Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 26, 1909, Page 1

VOL. Li—NO. 72. MRS. PIERRE LD Fashionable Dupont Circle at National Shocked by WIFE OF THE Reveals Death by Gas Maintained Concerning the Dramatic Affair—Ser- vants Declare that She Died of Heart Disease. ‘Washington, March 25 —Weary of the gay whi: of society, and face to face, as she belleved, th years of physical suffering, Mrs. Plerre Leoril jard, Jr., aged 49, wife of the tobacco agnate, committed suicide by as- phyxiation at her home near the fash- jonable Dupont circle in this city today. Her tragic death has shocked the so- cfal eircles of the capital as nothing else in ypars. Tonight the members of the Lorillard family, famous be- cause of its wealth, are gathering here 16 mourn over the unexpected blow. in spite of the coroner’s certificate of death by sulcide, members of the fam- {ly declare that Mzs. Lorillard died of heart failure. Just Returned from Dinner Given Honer of Lady Paget. The death was made more dramatic by occurring ouly a few hours after Mr. and Mrs, Lorillard had been the guests of Mrs, Townsend on Massachu. setis avenue at a dirmer given in honor of Lady Paget. In fact, it is believed that as soon as Mrs. Lorillard arrived at her home at 23030 Hillyer place, shortly after midnight this merning, she began to prepare for her death. Butler Detected Oder of Gas. About 8.30 o'clock this morning the butler in the Lorillard residence de- tected an odor of gas permeating the rooms With little difficulty the origin of the fumes was traced to Mrs. Loril- lards’ apartments, Opening the door of the bathroom, just off of her suite, the butler was horrified to behold the wody of the mistress of the hoyse stretched out lifeless on the floor. The alarm given by the butler brought Mr. Lorillard from his apartments acruss in the hall. Together they carried the limp body to Mrs. Lorillard's room. Panic stricken, the servant was dl patched for a doctor, while Mr. Loril- Jard attempted to revive his wife by means of artMiecial respiration. Dr. M ¥. Cuthbert, the family physician, was summone@ and arrived about the same time that Dr. H. H. Deele was admu- | tad to the resldence. Both resorted to every scientific niethod within their ower to restore life, but after an ;‘nur‘s effort gave up In' despair, Coroner Notified. Bhortly afterward J. Ramsay Nevitt, the coroner, was notified. He visited “he Lorillard home and after an inves- tigation ordered Deputy Coroner Glaze- Hrook to perform an autopsy, upon the completion of which Dr. Nevitt issued @ certifieate of death by suicide by gas poisoning. He said later that gas was A SUICIDE 'Ga.pita.l‘ the Tragedy. ; \ TOBACCO MAGNATE Poisoning—Great Reticence escaping from one or more jets in the bathroom wien the body was discov ered and the condition of the lungs M- dicated death by gas poisoning. Family Maintain Secrecy. Extreme reticence is being main- tained by the Lorillard family and all others who possess information con- | cerning the sudden death. Only a few of the most intimate friends have been admitted to the home since the news spread of Mrs, Lorillard's death. Inquiry at the residence met with the declaration that Mrs, Lorillard had not committed suicide. “She died of heart fallure,” retorted the serv- ants. Police Denied Admission. When Coroner Nevitt notified the police of Mrs. Lorillard’s death, an of- ficer was gent to the residence to in- vestigate, but he was denied admis- sion, being referred to the coromer for such information as the police depart- ment might desire, Deceased Left Note. Mrs. Lorillard left a note which the coroner has seen, but which Mr. Lor- fllard has declined to give his permis- sion for it to be made public. While addressed to no one, it is said, it is personal in its nature. It is understood that contains no declar: of an intention on the part of Mrs. Lorillard to_take her life Mrs, Lorillard quent attacks of said. Tonight Mr. Li in hig opinion. the was not due to suicida the result of an acch {to have denied that | a note. | Bed Had Not Been Occupied. Mrs, Lorillard’s bed had the*appear- ance of not having been occupied dur- ing the night Lorillard had dis- | robed after arriving home and when found her body was clothed in a dre: | ing gown. The dog collar of diamonds she wore at dinner had been re- | mo before she went to the bath- room, but the costly circle of diamonds that adorned her hair had not been displaced. The note was found in Mrs. Lorillard’s room. Survived by Tyo Sons. llard_befors hef ‘marriage was subject to fre- | despondency, ard stated that | death of his wife intent, but was t. He is said wife had left N r. Lorillard in 1881, was Miss Caroline J. Hamilton. She Is survived by two sors, one of whom is now tray- {eling in the orient and the other is in | college in New York. He is expected ito arrive in Washington tonight, TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE, DEBATE ON OIL SCHEDULE | Called Forth Some Bitter Criticisms of the Standard Company. Washington, March. 