Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1909, Page 1

Vi " NORWICH, CONN., KNOX'S DISABILITY REMOVED The Senatbr Can Now Accept the State Poit- folio in the Taft Cabinet. HOUSE VOTED 173 YES TO 117 NAY. Two Votes on the Measure, the First Standing 179 to 123, Thus Lacking Two-Thirds Majority—Committee on Rules Held Meeting, the House Again Taking up Bill on Rule Requiring Only a Majority Vote. cited the case of Senator Morrill of Vermont, who was appointed secretary of the treasury. In the opinidn of Mr. Williams (Mls. sissippi) who opposed the bill, that was ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—By & vote of 173 to 117 today the house paseed the Dill removing Senator Knox's disabil- ni for the office of secretary of state. ‘This was the second vote of the day on this measure; and the two were separated only by about two hours' R "% Two Votes Taken. The first vote was taken on the bill under general order for the suspension of the rules, and under that order, according to the rules of the house, a Dbill must receive & two-thirds ma- - Jority to insure its passage. The first Vote stood 179 to 123, The majority thus fell censiderably below the two- thirds requirement. Immediately aft- er this result was announced the house committee on rules held a meet- ing, which resulted In Mr. Dalzell's ringing in a rule making it in order for the house again to take up the bill act upon it under condition re- quiring only a majority vote to pass it Sharp Criticisms of Opponents. The oppoments of the measure did not eease thelr antagonism, which on the previous consideration’ was pro- ductive of a number of sharp criti- to. Senator Morrill, he sald, was con: firmed by Senatorial courtesy which “overrides all bars, constitutional and otherwise.” The bill, he declared, was “a clear, plain, palpable, obvious and | manifest case of a direct and express- «d constitutional inhibition.” Congress Making Itself a Laughing Stock, Said Mr. Clark of Missouri. Mr. Clark (Missouri) for the second time during the day took tae floor in opposition to the bill and said that congress was making itself “the laughing stock of every intelligent man on the face of God's green earth.” He referred to a famous expression by the late Tim npbell of New York, who had said, “What's the con- stitution between friends?", and said that it the bill under discussion was passed Mr, CAmpbell would stand jus- tified as & constitutional lawyer. In speaking against the bill, Mr. Caulfield (Missouri) deciared that it was a case of comstitutional jugglery or legisiative favoritism. cisme, but immediately demanded a i roll call on the previous question on No Demonstration. the adoption of the rule. This call| The debate was brought to a consumed twenty-five minutes and | by Mr. Dearmond (Missouri), who ar- after the rule had been adopted the | gued for e passage of the blil. debate was resumed. On y and nay vote the bill was Mr. Oimsted (Penmsylvania) con- ed, 173 to 117. tended that the bill did not accomplish an evasion of the constitution. Among several other precedents Mr. Olmsted There was no demonstration of any kind when the announeement was made, {STIRRED UP OVER THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL. Small Town Members of General As- sembly Have a Grievance. WIRELESS DESPATCH FROM BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT Received in New York Last Night— Position of Flest Given. eb. —A wireless des- | ived here tonight from jcut of the Amer- Hartford, members of the g stizred up over leu e small town ly are ning that the pub- lest fleet, mow returning | lic utilities commission biil now pend- its world voyage, stating that | ing ssed, take away from ‘onnecticut at elght o'clock to- | the one of those sacred was in the position 34.17 latitude | yrerogatives which have been fought and longitude 48.03 west and | for so often and so i The law sailing a course north by 63 degrees |would take from the legislature all west it contro| over special charters and a A wireless despatch reccived at 8 |rights to cha public service cor- o'clock from the battieship Maine, | porations, vesting it in a commission flugship of the third squadron, which | of three men appointed by the gov- will welcome the returning flect, that the Maine was in the posi- tion_32.45 dogrees latitude north and 85,17 degrees longitude west. posftion of the battleships indi- cated by the wireless despatches from the Connecticut shows that tne re- turning warships will be able to eas- fly reach Hampion Roads by Sunday end as early Baturday afternoen, ir desired. CONTEST OVER WiLL OFARECLLIQE Matorially Simplified—Benjamin Had- ley Left Estate of $800,000. Cambridge, Mass,, F'elf. 15.—The con- tost over the estate of Benjamin Had- ley, an aged Somerville recluse, who died In December, 1967, leaving prop- erty valued at approximately $800,000, wae matorially simplified today when Judge Lawton of the Middlesex county probate court disallowed two alleged wills which had been filed. These two documunls‘;era found in Englard, to- xether witf'a third will which was not stat- | ernor. It provides that men may in- cGrporate under the general ‘law to operate railroad, street railway, tele- graph, telephone, gas, electric or wa- | ter companies, said incorporation and organization end future operation to be solely under the direction ani con- trol of the commission. This is centralization wih a ve: and would take away much s from the legisintors farmers regard it rather too radi step to delegate to a commissi much of the powers they recelve from their constituents, The po: under which public service companies