Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 30, 1909, Page 1

~ BEGGED OFFICERS FOR PROTECTION| ‘evied Parsgraph In Fear of an Attack from a Crowd Aof Hundreds of Curious Spectators PRELIMINARY fiEABING OF KIDNAPPER. James H. Boyle Questioned at Sharon and Waives Hear- ’ing—Bail Fixed at $25,000—Prisoner Returned to Jail—Opinion that Mrs. Boyle will Soon be Discharg- ed—Prosecution Not Desired by Mr. Whitla. — when five, hundred persons surrounded the patrol n W he was await- ing the arrival of the train for Mercer Tonight he told the sheriff he was thankful to be back safe in ais cell again. Mrs. Boyle May Soon Go Free. Pa, March 20—It required but ' faw minstes this riommoon for the preliminary hearing an 4 Boyle, with the abduction of Willle Whitla. 'l::o questiops and an- wers made up the proceedings. 5/ & your name?” asked Justice Girert “James H, Boyie,” was the reply. “Do you want a hearing on charge of abduction now?” he was asked / “Not at this time, he replied, and the hearing was over. A Bail Fixed at $25,000. Bail was fixed at $26,000 and the risoner was returned to the jail at ‘lfl!e‘l’ on the first train. Half a thou- sand persons, impelled by curiosity, surrounded the railroad station, but no demonstration against Boyle was T ted. or indicat T%fi is stated Mrs. Boyle will not be ught here for & hearing. Toe statement that she was Helen McDer- mott is doubted here. She has ibeen positively ldentified by Sharon people as James Boyle's wife, but beyond that her identicy is not known here. Boyle Quivered With Fear. M Pa., Merch 29.—The prelim- nary ng and safe return to the Mercer jail of James S. Boyle and the rumop that his woman companion may : & g g £ : proot whatever to connect her with the. abduction and as she absolutely refuscs to @id the local officials in the slight- est, the supposition is that she will s00n be free. This is borne out by the in rg her. It is said he. rosecution 18 not eagerly desired by Rir Whitla, whose wishes are likely to be respected. 1 5 Detective Says Mrs. Boyle Will Have Plausible Defens Pittsburg, March 20.—News that Mrs. Boyle may never be brought to trial for her alleged pert in the ®b- duction of Willie Whitla was received here tonight with intevest. Detective Perkins, who has been very active in the case, Geclares the woman will have & very plausible defense if she is given & hearing. 4 “From what Mrs, Boyle has told me, gaid Mr. Perkins tonight, “I, believe entirely escape prosecution and soon z i regai liberty e developments | that she Wil have & straightforward by 13 ot “fldnl;pnIn‘ story to tell on the stand. She will of the day in the Whitla case. No one but James Boyle had eny fears for his safety today when he was taken to Sharon for ment, but be was badly frightened. Quivering ‘with fear and nervously begging the officers for protection, he faced a crowd of hundrede of persons attracted mere- iy by curiosity and is happier tonight in his cell than he has been since his say that she had been sick for two or three weeks previous to the kidnap- ping of the boy and that her husband, Jimmie Boyle, had come to her and told her that the boy had been placed in their care by his father. Her story, I think, will continue that she under- stood the boy had been exposed to smallpox and that they were to get a large sum of money from the father the return to his| for taking care of him. She explains Bomme tomn. Bovle was nervous{ that when she received the money last might snd slept little. He was | there was no place elsewhere to hide it and she concealed it in her clothes. She says she knew nothing of the kid- napping, having seen no newspapers.” scarcely able to murmur the words waiving a hearing in the court room ené almost collapsed at the station DEATH OF AGED MOTH»E‘! OF DANIEL SULLY, ACTOR. Telegram Announcing Fact Handed Hiri During a Performance. BOY DISTRIBUTED PEPPER PELLETS IN SCHOOL. Severely Whipped by Teacher, Who is Sued for Damages. Winsted, Conn, March 29.—Papers were served today on Miss Adele Mur- fay, a teacher in the sixth grade of the local grammar school, in @ civil suit for 31,000 damages instituted by George E. Bond in behalf of his minor eon, Eillott. In the writ Bond alleges that Miss Murray assaulted his son by whipping him~ while in school. Miss Murray, whose home is in Ber- 1in, says that young Bond brought wmall pellets of pepper to school and distributed them among the other pu- pils of the room she taught. The pep- caused the pupils to sneeze 80 vio- atly that it nearly broke up the ses- on. €he thought that such conduct Geserved a severe whipping, and ac- cordingly administered one, hitting the boy thirteen times on each hand with & leather strap. Miss Murray gave bonds of $1,200 for her appearance at the May term of the superjor court. San Francisco, March 29.