Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1909, Page 1

SEGRET SER L VOL. LIL—NO. 28. The Government Must Can Act Against Criminals Anywhere STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT His Opposition to Restricting the Field of Usefulness of the Secret Service Emphatically Reiterated—-Assertion that Restriction was riarmless to the Government’s Interests is Not Correct. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Declaring that “if the government i3 to act with full efficiency against criminals, it most | have some force of secret _service agents who can act against criminals anywhere,” President Roosevelt, in a statement made pubiic from the White House tonight, emphatically reiterated his opposition’ to_restricting the field of usefulness of the secert service.. Position of the Administration. “The position of the administration,” said the president, “is that it is against ®ound policy to discriminate in favor of criminals by discriminating against the use of the secret service to detect and punish them.” Misleading Statements. The statement was called forth by “misleading statements appearing in some of the afternoon papers” to the effect that the work of the secret ser- vice has not been hampered and that investigatfon of cases, aside from detection of counterfeiters and the tection of the president, has not been circumbscribed by restrictive leg- isiation at the last session of congress. Suppressing Counterfeiting. The statement is as follows: “At no time has the president or any administrative officer claimed that the restrictive legislation of the last ses- sion affected the secret service division of the treasury department in the mat- ter of suppressing _counterfeiting or protecting the president. As a matter of fact, the limitation did not apply i the slightest degree to the normal functions of that service, and the claim that the secret service was mot ham- pered in looking after counterfeiters is admitted; but the assertion that the Yostriction was harmless to the gov- ernment’s interests is not correct. Effect of the Limitation. “The effect of the limitation was ma- terially to circumscribe the field of use- Fulness in which the trained agents of the secret service had hitherto been advantageously employed. Under the limitation it became impossible to use these investigators in the class of cases in which they have been conspicuously successful for many years. The phraseology of the restrictive legislation VICE AGENTS NEEDED| ‘et Have Some Force who is such that any person who was em- ployed in or under the secret service division during 1909 for even so short a period as an hour became disqualified for promotion or employment in any branch of the government _service, whether his compensation or expenses would be payable from any appropria- tion In the sundry civil act. ““The limitations tied the hands of the secretary of the treasury and made it impossible for him to con- tinue the employment of these men in any cases of irregularities or wrong- doing in those branches of the treas- ury department devoted to the lssuing, redemption and handling of the obli- gations, securities and coins of the government : Government's Interests Are Injured. “It is the contention of the execu- tive branch of the government that it should be permitted to use the best means of Investigating criminal cases and when legislation is enacted that deprives the executive bratnch of a particularly desirable and effective investigating force, the government's interests, which are the interests of the people, are injured and the only galners are the evil doers who may thereby escape detection and punish- ment, - An Evasion of the Question. “The question is, Is it right or wi or proper specifically to discriminate against one particular. division of the government's investigation force and prevent its employment where it might be used to great advantage? It is an evasion of this question to answer that In onme particular and circumscribed field—suppressing counterfeiting _and protecting the president—its activities are not affected by the limitation. Must Have Some Secret Force. “If the government is to act with full efficiency sgainst criminals, it must have some force of secret serv- ice agents, by preference under the de- partment of justice, who can act against criminals anywhere; and the position of the administration is that it is against sound public policy to dis- criminate in favor of criminals by dis- criminating against the use of the se- cret service to detect and punish them.” BOY PLAYING WITH REVOLVER SHOT GIRL COMPANION. Mocidental Death at East Hartford— No Action Taken in Matter, East Hartford, Conn., Feb. 3,—While iaying with a revolver, six year old ‘harles Warner of Hartford shot and killed Ruth Northam, five years old, &t _her home here today. The Warner boy accompanied his mother to the home of Mr. and Mis. Robert C. Northam on Orchard street this afternoon. While the mothers of ¢the ehildren remained on the first floor of the house, the two children went wpstairs to play. They had been up there biit a short time when the sound of 2 pistol shot was heard by the mothers downstairs. They started to &0 up to the second floor when the chiidren came down the stairs, the ‘Warner boy calling #hat he had shot Ruth. The girl on reaching the foot of the stairs feil to the floor and died in a fow minutes. A physician