Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1909, Page 1

e VOL. LIL—NO. 55. "~ PRESIDENT TAF TS FIRST DAY. ‘Gave Himself Up to Demands of His Friends and to Thousands of Visitors. 'WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE CALLED, Important Conference Followed—President Hopes there | May Be No Unnecessary y in Enac\ilfg the Tariff Law—Will Leave Any Scheme of Tariff Re- vision Entirely to Judgment of Extra Session. ‘Washington, March §.—The Taft edministration took its first stride to- day. ‘The new president named his cabinet, the senate confirmed his se- lections, and its members will take the oath of office tomorrow morning, with the exception of, George W. ‘Wickersham, who was sworn in as at- torney general today, and of Messrs. Dickinson and MavVeagh, whose per- sonal aftairs will not permit of their reaching Washington for a week or more. Conference With Ways ‘Committee. \ An important conference took place between President Taft and the re- publican members of the ways and means committee. The committee framed a tariff bill which, it is under- stood, contains & provision for the eol- Jection of an inheritance tax, one of the means suggested for the raising of revenue contained in the inaugural address of President Taft, President Taft told the committée there would be no delay M the official prociam: and Means “crack” Seventh regiment, New York infantry. : Received Governors and_Delegations. From the stand, which i directly in front of the White house, he re- turned to the East room, where he re- celved with their staffs the govern- ors of New York, Rhode Island, Ver- mont, New Jersey,“Illinois and Mis- squri. “I'he Blaine club of Cincinnati, with their white silk hats, followed and got a pleasant word, the Colurkbus glee club sang The Star Spangled Banner with such effectiveness as to elicit the exclamation from the pfesident that this w the first time he had ever heard that difficult song rendéred en- tirely to his liking. Troop A, of the Black Horse cavalry, of Cleveland, which acted as guard of honor yester- day, clanked through the big East room. An immense delegation from North Carolina followed and the Citi- zens’ Taft club of Cineinnat! received many warm words bf welcome. Secretary Corpenter Takes the Oath lilng the extra session of con- :rn:uu;or Starch 15, His message to this session, he sald, would recom- mend that it confine its work excius- jvely to tariff revision that there might §e no unnecessary delay In en- weting this most important law. ‘He sald he would not discuss in his message any scheme of tariff revislon, Jeaving all such matters entirely to the Jndgment. of congress. . Thousands of Inaugural Visitors Wish to Bhake Hands. Aside frem these important accom- plishments, President Taft gave him- self up heartily to the demands of his Zriends and to thousands of inaugural visitors who wished to shake his hand see Mm smile and get g word to carTy feme with them. 5 fSew York Seventh Regiment Reviewed The reviewing stand for the inaug- wral parade was again occupied by Prosident Taft this morning when he ¢ook his place there to honor the Fred W. Carpenter took the oath of office as secretary to the president at 3 o'clock, along with Col. William Crooks, of the White house executive force, who s a notary. President Taft sighed Mr, Carpenter's commission to- day. Wendell W. Michler, who has been Mr. Taft's assistant secretary and stenographer, was made one of Mr. Carpenter’s assistants, taking the place made vacant by the transfer of Assistamt Secretary Latta to the po- sition of executive clerk. T. M. Hen- dricks of Mr. Taft's clerical force was given a clerkship afid William Pan- neil, who for years has been Mr. Taft's messenger in the war departmént, was assigned to duty on Mr. Carpenter's door. Late in the afternoon Mr. Taft found time to go out for a brisk walk with his_brother, Henry W. Taft of New York, The several members of the Taft family now in Washington were dinner guests at the ‘White house. tonight PANIC IN A BUFFALO ENG PERUVIAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. Bix Young Girls Badly Bruised—Wild Stampede at Cry of “Fire.” Buffaln, N, Y, March 5—&M%& young girls were badly bruised in & panic at ¢, Swanisiaus’ parochial school hero today. The children’s injuries consist- ed principally of lacerated faces and asvere ‘the With brases en ‘head 1-6 arms, one exteption, the children were able to walk to their after treatment by hespital surgeons. Helen Qstrowsks, 11 years old, bad a sprain- e e 14 fha schoot -::Ammn?.tn Ahrm('i 0 tudents, drawn entirely irom the Pol- sh sootfon on the Dast Side. Of this number, 1,000 boys had been dismiss- ed before the panic occurred. It was only & fow minutes before the regular time for diemising the girls ‘when a ‘fire engine eame clanging down the atreet. “Pe fire was in a house adjoin- éng the school. The sound of the ap- paratus stopping so nearby caused ner- ~ousness among the girls, and when one of them -ueme%n“mral" a wild wiampeds foilowed. The feachers did theor utmost to chegk the rush, but vhey were swopt aside, and ‘n & few peconds the stairways were jammed with a mob of fear-crazed children. seen that it would be im- trol the girls, attention was tarned to the exits and every ef- dort was made to clear fhem es Fapidly | ws possible. Three-forgyths of the| were safely out of the build- 1 re the inevitable collapse of & occurred at the foot of the “hal About a dozen fell. There was no checking the onward rush of those Beiind, as they trampled over the screaming youngsters on the floor. Whmn_the stairway was cleared 1t was found that six of the girls were uncon- sclous. They were quickly revived. The news of the panic, greatly exag- drew a large crowd of foreign- the aehoolhiouse, and it was nec- to call out tha police reserves to cloar the way for the ambulance doc- tors. s . MINE WORKERS TO CONFER WITH ANTHRACITE CPERATORS Moeting to Be Held in Wilkes-Barre Thureday, March 11. Wilkes-Barre Pa. March 5.