25— voluntary ~“admission by Mr. Vreeland of New York that he was to some extent re- sponsible for the retention in the Payi-> tariff bill of the countervailing du. on il the climax of the day's 1isqu.- #ion of the tarifl in the heuse today. Mr Vreeland had sat for some time and heard various insinuations that that duty, wh some have characterized as a “joke; was to be levied solely in the interest of the ,any. This he deuied, and explained That Ms action was In response to re- quests from thousands of his ol pro- Aucing constituents and in behalf of five hundred thonsand others engaged in the same business The debate on the oil schedule called forth some bit- ter eriticiam of the Standard Oil com- pany by Mr. Kustermann of Wisconsin and others. In the course of the day numerous gpeeches were made tonehing the tar- U question generally, and many of the schedules in particular. The arguments froin the democratic standpoint were for a tariff for revenue only, while the yepublicans who spoke attacked such schedules a8 those on wool, wood pulp wnd print paper, and erude petroleum. At 6.05 p. m. the house adjourned un- 1l tomorrow, when, according to gen- eral understanding, a decision will i reached to meet thereafter at 10 o'clock and remain in session until 5 p. m., at which time a recess will be taken until ® p. m. and the debate continue for three hours. In il likelihood general Aebate on the BiNl will conclude about Wednesday of next week. THE HIGHEST TIDE IN HISTORY OF GUILFORD idard Oil com- Much Damage Done to the B Pavilion Washed Away. Gufiford Comn., March 2: highest ti in the history of the town was recorded here today when the wa- ters of the Sound rose from three to four feet higher than usual. Toda)'s tide was two inches higher than the grevious highest tide, which was in 1876, Much damage was done to the beach here, and many of the roads elong the sound were under water most of the day. WBoats laid up for the winter were washed away, and seme of them badly damaged. #The pavilion on the Guilford Point house pler was washed away. The high tide was occasioned by the high southeast wind, FIFTY-81X HOUR LMIT FOR A WEEK'S WORK. Bill Pasaed by the Rhode Istand House —Bmoleyoment of Children. Providence, March 25—A bill estab- lishing a afly«.lx hour lmit for a week's work was passed the state house of representativ y. .The senate committee on 27 reported “indefinite postponement” oa & chlla labor bill which provided for an edicational test for the employment of chlidren under. 16 years, and forbad: employing them to work af.er clock in the evening, ' City mercan- tlle houses which under the preseut law imay empley children. until 10 o'clock every Saturday eveming @ four ‘nights preceding Christmas op- Posed the new measur Sentenced to Death, Powhatan, ‘Pa., Maech © 25.—Judge ley today aentenced to death and Joe Tuylor and Lewis Jens .. were convicted yesterday of bhaving murdered Mrs. Mary Elizabeth - April 30 in Kipwith and " Walter - B » | cIRcUs SEASON OPENED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN First Appearance of the Ringling | Brothers in New York. i New York, March 25.—New York's ual circus season began tonight vith the opening performance of the Ringling show at Madison square gar- den. This is the first appearance of the Ringling Brothers in New York The show is proved to be a circus of the type mosi highly approved b mall boys and therefore most highly able to their elders—triple ring- with different perforanmes all go- acc | ed |ing on at the sa time, so that the vuothful neck and eyves were strained to the utmost in the effort to take ti| all in, | Th: were all the romantic accom- paniments of the circus under canvas. peanuts and popcorn, the sme w- dust, spangled tights, Roman chariots dancing lights and brass bands. There were new things, too—automobiles | turning somersaults, elephants using | the telephone, chimpanzees in boxing | matches, hyenas laughing a new laugh, | and pigs driven four-in-hand by garcos. Eome of the newest | {in style were seen too 1 | clephant, had a new 15.000-button | gown, while Trixie, the lady giraffe, appeared in a sensational sheath skirt FOUR MEN KILLED BY FALLING BRICK WALL.| i Part of Ruins of a Fire of a Month | Ago, | Chicago; March 25.—Four men were killed; five were seriously . injured and a dogen others narrowly ‘escaped in- jury, here today, when a part of a 35- | foot brick wall, left standing after a | fire & month ago, which destroyed the | | butterine plant of Swift & (o. crash- | ed down wpon them without warning ‘The men were laying foundations for a new building a few feet from the tottering wall of the hutterine plam when the wall fell burying the victims in tons of bricks. It Te¥thought that lll\e wind blew the wall over, The list | of dead includes R. -hmidt, secre- A of the R the tary {1 contractors; | laborers, | F. H Rattledge, 36 years old, man- | ager of the R Schmidt company | is among those seriously Injured. Two | | laborers were missing. 