who had been summoned stated that the bullet had ontered the child’s side, penetrat- ng the liver. According to the boy's sto he and in a bureau drawer. Not knowing that the @un was loaded, he pointed it at Ruth and pulled the trigger. No action_will be taken in the mat- ter, os Mr. Northam feels that be was o Blame for having the revolver lying ~“around where the children could get hold of #t. Mr. Northam purchased the weapon gome tme ago, owing to the frequent burglaries along the ¢tracks FALSE FIRE ALARM ON FALL RIVER LINER. Wireless Message to Shore From the Providence Caused Excitement. Newport, R, L, Feb. 8—Crossed electric wires caused the sounding of e automatic fire alarm on board the Full River line steamboat Providence, bound from New Yors for this port end Fall River, while on her way up Long Isiand sound early todav, and although it created no excitement on the vessel, the report flashed out by the wireless telegraph vperator mado a stir on land when the message was picked up by the wireless stations. "When the fire bell on the ship began to ring, the operator, belleving that & fire was in progress, on board, jumped to his key and clicked off a general message that the alarm had been sounded, and immediately afterwards called the steamboat Puritan of the same line, which was passing through the sound on her way back from New York, and ordered her to “stand The ' Purltan’s 0. K.” came back promptly, and the operator then start- ed on an investigation. It took but a short time to discover that the alarm was sounded accidentally, and the Pu- ritan was told it was a false alarm and_gliowed to proceed on her course. ‘With the eption of the crew and the passengers, who were bound for t, and who were up and about preparing to land, the fire alarm was unnoticed on board, and there was no commotion or panic, PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT of the raflroad, near which the house is situated. JURY OUT THIRTY MINUTES. Wife of Boston Physician Acquitted of Charge of Jewelry Theft. Chicago, Feb. 3.—Mrs. Martha M. ©unphy, wife of Dr. John M. Dunphy of Boston, was acquitted today by a ury of the charge of having stolen 5.000 worth of jewelry and securiti from Charles E. Giles of Dorchester, + & money. jender. The jury de- iberated less than thirty minutes, It 15 said that only one ballot was taken. ‘When the verdict was read, Mrs. unphy buried her face in her hand- erchief for a moment and then rush- ed across the court room to shake hands with the jurors. Many women mere present, and Judge Clifford had ¢o silence the applause. Giles, who eharged that Mrs. Dunphy broke into his trumic at a Chicago hotel and took the valuables {n his absence, stood in the corridor outside the court room when the verdict was announced. Mrs. Dwnphy, who has been working in a Chicago department store, has not decided whether she will return to Boston, “T am too happy to think of any plans just now,” she said. “I do feel the nced of a little rest after going through this oxgeal. BURNED HIS BROTHER'S BARN. Frank Sherran of Bloomfield Bound Over te Superior Court. Bloomfleld, Conn., Feb. 3 —Frank Sherran, who, it is alleged, set fire to #is brother's barn after wrecking the contents of the house, was bound over %0 the superior court today under $5,- 000 bonds. He is charged with arson end at today’s hearing an additional charge of rape was preferred against him. He could not furnish bail and ‘was locked up in the Hartford county Eleven Jurymen Obtained for Cooper Trial. Nashville, Tenn.,, Feb. 3.—After two' mew jurors had been obtained ioday, making eleven now n the box, me trial of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharpe for the murder of' E. W, wclt-l:mck wn; ly inte: e lack o was ordered to court on Monday, when an effort will be made to complete the TRAVERSED PACIFIC CHANNEL. Inspection of Entire Line of the Canal | Completed. Culebra, Feb. 3.—President-clect Taft has now completed his inspection of the entire line of the canal, having traversed the Pacific channel today. He expressed himself as greatly grat- | ified with the result of the labors of the engineers. Tomorrow he will view the netire Culebra cut from the Em- pire hill. Mr, Taft received the members of the Isthmian Red Cross this evening. The special engineers had & long talk with Chief Engineer Goethals today, at which the canal plans were discuss. ed in a general way. TORPEDO FLEET LEAVES. Washington Orders Cause Boats and Cruiser at San San Diego, Cal, Feb, 3.—In accord- ance with sudden orders received from Washington, the entire torpedo fleet which has been in local water for sev- eral weeks, sailed today for Mare is- land navy yard. The crulser Albany also sailed. Hungarian Pheasants Died of Starva- tion. Lebanon, Conm., Feb. 3.—It is re- ported that the Hungarian pheasants which were distributed here and in naighboring towns suffered severely during the recent storm and that many of them dled of starvation. Steps are ‘being taken now to feed the remaining birds as well as the quail and par- tridges. Mexican Revenue Cutter ‘Wireless. Mexico City, Feb. 3.—The Mexican revenue cutter Josevius Limantour be- came disabled fifty miles oft the coast near Culiacah, a few days ago, ac- Saved by cording to reports received here, and her calls for assistance by wireless were caught up by the Alamos, which immediately steamed out end brought the disabled cutter safely to port. Mexican Soldiers and Indians Fight. Mexico City, Feb, 3.