Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 11, 1909, Page 1

- FIND THE DEFENDANT United States District Attorney Sims Greatly Disappointed at the Verdict. ! NOT GUILTY, SUIT AGAINST THE OTL, TRUST FAILS. ‘Government Case in.which Judge Landis Imposed $29,- 240,000 Fine Collapsed—Judge Anderson at Chicago Instructed the Jury to Find the Company Not Guilty —Two Points Not Affected by the Decision. : Chicago, March 10.—Judge Anderson {pday decided to instruct the jury, in ‘the dard Ofl :l:ul!llnlny suit to find the company not ty. The decision Of the court was an- nounced at the close of a long argu- ’“‘n‘”JY Assistant District Attorney ‘Wilkerson, and the jury was immedi- ately summoned and instructed to re- turn a verdict of not gullty, . Two Points Not Affected, This means that all but two of the pending indictments against the Stand- ard Oll company of Indiana are veid and will be abandoned by the govern- ment. The two cases not affected by today's decision are “cases involving the shipment of 1915 carloads of bil from Whiting, Ind., to Evansville, Ind,, Via.Dolton Junction, over the Chicago wnd Eastern Tilinois railroad. Judge Anderson's Charge in Part. Judge Anderson's charge to the jury follows, in part: “Gentlemen of the Jury: T have made up my mind to end this case. You, as Jurors, have a perfunctory office to per form, and the evidence you have heard, | @s presented by the government, may have given you some opinion of your | own as to how this case should be de- Cided. You have no. arbitrary power. Nelther have L as a federal judge, any euch power. T am bound by the’ law, as you are. “When the Upited Ststes court of appeals lays dotvn the law we are bound b: our oaths to obey this law. “The Standard Oll company has been fndicted. and the government avers in its indictment that a rate of 1§ cents per hundred pounds on shipments of ol was a fixed standard, and that re- gardiess of this the Chicago and Alton defendant conces- raflroad gave the wions. allowing the ofl company to ship oil over its road at a rate of six cents. “The government fafled to provethis eharge. Should this jury find the de- | fendant guilty, I would set aside such @ verdict instantly, as 1 know the Tnited States court of appeals would.” The foreman of the jury then signed this verdic “We, the ‘jury, find the defendant not guilty.” . Distgjct Attorney Sims Disapointed. “As to further _prosecution iof the Standard Oil company,” he said, “I will be uuable to make a statement until I have conferred with the, attprney gen- eral at Washington.” Comment of Standard Oil Counsel. Moritz ' Rosenthal, counsel for - the standard Oil company, in commenting on_the verdict, said 4 ““The ‘verdict ‘is intensely satistactory with us, as it ehows that a rate of 18 cents was never fixed by the Chicago and Alton_rafiroad.” . A throng of newspaper men cro around Judge Anderson when he | tne court room after concluslonef the trial. “I suppose the newspapers will re- verse me,” ¥aid he, when interrogated Dby one of the reporters. “However, 1 tried to follow the law and have no | statement to make, further than I have already made in open court.” Opinion of Federal Attorneys. It s the opinion of the federal at- torneys that Judge Anderson’s ruling will invalidate class tariffs and will | make it impossible to convict a ship- | per for violations of class tariff regula- | tiona, | The Thing for the Government to Do. | Judge Peter 8. Grosscup, who wrote | the opinion of the United &tates cir- cuit_court of appeals, said ““The thing for the gover: is to do away with classifications in the regulation of tariff rates and make the railroads file tariffs that specify the rate on each commodity without | regard to classification. This might | mean a great cost to the railroads, but 1 know mothing of that. Changing of tariffs, however, smeans but particular changes to meet conditions, and means no more a complete change than is made in different editions of a tele | phone directory.” | Judge Landis Says Nothing. Judge Lindis had nothing to say concerning the decision FREE FERRIES ACROSS K THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Largely Attended Hearing at Hartford —interesting Discussion. Hartford, ~Cona., March 10—The committee on roads, rivers and briiges held its hearing this afternoon on the natter of state ferries in the senate * chamber. The heating was largely at- tended and there was much discussion of an interesting nature.. The com- mittee took up the bill introduced by Gedator E. H. Fenn_concerning free ferries across the Comnecticut river. Mr. Fenn showed that the state aid to the different ferries has been increased Py the increase of the demands of traf- fic. He then took up the measure which provides for free ferries by con- demnation and purchase, and based his contention in favor of the measure that m ferry is a substitute for a bridge, and a bridge part of a road, therefors as the state is paying for one portion of the state roads, there should be no dis- crimmination against ferries, and that 1 the bridges also ought to be maintain- e by the state. Representative Whiton of New Lon- don opposed the free ferries on the Vfground that the imposition of toll rates ,%% a more sure tax upon the users of OPENED FIRE ON POLISH PRIEST IN HIS STUDY. Assassination of Newark Pastor. Care- fully Planned and Executed. Newark, N. J, March 10—7Three men whoge features appear to have been concealed by the collars of their h¢avy overcoats and their slouch hats, waked into the study of the Rev. Erasmus Ansion, pastor of the Polish church