—About fiftty representatives of the Mine Workers' union met here today with Natlonal President Lewis, to arrange for s conference with the unthracite coal operators, At the conclusion of the session tonbght, President Lewls fsued the following statement: “The meeting of ihree district boards was to consider the prospective conference with the anthracite ovor- ators. Many matiers in confer- ence, like others, will not be given to| the public, not because we would not lke to take them fully into our con- fidence at this time, but for the rea- son that we belleve it would be an un wise pusiness method to divulge ne gotiations which are pending and which will affect witally <o many pco- ple ax well as varied interests “The cénference between the thracite operators and the Mine Workers' representatives will be held at the Reading terminal build ing beginning Thursday, March 11, 11 o'clock a. m, BENEFIT PERFO NCE FOR LESTER WALLACK'S WIDOW Netted $3,000—Mrs. Waflack Is Now 83 Years of Age. New York. Mare A score or more Prondway theatrical stars contrihuted the 12 numbers of a benefit perfoun- ance today for the widow of the late Lester Wallack, comedian and mana- ger. The benefit was given under the auspices of the Theater Managérs’ as- s0c at Wallack's, and netted $3,000, which will bs held as a trust fund with which to make comfortable Mrg, Wallack’s last days. Unfortunate investments have dissipated the for- tune which Ler. bughand ieft her and T A FOUND DEAD IN ST. LOUIS In Gas Filled Room—Coliege Classmate of Young Jay Gould. St. Louls, March 5.—Carlos Bepinosa Saldana of Lima, Peru, was found dead here today in a gas filled room follow- ing the receipt of letters and tele- s telling of the loss of his father's forture in Gouth America Saldana, who wae 35 years old and lived at 4621 ‘Washington boulevard, was formerly a student at Columbia university, where the Peruvian government is said to have paid his tuition. At college he was a member of the Delta Kappa En- silon fraternity. He camé to st. Louis several months ago as a draftsman for the Missourl Paclfic railroad. New York, March 5.—Carlos Bspinosa Saldana, thd young Peruvian who kill- ed_himself in St. Louls today, was a Columbla, university and grotese of the latter’s father, George Gould. Speaking of the young man's death tonight at the Hotel Plaza, George Gould sald: 5 “I received word today of Mr, Sal- dana’s death. He was a great friend of my son Jay at Columbia and I had college almost constantly during his cou He was & very likeable man and I took & decided inter : him. When he left Columbia I ob- tained for him an engineering position in the west, and my information was of his father's fortune. ink f youhg man’s mind had become unb; anced, for I know of mo other reason that would explain his suicide, it he did take his life. Saldana’s people are very well connected in Limaand prom- inent. 1 think his father is connected with the judiciar: STATE’S DAY IN TRIAL OF COL. COOPER Testimony of Defense’s Mysterious Witness Torn to Pieces. hville, March 5.—This was th s day In the trial of Colonel D. B. and Robin Cooper and John Shari for the murder of former United Stat Senator Carmack. Not only did it te to pleces what was left of the i mony of §,_J. Binning, the defense's mysterious “witnese, who said he the shooting, but it chaileng: right of the Coopers to be or avenue at all on the day of ¢ death. Tt did this by impeaching the testimony of the governor and others, who asserted that the Coopers were in vited 1 their way there they met Carmack, and a street duel follgwed. The attack on the case of the d fense began early today, nesses that ~ Biny fense has not_aunounced its purpose butit is safe to say that the argu- ments ‘will begin next week. - No time 1tmit will be put on efther side. There are a score of lawyers in the case, and the speeches Goubtless will last sev- eral days. Soon after court adjourned the state's attorneys went into conference p. m. they emerged, and Attorney eral McCarn held a warrant for the arrest of S. J. Binning on a charge of perjury. The specific allegation is that when he testified that he saw Senator Carmack twirling the cylinder of his revolver, he swore to a ile. The war- rant was served at once. Hotel Damaged by Fire—One Guest Lost His Life. Rome, N. Y., March §—In a fire at the Embargo hotel here today Aichael Tyrrel, aged 58 years, of Rome, a guest at the hotel, was asphyxiated by smoke, Firemen found him uncon- scious on the floor of his room. He died & few minutes