Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 13, 1909, Page 1

FEWER FREAK BILLS THAN USUAL Number of Measures Put in in Both Houses Totals About Fifteen Hundred THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY Has Business Enough, Old Timers Predict, to Keep It Busy Until About August—One Novel Bill Frovides for the Sterilization of Criminals—Neither the No-License People Nor the Liquor Element Have Been Idle. (Special to The Bulletin.) Harttord, Feb, 13.—Now the time S which new business may be intro- duced in the state legislature is at an end, it is plain that the number of mensures which the state’s legislators have before them is considerably less than was the case two years ago, when pumerically all records were broken. Tiiere are fully as many dills for pub. lic acts in hand this time, but the res= olutions and’ petitions fall far behind, At o guess, probably tie number of measures put in in both bouses this time will_not totai three-quarters of the something like 2,000 of 1907. There are far less trolley measures, for one thing, and little or no general raii- road legislation, & rare thing with Connecticut legislatures of late years. Long Session Predicted. At the same time, there are a large number of measures Which are of far: reaching importance gnd while doub less the majority of these have not the necessary influence and push behind them to make them formidable, there are enough which will recetve serious efation to ooeupy the time of the general assembly well into the sum- mer, It is freeiy prodicted by the old Umers that this session will not fall short of the length of the record »f 1907, which adjourned on of August. “If that is it is quite within the pos- ities that annua] sessions of lim- duration may receive serious at- tention. Annual Sessions Limited to Three Months. There has been introAuced a_bill providing for annual sessions _mited to three months, and the purpose of its supporters is to hafe the legislature meet every day in the week during those three months Gud finish up the business in good order. This propo- sition has 1ot the suppori of any of the nent state leaders as yet, but 1t will be hard to justify to the people of Connect other legislative ses- sion 1 aftes midsummer, Two T o the rules, to the hou 4 another to the joint 7 arig on this question, -but the forin-r would ¢ tend to hasten businoes It provifles that no may move the previous ques- 3 at Lhe close of his own marks, tice vwhich hag come 10 be looked tpou as almoxt the prorogntive of the oer ieading the- debate for the e and at times of the house teader st les, @ ines The ikes at the root of much difii sulons by per- mitting com to refrain from making unfavorable reports uniess a1 ure. mittee 1o Ly the proponent. of the his would permit & com- °thin & measure until it » revort it and to simpl «u great variety of mease h there is mo use for. It ax propased this time, de- was ready prive a memi oducing & bill of a committe on the matter, however. The proposition comes up for 1 d consecutive session, and there no. more chenée of the two e taking kindly to it this time than formerly. It would help some, no dount. but it strikes at the root dure and to Jead to throwing away r mew business entirely and itting members to introduce new sinere oty time, go most legla bodies In this country do, and, revolutionizing - our whole 0d. Moasures Too Novel for Passage Now, There geain to be less feak measures before this legislature than usual and erhaps more that have real merit, though jot a few Are too novel for p:‘:cu{:l this time. One of these is & bill Aroviding for #he sterilization of criminals, @hich is ¥n practice in In- diana and found to work excellently. The idea is to prevent criminals, in- #ave and defectives from passing their characteristios on o another genera- tion, It f= certain that we have reach- ed a point where we must adopt some preventive measurs to protect our- seives against e constantly increasing financial drain, to say nothing of other evil results. becauec of the presence of these classes in such alarmingly in- rr"nl'nr numbers. ‘The supporters of the bill goubt it Connecticut is edu- cated up to the point of edopting it yet, though the authorities in our state Institutione favor something of the Xind. State Farm for lnebri . Tn this same general assembly have fbeen introduced measures providing for a commission te study the whole question of Insanity, & eommission on inebristes and one to fvestigate im- migration of allens into this state and the conditions surrounding their life here, not to speak of the bill to pro- yide a state farm for Inebriatcs and large appropriations for both state hospitais for (he insame and for th other state charitaple and eleemosyna ry instftutions. Another hearing is to ‘e given on the bill mentioned in the other paragraph, and no little interest In the subject is being worked up. Multiplicity of Commission: There is a multiplicity of commis. sions providled for In the new business, among ‘them being the public utilities commission, a commission to purchase Jands along the Connecticut river for a state rlfl:, 0126 on uniferm city char- ters and & commigsion to inquire into @ recent purchase of land by the city of New Haven im which the news- Pers insist there ls graft concealed. en there are numerous single headed commissions proposed, on optomefry, pharmacy, plumb) public sccount- ants, public records and public ac- counts, among