Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1909, Page 1

- As there are about VDL President-Elect will be Saturday MR, TAFT LANDS AT NEW ORLEANS Guest of the City Until Morning. TALKS ABOUT CANAL INSPECTION TRIP Heartily Approves of the Present Lock Type—Believes the Vast Work will be Accomplished by Jan. 1, 1915, at the Latest—Return of Mr. Taft Opemep Cabinet Speculation Once More. New Orleans, Feb. elect William H. Taft received by the entire guest he is to be until Saturday morn- ing. Mr. Taft made a h:rm speech this afternoon, in which heartly ex- Vi restnt lock | but no confirmation in the way of a T o 'll'.hmlu of | positive statement could be obtained. type of canal across the Panama, He reviewed a parade of citizens, miles in length, and tonight attended one of the carnival season | cided on no one balls, that of the “Elves of Oberon.” Elahorate Banquet Tonight. Tomorrow he will address the negro Y. M. C. A, spend several hours in au- tomobiling, and at night be the guest of honor at an elaborate banquet at which nearly 800 prominent citizens will pay $25 a plate to participate. rday morning he will go to Cin- inati, from whence on Monday, he leave for Washington, returning again to Cincinnati Wednesday. Apprised of the Knox Matter. Mr. Taft received the first news of the constitutional question which has been raised against the appointment of Mr. Knox to a cabinet position, by wireless yesterday, when he was ap- prised of the matter not only by press messages but by a despatch giving the views of Sepator Knox, That he +was somewhat disturbed over the sit- vation last night was admitted, but early today he received the news of the disposition of congress to obviate the constitutional disability and he wag inclined to accept the means adopted as & happy solution of the difficulty. Until after & conference on the mat- ter, to take place between Mr. Taft and Senator Knox in Washington next ‘Wednesday, the president-elect regards it is impolitic to discuss the question for publication, Cabinet Speculation Again Attractive. ‘With the return of Mr. Taft to the | United States, cabinet speculation be- | comes once more attractive. No in- | a:n-uon is to be given to the public, ever, from the most authoritative sowrce, Mr. Taft said he should ad- here 0 his previcusly announced plan of keeping silent, and also keeping cablnet appeintmests open nntil the very last moment to provide against ossible eont cles. It is regarded, oweyer, as y probuble that of- fers of eabinet positlons are to be made without great deiay. Mr, Taft eaid Le had been ed in possession of information he desired, and had asited for during his absence, The ar. rival hers of Frank H. Hitchcock, who will be granted an immediate confer- ence, and the presence here of J. C. &haffer, owner of the Chicage Eve- ning Post, in whose judgment Mr. Taft ANTI-JAP AGITATORS | $HOW MODERATION | California Legislators Adopt Sugg tion by Governor Gillett. Sacramento, Cal, Feb. ll.——‘)lodfl‘lzi tion on the part of legisiators and an evident disposition finally to dispose of a!l measures relating to Japan and @ther aliens characterized today's ses- | slon of the legislature, Adopting a suggestion by Governor Gillett, the voted to appropriate $10,000 to the expenses of a census which shall show the number of Jap- anese in California, and the pursuits in which they are engaged. The nn-' ustics are to be used In consideration of future legislation, possibly Involv- ing 3 request by California for an Aslatic exclusion aet. | in the senate a resolution by Sena- | tor Mare Anthony groviding for a spe- clal elec wherein the voters of Cal- ifornin might express themselves on the subject of Asistic immigration, was defeateld by a vots of 22 to 12. The report of the conuuittee on ex- ecutive communicatie: advising against any anti-alien gislation at present, had been made the special crder for today in the senate, but its consideration was shut off on & point of orfer and the matter probably will not be revivad. THREW BOMSB AT WRONG TRAIN Attempt to Assassinate Lord Minto, Vicerey of India. Gatcutta, Web. 1L—A bomb was thrown at a raflroad train near Bar- rackpur, 15 miles north of here, yes- terday evening, and today an Investi- gation resulted in the suspidion that the act was an attempt upom the life of Lord Minto, the viceroy of India. The viceroy was due to pass this spot on his way to Assam, but & 50 hap- ned that e was en ancther train *pm explosion of the bomb did not r sult in in, to any on VENEZUELA NEGOTIATIONS, 8pecial Commissioner Buchanan Mak- ing Favorsble Progress. shington, ¥Feb. 11.—W. I, Buchan- an, speclal commissioner, who Is at 1a Guayra, negotiating with the V. nezuelan government for the settle- ment of the claims @f the United States against that .m:l'l, is making favorsvls progress, ing to des- yatches received &t the state depart- ment togday. Secretary Bacon is anx- fous that the negotiations be conclud- ed #s00on as possible, and expressed confidence Iu their sucoessful outcome, $1,000 TO EACH OLD EMPLOYE. Yonkers Carpet Workers Beneficiaries Under Mrs. Cochrane’s Will. Yenkers, N. Y., Feb. 11.