unfriendly attitu umed by some nents on the Pacific cvsst President Has Confidence in People of the Coast. It is these considerations that have influenced the pres! re 1sion_that Real Source of the Agitation is the Great Corporations Engaged in Coolie Transportion which have Found Their Profitable Business Threatened by Efforts to Stop That Class of Immigration. ned as to the condi- | consideration f such resolutions were entertained yesterday and today by the Neva glslature Agreements Already Reached Are En- dangered. F eached, | wh THE ANTLJAPANESE AGITATION Interests the Administration More than Any One Question or Group of Qyestions LABOR LEADERS TAKE NO ACTIVE PART dent has entire confldence in the people of the Pacific coast and is certain that they will do right in this matter. The administration is much pleased with the tone of the speech of Premier Komura in the Japanese diet t o far as it teuched upon the relations between America and Japan. Another Anti-Japanese Bill. Sacramento, Feb. —Another was added to the long list of anti-alien and anti-Japanese bills that will be a spe- clal order of business in the assembly tomorrow. G. L. Johnson, chairman of the committee on the judiciary, report- ed out faverably his measure specify- ing “Japanese” |n the law segregat- ing Mongolians /and Indians In the public schools. It was the attempted {Injection of this word “Japanese” In |the statute that caused President Roosevelt two weeks ago to ask Gove {ernor Gillett to stop anti-Japanese leg= | islations Japanese Legislation Unconstitutional, In the senate the committee on ex- ecytive communications reported on the recent message of Governor Gillett | (dealing with the subject of Japanese |leglslation). The report advises against the passage of any of these measures, declaring it to be the sense of the com- | mittee that such legislation would be | unconstitutional. | _The resolutions adopted yesterday by, Ithe Nevada legislature protesting nst the smothoring of anti-Japan- | ese legislation In the California body lawmakers at the request of Presi- evelt had not been received general assembly had ad- the journed today. Governor Gillett declined to discuss the action of the Nevada solons and lttle attention has been pald to the mattsr by the legislaturel Agitation Fanned Into New Life. San ncisco, Feb. 2—The anti- Japanese ation on the Pacific coast, (which_has Been fanned Into new life by the introduction of racial measures in the legislatures of California and of le yuld There is no administration ne all s from n Amerien For thi; statutes the mi iment not v In Jap: e gove! consequent nti-Japan n Californi The. presi- Nevada, has been carried on quietly {for some time by the Astatic Exclusio league, but apparently is causing ne excitement In either state outside of ssions of animesity toward the ely ars heard, aid in every lifornia the Japanese are as ted as other classes of the population. “The ture of the moy ir privileges came ewhat in the nature of a surprise, ahd the action of |that pody regarding the pending meap- u; fs being watched with much ime iterest at home as well ms abroad. HOSPITAL QUARANTINED AGAINST SMALLPOX SEEMS ALMOST INCREDIBLE. Landslide Carried a Village 250 Feet Under Ground. distressing re- 1 here concer: in_the mountain vil- which have been in- work of the that Amba: nd a small ing the suife iages of Calabria, adequately reached b large relief committes dor Griscom has to those :alea, who has just feturned from Calabria, brings ports of some elluric phenomena which seem almost incredible. One of the villages, he was carried feet under ground by the opening of the earth and the subsequent | Author and Journalist Commits Sui- cide. Mendham, | mer Speed ist, committ xhooting himself in the he o in his bed- room at the Phoenix house here to- He left no explanation of his . He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dud- Gray of Morristo Speed the s a grand-neph $50,000 Fire at Everett, Mass. mverett, Mass., -Assistance from Malden and Che ded the Everett departme a_ fire ich destroyed th of the < { H. Bangs Drugsi com-~ pany and dama r build ory was ings tonight mated at $50,000. cated at the West Everett. The fa foot of Pariin stre Acquitted of Murder Charge. Manassas. Va. Feb. 2.—Thom Posey was iried and acquitted here to- day on the charge gf murdering Ed- ward Fair on Oct. § last in this cou ty. The jur d Posey’s story that he Kkille r in defense of h own family. t Posey's wife, who was h accessory, an Receiver for Winona Publishing Co. hicago, Feb. 2.