of St. Stanislaus this morn- ing and opened fire upon him. Three dullets from their three revolvers hit the priest, kilting him instantly. The trio turned.to make their es- cape and found their way blocked by Mrs, Antonlo Sewrzytska, the house- keeper. Without an instant’s hesita- tion, ope of the visitors fired his re- volver at her, inflicting & wound which is likely to prove fatal. Then all three rushed out into the street and escaped. - Two hundred of Father Anmsion's parishioners, who were attending ar early morning service ih the church adjoining, heard the shots and dashed out, led by the assistant priests who ‘were in charge of the service. But the assaseing had disappeared, leaving nn- parently no clue to their whereabouts or identity. The police were put to work on the case within a few minutes Fthe ferries and puts the cost where it, in his opinion, should be. KING EDWARD'S HEALTH Not 8o Sdriously Impaired as Reports Would Indicate. Lendon, March 10.—No alarm ls felt here concerning the health of King BAward and no credence is placed in the reports that he is seriously Il Indeed, it is announced that the king's sneral condition has improved since £ix “departure from London. Rumors concerning the health of the king have n_current since his visit to Berlin, ut) it is learned from an authoritative soukce that his majesty’s general health is remarkably good for a man of his years. . It is true that he suf- fers from an affection of the throat, due to gout, which at times is trouble- #ome, but though it has been observed that the king aged much, and be. come ~uite enfeebled during the past r. it is impossible to point to any ‘:w: gymptoms occasioning uneasi- ness, which could ot be attributed to jvancing years and the habit of con- By e atng - cisien, the | doctor's warnings concerning which his majesty laughingly brushes aside. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. Recommendations Which Will Be Sub- mitted te the House. shington, March 10.—Tt was au- thoritatively Jearned tonight that the new tariff bill which will be submit- ted to the house at the special session by the ways & means committee, will contain the follewing recommen- dations: L and copper, né change. Sugar, no change. iron ore, placed on free list. Rails and Gillets, substantially re- duced. . Pig iron, 25 per cent. reduction. Textile, graduated tariff on high- grade cotton, and on silk goods an in- creased tax; on minimum grade, no change; on low grade, a reduced tar- i - OBITUARY. Dr. William H, Sage. Woodbury, ~Conn, March 10.—Dr. William H. Sage, aged 84 years, died this afternoon at his home here. Hae was one of the wealihiest residents ‘hercabouts and /a father of Dr. Henry Bage of New Haven. Df. Sage was one of the ojdest grad- wuates ‘of Yale university, having re- eeived his diploma from the Yale med- fcal school in 1849, . Bockville—The members. of the Rockville division of Hibernians will wmve their observance of $t. Patrick's da: h‘t?ir hall on M evening. dere_will be an 58 by Augustine Lonergan Of d, formerly of Rt i 3 of the murder and by noon had round- ed up four suspects, one of whom the housekeeper, now in St. Barnabas hos- pital, thought bore a resemblance to the leader of the trio who did the shooting. - The others she was unable to identify. All four denied any knowl- edge of the affair. No adeguate_theory to aceount for the attack upon the priest has been presented to the police. It was learn- ed that there has recently been con- siderable factional trouble in the con- gregation, and Father Ansion, when he came from Paterson to take charge of the church five months ago, made sev- eral chapges. These are said to have caused widespread disastisfaction. Leading parishioners told the police, however, they did not think that the il] feeling had been strong enough to jead to the shooting, which appears to have been carefully planned and ex- ccuted. All the men arrested are mem- bers of St. Stanisiaus’ church and the police ordered the arrest of all the for- Ox includes the following : Putting the -welght, G. E. Putnam, ; D. G. | Herring, Princeton. One hundred yard @ash, L. C. Hull, Michigan; J. W. Wootrow, lowa. Quarter mile, L. C ull, Algiers, March 10.—Twenty-four of the ringleaders of the attempt made last December by members of the for- eign leglon of the ch army to de- sert over the Moroccan frontier were Sentenced today by a_courtmartial to terms of imprisonment varying from two to twenty years, Most of the con- victed men are Germaps, London, March 10.—Great Britain has welcomed the decision reached in Washington to send a special commis- sion to Liberia to investigate and re- port on conditions In that republic. In- structions have been- sent to British officials in West Africa to give the commissioners every asslstance, while British subjects resident In Liberia have been requested to'do the same. BIG GAME WAITING FOR. THE ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION. Thirty-Two Lions Seen in One Group Yesterday, to Say Nothing of Giraffes and Elephants, - ; Mombasa, ~ British ' East Africa, March 10.