oper- ate come actually from the people, who at present exercise them through their chosen representatives, men di- rectly responsible to and personal touch with the people of every town ir the state: the commission would be responsible only to the governor and far removed from the people. Since the constitutional convention of 1902 there has been no serious at- tempt to deprive the small tc their influence in L stat Tair: offered for probate, and they provided | their representatives watching | pactically that all the property should | with some care to see whether or nof | ° #0 to residenta of Trowbridge Eng- land. One of these wills left $10,000 to the president of the United States. Judge Lawton stated that the evidence whieh had been presented showed that the names of the witnesses were ail in the same handwriting. *_ The only remaintmg will, which was found in Somerville soon after M Hadley's death, was then taken up. This will left tfie bulk of the estate to ® nephew, Walter ¥. Hadley, and two ocher nephews, George M. Hadley and g‘hruco V. Hadley, who are contest- g it, were left §30,000 in trust. After the three witnesses to this will—Po- Jice Captain Robert Perry, F. Dewitt Yapham and Abin Towle—had testi- fied that they comsidered Mr. Hadley of sound mental eondition all his Iife, the passage of a public utilities com- mission measure with this feature in it might not really be an ent wedge toward a further devriv of them of their voice in the state government on the part of the cities. — NAVAL METHODS CRITICISED IN THE SENATE. Discussion Concerning Growth of Ex- penditures for Military Purposes. Washington, F voted most of the day d: eration of the naval appropriation bill and there was much discussion co! cerning. the growth of government e penditures for military he cons purposes. Mr. the case was continued untfl Wednes- | Hall declared that unlees o nalt 1 day. called it would be necessary for cor Bress to issue bonds or to incre taxation. PANAMA mmg IN BOSTON. —— Senators La TFollette and Dixon crit- First Shipmeat of the Fruit Ever |icised naval methods, espec mu\“.ncnf—, Sreught to That City. use of public funds for construction at navy yards. Senator Hale warned Boston, Mass. Feb. 15.—The firkt |the semate that unless re rapid shipment of banabas evor trought here [ ProgrTess was made night seglon from Panama arrived today on the | Would soon be necessary. The son. o'clo. steamer Lilon, which was compelled 1o go downm the coast to the isthmus for her because of the failure of ihe Costa crops, owing to the re- cent wastouts. The Limon brought 12,000 bunches from Panamm and will continue bring- ing them if the fruit proves a suc- cess. ate adjourned at 6. STEEL PRICES TO BE CUT By the Independent Companies on Products Except Rails. New York, Feb. 15—A canvass of officials of leading independent iron and steel companies today elicited the statements that a cut in the prices of many kinds of manufactured products except rails is contemplated. Krc representative of the United Steel Corporation, however, it wi learncd that no reduction is conte plated by that company, which stand by its revised achedule of June, 1908, uniess the attitude of the inde- pendents becomes sufficiently menac- ing to warrant further reductions. It wae stated that cuts to be made by the independents are likely to range from $3 to $5 a ton, and will be made chiefly in the hope of stimulating business. Mexican Infantrymen on Trail of Maya Indians. Mexico City, Feb. 16—Lieut. Alejan- dro Berlin has been ordered with fifty infantrymen to penetrate the tarritory of Quinana Roe and find the Mava Indtans that Jave been attpcking set- tlements and emall detachments of soldiers. Ten deys ago the Indians attacked & swmall detachment of sol- diers, and yesterday they ki an- other between San Isidro and Noxca and captured a er of muies car- army p on: Eight Chinamen Captured Running the Border. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Feb. 15.—Eight Chinemen wers captured here today, having walked across the St. Lawrence river on the jce from Canada. They arrived at the border from Montreal on the midnight train and were piloted here by an Indlan. All the Chinamen bad thelr queues cut oft and wors ‘American clothes, They will be charg- ed with unlawfully entgring the Unii- ed States. * First Through Train Over Rogers' Vir- ginian Railway. Mnfl.lk.*vz—. Feb. II-—J'l‘dhefi :\rl:: passenger and freigi WMII Norfolk to Roanoke over H. * H. Rogery' Virginfan railway went out F today. It is expected to estabiish 2 threugi service, hoth freight and pas- | somaer, by i 1. at Sixteen Cows Ordered Killed at Meri- den State School for’ Boys—Tuber- culosis. Meriden, Conn., Feb. 15.—State Cat- tle Commissioner Averill today order- ed the killing of sixteen cows of a herd of twenty at the farm of the state school for boys in this city. The prev- alence of tuberculosis in the herd was the cause of the order. Small Fire at Milford Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. Milford, Conn., eb. i5.—A fire caus- ed by overheated pipes started between the floors at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy's main building this after- noon, but was put out by hand extin- guishers with lHttle damage. There ‘were no schoiars jn the building when the fire was discovered. the only reputable authority alluded | Cabled Paragraphs. Paris, Feb. 15.—Marquis Merie- Charles-Albert Costa De Beauregard, 2 member of the French Academy an a_ cucvalier of the Legion of Honor, died in this’city today. He was born May 24, 1835, Paris, Feb. 15.