—There was much rejoicing today among about 250 mployes of the Smith carpet works in Yonkers, when it became known that thers was a provision in the will of Mrs. B. E. (ochran bequeathing t.l.éw to each employe who has been the place for twenty years or more. 250 such, the @mount of this hequest will be upwards of $250,000. May Wheat $1.27 3-8¢ a Busl New York, Feb 11.—The highest ,.:I.c;h:‘r the geason n:;;r May ';hnt was 2 in the produce exchange to- Xhan that ontien sald mt §1.173-3 —President- | said he should place weight regarding nhn:ed here | cabinet aspirants, from the vicinity of shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon | Chicago. made it apparent that cabinet. vas enthusiastically | activity has begun. v o city, whose | there was a rumor here today that J. In this connection M. Dickinson of Chicago, general coun- sei for the Illinels Centrai railway, is ‘eing considered for the war portlolio, From what Mr. Taft said today it is a fair inference that he has yet de- for the treasury portfolio, but that as to the other places his ideas are decidedly more definite. First Draft of Inaugural Address. On the trip from Panama, Mr, Taft made the first draft of his inaugural address. This he intends to submit to certain friends in Washington on his forthcoming visit there next week, Civil Engineers’ Canal Report Not Yet Complete. The inability of the special board of civil engineers to complete their re- yort regarding tiie Panama canal, made the Washington visit planned by Mr. | Taft necessary. The engineers will go at once to Washington ,to complete their work and a complete approval of present plans and methods on the isth- m us. Canal Work Going on Right. In his speech on the steps of the city hall here today, Mr, Taft made what he said was a summing up of his re- cent trip. “I am here on my return from a great constructive work,” he sald, after paying his compliments to his audience “The greatest undertaking entered upon by any nation during the present two centuries, and 1 am glad to say to you, who perhaps are more inter- ested in that work than any other part of the people of the United States, that the work is going on as you would have it go on. That on the first of January, 1915, at least, if not before—and I am very much interest- ed in having it within the next four years—that canal will be completed. And when that time comes you will see loading cown this river your great commerce bound through those straits to the west coast of America, to the west coast.of South America, to the Orient, and to Australia. The American Push. “The board of engineers that accom- panied e bave examined the winle work, and they suy it is good; that it shall go on as it has gone on; that the organization on the isthmus, the American push and the good feeling that is thers. commends itself to them a8 men who understand groat works of that class, and convinces them that the canal is now an immediate pros- pect.” SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS WHO WANT MORE PAY May Be Called Before Appropriations Committee at Hartford. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11.—With the question before it of devising means to increase the revenues of the state to meet the running expenses, and with the appropriations committee already scrutininging the requests of depart- ment heads for very large appropria- tions for the next two years, the close of introduction of new business devel- ops an unprecedented condition of af- falrs in oume respect. Nearly every court clerk in the superior courts of the state, scores of other salaried of- ficers and employes under commissions have put in bilis for increases of sal- arles. Members of the appropriations committee say that nothing like it has been knewn before. There are numer- ous bills in to create new commissions, each carrying with them provisigns for staffs of clerks and office forces. Some of the requests for increases in salaries are astounding. One court clerk who is understood to have numerous per- quisites In addition to a salary of $4,+ 500, has asked for increases which would make his saiary $6,100. It 1s un- derstood that the committee will call before it many of the clerks who want mors money Linecln Celob-ation in England Pegan Last Night. London, ¥éb, 11.—The Lincoln cele- brations in England began at Roch- dale, Lancashire, tonight. A big meet- ine was held in the town hall and pre- slded over by the mayor. it which John L. GriMiihs. the American consul at Liverpool, deliver eloquent cen- spseches were oln's imperishable v d the fact thatt Rochdale’s greut trwnsman, John Bright, loyally supported the cause of Lineoin and the union. Five Farmers Charged with First Da—l gree Murder, Fort Smith, Ark., Feb. 11. harged with murder In the firse degree, five men, farmers of Scott county, were placed on trial today In Waldro The defendants are accused of been members of a moh whic monthe ago calied out John Bailey Iynched him. The murdered man had been warned to leave the county be- cause of his refusal to hold his crops for higher prices. Forcibly Ejected from Meeting of Irish Parliamentary Party. Dublin, Feb. 11.