—Mombasa Is preparing al- ready to welcome ‘Theodore Roosevelt when he lands”here the latter part of mext ‘month en his much heralded ‘African _trip, and the coming of the former presiderit of the United States has given a decided Jmpetus to the in- ‘terest in the present hunting season. The governor ~of the protectorate, Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler, is getting up a programme of welcome and _entertainment for the distinguished visitor, but notwithstand- ing these arrangements the greeting to Mr, Roosevelt will be more to the great sportsman whose fame. is well known to local hunters than to the former president. The white population of Mombasa has heard much of Mr. Roosevell's personality and in a joking way fre- quent referenges to the “big stick” ar: being made. 5 The rains aré late this vear and a heavy fall is expected. (The regular time” for the “big rains” is from the end of January to the end of April) The prospects for good hunting this season are considered excellent. | According to a despatch - received | here today a record group of lions, numpering thirty-two, was seen on the. Nandi plateau yesterday at a point about fifty miles north of Port Flor- ence.. (The Nandi plateau is on the west side of the great Rift valley.) Among them were three huge males. Four families of giraffes have been seen at-Makindu, 200 miles inland from he; on thé line of the Uganda rail- road, and elephants have been seen at Elburgon, 475 miles inland, on the rail- road, and along the Sabaki river, not far to the north of Mombasa. “HYSTERICAL ABUSE.” U. 8. Weather Bureau Chief Talks Back to Newspaper Oritics, Washington, March 10.—“Hysterical abuse” is the stormy ®nglish which Willls L. Moore, chief of the United States -weather bureau; Wuris at the newspaper eritics who Hgve found fault with the weather bureau for pre- dicting “fair weather for inavgura- tion” when the day turned out to be one of the worst imaginable, due to what the forecaster later termed & “fareback.” Mr. Moore declares that “the same “forecast would be made today if simi- lar_conditions existed”’ In upholding the work of the bureax Mr. Moore says that “in the past about one prediction out of ten .fafled to be verified, and it may be expected that the same ratio will be maintained until meteorology can be made, what it is not now, an exact sclence.” He declares that the forecasters of the United States weather bureau are the eguals of any in the worid and that “if the department or congress were to dlose a station of the bureau in any part of the United States the property luterests would demand its restoration. This would not be the case If the hysterical abuse that is now being indulged in was justified.” SNIPSIC LAKE GRWE_ sSOoLD To the Rockville Aqueduct Company— Summer Resort Ended. Roclviile, Conn., March 10.—Snipsic Lake Grove was sold today by its own-~ er, A. D. Thompson, to the Rockville Aqueduct company. The grove, which has been a summer resort for the past 22 years; will be closed to the public. Along with tge'grove and all its bufid- ings used for ‘the entertalnment of summer visitors, several tracts of land around the lake were also purchased. The purchase and closing of the grove was the result of the investigation by | the state board of health, made last year, which brought out the fact that there was danger of the pollution of the water, which is used to supply the residents of this place. ROOSEVELT A STRAPHANGER. Boards Crowded Bar in New York City —Recognized by Few. mer trustees whom the dead priest ousted when he took charge of the parish. Father Ansion was born in Russia and came to America five years ago after serving for a.time in_ England, He was assigned first to a minor charge in Jersey.City and lafer to a Paterson church, from which he came to this city. “PILLARS OF FIRE Members of Religious Sect Tried Toda IN LOCKUP. will Be Thompsonville, Conn., March 10—On a charge of technical vagrancy prefer- red by residents of Hazardville, four members of the meligions sect calling themselves the Plilars of Fire, were arrested at Shakers Station tonight and placed in the loca] lockup. The four men arrested gave thelr names as Thomas A. Goode, the head of the band, Align Driver, TLerch . Covert and Theophjlus Tafego, All four gave Bound Brook, N. J., as their place of residence and as the headquarters of the sect.] They will be tried tomorrow morning in a local court. Manslaughter in First Degree. New York, Maren 10.—The jury in the case of John C. Lumsden, on trial in the supreme court heré for killing’ Harry Suydam, a curb broker, in the latter's office last December, brought in a verdict of manslaughter in the first_ degree tonight. Lumsden wak much affected. by the verdict, and it New York, March 10.—Colonel The- odore RD_OS(-‘\'QI! came to the city today as o private citizen. Delayed on the Long “Island rallroad ferryboat by fog in the morning rush hours, he boarded a surface car at the landing in com- pany with a friehd of his daughter. On the car the ex-president found himself a “sraphanger.”” - Tew people recognized him as he made his way on the surface cars to the home of his brother-in-law, Doug- las Robinsen, in Madison avenue. $50000 FIRE AT BUFFALO. Beautiful Home of Norman E. Mack Praotically Destroyed. Buffalo, N. Y., March 10.—Norman E. Mack's beautiful home, on Delaware avenue, was practically destroyed by fire tonight. A gale blowing 64 miles an hotir made hard work for the fire. men. The fire started in the servants’ guarters on the third floor, The roof fell in a few minutes after the fire was discovered, The second floor also burned out, as was Mr. Mack's_fine library. Mr. Macle was in New York, and his family at Atlantic City. The logs 1s about $50,000, Vermont Farmer Shot by Woman. Eden, Vt, March 10.—While Dan- ial Baker, a farmer, was driving past the house of his neighbor, Peter Shap- ney, late today Mrs. Shapney appear- ed in her doorway and upbraided Ba- .