later. Another guest asleep in an adjoining room was 1t was some time ago reported that ‘without l\m/d\ rescued with difficulty. The hotel was saved, but the damage will amount t& severat thousand do) college mate of young Jay Gould at| him with us as a visitor in our home | the mansion and that while on | night of ty» fragedy sald to them: “Tt I had bech five or ten minutes earlier 1 would Tave seen the killing | When the dey was over the state! announced that it would have hut two or three more witnesses to complete case in rebuttal morrow. The 3| Delaware break Paris, March 5—Kin, xlveg h‘:rc this s he is traveling. privately, there w: no government reep;uon at the rail- road station. He was.met, however, by r Bertie and greeted by & large crowd. Paris, March® 5—The report tele- graphed here from London that France and America have begun negotiations for a two cent rate of postage between the two countries was given officlal @enfal today. Great tain, it was explained, is trying to induce France to agree to this uction, but France, owing to the loss of gevenue involved, has not yet consented to the proposal. Rome, March 5—King Vietor Em- manuel granted a private aundience to William Marcon! today and afterwards entertained the inventor at dinner. His majesty congratulated his guest wars ly on the results achieved by his tem of wireless telegraphy, and Mr. Marconi explained that by the erection of an extra powerful plant at Cojtano near Plsa, he expected within twelve months to have direct wireless com= munication with America. | MRS. MARGARET HENSON ) DRANK CAPHOLIC ACID Committed Suicide in Front of the Hartford Postoffice. ‘ Hargford, March 5.—After a fruit- less search for the United States dis- trict attorney here today Mrs, Mar- garet Henson, 48 years old, commpit- ted snicide in front of the postoffice by taking carbolic acid. Mrs, Hensen, who formerly lived here and has a police court record, has been living in Stafford Springe for the last few years and came hure from that place today. She went to the police station and complained that Ber husband had been writing letters about her, The police referred her to the United States attorney. and after failing to find him, she purchased a bottle of carbolic acid and drank the poison in front of the Hartford postoffice, She was taken to the hospital, where she dled shortly after her arrival. Before taking ke acid she wrote a postal to Chief of Rolice Willlam Gunn, in which she said: “Henson broke my heart. 1 hase tried to do right” She leaves her husbgad and several children. 5 o POLICE CAPTAIN SHOT DEAD AT HIS DESK. v W. H. Mathews Had Reprimanded Patroiman Collier. ‘Washington, March 5-—Capt. W. H. Mathews of the Fifth police precinct in this city was shot and killed while sitting at nis desk in the station houee tonight by Policeman Collier. Collfer quietly entered the station, went im- mediately into the captain’s office, jerked from his pocket a reyolver and began firing at Mathews. Five shots were fired, two of them piercing the captain’s head. Collier, it ¥s alleged, had been reprimanded by Captain Mathews for a breach of the rules, and this at the time angered him. The wolice say they know of no other rea- son for Collier's action. Lieutenant Sprinkle arrested Collier. The prison- er refused to say anything about the shooting. Captain Mathews was 56 years old and for twenty years had been in the police department. $35,000 FIRE AT READING, MASS. Congregational Church Destroyed— Reyival Services Were in Progress. Reading, Mass. | gregational chur | by_fire tonight, c | $35,000. The fire March 5—The Con- i here was destroyed g & loss of about s thought to have been set. A small number of persona | were in the church attending revival | services but all escaped safely. | Accidental Explosion Blasts. London, Ont. March 8. were killed and two badly infured on | the Van Kleek Hill Gold company’s | | property near Aedoc today by an cidental explosion of dynamite. | The dead: Daniel Phillips and Fe- | lix Elore. Injured: George Young and >. Moore, mber of blasts wers set off and ngly When the ing they struck an | of Dynamite Twe men Unusual Speed for Coasting Fleet Ves- 1 sels, ! X 5.—A strong north- v half a dozen of the coast- t of Boston harbor at such | a lively gait today that two of the| | largest, the six-masted schooner-Mertie rowley and the five-master Eliza- beth Palmer, both light, logged over ten knots an’ hour in | run-from Boston lgh shoal lightship. T speed for vessels of t seventy ‘Tile tos Pollock Rip i#= an unusual s type. Stepped on Rusty Nail, Died of Lock- | aw. | | _Hartford, Conn., March 5.—Charles | | Froidevanx of Avon died tonight at the | Bospital from lockjaw. Froidevaux a | week ago stepped on . a rusty nail which pen foot. the wound u jaw set in. mother. ed a shoe and enfered a | were noticed .'rom’ terday, when loek- | leaves a father and He Failure of Christie Grain Company. Kansas , Mo., March 5.—The Christie company of Kansas | City (K as failed. Judge Fisher ndotte county district court i W. M. Whitelaw as firm. The liabilitles about §125,000. will rea | Schooner Picked Up in Disabled Con- | dition. Lewes. Del, March 5 (by. wireless). | e United revenue cutter Onodag: a reports king up , the schooner O. M. , from Savan- t ap, five quarter light i ship abled condition. The On- ! ondaga is towing the schooner to the 1 | Mother and Daughter Burned £o Death | lentown, Pa., March 5.