ethers, to say nothing of a change 10 & Single lieaded com- mission on fish and game. New Method of 8pending State Money The commission to purchase lands on the Conmectfcut brings forward a new method of spending the money of the state, a new show of paternalism. Connecticut has alroady state reserva- tions, but in each ease they have come into existence se thers is his- torical .mmumuum 10 the © #pot and the sentiment it created has # to warrant their till another prop- been atro nq'r purchase, The; reservation admirable. osition for a state ch, in the i all svents, it ne is what the cerrespondents cle over. - The measure concerned hoposes o have the state take over the Meriden peaks, in the vicinity of which is some of the finest scenery in the New Hngland states. The nigger in the wood pile is the effort of C. J. Danaher of Meriden and others to get again a charter they once possessed for a cog road up West peaks Limiting of Licenses. The no-licenst @ and the liquor element have nel s of them beer ldle in the introduction of mew measures, though the former have the advantage numerically. Among their more un- usual propositions is the limiting of licenses in license towns to one to & thousand of ‘the population, closing all liquor clubs by ¢! ing them as com- mon nuisances, to say nothing of a straight_prohibitory law, while early closing for galoons, an anti-screen law, rohibiting women from loitering and Pigh licemso are represented by nu- merous bills. The temperance people proper, as represented by H, H. Spoon- er, the temperance lobbyist whom ev- erybody likes so well, do not father as strong a limitation bill as 1 to 1,000 though they have limitation bills in. One to a thousand is really the prop- osition of Judge Waller of New Lon- don, and the bill applies only to towns which return to Hcense after having been no-license for a term. The judge believes that his home city of New London would vote ne-license once in order to take advantage of this law if it became such Meantime the lquor people have put in measures amending the so-called five-signer bill passed on the last day of the 1907 sessiom, which has ever since been a thorn in the side of Brew er Kendall of New Haven, their lead- ing lobby worker, permitting hotel- keepers to sel] Sundays to their guests and allowing the licensing of hotels in no-license towns. Plenty of Auto Business to Consider. ~There are no radical automobile measures, though the committee on bridges and rivers will have plenty of anto business to censider. It is proposed, for one thing, to cre- e an antomobile commissioner at a 00 salary who shall issue licenses and revoka the same, thus taking away from the office of ghe secretary of state work which never properly be- Jonged there. Then it is proposed to make the speed Jimit in the present law variously different, and as low as ten miles an hour within cities and 15 in towns within one mile radius of the postoffice. It s also proposed to take epecial means of protection at particu- larly dengerous places on the roads and (g compel antos to stop entirely and Wait when they come to a street car discharging passengers. Two More Judges of Superior Court. The first measure to be reported is that authorizing the appointment of two inore judges of the superior court which passed the judiciary committee without a dissenting vote and wili un- doubtedly pass both houses with ease. There was some sentiment among the Judges themselves for the appointment of but one extra judge now and another two years from now, but this did not get far when, the temper of the com- mittec was learned by them, That Governor -Lilley will appoint Judge Burpee of Waterbury and State's At- torney Williams of New Haven county to fill the two vacancies which occur during his term is regarded as cer- tain, but who will get the two new places s as yet a puzzle. SAW AND HEARD LINCOLN HERE IN 18%6. George Lincoln Yeomans of Lafayette Street Voted for Him Twice. Among the few people now left in Norwiech who had the pleasure of seeing and listening to Abraham Lin- coln in 1856, the time of the, Buchanan and Fremont campaigns, was George L. Yeomans of No. 21 Lafayette street. Mr. Lincoln spoke in the old court- house on Court street, and owing to the immense gathering Mr. Yeomans wag ot able t0 meet him personally. As Mr. Yeomans’' middle name is Lin- coln, he always took deep interest in the career of his illustrious namesake, an interest he holds to the present day. In 1860 Mr. Yeomans cast his vote for Lincoln and did the same in 1864, Rosebuds Won. The team known as the Rosebuds were the winners Priday night in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium in the com- petition in the 12-pound shot put in the employed boys’ class. They scored 444 points, to 411 by the Tigers, 397 by the Merry Widowers, and 397 by the Clippers. On totals the Tigers now lead by a score of 2,637 point the Clippers have 2,380.5, the Merry Wid- owers 54.5. and the Rosebuds bhave 2.351.6. Burke of the Merry Widowers led with & put of 28.5 feet. Swan of the Rosebuds second, with 26 feet, and Collagan of the Rosebuds third with 18 feet. In basketball the Tigers beat the Rosebuds, 7 to 5. The score was tied at the end of the second period, and the Tigers won out in 10 minutes ov- ertime. Business College Alumni Association. One of the most enjovable social evenings of the Norwich Business Col- lege Alumni association wae held on Friday evening