—Daniel Sully, the actor, while glving a per- formance of “The Matchmaker” at the American theater last night, was hand- ed a telegram, supposed to be from his wife at Woodstock, N. Y., in answer to @ message he had sent her on the 25th anniversary of their marriage. It proy- ed to be an announcement of the death of_his aged mother at Newport, R. 1. It is customary to withhold tele- grams from actors until after the per- formance, because of the faot that death messages often affect them 50 that they are unable to proceed with the play, but in this case the stage man- ager was so certain it was a loving greeting from Mr. Sully's wife that he | sent the message in at once. The actor was deeply grieved and continued the performance with difficulty. HUNGARIANS PREVENT AMERICAN MINERS WORKING. CANADIAN PACIFIC MECHANICS THREATEN TO STRIKE. “About 12,000 Men Would Be Inflvolved on Whole System. Trouble Brewing at the Bogle Mine, Jasonville, Ind. Terre Haute, Ind., March 29.—A dee- laration by American miners in ses- sion at Jasonville tonight that foreign- ers must leave the Bogle mine, north of there, 18 causing much alarm. A delegation of Amerlcan miners armed with Tevolvers carried this warning to the aliens, following & mass meeting at_Jasonville tonight. ince ‘nightfall several shots have been fired there, but no one was hurt and no arrests have been made. The trouble had its origin Saturday night, when several foreigners declar- ed they would not allow the Ameri- cans to work at the Bogle mine. To- day 35 Americans were prevented from working by 75 Hungarians, Winnipeg, Man., March 2$%—Reports &re current tonight that another strike of mechanics on, the Canadian Pacific rallroad is imminent. The company, it §s said, refused to megotiate jointly with the men on the eastern and the western systems end a deadlock has been reached In the pegotiations. The @resent schedule expires in a few days ust he at once agreed en strike’this time they Federation of Labor, with which ‘were affiliated iast winter. About 12,000 men would be involved from Moncton, N. B, to Vancouver. Sudden Death of Wife of Lisut. Com- mander Snowden. ‘Washington, March 29.—Returning today from a visit to Lieut. Semmes Reld, naval aide to President Taft,who is lying in the meval hospital here, suf- fering from injuries received recently by a fall from his horse, Mys. Adelaide Snowden, wife of Lieut. Commander Thomas Snowden\ of the president's yacht Mayflower, was taken suddenly i1l and removed to the emergency hos- pital, where she died about fiftcen minutes later. The cause of death was given as cerebral hemorrhage. INSANE FROM ALCOHOL. ‘Son of Founder of wift Packing Co. Taken to Sanitarium. L Chicago, March 29.—Herbert L. Bwitt, 33 years old, son of the late Gus- . tavus ¥. Swift, founder of the ing firm of Bwift & Co., was adjudged in- u-a by a conmi-lg of vhyllch;u re- centl yand sent to the Kenilworth san. on March 8 by order of the This became public to- the discovery of the files Leuls ¥. Swift, & brother, Herbert Swift had threat- himself and members ot Death of Raphael Ballerstein of Hart- ford. Hartford, Conn., March 29—Raphael Ballerstein, 79 years old, died here to- night after & short iliness. Mr. Bal- lerstein was born in Germany, and years hie will roceivs 31,000,000, A | Came to this country when 15 .years old, lwing in New Lendon for two Souservator will be appolnted for his | J iy, " removing from there o this ' | place. He has beem in the millinery MAIL POUCH ROBBERY, busimess for many years, and at the Thisves Secured Mere Than $50,000 in Currency. At the end of R. B. Ballerstein company. He leaves two brothers and a sister. time of his death was the head of the Georgetown, Ky., March 29.—A mail pouch robbery in which the alleged thieves got probably more than $50,000 in currency and chesks was made pwb- lic today, ‘when the fron and charred of two pouches were found by & boy near the crane frem which they Bad been taken. . Suffield, Conn., Miss Marion Spen rian at Kent Memorial library, entered the building late today she found that the buflding had been entered and a small sum of money stolen. A large safe had been jpered with, but not opened. Entrance was gained by break- ing a cellar window.. The town au- thorities are at work on the case, Voted “Dry” by 11 Majority. Springfield, Ohlo, March 29 —With the heaviest vote in local history,Clark county today voted “dry” by 11 major- ity in the local option election. The total vote vast in the county was 17, 831. The election affects 97 saloons In the county and three brewerles. The result was in doubt until the Jast pre- clnce was heard from, Dutch Naval Orders Countermande ‘Willefstad, Islend of Curacao, March 29.-~The Duteh naval division, which ad received orders to proceed to the British {sland of Grenada on March 31, today received further orders counter- ntwerp, March 29.—The reports re- ceived here that Cipriano Castro hi chatered a vessel in Antwerp for rev- olutionary purposes in West Inan waters, led to a diligent search in a effort to Jocate the vessel, but inves tigation has failed to reveal any evi- dence of such a Seoul, Korea, March 29.—From 1¢ ports réceived from the interor of Ko- rea it appears that the activity the insurgents is increasing with th coming of spring. From several points it is reported that residences of dis- trict magistrates have been raided an: government funds seized. Peking, March 29.—It has been de- clded to permit representatives of the official press of China, as well as for- eign newspaper correspondents, to wit- ness the funeral services May 1st over the bodies of the late emperor and dowager empress. This is the first time the press has been recognized in this manner. 