—Lawrence Ginnell, member of parliament from the north- ern a&lvision of Wastmouth, was forci- bly ejected from a meeting of the Irish parlismentary party today, after p sistently demanding an open disc sion of the party flnances, which the chairman ruled to be out of order. Mr. Ginnell accused one section of the members of using the funds of the party to aftack.and undermine an op- posing section. Mrs. Hettie Green Announces Her Daughtsr’s Engagement. Galt, Ont., Feb. 11—Miss K. L. Wilks of this city is” notifylng her friends in Galt of the following anmounce- ment made this week to their famwily and intimate friends: ‘Mrs. Hettle Green, New York, an- nounces the engagement of her onlv daughter, Miss Silvia, to Matthew As- tor Wilks. New York, cldest son of the late Matthew Wilks, Cruickston Rark, Cabled Paragrapis. FIRAC AL Suresnes, France, Feb. 11.—The fu- neral of Ehest Coquelin, the French actor, who died here three days ago, was held at the town church today. body will be buried at Boulogne, the birthplace of M, Coquelin. Madrid, Feb. 11.—A"violent storm is raging along the eastern coast of Spain. In Valencia harbor several ves- sels came into collisfon and a fisher- man was wrecked, three of the crew perishing, Trees have been uprooted, chimneys blown down and roofs dam- Yuzovka, Russia, Feb. 11.—The 125 miners who had been imprisoned in the Catherine mine for two days aft- er an explosion and fire on February 9, and whose lives were despaired of, made their escape from the mine to- day through an abandoned gallern Several of the men were overcome by fumes, but they were helped™out by their sturdier comrades. The second engineer dled of injuries soon after coming to the surface. STEAMSHIP REPUBLIC DISASTER BEARS FRUIT n of Wireless System tlantic Lines. New York, Feb, 11.—General Man- ager Bottomiey of the Marconi wire- less company says that the disaster to the steamship Republic, and the proposed legislation with regard to, wireless, is now bearing fruit in the | marked extension of the wireless sys- tem. The following steamers of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co., which have not been equipped here- tofore, are about to be equipped with the Marconi system: Koenig Albert, Friedrich der Grosse, Prinzess Alice, Necker, Kooenigin Lu- ise, Prinzess Irene, Rhein, Main and Barbarossa, The two new ships of the North German Lloyd steamship company, the Berlin and George Washington, will al- 20 be fitted with the same system as scon as they are put in commission. The Hamburg-American line has decided to equip the steamships Cleve- 1and and Cincinnati with the Mareoni vireless system. In additlon togthese, many steam- ship companies rdnning to Soath Am- erican ports have ordered such équip- ment for their ships and within the past few days the owners of fifteen ships have crdered the latest form of installation for their vessels NATIONAL SENATE. Secret Service Again—Re-enlistment of Discharged Negro Soldiers Op- posed. ‘Washineton, Feb. 11.—A report was made to the senate today by the com- | mittec on appropriations upon the president’s statements concerning the attitude of congress toward appro- priations for the support of the secret service. Seaator Hemenway, who prg- sented this report, added *hat the pres- | ident was not justified in making the statement contalped in his message to congress. | A bill was also passed repealing the increase in the salary of the secretary of state from $8,000 to $12,000, so as to permit Senator Knox to accept an appointment as seeretary of state, enator McLaurin made a speech op- posing the paksage of any bill for the re-enlistment of the negro goldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry accused of having “shoot up” Brewnsville. The senate adjourned until Monday. HOME-COMING OF THE FLEET. | Wireless Invitaftoq to Dinner to Be Given at Fortress Morroe Hotel. New York, Feb. 11.—An invitation to a dhme§ will he transmitied oy wire- less telégraph to the officers of the returning Atlantic battieskip fleet by Gen. Horace Porter, president of the | Navy League of the United States, as soon as the war vessels enter the radius of wireless communication with . The message will read as Navy League of the United States requests the henor of the com- ! pany of Rear Admiral Sperry, the flag officers, captairs, members o° their stafts and other officers of the fleet at the annual dinner of the leacue at ihe Hotel Chamberlain, Fortress Mon- roe, February 22, at § o'clock. (Signed) “HORACE PORTER, President.” General Porter has also telegraphed the captains of the scout cruisers, Sa- lem and Birmingham, which are at Charleston, 8. C., and to Rear Admiral Sperry when their vessels meet thy fleet in mid-ocean. Rear Admiral Sper- ry Has already tentatively accepted the inyitation and the wirel message: will simply five the date The league dinner is part of an ex- | tensive programme that is to be car- ried out coincident with the home com- ing of the fleet and the annual conven- tion of the league. The league mem- | | | | | bers will witness the president’s re- view of,the fleet in Hampton Roads on February 22 from a chartered steam.