at the college rooms in Main street, with a large attendance, which included bers from Jewett City, Plainfield, Montville, Westerly, Taftville and Baitic. The grand march of 50 couples was led by Lew- is Carpenter and Miss Agnes Wiison, A souvenir programme with local hits was a popular feature. Punch and wafters were served. The committees in charge included: Dance, W. B. Crooks, Lewis Carpenter, Miss May Riordan, Miss Elizabeth Wilson; en- tertainment, Oliver Armstrong, W. B. Lathrop, and Miss Myrtle Himes. Masquerade Social. A largely attended masquerade was given Friday evening in theiy hall on Talman street by the Froéqlichkeit Singing society. The music was by the Kraus orchestra, and the grand march of nearly i00 couples was led by Nicholas Helgel and partner. In charge of the rafreshments was the Edelweiss society, and the general commitiee of arranflements was Joseph Parringer, August Hahn and Gustev Thumm., Dublin, Feb, 12.—The Irish land- owners' convention, In session today, attacked virulentlythe proposed land bills of Mr. Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, and adopted a resolution de- manding its rejection by parliament. London, Feb. 12.—The Earl and the ‘Countess 0f Granard arrived here to- night after their honeymoon spent‘in Paris, and drove from the railway sta- tion to their residence in a roya] car- riage. The ear] married Miss Beatrice Mills in New York last month. Villa Vicosa, Portugal, Feb. 12.— King Alfonso of Spain arrived here to- day and was greeted at the railroad station by King Fmanuel. It is an- nounced that after his majesty partic- ipated in the ceremonies in connection with the launching of his racing yacht at San Sebastian, on February 19, he will proceed to Pau, France, Tokio, Feb. 12.—At the official resi- dence of Count Womura tonight there occurred the afnual dinner celebration of the formation of the Anglo-Japanese alllance, In his address Count Ko- mura dwelt particularly upon Japanese appreciation of the benefits derived from the alliance between the two countrles. Sir Claude MacDopald, the British ambassador, replied in terms equatliy felicitous. St, Petersburg, Feb. 12.—Irregulari- ties amounting to over one million dol- lars have been discovered as the re- sult_of an investigation which Senator Garin is making of the army quarter- master. The stores and offices of many leading business firms have been searched for evidence of the illegal digposition of government gupplies and several high officials are reported to have been Implicated in tha irregulari- ties. ARCANUM CLUB BOWLING. Class A. Match Between Teams One and Three Won by the Former. On Friday evening at the Arcanum club there was a bowling match in Class A teams One and Two, which resuited in favor of the former by close scores. They wont the first game by =ix pins and the third game by 18 pins. Team Three won the second game by 33 pins, due to Holmes' high single, 221, and they also had the team total by nine pins. Two of the players only went over 500, Holmes being high with 545 and Honeyman getting 516. Holmes had 11 strikes for high. while three were tied on 15 spares. Meech and Fox scored and Church acted as referee. The summary: ¢ Team One. st. sp. m. b. Ho'eyman 154 166 196—516 10 12 4 4 Wulf 150 174 149—473 615 5 4 Crawford 152 170 188—48%0 715 6 2 456,510 513-1479 23 4215 10 Team Three. st. sp. m. b. ‘Hatch 146 160 183—473 6 14 9 1 Richmond 176 162 132470 6 15 5 4 Holmes 129 221 195545 11 11 8 5 450 543 495-1488 23 40 17 10 Team Standing. ‘Won. Lost. P.C. Team 2 14 10 .583 Team 1 . 13 11 542 Team 3 1] 15 375 SUPT. SYMINGTON DISCHARGED. Deputy Judge Barnes Decides That Health Officer's Orders Should Be Written. In the city court on Friday morning the continued case against Frederick Symington was called, he being charg- ed with disobeving the heelth gfficer's orders. Upon being put to plba Mr. Symington said not guilty. Dr. N. B. Lewls, health officer, was ealied, and testifled that he heard that Irene Fowl- er, who had been suffering from scar- let fever, was about to be discharged from the Backus hospital, and he told | Superintendent Symington not to let her go. Dr. Robert Agnew of the hospital was called and told of teking the girl home, He described the rules for dis- charging patients there. Superintendent Symington. when called, testified as to the admission of patients and their discharge is ai- lowed when the doctor in charge signs the blank. = The girl was a town pa- tient and Dr. Donohue signed the card discharging her. He did not under-| stand Dr. Lewis to say the girl must stay in fhe hospital or that she had the scarlet fever. He did mot think the talk with Dr. Lewls was an order and could notgremember all that was id when he met Dr. Lewis and they met Dr. Donohue. Deputy Judge Barnes, in discharg- ing Mr. Symington, stated that he had great respect for Dr. Lewis, but the court was of the opinion that such an important order should have been in writing, and in view of the features of the case he decided to discharge the accused. There were many doctors at the sessiom. CHRISTOPHER THURBER SPEAK Tells of the Work of Church Settle- ment Danbury, N. H., to Women of Christ Churéh. A largely attended meeting of the women of Christ church was held at the Norwich club house Friday after- noon. AfterSthe reading of the min- utes by the secretary of the Parish Ald soclety, Mrs, Nelson D. Robinson. the president of society, Mrs. Willlam C. Lanman, gave an outline of the parish sacial to be held at the Norwich club house Thursday evening. Feb. 18. This was followed by an address by Christopher C. Thurber, who gave an interesting account of the work of the church settlement in Danbury, N. H., of the camp for noor hoys at Danbury. which i< conducted by the boys of St. Paul’s school, Concord. He also told of the work whick 18 being done among the lumber camps of New Hampshire. Mre. E. J. Warner poured tea. The meeting was in_charge of Mrs. Frank T. Brown and Mrs. Howard L. Stan- ton. