Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 19, 1909, Page 1

o _VOL._ LL—NO._ 66. NEW TARIFF BILL IN THE HOU Consideration of the Measure to be Proceeded With as_Soon as Possible. | NO LENGTHY GENERAL DEBATE EXPECTED Indications that Party Lines Will be Eliminated—Each Member of House to Fight for Interests of Hi \ a Own District—Minority May [ ot Report on Separate Bill— Payne Bill in Operation Would Yield $862,065,885 Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1910. Waskington, March 18.—That party lines will be eliminated during the consideration by the house of the Payne tariff bill was Indicated by the action of Representative Broussard of loufsiana in withdrawing today from the meeting of the minoiriy members ¢ the committee because he differed their views on the tariff. Little Prospect of Lengthy Debate. With few exceptions, each member of the house will fight for the interests of his home district. There is little prospect of any lengthy general debate on the bill and the consideration of the ineasure under the tfive-minute rule for emendment will be proceeded with as roon as possible, probably by the end of the sent week. Minority Report. Unless a “gag” rule for the preven- tion of un¥mited amendment under the five-minute rule is brought in, the minority members of the ways and means committee will not report on a separate biil. Their report will be drafted by the minority leader, Mr. Clark, and it will severely criticize the wool schedule, in the new bill. The inheritance tax, Philippine free trade, internal revenue and maximum and minimum features of the new bill are endorsed by the minority leaders, and there has been much favorable comment upon the measure by demo- cratic congressmen. Deficit for 1910 About $10,000,000 The ns committee, in tis report, that the entire revenues to the government for the fiscal year 1918, provided the Payne bill is in operation, will be $ 5 the total amount for w will be required for at $872,221,701, it Is « at deficit for 1910 will be about $10,000,- 000, LOOKS LIKE DISAGREEMENT, SECOND DAY OF SUSPENSE. Jury in the Case of Cooper and Sharp Still Out. Nashville, Tenn., March 18.—Another day passed and no Iintimation of an ngreement came from the room In whieh twelve mea are trying to decide the fate of Col. D. B. and Robin ooper and John D. Sharp for the al- leged murder of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack. This was the wecond day of suspense and the feeling s growing that there will be a dis- agreement. Counsel on both sides, however, as well as the court, hold that there will be a verdict. The jurors went to supper at 6 o'clocl: this evening, ate in silence and | hurried back to the big roomn to re- sume their deliberations. MWach time they leave the room they lock the door and one of their number carries thel key. | Judge Hart remained at the court- fousge until noon. He then left and céommunicated with Sheriff Borum, by telephone twice during the afternoon, once at 2.45 and again at 5.16. Upon the latter occasion he hold the sheriff that even if the jury reached a de- cisionf he would not receive it before # 2. m, tomorrow. | Immediaiely after supper the jurors decliberated for a while, but at 8 p. m. they Aropped the dicussion, called in the deputies and began to amuse them- | welves. There are various rumors afloat | 4onight es to an agreement. ©One is that Sharp has been acquitted end the Coopers convicted; another that ali have been acquitted, but none cems based om any foundation of 'act. NICARAGUA CONTINUES HER MILITARY ACTIVITY. American Representatives at ‘the State Department. ‘Washington, March® 13.—Central American affairs continued to be an $mportant topic of discussion at the state department today. It was the regular diplomatic day and all the rep- resentatives from the Ceniral Ameri- can republics went to the department end discuseed with Secretary Knox the situation, which s caused anxiety among some of the countries and con- cern to this government and to Mexi- <o, Word recelve@ hers today is that military activity in Nicaragua contin- | ues and she is charged with being the | sole cause of the unsettied conditions in Central America. Secretary of Le- | ,llion Gregory at Managua is now on iis way to Washington. The cruiser Washington ving left Corinto for Panama with Mr, Gregory sboard, ihe gunboat Yorktown has de- parted from Acajutla for Corinto to take her place temporarily. The crufs- er Marylond is en route from Acajutla | for Amaipa, Honduras, to keep a watc] the . situation there. On the ea t the arrival of the Tacoma Porfo Cortez, Honduras, Is reported. N NATIONAL HOUSE. Thirteenth Census Bill Passed—Tariff Central at Bill Officially Reported. Washington, March 18.