—Edmond Rostand, the playwright, has selected M. Le- bargy of the Comedie Francaise to re- place Benoit Constant Caquelin, who died last month, in the leading role of Rostand’s new play, “Chanticles,” at a salary of $30,000 a year. Algiers, Feb. 15.—An unknown sail- ing vessgl rammed the Belgian steam- er Austrilia during a stors February 12, near Alberan Istand, in the Medit- erranean, 100 miles from Gibraltar. Both vessels foundered. The total loss of life was 30, 14 rien from the sailing vssel and 16 from the Australia. Crackow, Austria, Feb. 15.—The trial began in this city today before a Rus- sian _revolutionary tribunal of Stani lav Bzhezoffsky, a Polish writer and an intimate friend of Maxim Gorky, on a charge of being a spy in the service of the Russian police. The case re- sembles that of Azef, the man who has been condemned to death by the revo- lutionists for treacon. FLORES THEATER DESTROYED BY FIRE Between 250 gpd 300 Persons Burned to Death in Acapulco, Mexico—Mov- ing Picture Film Caught Fire. Mexico City, Feb, 15.—Between 250 and 300 people were burned to death and many were injured in a fire which destroyed the Flores theater in the city of Acapulco last night. The news of the disaster reached the capital this afternoon, telegraphic . communication with Acapulco having been destroyed last night and today owing to the fact that the telegraph office adjoining the theater was burned and all wires put out of commission. 1,000 in the Audience. The Flores theater was a wooden structure and last night over one thou- people crowded into it to witness al performance given in honor Damian Flores of the state of Gugrr who was visiting the host at the time. Moving Picture Film Ablaze. numbers on the programme isted of a series of moving pic- While the operator was .exhib- : ‘these, a @Im caught, fire, and the was quickly communicated to : bunting which had been used for sand corative purposes. In an incredibly short time flames spread to all parts of the structure. There were but th narrow exits and the panic- 1 audience rushed to them, falling, to be crushed to death, their bodies choking the way to es- cape to others. Rescue Work Impossible. screams of those imprisoned rrifying. Owing to the rapid- y with which the fire spread and its intense heat, it was impossible to at- tempt rescue work, and those impris | oned were literally roasted alive. The fire burned with little smoke and few { were suffocated. The efforts of the fire department were confined to at- tempting to save the adjoining build- ings, and they succeeded so that the | property loss was small. The tele- | raph office, postofiice and custom {house were damaged, but all of the | government's records and registered mail was saved: Entire Families Wiped Out. Today pitiful scenes of grief are be- ing enacted on the streets of the little west coast port. Men, women and children are wandering from place to place, hunting for relatives or friends. Many of are from the first families of te, the affair at the it being a social event of con- mportance and calling out the wea st and olde: milies for miles around. In some instances en- tire families were wiped out of exis ence municipal authorities to- day d large trenches to be dug, ) tiese the Temains of the dead According to telegrams re there, recognition of the an ‘impossibility, owing at the hodies were burn- ed, in most cases, to a crisp. American Victims. grams sent to the American o 1co e ASs0 mes of et not been replied to. $12,000,000 FOR AUXILIARIES. N_lvz[) Bill Amendment for Transports, Cruisers, Dospatch Boats, Etc., with Commercial Lease Feature. boats, such 1 boats, cruisers, be necessa ts, despat th time of wir, in nendment _to naval billl offered by Se: Newlands. The amendment also pro- hat in time of peace shall be leased for purposes. Former U. S. District Attorney Mitch- ell Dead. ~—Edward Mitch- 3 te district at- torney - for the dist of New York and a well known lawyer In city, died at his home here today ion of diseases. H Mitchell was connected scientific socleties an yminent member of man ides ese ve commercial N ell, for John Mitchell Injured in Trolley Car Collision. Spring Valley, Hl, Feb. 15.—John Jitchell, decretary of the National & Fegeration, while on the way to New York after a short visit at. his home, was slightly iujured in a trolley collision today. Mr. Mitchell had is wounds dre nd proceeded on his journey. 1l other persons Se: a | were also slightly hust. i Snowbound Passengers in Danger of Starvation. Buena Vista, Cal, Web. 15.—§now- bound at the crest of the continental divide at Alpine tunnel on the Calo- rado and Southern railroad, . Wa- ters and his wife, hote] keepers, and five trackmen, are in imminent dan- ger of starvation, according to snow shovelers who arrived tonight. Lost Control of His Sled, Skull Crushed Springfield, Mass.,, Feb. 15.—Losing control of his sled while coasting late this afternoon, John J. Keating, Jr. aged 5 vears, of 12 Hampden stree Indian Orchard, slid over an embank- ment and struck the engine of a pass- ing train on the Athol branch of the Boston and Albany ralroad, receiving fatal Injuries. The child was brought to this city on the train and taken to a hospital. His skull was crushed. Collier Brutus at Willemstad. ODD ACCIDENT IN METROPOLITAN INS. CO. OFFICES. INK ERASER PIERCED HIS HEART In Effort to Elude Girl Stenographers Boy Fell to Floor—Sought to Ki Him on Fifteenth Birthday. New York, Feb. 15.