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PROGRAMME Feature Was Address by Gen. W. A. Aiken on Personal Regollections of Lincoln. The robms of the Christian Science society were filled. on Friday rvening for the special programme In honor of the Lincoln anniversary. Tie fea- ture of the evening was the address by Gen, W, A. Afken on Lincoln. He gave resume of Lincoln's Life and then tmpressively told of his personal knowledge of the creat emancipator and of hig trip to Washington for Gov. Buckin . He believed Lincoln's great success was due to the knowl- e6ge he obtained from fundamental booke. The programme closed with the Christian Sclence service. Moral Effect of Lincoln's Assassination Rev. Lester L. West, D, D, will preach a sermon of special interest at the Sunday morning service of the Second Congregational church. At this time when everybody is tatking and thinking of Abraham Lincoin Dr. West has prepared this sermon on The Moral Effects of ssination of Presi- dent Lincoln. topic cannot fail to be deeply WAS RETURNING FROM LINCOLN IMEMORIAL SERVICE. RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE In a New York Street—Police Making Every Effort to Learn Names of Par- ty in the Machine. vew York, Feb. 12.—The police of Manhattan are bending every effort tonight to ascertain the identity of a party of automobilists who are be- lieved to have run down and killed Mrs. BEdwin Stanton McCook, 69 years old, of Chicago, the widow of Gen. Edwin 8. the McCook, of famous i Tracked for V‘Mg_gy_'_ Months SUCCESSFUL. SLAYERS OF TWO AMERICANS In the Philippines Captured by Con- stabulary in Interior of the Island of Negros—Leaders Caught. ’ Manila, Feb. 12.—After months of tracking through mountains and dense forests in the interior of the isId of Negros, a force of eonstabulary has finally run dotwn and captured two of the murderers of H. D. Everett, assist ant director of the bureau of forestr: of the Philippines, and T. R. Wakely no reinforcement by argument. known to man. lisher as a practical truth, ting it ular’ advertisement, and the; headed business man that mof than money spent in rent. several years, and there is going to The Bulletin's subscription list January 1, 1810, it expects to have “Fighting McCbok” family, at some point between West Sixty-eighth street and- East Seventy-fifth street. | Mystery Engages Detective Force. Mrs. McCook, who had been spend- ing the gay at the home of Gen. An- son G. MeCook, her husband's cousin, attended Lincoln memorial services at Sixty-eighth street and Central Park West in the morning, in company with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles M. Rt k, of Chicago. the conclusion of the ceremonies the two women separated, Mrs. Charles McCook returning to the home of An- son G. McCook and the other woman starting for home. What happened during the next half hour is a mystery which is engaging the attention of the detective force. The Known Facts. ‘The known facts are that a few min- utes after Mrs. Charles McCook reached the Anson G. McCook home Mrs. Edwin MecCook was brought to the house in an automobile in which were an unidentified man and woman. Mrs. McCook had had several ribs fractured and was suffering from in- ternal injuries. The urknown man and woman re- mained in the automebile while the chauffeur and the McCook butler car- ried the injured woman into the house. The chauffeur announced that Mrs. McCook had been run over “by a car’ | and that he had picked her up and brought her home. The jnjured woman revived for a few seconds and said: “I was run over by a motor.” The chauffeur then scribbled on a scrap of paper a name and an address which were afterwards discovered to be fictitious and hurried away in the automobile. Cold Wave Swept Southern France. Paris, Feb. 12.—The central and southern, portions of France are in the grip of a cold wave, Heavy-snowfalls have blocked traffic and three persons have died as @ result of the cold in Paris, where tonight an icy north wind Cleared the streets and boulevards of people, The thermometer late otnight registered five degrees below freezing. OBITUARY. Mrs. Henry N. Wood. | Mrs. Henry N. Wood died at 1.45 | this orning at Waucegan, after- an | ilme{o{ several weeks She under- went an operation Thursday, from which she did not recover. She was born in Canterbury 57 years ago, her malden name being Adaliza Waldo, the daughfer of Mr. and Mrs. Tnoch Waldo. She married Henry N. Wood 37 years ago in Danielson, and had resided in Wauregan 22 years. She was a member of the Congrega- tional church and a jast noble grand of Sara Bebekah lodge, 1. 