—Mr X | ma Lauer, and” her daughter. Mary | Laver, ten years old, were burned to | death today at their home in West Catasauqua. The girl was removing | nshes from the stove when her dress | | was ignited. Her mother, who was a | paralytic, wwent to her asaistance, but | the latter's clothing algo caught fice. th Fifteen Inches of Snow racuse, N. Y., March 5. sation of snowfail and a slowly ris- ing temperature tonight mark the close of the worst blizzard of the winter. inches of snow fell in Svra- inity in two davs. This viest snowfall in March Syracuse. —The ces- I since the establisiiaemt of the looal ‘weather bureau in 1902. $1,000 Damage from Exploding Lan- tern. 4 Bristol, Coun., March 5.—An explod- ing lantern in the shoe store of Amos Beauty on North Main strest tonight, started a fire oh damaged the stock of the store the building to the extent of $1,000. i | Mr. and Mrs. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OYSTER BAY. ROOSEVELT AS PRIVATE CITIZEN. Happy Family at Sagamore Hill—|Between Baltimore and Washington, Deluge of - Letters, Telegrams and Cablegrams Bringing Sentiments, Oyster - Bay, N. Y., March 5—Ex- President Roosevelt as a private citizen was spent In a decided- 1y qulet manner at his home at Saga- MADE PATH FPR T;AIII. TO THE INAUGURATION. (SR Paint " REMOVED FALLEN POLES Allowing Visitors to Reach Latter City in Time for the Parade. New rkK, March 5.—The coi of cadets the United States ry academy which took part in the Taft inauguration ceremon returned to more Hill, which was swept clear of | West Point late today. snow by a cold gale and has a bleak Mr. Roosevelt was out early, attired in knickerbockers, a brown flannel shirt and heavy walking shoes, and teok his aily exercise in the woods. Sails March 23 on Steamer Hamburg. His day was interrupted by calle from a score of newspaper representa- Tracks Covered With Telegraph Poles. | T appearance. Notwithstanding the wind, | hen the two A traine bearin, the cadets arrived in Baltimere ear!: ‘Thursday morning the railroad officials -reported that there were manv tele- | graph poles on the tracks and while the company was organizing a force 0 remove them it had difficulty in rounding up sufficlefit men. tives to secure an interview. At first| Commander Offers Services of Cadets. he refused to talk. Finally, however, he consented to say a few words, and made the first public announcement of the date and the steamer on which he ties than did his predecessor. 1o keep pasted on public affairs. posted, and the during the past week: 15 to depart for Africa. He will sail Mareh 23 by the steamer Hamburg. Enjoying Domestic Life. It is a happy family at Sagamore Hill. Mr. Roosevelt is enjoying an un- interrupted domestic life and intends to continue to enjoy it until he starts on_his bunting trip. Several bouquets of Amterican beauty roses, the gift of admiring friends, were sent o Sagamore Hill ‘today for Roosevelt from New York. Misses His Secretary. More than anything else Mr. Roose- velt needs, hé found today, is his sec- retary. A delugd of letters, telegrams and cablegrams poured into Sagamore Hill today, bringing to the former pres- ident kindly sentiments of ¢riends from all parts of the world. number of these messages that today he asked the press to announce that hile he appreciated them and wo | like to reply to each missive, it ista physical impossibility fot him to an- swer even one-tenth of them. i s s e “FLAREBACK” WEATHER Washington Official Forecaster Calls Thursday's Unlooked for Storm. Washington, March 5.—“Flareback” was the term used tdday by Prof. id forecaster o weather burean in deseribing the ther which th> national capital ex- nced yesterday. “It was a ‘fiare back, " he edded, “from the storm which has passed off th> coust of Lon Island some hours before, and there. e could not have been foretold by vther foracasters.” ward B. Garrétt, official the we per we Step Toward Effecting Harmony Ohio Republican Politics. ‘Washington, March 5.—At a meet- icg todaysin the headquarters of the National League of Ameriean Clubs the first steps towards effecting har- mony between. the Ohio Republican league and the state administration were taken. Those at the meeting were Arthur L Vorys, Guido Gores, of Cincinnatl, president of the Ohio Re- in publican league, A. Garford, Elyria, O Henry Davis, Cleveland, and ‘William Chambers, Cincinnati. The meeting, which was informal, is pre- dicted to result in endine all faction- alism in the- republican party in Ohio. Enough to Bristol; England, March 5.—Addressg- inga_political meeting here tonieht, Mr. Birrell, chief secretary for Ire- iand, expressed the belief that Pres- ident Taft in his inaugural address pronounced the doom of hope for the disarmament of nations. There was a vniversal feeling abroad, in which the Tnited States now joined Mr. Birrell wald, for increased armaments. It was enough to make angels weep, but in face of it, he declared, “it is our duty to maintain our navy strong enough to keep Great Britain's shores inviolate.” Will Make Vigorous Demand for “Votes for Women.” New York, March 5.