3 Rome, March 29.—Among the Am- ricans going to Naples to meet Theo re Roosevelt when he arrives therc April 4 are’ Lloyd C. Griscom, the erican ambassador to Italy; Rushforth, Mr. Roosevelt's " cousin; Miss Carew, Mrs. Roosevelt’ ister, and Francis B. Keene, the American consul at Geneva, who was a class- Mrs. the | mate of Mr, Roosevelt at Harvard. Malaga, Spain, March 29.—The anti- government ‘demonstration in Malag: yesterday resulted in a conflict wit the authorities. As the procession of 12,000 people that marched through ti: streets of the city was dispersing the crowd began stoning the municipal guard, wherenpon the guard retai ed by firing ~ volley Into the air and charging cne demonstrants with sabres. St. Petersburg, March 20.—News has been received here from Peking that the Chinese ministers of railways, war, finance and colonies have decided thaf it is necessary to- construct without delay a trans-Mongolian railroad from Kalgan to Urga. This decision is in response to e petition from the Mon- golian princes, who offered to meet the cost of the road, which will form the principal link in the proposed line northwesterly from Peking to join the trans-Siberian line. * TWO MEN CAUGHT CUTTING TOLL LINE WIRES. Lineman Whé Discoversd the Men Beaten \lntc Unconsciousness. Meriden, March 20—Two unknown men who were caught cutting toll line wires owned by the Southern New England Jelephone company in the Oregon. district, two miles west of the center of the ‘city, attacke@ & local lineman, Herbert Otto, who dntected them, and the strangers beat him on the head with a pair, of steel wirecut- ters and left him lying unconscious in the road late this afternoon. Otto wes found by anmother local lineman.’ A physician was called and after the line- man recovered his senses he was tak- en to his home. Tt was first thought his skull was fractured, but later the doctor reported thet he is suffering from a slight scalp wound only. The Scuthern New England officials said that.the strangers had no author- ity to climb the company’s poles or meddle with the wires. The theory is advanced that the wirecutters _were members of a band of robbers and that the y had planned a local job for to- it and were anxious to cut off tele- phonic communication with nearby cities should the police get on their trail. It is possible that they were copper wire thieves, but Wire Chief Morgan of the local exchange says none of the wire was talten. Novelist F. Marion Crawford Recover- ing. Sorrento, Italy, March 29.—F. Mari- on Crawford, the novelist, who has been ill for some time past, was re- ported today to be very much better, and all cause for alarm concerning his condition, it is ennounced, has disap- peared. Thirty Drowned in Flood. St. Petersburg, March _29.—De- atches received here from Radom, in n Polanw, state that 30 persons have been drowned by the floods. The river Visula has reached the highest point since 1852. Fifteen villages in the vicinity of Radom are submerged. Dr. Robert B. Ensign Dead. Berlin, Conn., March 29.—Dr. Robert E. Ensign, 73 vears old, dled at his home here today from infirmities due to age. Dr. Ensign was a veteran of the civil war, and was medical exami- ner of the town for many years. He leaves two sons. RETAIL MERCHANTS. Several from Here Will Attend Legis- lative Hearing Toe The joint judiciary committee of the house and senate meet at Hartford this afternoon at 2 o'clock to hear the pe- tition from the retail merchants of the state in regard to the proposed Du- buque law, or equitable process of col- tection. The Norwich merchants will be represented probably by Charles W. Pearson and the firm of Branche Brothers. From Baltic will be F. E. Hall and @ representative of Buteau Brothers. There will also be delegates from other towns in the county. In all, it is expected that 38 cities of the state will be represented and a strong petition will assuredly be made. New Bngland Organizer Elisha Winter will also be present at the hearing. The majority of the delegates from this part of the state will leave Williman- tic for Hartford at 11.20. Organizer Winter has been meeting with success in his work in this vicin- ity. In Baltic all of the ten merchants have joined the association, and in Montville and Waterford headway has been made. \ A meeting of the local merchants has been called for Tuesday evening, April . when the final steps of organization will be made. iyl Going to Boston. By orders recsived from the govern. ment, Policeman Driscoll will take John Coughlin, who deserted from the Montana, to the government boat Wa- bash; focated at Boston. GOOD EXAMPLE How the Public Spirit of One Town Inspires Others. It was not long after the Watertown Village Improvement society was or- ganized and the work of beautifying Watertown undertaken, that the people from Bethlehem in ~passing through thére commenced to realize the advan. tage of having a village improvement soclety. A little later the Bethlehem people organized a goclety for the im. provement of the town, adopting ti same constitution and by-laws were used in forming the Watertown seociety, The Bethlehem soclety only had 12 members to start with, but it has flourished and has on hand $100 to use for improvements