0. O. F., of Central Village. She was 3 woman of many friends, who will deeply regret her death. She js survived by her husband, Hen- ry N. Wood, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Perkins of Occum. She Jeaves a sister, Mry. Joseph D. Hall of Danielson. y Eagles’ Athletio Soci The Fagles' Athletic club gave their opening. social Friday evening in T. A. B. hall. having a large number pres- ent, and a merry time was enjoyed. The €adillac orchestra played. The commitfec in charge included Louis Trachtenberg, Harry Crum, Herman Budnieck and David Bendett, with Louis Swatzburg as floor direttor. Want Longer Night School. The Central district night school closed Friday evenjng. Three petitions for more nights of schoo] were pre- sented to the acting school visitor, coming from three of the classes, They have had 75 nights of school and now ask that they be given 25 mores. The matter will be taken up by the school board. Miss Butts’ School. A short programme was carried out at Miss Butts' school 6n Friday mern- ing at 11 o'clock for the pupils and a It Takes Money To Make Mimey This is a Homely business faxim which is so true that It needs It is an output of experience and Tt strikes the advertiser as belng wise, and the pub- ‘The patron who buys The BuMetin, if he makes a practical use of it, moons finds that it works in as simple a thing as & two cent pur- chase, “Putting money out brings money in,” is another way of put- The steady advertiser bears constant evidence of this by his reg- are enough of these to oonvert any clear- spent in advertising is no more wasted “There is going to be more business fn 1969 than there has been for | The Bulletin expects to reap its full share of it. Its rates are always reasonable and the results are certain. Subscribe now. The Bulletin will be left at your door for 12 cents a Following i§ a summary of the news printed the past week: Bulletin Telegrap’s Loca: Gensrn. Torty Saturday. Feb. 6 94 147 830 1071 Honday, Feb., 8 80 125 240 445 Tuesday, Feb. -9 92 120 211 423 | Wednesda, Feb. 10 80 75 180 335 Thursday, Feb. 11 60 108 180 348 Friday, Feb. 12 90 101 255 456 Total. - - - - 496 676 1896 3075 few friends. The feature was an ad- dress by General'W. A. Aiken on Per- sonal Recollections of Lincoln, his im- pressive talk thoroughly imteresting the sehool. it seems to fit every business be more advertising because of it. i growing slowly but surely. On more subscribers than ever before. another governmentforester, who were treacherously killed by a band of na- tives while surveying the Isiand last] June. As an example to oiher hillmen in the island, -the government ham kept up & relentless purguit of the band sinee the day the two Americans were murdered; ‘and after almost eight months of tracking the constabulary have captured two of the leaders, Pur- suit will be continued until the rest of the band have heen hunted down. PANAMA CANAL PURCHASE. Sweeping Defense of the Tafts, Crom- weil and Others. Washington, Feb, 12.—The of corruption and fraud in with the Panama canal purchase made by Representative Rainey recently were revived in the house of repre- sentatives today when Mr. Lovering of Massachusetts entered a sweeping de fense of Williem Nelson Cromuwell Willlam H. Taft, Charles P. Taft and others whom Mr. Rainey named as having_been involved in the transac tion. Messrs. Olcott (New York) and Bannon (Ohio) added their voices in protest against Mr. Rainey’s state- ments. When Mr. Lovering began the Tilinois member had gone to the sta- tion to take a train for Baltimore, ‘where he was to deliver a Lincoln day address, but he was hastily called back, Mr. Loverinig in she meantime ' sus- pending his remarks. Mr. Rainey wa: obliged. to leave shortly afterward to’ keep his engagement but he announced that he would rake full reply. charges connection THAW’S 37TH BIRTHDAY. Mother ots of Things to Her Prisoner Son. Good Matteawan, . 12.—The rule prohibiting visits to prisoners confined in_the Matteawan state hospital- on holidays. was suspended today to per- mit Mrs, William Thaw to visit her son, Harry Kendall Thaw, this being his 37th birthday. Accompanied by Thaws counsel, Oharles Morschauser of Poughkeepsie, Mrs, Thaw left the house of Mrs. Skerwood Phillips with whom she has been boarding here for some time, and went to the hospital, carrving bas- kets of good things and other re brances to the prisoner, T mained with Thaw two hour: has been confined someh P vear in the state hospital. He Is apparently cheerful and_especiaily so today. He has gained 23 pounds,dur- ing his stay In the asylum and now welghs 178 pounds. Mrs. Willlam Thaw is very attentive to her son and when- ever the opportunity presents visits nhim, always bringing with her some dainties. Second Annual Dinner of Connecticut Harvard Club. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12—The sec- ond annual dinner of the Connecticut Harvard club, held at the Hartford club here tonight, was addrested by President Flavel Luther of Trinity Edgar H. Wells, secretary of the Har- vard Alumni asseciation; F. J. Wendell of New York, Bishop Chauncey B, Brewster and Dean W. C. Sabine of Cambridge. METHODIST CONCERT. Largely Attended and Given for Ben- ofit of the Choir. In a concert for the benefit of the choir of Trinity Methodist Episcopal chu the Olympia quartette made its initial appearance before a Norwich | and the manager apologized iu court. Condensed T Russell Mfir—: a prominent New York architect and a former Marytand- er_is dead, aged 72 years. An Effort to Exclude a negro from a public skating rink m Engand faled John Edward Redmond was unani- mously re-elected chairman ot the Irish parliamentary party at Dublin. | Mrs. Mary Farmer s (o be vacmed‘ at Auburn