- | er. The convention will be held next | day at Chamberlain hotel, ELECTRIC CAR DERAILED. Dr. Morgan L. Woodruff of Pittsfield Fatally Injured. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 11—By the derailment of a rapidly moving car on | the Pittsfleld electric street railway tonight. Dr. Morgan L. Woodruff of | this city was fatally hurt and four oth- | er persons recelved minor injuries. Dr. Waoodruff. who is a prominent physi- | cian, sustained a skull fracture by he- ing thrown from the car and wedged under the fender The others injured are: Miss Kate Daly. aged 27, of Dalton, cut about the head; Joseph Danlels, aged 38, Pitis- field. head injured; Miss Annie Clark, Pittsfield, aged 30. cuts and bruises aboua the head: Thomas Claffey, aged 22, Pittsfleld, knee injured. Dr. Woodruff died two hours after | the accident. He was 58 years of ag & graduate of the University of Ver- mont and the Long Island college hos- pital in Brooklyn. He had been a member of the board of health and had held other offices. Remarkable Balloon Trip Across the | Alps. Saint Moritz, Switzerland, Feb. 11— Oscar Erbsloeh, the German geronaut, | who wont the 1nternatlonal balloon | race at St. Louls in 1907, has just com- | pleted a remarkable balloon trip | across the Alps aboard the “Berlin.” | The conditions under which the voy- | age was made were of unusual sever- ity. the thermometer averaging ahout | 12 below ‘zero, fahrenheit. Erbsloeh was in the air for thirty hours and reacked | ; maximum altitude of about 18,000 cet. Will Be Taken to Wethersfield Today Winsted, Conn., Feb. 11.—The jury in the criminal suverfor ccurt here to- day, after dellberating half an hour. brought in a verdict of guilty in the case of Saverio Riccl, who has been on trial for manslaughter in causing the death of Fugenlo di Massi. Di Massi died on September 13th last as the re- sult of stab wounds inflicted by Ricei a few days previously. Judge Curtiss sentenced Ricel to not less than seven nor more than fifteen years in state prison. Ricei will be taken to Weth- ersficld tomorrow. | o’'clock in the morning will | sentiment of the great American pec Lincoln Day - Prociamation BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PRES- IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SPECIAL LECAL HOLIDAY In District of Columbia and Territories —Many States, by Legislation, Make Lincoln’s Birthday a Legal Holiday. . ‘Washington, Feb, 11.—By joint res- olution, late today, congress made pro- vision, as far as possible, for the ob- servance of Fe ary 12, 1909, the cen- centennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, as a gpecial holiday, and authorized the president to issue a proclamation, making it effective in the District of Columbia and the ter- ritories of Alaska, Arizona, New Mex- ico and Hawail. In anticipation of the passage of such a resolution after he had depart- ed for Lincoln's birthelace in Ken- tucky, the president had prepared and signed a proclamation which was is-) sued ge soon as the joint resolution had been signed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house. . Legal Holiday in Other States. ‘While_this proclamation applies only | to the District of Columbia and the territories, the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware Illinois, Kan sas, Minnesota, Nevada, New New York, North Dakoia, P vania, Wasaington and Wyomi; by legislation made Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday. . President’s Proclamation. Following is tho president’s Lincoln day proclamation: A Proclamation: Whereas, by joint resolution of con- gress, it is provided that the twe day of February, 1909, the same being the centenrial anniversary of the birth of Abrakam Lincoln, be, und the same is hereby, made a sypecial legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States: And, whereas, by the said joint res- | clution the presfdent is authorized to issue a proclamation in accordance with the foregoing, setting apart the twelfth day of February, 1909, as a special legal holiday: Now, therefore, I. Thecdore Rooze- velt, president of the United States in America, in virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the same joint resolution, do hereby set apart the twelfth day of February, 1909, as a special jegal holiday. In witness whereof, I neve hereunto | set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washingtou, this elgventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred thirty-third, (Sigred) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the President: Robert Bacon, Secretary of State. TODAY'S CELEBRATION Exercises in Nearly 1000 Halls, Churches, Schools and Theaters. New York, Feb. 11.