—Reports have been received here of a fight between soldiers of the 170th Mexican battalion nd a band of Indians, between Santa ruz and San Isidro In Yucatan, in which one goldier was killed and sev eral slightly wounded. The Indians ‘were driven to the hills Paralgraf)hs. Teheran, Feb. 3,—The political club of Ispahan, who recently defled the central government, has overthrown the governor of Ispahan, and assum- ed control of the locai administra- tion. It has sent telegrams, to ajl the legations here declaring that all loans and concessions will be repudiated un- less approved by parliament, St. Petersburg, Feb. 3.—The head- quarters of _Archimandrite Michael, who bas been appointed bishop of Old Believers in Canada, is to be at Win- nipeg. This appointment is due to the desire of the Orthodox church to con- vert sixty Russian congregations in Canada that have left Orthodoxy and are today following the schismatic Bishop Seraphim, —The governor gen- Paris, Ieb. eral of Indo-China reports that the number of Chinese bandits in Indo- China_recently has increased, and that the robbers today threaten to overrun the region of the Yenthe. There have been several engagements. in which the bandits were dispersed with _considerable loss. The French had one man killed and four wounded, New French military posts have been established and the existing posts have been strengthened, HAMMERSTEIN CASE AGAINST PRESS REPORTERS. W. J. Heney Discharged — Cases of Reporters Postponed to Friday. New York, Feb. 3.—After a_brief examination the brief testimony in the complaint of Oscar Hammerstein, di- rector of the Manhattan opera house, who charged two reporters of the New York Press and William J. Heney, a tookmaker, with having assaulted him because of a letter that he wrote re- garding the two_ reporters, was con- cluded today. Magistrate Finn dis- charged Heney and the disposition of the cases against Fred M. Hall and James J. Doyle, the two reporters, was postponed until Friday. Before the case was called it was announced that papers in a suit for $25,000 had been served on Mr. Ham- merstein in proceedings for slander instituted by the musical critic for the New York Press. The reporters, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Hall, testified today that they went to see Mr. Hammerstein to ask him for an apoiogy for a letter which he had sent to their editor, speaking of them in terms which they said were offensive. They denied that they were aggressors and said they did not strike Mr. Hammerstein until the opera manager made an attack upon them. Delphin Delmas, of counsel for Har- ry Thaw in the first trial, appeared as associate counsel for Mr. Hammer- stein today. GOV, HASKELL INDICTED In Connection with Oklahoma Frauds—Makes Statement. Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 3.—Governor Haskell, when informed that he was indicted tonight in Muskogee land frauds, issued the following statement to the Associated Press: “I have just heard of the indictment for conspiracy, coupled with seven or eight of the oldest and highest char- actered citizens of Muskogec, men who developed and built up that country by their unselfish effort effort. From now on, the proceedings will be open to both sides. “Hearst's crooked manipulations wlll1 Land be at a discount. “I am satisfied the interior depart- ment has been misled by false state- ments, I am confident there has not been a dishonest act done by any of the indicted parties and that good cit- izens in general, regardless of poli- tics, feel the same way. (Signed) “C. N. HASKELL." Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 3.—Attorney Thomas H. Owen of Muskogee, repre- | senting Governor Haskell, arranged for | the governor's entering his appearance i Friday and giving bond in the sum of | $5,000 for appearance for trial. The writs issued are returnable forthwith. Governor Haskell is at Guthrie. Thers is but one indictment against him. It charges conspiracy with Walter R.| Eaton and Clarence W. Turner to de- fraud the government. | PROMINENT ODD FELLOW SHOT By Brother Odd Denver Bu llow—Murder s Street. Denver, Feb. 3—Fred Walton, for- merly grand master of the Odd Fel- | lows’ of Idaho, was shot and killed by Johu H. Cradlebaugh, a brother Odd | Fellow. Both men are from Wallace, Idahe. Walton, dying, gasped: “That man thought I Stole his wite. The shooting occurred in the princ; pal business thoroughtare, and hun- | dreds of shoppers rushed for shelter when the shooting occurred. Cradle- baugh called on Chief of Police Arm- strong last night and said that Wal- ton ran away from Wallace with Mrs.| Cradlebaugh. He said he wanted o recover his children, whom she had taken with her. Cradlegaugh was ar- | rested after the shooting. He refused | to nake any statement. { Body of Champion Heavyweight John- | son’s Brother Lies in New York| Morgue, New York, Feb. 3.—In the morgue| there is an unclaimed body of & negro f believed to be that of Roscoe a brother of “Jack” Johnson, the champion heavywelght fighter. The negro died today in the New York hospital from pneumonia. When Su- perintendent George P. Ludlam of the New York hospital learned that the negro, who was u watter, was known as the brother of the fighter, he sent a telegram to Lawson Johnson, father of “Jack” Johneon, in Galveston, Tex. Tonight the superintendent received a | telegram from Lawson Johnson to bury the dead man and mark the grave. Death of Vice President Graham of the Erie Railroad. New York, Feb. 3.