1idt compa hers Killed were | YOUNG MAN SPENT $25,000 ENTERTAINING CHORUS GIRLS| { And Playing the Races—Now Held on | Forgery Charge. | New York, March 2i.—Geerge (hee- ver, son of a former chief of police of Andover, Mass., who has been poming as a Yale man. was arraigned in court today and held in 100 bail for trial on a charge of forgery L{)eev.x‘, who is 24 years old, is said to have obtained something like $20.- 000 in the Jast six months by means of forged ehecks, mainly from the fa- thers of college mien. He boasted in court the other day that he had spent $25,000 in a few months in entertain- ing chorus girls and playing the races, Congressional Directory, First Edition, Distributed. ? ‘Weshington, March = 2 edition of the Congressi for the Sixty-first congress wus today distributed among senators and mem- bers of the house. As if to be in line | Griscom, . Found by Butler Lying on Floor of Bath Room—Autopsy | | has elected to land at Trinidad. | 1in | ernoon while temporarily insane Cabled Paragraphs. - Suez, March 25.—The cargo from the German steamer Marienfels, from Cal- cutta and Colombo for Boston and New' York, before reported damaged in the Red sea, is being transferred to the German steamer Tannenfels. Lisbon, March 25.—A harmless pis- tol due] was fought here today hetween Minister of Finance Mancel d'Espre- gueira and Deputy Caciro Matta. The trouble arose out of charges against the minister, made in the cortes by the deputy. Mareh 25.—Mrs, Lloya C wife of the American am- bassador here, who has been ill for a fortnight past, underwent a slight op- eration today which, although success- ful, will prevent her leaving Rome un- til May. Rome, Berlin, March 25—The story pub- lished in the United States today that Prince Eite] Frederick, second son of Emperor Willlam, is to visit members of the Vanderbilt family at Newport, this summer, was given official denfal here today, L4 London, March —King_ Edward has appointed the Earl of Granard a Kknight of the Order of St. Patrick in place of the Earl of Howth, deceased. he Barl of Granapfi was married to Mise Beatrice Mills of New York in January of this y-ar. Colon, March .— A section of the embankment, 300 feet jong, of the re- located Panama railroad line at Ga- tum, has again settled about thirty feet at the same spot where the last movement cccurred, in November. The depression will be filled with rocks until the former leve] is reached. Lit- tle importance is attached to the oc- currence. London, M h 25 Addressing th Chemical society this afternoon, S Willilam Ramsey announced that he had succeeded in transmuting four dit- ferent substances into carbon, name! zirconium, thorium, _hydrofiutorsil acid and bismuth. WBxperiments with silver nitrate with the object of trans- forming silver in the same manner as copper is transformed into lithium gave negative results. WENT ON ROCKS AT ENTRANCE NEW LONDON HARBOR Schooner Hiram Lowell, Coal Laden, Was Seeking Refuge from Storm. v London, Conn., March 25.—While trying to make the harbor for protec- tion from the storm, the schooner Hiram Lowell, bound from New York for Bucksport, Me.,, loaded with coal, went on the rocks at the entrance of the harbor tonght, and immediately hegan to fill. Captain Cross and his crew of seven men reached shore in a small boat and notifled the Scott Wrecking company. but the water was too rough for the tugs to go out. An attempt will be made in the miorning to reach her. The Hiram Lowell was byilt in ucester in 1892, ad is {r—e‘Alnng‘ with a gross tonnage of 1 CASTRO TO START REVOLT. Announcement of His Intentions Be- fore Leaving Paris. G Paris, March 25.—Cipriano Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, and the mermbers of his narty left this city this morning for Bordeaux. At the rail- road station Senor Castro confided to a emall group of Venezuelan adherents and admirers his intention of re-estab- | shing his power in V revolution, should this be necessary. As the train pulled out of the station his paiting words were “I belleve that God and destiny call me back # Veneguela. I intend to ac- complish my mission there,even though it involves ‘a revolution Castro's friends were much impress- ed by what he had to say. They as- serted that he was a man of indobit- able will, with supreme confidence in his destiny. Willemstad, Curacoa, March 25.—The -ommanding officer of the Dutch fleet hese waters today visited the local offices of the French Steamship com- pany and secured detailed information regarding the size, speed, etc., of the amship Gyadeloupe, upon which Ci- priano Castro sails from Bordeaux to- orrow. This occurrence has given | rise to a repetition of the rumors that | Holland will take some forcible action | against Castro at Trinidad, or else- where, in case it becomes apparent that he intends to attempt to disembagk on Venezuelan territory. Bordeanx, March 23 3 Senor Castro The agent of the French line formally noti- fied him that he must leave the steam- i er at some port of call before Venez- | uela | MINERS WILL KEEP AT WORK. | | Executive Boards to Renew Negoita- | tions With Operators. 