—Tonight saw the beginning of the greatest memorial celebration ever planned for a great man, when Lincoln meetings were held at the Brogdway tabernacle, in Trin- ity sschool and at the Jewish Theologi- cal seminary. Senator W. E. Borah and Congressman J. Van Vechten Ol- cott were among the speakers. The centennial of Abraham Lincoin’s birth will be celebrated in this city tomorrow in nearly 1,000 halls, churcl es, schools and theaters. Lincoln's services to humanity will be recited by famous orators, while everywhere his Gettysburg address will be read and probably & million voices unite in patriotic songs. Flags will float everywhere from public and pri- vate buildings and the holiday will be | generally observed cit _throughout the alutes from the guns on naval ves sels and harbor fortifications at § hail the day and then 700,000 children wil gather in the 561 schoolhouses for pa. triotic exercises. The city’s official celebration at' ‘Cooper Union at 2 p. m. will be in the hall in which Lincoln first appeared in the east. Mayor McClellan will call the meeting to order, Bishop Greer wil] offer prayer and Josenh H. Choate and Dr. Lyman Abbott will deliver orations. Ex-Senator John C. Spooner will b the orator at 4 p. m. at Columbia uni- versity, where the entire day will be given over to the celebration of Lin- coln’s m2mory and of Charles Darwin’s services to science. Tn the evening there will be a great demonstration in Carneeie hall, While other celebrations will be held throughout the greater city in halls, schools, churches and theaters. CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN AT NEW YORK. At_Banquet Speaks of Jingoistic War Talk Recently Heard. York, Feb. consul general of Japan 11.—Count Kokichi at ew zuno, New York, was warmly applauded to- | night at the banquet of the Silk As- soclation of America, given at the Waldorf-Astoria in commemoration of its 37th anniversary, when he de- nounced as unrepresentative of the sentiment of either the United States or Japar all the war talk and jingois tie _exp: ons recently heard. “War,” he said, “is a question of life and death for a nation. The destiny and fate of &n cmpire are of too gra moment -to be risked at the behest of a few ambitious politicians and pro- fessional alarmists. “I do not doubt ever ment that the present anti-japanese agitation does not represent the true I do deny hat there are jing istic papers in Japan, just as vou have in this country. But. depend upon it, in the true heartg of the true sous and daughters of the island of the ris- ing sun, the sincere desire for peace- ful relations with all the powers, and ‘especially. with our traditional friends, the Americans, is paramount.” Agricultural Appropriation Bill Passed Washingtcn, Feb. 11.—Aftes having traveled a thorny road for a week the agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the house of representatives today practically as it came from the committee, The debate dragged wear- ily on for several hours when the pro- ceedings were enlivened by g brief but spicy tilt hetween Mr. Macon, Arkan- sas, and Mr, Cook, Colorado. Japanese Independence Day. Washington, Feb., 11 —Qver the Japanese embassy in thic city ‘today flew the flag of the island empire, raised in commeraoratior of the Jap- -anese independence day. The day is observed as a religious holiday. and | will | { for a mo- 1 { | ! | to a pension | appeared before the judiciary commit- | of prisoners in the county jails. | Gonnecticut Legislature LAST DAY FOR INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS. { LIQUOR LIGENSE APPEALS Sealing of Ballots in Sop;r e Packagez Looking to Cleanliness—Minor Judgeships. { —Tenement House Bill Hartford, Feb. 11.—The senate was called 1o order at 11.30 by Lieutenant | Governor Weeks. Prayer by Chaplain | Sexton. Resolutions. By Senator Blakeslee — Increasing the number of directors of the South- ern New England Telephone company | to fifteen and providing that the stock- | | holders shall determine the number of | directors who shall constitute a quo- rum. Incorporations. By Senator Higgins (by request)— | Requesting the committee on military | affairs to report a bill providing a | pension for soldiers pf the Civil and Spanish wars. Military affair ! By Senator Higgins — Incorporating | the South Coventry Water company | and naming John B. Carman, Eugene‘ | | Tracy, James S. Morgan, Willlam . Higgins, Curtis Dean, Thomas H. Wood, R. Estelle Wood, Ann L, Car- man, Ellen N. Lloyd, Garellla Philli Louis M. Phillips, George L. Rose- brooks and Thomas J, Sears as incor- | porators; capital stock $6,000, witn tae | privilege of increasing it to $10,000. | Incorporations. { By Senator Searls—Authorizing the Willimantic Gas and Flectric company | to merge with any other-gas or elec- tric company doing business in Wind- | ham or Tolland counties. Incorpora- | tions, By Senator Turner — Appointing Chardes E. Lyman of ddlefield a trustee of tiie