—While endeav- oring to elude a bevy of girl stenogra- phers who sought to kiss him in hon- or of his fifteenth birthday, George Spencer, ~Millett, a youth, was the vietim_of an odd accident today in the offices of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. Died on Way to Hospital. The lad, struggling to escape the embraces of the girls, accidentally fell to the floor, and an ink eraser in his pocket pierced his side above the heart. He died from internal hemor- rhages on the way to the hospital. Panic Stricken Girls. The girls Decame panic stricken when they saw that the boy was hurt. The police investigated the case and thought at first that_ Millett had been stabbed by one of the stenographers, The police have detained Miss Ger- trude Robbins, a stenographer, to ob- tain Information concerning Millett's death, ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE Many Floral Offerings Deposited on Battleship Wreck. Havana, Feb: 15.—On the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the de- struction of the United States battle- ship Maine, a flotilla of launches bear- ing hundreds of members of the Amer. ican colony, including Minister Mor- gan and Consul Rogers, visited the wreck, on which they deposited many floral ‘offerings, One of these was a wreath gent by the mayor of Havana. A prayer was offered by the Rt. Rev. A. W. Knight, Protestant bishop of Havana, and addresses were made by Albert Wright, president of the Amer- ican club, and others. The visitors to the wreck also united In the hope that before the next anniversary the United States government would re- move the melancholy reminder of the historic tragedy. TARIFF COMMISSION. Leaders the Movement Arrive for Indianapolis Meeting. Indianapolis, Feb. 15.—Leaders in the movement for a permanent tariff com- mission, which will take form tomor- row with the opening of the national tariff commissfon convention in In- dianapolis, arrived in the city today and_talked optimistically of the na- tional interest aroused by the conven- tlon. Probability, of friction onithe floor of the convention was lessened today by the announcement that the reservation of quarters in a hotel engaged by, Sec- retary W. F. Wakeman of the Ameri- can Protéctive Tariff league had been carcelled. The cancellaion followed a positive announcement by officials of the convention that any attempt to in- ject “stand pat arguments” into the deliberations of the body would be followed_ by summary ejection of the uninvited speakers. In connection with this It was Inti- mated today that the proposed speech of Congressman-elect W. A. Cullop of ! Indiana must be revised or the invit- tion to that speaker wil] be recalled. Mr. Cullop's tentative speech s said to oppose the selection of a tariff com- issfon and to demand immediate tar- iff revision by congress Twenty Acres of Yale Observatory Property to Be Sold. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 15.—A com- mittee of the Yale corporation which the matter in charge decided today ell off 1,100 front feet with 175 feet_depth of the tract of some twenty cres known as Yale Observatory prop -, In this city, the tract to be sold ing the whole of the Saint Ronan t front. While net proceeds from of the property will ultimately the observatory. the latter must Tepay some $60,000 heretofore advanc~ ed from university and college funds for observatory interes Robert A. Taft Initiated Into Phi Be- ta Kappa. New Haven,' Feb, 15.—Among the new members initiated Into the Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at the 129th annual dinner of that fraternity tonight was Robert A. Taft, son of President-elect Willlam H. Taft. Pro- fegsor Charlton M. Lewis of Yale was toastmaster and addre were made by Simeon E. Baldwin, chief justice of the Connecticut supreme court and Prof. C. H. Judd and Prof. Tracy Peck Yale and Prof. F. F. Abbott of Princeton. ~ New Haven Road Property, Square, Boston, to Be Sold. Boston, Feb. 15.—The property of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford railroad in Park Square, which has been largely i disuse for a num- ber of vears, is finally to be sold. Ar- rangements were pe:fected today for the razing of the old railroad_ station and the placing of the site on the mar- ket. The station was abandoned _ten years ago, when the Providence divi- sion of the road was removed to the South Station, and a_month ago part of the structire was damaged by fire. Wilkur Wright and Park France, Feb. 15.—Taking ad- v e of the return of fine weather, Widbur Wright had his sister as g passenger in his aeroplane today. This was her first flight and they remained in the air for eight minutes. Prior to this Mr. Wright had made a five- minute flight with Countess Lambert as a passenger and gave a twenty minute lesson to Count Lambert. It i& announced that King Alfonso of Spain will arrive hers on Thurs- day. and preparations are now going on'to give him a suitable reception. Philadelphia, Fet, 15—The discovery today that the crack in the Liberty Bell has -extended seventeen inches beyond its original length, caused an- other effort to prevent the proposed trip “T‘lllle Oldk ‘rEHc to the Pacific coaet. e crack is scarcely ti- ble, but any sudden joit mm- the bell to split in two. Willemstad, Curacao, Feb, 15.—The Urited States collier Brutus came int> port this morming from Colon. She carries coal for the American war- ships in Veneguelan waters. She was due yeacerday and her non-appearance on time resulted in some anxiety. The cruiser Des Moines aiso came into ‘Willemstad this morning. : Died Suddenly of Apaplexy. : ensburg, N. Y., Feb. 15.—William C. Hall, steward at the St. Lawrence state hospital, dled suddenly today of apoplexy. He was United States con- sl at Prescott, Ont., during the Cleve- land administration. He was 73 vears i B ; Ao Boy Killed Trying Visitors Already To Escape Kisses| Begin to Arrive TO PARTICIPATE IN WELCOME HOME OF BATTLESHIP FLEET. HOTEL ROOM AT A PREMIUM Quarters Being Booked at Norfolk, Hampton and Other Cities Bordering the Roads—Eastern Exoursions. Fort Monroe, Va., Feb. 15.