1 Scranton, Pa,, March 2 Having ffirmed the position which they took st October when they formulated certain demands which have been re- jected by the mine operators. and hav- ing decided to remain at work while the district effleers and the union make another effort to reach an agree- ment with the employers, the delegates to the tri-district convention of the United Mine Workers returned to their homes today. They say they will at| once set in motion plans to strengthen the organigation Jumped 35 Feet From Church Steepls. | Greenfield, Mags., March 25.—J. C. Powers, 27, was brought to the Frank- county hoepital this evening, suf- fering from injuries - recelyed in a jump from the steeple of gfye (ongre- gational church at Wend this_aft- Pow. ers jumped a distance of 35 feet. Both | Lis ankles were crushed, and he prob- ablly is injured internally, hut his physician expects that he will recover, Madame Modjeska No Worse. { Santa Anna <al. March 25.—A con sultation of physicians was held today over Madame Helena Modjeska, who is | ill at her cottage near this city. Later | Dr. Boyd. the family physiclan, stated that while Mme, Modjeske's condition was no worse than it has been . for several day he was likely to fall into a state of coma at any time and the end might come soon. Steamship Arrivals, At Havre, March %5: La Provence, from New York. At Marseilles, March 25: Germania, 1 New York via Naples. Gerioa, March Manuel Calvo, New York via Cadiz and Barce- a. At Havana, March 24: Oceania, fi New York. Duke of the Abruzzi at Marseilles. Marseilles, March 25.—The Duke of the Abruzzi arrived here today. .He will be & passenger on the steamer with the administration it was woon discovered that “Bill” is the must poo- ular glven name wnong members, there being six senators and 44 repre- sentatives who bravely. bear this cog nomen. Hence the suggestion that a . Johnson. | “Bill” ciwb be immediately established | importations at th itol. There are thirt. Oceanic, which leaves here tomorrow for Bombay. The duke has made ev- ery preparation for- his expedition in the Himalaya In the last calendar yvear Germany's egat 070,000,000 exporiations WITH AN IRONICAL SHOWER OF RICE AND FLOWERS. FAREWELL TO CALIFORNIA GIRL Whose Engagement to a Japanese Has Aroused Indignation in Her Town—Will Be Marrieg at Tacoma: Home San Fr: hcots and and an ireniea] shower flowers, Mrs, John Emery, Archdeacon Emery of the Episcopal church, anq her daughter, Miss Helen Gldays Emery, whose engagement to Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, has aroused feeling againsy them. left their home at Corte Madeira last evening, They came to this city obut almost immediately depgrted- for Tacoma, Wash. Can’t Get License in Oregon. Portland, Ore., March Miss Gladys Emery and her Japanese flance attempt to obtain a marriage license in Oregon, they will find that the state laws forbid the marriage of whites with orientals. Knot May Be Tied at Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash., March It Miss Emery and Aoki come to Tacoma to be married, there will be no trouble, as there is no law in this state to pre- vent the issuance of a license in such a case, 3 SUIT FOR $800,000 AGAINST E. H. HARRIMAN. John Donovan Claims That Sum Due New York, Mareh 25.—A suit for 3800,000 has been bgzun here agamst E. H. Harriman by John Donovan, who claimg that this sum is due him as commission on the sale in 1901 of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power company of St. Joseph, Mo. He says that M.r Harriman sold his interest for $4,400,000. TAXICAB ROBBER GETS 20 YEARS Revolver-Carrying and Globe-Trot- ting Were Two of His Habits. New York, March 25.—James G. Ja- mieson, forty-seven years old, “taxicab robber,” master of five languares and a globe-trotter since boyhood, was sentenced today by Judge Mulqueen in general sessions to twenty years' im- prisonment in state’s prison for high- way robbery The sentence was the maximum penalty. mieson and another man, on the night of January 22 engaged a taxi- cab belonging to the New York Taxi- cab company and driven by Harold B. Thompson, and, after going to a num- ber of placeg about the city, directed the chauffeur tuv drive ipto. Central park. He did so and at & point op- posite the American Museum of Nat- ural History he was ordered to stop. Then the men inside sprang upon him bound and gagged him and left him, after taking $35. Jamieson was cap- ed later, quite by accident, in a | Third avenue restaurant, but the oth- er man escaped, son had been convicted three »efore of carrying concealed weapons. He served two terms here and one in Philadelphia. Carrying a revolter, he told Judge Mulqueen, was a habit with him. ce boyhapd Jamieson most of his time traveling. six-footer and of athletic speaks English, . German, French, Spanish and Italian, and has