—The New York suffragettes havo orzanized a crusade for furthering their propaganda among the newspaper men who work on the morning newspapers. The opening meeting of what-promises to be a long campaign is to be held on Park row near Brooklyn bridge on Tuesday at 230 o'clock in the mgorming. The suffragettes will gather in automobiles and a_half-dozen speakers will make a vigoyous demand for “votes for wo- men.” e Sixteen Men Drowned This Morning at Birkenhead. England. Liverpool, March 6 —Sixteen men were drowned early this morning in the flooding of a coffer dam used in the construction of a new dock at Bir- kenhead. Three men rescued from the wreckage were badly injured, So great is the | h NEW ERA AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS With the opening of & new administration there are greater pos- sibilities than ever for news and for business. In Roosevelt's shoes President Taft faces somewhat llrfq- In the next four or ei issues are to come up for settlement, and Taft is the man who is to mect them squarely and to put them on the road to adjustmént or settlement, and these will be years when it will behoove everybody Roosevelt has awakened the country and the powers that be have no idea of Iomnfi it go to sleep again. ~Everybody will want to keep I've ‘newspapers are going to ers than ever, and have larger circulations. for those who do not take The Bulletin to subscribe now, ‘The first matter in hand with the 61st Congress will be the re- ;lllell fi:lfl, ‘which wfllfi‘lwun a quickened trade llxl:;l l.;ld' era of bus- inecs and prosperity. ere is going to be something doing, and those who advertise are going to be in the swim. men to consider the matter and to prepare to take advantage of Balleun's advertising rates when the business world “do miove.” The rates are reasonable and Bulletin space is compensating. Following is a summary of the matter printed | l | tees “Well,” answered Lieutenant Col- onel Sibley, the cadets’ commander, “we have men. What is tc prevent us from removing-these poles?” | to ping ight years great in ibi ive more to their read- his is why it is well It is well for business The in The Bulletin Hulietin » Telegraph. Loeat General Taa Saturday. Feb 27 75 130 940 1145 Honday. Mar. 1 70 - 129 245 444 Tuesday. Mar. 2 80 100 185 365 Wednesday. Mar. 3 95 14900 179 414 Thursday, Mar. 4 73 117 234 424 | Friday, Mar. 5 70 113 275 458 Total - - - - 463 729 2058 3250 v right of way and the obstructions 860t ap- upon 3 Seven Hours to Clear Forty Miles. The it requis seven hours to clf forty miles of track, but they reachell Wash- ington in plenty of time for the p rade, while the path they had mad enabled hundreds of others to reaeh the city on the trains that followed: BISHOP BONACUM TRIUMPHS OVER FATHER MURPHY. Ten Years’ Fight in Catholie Biocese of Lincoln, ‘Neb., Ended. Neb., cislon rendsred this evenin Nebraska supreme court Bishop Bon. Lincoln, March 5.—By a de- by the acum of the Catholic diogase of Li coln triumphs in his ton years' fight wiih Father William Murphy, a priest gtationed at Seward, Neb., for possos- sion of St. Vineent's church. The su- preme' court sustained the findings of the district 'sourt of Seward county, ousfing Father Murphy from 8t. Vin< cor.t's parish chupch property, sustain- ing so far as a civil court has juris- diction the church contenticn that in the case of Father Murphy “the gates of heaven are closed to him” by the | decree of excommunicatien pronounced by the bishop, The strugzlé between the bishop and the priest began when Father Murphy was pastor of the churck at Tecumsch, Differences with the bishop arose and he was transferred to the Seward par- ish. The trouble did net cease and finally, in 1901, Bishop Bonacum ex- communicated him. The parishioners were loval to Father Murphy, the trus- fefueing to surrender the church nroperty to his successor. Six times The case has been in the distriot court and three times remanded hs the su- gerlor court. Twlice it was taken to me. Father Murphy has a state- wide reputation as an orator and tem- perance advocate. Bishop Benacum is at present abrond and was recently in audience with the pope. MORE TROUBLE FOR 4 OKLAHOMA’S GOVERNOR. Scott MacRaynolds Files Suit for $10,- 000 Damages. , Guthri», Okla., March 5.—Scott Mac- Raynolds of Brooklyn, N. Y., filed suit today for $10,000 Jamages against Gov. Charles N. Haskell, Orvilie T. Smith, law secretary to the governor, John Mahoney, sheriff of Logan county, andf Robert L. Luneford of Cleveiand, Okla. The suit is brought in connection with the seizure of certain papers from MacRaynolds by the representatives of Governor Harkell, the papers having to do with the governor's recent $600,. 060 suit against William R. Hearst, (ke | publisher. The court recentiy held that the seizure was illegal. VICE ADMIRAL GERVERA DYING. He Commanded the Spanish Fleet Do- stroyed at Santiago. Cadiz, March 5.—Vice Admiral Pas- cual Cervera is dying at Puerto Real. The Jast sacraments were administer- ed to him today. He commanded the Spanish fleet that was destcoyed by the American oft Cal in 1898. He was ‘prisomer. spent some time at smouth, N. H. Mucdere- Shi Hanged. Lincoln, Neb, Mafeh 5—R. Mead Sh ‘Mrs. Jacob afternocon at the Ni penitentiary He was pronounced de:a in six "'"’.I the end. He walked calmly to the| fore the death march hesan. Saysiil members of the state legislature wit. nessed the execution. e A 3 5 rfi cadets’ trains were B | i “died The Ship passed the m.