—The ad- vance guard of visitors en route here to view the notable naval demonstra- tion on Monday next and to partici- pate in the welcome home of the bat- tleship fleet under,command of Rear Admiral Sperry, began to arrive today. Hotel accommodations at Old Point are already at a premium, and quarters are now being sought at Norfolk, Hampton and_ other cities bordering Hampton Roas Interest Accentuated. The interest excited by the sailing of the fleet fourteen months ago nat- urally has been accentuated many- fold by the remarkable cruise, and ex- cursions are to be run from most of the eastern_cities. The Programme. The programme of entertainment here is still indefinite, for it is not known as yet just how many of the ships will be detached atter the presi- dent’s review and sent to the navy yards. The ghips are to anchor in practical- 1y the same position from which they started_on their voyage around the world, December 16, 1907. They were anchored before sailing In two long lines, but fell into single column to fol- low ‘the Mayflower to the revlewing water off Thimble Shoal Light. Will Be Fine Spectacle. As understood here, it is Admiral Sperry’s intention to bring the ships in the capes and past the president's yacht in two Iines of eight ships each. The anchoring manouevres after the ships pass the government pier prob- | be the pretiiest part of the fine spectacle. Just what formation is to be taken by the escorting ships of the third squadron, under Admiral Arnold, is not yet known. SEPARATE STATEHOOD GRANTED TO ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO Bill Passed the House Without a nting Voice. Washington, Feb, 16.—80 far as con- gress is concerned, the comstitution- al hindrance to the acceptance by Sen- ator Knox of the state portfolio in the Taft cabinet, was removed today when the house of regrenemn!‘h’cs passed the bill reducing the salary of the secre- taty of state. Without a_dissenting voice the bill granting_separate statehood to Arizo- na and New Mexica also was passed, as was also the bill providing for un formity in car equipment with safety appliances, A'r. Capron, Rhode Island, announc- ed the death of his colicague, Mr. Granger, and the house adopted res- olutions of regret. As a further mark of respect, a recess was taken until tomorrorw. 18-HOUR TRAIN WRECKED. Struck Landslip at Newton Hamilton, Pa—No Passengers Injured, But All Badly Shaken Up. Altoona, Pa., Feb, 15.—The eighteen. hour fiyer on the Pennsylvania rail- road, bound from Chicago to New Yo ran into a small landslide in a deep eut near Newton Hamilton, east of here, at the foot of the eastern slope of t Alleghany mountains, shon after 6 a. today, derailing the train, but, fortu- nately, injuring only one person, H. H Mingus, a baggageman, of Jer The train left Altoona near! tours late and was running at the of forty-five miles an hour as it ap- proached the cut. A heavy fog pre- vailed at the time and the engineer did not see the obstruction until too close to stop his train. The locomotive, combination car and two sleeping cars left the tracks, but did not fall over. The engine and first car. however, were tilted over at an angle of about 45_degrees Beyond a shaking up none of the fifty-one passengers was hurt. They wwere transferred to the Manhattar Limited at 9 2. m, and continued their eastward journey. SHOT BY RUSSIAN TERRORIST. Two Police Officials at Ghent, Belgium, Mortaily Wounded. Ghent, Belgium, Feb, 15.—A Russian terrorist, giving the name of Alexander Soukaroff, mortally wounded two po- lice officials today who had arrested him on a charge of attempting to ex- tort money, under threats of death, from a Brussels merchant. Thé Rus- sian offered no resistance at first, but then suddenly drew a revolver and fired four shots at the police. Others who came to the assistance of the of- ficers succeeded in disarming the ms and thea took him before a magl trate, but he refused to give any in- formation concerning himself. Rus- slan refugees have always been well treated in this city apd there is great indignation over this' affair. MET THE BATTLESHIP FLEET. White Star Liner Arabic Sent Wire- less Greeting® to Admiral Sperry. Cadiz, Spain, Feb. 15—The com- mander of the White Star steamer Arabic, which has arrived here from New York, reports having passed the American battleship feet on the high | Seas last Thursday. At the request of Seven hundred American passengers he sent a wiraless message of greeting and congratulation in their name to Rear Admiral Sperry, who replied, thanking him and announcing “all well.” The message from the admiral 0 sald that the battleships had had 2 splenid passage from Gibraltar, Which was unmarred by the slightest mishap. Diphtheria Quarantine in Watertown Schools Raised. ‘Watertown, Conn., Feb. 15.—After re- maining closed -overal‘ days, owing to a slight epidemic of diphtheria among the younger children here, the schools reopened today. The attendance in the lower grades was noticeably light, but the board will keep the school open unless the disease spreads again. The health authorities think they have it under control. Actor Raymond Hitehcack New York, Feb. 15.