prison the week of March 29 for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Bren- nan, An Anonymous Writer inforinied. the Patis police that he saw Catule-A: ham Meades kiiled by a fellow trav eler. A Review of the Work of the re- clamation service was given to the house committee by Secmetary Gur- fleld. ¥ King Edward’s Visit to Emperor Wil- liam has been made somewhat unco fortable by an wttack of bronchial cu- tarrh. Oscar Mundhink, an artist, of Cin- cinnati, went to a church in which had | been placed a statue he created and wrecked it. It Was Réported at King Edgvard did not lo with faver upon Difke of the Abruzzi's attentions to Miss-Elkins. For the Murder of Oieeka Luite a 17 year old Galician, last Good Fri day, Stefan Swyrlda was hanged at Brampton, Ont. A Senate Bill Was Passed by the house exterlding the time for the con- struction of the Lake Erle and Ohio River ship canal. It is Rumored in Rome that Mon- signor Kennedy, rector of the Ameri- can college at Rome, will be named bishop of Cleveland, O. A Decision Invelving the paying of $5,000,000 damages was made by the privy council of Great Britain against the Dominion Coal company. Ferdinand C. Fox flled a camplaint with the department of justice against the Confections’ assoeiation of Balti- more, which he charges to be an i combine. AN AUCTION OF WHITE MEN ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY ozrams | OOSE Hodgenville,- Ky, Feb, forth the birthplace of Abraham Lin- coin Is to be marked by a pile of sto The emancipator of & race, and more than tha:, the itberator of the thought {of a nation, builded hi* own monu- ent in the heart of the world, and prypriately the physical structure whic has now found a beginning the place where Lincoln first saw the light takes the simplersname of a me- morial. It I3 to be a simple but classic bulld- were participated in by the president, nt Wilson of Montgomery sissippi, a megro and ex-slave. With one exception the orators, repre. enting not only the conflicting sides in the great strurele, but the present generation as well, the two poliical arties and the white and black ri the different sections of th and the same . a_splendid new stars and stripes, fiuttering over them At Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn—Auction Served Jobs for & Number of Men, Flatbush, to Get New York, Feb, 12—An auction of white meh on Lincoln's birthday was the spectacle which drew thousands of persons to the Parkside Prebyterian church in Flatbush, Brookiyn, tonight. The auctlon was in reality an object lesson of the conditions prevaliling among working people and served to get jobs for a number of men, Church Was Crowded. The church was crowded when the Rev. John E. Long began an_address in whlch he ouflinad the pitiabie con- dition”of m&ny & men who wall will- ing to work, but unable to secure a position. Outside the church a erowd of three thousand persons struggled to get Into the already overcrowded house of worship, E. T. O'Loughlin, Auctioneer, Rev. Mr, Tong introducsd Edward T. O'Loughiin, who was to conduct the auction. Mr. O'Lovghlin outlined his plan, to which would present L to oifer them, as it were, on tl to’ the person who would give them a job by which they could earn subsist- ence and a few dollars besides, if pos- sible. The money, however, was to be an after consideration, because the men who had come to him wanted faod and sheiter principally. Fifty Men Exhibited. Mr. O'Loughlin “then led upon the platform fifty men, young and old, ail more or less shabbily garbed, and dis- playing the pineh of want. All of the men wore black masks s as to con- ceal their identity to all but purchas- ers. Bach man was numbered and $0 they were put upon the block. Number 10 First Man Up. Number 10 was the first man pre- sented. He wad-described as an iron worker and molder long out of work and in want and willing anything. > Several men in the audienc to the platform and, as in slavery days, critically su ved~ghe subject. One man went so far as to feel of the man’s limbs and muscles. It was finally an- nounced that the man had been “sold” to W. F. Copeland, who would give him ‘employment in' a nindustrial as- sociation in New York. The terms were not announced. No. 21 Went to Flatbush Family. his was block walked 21 was next put up. He was described as_a man who_had® taken part in the Boer war mnd as baving seen service in the UnitedStates ar in the Philippines. He was an elec trician by trade. No. 21 went to-a Flat- bush family, the name of which was withheld request. [t was announc ed that the family would give him $35 a month and board Fate of Nos. 23 and 14. . a painter, ™nt to & Newark, N. J. wan, who promised Lim $10 a week, while No. 14. a gray hafred man, was taken ¥ & young man who sald he w him a home and work at once Six Men Disposed of, Thus six men of when, as the h the spectators, many-of whyin keenly feit the scene they had witneksed,form- ed themselves into a committeo, took charge of the remaining forty men and in an promised to find homes and jobs for them. Rev. then Mr. Long and several others addressed the people outside the ling what had been done, id for the many unem- ater New York. efeller, who had been invited to be present, sent a telegram regretting his inabiiity to,attend. NEW HAVEN ROAD BRAKEMAN Will Be Charged With Theft of Mer- chandise from Car, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12.