—Joseph M. Gra- ham, vice president of the Erie rail- road, and one of the best known en- gineers in the country, died suddenly | tonight at his home ' in West sSth street of acute indigestjon. His great- est achievement was in the road im- provement of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, begun some twelve years ago and entirely planned by him. At the time of thtse improvements he was chiet engineer of the B, & O, After his acceptance of the vice preésidency of the Erle, five years ago, the tender was made to him of the position of chief engineer of the Panama canal, but this he declined for reasons of sealth, Rome, Feb. 3.—Cardinal Serafino Creton, grefect of the congregation of sacred rites, indulgences and sacred relics, died today of pneumonia, The pope sent him his apostolic benediction. Before his death Cardinal Cretoni ex- pressed his regret at not being able to witness the beatification of Joan of Arc, in the preparations for which he had been engaged as prefect. Mon- signor Cretoni was papal nuncio at | ticut Agricultural college. | ticut Agricultural college. | Charles A. Cape "NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, Accused Officer | Condensed Lelograus Connecticut s leg!s_latur'e! APPDINTMEN’II" BY GOVERNOR LILLEY. FEWER LICENCES, BIGCER FEES Half Fare for School Children on Trolleys—Suitable Street Railway Waiting Stations. Hartford, Feb. 3.—The senate was called to order at 11.30 by Lieutenant Governor Weeks. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. From the Governor. Executive Secretary Goodwin pre- sented a communication from Gover- nor Lilley making the following ap- pointments: State Board of Agriculture—Charles L. Tuttle of Hartford and Leonard H, Healey of Woodstock, members of the board of agriculture for a term of four years. Board of Pardons—Lewis Sperry of Hartford and George H. Knights of Salisbury, for a term of four vears. Common Pleas Court of Hartford County—John Coats of New Britain, judge, and Epaphroditus Peck of Bri: tol, associate judge, each for a term of ‘four years fram July 1, 1909. All the appointments were referred to the committee on executive nomi- nations, Bills. By Senator Fenn—That persons and copartnerships conducting an express business on electric roads shall pay a tax of 2 per fcent. on gross receipts in lieu of all other taxes. Finance. By Senator Fenn—Requiring manu- facturers to report accidents in their factories to the factory inspector. In case of failure to report the manufac- turer shall be liable fo a fine of not more than $20. Labor. By Senator Fean—That any person doing a telephone business In the state shall furnish the tax commissioner a sworn statement of the number of telephones, transmitters, etc. Finance. By Senator Fenn—That any person who shall fail to return to the tax commissioner any statement required to be returned under sections 2436 and 2439 shall be fined, $500, and in case of failure t> make a payment to the state as required by law shall forfeit to the state twice the amount required for such payment. Finance. By Senator Allyn—Making the com- pensation of clerks and assistant clerks of the superior court as follows: Hartford county, $7000; New Haven county, $13,000, $3,000 to be paid to each of the assistants in New Haven and Waterbury; Fairfeld, $9,000; New London, $6,000, of which $2,500 shall be paid to the assistant; Windham, $3.000; Litchfield, $3,000; Middlesex, $3,000; Tolland, $2,000. These sums shall be in fullfor all services and fees collected by the clerks shall be turned over to the state. The superior court may tax for necessary clerical expenses and assistance the following sums: Hartford county, $1,500; Litch- field county, $200; New Haven, $1,200; assistant clerk at Waterbury, $1,000, Judiciary. . By Senator Chase—Requiring asses- sors to furnish every four years a statement of the property in the towns exempted from taxation and stating the aggregate amount belonging to ed- ucational, benevolent or ecclesiastical socleties ‘and municipalities. Finance, A bill was introduced to require in- vestment companies and investment brokers to make returns to the tax commissioner instead of the comptrol- ler. Finance. The bill was not in- dorced by the senator introducing it By Senator Peck—That the posses- sion of a ferrst and rabbit shall pe taken as prima facie evidence that the sessor has taken the rabbit illegally 1 shall be fined not more than $7 or fmprisoned for not more than thirty days or both. Fisheries and zame. By Senator Peck—That the posses- sion of gray seuirrels, wild hares and rabbits during the close season shall be tuken as prima facie evidence of the violation of the law. Fisherles and game. Resolutions. By Senator Allyn—Appointing Wil- m 1. Allyn a trustee of the Connec- Senate ap- lia nator Allyn — Appointing Jo- Alsop a trustee of the Connec- Senate ap- | seph W Doint By Charles M. Jarfis a trustee of the, onnecticut Agricultural college. Sen- ate appointments. By Senator Brooks—Appointing B. Patterson of Torrington trustee of ie Connecticut Agricultural college. :nate appointments. enator Searles Appolnting | of Windham trustee Abbe — Appointing | of the Connecticut Agricultural col- | lege. Senate appointments. Change of Reference. The resolution conccrning the ap- pointment of messengers and door- keepers was referred to the commit- tee on rules. e Dill relating to pensions for school teachers was recalled from the | house and referred to the committee on education. Executive Session. On the motion of Senator Brooks, the senate went into executive session. The following nominations by the gov- ernor +were confirmad: Statc _Prison Directors—Edward A. Fuller, Franck C. Sumner and Willie O, Burr. 4 Consulting Physician at State Prison —Frederizk T. Simpson. Adjourned. THE HOUSE. The house was called to order at 1115 by Speaker Banks. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Franklin Country- man, the house chaplain. Resolutions, By Mr. Malone of Bristol—Provid- ing for the election of the state treas- urer and state comptroller quadrien- nially, thus giving each & term of four years instead of two as at present. Judiciary. By Mr. Payne of Griswold—Author- izing the borough of Jewett City to furnish electric lights outside the lim- its of the borough. Cities and bor- oughs. % By Mr. Tibbitts of Norwich — Amending the charter of the New London County Mutual Fire Insurance company, providing that when the cash capita] shall exceed $10,000 over and above all losses the members of the corporation may not be liable for losses, providing directors so vote. Insurance. By Mr. Whiton of New London for Mr. Smith of Groton—Appointing Frederick P. Latimer judge and Au- gustin 8. Chester deputy judge of the town court of Groton Calendar. By Mr, Summer of Bolton—That the Madrid when, in 1896, he was created cardinal. Fe was born in 1835 at Sn-l riano, Tealy. town of Bolton shall succeed to all rights in its district-school property (Continued on Page Six. lof Rear ‘turg, Pa. ! the University of Pennsylvania wth 1909. oy In His Own Behalf CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION AT A RECEPTION. CAPTAIN OF BATTLESHIP GEORGIA Courtmartialed at Gabraltar — Was Sick and Took One-Glass of Sherry and Smoked a Strong Cigar. Gibaltar, Feb. 3.—All the evidence in the courtmartial of Captaln Edward F. Qualtrough of the battleship Geor- gia, on charges preferred by Rear Ad- miral Wainwright that he was under the influence of intoxicants at a re- ception given at Tangier by the Amer- ican minister, Samuel Gummere, was presented today. The hearing in the case was held on the battleship Lou- isiana, and a numbef of witnesses testified that Captain Qualtrough was intoxicated and unfit for duty. Was Suffering from Fatigue. The accused officer, who took the stand In his own behalf,made a lengthy statement to the effect that he was sick and suffering greatly from fatigue and that he had only taken one glass of sherry, and nothing afterwards. He smoked a strong cigar. Under Arrest on the Georgia. Surgeon Crandall of the Georgia, one of the two witnesses for the defense, testified that Captain Qualtrough's physical condition was low an\ that he therefore was very susceptifjle to the action of liquor and tobacco.\ The defense introduced ag evidence the rec- ord of Captain Qualtrough’s 38 years’ service, and two flattering letters of recommendation received by him dur- ing the present cruise. The pleadings will be made tomorrow, but the de- cision will not be officially given out until finally approved. In the meantime Captain Qualtrough will remain aboard the Georgla under arrest, not being al- lowed either on the bridge or the quar- terdeck. NEW HAVEN ROAD MAY FORFEIT MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER Would Give the Corporation Much Stronger Legal Position. New Haven, ieb, 3.—From opinions expressed by prominent officers of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., it is_iferred that the corporation is considering seriously the forfeiting of its Massachusetts char- ter in case that result can be obtained without friction between the compan and the Massachusetts _authorit This s due to the fact that under that charter during the recent controveries Massachusetts has claimed jurisdiction over the property. The charter in question went into effect thirty-six years ago at the time of the merger of the New York and New Haven com- pany on one hand, and the New Ha- ven, Hartford and Springfield com- pany on the other. The property of the 'New Haven company directly af- fected by the canter, it is claimed, consists only of the few miles betweer the state line ant Springfield. In the interval since the charter was adopted practically all the acts of the New Ha- ven corporation affecting the proper- ties in Massachusetts, except the trol- ley purchases and he purchase of the stock of the Boston & Maine, have been confirmed by the Massachusetts legislature. 1t is believed therefore by & number of officers of the New Haven company, that if the corpora- tion could fail back upon its Connec ticut charter it would simplify the sit- uation, give the corporation a much stronger legal position and probably tend to transfer many of the legal questions involved from the state to the federal courts. The matter is in- directly affected by the biil introduced yesterday into the Connecticut legis- lature calling for a report from the Judiciary committee on the subject of Connecticut protection for her char- tered railroad corporations. © BATTLESHIP FLEET MEN ARE ALL HOMESICK. Longing to Reach Hampton Roads at Earliest Possitle Moment. Gibraltar, Feb, 3—Rear Admiral Sir James E. C. Goodrich, admiral super- | Instructions Cabled to Admiral Sperry [ larceny intendent at’ Gibraltar ch gave a dinner covers at the Admiralty house in honor Admiral Charles S, Sperry, commander of the American fleet. Among the other guests were Sir Fred- erick Milner an dmiral Fishe: The American fleet will aa Lere on Saturday morning, d Lady Good- a junction with the about longitude Rear will_board and their way Ad inspect home. DESTROYED BY FIRE. Bullet Proof Vehicle Which Lincoin is §aid Rode to Washington for In- | auguration. Newcastle, Pa., Feb, 3.