—The st | piece of legislation acted on by the | house during the s al session was | the bil! providing for the taking of the | thirteenth censns, which was passed. In its present form the measufe gives to t 1l service commission juris diction over applications, and provides | vinling of the reports by the | t printing office. As enacted ssion, the bill stripped commission of such au- and thers was a provision al- | some of the printing to be d | by private firms, because of which | President Roosevelt vetofid it. A fur- ther amendment was made whereby appolntments are to he apportioned pro | rata among the states. The tariff bill was officially reported to the house from the commiftee on ways and means, and is now ready for censideration. Norwegian Vessel May Become a Total Wreck Off Pensacola. Pensacoia, Fla, March 18.—The Nor- megian bark Hessian, from Montevi- ‘deo for Pensacola, is aground ten miles west of Pensacola. She may b eome compiete wreck. In a dense fog this morning the vessel lost her course, making it necessary to cast enchor. The anchors fell in shallow water, the vessel struck bottom, and two big holes were opened in her hull. Bale of “Met” Street Railway Property New York, March 18 —What is look- ed upon as one of the final steps in the termination of the Metropolitan company rnolnnnh:p o ‘when Justice Laco, tered of the company’s property. The sale of the WY”;” June 1 next is di- unless within twenty days the rected amount of & of 318,689,270, a latarest 4t sis o Cante in Bl {was totally WOMEN SPECTATORS KISSED THE ATTORNEY Who Defendad - Man Charged With Murder Who Was Acquitted. Chicago, March 1 accompanied the of Luman C. M murder of Mrs. son last June. Mann was ecircumstantial: an alibi. bi took but &Vith the w ot guill lips of the for McSurely’s citement bord “I've been a now you will he citizen,” said M. Dramatic scenes qubttal here today rged with the Gilmer Thomp- evidence against his defense me ballot. became one of ex- on hysteria. Jut yedrs from r of me as an hones ann in thanking the his we 2 one of the jurors, his P freely. Other jurors furtively applied handkerchiefs to their ey Mann returned to his mother, throwing his arms about her neck and crying like a child. ‘Women who have been constant at- tendants at the trial, weeping and 211 | trying to talk at once, made a rush for Attorney Erbstein, who defended Mann. | Several of them tried to kiss | him, and is sald some of them suc- ceeded before he made his escape. Meenwhile the bailiff was shouting for order, to which nobody paid any etten- tion. FINAL ECHO OF NEW YORK INSURANCE SCANDAL. Request That Indictments Against George 'W. Perkins Be Dismissed New York, March 18—What is prob- ably a final echo of the insurance scandal of three years ago was heard | today when District Attorney Jeromo appeared before Justice Blanchamd in the criminal branch of the supreme court today and requested that the sfx gery in the third de- st George W. Perkins Life Insurance com- pany be dismissed und that the same disposal be made of the six inflict- ments filed agalnst Charles S. Fair- ehiid, a direct ew York Life. and Robert A, vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance company. All these indictments were found by the grand jury in December, 190 the Armstrong insurance inv. and have been carried thr higher courts since th AN OLD HOTEL BURNED. Centennial House at Old Hurley Dated Back to 1718. Kingston, N. 18, ber of ne re threatened when Hurley, three miles s the oldest hote one of the oldest destroyed b Active work tate of rigade nes spreading. e burned building erected in 1718, and had been us ed before the revolutic NO BEER FROM TRAIN BUTCHER var Peddling of Liguor on Mexican Rail- roads to Be Discontinued Mexico City, March 18.—An order has been sed prohibiting the . sale of liquor by news ve s of the National Lines in Here- tofore beer, tequila been sold indisc the news agent rs on the sleeping « n- tinued. from tha ! SE. Cabled } | i | | | | | | | { dom, in Pekin, Mareh 18.—It is reported here today by an excellent authority that a representative of the Russian railroad administration in Manchuria and “the hinese foreign board have reached = modus, vivendi in the matter of the administration of the municipaiity of Harbin, The Hague, March 18.—In view of the imminence of an interesting event' in the royal household, the govern- ment tomorrow will ask parliament, in the case of a birth of an heir to the throne, to confide the regency to the queen mother. In default of the queen mother, the appointment of the prince consort will be requested. Manila, March 18.—The proposals embodied in the Payne bill for the re- vision of the tariff have been unfavor- ably received here, because of the lim= itations placed an sugar and tobacco. It is generally felt if there is to be an unrestricted admission of American pro- ducts to the Philippines it is only fair to admit freely Filip¥ho products to the United States. PLAZA HOTEL PATRONS BADLY FRIGHTENeD. Fire Broke Out in Fifth Avenue Apart- ment House Nearby—Thrilling Res- cues by Means of Extencion Ladders New York, March 18.