‘ffimfltm far ts- lower Steel Sheet Manufacturers of Pit! munmmmumu- s strike. Princess Tal eldest the late smplll":r‘?tf Japan, gave birth to a son. be Sent Down to the Star liner Republic to of Mrs. Bugene A Philadslphia Dentist, 61 years old, wooed and won a 19 year old rl, while his son, aged 20, was courting the young woman. Earthguake Shock occur- Mexican isthmus Saturday utla, and other towns ldings were wrecked. | Marriage of George Westing- Jr., of mfgf!‘? and Bvelyn daughter of £ir mu Brock- A Seridus 'dunun The house, Violet, lebank. took place,in Lon Rudelf Martin, supported by a con- siderable party at the German court, in a new bock accuses Von Buelow of misdirecting Emperor Willlam. Dr. Williams, the medical officer of the port of London, makes serious ille. gations concerning the diseased cond! tions of recent consignments of Ameri- car meat. . Kingdom adopted resolutions congratu: lating Taft on his presidency. . Riffat Pasha, the Turkish Minister of forelgn aftairs, has arrived at St. Petersburg to negotiate directly with Foreign Minister- Iswolsky the finan- clal arrangement of the Turko-Bulgari- an difficulty and the liquidation of the | Turk! ‘ ish war indemnity, Captain William Ferguson and his e of tha’ batwe Georke B, Hater. ol = o eorge H. Bates a the Baltimore ard Ohlo raiiroad docks, between St. George and New Brighton, Staten Island, during Thursday’s storm. Six other barges anchored nearby sank during the storm. EIGHTY MILES OF POLES 3 AND WIRES ARE DOWN. Waeeks of Work Required to Straighten Things Out. Phflnde‘lxhlg Mareh 5.—Not since the blizzgrd of March, 1388, have the wires, both tahlphonl and telegraph, been s0 zmey prostrated south of Phila- On the Pennsylvania raflroad be- tween Washington and the Susquehan- na river, forty mi'#s north of Balti- mors, elghty miles of poles and wire are down. Here and there a pole is standing, and hers and one s only partly downS but the remainder are u A her- o 1Dped off. culean task the construction Eangs being- harried by the companies f-om all directlons’ east..of.the- Ohio river. ‘Weeks will be required to re- store the iines to thefr former condi- n On the other rajiroads and along the turnpiles the conditions are like those pearing the young soldiers entered the P van 3 - nfi;e i am“u‘:;.m. along the Pennsylvania railroad. Line men and lahorers are making a. brave effort to temnorrily patch ‘up connee- of the trains was slow, | tons that will enable Baitimore to get into touch with tho rest of the world, bt this will nrebably not be accom- plished for a day or two. * REFUSED-TO PERMIT J. K. HARDIE TO SPEAK. Oxford University Undergraduates Storm Speszk: Platform. Oxford, England, March 5.—At a meeting of the University Fabian €o- cisty in the town hall here tonlzht J. K. Hardie, the socialist member of parlisment, who was to have been the principal speaker, was upable to gain 2 hearing owing to the hostfle demon- strations of the undergraduates Amidst sgenes of the greatost disor- der, firecrdtkers were exploded, auto- moblle horns wer: blown, there were shouts and bursts of gong bv the stu- dents egge and oranges were thrown and the platform was stormed. Many free fights oceurred during the demon- stration. The proctor of tha university vajgly appealed to the undergrnduates to ghe Mr. Hardle a hearing, but ther re- fused to dasso and the mi seting event- nally was broken up. AN INHERITANCE TAX One of the Proposed Pro curing Revenue. v s ‘Washington, Mfrch 5—The new tar- iff has been tentatively, completed by the republican members of. the house ways and means commitiee and the tariff framers are now devoting their attention principally to proposed pro- visions for securing revensie. Among those suggested are an inheriance tax recommended both by President Taft and former President Roosevelt, an income tax. and various additions to the internai revenue tax. it is proba- tle that the committae will soon gin to hold nightly sessions In addi- tion to two daily mectings. The mem- bers declare that the blll will be ready to introduce on March 1S. ons for Se- Would Exterminate the Beavers. Augusta, Me, March 5.—On the In the state of Maine use great damage every year to umber, an affort is being made by the timberiand own- ers to bring about the repeal of the law protecting the beavers, passed loss two years ago. At the time the law ‘'was passed the beavers had. been reduced to a few small scattered col- onfes. Infected Cattle Sold as Food. Boston, March _5.—Reptesentative Etterson of Boston today filed with the clerk of the heuse an order raquasting the attorney general to give his opin- fen as to whether the laws of this staTe permit cattle infected to. any .degres with tubereulosis to be killad and sol as food in the state. Charges have recently been made (ngt such 'sal ‘were being, vermi‘ted by state gftieial Proctor’s $500 Cash Bail Forfajted. Eoston, March 5.