—The historic “Lincoln coach,” In_which President Lincoln is said to have ‘Washington for his inauguration, wa: destroyed last night in a fire Sharpsville, Pa. It was the sole senger equipment of the little villé railroad, running between town and Wilmington Junction. ihat It was covered with sheet iron, put on be- fore Lincoln made his famous ride, and was supposed to be builet proof. New Haven Pastor Receives Call to Pennsylva New Haven Conn.. Feb. 3.—Rev. J. Luther Sieber, - pastor of the First Einglish Lutheran church, has received a call to the pastorate of Trinity Lutheran church of Chambers- Mr. Sieber is 3 graduate of the class of 1900 and of the Gettysburg Theological school with the class of 1903. John Corsak on Trial for His Life. New Haven, Corsak, charged with murder in the first degree in killlng Peter Miller, a tellow laborer on 2 farm in Milford, was put on trial in the today. The jury box was after noon. Corsak Wwas put to plea and entered a plea of not guijty, and then the taking of testimony was be- gun. Oklahoma Town Lot Fraud, Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 3—Right in- dlctments were returned by the fed- eral grand jury here tonight in the town lot alleged fraud investigation, the charges being conspiracy to de- fraad the government ¢ of eighteen | this city, | Conn., Feb. 3.—John | rior court | Hited shortly The Aldermen of Paterson Appointed thre censors to banish from the city all objectionable printed or pictured matter, Wa gton Des): the ways and means committee, fear- ing a deficit, may put “war taxes” in effect again. The Austrian Minister of Foreign affairs sald that Turkey's proposals would be agreed to in the interests of the peace of Europe. Miss Marion F, Woolman, ai heiress and member of an Jersey family, married C: A. Hew- itt of the Salvati Mrs. Grace L. Gordon G $5,000 to a Burlington, N, J., church which it had forfeited by trying break a g to will which left her a fortune. Scores of Talesmen Summoned for jury service at the trial of the alleged rs of E. W. Carmack are in hid- ing and hunted by deputy sheriffs. The Douma Adopted Int: ellations regarding the of Azef and Lo | kine; sharp attacks were made on the | government by le of the oppos tion, * A Despatch from Cape Town said that the federation of t four British colonies might be aecdomplished bv 1910, a compromise on the guestion of | a capital having been reached. In His Annual Report, Herbert Knox Smith declared that the prohibition of trusts has failed gnd t! the gov- ernment should not adapt construc- Ill\'e programme through publicity. Grant B. Schley, testifying before a senate committee, said the absorption of the Tenn2ssce Coal and Iron com- pany by the Steel corporation during the panic of 1907 relieved Moore & Schley of serious embarrassment. NOMINATION OF CRUM To Be Customs Collector at Charleston Considered in Senate Executive Ses- sion. Washington, Feb, 3.—Senator Teller of Colorado addressed the senate today in support of Senator Bacon's resolu- tion declaring that the senate has a right to any information in possession of the executive departments and cited varfous precedents to sustain his con- tention. He argued that only in ex- ceptional cases is the president war- ranted in withholding information and he declared that congress has never Veaited to respect such action by the executive when it has been based on consideration of public interest. The senate remained in executive session during most of the day, con- sidering the nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum to be collector of customs at Charleston, 8. C. WHOLESALE ARREST OF PITTSEURG NEGROES. Idle Colored Men Rounded Up by the Police—Armed Resistance Threatened. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 3.—Despite many threats of armed resistance by nesroes it the police continue thefr wholesale arrests of members of their race who are-without employment in the Herron Hill district of the city, no outbreak of any kind Tas occurred up to a late hour tonight. The arrest Jast night of 126 negroes and the release today of all but 41 led to the police force in the district being doubled tonight and ev- ery patroiman has orders to arrest every suspicious negro. Tlis afternoon three such were taken to the police station and it is antici- pated that tonight many others will be arrested. No further aitack upon women or girls has been reported since | last night, but should one occur the | temper of ‘the citizens is such that vio- lence very probaoly would be done the | assailamt if he was caught. Men and women throughout the section invoived | are carrying revolvers and the negroe | also are said to-be well armed. Local inflaming the negroes to d the feeling is high. The police, however, seem to have the situ- ation well in hand. | Of the meeroes arrested 139 were fined, most of th | the workhouse, and