—Fire early today In an apartment house on West y-fourth street, known as the Fifth Avenue apartments, caused the seri- ous injury of four persons, saw some thrilling rescues and brought more or less fright to the many patrons of the fashionable Plaza hotel which imme- diately adjoined the burning building. The fire started in the fifth floor of the apartment house 1 quickly ex- tended to the upper floors. Twenty- four families occupied the bullding, and when the alarm was glven the tenants, panic stricken, fled from the building. Most of them escaped safely but John W. MacDonald, formerly a well known newspaper man, but now employed in Comptroller Metz's office, bis son, John R. McDonald, and Mrs. J. W. Simpson and her daughter, were cut off by the flames. It seemed as if they must perish in the flames, but the firemen made a daring rescue, car- rying the imperiled people to the street by means of extension ladders, Mr. McDonald and his son were taken from the eighth floor. All were se- riously bhurned and were carried into the Plaza hotel, where physclans at- tended them, NO SIGN OF A BREAK IN THE BIG PARIS STRIKE. Last Remaining Workmen of Postal Administration Join the Strikers. Paris, March 18.—There was not the slightest indication at a late hour to- night of a break in the deadlock be- tween the government and its striking employes, nor was there any prospect an improvement in he strike, however, will be made the subject of consideration in the cham- ber of deputies tomorrow, and a solu- tion of the pproblem may then be fur- nished. The climax of the strike was reached tonight, when 5,000 repairers, linesmen and mechanics = decided to join the strikers. hese were the last remain- ing workmen employed by the postal administration. The sensational rumor that che gov- ernment intends to call the reservists to the colors, thus gathering in prac- Ily all the male postal employes and forcing them to work as soldiers under penalty of mutiny, is diecredited, as it is considered highly improbablé that thé government would go to such a length, the remedy belng regarded as worse than the diseas SEIZE COUNTERFE!ITING OUTFIT Secret Service Men Declarg “Wizard” Taught the Predoms to Make Money. Chicago, March 18.—Secret service men returned to Chicago today with a complete' counterfeiting outfit, seized, is alleged at the home of Ford Prep an isolated patch of woods, ven miles from Gary, Ind. Predom nd hig son James were arrested in is city vesterday, according to the ice, after they had attempted un- cessfully to pass a counterfeit haif- dollar. The raid on their home fol- lowed. The detectiveg discovered that the Predom home adjoined that of Adam Racke, known throughout the country —A num- | m | | continuously as a hotel since the days | | as “the wizard of counterfeiting.” Racke, it is alleged, began counter- feiting in 1886, and has served five prison terms , aggregating eighteen vears, He was, the detectives say. sent to prison from the states of I nofs, Missonri, Wiscon Minnesota and Pennsyjvania. { Racke deried that he had made “any of that stuff” in the last three vears. T detectives assert, nowev that unearthed two mould frames they | his ceilar, and that the Predoms learn- ed what they knew of making spuri- cus money from the veteran, MEAT IMPORTERS PROTEST. English Dealers Sue Southampton for Seizure of American Meat rch 18.—The importers 1t have decided to test the regulatio of the of giving the local officers absolute authority to condemn meat which, in their opinion, iz unfit for food. With this end in w, they hay taken action against of Southampton for condemnation of a consignment of the municipality the received about a fortnight ago. make the allegation also that some officers have condemned meat which really was good. The importers complain of the arbltrary rejection of consignments of which the consignees were allowed to make an independent inspection, and they urge that either Work. | the consignees or the American offi- Chicago, March 18—-Ned Dearborn, | ¢ials should be notified when meat is assistant curator of division of | condemned. ornithology at the Field museum of natural history, has resigned to take a place July 1 as expert on the economie relations of birds in the biological sur- vey of the United States department of agriculture. Austro-Hungarian Minister to Servia Assaseinated. London, March 19.—Special despatch- es from Berlin state that the Lokal Anzeiger -publishes the report that Count Forgach, the Austro-Hungarian minister to Servia, & been assassin ated. Nothing of a confirmatory natur is obtalnable here. Balkans Situation Considered Brighter. Vienna, March 18.