— wfifl) cdsh bail of Robert G. Pr: er m-u secretary of United States Senator Henry Cabot Lolge, who was convict- ed two yéars: ago of y, and who has never npr-.re& to recelva son- tenee, was declared forfeited today at the reques: of the district attorney. Proctor was accused of having misap. plied monsy turned over to him for ‘eampaign purposes. Arrivals, At @outhampton, \Murch 4: Teutonic. from New York via Plymouth and At Rotterdam: March 5 Rotterdam trom New Youk Sensational ~ Supreme Court Appeal to Appellate Division SRS RARH AN daughter of GONDEMNED m lm Lawyer Albert T. Patrick Declares that His Conviction Was the Result of a Collossal Conspiracy—Says that / : in Brooklyn. Life Imprisonment is a More -evere Sentence than Death—I'wo Weeks Allowed Relator to File Brief. New York, March 5.—Before the ap- f'"m division of the supreme court n Brooklyn today Albert T. Patrick, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Willlam Marsh Rice in September, 1900, argued dramatically for nearly four hours for his liberty. The principal points of his contention were that fis conviction was the result of a “coloseal conspiracy” by the jus- tice at his trial and the authorities who prosecuted him and thatr Jovernor Higgins had no 1 right to commute the sentence of the court to life im- prisonment, inasmuch as he had not congented to such commutation. ill Prepare Brief in Sing Decision was reserved by the court and two weeks were allowed the relator in wiich to file a brief. lu the mean- time Patrick will be taken back to Sing Sing prison and given all the fa- cilities he needs to prepare his bglef. Ascistant District Attorney Robert C. Taylor, who appeared to oppose Pat- rick's motion, will prepare a brief in reply and there will be mo turther pro. PRESIDENT TAFT'S NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED BY SENATE. First Regular Sitting of the Sixtieth Congress Two and a Half Hours. Washington, March 5.—At its first regular sitting of the session toduy the senate recsived and confirmed the nominations of President Taft for the various ~abinet positions and also that of Mr. Wilson as assistant secretary of fIound that the few peavers emaiing | te. In addition, Senators Cmabre- lair. of Oregon and &mith of Maryland were sworn in. The session, both ex- ecutive and legisiative, consumed only two and a half hours. Following is the list of nominations sent to the senate today: Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, to_be secretary of state. Franklin MacVeagh of Illinols, to be secretary of the treasury. Jacob M. Dickinson of Tennessee, to be secrefary of war. George W. Witkersham of New York, to_be attorney general. Frank F. Hitchcock of MassacNu- setts, to be postmaster zeneral. George von L. Meyer of Massachu ts, to be secrotary of the navy. Richdrd 4.°Ballinger of Washington, 10 be secrétary of ti:e interior. James Wilson of lows, 40 be secre- tary of agriculture. Charles Nagel of Missouri, to be e~ retary of cymmerce and labor. Huntin, ‘Wilson of Tllinols, to be adsistant secretary of state. Beekman Winthrop of New York, to be_assistant secretary of the navy. Willlam Loeb, Jr., of New York, to be collector of customis for the district of New York. Lewis Dalby of Virginia, Indlan inspector. John P. MeDowell of Illino! receiver of pubte moneys at Wi N. D. to be un to be | st o, | ‘The senate expects that Taft will send a number of Presiden t inae tions to the senate tomorrow. These | probably will include as='stants to the | teveral heads of execuiive davartments | and_probably most of them will be | confirmed at once. Although no l"r] cision has been reached. It = under- | tood that the speclal session of the senate will be adjourne aTrOw. | DAMAGE BY THE BLIZZARD PLACED AT $1,000,000. Latest and Carefui Estimates Obtained at Baltimore. ey | | _ Paltimore, March § (by wircless via | Washington).—Latest and careful esti- | mates, based on information ontained today’ and tonight. place the damage by the storm to public service corpora- tions at from $700,000 to $1,000,000. Harry Granger, a_brother-in-law of George R. Gaither, whe at the last elec- tion was the republican candidate for zovernor, was found dead ‘oday beside the tracks of the United Railways by linemen. His body s frozmén stiff. 1t is thousht that Granger attempted to walk_from the home of friends in Mount Washington, a suburb of the city. {o his home in Forest Park. a dls- tance of several miles, and that he was overcome by the cold. SAILOR FROM THE VERMONT. DETAINED ON FORE!GN SHORE. Discharged from French Hospital terday—Fight in a Wine Shop. * Nice, March 5.—Ferdinand Roehifin. a sallor. belouging to the United States battleshlp Vermont, was detained by the ioral police today when he was discharged from a local hospitel. On January 12 Rohelfin was found i the street badly wounded. The proprietor of & wine shop alleges that Rochifin and two other men from the Vermont started a fight with a local tough and on being put out of the wineshop con- tinded the cisturbance in the street ‘When found Roehlfin was jn too seri- ous a condition to make a'tatement, but now he will be asked to meet the charge that he was responsible for the fight. Arrested |in Goldstein, 16 years old, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody here tonight. The New York nolice say that the girl ‘was been missing from her home for several days. When taken 4o the police station the girl would make no state- ment as to when or why she came to thik -place. tomorrow. Blown to Atoms by Stick of Dynamite Cleveland, Tenn., March §.