| Missing Waterbury Girl Found in New MANY OPERATIVES RESCUED BY FIREM| HUNDRED GIRLS IN TERROR On Fourth Floor of Burning New York Manufacturing Building—Two Young Women Jumped from Windows. New York, March. 10.—A fire which ‘broke out late today on the fourth floor of a manufacturing building on lower Broadway caused a panic among a hundred or more girls employed there. Climbed Out on Window Ledges. Smoke flled the halls and cut off the eccape of several who climbed out on the natrow window ledges overlooking Broa@way. Most of these were rescued by the firemen, who ran up scaling lad- ders as soon as they arrived and also spread the fire nets. Fell Into P Two young womtn, terror stricken, jumped pefore the firemen could reach them. One of these was caught in a fire net and esccaped with a fractured leg. “The other fell onto an awning, which held her for a moment and then gave way, dropping her into the arms of a policeman who was standing on the sidewalk. She suffered severe inter- nal injuri Property Loss $7,000. The only others hurt were two young women who were burned about the head and choulders. The fire was con- fined to the fourth floor of the build- ing. . The loss. was about $7,000. THE SILVER DART MADE TWO LONG FLIGHTS. Flying Machone in Straightaway and Turning Trials. Baddeck, N. S, March 10.-2Under guidance of Douglas McCurdy, the fly- ing machine Silver. Dart of the Aerial Experiment association, - made two long flights today ove® a measured course above the Ice on Lake Bras D'Or. The distance traveled during the two trials egsfegated nineteen miles. Both flights were made in a straight ine wier a measured route ofs four . narked at half mile ingervals by spruce trees planted in the ice. The. furn was cver a_portion of Baddeck haror. and was negotiated with ease each tume. Afiar e fiights the engine was re- iroved from *he Siiver Dart and fitted to Dr. Bell's tetrahedral _aerodrome, “vgngt 11, the fifth of the airships the Aerial Expertment associa- th which expriments will now be resumed. POW ER570F INSURANCE AGENTS A Matter Said to Sometimes Work In- justice to a Policyholder. Hartford, March 10.—The committee on insurance at its hearing today found much of an edifying nature in the information brought out at the hearing on-a bill concerning the pow- ers of insurance agents. Several agents were before the committee fa- voring a change in the law so that agents for life insurance companies could not deal in fire insurance poli- cies unless they had paid a license fee as an insurance broker. The commit- tee considered the matter at some length and it was brought out that it worked considetable injustice to the policyholder in the event of such prac- tices obtaining. An amendment to the present law covering the matter was proposed and gubmitted to the commit- tee, which will probably act in a fav- orable manner on it. The matter of insurance of state property came up in the measure pro- viding for the dropping of all insur- ance from state property. This was opposed by the insurance men, who thought that the state institution where prisoners are detained . and where insane or feebls minded are, are very likely to_have fires of an_incendi- ary origin. They also cited the facts regarding some of the state buildings which had been burned, and thought that the state had found it profitable to insure them. Sixteen New Britain Carpenters Strike. New Britain, March 10.—Sixteen car- penters in the employ of J. W. Allen & Son, contractors of this place, stopped work today because certain material used in the construction of a building on w they were employed was made in nine hour shops in Hartford. Bight hours constitute a day’s work in the local shops, and the men objected to the extra hour worked in Hartford. An effort is being made to adjust the matter. Haven. .New Haven, Conn. March 10.—The police tonight placed under arrest An- gelo lavasile, 25 vears old, and Lucy Zepporie. 16 years old, both of Water- bury. The man is held under $1,500 and the girl under $1,000 bonds for ap- pearance in conrt tomorrow morning. The Zepporie girl has been missing from her home in Waterbury. and was found tonight in company with lavas- ile in o house on Hill street. Iavasile is held under a charge of abduction. Death of Inventor of Pneumatic Dyna- e Torgedo Gun. ' New ¥ork, March 10.—Major Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, U. 8. A,, retired, the inventor of the pnenmatic dynamite torpedo gun, and other military de- vices, dled today at e New York gas- pital from pneumonia, after a short iliness. He was in his 60th year. Boston Broker Committed te Jail. New York, March 10.—Thomas H. Winsor, a broker of 262 Washington street, Boston, was arrested late to- day by postoffice’ inspectors, charged with using the mails to defraud inves- tors in gold bonds. United States ‘Commissioner Shields held Winsor in §1,500 baii, In default of which he was committed to jail. Released on $10,000 Bail. Buftalo, N. Y., March 10. Meadows, who Was a_member of the firm of 'Meadows, Williams & Co. broksu_‘vl/hicdh r(.n.d l-;fx )llall, and who was convicted of wrongfully appropri- ating $72,000 given him by William B. rold G. was with much effort that he remained standing as his fage was being an- nouncer Annual Meeting Lackawanna Steel Co. Buffalo, N. Y., March 10—The annus al meeting of the ‘Lackawanna . Steel company was held here today, Two hundred and eighty-one thousand fiye hundred and eighty-four shares of glg‘l‘-.iso c‘;u;dx thr:a ere voted. e retirjrig members o board directors ‘were re-elected z !