—Rs id Hitch- cock, the actor, to@ay flled a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court. He gives his Habilities as $28,284, unsecured; and his assets &s §16. Pk nkrupt. Condensed T Fordham Students Organized a Club to be devoted entir to charity work. A Reputed Scheme to “Fix" sixty talesmen in the Pittsburg bribery case was thwarted by midnight arrests. M. Bunau Varilla Will Appear be- fore congress committess on the canal question, Washington despatches stat- ed. . The Government Law making chang- es in the administration of cities and provinces was passed by the Spanish cortes, N It Was Said at Washington that a deep water channel from Chicago to alo via the “Soo’ was in contem- plation. Eightesn of Nincteen Fishermen adrift on an ice floe in Lake Erie, at Buffalo, were res:ued by five sallors in a yawl Two Persons and Several Dogs were Dbitten by an apparently rabid hound which 'ran in streets of four New Jer- sey towns, After Hiding Two Leper Sons for many years, Galveston parents, by stress of poverty. were compelled to notify health officlals. Thousands of Conversions were re- ported in Boston as the result of re- vival meetings held under the difection of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. Special Despatches from Vienna in- dicate that the crisis in Turkey is re- garded in Austrian official circles as extremely dangerous for the country. R. Masujima, head of the Japanese Bar association, in an interview with the Rev. W. 8. Elliott, secretary of the eastern agency of the American Bible society, predicted a war in this coun- try unless the constitution is amended to give the federal covernment areatcr power over the indfvidual states. FIRST BROMLEY LECTURE ON “JOURNALISM" Delivered at Yale by Editor of New York Tribune—Advice to Anyone Thinking of Entering Upon Newspa- per Work. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 15.—That the newspaper is here to stay, because it is Indispensable, and that anyone thinking of entering upon such work should not engage in such work u visedly or lightly, but reverently. creeely, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God, were statements made by Hart Lyman, editor of the New York Tribune, in the first of the Bromley lectures on “Journaliam” at Yale to- night. Mr. Lyman paid a tribute to the life and work of Isaac H. Bromie Yale '53, in whose memory the lecture ship was established by a gift of Mrs. Adelaide E. Bromley, his widow. He reviewed briefly the beginning of jour- nalism in England, spoke of conditions in France to support the statement that, contrary to a siAllow assumption, literature and journalism go hand in hand. He said thal the newspaper is here not only to stay, but to muitiply. A vast number, if not a majority, of intelligent persons, he said, seldom re. member, perhaps have never realized how dependent they are upon the newspapers for whatever knowledge they possess of a great part of the af- fairs _ which largely occupy their thoughts. “I do not believe,” he added. “it an exaggeration to that millions of voters would not know at this moment except for the newspapers, that Mr. Taft wiil be president of the United States in a faw week! Speaking of criti pers, he said: “There are few able than the pret of a bad newspaper by steady patronage helps istence possible. How © the men and women who ns of newspa- less credit- s denunciatfon those whose ake its ex- aptible are e to spread things scandal and give currency® to defama- tion by word of mouth, while they sumgly profess horror of the journals which’ ly purchase to gratify a depraved taste. Crit ¢ papers ought to be f and it ought to lead tov pression, not the promotion, of those which prove incorrigible. It ought also to be fair and discriminating. Much current criticism is both vexatious and coniical In concluding, he said: “It Is not inappropriate to invite the e avho may be consid- of engaging ir attention of tho ering the advis news; the nature, status and that employment. For it is certain that if it is to be en- tered into, it should not be eatered nto unadvisedly or lightly, but rever- ently, discreetly, a aly, soberly,and in t fear of God. If you are not re- r work with 4 better not solved to take up newspa your whole heart, you ha take it up at all. But there ought to be no iliusions about it. The hours are long, the #acations short; the work, however diversified, comes to be too often a wearisome routine. But if you takes up the work modestly, earnestly and twith that elate and unsubduable spirit which carries a mountain like a feather, you will secure promotions that are worth while BLOODHOUNDS LOST TRAIL. Traced Bank Robbers to Outskirts of Muskogee. Feb. 15 Muskogee, Of ~—The safe in the First State f Oklahoma was blown open today by robbers who tole $1.140. The bank building was wrecked Dby the explosion. Blood- hounds traced the robbers to the out- skirts of the town, where the trail was lest, It fs believed that the robbers are the same men who have recently been operating in south Kansas, Black Plague® Appears in Montreal Suburb. Montreal. Feb. 15.—A specles of black plague which defies the medical au- tHorities has the village of La Prairle, a suburb of Montreal, in its grip. The village hes 1100 inhabitants. and fully 10 per cent. are down with the disease. Two deaths have already occurred. The symptoms are a swelling and turning black of the tongue. accompanied by a splitting headache. While resenibling diphtheria, physicians say it is some- thing différent and much more viru- lent. President of Marsh Bridge Co. Files Petition in Bankruptcy. Des Moines, Iowa. Feb. 15—Barney Marsh, president of the Marsh Bridge company, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court here to- day, echeduling iiabllities at $304,000 and assets $24,419. The principal creditor is the Aetna Indemnity Co. of Hartford, Conn., the claims of which amount to $164,000. A week ago the company was placed in the hands of a receiver. Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: Feb. 14, Konig Albert, from New York via Naples. At Hamburg: Feb. 14, Brasilia, from New Yorl All Grades Refined Sugar Reduced. New York, Feb. 15.—All grades of refined sugar were further reduced 10 cenits a hundred pounds today. 1CE TWO CENTS. ciezrans |NEW HOTEL FOR NEW YORK'S POOR 1 Where Hereafter the City’s Driftwood Population will Go for Night's Lodging ERECTED BY CITY AND COST $425,000 Place Formally Opened by Mayor and Other Officials — Muncipal Sheiter with Modern Improvements— Ac- commodations for More than 1,000 Lodgers—How Applicants Gain Admission. New York, Feb, 15.—Formal opening of the eity’s new hotel for the unem- ploved, equipped with all the modern improvements, including steam’ he; hot and cold running water, north, | southeast and west exposure, and | many other luxuries of the day, took place this afternoon in the presence of Mayor McClellan, Comptroller Metz and other city offic Ice cream and cake and hot chocolate and tea were distributed among the guests, who made & tour of the pla where, hereafter, New York's drift- wood population will go for a night's lodging. The building is situated at Nos. 434 | and 438 East Twenty-fifth sireet, over- looking the East river, and not far from the new municipai bathhouse. Cost $425,000. Erected by the city at a cost of § 000, the new lodging house prov accommodations for more than 0 lodgers, It is a six-story building, built of brick and limestone, and is designed according to the most mod- ern and up- eas of health and i Yorke, who has he 6ld lodging housc it was opened in December, 1906, is the superintendent, and Miss Kate Griffin, matron of the old house, Is to be in charge of the women. In addition there is aff of clerks, attendants, engineers, firemen, cooks, porters, as well as two doctors after the health of the patrons. When it is considered that the visit- ors will be received and taken care of free, provided they show the necessary credentials, the unemployed may well boast of their hostelr Scientific Management. As compa: th former home for unfortunates, the ne building I8 far superior in every respect. At the outside not more than 318 lodgers, men and women, could be housed In the old place. Those in charge of the new bullding declare it is the most complete and thoroughly appointed of its kind anywhere to be found. The plan on which it is to be run is based on scien tific principles. Two Msals Daily. 1c Here, for instance, is the system of serving meals (there are only two a day, breakfast and supyer) Oatmeal, eight ources; with milk, four ounces; coftee wixteen ounces; with milk, two cur and sugar, onc-half ounce; bread, six ounces Supper, teen ounces one-half our dnfly (for men): Coffce, w:» ailk, two ounces: sugar, ; bread. six oun upper, daily (for women): Tea, six- teen ounces; milk, two ounces: sugar, one-half éunce; bread, six ounces. It is pointed out that the w te re- fer to the food when cooked, not raw. Must Register and Give Record. first thing that h who applies for a night" gistration. 'His recor nd he is required to eive a Inquiry I8 immediately upcrintendent Yorke into the nd if it proves be aj “fake” the lodzer is taken to court on | ay. eanwhile, of cou ha banefit of two good meals, d comfortable bed, and | ve heen disinfected. But a his clothes the class of men who go thore, e cording to Mr. Yorke, are usually able to supply bona fide reforences, All Claskes and Conditions of Appli- cants. It depends largely upon each indl- vidual case whether men are admitted. In some instances they may spend whole week or more in the place, pa: ing their expenses by cutting stone over on Blackwell's Island. The work amounts to half a day's stonecutting each day, thus allowing the men time 10 go in gearch of a job, if they wish. Then there are other applicants who explain that they have only just suc- ceeded in getting “work, and their wages will not be due until the end of the week. In such cases Mr. Yorke has been in the habit of allowing them to remain until pay day. But there are all classes and conditions of men applylng for food and shelter, and there ap rs to be no ironclad Bu- lation governing them all. All Must See the Doctor. Having reglstered, each prospective lodger is examinted by the house doc~ tor: if he passes ho is admitted; other- wise he is sent to Bellevue hospital No cases of sickness arc allowed to remain in the place. Next, the sue- cessful applicant Is fed. The dining room for men is on the first floor, & good sized room filled with long, wood- en tables, with a serving counter en one side. Then the Shower Batch. Then, after supper is over, lodgers are required to step downstairs where they are stripped, and receive a show- er bath, the effect of which is empha- sized by the judicious application of & cake of carbolic soap. Meanwhile, ev- ery stitch of clothing has been sent to the fumigatory. The clothes are piled in wire trays, packed on board @ truck, which moves on tracks, and placed in elght large fumigating machines. There they are subjected to a high tempecs turs, agd a mixtire of formaldel yh which Js warranted to put an end $0 vermin and germs. The clothes not worn again until the owner the place. He gets a check for when they are taken away, house lends him a muslin nl which is the only article of can wear in tha dormitories The Beds and : The beds upstairs are ron, white enamelled, and arée "nq.