—David Coffman, aged 60 years, purchased a stick of dynamite today, attached a fuse to'it, lighted it and lay down on the ‘dynamite. The explosion tore Coftman’s head to atoms and his hody almost to the walst to shreds. Fam- ily trouble was the cause She will be taken home House Buried in Avalanche. Rome March 5.—News was received here tonight that an avalanche had de- stroyed g house In the village of Pra- del vince of Relluno, Venetia, kill- ing persons Lonly thing left to do would be céedings in open court. The scene in court while the eon- démned man pleaded his cause with ail the iegal mental agllity and fervor of w trained lawyer was sensational. State Detective Jackson, who had brought the gflwncr down from Sing Sing, sat ide him at the lawyers' table and rick's wif t nulm him. death ask give him his liberty or to send him to the electric 'chair under the sentence. He contended, however, thai the governor's action in commut! & no sentence without his consent effect of a pardon, other legal power was veated in the state in the case of a man sentgnced to death. Between Two Fires. Assistant District Attorney Taylor said in reply that Patrick should efther accept the sentence of life | mprison. ment, but, if he did not accept it, the to exe~ cute hin. SOUVENIR HUNTERS IN NATIONAL HOUSE Carried Away All Small Artidles That Washington, March 5.—~Crowds visitors swarmed through the Whi House grounds a! stream pouring In stralning to catch & president or to see the Inside of. dutiding. The north portico was many times during the day. -“The hew colored footmen at the north door came in for unreserved observation, but bore the scrutiny with butler-like No objection was by officials to persons peeting In . or gazing Into the areaway romni around the bullding. They .,.M that the sttangers had come g.&- tances to see the capitol and on" orders were seidom brought. inte play. The capltol was taken by storm by the thousands of fnai who crowded its historie halls from the mnl“%fi ing hours. o They overran the m crowded Into the senate . the senate was in seasjon and g0t &* glimpze of the cowrt ” was sitting. * ] An the house was dot i wenalon, the the wisitors . were given floor. an4 a continusus 1is to the speaker's chalr tor the sensation for half'a mrnnte, of ting In hif_seat on the piatform. ey took every loosa bank. pamphlet, reach as pencil or o'her articl souvenirs of their visit.” | TRAFFIC OUT OF WASHINGTON 1S SERTOUSLY MUDDLED. Inauguration Sightsesrs Experionce All Kinds of Hardships. New York, March 5.—Train service hetwegl this cit; aud Washington was still Iy tied up today. Trains were few and far between. running general- Iy from five to alx hours behind thelr schedule. Little parties of those whe went (rom this city to attend the in= auguration cercmonies® straggl with ail sorts of storfes of harJehips. Traffic out of Washington they re ported was seriously muddied and ghore was littie hope of relief for 34 hours or more. Passengers on one particularly bee lated traln told of making forty miles in During the first thres no dining car on the train and sdnd~ c commanded fabulous’ price: The Frelinghuysen Lancers of New- to that city shortly They Sreached Washingtcn several hours after the cersmonies, but ng the ve not falled to parade at every inauguration singe 1888, they fell into line late last night and marched over the entire route of the parade, winding up at the raliroad station, where they boarded thelr tarin and started back to Newark. BOMB THROWN IN NEW YORK. It Exploded in Midair—Panic on the East Side. New York, March 5.—A bomb which was thrown from the roof of a five= story tenemcnt. on the East Side to= night, exploded In midair, o few foet above the head of Mrs, Carrie Bar- beris, ang started a small panic fn the wvielnity. Mrs. Barberis ‘was knocked senseless by the force of tHe explosion, but revived a fow minutes later, little the worse for her explos= fon. d The police belleve that the bomb was thrown by striking teamsters or their sympathigers and was mntended to wreck a wtable adjoining the build- ing from which it was thrown. A two feet wide was torn in the wall : the stable and fifty horses were stampeded. Once Noted Scientist Dead, Dr. M. M. Boye. o Coopersburg, Pa, March 5.—Dr. M. M. Boye, a one-time noted sciemtist, died_here today of age. A graduate of the university of Copenhagen : came to this country in 1836 and se- cured a position with th fted States geological survey. several ~ valuable ~dlscoverfes 1§ field of chemistry and w of natura] philesophy and ch the Central high school. Philadelphia, from 1845 to 1850. He was - gradvate of the university of Pennsyl~ vania in the department of medicine. He was 97 years old. Miss Helen Taft and Brother Guests of Honer. Washington March 5.-—Miss Helen Tatt and her brother, Robert, were the guests of honor tonight at a disner given at the home of Mrs. Charles A. Munn, after which they were enters tained at a theater party. w Whees & Toich 1arper DOGGRE oF " Seosie, had soen Mnehed 16 all Taft at a dance FOR HOURS. 4