—The tonight is considered | | | i | situation | room was stored more more hopeful. | pounds KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION. Three Men Lose Their Lives and Sev- eral Structures Were Wrcked. Walla Tdaho, March 18.—Three men were killed in an_explosifon at the (‘oeur d'Alene powder works late vesterday. All the dead were residents of Wallace and employes.of the pow- der works, TFive of the frame struc- tures and the concentrator of the Cour @Alene Concenirating company were d, four of the power company's being practicaily leveled, on a copper screen in the mixing room is believed to have been the cause of the accident In this than 2,000 This ex- of nitro-glycerine. The emperor expressed his belief that ! jloded together with five tons of giant peace would be maintained, and ¢r) the | powder stored in nearby lower house tie minister for defense again denied rumore of mobilization. It is delleved that international organ- now going on will tend to- ‘wards the assembling of a conferency of the powers. No Deposit Guarantee in Nevada. Carson City, Nev., March 18.—The sepate yesterday killed the deposit ginn(ee clause of the banking ery republi voted against the @ thres demoarats I‘,i o o ety ! eaps to keep from being structures, The explosion caused a panic in Wal- lace, Tobacco Shed and Contents Burned. Suffield, Conn., March 18.—Fire set by the sparks from a locomotive to- night destroyed a tobacco shed and its contents belonging to the Everet Sparks estate, with a loss of $1,000. Street gweepers of Chicago and Bos- = tivy electric lamp on their Tun ower. the situation. | : _NORWICH. CONN., FRIDAY, MARC Paragraphs l | friends B Year Od Boy ~ Kidnapped| SON OF ATTORNEY WM. WHITLA OF SHARON, PA. < $10,000 RANSOM DEMANDED Boy Spirited Away from lehu'ol by an Unknown Man — Mother Receives Letter Written in Strange Hand. sflm, “Pa., March 18.—Ten thou- sand dellars’ ransom is demanded for the return of Willlam Whitla, Attorney James P. Whitla’s 8-year-old son, who was spitited away from school here this morning by an unknown man, fur- nishing a’ mystery which the detectives of the country are being asked to solve. Accompanying the demand tor' ransom is a covert threat that the boy will be killed unless the money is pro- | duced. Child’s Hat Found in Buggy. Hundreds of telegrams and telephone messfiges have been sent to the police of various cities asking their assistance in the search for the boy and his ab- ductors. _-The first frult of these came tonight, when Chief of Police Crain of this city received word that the vehicle In which the lad was taken away hal been recovered at Warren, Ohio, with the child’s hat on the buggy seat. All the zeal of the police and detectives is now being centered in the region about ‘Warren, and those in charge of the chase think that the kidnaper has but 8 slender chance. To the boldness and openness of the abducior is attributed his success in geting the child out of Sharon without eSciting serious sus- picion. Stranger Drove Up to Schoolhouse. Attorney and Mrs. Whitla are among the town’s leading residents. The for- mer is a brother-in-law of, Frank H. Buhl, the multimillionaire steel man. At 9.30 o’'clock this morning a stranger drove up to the Bast Ward school- house, where young Whitla is a pupfl, and told the janitor, Wesley Sloss, the iad was wanted at once at his father’s office. Sloss conveyed the message to Mrs. Anna Lewis, the boy’s teacher, who dismissed the child. As she was helping him put on his overcoat, she remarked, haif jokingly: “I hope that man does not kidnap Willie.” The man in the buggy had a dark complexion, dark hair and a stubby mustache. He was stockily built. He spoke excellent English and was evi- dently American born. ‘When Sloss appeared with the boy, the stranger smiled and helped him up to the seat beside him. ‘He then drove off in the direction of Mr. Whitla’s of- fice. Several -persons tonight say a confederate joined the kidnapper be- fore he left town. ’ Boy Failed to Appear for Dinner. Little w thought of the incident, and there was no belief that a crime had been committed until the lad fail- ed to appear for his.noonday meal. Be- coming worried, Mre. Whitia began a searrh. Father, Who Was Out of Town, Noti- fied. At the school she learned of what had occurred there three hours before. Terrified, she conferred with J. A. Mec- Laughrey, a friend of the family. The latter telephoned to Mr. Whitla, who had gone to New Wilmington on busi- ness. Mr. Whitla hastily directed what steps should be taken immediately to recover his son, and late this afternoon arrived in person. Kidnappers Send Letter. At 1 o'clock a letter directed to the mother was delivered at the house by a malil carrier. Mrs, Whitla at once recognized the handwriting on the en- velopé as that of her son. Opening it, #he found the following commnuication written in a strange hand: “We have .your boy and will return him for $10,000. Will see your adver- tisement in the: papers. Insert fn In- dianapolis News,Cleveland Press,Pitts- burg Dispatch, Youngstown Vindicator “‘A—A will do as requested. J. P. ‘W.” Dead boys are not desirable.” The penmanship and spelling of the note indicated it had been written by a man of fair education. Mr. Whitla decided to comply with the conditions of the letter and sent for publication to each of the newspapers spécified the note it directed him to insert. Suspect Arrested at Warren, Ohio. Warren, O., March 18.