visited every country on the globe, He was born in California. BINGHAM MAY HAVE TO TELL. But Mayor Not Much has spent He is a build. He Interested by New York, March ~—District At- torney Jerome declined today to com- ment on the assertion that Police Commissioner, Bingham had been of- fered a bribe of $600,000 a year. It was the opinion around the eriminal courts’ building that Bingham might be summoned by the grand jury to tell somethlng more particular about this mysterious one who dangled such untold wealth before his very eyes. ®f—as the commissioner’ is raported to have saild —a person actually did of- fer him a bribe, that person was guiity of a violation of the penal code and a criminal attempt to frustrate the ends of justice by “fixing” & police officer. The grand jury, it is further alleged, has the power to make the commis- sioner tell the name of the briber who approached him. Mayor McClellan denied a statement alleged to have been made by the pe- lice commissioner to the effect that he (Bingham) reperted the attempted bribery to him _ immediately after it had been made. The mayor remark- ed that he would not take the matter up with the commissioner; nor would | he make an investigation. NINTH ANNUAL BANQUET Of New England Street Railway Club —Officers Elected. Boston, Ma land Streeg rch The New Eng- Railway club, whieh in- cludeg in its membership officiale of every street railway in the New Eng- land states, held ‘its ninth annual ban- quet at Hotel Somerset tonight. A. B. Chapin, the state treasurer, represented the commonwealth in the list of after-dinner speakers. Others who addressed the gathering were J. F. Shaw, president of the American Etreet and Interurban Railway associ- atlon; J. F. Jackson, formerly a mem ber of the Massachusetts commission P. P, Bullivan, president of the Old Colony and Boston and Northern St. Raflway companies, and " D. Wrieht of Providence, the newly elected pres- ldent of the club. The election of officers at the bus- iness meeting held before the ban- quet resulted as follows: President, W. D, Wright, Providence; vice pres- H. Hile,. Boston. Calvert . New Hi J. Smith, Manghester, * Foote, St. Albans, Vit . Al an, Port. land, Me.. M. H, Bronsdon, Providence secretary, J. J. Lane, Boston; treasur- er, N. L. Wood, Boston New Plan to Be Followed in Consid- eration of Payne Tariff Washington, March 25.—A new plan Is*to be followed in the consideration of the Payme tariff bill in the house. Tomorrow, It {8 undeistood, the rules conni| ‘will bring in a special order to limit general to next Tues- day and to allow six days for the con- sideration of the Payne bill under the five minu he house_will, be n sesi commencing Saturday from 16 to 11 lls and {20 Depu Tin Gan Music, 100 ZS.rSllouldJ Fight THREE OF LATTER KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED 31 CAPTURED. BATTLE IN OKLAHOMA. -t Result of an Attempt to Arrest Cattle Thieves—Negroes Finally from Cover—One Deputy Wounded. Driven Guthrie, Okla., March 25.—On the scene of the famous Creek Indian up. rising of last year, at Hickory Settle- ‘ment, three negroes were kiiled, five wounded, and 31 captured in a bat- tle between twenty deputy sheriffs and one hundred negroes. The fighting be- gan late Wedresday and contirned ‘\j\'lth interruptions until 10 o'clock to- ay. pi Deputies Fled at First Fire. Five deputies went from Henrietta, eighteen miles north, to the negro set- tlement to arrest cattle thives, They were met at the edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes and fired upon. Being outnumbered,. the five | deputies fled. | Large Posse Renewed the Battle. | A few hours after the first clash a | settlefent. large posse, heavily armed. reached the | Someone fired a shot and the rioting was on. When night fell the excitement increased, and negroes | roamed through the woods, firing and | velling. The fight continued as a series of du- els throughout the night, and short after deybreak the deputies renewed the attack on thé 'negroes, who now numbered 106, against 20 deputies, | Negroes Finally Fled. { About 300 shots were fired in the last | encounter, when the two negroes were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler ir jured. The negroes were dislodged from the | huts and fled. The deputies pursued | and captured forty. O | No further rioting is anticipated. | THE BALKAN SITUATION, PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHTER Abdication of Servian Crown Prince a \ Step Toward Peace. London, March 25.