Connecticut Agricul- tural college. Regarding Licenses. By Senator Blakeslee—-That an ap- peal to the superior court from the granting of a license shall vacate the | lice and the causé shali be tr i the court on its merits. If (1 of the county commissioners firmed by the court be granted immediately. The party | appealing shall give the commissioners notice of the appeal five days after their decision is rendered, and shall give a bond to pay all costs in case he fails to sustain his app Appeals | slall be privileged cases in the order | of their trial. Exclse By Senator Blakeslee—That’ persons convicted of violating the license law shall forfeit his license and ail moneys that may have been paid therefor, and for a year after the revocation of the license he shall not be capable of re- ceiving a license, Chapter 99 of the Public Acts of 1903 is repealed. Ex- cise. Bills. By. Senator Brinsmade—That towns which shall establish a teachers' pen- sion fund shall pay teachers entitled -half their salaries, | Senate appointmen is the license shall con- | wrie but in no case shall the amount to a teacher exceed $500 annually. Educa- | tion. - By Senator Chamberlin—T' no in- corrigible boy under 16 yeurs shall be committed to any ja house or workhouse, but to a charita- ble institution chartered by the gen- | eral assembly. Judiciar; 3 Fenn—Establishing a | public service commission. > bill is the same™as that which was recom- menfled by the commission with an enacting clause. Judiciary By . Senator Brinsmade—Requiring every town and school districf having | ten thousand or more inhabitants to maintain evening schools. Education, Petition, By Senator Higgins—From the Gas and Electric company of Rockville to extend its busifiess into the towns of Willington and Mansfield. Judiciary. Correction. It was Couaty Commissioner B. F. Williams instead of Sheriff Brown who | | | | tee at the legislature on Tuesday rel tive to the bill regarding employmen day Adjourned to Tu i THE HOUSE. I Today was the last of the session | for the receipt of new business in the | house, and there was a perfect shower | of bills, resolutions and petitions in-| troduced. The house was called to order by Speaker Banks at 11.15. The house chaplain offercd prayer. The Rev. 1. B. Doolittle of Wallingford, house | chaplain session of 1907, occupied a seat on the speaker’s platform. Petitions. By Mr. Tibbits of Norwich—Of Jere. miah J. Desriond of Norwich to* au- thorize the city of Norwich to pay the | Reliance company $8,000. Citles and | boroughs. g v 1 Resolutions, | By Mr. Tibbits of Norwich (by quest)—Reimbursing Charles £, Hazle - hurst in the sum of $585 for expense incurred in the case of the state vs. | Charles E.’ Hazlehurst and for salary due as a member of the state police. | ms. b Bills. By Mr. Tibbits of Norwich — Amending an act concerning replevin Londs. JuMciary. By Mr. Peck of Stratford—Requir- ing indorsers of liquor license appli- cations, other than for a renewal of a license, to live or have a place of | business or own real estate within 500 | feet ises described in appli- Appointing Lucius H. Fuller judge | of the city court of Putnam. Appointing Mahlon H. Qeissler dex uty judge of the city court of Put- nam, Must Pay Taxes. M Barr of Suffield introduced a proposed bill which would prohibit all electors in arrears for poll and tary taxes from voting. Judiciary Sealing of Ballots, Mr. Whiton of New London—Of Whiton asking that an act be gsed providing for the sealing in separate packages of all straight bal Jots of each party all split ballots, all marked or questionable ballots, after counting following an election. Judi- ciary. By Mr. Whiton of New London— For the official distribution of officia. ballots at the homes of electors, Ju- diciary. By i Tenements. A tenement house Dbill was intro- duced by Mr. Malone of Bristol, to safeguard the health of residents there in and to establish a state board of tenement Qouse supervision to con- sist of five persons appointed by the | governor to aet without compensation. The bill provides for cleanliness in wall papering and kalsomining and re- quires frequent whitewashing of cel- lurs @aad air-shafts. to | sixth story window | boundary waterway | ticipated in a council of labor at ! Mexico, brought the owner td terms. | wail, is to send in his resignation to | delphia_navy | fore the legislative investig ! mittee today. | Bookmaking and Pool Selling in Fe | Governor M. E. I Total of Bills Slightly Less Than Two A Double Execution was carried oi publicly in Albi, France. x Premier Von Bisnnerth has recon- structed the Ausirian cabinet. Cornelius Cummins Choked Himself to death at the state, hospital in Co- lumbus, O. The Rivers and Harbors Improve- ments Bill will not be reported to the house this week. Miss Violet Brierly L of a business building In Denver. The Contract to Supply the British army with cornedl beef has been award- ed to a Chicago firm. The President Nominated Robert E. Mansfleld of Indiana to be consul gen- eral at