—A man said to answer the description of the one wanted at Sharon, Pa. on a charge of kidnapping the Whitla boy, was ar- sted here tonight: The janitor of the Sharon school will arrive here tomorrow to see if he can identifv him. PRINCE LOVES MARY GARDEN. Prima Donna to Sail for Euurope to Give Him Her Answer. Philadelphia, March 18 —Mary Gar- den, the prima donna, in speaking to tonight, at the Philadelphia opera house, said: “1 shall sail for Europe on the 13th of April and when I reach Paris about a week Jater 1 will give my answer to Prince Maveordato, who has been in love with me.” Prince Maveordato is a well known figure on the contigent and comes from an old and honordble Russian family. He has been a persistent wooer of the singer for the past two or three years. “Lighthouse of the Pacific” in Violent Eruption. San Salvatdor, Republic of Salvador, March 18.—Izalco, a volcano in Salva- dor, known as the “Lighthouse of the Pa is reported to be in violent eruption. 1zalco is ten miles north of Sonsonate. ‘The volcano of Izalco, which first appeared in 1770, has been active dur- ing long periods. The last’ eruption occurred in 1902, Tt has an elevation of about 6.200 feet. Mrs. Charles P. Taft Pays $15,456 In- heritance Tax. - Chicago, March 18.—Mrs. Charles P. Taft, sister-in-law of the president, paid the Cook county treasurer $13,456 today, which was due as an Inheritance tax from the estate of her father, the late David Sinton of Cincinnatl. Mr. Sinton died in 1900. Mrs, Taft was the only Aaughter. Inciuded fn her fath- or's estate was loca! real estate prop- erty valued at $925,830. Deporting Thirty-six Chinamen. 1.0s Angeles, March 18.—Thirty-six Chinese left here last night for San Francisco in the custody of United States marshals. The unuysually large number of prisoners was due to the presence of the score of Chinesé ar- rested at San Luis Oblispo recently. The prisoners will reach San Francis~ &b{;v. and will sall at once for the en! § . In New York ARRIVED ON THE REGULAR WASHINGTON EXPRE FIRST TRIP FROM WHITE HOUSE. Greeted at Jersey City by Great Throng ' —Swarm of Gathered | Around Him—In New Haven Today. | Policeman New York, March 18.—President Taft | on his first trip away from the White House came lo New York today to eu- | logize in his first public address as president a_democratic predecessor in the high office which he now fills, the late Grover Cleveland. P } Accomgznied by Mrs. Taft. | President Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Taft, Miss Boardman of Washington, ‘Wendell Mischler, his confidentia} sec- retary, and Captaln Archibald Butt, his military aid, in full uniform, reach- ed Jersey City at 1 o'clock, the regu- lar Washington express, to which was | attached the private car he had pro- vided at his rsonal expense, being five minutes late. Mr. Taft traveled ! in the “Constitution,” the car he used during 40,000 miles of campalgning last fall, and from which he made more than 400 speeches. H Speaks to Callers on Tariff Bill. | Speaking to some of his callers on fllg1 train today, President Taft said he belleved the Payne tariff bill as ingo- | duced in the house of representatives was unquestionably a “revision down- | ward.” The president was made ac- | quainted with the principal provisions | of the bill before it was finally approv- . ed by the committee on ways and means. The president feels that the revenue to be derived from the pro- posed federal Inheritance tax will be largely In excess of the amount that has been e!tln::\tl"d. 1 Great Throng Awaited His Arrival. | Arriving at Jersey City, the presi- dential party was greeted by a great | throng. Heads were bared as the pres- | ident passed along the station plat- | form. He did not follow the Roosevelt | precedent of shaking hands with the | grimy engineer. Jt would have been | practically impossible for him to do %0. even had he desired, for a swarm of blue-coated policemen gathered about | him as soon as he alighted. | President in New Haven Today. | Mr. and Mrs. Taft and the other| members of the party entered automo- biles and. taking the Twenty-third street ferry, was driven to the residence ! of Henry W. Taft, in West Forty-| elghth ‘street, where the president and | his wife are spending the night: To- | morrow morning Mr. Taft will