the coming sum- mer. The good 15 stlll spread- :n‘ o helg to form an im; ng was an improvement society in that village von Schwarz c oty CRAZY SNAKE SURROUNDED Roosevelt; s B e s | Thfee Hundred Militiagen, Oowhoys and Dy D. E. STONE FOUND LYING DEAD ON A BED. AFFAIR HAPPENED SOON AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK. &&:fimokmm > puty Sheriffs Closing in on Leader. It Was Said at Boston that a new aerodrome had been by e o perfected Women Generally Throughout ti- ‘country od against - proposed higher rates on articles of their wearing apparel. Mail Advices from Paris say that mfil are alarmed over the outlook under a budget appropri- ating 4,000,000,000 francs. is Great Interest in Washing- nomy which is SHERIFF BROKE INTO ROOM Tragedy on Spiritualist Camg, Ground —Mr. Stone Despondent Over lliness of His Daughter #» New Haven. EXGETIMENT ON BOARD STEAMER HIS CAPTURE EXPECTED AT DAYBREAK Italian Steerage Passenger Put in Irons by Order of Hamburg's Captain— Ship Arrives Fayal—All Well. Lively Engagement Monday Afternoon with Detachment of Indians—Redskin Force Breaks Up Into Small Bands—Many Rumors of Conflicts—Captives Taken in Bushwhacking Fight Sent to Hickory Grounds. Niantic, Conn.,, March 29D, E.|Sweeping | Stone, 50 years old, a farmer, commit Horta, Fayal, March 29.—The steam- t cyanide ship Hamburg, with Theodore Roose- velt and members his party on board, put In here today, to leave the mails, A de Fretas, governor of Horta, went out to the Hamburg and welcomed Mr. Roosevelt, after which the members of the party were taken ashore by the governor and driven through the town. All the members of the Roosevelt party are well. Assailant Placed in Irons. London, March 29.—A despatch to The Standard from Horta says that when the steamer Hamburg arrived it was learned that an attempt had been made aboard to assault ex-President Roosevelt, but that it was frustrated and his would-be assaflant placed in ted s ‘ today by taking of potassium at his 6 or the Snir- Itualist camp ground here. Mr. Stone had been despondent for the fow days over the illness of his ter Stella, who is in the New Haven hos- tal, and during the day remained in room. His wife, fearing that he was 1ll, called Dr. G. M. Barrett, who on his arrival went to Stone’s room. Doctor Found Door Locked. The door was locked and when the doctor called Stone's name he was an. swered by a shot from a revolver, the bullet crashing through the lower part of the door, A deputy sheriff was called, and led Dr. Bar- rett they returned to Stone's room and on getting no reply to thelr call broke in the door, which they found barri- caded on the inside. On breaking in- to the room they found Stone lying dead on g bed, & small glass lying on @ table near the bed and a package which had contained the“poison lying on a bureau. The revolver was found or_the bed near Stone's left hand. Stone had been dead but a short time when the room was broken into and wag probably preparing the poison when first called and fired the revol- ver to frighten the physician and pre- vent hig entering the room. Leaves Large Family. He leaves a widow and seven chil- dren and previous to his coming here lived in Cheshire. Operators lssued a Statement that miners have done nothing to carry out the plans of the strike commission of 1902, and said similar conditions now. ) cope with thig latest phase of the ait- vation, however, They, too, soattersd in bands, invaded the hilly wooded re- glon of the Creek nation In a deter- mined affort to hunt down both lead- ers and members of the war . The wisdom of this policy at once became evident, for by 7 o'clock to- night the soldiers had tured eight members of Ciazy I::L'- forces. Among those arrested are little Tiger, a sub-chief, and Simla Harjo, HThe latter is not related to Chitti Most of these were heavily armed. Captives Under Heavy Guard. The- captives were started for the militia camp at Hickory un- der heavy guard. Ordery were Issued that the search be kept up and nu- merous parties went out during the early hours of the night to round up the “renegades. As fast as are captured they will be hurried to Hick- ory Grounds. By this means the sol- diers expect to avold a pitohed battle, but they regarded it as probable that be Oklahoma City, March 29.—Chittl Harjo (Crazy Snake) was surrounded at midnight in the North Canadian bottoms near Plerce. Three hundred militiamen, cowboys and deputy sher- iffs were closing in on him and his capture was expected at daybreak. Fight Near Crazy Snake’s Home. Oklahoma City, March 29—A detach- ment of Crazy Snake's band of bellig- erent Indiang were surrounded by dep- uty sheriffs this afternoon near Crazy Snake’s home and a livély battle en- sued. More than 200 shots were fired and one Indian was killed, Eight In- dians were captured and the remain- der fled with the deputies in-pursuit. Indian, Detachments Routed. There were about fifteen Indians in the band and they had taken refuge in @ house, The deputies had tracked them for some distance. Advancing from all sides, the posse fired g volley at the frail house. The Indians rushed out, scattered among the trees and made a valiant defense. The posse, firing steadlly, advanced and routed the band. None of those