—Held on a technical charge Gf carrying concealed wenpons, Osoar Borell of Spring- fleld, a brakeman the New Haven road, will be charged tomorrow with audience) whose warm approval of the [(fheff of merchandise from a freight Gelighiful programme rendered indi- cates the ranking of the singers as among the leading musical organiza- tions of the city. The quartette is composed of Mrs. Nelson T. Crowell, soprano; Mrs. George T. Lord, alto; Louis E. Brown, tenor, and J. A. Lari vee, basso, with Miss Alice L. Wood- ward as accompanist. Thesr artiatically seiectéd programme furnisled a musical treat that was hedghtened to the fullest by the melo- glously revdercd cuartette numbers, duos and solo * work. The admirable A hpgriuss Srenats e the suer also o v suc- cess of concert. car of the company. When arrested he wore one 2 number of shirts stolen from & car last December and a search of his home iIn Springfield disclosed other goods: that had been missing. A search of ~his rding place in East Hartford reveale other missing articles Groton.—Prosecuting Attorney War- ren B. Burrows of Poquoncc, who was taken suddenly il in Groton Monday afternoon. is slowly recovering from the attack and expects to bg out in & day or two. He is still at 1" homie.af, Mr. and Mra. Im Avery ai Kasterm to work aty ‘The ceremony was full of interesting and novel features apart from the oc- caslon which inspired it and not the least interesting wus the character of the crowd which composed the audi- ence. There were probably six or elght thousand people present. Many of them had come in on special trains from Louisville and other Kentucky centers and some had b attracted to the scene from far-aw states. The bulk of the assembly wi composed, how- ever, of the country folk from Larue and adjacent countles. Exercises Under Widespreading Tent. The exercises were conducted under a widespreading, open-sided tent which had been erectod alongside the cabin fn which Lincoln was born ome hun- dred years ago today, and while the weather might have been worse it wa sufficiently disagreeable to render the tent useful. Raw and damp as was the atmosphere, the large throng stood with bared heads during the hour-and three-quarters consumed by the cere- monies, and, discouraging as was the weat there was liberal and judi- cious applause. Six Set Speeches, The speakers' platform was small and accommodated few except the par- ticipants in the exercises and the pres- ident's party, which included Mrs, Rooseveit, Miss Roosevelt, Mrs. Au- gustus Willson, Capt. A. W. Butt, Dr. Rixey and others. Commencing with Governor Willson's adress, the speak- ing began at 1 o'clock and, notwith- standing there were six speeches, and music by the band, to say noth- ing of the laying of the cornerstone, the entire ceremony had been conclud- ed by 2.46, and a few minutes after- wards the vieitors had begun their rough carriage ride back to Hodgen- ville. President Deferentially Received. The president was cordially and defy erentially received. He was frequent- nterrupted by applause, but it was ways well tio and n T bolste 18 enough to cause either amnoyance or much delay. Other peakers were aiso applauded. r. Roosevelt aroused es- pecial enthusiasm when hé mounted a chair and gave the crowd a better op- portunity to see and hear him In the main he confined himself closely to his manuscript, but at the beginning departed from it to reply to M Governor Foll The Cornerstone. The cornerstone is a fine of gray granite about three feet sq specimen o 1:,—lh-:m-»‘ . spoke trom the same platform | 4 Officiated in Laying Foundation Stone of ment to the Great Emancipator = \ EXERCISES UNDER OPEN-SIDED TENT Ceremony Full of Interesting and Novel Features—Orators, White and Blagk, Spoke from the Same Platform— Eight Thousand Fersons Present—Raw, Pl-p. Dis* agreeable Weather —President Cordially Received. and on it was placed a wreath of car- nations presented by -. | Lincoln assocfation. The Mos Impressive Feature. i) the Kentucky The most iripressive feature was the ene at Lincoln's tomb, when Robert Lincoln, the son of the martyred it | president, stood beside the sarcophagus | In which the body of his father rests and bowed his head with tear-dimmed | eyes in silent meditation, At the base | of the monument old soldiers who had Of | church and ited the union | ware held, and it is estimated that of | more than one million people partici~ é oty e responded to Lincoln's call to arme wheh the then President Wiillam H. | President Homebound. Taft will officiate in dedicating it as| The president bhoarded his train for the present president, Theodore Roose- | Louisville at 345 p. m., expecting to velt, officiated today In laying ite|arrive at ‘Washington about 2 p .m. foundation ston | tomorrow. Audience of 8,000, IN NEW YORK CITY. The cornerstong laying took place e after appropriate remonies which | More Than a n Persons Partici- pated in the Day's Exercises. Gov. A. E. Willson of Kentuc] for- | mer Gov. J. W. Folk of Missourl, | xew York, Feb. 12.—Beautiful and president of the Lincoln Farm associa- | Liicere was the homage paid here to- tion, Luke Wright, secretary of | Gac to the of Abraham Lin- 'war, ‘who s as an ex-confederate | coly, [n practicaily every schoolhouse, hall, ‘'memorial services pated, | nationai complimentary allusions to himself by | p 22 The day began with the firing of the salute by the harbor forts, warshipsa and by national guard bat- ries. This was at 8 o'clock. An hour later the army of children trooped to thelr schooliouses and there with songs, poems and addresses participat- 1 in the day’s celsbration. Most of the churches hold services, beginning at ten o'clock, and thousands of per- sons attended. IN CONNECTICUT. Gonsral Commemeration of the 100th Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth. New Haven, Feb. 12.