—The Balkan diffi- culty has assumed a somewhat new | aspect, owing to the sensational news of the abdication of the Servian crown prince. The prince hitherto has been considered the leader of the war party at Belgrade, ‘and hfs firebrand speech- | e« have done much to inflame the feel. ings of the Servian people. There are | not wanting those both here and at| Vienna whe- believe that & political move underlies his renuncfation. Whether or not thig is the case, it| is certain that the removal of the | crown prince from the scene is a step making for peace. It will be easier under present conditions for Servia to retreat from a difficult situation Advices received here tonight are of a_gistinctly more hopeful character. All the rumors that Austria-Hungary is sending an ultimatum to Servia may be dismissed as unfounded. Great Britain and_the other powers are still actively seeking a peaceful issue. NATIONAL SENATE. Introduction of Bills, Memorials and Resolutions Ooccupied the Day. Washington, March 25.—The senate was in session only an hour and fifteen | minutes today and ajourned until next Monday. Practically ail the time, except fifteen minutes spent in execu- tive session, was devoted to the intro- duction of bills, resolutions and mem- orials. Senator Culberson insisted that the memoriuls from the states be read, instead of bein gonly printed. One from the state of North Dakota, ask- ing for a reduction of the tariff, ex- cept on farm products, seemingly pleased him greatly, The only action taken was the pas- sage of the resolution allowing the ro- tunda of the capito] to be used for the ceremonies connected with the trans- fer of the remains of Major L'BEnfant from a farm in Maryland to the Ar- lington national cemetery. The genate | adjourned at 1.16 p. m, | TWO GIFTS OF $50,000 EACH To Phillips-Exeter Academy—Scholar- ship List Augmented. 2 Exeter, N. H. March 2 Phillips- Exeter Acadamy’s list of scholarships by the addition | of $100,000 two separate girts of | ,000 each. Hulert E. Peschemacher, ] 4, who died in Boston, bequeathed | .000 to the academy for an annual endowment of $250 to seme student of | Harvard university who is a graduate of Exeter and is regarded as being pro- ficient im his studies. Mrs. Margaret E. Langdale of Cam- bridge, Mass., desiring to commemarate hre late hushand. Prof. Charles C. Langdale, former dean of the law fac- ulty at Harvard, gave Exeter $50,000 as the basis of five scholarships to be known a#® the Charles C. Langdale scholarships. in EAGERLY AWAITED STORK. Dutch Peopls Are Expecting Birth of Heir to Threne. i s Amsterdam, March 25.—The entire Dutch nation is awaiting momentarily the expected signal from the royal palace announcing the birth of an heir to the throne. Preparations have been made to announce the event with flags by day and with colored fire by night, and gunners are being held in readi- ness to inform the public of the ad- vent of a prince or a princess by the firing of cannon. Picture postcards in conneetion with the accouchement of Queen Wilhelmi. na are heing sold on the streets. The | a. m. 1 § p. m. and from 8 p. | favorite among these novelties shows | a_stork bringing a haby boy to the| palace. { Pounding to Pieces on Massachusetts | Coast. Salem, Mass., Murch 25— While seek. | ing refuge in Salem harbor southeast gale the two-masted schooner Ravola, St, John, N. New, York wjth lumber, ran rocky shore Of Winter island, where she was pounding to pieces at a late hour_tonight. Seeing their danger too late ‘to ¢ their vessel, the captain and crew of six men put off in a small boat while the . Ravola driving ashore and escaped. - | recent hunting William MoAdoo, former police com- missioner of N York, hz:- resign from the se of fourteen. " g hail the f&- of the post and t'a: graph strike as a great vietorys Directors of the lnurbomgh-ueur politan met and discussed the coming foreclosure sale of the Metropolitan railway. Treasury Found a Trunk containing dress & valued at $5.000 on the Red Star line pier and arrested a baggage superintendent of the pier. British Opinion Inclines to the belier that the delay in settling the Austrian- Servian dispute Is due to the desire of Austria to humiliate her bppenent as far as possible. The Monthly Statement of internal revenues, issusd at Washington, show- ed_a falling off for February of $17,- 605,185, as compared with the same month last year. Advices from Mombasa tell of the plans to greet Mr. Roosevelt, the be- ginning of the rainy season and the large number of animals killed in the eason. Charles W. Culkin, clerk of the New York court of special sessjons, deposit- €d with the city chamberlain the fines colected from March 5 to 23, but the district attorney refused to drop the case. Cipriano Castro Arrived at Pari Hi= brother said that the ex-president, owmng to a Venezuelan threat to arrest him if the Guadeloupe entered a Ven- ezuelan port, would leave the steamer at Trinidad. King Victor Emmanuel Opened the Italian parliament. His speech con- tained references to Italy's good rela- | tions with other nations, and an at- | tempt to settle the dispute between capital and labor. President Taft Has Made It Clear to the members of his cabinet that he expects each one to control and be responsible for his department, and will leave them free in the matter of methiods and details. VINCENNES POLICE WORKING ON A NEW CLUE. Sensational Poisoning Ca Shrouded in Mystery. Vincennes, Ind., March sational poisoning case, wherein Russell Culberson, who died toda from a dose of carbolic acid which she had swallowed, or had been forced to swallow, rémains shrouded in mys- tery tonight. The police are working Remains The sen~ Mrs. {upon both the suicide and murder the- ories, but have been unable to bring about & solution of either, The police sgay if Mrs, Culverson committed sui- cide she carefully and cleverly arrang- ed the scene of the tragedy so that suspicion of murder should be thrown upon another woman, who she knew had been her husbaud's sweetheart be. fore her own marriage with him. This woman the police tried to find today. Vincennes, Ind., March 25.