captured are serlously injured, but it is said that a number of other Indlans were hit with bullet Sub-Chief Little Tiger Captured. Crazy Snake's band apparently has broken Into numerous small groups. It seemed at nightfall that each In- dian was trying to accomplish his own escape without regard for the grand dreams of the chieftain, to realize which they were called fogethér Sun- day by the smoke of signal fires. All efforts at organized resistance seemed to have been dropped with the sink- ing of the sun tonight. $ The militiamen seemed well able to It Was Announced at Mercer, Pa., ‘that search had been in Penn- and Ohlo for lflwflndm e In the sylvania accomplices of the chief Ir\lv ‘Whitla k.kh:»ln:eue, It Was Reported from Albany that the bill backed by half a dozen clergy King Peter’s Second Son was melly made crown prince of Servia. At ‘the sam> time’the Buropean powers came to e full agreement in regard to means to insure peace in the Balkans. The News That Russia Had Receded from her attitude on the Balkan ques- tior was received with shame and an- ger by the St. Petersburg press. There s talk of a new loan by which the country may so strengthen fts mitita:y position as to refuse dictation from any power. THE PAYNE TARIFF BILL. NEW ENGLAND PROTESTS. Connecticut Delegation Receives Many Letters and Petitions. (Special to The Bulletin.) are current and I repeat them with re- serve that an attempt has been mad on the life of ex-President Roosevelt.” Assailant’s Name Is Giuseppi Tosti. New York, March 29.—Gluseppl Tos- ti, & steerage passenger on the Ham- burg, is the man who threatened ex- President Roosevelt, according to a special despatch from Horta to The World. The Incident happened soon after the Hamburg was losing sight of America. Tosti broke from his com- panions in the steerage and started ‘or the upper deck where Mr. Roose- velt was standing with his son Kermit, “He has' let them take away my " Tost! is said to e shouted h. “Now he shall pay for it.” Placed in Irons. Sailors seized Tosti, quickly master- ed him, carried him below and by the orders put him in irons, The numerous small engagements will fought. Disquieting Conditions Exist. The Indian killed by the posss was the only fatality of the day reported to Colonel Hoffman, who is in com- mand of the state troops. There are numerous rumors of engagements here and there with a varying number of fatalitien. One story was that & of farmers near Chectocah fought Jarge band of negro renegades and killed twenty. This and similar reports cannot be confirmed. A disquieting condition exists throughout the trou- bled region, however, and almost any- thing in the way of a fight weuld not/ be surprising. MRS. FARMER EXECUTED. Second Woman to Be Put to Death in New York State. Electric Chair Auburn, N, Farmer ‘was tris chair in the state prison at day for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan, a neighbor, at Brownsville, N. Y., on April 23, 1908—the second in. fliction of the death penalty on a wo- man by electricity in this state. Five women, two of whom wWere piison at- tendants, were present. Father Hick- ey, after the execution, gave cut a statement signed by Mrs. Farmer, in which ghe declared that ne. husband, James Farmer, was entirely irmocent, and knew nothing of the crime until after it had been committed. It rea “To Rev, J. J. Hickey: My husband, James D. Farmer, never had i Sarah Brenmanis death, nor never kew anything about it dil the trunk a hand-to-hand struggle in & running { Was opened. 1 never told him any- elevator in the building. The detegtive | thing what bad happened. I foel he had arrested Johnson for entsring a|las been terribly wronged. James D flat which Parise had been watching. | FArmer was not st home the day the Parise had a finger of his left hand |affair happened, neither did James D. shot off in the fight and is in Flower !‘emsr ever put a. hand-oa . Sarah hospital. According to Parise’s story | Ptennan after her death. Again I wisl there have been numerous robberies ir | fo say as strongly as I cai that my the fashionable apartment house for |husband, James D. Farmer. is ontirely some time past and he was engaged to | linceent of the death of Sarah Bren- catch the thief. Today, he claims, he | nan, that he knowingly had no part in caught Johnson in the act of entering [any plans that led to it, ani that he an apartment on the eleventh fiocr, the [ kréw nothing whatever aoout it. tenants of-which were away. Jobnson MARY H. FAQMER. readily submitted when detected and| “Subscribed and sworn to before me, the men started for the lower fleor, | this 8th day of March, 1909. Johnson managing the car. “B. F. Wineg: Whon the ninth floor was reached| “Notary Public, Cayuga county. Johnson, whose ready submission had| The execution was without sensa- put Parise off his guard, attacked the | tional incidents, detective, throwing him violently tn| While the physicians were removing the floor. He was endeavoring to beat | the dead woman's clothing preliminary and kick Parise into unconsciousness, | to the autopsy, the photograph of the according to the Pinkerton man's story. | two-year-old son, Peter Farmer, now when the latter managed to draw his|with his uncle in Watertown, N. Y., revolver. Johnson kicked it from his|was found .smuggled under the co grasp, then took it and fired at the |sage of Mrs. Farmer's dress, The con- detective, shooting offt his tinger.