—Following & eneral commemoration of the one undredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln throughout the state today, the exercises were continued to- night when before public meetl banquets speakers of note trib- ute to the great emuncipator. LINCOLN DAY AT MANILA. Centenary Observed There and Throughout the Islands. Manfla, Feb, 12.—The Lincoin cen- tenary was generally observed tarougi- out the Islands today by patriotic ex- ercises held in the schools. The chief meeting held in Manila was presided over by Governor General Smith. The principal address was made by Juse tice Johnson of Manila. THE DAY AT GETTYSBURG. Appropriate Exercises Held on Fle of Great Battle, Gettysburg. Pa., Feb. 12 —Lincoln day at Gettysburg was observed by & general suspension of business and by cltizens joning in paying a tribute to the man whose fame is intimately as- scclated with this historic place. The principal exercises were held on the campus of Gettysburg college near Seming ridge. where much of the first two days' fighting took place durl the great battle. Members of Post §, G. A. R., oecupied the seats of homor. AT NATIONAL CAPITOL. Noted Men in Public Life Made Ad- dresses at Masonic Temple. Washington, Feb. 12.—Speaker Cane non was one of several noted figures in public life who spokq today to several thousand people who'crowded Masonie temple to participate in the exerciges in homor of Lincoin's 100th birthday anniversary. Ambassador Joaquin Nabuco of Justice W, P. Stafford of the supreme court of ‘the District of Co= jmbia; Thomas Neleon and for- mer Senator Henderson of Missouri al- > delivered addre YOUNG MAN ARMED WITH A LARGE AWL Stabbed Six Women and Girls in D tricts of Germany. —A series of six RBerlin at- tacks upon women and girls has set the southeastern and eastern districts of Berlin In e fc. Three women were att: Tu by a man who a nstru- ment, believed be a e awl, wounding them the lower portions of their bodies, One of his victims bled to death and the others were bad- Iy wounded. These at e fol- lowed Wednesday by saults on girls, one of { verely and the other only | jured. This afternoon in of Lichtenberg another tacked in_the same warded off the we which was sever slightly girl was at- nuer, but on with her hand, cut. Her cries of alarm brought an excited crowd, mem- bers of which, suspecting that the criminal had taken refuge in a neigh- boring searched it from cellar to reof. Their efforts to find the man who did the stabbing, however, were unsucessful. A dozen men were arrested with the crimes, but all fater were | leased on establishing alibis. Late this evening an armed youth about twenty vears old., was taken into cus- tody in the neighborhood where the f the last assault occurred. Two tims of the stabber declared thev ognized him as thefr assailant and he was detained and will be confronted by the other women tomorrow Ten Per Cent of Striking Hatterd at Work. New York, Feb. 12.—The officers of | the United Hatters of North America wald today that since last Saturday ten per cent. of the strikers have obe tained employment in the unfon fac toriex outside of the Manufacturers assogiation, which were now running day &nd night shifts on account of the pressure of business. The union has also opened two co-operative factories, it was stated, at Bethel and Danbury, Conn, charged | l sday evedng | jargely | | | | l NORWICH MEN FAVOR SUGAR ON FREE LIST. sts Protest Against Sentence of Federation of Labor Men. (8pecial to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 12.—Congressman Iliggine has received and flled with the ways and means committee & signed petition from Norwich favoring placing raw sugar on the free Ist. He has also received a protest from the Norwich socialists againist the sen- nce immposed on President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Motrison of the American Federation of Lmbor by Judge Wright of the su- preme court, of the District of Colum- bit for confbmpt of court. ¢ Willimantic Postoffice. The office of the supervising archi- tect of the treasury department is at work pn the preliminary sektches far the new government bullding at Wil- limantic, and bids for the new bulld- ing will soon pe: called for. It is ex- pected that the plans will be complet- ed early this spring and that work on the postoffice will be begun before hot weather. This is the first of the Con- necticut buildings recently authorised by congress to advance neat the bullding stage. In most of the other cases the sites have not as yet besn selected. Death From Scarlet Fever at Newpert Naval Hospital. Newport, R, L, Feb. 12. B Neuse, an’ apprentice seaman at the naval training station, died at the na- val hospita] tonight of scarlet fever. Neuse wag one of six apprentices whose 1lin with the fever led to- day tol th; - :tot'mm- of a qur‘:.-flu over all the 2, apprentices en- listed men at the training station, His ;!h‘:r is Henry F. Neuse of Lockport, Royalty Engaged. Lisbon, ‘Feb, 13.—A newspaper w prints a report that the of King Manuel to Princess h Aaughter of the Duke of