‘ ker for his alleged failure to pay her son’s wages which she sald were due him. Baker drove hastily along, but was stopped by a carbine bullet which crashed through the back of his sleigh and entered his body close to e heart. He is ih a eritical condition, rs. Shapney was arrested. At Naples: New York via | At arsell trom New Y ‘Silyerthorne to purchase stocks, was granted a_certificate of reasonable doubt teday and released on $10,000. Mills ldle Two Years Will Resums Medway, Mass., March 10—The San. ford woolen mills, which has been i for two years, have been sold to the Pittsburg Woolen company. It is un- derstood that the former v of the plant will be doubled so that 300 men will be employed and that busi- ness will be resumed in about two “ JUDGE RALPH WHEELER'S REAP- POINTMENT APPROVED. JUDGE STILLMAN OF STONINGTON. Souvenir Taylor's Ay-nyrinlu—br. J. J. Donohue of Norwich Trustee of “Hospital for the Insane. Hartford, March 10.—The senate was called to order at 1115 by. Lieutenant Governor Weeks. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. Ferry Commissioners. Senator Bradford offered two resolu- tions, one for the appointment of Daniel 1. Lay of Old Lyme & commis- sioner of the Saybrook and Old Lyme ferry, and the other for the appoint- ment of Willlam C. Comstock a com- missioner of the Chester and Hadlyme ferry. Senate appointments. | Judge Ralph Wheeler Reappointed. The judiciary ~committee reported favorablv on the nomination ofc Judge Ralph Wheeler ‘as judge of the su- perior court for a term of eight years. _ Senator Searls moved that the rules be suspended and that the resolution appointing Judge Wheeler be passed. | He sald that Judge Wheeler's term will expire on 'Saturday, and he was holding court at the present time. It W desirable that he should continue s tion, A baliot was taken on the motion of There were thirty bal- ass- udge duties in court without interrup- Senator Searls. lots voted, and all were for the age of the resolution appointing ‘Wheeler. Souvenir Taylor's Appropriation. Senator Higgins for the committee an recall of the scnate resolution ap- propriating $4,000 to W. H. Taylor for | his Legislative History, reported that | the resolution had been 'recallea. Senator Higgins then moved that the senate reconsider its action. Mo- tion carried. On motion of Senator Higgins the resolution was recommit- ted to the committee on' contingent expenses. . Trustees of Connecticut Hospital for the Insan Senator Shanley presented two res- olutions for the appointment of George Forster of Vernon and J. J. Donahue, M. D, of Norwich, trustees of the Connecticut hospital for the einsane.| Senate appointments. Judge Stillman Appointed. On motion of Senator Searls the fav- orable Tepagt of the committee on the judiciary off the resolution appointing A. R. Stillman judge of the court of Stonington was ‘taken from the table. Senator Searls safd that the person named in the othe resolution had stat- ed he was no longer a cundidate for the judgeship. The report was accept- ed and the resblution appointing Judge Stillman passed. ' Messengers and Doorkeepers. The committee on senate rules re- ported unfavorably on the resolution Introduced by Senator Luther for the appointment of messéngers And_door- keepers by the comptroller. Report accepted and resolution rejected. . Israel Putnam Camp. . Senator Peck moved that the reso- lution making an appropriation for the Israel Putnam camyp be referred to the committee of appropriations. He said _he had consulted some of his col. leagues on the committee in regard to the reference. Senator Searls thought the action of the senator would_establish a bad precedent. The matter should come from the commit- tee. Senator Blakeslee suggested that the committee on Israel Putnam camp make preparations for a hearing on the matter. After further discussion the report was withdrawn, Senator Peck saying that he would consult with his colleagues on the committee. In Concurrence. In all matters not specifically men- tioned the senate concurred with the house. Adjourned. THE HOUSE. . The house was called to order at 11.15 by Speaker Banks. Prayer was offered by the house chaplain. From the Governor. Executive Secretary Goodwin tra mitted to the house, from the gov ernor, reports of the hureau of labor statistics, Norwich hospital for insane, and Connécticut agricultural station. These were referred to the several committees interested. The Lyme Bridge. The yse of the hail of the house was voted o the committee on rivers, roads and bridges for March 16 at 2 p. m., for a hearing on the question of a bridge over the Connecticut river be- tween Old Saybrook and Old Lyme. Committee Reports. Incorporations — Unfavorable on house petition No. 70 of Henry H. Davenport of a water company in Pomfret. The report was accepted and the petitioners given leave to with- draw. . Judge Ralph Wheeler. » Under suspension of the rules the iouse voted by ballot gn the appoint- ment of Jydge Ralph Wheeler to the superior court bench, whose nomina- tion was reported favprably by the committee on judiciary. Mr. Burnes of Greenwich explained that his fime will expire on Saturday, therefore prompt action wWas neceseary, The ballot resulted us follows: Whole number of votes Necessary for choice Yes .. o .. 