|demned woman had told Father Hick- Parise and the eclevator man then|ey her spiritual adviser, to whom her closed in a terrific hand-to-hand strug- | jublf® confession was made, that she gle for the weapon. In some manner|had no relatives that she knew of. 4uring the fight the elevgtor came o & | After the autopsy today the body of standstill at the third floor. Here the | Mrs. Farmer ‘with the photograph of men fought back and forth for some|her child clasped in her hands, was minutes until the detective finally | hurfeq in St. Jossph's cemetery. War- gained possession of the revolver. He|den Benham sent the usual tele quickly fired two shots, one going through Johnson’s left eye and the other through his heart, and Johnson fell dead. Parise is a prisoner in the hospital on the technical charge of homicide. Old Sailor Died Literally of Broken Heart. Lowell, Mass, March 29.—$tricken| fairfield, Neb, March 29."A. mask- with grief over the sudden and strange | e train robber, with a red lantern, disappearance ofep baby boy who was|stopped a local passenger train, on the solace of hi¥ old age Robert|the Burlington road last night, board- Thompson, a retired sailor, died today | eq the train, and forced the conductor literally of a broken heart, according | to carry a sack Through the passenger to physicians. Thompson was 70 vears | coach and collect $200 and seventeen 0ld and lived at the home of Mr. and | Qi 2 0 0 “the passengers, who Mrs. J. W. Howarth, whose son, Jobn | numpered nineteen women and two e e riosing sina, cteven|men. He pocketed the booty, dropped nths, = day atternoon. lthoueh not related in | Of the Tear end of the train and e: any way to the Howarths, the old sail- v or took an interest in them and his regard for the baby amounted almost to a passion. It Would Mean Abolition of Sliding Scale. Shamokin, Pa., March 29.—From coal operators in' close touch with President Baer of the Reading and Morris Wil- itams of the Pennsylvania coal com- pany; it was learned today that unless officials of the United Mine Workers of the three anthracite divisions signed another three years' agreement the same as the one now in force, the coal companies would 1nsist on all condi- tions reverting back to 1900. This would mean the abolition of the slid- ing scale and a reduction of 20 per cent. mekss cofumities of the Mouse;the vo- ., March 29,—Mrs. Mary | publican members and the speaker it Yo death In e wiesy | were in conference on the Payne bill, 15 to- | and several changes are sure to be made in gome of the schedules as a result. ‘When,the house met this morning It was at ten o'clock, and they will sit until ten-thirty this evening, with an hour or so for dinner. This will be the regular thing from now on untll the bill has been sent to the senate. ‘Within the last few days the mem- bers of the Connecticut delegation have been receiving letters and peti- tions protesting against some of the fchedulen, thix, 'notwitnetanding the fact that it has been charged on the floor and in the newspapers that New England has the best of the rest of the ‘country-n_the making up. of tho b to Mr. Roosevelt and a few of his fellow passengers. Tosti, after his imprison- ment, refused for four days to eat, cry- g “Roosevelt is trying to poison me.” The ship’s doctor now must taste all food offered to Tosti before he will eat it. PINKERTON DETECTIVE SHOT ROBBER IN RUNNING ELEVATOR Desperate Hand-to-Hand Struggle— Deteotive Loses a Finger. New York, March 20.—Frederick Johnson, 32 years old, an clevator man in a Fifth avenue apartment house, was shot and killed tonight by Joseph Parise, a Pinkerton detective, during PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD RUNNING FULL HANDED. Vessels of Returned Battleship Fleet Undergoing Repa $1,000,000 FIRE DAMAGE IN MAVANA HARBOR. Two Piers of Havana Central Rallread Totally Destroyed. Havana, March 20.—Two plers of th Havana Central raliroad in the up) part of the harbor were totally stroyed by fire which broke out at 11 o'clock this morning. It is reported the fire was of incendiary origin. The to- tal damdge done is estimated at $1,- 000,000, which ance. . The Hamburg-American tne stéamer Altenburg, which was lying at the sec- ond pler discharging her cargb of rice. was unable to get Away. Tugs could not render her assistance on sccount of the derse smoke and the crew of the steamer were compelled to abandon hr and take refuge on the adjacent pier. It was thought at first that the steamer would be totally destroyed, but the fire was controiled after damaging the vessel to the extent of $80,000. Philadelphia, March 29.