two we | turther evidence, having been last night m going to a for | identified as perpetrators of one of ‘Hhe attacks on gii | BATTLESHIP VERMONT | | GETS GUNNERY PENNANT | from Washington, | washi ara- tive | navy in the bined nigit and on the records of ths mont, now Imntic flect, st ptiry ho h appropriate cerem gunnery pennant whi the Minnesota, New Jer- tost ere | Pennsylvania, Colorado | sey. | el o { Three Workmen Badly Hur | by Col- { lapse of Buildin Fe —By the emature ng which { pital, ericus condi s that the ! workmen failed to shore up a portion | of the wall properly, and when it col- | 1apsed ral of them were caught in the 1 Twenty-five Years’ Seorvice Rewarced Boston, Fel ‘wenty-five of service g! Miss Mary | Holmes of Medford to Amos B. | @ Boston real estate broker, have been rewarded by the gift of Mr. Hall's | business (o his employe. Mr. Hall died | recently and left his office, good will land patronage, by will, to Miss Hoimes, who has been his stenogra- pher and private scerctary for a quar- ter of a century. It is understood that Mr. Hall's widow and son were ac- quainted with his purpose to remem- ber Miss Holmes, and sympathize with it. Originator of American Valentine Dead Worcester, Mass., Feb. 3.—Jotham W. Taft, who claimcd to have originat- ed the Ame:l cntine and to have been the oldest traveling salesman in the country, was found dead in- his room today from asphyxiation. He was 73 years of are. Must Healthy to Marry. Salem, Ore., Feb. 3.—A bill requir- ing that applicants for marriage Ii- censes be provided with a certificate of good heaith from a licensed physi- clan unanimously passed the scnate ! yesterday. pertly | has b preme court by H | sel for ‘King. The whether a new trial | probabiy will n | middl 1 r " | should | to secure 1 ! TORE HOR | i | DREW ANTI-AL —Line {begun in t |lertes wer Japanese among the a 4 ! Mr. Drew Opened the Debate. | Assemblyman Drew opened the bat spinion P dent Roos | to heip but had be eral government, challenged right to ov il he cpuld problem, The fed- | e right rity of her sofl. ‘Who 15 opposing Californfa?" asked first are the commerc cluding the chambers our two largest cities, and L ests | to “protect the this _measure f these Int of Japanese aployer. labor i In case of nec o =ald, Japan could raise in Ca an army of | 40,000 of her qwn c ens, most of whom have served in the rmy Question of Self Preservation. After quoting many figures on the influx of the yellow os into this country, Mr. Dre concluded “This is a ques of gelf preserva- tion. line mu-t be drawn s atches Stated that By California Legislature from 11 A. M. Until 6 P. M. STORM OF OPPOSITION AROUSED th do Drew Bill Rejected After Long Debat Sacramento, Cal., bal After Debate Lasting In Assembly that Foreshadowed Defeat of the Measure Long Before Debate was Finished---The Drew Bill Barred Aliens from Ownership of Land in California . v.ust be Drawn Somewhere, Said Mr. Drew. e who como after us > 11 have ta ideration of the report of the aittee on leglslative communica- dvising against _anti-Japanese ation was deferred until tomor- Feb. 3.—After a de. te lacting from 11 o'clock this morn- ing until 6 this evening, the assembly | by | drawn by A. M. { from ownershi, h 1 | retary Root €0 that the it making the bill apply to all ali | the measure opposition a vote of 48 to 28 rejected the bill Drew barring alfens of land in California. bill had been amended at the re- cst of President Roosevelt and Sec- clause applying was eliminated, s, but aroused such a storm of long before the debate to Jupancse only was closed by Mr. Drew it was appar- en t that the measure would be de- feated. In substance, the objection to it was that it lollars ate and might jeopardize the present 4 pa ould drive at least a billion foreign capntal out of the of endly commercial relations with Ja- n. The supporters of the blll contended that the state was belng overrun by thrifty Japanese, who were gradually 2 w and if we do not draw it now gard ining an impregnable position as nd owners and whose government trying to dictate to California re- ing legislation. NEW YORK'S $25,000,000 CAPITOL DAMAGED BY FIRE. | Dozen Firemen Overcome by Gas—De- partment Employes Driven Out. b. 3.—New | was slight] n firemen were over ¢ gas as the result of a fir ke out today in a store roor In the basement of the building. fore the fire department ved the | fire had galned considerable headw among a quantity of packing boxes ar other inflammable material. Althoug the gas in the building was quickly shut off, the heat melted a four-inch gaspipe ‘and the dozen firemen were overcome one,by one. They were res cued by comrades and some were s York dam revived In_a doctor's office and others in hospitals. All are expected to re- cover. flow of ap- It was some time before the gas could be stoppeds and as there peared to be danger of an explosion occupants of the portion of the r the fire were hastily order Dr. Draper, state commis education, and his subordinates e employe: sion in lunacy made flames_burned *through the floor into the office of the state commission In 2 lunacy. . The employes of the state | board of charities and the attorney | general's department were also - vised leave thelr offices until the v of could be stop; Smoke noured through orridor: of the buflding and created consider- able excitement in other The monatary damage was_confined prin of the state comm; departments > offices acy. | For Financicr King Filed With Massa- chusetts Supreme Court. | g | Boston, ¥ and an denio { now serving a sentence | fourteen years ific érime under the | indletment. 