3 T The resolution was declared adopted and on motion of Mr. Burnes wa transmitted to the office of the secre- tary of state under suspension of the rules. Committee on Conference. The houge receded and concurred with the senate on a bill in relatien to deer, referring it to the committee on fish and game instead of agricultural. This was on favorable report of Mr. Tomlinson, a committeé of conference. Petition. By Mr. Savage of Mansfield—Of res- idents of Mansfield concerning the re. moval of screens from places whete liquors are sold. Excise. From the Calendar. . Supstitute bill amending the charter gf the Connecticut Baptist convention. ijute resolution co the T A company. n gav Lon¢ he felt upon him, in _of the taken i i vy ! ‘ King Alfonso Returned to Seville, Spain, from Ceuta, Morocco. ¢ * Florence an actress, is Hl at the Baltimore 1, Kansas City. The French - Chamber of passed , the fucome tax bil votes to 166, i Vladivostok, Siberia, heretofore ' a free po:t. will be lh'clo.ed port be- ginning March 14. < The Interior Department Ordered that 3,000,000, acres in Wyoming be opened to homesteaders. Charles Quimby, who shot and kiiled his wife on Christmas morning, 1907, was hanged at Newcastle, Pa. American Intervention in Cuoca is believed to be inevitable, as the gov- ernment is apparently unstable. The Appointment of General Velez 2s Cuban minister to the United States is acceptable to our government. The Census Bureau Has Published a report showing the mortality during the year 1907 in the registration area. The New Picture Gallery of ‘the Vat- ican is to be opened March 18, the new collection embracing, 300 can- vases. ~ George Tener Oliver of Pittsburg was named by the joint caticus as the republican candidate for United States senator., e Deputies by 407 \ The Georgia Textile Association has issued a call for a meeting of all tex- tile, interests of the south at Atlanta, March 16. Dr. Henry lsaac - Jones, a veteran surgeon of the confederate and Brit- ish services, is dead at his home In Oakland, Cal, Eight Fine Vessels of the United State navy will take part in the open- ing ceremonles of the Alaskan-Yukon- Pacific exposition. The Kansas Senate Adopted the re- port of the railroad company, which recommended that the two-cent fare bill be not passed. The Schooner John R, Penrose of Philadelphia, which sailed from Phila- delphia, January 31 for Charleston, has arrived at Bermuda. J. 8. Richardson of South Carelina, chief clerk, of the internal revenus bureau, has been promoted to be rev- enue agent at Philadelphia. Albert Ballin, director general of the Hamburg-American steamship com- pany, says the Increase of emigration is a sign of growing prosperity. Peter H. Smith, formerly a judge of the state superior court, from which he retired four vears ago because of failing health, dled at Seranton. President Zelaya of Nicaragua has calied another conference. of Mexico, Honduras, -Guatemala, Salvador and Costa Rica, with a view to arranging peace for Céntral America. The En o yment Was Announced in Paris of Muriel, White, daughter of White, to- Count. Schen-Thoss. an ot to Count - ‘an of~ ficer of the Royal Russpin ctiirassiers. While Delirious From Iliness, Wal- ter H Merriam, a Jawyer, éfther Jumped or fell from tha window of his room, on the fifth floor of the apart- ment house at Sixty-eight® stri nd Centra] Park. West, New Yorl was intantly kille He had been suffering from nervous trouble. SEATS FOR MOTORMEN ON AIR BRAKE CARS. Interesting Hearing Befors the Com- mittee on Railroads—Two Norwich Men Heard. Hartford, March 10.—The bill pro- v g that trolley companies must provide seats for motormen on CcArs Where, an_air brake is used was the subject of an interesting hearing be fore the committee on railroads tod: A number of men who represented va- rious organizations of _employes of trolley companies from different parts of the state were heard, among them being Robert Donohue of Norwich, George Leonard of Norwlch and Ed- ward Plawton of Hartford. The committee seemed anxious to find out if the providing of stools for the motormen on long runs would endanger the safety of the passengers and the rolling stock. The men who spoke in favor of the measure were quite sure that their efficiency would e as great and greater and they brought out the polat that it would b no more dangerous than to provide sgeats for locomotive ungineers. A numbeér of other speakecs were heard in_favor of the measure. The principal speaker in_opposition to it was John K. Punderford, gen- eral manager of the Connecticut com- pany, Mr. Punderford oppgsed the measure on {he ground that men when tired on going into a warm vestibule of a car were likely to go to sieep, and that they had no fireman to wake them up and at night with the curtains drawn. the passengers could not tell whether they were asleep or nof. Several other matters of a minor na- ture came before the committee for a hearing. 56 STUDENTS DROPPED From Princeton University Rolls—De- ficient in Examinations. Princeton, N. J, March 10.—Fifty- five studenfs have been dropped from the rolls of Princeton university until the opening of the next collegé year, in September, as a result of deficiencies in the recent mid-year examinations, according to an announcement made today. With the exception of 1907 this is. the smallest number thus suspended in the last decade. Twenty-six of the number. ware sophomores, the fresh- man class, whic suffers the most, losing %but 17 member Engagement of Miss Ethel Barrymore - to Russell G. Colt. Boston, March 10—Officlal announce. ment was made today of the engage- ment of Miss Ethel Barrymore, the actress, to Russell G. Colt, son of Col. Samuel P. Colt of Bristol, R. L the president of the United States Rubber company, The marriage will take place at an early date. Mr. Colt is 26 years old. For the past few years he has le his home chiefly in New York m eity. of Roxbury. Mr. Chamberlin of New Britain, house chairman