go to New Haven, Conn., to atterfd a meeting of the Yale corporation. It will be the first visit of a Yale graduate as presi- | dent to the old campus, and a unique demonstration is looked for. Returning to New York late tomor- row afternoon, Mr. Taft will he the guest of honor at a Yale alumni din- ner attended by 1.500 graduates. He will leave at midnight and reach ‘Washington early Saturday morning. WEALTHY GEORGIA WIDOW ARRESTED IN NEWARK. is Which | B | 18, —Mrs. | Newark, N. J, Prances J. Ridley, a wealthy widow of Atlanta, Ga., furnished $5,000 bafl in| the crimina! court here tonight for her ! appearance to answer to a charge of Merch grand larceny. She wag arrested to- day near the Pennsylvanla station by railroad detectives, who accused her of having i1l her possession a chate- laine bLag belonging to Mrs. Andrew Albright of New York city, and con- taining jewels worth $7,800, which had been lost on the train between Atlanta and this city, Mrs. Ridley admitted that she had thie bag and turned it over to the de- tectives. When it was examined by the Alprights at police headquarters they said that a diamond ring. valued at §500, was missing, while a Pullman ticket, belonging, it is said, to Mrs, Ridley, was inside the bag. She de- nied that she had opened the bag or had any idea as to what it contained. | Shy declared that she found the bag | on the car and bad intended to tufm | it over to railroad officers here upon her arrival. She did not care she said, to give it to the trainmen, as she preferred to hand it to “some more responsible officials.” | LIEUTENANT REID, U. 8. N, t HAS THIGH CRUSHED. Naval Aide to President Taft Proba- | bly Fatally Injured. Washington, March 18. — Lieut. Semmes Reid, U. S. N, naval aide to President Taft, was probably fatally injured late today while riding with several other naval officers In Rock Creek park. His horse stumbled and fell upon him, crushing his left thigh and injuring him internally. Lieutenant Reid was riding just be- hind ¥nsign Jonathan Dowell and Dr. Grayson, both of whom are attached to the president’s yacht Hl.\'nower.{ when the accident oceurred. Neither of them witnessed the fall The injured man was hurried in an automobile to tfie naval hospital, where he was operated upon late to- ht. The crushed limb has not been amputated. His cendition is reported to be extremely critical, CUBAN MUTINEERS SURRENDERED LAST NIGHT Leader of Uprising Soldiers and His Band Captured. Havana, March 18.—Sergeant Cor- tes. the leader of the insurrectiouists, and his whole band surrendered to- night to the civil suthorities of Reme.- dios, in Santa Clara province. UNION DEPOT DESTROYED. $400,000 Fire at Louisvilie—New Sta. tion to Be Built. Loulsville, Ky., March 18.—By the destruction here tonight at a loss of $400,000 of the Union depot, the local | terminal for five of the country's lead- | ing raflroads, Louistille will probably henefit by a new uufom station. This | was decided tonight by the Commercial club, half an hour after the huilding at | Seventh straet and the Ohio river a'aa' a mass of smoking debris. e e B | eXpe Hearing Goes Over Until Next Week. Hartford, March 18.—The hearing which wag scheduled for today In re- gard to the proposed ational umeud;ont- concerning the term of the treasurer and comtrolier | office of the state concerning 1 taxes and concernin~ the qualifications of siec- on account of vari- rings which were place and went over untll next w H other in a saloon. af.hiblh usand Rural Guards said to‘h.!o‘.nmu‘u the rebels l.:. Santa Clara province. Justice of the Supreme Court in a dec at N. Y., de- clared the mortgage tax law to be un- constitutional. The Assembly at Sacramento, Wedunesday pasced a “In Gonneciicu ARGUMENTS ADVANGED TO COM- MITTEE ON EDUGATION, , Cal., bill meking it a misdemeanor for one man to treat an- Greater State of Industrial EMiciency— The Expense—Norwich Among the Cities Which Would Be Affected. Hartford, Conn,, March 18.—~/That the establishment of trade schools in the state would mean much in inoreasing the industrial efMciency of Counnecticut, that the establishment of such schoois had the endorsement of men high in the circles of labor the King Edward 8aw Flights of the Wright aeroplane at Pau and showed enthuslasm over the success of the American inventor. The Federal Cirouit Court Decided in Richmond, Va. that shipments of liquor into “dry” territory, on bona fde orders, were legal The Annual Report of the United States Steel corporation showed 1908 to have been the worst year as w profits and production in the trust's history. country, and that such would The Pennsylvania Legislaturs in joint | §",5 Tor, chance £or education with sesgion formalily declared George T. Oliver of Pitisburg -elected United States senator to succeed Philander . Knox. large proportion of the children In the state who