'S TONGUE OUT. | Terrible Cruelty Practicsd by Torring- Man. scovill this ¢ to an- guilty and was ' $200 for trial to- ] was not t the 3—ira borough e cru Torringto; eb. rr 15 on morn | imas, held under i morros held today prosecutio Scoville | the ¢ las George of thie tow covilie of having torn the of a horse belonring to believed that the tongue wes the anfmal’s mouth on Monda the absence from home of employer. BOGUS GRAND TRUNK TICKETS. Two Conductors Under Arrest at To- ronto for Accopting Them. Fab. five gation and by a X onk rallway conduc st night, charged defrauding the company. The arrested conductors are Danlel ri- gan of Toronto and Frank McCallum of Montreal. Jacob Woods, H. Rosen- | berg and JosephfiVoods were en into custody on a charge of selling bogus tickets. It is alleged these were arrest sold the tickets and the conductor honored them, Loss to the company. $62,000, 5,@0_0HIN ESE CORPSES Leave Brooklyn Next Week on smm-’ er Shimosa for Flowery Kingdam. | ~Five thousand | nd for their final New | Chinese corpses, & | resting places in th will leave Brooklyn next Wednesday on the steamer Shimosa. The bodies | of the dead Celestials were disinterred States and placed In sealed caskets, nt and stor- history of its silent occu the ship. ed beiween the decks ———— s | LINCOLN DAY IN SCHOOLS OF CONNECTICUT. Proclamation by Governor Lilley on. | LAl pr col greg am of sa Observance of Friday, Feb. 12. Hartford, Conn,, Feb. 3.—Governor today Issued the following clamation on the observance af Lin- In day in the schools [SEAL.] STATE OF CONNECTICUT, By His Excellency, George Lilley, Governor, A proclamation, acknowledging our and lasting obligation to Abra-, Lincoln, and especially mindful hat supreme devotion and final crifice which, God's provi- under dence, secured to us and to our chil~ dren ‘the splendid. heritage of & fres and cises In our united country. I hereby earnestly recommend that y. the twelfth day of February, thousand nine_hundred nine, one hundredth®anniversary of his , shall be “kept and - observed ghout this state by suitable exw: hools, by displaying the flag and by assisting all patriotie so- cle memorative tles and institutions in their com- celebrations, to the end that his name shall be cherished and his example continued. Given under my hand and seal of the' state, at the capitol in Hartford, this thi out an o | thirty-third. ht and{ By His Excellen: ird day of February, in the year of r Lord, one thousand nine hundred d nine, and the independence of the 1ited States the one hundred awnd GEORGE L. LILUEY. ‘¢ command: MATTHEW H. ROGERS, Secreta FIELD DAY IN HOUSE For Critics and Defenders of Dopart- on in de | cuiture & sumption ment of Agriculture, Washington, b, ieneral debate the agricuitural appropriation bill 1ouse today afforded critics and ders of the department of agri- an excellent fleld day. Mr. Lever (3outh Carolina) attacked e appointment and work of the ref- board of consulting chemists in spartment. Hefi! e (Alabama) asked on be- of cotton growers for a govern- al moathly’ report on the con- cotton. turgls (West Virginia) urged sion of Yie forest service. Mr. hrey (Washington) took an ex- tly opposite view, while Mr. Mondell ming) declared the bureau of the most autocratic govern- ment bureau outside of Russia. Mr, Bartholdt (Missourl) urged the fssue’ of honds for inland waterways Pl th ovement, and Mr. Chandler ) complained of the tarift ricultural implements. “halrman ott of the agricultural ittee closed the debate with exe anatéry remarke on work done by ¢ departmient during the past yeaw Refore the bill was taken up in gefe eral debate the house passed the senate pension bill for federal judges. HARTFORD ALUMNI OF YALE. Annual Dinner at Allyn House—Gov. ait at lIvn house Go G Lilley and President Hadley 8poke. Hartford, Co Feb. 3.—The local sani of Yale were well reprasented the annual dinner given at the Al- tonieht. Senator Walter L. 1win was tnastmaster, and a dele- from the Yale (le club sang. =t speaker was Governor George who snoke on the good Yale do In the political life of the Precident Hadley of Yale Followed or Lilley, speaking of the work done by the unlversity. The cther eneakers wera Fdward M. Day. Profeseor Andrew F. West, dean of Princeton univarsitv, and Charles W. Bosworth of Springfield: Chance to Win $50 in Gold. New Haven, Conn., Feb, 3~The th W g un. ticlo bearing upon | Yale Alumni Weekly announces that rough the generosity of Thomas De itt Cuyler, '74, of Philadelphia, 1t 18 abled to offer a cash prize to under- aduate or graduate students at the rsity for the best descriptive ar- Yale life. prize is to be known es “The Thomas De Wit Cuyler Alumni Waekly Prize " It wt Southbury, from burryingsrounds all over United | cutting cornstalks ter, at his home today, We which in tuin were enclosed in pine | er had his left arm caught in 2 3 boxes, each labelled with the name and | of the machine and so badly & it y it most not later than March owery Kingdom, | Y¢&T Mh.mdfl is for $50, to be paid in gold, and 1l be awarded to the writer of the acceptable contribution received 12 of the present Left Arm Amputated. Conn, Feb. 3.—While Wwith & power cut- Fowl- was ne to amputate