of ;h:h ew:l:fi ‘mittee on appropriations, sal had not been before that committee. Mr. Burnes of wich thbught that the amount involved is so small ‘and the object so worthy that the ‘Brinsmade _of WENT T0 BOTTOM IN HALF S ————l Fog at Half Speed Collide, - A MUNDMTM DING OF SIGNALS, The Horatio Hall of Maine Steamship Co. and the H. E. Dimock of Metropolitan Line Crash Together Near Nantucket—Five Passengers from the Hall Safely Landed on Cape Cod Beach. y y Chatham, Mass., March 10~Blanket- ed by a dense fog and proceedine at half speed, the well known coastwise steamer of the Maine steamshlp com- pany, the Horatio Hall, Portland for New York, and the H. F. Dimock of the Metropolitan line, New York for Boston, met in the middle of the nar- row channel known as Pollock Rip slue today with a crash that sent the Hall to the bottom within half an hour 4nd caused the Dimock to run ashore six hours later on Cape Cod beach, where the passengers and erew of the Hall were landed without the loss of a single soul. Wireless Failed to_Give Location of . Collision. ‘A brief wireless message which the operator of. the sinking Hall managed 1o send broadcast, spread the news of the collision, which occurred at § a. m., but as be failed to give the pos tion, details of the disaster did not be- come known until ‘he Dimock came ashore half a mile south of the Or- leans life saving station, shortly after 2 p m. During the six hours of si- lence, half a hundred wireless stations, government, professional and amateur, from Portland to New LoAdon, were vainly endeavoring to obtain some news of the wr. ., while the revenue cutter Gresham scurried up and down the coast in a vain effort to,render as- sistance. Passengers Safely Landed. As the fog cleared away In the ea afternoon the Dimock was seen he: ing for the beach and haif an hour later a boat's crew with the five pas- sengers from the Hall, including two women, landed safely on SCape Cod beach and told the story of the thrill- ing scenes of the early mopning. Both Steamers Ran into Fog at 2 a. m. The Horatfo Hall lef: Portiand at 1020 o'clock last night with five pas- sengers, a crew of about forty, and four hundred tons of freight. The Dimock left New York yvester- day aflcrnoon and both ran Into the foe off the southeastern Massachasetts coast about the same time, 2 a. m. Captains Whistled Frequently. The Dimock had rounded Pollock Rip lightship and was haading toward tlc morth, while the Hall was com- g down' through the Slue and pre- pering to swing to the westward. The dog was very dense, but it was day- nt -8’m captains were whistfing Signals Misundersteod. Althongh accounts vary, it ie zppar. ent that there was a milsunderstanding of signals, for shortly after' 8§ o'clock the tiwo steumers suddenly loomed out of the fog and before cither could sheér oft they met in what weemed ore like a crushing jar thun a ter- rific crash, : Nese of Dimock Went Through the ’ 3 Hall. ‘The sharp nose of the Dimock went through the zide of the Portland boat arreast of th» mainm. in the Hal's body. Captain Thompson of the Dimock started to back his steamer, but seeing that he might save those on board, send her full speed ahead, held her nose in the jagged rent in the Hall. und as hg pushed the lat- ter over toward the hRCl‘ water on the side of the Slue, the five passengers or the Hal! were draggad over the tan- gled mass of wreckage to the deck of the Dimoek. The Passenger List. Of the fife passengers twn were wo- :nnr The list was made up as fol- ow! M. E. Marks, New York; W. §. St. Marie, Biddeford, Me.; Michael Dolan, New York; Misa uth me Brooklyn, N. Y.; Miss Gurlle Emstrom, Brooklyn, CHew Left on Lifeboats. As s00n as the passengers reached the Dimock the latter backed off a few hundred yards while the former slow- Jy sank untll she struck bottom _her hurricane deck remaining just above water. While she was sinling a ereat. ér part of the crew lef: her on six lifeFoats and rowed over to the Metro- p-litan liner, but Captain Jewell, his pilot, mate and twoy seamen deridad to remain in the pilot house of the Hall though only a few feet above the wa ter. Dimock, Sinking, Driven Well Up On Beach. The Dimock remained near the scene until 11.15 2. m., and then started slow- ly north, Her forward bulkheads held but on her starboard side a few feet from the bow was a hole eight feet long by two feet wide which reached to the waterline. She had not gone far when It was seen that she was listing badly, and, fearing that t bulkheads might collapse, Captal Thomas ordered the two women from the Hall and two other women passen gers whom he had on board into one of the lifeboats and told the men that if the steamer went down that he would endeavor to clear away the rest of the lifeboats but that the women must be saved first. Under these con- ditions the Dimock crept slowly in toward the back side of Cape Cod when just before reaching the Orlean life saving station her head was tyrned | and she was driven well beach. s Savers from Orleans Station. It'was 2,15 p. m. when the Dimock grounded, and a fe minutes later Captain Charles an@ his life saving créw from the Orleans station pulled alongside in their surfboat. (aptain Thompson asked that the passengers and crew of the Hall and some of his own passengers and men be taken off, but sald that all but one of the Hall's lifeboats had been swamped on her way, into the beach. Seventy Men and Women Landed. Captain Charles then rowed ashore and summoned to his aid the crew and boats of the Old Harbor and Nauset stations and all three life saving