would not rwise have a chance, and that t4: project was fav- ored by manufacturers in the state representing in the aggregate some 50,000 wage earners and about $50,600,- 000 capital, were arguments advanced to the legislative committeee on edu- cation at the capitol this afternoon in favor of the bill now before the com- mittee which provides for the estab- The Ministers of Five Central Amer - ican Republics were summonad to the state department in Washington and informed that warring in those coun- tries must stop. | she is a young woman, but notwith- | a* his home on Sagamore Hill “Roose- The Porto Rican Government is be- ing forced to cloze might schools, the insular library and other publlc Insti- tutions, owing to the failure to pass the deficiency appropriations bill. The Decision Mas Been Reached by the management of the Atchison, “To- eka and S8anta Fe Railway company to postpone indefinitely its contemplated issue of $25,000,000 4 per cent. convert- ible bongs. Capt. Charles H. Nelson, sald to be de: cendant of Admiral Horatio Nelson, died Wednesday at the home for aged couples in Poxbury, Mass, aged 79 years. He wa« the poseessor of many valuable lotters and documen's writien by the hero of Trafalgar. - SILVER MEDAL FOR HEROISM PRESENTED MISS M'CANN. Speaker Cannon, Whe Made the Pres- entation on Behalf of Congress, Aft- erwards Kissed the Biushing Recip- ient. Washington, March 18.—For heroism i savin I & of nine chlldren during fng of the General Slocuw, near New York, in 1904, Miss Mary McCann ~ was presented by Speaker * Cannon today on behalf of congress with a siiver life-saving med- al. Then she was just a little girl, 14 years old, recovering from scarlet fe- ver on North Brother isiand, Today standing her .more advanced age, at the conciusion of the presentation cer- emonies, the speaker took her blush- 4ang face betweon hig hands and kissed Ler, The presentation ceremonies took place in the. speaker's rooms at the capitol. - DELEGATION AT SAGAMORE HILL Prominent Republicans and Democrats Call on ex-President. N. Y., March 18.—Theo- It this afternoon recelved Oyster Ha. dore Roose velt's Neighbors of Nassau County, New York™ a delegation of 250 prem- inent men, republicans and democrats, whom he had planned to receive at the White house on March 3, but who failed, .on Account of the storm. to reach Washington in time. To them the former president, from the veran- da of his home, made his last public utterances prior to his departure for Africa. His remarks were mainly of appreciation of the visit, but he as- sured them that he intended to dis- prove the gloomy forebodings of Pro- fessor Starr, who declared that Mr. Roosevelt will not come out of Africa alive if he follows the itinerary he has mapped out. ‘He pronilsed those pres- ent that if he proved he was right in a year and a quarter they would cel- ebrate together. From this remark it Bppears that Mr. Rooseveit will be absent from the United States no long- er than fifteen months, PITTSBURG GRAFT SCANDAL. Extremely Sensational Reports Foal About the City. Pittsburg, March 18.—The grand jury investigation of ail eouncilmanic corruption was concluded late today. A report will be made by the jury to Judge L. L. Davis temorrow morning and interesting developments in the graft Scandal of Pittsburg are expect- ed to follow Immediately. Rumors tonight, impossible of con- firmation, are extremely sensation One repo-t is to the effect that at lea ten men promineat in the affaire of this city are to be arrested. In all quarters it Is generally belleved a number of in- dictments will be returned. A few hours before the Investigation closed today Councilman John F, Klein recently twice convi since the gra exposures were made by the Vote league of Pittsburg, was put in jail on charges of contempt of couft. without bail. GOV. LILLEY IN NEW JERSEY. Will Rest a Week at American Insti- tute of Hygiene. Hartford, March 18.—It was made known here tonight that Gov. George L. Lilley, who went to New Jersey teday, is staying at the American In- stiute of Hygiene, at Summit. Govern- or Lilley, it is understood, I8 acco: panied by his executlve secretary, Charles A. Goodwin of Hartford, and will spend a week or more ag the In- stitute, where he has gone for a com- plete rest. While the governor is out of the state Lieut.-Governor Weeks of Middletown will take his place. $40,000 FIRE AT BALTIMORE. Warehouse of Baltimore Transporta- tion Company Damaged. Baltimore. March 18.