—The po- lice tonight are working on a clew pointing to the suicide theory. Thig clew is the carbolic acid bottle which was found last evening. This bottle bore a Jabel different from that used by locai druggists and tonight the bottle was taken to Lawrenceville, IIL, to ascertain whether or nit It was puf- chased there. The police are also endeavoring to trace a report that Mrs. Culbertson about a vear ago attempted suicide. The police found tonight in Mrs Culbertson’s trunk the muslin cloth from which had been torn the bandage fcund about the woman's head. OM- cers admit this discovery strengthens the suicide theory. GIVES UP RIGHT TO THRONE. Crown Prince George of Servia Causes a Seneation. Belgrade, March prince of Servia, has reounced his right of succession to the Servian throne, owing to a bitter press cam- paign in which the crown prince was accused of being the cause of the re- cent death of one of his servants, a man named Kolakovits. In a letter to Premier Nokaoviteh this morning, the crown prince an- nounces that he has taken this step rather than rest under the suspicion of having murdered his servant and that by this renunciation he foregoes all special privileges and immunities that attach to the person of the heir to the throne. He expresses his will- ingness to go abroad for a long time. The tion of the crown prince has created a profound sensation here. The national assembly at once ad- journed upon hearing the news. Belgrade, March 25 —A cabinet council tonight decided that the pre- mier is incompetent to receive a di- rect communication from Crown Prince George, who is subject only to his father's authority. The premier will therefore return the letter which the crown prince sent to him regounc- ing hig right of guccession to the Ser- vian throne, and advise the prince to address himself to the king. Novel Legal Question Raised in Suit for Damages. New York, March 25.—The somewhat novel legal question as to whether owners of automobiles are liable for injuries received by their guests while speeding was ralsed in a suit for $25.- 000 damages brought against Dr. J. P. Thomas, the aeronaut, and decided in his favor here The suit was brought by Mis€ Frances Haas, who was riding with Dr. Thomas when his machine was wrecked agalnst a tele- graph pole two years ago. She lost a leg a was otherwise seriously injur- ed in the accident. —George, crown Consolidation of St. Paul and Minne- apolis as One City. > St. Paul, Minn., March 25.—Under suspension of the rules the house of representatives of the Minnesota islatur: ay passed a bill providi for the consolidating of St. Paul and Minneapolis as one city. The bill pro- vides for the appointment of @ com- mittee of five senators and five wepre- sentatives to draw up @ bill to he pre- sented to the 1911 legislature carrying the consolidation into effect for Abolishment of Fools’ Day. New York, March 2 for the abolishment pf All and. the estabiishment in a natlonal Optimists day on Anril 1 has been.sturted by the Optimists’ club, A bill putting this design- into effect has been sen€ to ‘Senator Taylor of - Pennessee, for introduction:in con- Campai All A\ campaign Fools' duy ity stead o 000 - Runaway Couples Married i STess. | s RSN o A e rne| Charged With Having~ Poissred 300 elaim that some six hundred runaway couples were married "Inm.l;l:n;l last year was urged 23 3 Goodwin of Pawtucket in favor of revision of the state laws at a public| hearing at the staiehouse today. Rev. Mr. Goodwin‘headed a delegation from g.'. Rhode Fe ot Persons in Thirty Years. London, March 26.—A despateh to the Datly from St. Petersburg t & woman named Pcpoua hus been at Samara charged with isoned at leasts 300 persons ):l:'!. vu}t.l made N wives TION AT SHARON. THE WOMAN MORE TALKATIVE. / Says That She Never Saw Any of the Whitla Family But Willie, Until the Night of Her Arrest. Pittsburg, March 25.