Zurich, Switzerland. The Senate Committee on foreign re- lations did not take up the Canadian treaty. The Senate Confirmed the nomina- tion of John D. Pringle to be appraissr of merchandise at Pittsbure. Many Prominent Labor Leaders pn!r» the department of commerce 'and labor. = A Riot cf the Peons on the Hacienda owned by Juan Paulin, near Mor M. Cattulle-Abraham ndes, the French poet, was buried in Paris win civie thonors, but without religious ceremony. The Franchise Reform Bill, which has been before the Swedish legi ure for the past two years, finally passed both houses. / That an Ad Valorsm Duty on Wools vould result in many abuses was th clalm made before the hous mesans committee. The Steamer America h heen wrecked off the coast of Castellon, Spain. Sixty of her passengers and | ed. crew were s The Barking of a Collie Dog awoke he proprietor of the Hotel Del Burona New York and probably saved the | < of his guests. Robert W. Breckons, United attorney of the Ninth circult States of Ha- Attorney Genera! Bonaparte. | Orders Have Been Given for the es- tablishment at Amoy of a branch of the American marine hospltal. Sur- on A. D, Foster will be in charge The President Signed the urgent do- | jency bill and the resolution appro- priating $16,000 for the expenses of the inauguration of President-elect Taft The Establishment of a Children bureau in the department of the i terior s provided for in a bill oh the house commitiee will repcrt fsvor- ably \ The Dublin that Iri / Irish Naticnal Convention it adopted a resolution urzing h he made a compulsory at the Natic university. Secretary Newberry Discussed with a committés of workmen in the Phila- | yard his plan for the in the pavy consolidation of bureaus | department. r nresident Patrick J. Kiernan, fo | of the failed Fidelity Funding com- pany, declared before Tnited & Commissioner Alexarfier that if he the company wo company’s affairs s creditors In tull. | in six months p. | B { THE HATTERS' STRIKE. } Under Guard of Pinkerton Men Strike Breakers Reach Newark. - | b. 11.—One hundred Newark, N and fifty men and boys, under guard of a force of Pinkerton men, arrived here today o act as strike breakers at the Thomas Smith Hat company's ghop. Out of the 150 the firm accept- ad 16 perlence in nufacturing | leave, tiary. Moungdsville, W. Va., Feb. 11.—That | 10 cent packages of tobacco wes | | for 25 cents in the prison by convicts | who had reither federal or state 1l- | cense, and who were said to be acting for certafn prison fied to by Conv Most of the other te: to petty graft, & mony relate | Serious Outbreak of Smallpox in a| Missouri Collegs. | Liberty, Mo., Feb. 11.—Willia ell college Is closed because of & ous- outbreak of smallpox an students, who numgber six Fifteen students have the d the entire dormitory is q Guards are stationed to keem students i , and the ted into & hospital for the sick students. | 3 its) a hundre Feb. 11.—Acting v approved the anti- race track gambling bill this afternocon, | thus giving assurance that the act will become effective June 1 of this year. The mew law puts bookmaking and pool selling in the felony class. Olympia, committee on public heaith and safety. Adjourned to Tuesday NOW READY FOR BUSINESS. Years Ago. Hartford, Feb. 11.—The general as- sembly is now ready to proceed with | the transaction of business, the tim limit on introduction of new meas- ures having expired with the adjourn- ment of both bodies this afternoon, The total number of bills is slightiy less than two years ago, while there Is a noticeable failing off in the num- ber of petitions for various matters, chiefly for new trolley lines The bill for a public utilities com- mission has gone in. Governor Lilley is very hopeful of its passage, as he finds very little opposition to the prin- ciple of the measure, ard is greatly impressed by the number of voluntary promjses of members of both branches to aid in its passage. Under the law the governor will be obliged to make two rallroad commis- slon appointments within the next fortnight and he will reappoint ' O. R Fyler and Andrew F. Gates. whose terms expire, Should the public util- ities bill pass it is belleved that the life of the railroad commission will be short. The claims of candidates for raflroad commissioners have not been presented to the governor, and so far there have been no applicants for either position. n | dience | ance. | ed and ! found. d | and | Sing Sing. | clear out wk 1 E TWO cENI: In a Mutiny OBJECT TO BEING TRANSFERRED TO REGULAR ARMY. EXCITEMENT AT HAVANA PALACE 1 Mutineers Demand Immediate Audi- ence of President Gomez—Men Final- ly Transferred Under Armed Escort. Havana, Feb. 11.