—The American Trust and Savfgs bank was appointed receiver today for the Winona Pub- lishing com of this city In the fed- eral court. The liabilities are placed at $70,000, and the assets at $23,000. Found Dzad in Her Bedrcom. Chicago, Feb, 2.—Mrs. Cora B. Forbes, wife of R. T. Forbes, president measure, and measures of the general assembly referred to the people on a vote’by petition of 5 per cent. of the voters. The veto pawer of the gov- ernor _not to extend to measures re- ferred to the people. Constitutional amendments. Adjourned to Wednesday. of the Drovers'-Deposit National bank, was found dead in her bedroom today. Death, it is belleved, was due to acei- dental asphyxistion by gas. 7 ali s Steamship Arrivals. At Marseilles: Jan. 31, Germania, v York ° Alarm Fait by West Virg Asylum and Penitentiary Authorities. Weston, W. Va., ¥ e board | of health today quarantined the color- ed wards and part of the white I of the state al for the here against which | brought to the institution two weeks ag0 by a c ale patient named Jones. The negro had b mfined in the Kanawha county Jjail Charleseton with thirty other pri ers. All were exposed to the dise of t were taken to the te prison at Moundsville on the day Jones was ved to the asylam. Considerable alarm s felt Dby the asylum and penitentiary authorities, CARELESS NEGRO PORTER | PUT MAN IN WRONG BERTH. Woman Sues Pullman Company for Ten Thousand Dollars. New Orleans, Feb, 2.—The alleged carelessness of a negro porter in put- ting a man into the wrong berth of & | sleeping car was the basis of a $10,000 sult brought in the federal court here ¢ Mrs., Amelin M. Dubourg of against the Pullman com- ny Mrs. Dubourg says she was the vie- tim of the serlous mistake. She al- leges that she was severely injured by the man being “thrown”™ into her berth. The occurrence is sald to have n place on the night of January while she was en route from Dem-~ ing, N. M, to New Orleans, ion Not Yet Settled. St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 2—A final ment has not yet been reached he fisheries negotiations between Great Britain and the United Stat The colonial cablnet was in session to- night considering the latest develop- ments at Washington. Attorney Gen- eral Kent, who remains in Washing- ton, has forwarded an important des- patch to Premier Bond. The govern- ment wilj not make a public statement during the negotiations. Wisconsin Military Aeronautic Corps. Madison, Wis., Feb. 2.—Articles of incorporation were filed today of & military aeronautic corps, the first in the United States, The name of the corps is the Wisconsin National Aero- natuic and Signal corps. The equip- ment and uniform will be identical with that of the United States Signal corps. Congress will be urged o vide the equipment and a @irigible airship for practice work. Wisconsin Senatorial Contest Still On. Madison, Wik, Feb. 2.—While the friends of United States Senator Ste- phenson were hopeful that ted: Joint ballet would settle the senatora contest, they were disappointed in st Senator Stephenson did not gain a ein- gle vote over last Friday's batot, the result being the same, 63 votes out of a total of 130 cast. This was three votes short of an election. There will be another ballot tomorrow, Illinois Senatorial Deadloock Unbroken. Springfield, Ill,, Feb. 2.—Three more ballots for senator in joint seselon of the general assembly’ today demon- strated that the deadlock is as firm as ever. No one in Springfield expects the senatorship to be settied this week. long as Senator Albert J. Hopkins, republican primary choice for re-elec- tion, remains a candidate, there ap- pears to be little chance to break the deadlock. $100,000 to University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Feb. 2—At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, held this after- noon, Mrs. Esther G. Hood gave tl university $100,000 to establish gradi ate feilowships # the law department | of the university. The gift is @ memo- {rial to her father, the late Franklin B. Gowen, formerly president of the Read- ing Raflway company. Skull Cracked by Falling Tree. Collinsville, Conn., Feb. 2.—~While felling trees in: the Bast Hill district today, Ottl Ingraben, 25 years old, of Canton Center, was struck by the butt of a tree and his skull fractured. It is not expected that he will live. Slight Earthquake in Indiana, Owensville, Ind., Feb. 2.—A earthquake was felt here today. damage was done Fisheries Qu