—Fire today did damage estimated at $40,000 to the three-story warehouse of the New York & Baltimore Transportation Co., Hughes street, near Light and its con- lishment of such schools by the state board of education in al towns having more than 20,000 inhabitan fhr ther providing that the m of such schools, rooms or buildings therefore be provided by the atate board of education and the running ex- penses to be pald three-quarters by the state and one-quarter by the town, Agreement Against the Measure. Against the measure it was argued that it would be an unwise Interfer ence with local self-governmgnt, would Introduce an entirely new prinelple in administering = a local institution through state, or central authority, which is now so constituted as to gop- erly discharge such duties that it was an utterly impracticable and expen sive scheme because many trades can not be tanght In such schools, and the character, of Industries in different places varled greatl Views of Secrstary Hine. Secretary Hine of the state board of education, who opened the hearing, said that the establishment of such schoole would result in bringing Con- nectieut into a greater statg of Indus- trial eMciency. Expense of Such Schools. As to the expense of such schools, a plant equipped for a class of between twentv and thirty pupils for the teach ing of pattern making, the st skilled trade, would cost about 500, while a plant for teaching plumbing could be equipped for about $500 for a ltke class. Between $10,000 and $15, 600 would support a large school, ac- commodating 150 or more puplls. The Cities Affected. The cities which woxld be affected by the bill included Bridgeport, Dan- bury. Hartford, Meriden, New Rritain, New Haven, South Norwalk, Norwalk, Norwich, Stamford and Waterbury. Other Speakers in Favor. Others who spoke in faver of the blll were George Woodruff of Litchfield Miss Anna L. Ward. president of the ‘Waterbury Institute of Crafts and In- Austry; Miss Mary C. Wells, Connect! cut ‘state secretary of the Consumers’ leafue, and Miss Julla Cochran, deputy factory mspector. MEMORIAL MEETING IN HONOR OF DEAD PRESIDENT Notable Eulogies at Carnegie Hall Mark 72d Anniversary of Birth of Late President Grover Cleveland. York, March 18.—Notable were rendered here today mark the 72d anniversary of the birth of the late President Grover Cleve- land. At the memorial exercises, President Taft, Governor Hughes, Chlef Justice Fuller and Mayor Me- Clellan made addresses. Severa] hun- dred of New York's most prominent eitizens ulend:g.‘ Mrs. C\WLI:IC with a party riends, occupl a box in Carnegle hall, where the cere- monies were held. A second meeting was held tonight at the College of the City of New York, at which speeches were made by Gov- ernor Hughes, Senator Root, Mayor McClellan, Judge Gray of Delawars, William B. Hornblower, the Rev. Dan- iel J. Quinn, president of Fordham university, and Edward M. Shepard. Carnegle hall was tastefully de rated with palms and smilax and pots uf roses and dalsles, and the tlers of boxes were festooned with large silk American flags, The audience cheer- ed when President Taft, rnor Hughes, Chlef Justice Fuller, Mayer McClellan, former Seorctary of State Richard Olney, Judge Gray, President Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Carnegle. Dr. Lyman Abbott and other promi- nent men took their places on the stuge. President Taft was introduced by ayor McCleilan, who called upon the audience to rise and be presented to the president of the United States. The president’s speech was fre- quently broken by applause. Governor Hughes sald of Mr. Cleve- land that his fame was assured be- cause of his Inflexible character and the service that he rendered this state and the nation. Chief Justice Fuller, whe admini tered the oath of office to Mr. Cleve- Jand on his inmuguration and to all his succeasorr, . Cleve- land’s greatness and told of his powe in the nation. audlence fre quently cheered the chief justice as he_delivered hie speech, Former President Roosevelt sent a letter to Francls Lynde Stetson, the chairman of the Cleveland memorial committee in which the former pres- ident told of his personal relations with Mr, Cleveland and praised the Iate chief magistra A poem by Richard Watson Gilder and read by him. was a feature of the exercises. The New York Symphony orchestra under the direction of Walter Dam- resch and the Gorman Lelderkrana provided the musical numbers of the exercises, New u- logi Burned to Death in Hotel Tounopah, Nev., March 18 Fire. Issar teuts, The loss is fully covered by{ Pissek was burned to death and six insurance, others were bhurned or injured in « fire ' which d‘llllNY;d"‘Llndll.y'l ?fi:} Flight in the Silver Dart. |and two adjoining bu Mg- at Milier, S PARS n e near here, eurly today. The fire broke Baddeck, N. 5., March 1§—F. W. Baldwin_ ohief engincer of the ‘aerial it "X pers: association, made a short fNight dusk this evening In the Sil vert Dart. Thix Is the first time this aeroplane !;u:n been trie@ by anyone 2 exe March. 15, Duea Degll New Yook, { ! 18, Caroline, from out in the hotel dining room during « dance and caused g panic. Pissek was rescued after herolc work by some of the merrymakers, bt soon ded.