—The return of the battleship fleet from Its tour around the world has proven a gre: boon to the hyndreds of employes at the Philadelphla navy yard. Four of the blg ships, the Illinois, Kearsarge, v hand he ,A stroug protest has been_ recelved by all the members from the Wwholesale dry goods men claiming that the cot- ton goods schedule will largely raise the ‘quties on this class of goods, dqub- ling them in some cases. This they say will give the New England manufa turer of cotton,goods almost a monop- oly and allow them to make any price they wish. This, of course, is denied by the manufacturers who are send- ing petitiong for the retentioni of the cotton schedules as they stand in the bill. One of the largest harness manu- facturers in New England, the Smith- Worthington company, o Hartford, have sent protests against the section relating to their product. They make the clatm that imported saddles are luxuries and should be taxed the lim- it. They ask for the oid rate as fixed by the Dingley bill, or 45 per cent. ad valorem. The blank book manufacturers are out against the tax of 25 per cent. on gummed paper. They claim that this canmot be made in this country and want it admitted free of duty. ‘What is called down here “machine petitions” are being recelved by the congressmen from the consumers pro- testing against the placing of any duty on tea and coffee. The blanks are sent out by some New York bureau and be ing numerously signed In all parts of Connecticut, and quite likely in other states as well. It has been discovered by the Con- necticut manufacturers of varnishes that China-nut oll has been taken out of the class of free articles and they have filed thelr protest, as they say this product is necessary to the gon- duct of their business and it is not produced in this country. Several concerns have protested against the wood screw schedule, which proposes to reduce the duty on screws in some instances to 24 per cent., which they‘clatm is far too jow, ‘These protests will be flled with the finance committee of the senate and will be coneidered when that commit- tee takes tion. yard, are undergoing repairs, the fig‘lflmenu of the yard are run- ning full handed and on tull time. More than 1,600 mechanics and artisa; are -enjoying the prosperity. A council of the line officers and en- gineers of the battleships included in the world-encircling fleet has be since its return provements, especia te and firing apparatus, have been recom- mended. A new yavular device is to be put in the ships’ tubing, fire control masts, made of tubular lattice work, will be placed on every ship, and th also be equipped with a recer ented ash ejector. At the naval con- structer’s office great secrecy is main- tained as to the proposed changes in the firing apparatus. The battle Aring, battle formation and target practic are sald to have revealed some defects which must be remedied to bring the | big war craft up to their highest fight- | ing efficiency. The Tllinois and Kearsarge, while b ing kept in commission, will be main- tained as a part of the reserve %quad- ron at the navy yard. new bollers installed is covered by Insur- IN THE SENATE. Distribution of Republican Member- ship of Finance Committes Criticised. Washington March 20.—In the sen- ate today Senator Hale, chairman of the republican caucus, introduced a resolution to confine the business of the extra session to the consideration of the tariff bill and the bill provid- ing for the thirteenth census, but he afterwards amended it so as to mit the Introduction of bills and transaction of executive busimess. Gontrary to expectation, the resolu- tis1 aroused a spirited discussion, but the debate dealt with other subjécts than the limitation of business. Ap- parently thers was no objection to such limitation, but the measure went over until Thursday to allow rurther consideration of the question. During the session Senator Rikins k. per- They will have the BALKAN: ETTLEMENT Apparently Does Not Mest With Popu- to the governor of the state, Inform- lar Approval. ing him that the execution had been successful. MASKED BANDIT ON TRAIN. Conductor Forced to Assist in Robbing Passengers, Mostly Women. Baigrats, March 2s.—Servia has sur rendered completely to the demands of Burope, and the tensfon of six months over the Balkan situation will come o an end this afternoon. The action of Servia, it is hoped here, ,will set the Balkan “question” at reft for many years. Belgrade, March 2° —The interven- tion of the powers with respect to the controversy between Servia and Aus- fria-Hungary hes been postponed un‘ii tomorrow, as the Russian minister has not yet received instructions from St. Petersburg. The settlement apparently has not met witn j opular approval, as the vol- unteers, while returning from military exercises under regular officers, were the object of ridicule as they passed the streets today with bayo- o) n_ te criticise the distribution of the repub- lican membership of the finance com- mittes, declaring that while New Eng.- land has three members on the com- been entirely de- His tone was very similar to that of Senator Scott, his colleague, who also criticised the distribution in the republican senator- ial caucus last Monday. At 2.06 p. m. the senste adjourned untfl Thursday. the bill up for considera- PRl T retbiy Paris Offioi; Investigating reer of the Sargents. ; Paris, March 29.—The magistrate 3 t who has been conducting the investi- | tiai% 0 CXPANAUOR Of Bery e med gation into the case of Mr. and Mrs, by Great Britain and approved by Cecll Hugh Sargent, who were arrest- stria_is acceptable to- Servia be- ed in this city last month on the Natecs je socs mot: eontain AnyEhing 3‘;{‘? of‘ h;t:l“h mhm-;ed ;z;eral compromising to Great Britain or any- en_adol y them, has discov- h 1 ered that the Sargents were prosecut- | Lans, that Would impugn the national ed in London in 1908 by the Society I s T LR S8ERVING TIME AT JOLIET. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren for cruelty to two ehildren in i Vice President of Failed Bank Begins Indeterminate Sentence. ise and Condemn. Washington, March 20.—The tarift question was again discussed in the house of representatives in a ten and a half hour session. Not one of ths many speakers favored the Payne bill in it entirety, while the demcerate found much in it to eriticise and eon- demn. The maximum and minknum features of the proposed measure wers especially obnoxious to them, while re- g:buun- vrged higher dutles on lum- r, iron, pottery and zine ors, as well as a duty on coal. Mr. Moon of Tennessee scathingl: denounced those of his democratio col- ln‘g\lel who adopted the caucus reso- lution disciplining the twenty-three democrats who IHP;:RI‘ the - ald amendment to the rules, fu: the only exciting incident. ‘Those who spoke on the tarift were Messrs, Jemes of Kentucky, Cushman of Washington, Kennedy of Ohlo, Ofi- letts ;fuuu:fmunluh Soott of Kan- sas, Peters Massachusetts, Diekma of Michigan and Hull of Tennessee. AIRSHIP UP 6,000 FEET. Ca- Zeppelin Craft Makes Record Flight for Height. Friedrichshafen, March 29.—The Zeppelin airship made a successful it today to a height of 6000 feet, the greatest altitude yot reached. The landing also was successful. The air- ship recently made several successful landings in an open field with a erew of twenty-six men on board. Cochrane-Noyes Marriage. Providence March 29.—It became generally known today, that Albert Cochrane, captain of Harvard lacrosse their care. The court handed these children_over to other persons, after which the Sargents disappeared. It would appear now that they returned to Londbn and claimed the children.| Chicago, March 29.—Gustavus F, Mrs. Sargent was g Miss Josephine | Sorrow, vice president of the Bank of Savin of New York. America, which failed some years ago as & result of conspiracy of some of ita offcials to defraud the -xoe|um|d- ers and depositors, now serving an indeterminate gentence in the peniten- tiary at Jollet, Although Sorrow was taken to Joliet last Thursday, news of his incarceration only became public today. Tired of fighting a sentence to prison and convinced that every means had been exhausted in the effort to re- rty, the former bank offi- cial went quietly to Sheriff Strasshelm last week and asked that he be taken to the penitentiary, Connectiout Fair Association to Pur- chase Charter Oak Park. Hartford, March 29.--At a meeting of the .stockholders of the Connecticut Fair association, held here today, it was voted to purchase <Charter Oak park with all its buildings, and also Luna park with bulldings end im- provements. The pu: of these two properties will be made at an ap- proximate expenditure of $175,000. The track will be put into shape at once and will be open to the trainers of horses in a few days. Candidate for Life Saving Medal. ‘Washington, March 29.—For the sec- ond time within this year the name of Felix C. A. Jennings, a seaman at- tached to the U, S. 8, Arethusa, has been brought to the attention of the navy department for heroic action for saviug life, Jennings jumped overboard and rescued J. M. Moore, a coal pass- er, who had accidentally fallen over- board from the tug Dart. Secretary Meyer will recommend to the treas- ury department that Jennings be awarded a life gaving Sk Lack of native fuel is the chief drawback to the development of Bra- ziltan factories. Noted Kentuckian Shot in Gamblin~ Den. Sapulpa, Okla., March 29.—Tom Riv ers, a noted Kentuckian, was fai: shot and Officer Clarence Rupert seri- ously wounded here early today fight In a gambling resort. The ro . was of men and Rupert fired times into the crowd. one, but it fs uhde that the par- enty of both bride and groom had con- sented to the wedding, although advis- ing that it be postponed until after Cochrane's graduation Harvard next- June. Cochrane Is a resident of Melrose, Mass. Story Writer Myra D. McCrum Dead. Fort Scott, Kansas, March 29.—My- ra D. McCrum, aged 79 years, & civi was novellst and story writer, known under the pen name of Daisy died here today at the home of her son, Benjamin MeCrum. For years she wrote for New York magazides, Steamship Arrivals. ¢ Glasgow: March 25, Columbi PR el A~ S : March 29, Roon, from At Hamburg: March, 29, Kaiserin Viet from New York via Auguste toria, Plymouth and Cherbourg. th of Pioneer Writer of Metaphysi- cal and Mental Healing Works. Detroit, March 29.—The death was announced today of Henry Wood, one of e plcme;r writers of an Trial of M. B. Martin Delayed. Rear Admiral George A. Converse b - Dead. ‘Washington, March 20.—Rear Admi- ra] George Converse died at his home here tomight of uraemic poison- Alth placed on the retired he was in ac- tive ident d of con- SRR ar th Tesy: b wes cond fined to his home only a few days be. fore his death, the immedate cause of which set In only & day or so ago. Harriman Reaches Salt Lake City. ..-h Lake City, Uh.‘h...llreh ll-# speciaj train en route to New Fork. % in Payne Bill .