-r. two sheets and a-heavy blanket, somewhat llke an army blanket. Thers Is alsy a comfortable plllow for each bed. Most of the beds are double- deckers, although there is one room on the third r filled with single cots. This room, it explained, would be reserved chiefly for the old men, to whom is always given the pref- erence In accommodations over She ounger ones. The bedding—that is, the two sheets and pillow case—Is thoroughly washed { and laundered each day. There is' no mattress, but the wire springs are said to be comfortable. Vacuum cleaning apparatus is used in cleaning all the rooms of the building, and the syseem of ventilation Is considered perfect. The place is lighted by electricity and is fireproof—so much so in f& that lhri‘rv are no fire escapes on out- eide. ROOSEVELT AND WIFE TO VISIT EARTHQUAKE ZONE On Way to African Hunting Grounds —Eleven Days in ltaly. Rome, Feb. 15.—The announcement thabt Theodore Roosevelt and his wif will arrive at Naples the end of March on his way to East Af 3 will remain in Ital as been recelved here with gre: faction. It is expected that Mr. Roosevelt will visit Rome, both the king and the pope having expressed the desire to me him. Arrangements also a being ade for Mr. Roosevelt to sit the earthquake zone. Washington, Feb, 15.—No confirma- tion could be had at the White house today of the report that the president and Mrs. Roosevelt will arrive at Na- ples the end of March and remain in Italy eleven days. The announcement is believed to e originated in re- ed reports that the president will ail from New York on the North Ger- an Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert on March 13, which vessel is due at Na- ples March 26. Should he ~0 on that will have eleven d vessel he to £pend in Italy before the German East African line steamer Adm on twhich he is to travel from Naples to Mombassa. sails on April 5. While it is believe t the president may leave New York on the Koenig Albert all efforts to obtain a confirmation at the White house have been unavailing. It has been explicitly denied that Mrs. Roosevelt is to accompany the presi- dent to Naples. CANAL ESTIMATES EXPLAINED. Col. Goethals and Other. Officers Be- fore Hcuse Sub-Committee. Washington, Feb. 15.—Chairman Goethals and General Counsel Rogers of the isthmian canal commission and Capt. F. C. Boggs, chief of the ‘Washington office, today appeared be- fore the sub-committee of the house committee on appropriations, which is preparing the sundry civil bill. Col- onel Goethals explained the estimates for appropriations for 1810. Colonel Goethals emphatically ad- vocated the lock system for the Pan- ama canal. The sea level plan, he sald, would cost about $175,000,000 moré than the lock plan. The cost of the latter, he said, will reach $3 000,000, including the original purchase price, but not including interest on the money, The isthmian canal offi- cials will appear before the sub-com- mittee again Lomorrow. Ferryboat Collision in North River. New York, Feb. 15.—Passengers on doard the ferryboats Oswego and Al- ‘bany of the Wes: Shore railroad were much frightened when the boats col- Mded in the heavy fog on the Hudson river off Weehawken today. Many passengers were thrown from their seats by the shock but no one was seri- ously hurt. The OSWcgO'S upper works were badly damaged and she was laid up for repairs. INSANE WOMAN JUMPED FROM SIX-STORY WINDOW Miss Blanche Ensign of New York Was Visiting in Boston. Boston, Feb. 15—Eluding her friends, who hs been apprehensive of her safety, Miss Blanche Ensign of 413 Lexington avenue, New York, com- mitted suicide by jumping from a six- story window at 68 West Concord . in the South End, tonight. Miss Ensign wag carried to the City hos- pital, but died upon reaching that in- stitution. Bhe had been deranged mentally for the past week and had several times shown a tendency to be violent. To- day Miss Ensign became more bois- terous than usual and fearing for hem safety Mrs. Marr, with whom . sent a teleeram to the young lady’s mother in New York, Mrs. Theresa Ensign, A watch had been kept wpon Miss Engign during the day, but tonight she managed to elude the members of the household and reached a bathroom em the sixth floor. After locking the door she jumped to the ground below, sus- taining injuries which resulted in her death. Miss Ensign was 26 years of age. HENRY VIGNAUD RESIGNS. of American Embassy ad is 79 Years of Age. Parls, Feb. 15.—Henry Vignaud, sec~ retary of the American embassy % Paris, has resigned, the resignation to take effect on March 31. In_a Jetter which he has forwarded to President Roosevelt Mr. Vignaud assigns the reason for his decision his advanced age and his desire not to block the way of promotion “to younger men.* Mr. Vignaud, who is 79 years of age, and the oldest member of the Ameri= can diplomatic corps abroad, leaves the sorvice highly esteemed bywall who know him. ‘As he is without private fortune of any kind, a group of - inent Americans, who appreciate his long and_faithful service, have come forward and raised a fund of $20,000 to provide for his remaining years. Washington, Feb. 15.—The " resigna« tion of Henry Vigniud, secretary of the, American embassy at Parls, causes no " surprise here, for his withdrawal from the diplomatic service had been expected for some time past owing to his advanced aze. It is probable Mr. Vignand will be succeeded by John ‘W. Garrett, secretarv_of the embassy at Rome. oy ! Secretary Pari Mississippi Town Practically Destroys ed by Tornado. Greenville, Miss., Feb. 15. received here today from Cedar 4 Misa, ataie th-twtown e cstroyed-by a tornado yesterday, Five houses wera completely away. Miss Mary Ells Miss Jane Steveus and Wil ware iniurad ‘blown outright and_Alfred ...u....fi e Asron