crews, in lgl:e of the heavy surf driving up on the beach, landed seventy fen and women before dark. New Yoric Passenger. Describes the Wreck. on s of the Hall 561 Broadway, of the passenge) as M. B. Marks of irmk in speaking of the in my state- upon the I at my watch, which marked 8.07, when there came a jar and a ripping sound like a buzasaw going through wood. I hisard the collision bell and alarm sound, and, grabbing my clothes and valuables, ran to the deck, where I fin- ished dressing. The Dimock, as' we afterwards found her name to be, was Still with her bow In the great rent in the port side of the Hall. Ci n Thompson on_the Dimock shouted for the passengers on the Hall to overboard. The (wo women who been roused oUs of their staterooms by the kteward had rushed up on deek in | scanty attire, with their elothes in | their ~ arms.” Overcoats were hastily wrapped around them and they were assisted up and swung by hand on, to the deck of the Dimock. We threw men passengers followed a few seconds later and then the Dimock backed away. The Hall seemed a long time settling, although it was oply a matter of about half an hour. Her erew, however, lowered thel s and all left her, but wnen it wi en that she had struck bottom and that her hurri- | cane deck was still above water Cap- tain Jawell and four others clambered aboard. “The Dimock lay about the scene for nearly taree hours, finally taking all of the crew of the Hall on board with the exception of those who had sta; aboard the sunken vessel . “After leaving the H the Dimock 1 in toward the shere. ever, the waves kept gradually edge; All the time, h ¥ | slopping in through the big hele.for- | ward, and the steamer took a list_te | port and gradually began to settie By the head. Captain Thompson about 2 | o'clock decided that it was hazardous | to proceed further. so he swung the | Dimock around and headed strdight for the beach. We had a hard time getting ashore, though -the life savers were very kind, and we were a thanktul lot of uman’ beings when we at last trod v{p sands of Cape Cod* Bome Hope of Saving the Dimesk. The passengers and crew of the Hall wers sent to Orleans for the night and will be despatched to their destinatfons in the morning. Within an hour after the Dimock had gone ashore the tugw Underwriter and Orion and a wreeking outfit left Boston to assist her. The weather off here tonigh i fav- orable for wrecking operations, and there was some hope of saving the ves: sel. Captain Thompson and bis orew dfe;derl to remaii on board for the night. Wreck a Menace to Navigatien. This afternoon the revenue cutter Gresham started for the scene of the collision. At dark the cutter was heard firing guns off Monomoy Point, in an effort to locate the Hall. The steamer in 24 feet of water Pollock Rip Sfue, and 18 a dai menace to coastwise navigation. Tt is not yet known whether she can be saved. The Horatlo Hall was bullt in Che#~ ter. Pa,, in 1894, and registers 3,008 net. The Dimock was bullt at delphia In 1834 and registers 1,1 The Hall's Cargo. Portland, Me., March 10,—The cargo conslsted’ of 844 tons of ;md one 'IOP'IP, and was valued at 100,000. It Included paper, e tes and sihten, The siseny Bl ust been completely overhauled smd was replaced in the service on Setur- day Jast. The steamer ' Manhattan, which is on a marine rallway in New York, having & propeller fixed, will take the place of the Hall, bly leaving New York tomorrow night’ Wondering H. Case He Washington, - March gen: at the capitol today concerning the policy of Speaker Cannen In selecting the committees of the next house, should he be successful in the present fight over the organization of the house in the Sixty-first congress. The democrats are apprehensive that Qa speaker will assume the right to the minority as well as the majority places on ‘the committees. Several democrats have appealed to the speak- er directly for appointment on certain committees. When John Sharp Wil- llams was minority leader, ‘poflv Cannem referred all' such spplications to the minority leader. He has taken no such action this time. Minority Leader Clarikia friends say he can in- terpret this course in but one way. There have bLeen no conferences be- tween the ‘minority leader and the speaker and it I8 understood none is scheduled. The democrats will make political capital out of the faflure to recognize the minority leader. They will argue that this is another il tration of the despotic power of the speaker. ALICE J. SHAW, THE FAMOUS WHISTLER, Brings Suit for $40,000 Against Estate of Wealthy Ohio Merchant. incinnati, March 10.—Suit was filed in the United States district court here for 340,000 by Adice J, Sbaw. the fa- mous whistler, againat Charles E. Helser, executor of the estate of David Howell, late wealthy merchant of Ham. fitcn, O. Miss Shaw is playing an en- gagement in New York. Her allegation is that she promised Howell not to marry and that Qecause of their friendship and her jromise he agreed to care for her for life, His will left “her an annuity for $800, which she,sa is not sufficlent to keép her. Hencs the suit. MARINES ;AV .TE A—’HOHL Secretary Meyer Doubtful About Val- idity of Act Assigning Them teo Warships. Washington, March 10— Marines may not be re-assigned to duty te battle- ships and armored crulsers, notwith- nding the fecent provision of con- greas that money ated for the o e Sacs e are not, b marines aboard the warships, . Secretary of the Navy Meyer has 3% 10.~"Insur- and democrats were speculating of the constif WU _LEN & Two Coastwise Steamers, Proceeding in Dense A