—Mutiny broke out this afternoon among a company of the rural guard just as the men were about to embark in launches to be transported across the harbor to Ci banas fortress, Stormed the Palace. When the men learned they were to be transferred from the rural guard to the permanent army, in accordance with a decree issued by Governor Magoon authorizing the transfer of one battalion, they refused to embark and, led by a subaltern officer, rushed to the palace. They entered the courte vard and demanded an immediate au- of President Gomez, Were Barred by Police Guard. Some attempted to ascend the stai way to the presidential apartments, but the way was barred by the police guard armed with revolyvers. The mu- tineers, being unarmed, thereupon re- treated, but they remained in the courtyard, shouting that they refused to suomit to the transfer and demand- ed to be returned to their hom in Matanzas and Santa Clara, whence they had come to particlpate in the inaugural ceremonies Great Excitement for a Time. For a time there was great exclte- ment around the palace precincts and General Pino Guerra, the commander of the permanent army, and General Montagudo, the commander of the ru- ral guard, were summonkd, They su eeded eventually in restoring order and in persuading the men to submit The men were then sent under an armed escort to Cabanas. CLERICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENATE CLERK. Resolution Passed Giving Appropr tion of $1,300—Senator Luther Op- posed. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11.—The sen- 2te this afternovn passed the resolu- tion giving to the senate clerk an ap- propriati>n of $1,300 for clerical assist- The matter came in under a favorable report of the sénate commit- tee on contingent expenses. Senator Higgins, as the chalrmah, spoke In fa- vor of the measure, saying that while the clerk was allowed a salary of $3,600 Wik necessary that he should have sistance in order that the great amount of business could be quickly handled for the printers. He said t waile the law sct forth that the clerk's s Had made it impera~ tunce should be provide paid fur by the state. Senator Luther opposed the resolu- tion, that he did not believe the G fail to fulfill his duties un constitution nor did he belle violate the law. He was an ample one, for the term of the legislature it covered he believed that the clerk was the b paid officer of the state, Instead of voting money for clerical hire he believed that the mat- ter show.d be postponed until mittee on legislative expenses drz uy an ementment to the to provide for an assistant clerk necessary, or to set forth in & Bgal way a method of providing for eclerk hire. He said it had become a pri tice of bringing in resolutions to pay in f 12 t which for extra work in direct 0 the statutes. He sald that if safary of the clerk 1s not ample—and 1t was ample, in his o6pinion—he belleved it #hould be made so. There was a lively debate for some time over the matter and finally Sen ator Luther's motion to postpone lost, 14 to 11, and the resolution pass- ed. Senator Luther then had admitted his bill calling upon the committee on legislative expenses to report a new ring the matter of additional RECAPTURED HALF STARVED. | Two Convicts Who Escaped from Sing Sing Last Tuesday. v York, Feb. 11.-—Poul Kelly, th and former Policeman . MoCi . conwicts at Sing y ng, who escaped Tuesday from the prison camp at Bear Mountain, were recaptured today near a railroad yanl in West New York, N. J. The men wsre in a sad state from exposure and hunger, and surrendered readily when They were warmed and fed, tonight they were returned to Both men were bitter in their denunciation of the treatment shown them in prison. Kelly sald: “The grub at the camp was not fit for dogs, and we decided on Tuesday to n we saw the chance. We we would rather die than we had to there and In agreed t endure what Sing Sing.” NEW HAVEN ROAD EARNINGS For Quarter Ending Dec. 31 Last Show Decrease in Gross Amount. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 11.—The earnings of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company for the quarter ending Dec. 31 last show a gross amount of $13,901,608.43, a de- crease of $214,780.21 as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1907. The operating expenses were $9,703,036.32, a decreasc of $531,827.94. The net earnings from operation were $4,198,572.10. Income from other cources tha peration increased $224,. 444.59. Interest, rentals and taxes In- creased $285,601.11. The surplus for the quarter was $916.214.36, against a rurplus of $650,- 328.25 for the same quarter of 1907, an increase in net income of $265891.11. South Manchester Young Weman Missing. South Manchester, Conn., Feb, 11.— Telling her mother that she was going to Hartford to eqnsult a dentist, Mary ‘W. Bennet, 20 y old; left her home at 61 West Center street, Tuesday aft- ernoon, and no trace has been found of her since that time. Miss Bennet was an employe of the Cheney sflk mill and prominent in the church work of St. Mar; Episcopal church, in the choir of which she sang. Neither he mother nor a know of any r son why she should have left her home, Earthsuake in France. Rodez, France, Feb. 11.~A sharp experienced e:rthquake ahcr.'k wa|| 0 n this district this mornin, was ? Two mfi, domage is re- ceded by dull rumblin tion= sere recorded.