—Fearing for the safety of their prisoners If they were taken to Sharon or the county seat at Mercer, officers tonight hrought James H, Boyle and his wife, accused of kidnapping Willle Whitla, to the Allegheny county jail here, Sixteen Detectives in Special Car. They were brought here in a s cial Pullman car from Cleveland way of Youngstown and Newcastle over the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail rcad, and aitived at 945 p. m. The prisoners were guarded In their car by sixteen detectives and officers. The car was kept securely locked and no one was granted admission to the car | except”an Associated Press man and a few other newspaper men who boarded the train at Youngstown. Mrs. Boyle Quite Talkativi On the arrival at the jail Mrs, Boyle looked around and said: | “This a little eland, anyway.” | “Please say t I do not get wp on tables and dance, won't you? satd Boyle to A aepresentative of the ciated Press. She stated that she ally came from Brooklyn, N, Y. nd say, also, that I never made the remarks attributed to me.” “You mean about there being hell in Sharon 7" Letter than | “Yes.” and she smiled as if she en- joyed it. “I guess that's what Sharon had, wasn't ft? But I never blas- phemed. And I never was a burlesque you know any of the Whitla family or their relatives before you saw them in Cleveland ?" ‘I never saw any one of them except the boy before sterday. 1 came from New York; no, [ wasn't born there; I don't think I care to say where 1 was born. I have lived in the west a good while and I met Mr. Boyle thers. We were married about a year ago, Was Educated in Convent. “Yes, I was educated in a convent and spent several vears there. What convent? Well, I think I'd rather not say. It might be embarrassing to the nuns, you know, “You recognize our position here; it is bad enough without talking too much about it, No; I am sorry, but I don’t think I'd care to say any more about myself than I have told you. Mr. Whitla, Returns Home with Ran- som Money. Sharon, Pa, March 25.—Guarded by several private detectives in plain clothes, James P. Whitla, father of the abducted lad for whose ransom $10,000 was paid, returned home. te- night, bririging with him the money which was when James Boyle and Cleveland. marked as they were said to have been v said to the abductors by Mr. Whitla, were placed in a safety depos- it box to remain until needed as evi- dence in the kidnapping trial, SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Will Be Ready to Report Tariff Bif| In Three Days, if Necessary. Washington, March 25.—Members of the senate committee on finance re- asserted today that they would be ready to report a tariff bill whenever the house passes the Payne bill. They were informed that that time would not be more than ten days or two weeks distant, in all probablility, and Senator Aldrich replied that the sen- ate committee could be ready in three days if ne ary. With every day's cofsideration ef the Payne bill, the senate committee {s impressed with the fact that it hews v clogse to the lines of the Dingley bill, and as a result the work of ‘the committee is much simplified. The changes to be made in the meas- ure will be far fower In number than was at first anticipated. The closest attention Is being pald to the administrative features of the bill and an especial effort will be made to avoid the possibility of undervalua- tion of imports guch as caused disturb adce a few years ago over the Importa- tien of fine potteries from France, STEAMER 87 YEARS OLD. The James Morgan Now in Use se an Oyster Boat. Providence, R. I, March 36 —QOnly thirteen years the junior of the Cler- mont, Robert Fulton’s first steamer, the steamer James Morgag has fust been under federal inspeotion here. The Morgan Is the oldest u?r in the eountry, nuvu‘nf been launéhed at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 57 years a £ o registers 69 tons gross and halls from New Haven. She is used as an opwics boat. One of the government ors said of the craft toduy: just as young as she used younger, In fact.” . to Hotel Propristor Dies from Accidental Shooting. | _Salem, Mass, March 25. M J. Broderick, the peoprietor of 4 tavern of Ipswich, who was e éflo unwrapping a rifie last night, died at the Salem hospital todey. The ri which was stolen from the tavern a few weeks ago, was returned yestenday in a package. The gun was diseharge. when Mr. Broderick took off the st puper. The lpswich police belteve th the bundie wus prepared with the In- ‘ jury of Mr. Braderick in view, | , ] | Receivership for Yerkes Estate Aeked | For. | Chicago, March 26.—Mary Adeigifte Yerkes, “widow of harles T, Ye today filed sult in the s r couce for the appomiment of a recelvesship for the Yerkes estate, as well as to & Join Louis 8. Owsley, executor of the estate, from applying for letters testa méntary in New York city tomewrow Mrs. Yerkes also asks the appointment of a trustee to handie the estate until it .can safely be turned over to the tristees appointed under the will, ’ Tonopah Mining Co. Extra Dvidend. Philadelphis, March 75.—An amtrs dividend 10 per cent. in addftion to the regular dividend of 25 per cent. was declared today by the dirsctors of the Tonopah Mining company. This puts the stock on a dividend basie of 140 per cent. per annum, and rgstores the rate existing before the of dividends in the fall ef new dividend Is ! atock of record n. advanced to §7 a shere today OFFICERS FEARED DEMONSTRA-“\_