Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 2, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 78. FOX ON CORRUPT PRACTICES AGT] George L. Fox of New Haven Principal Speak- er Before Committee on Judiciary HOW SHALL ELECTION COURT BE SET UP Froposed Amendment Limiting Amount a Candidate Should Spend—Two Ways of Making the Proposed Limitation—Election Court an Absolutely Essential | Requirement to Efficient Corrupt Practices Law. Hartford, April 1.—George L, Fox of New Haven was the principal speaker Defore the committee on the judiciary this afternoon at the hearings held on & number of measures which had been introduced at this _session regarding orrupt practics act, lh;‘:- I“oxD deplll?d another hearing on the matter and stated to the commit- tee that there would be a number of others present at the next hearing who would like to be heard on it. Brief of Mr. Fox's Speech. Mr. Fox gave out a ‘brief of his epeech which was as follows: ‘No patriotic citizen or friend of good government should favor the proposition to repeal the present law. It has done much good already in stemming the tide of electoral corrup- tion, protecting the honest voter from dishonest cowpetition and tbe hones candidate greedy strikers. Up to 1908 it was the best law of any state for this purpose until Oregon by wote of its voters passed a more com- plete law that had been rejected by the legisiature. Connecticut should not lag in the march of progress toward & pure and undefiled registration of the people’s will which is the fountain of power in a democracy- There should be no slump to the corrupt conditions of the past whers unscrupulous use of money has bought oft office and politi- cal power. Limit the Candidate’s Expenses. “The amendments _proposed will remedy constitutional défects in the present law revealed by judges so that all constitutional rights of a citizen will be protected. The greatest defect of the present law is that it sets no limit to the amount which a candidate may spend to secnre his election. The commigsion of 1907, whose report is the best thing on the subject ever issued in America, presoribed a sched- ule of limitations which the legisla- ture did not adopt, It has now_ been reintroduced and it is earnestly hoped that a reasonable limit will be set by the legislature to the amount which any candidate may spend to secure this office. The Eléction Court. court Is.-an absolutely essential requirement to an efficient corrupt pract law. The question now fs, how ghall such a court be set up? One method is that of the ~res- ent law, which allows the mefhod s wonderfully successful in England and Canada; the other, suggested by law- yers, ig to make it possible for any citizen or defeated candidate to bring suit against the successful candidate in the ordinary way by glvine the proper bonds and bave the case ad- vaneed on the docket to immediate and continuwous trial. It Is essential that the court should meet and con- sider the case and render fts verdict within the two months between the election and the date for entering up- on the quties of the office. In the first n_election case, whether the court is to be set up is determined by the judge to whom the petition is presented. In the other case the trial must take place if the suit is brought.” Amendments Proposed. Mr. Fox proposed an amendment which would strike out the necessity for delegates to conventiogs Which on. ly elect delegates to other gonventions from signing a sworn statement of their expenditures so that only dele- gates to conventions where a nomina- tion {s made would have to do so. He also submitted a proposed amendment | setting a limit to the amount that the | candidate could spend and showed that there are two ways of making the pro- posed limitation one by putting it at a percentage of the salary of the office for which the man was a candidate, | allowing each man to spend $100, any | way, and up to ten per cent. of the salary, Another way would be by fix- ing it according to the number of voters in the territory through which he is being voted upon. Questions Answered. Mr. Fox replied to a question by the committee whether he would favor ex. empting those from swearing to state- ments who had spent nothing. The speaker replied that he thought it would be against the best interests of the law. ' he Upon question. he stated that thought that about 50 per cent. of the sworn statements and possibly 75 per cent. of them are true. He said that he did not think that the cost of running for the offide of governor had fen decreased under the present law. Wr. Fox was also asked it he did net *hink the present law had made a number of members of the Ananjas club and he réjoined that if it had it was balancing one evil against two. Mr. Parker of Hartford appeared in favor of an amendment to the law and Senator Brooks told of his experience ‘with the law which made him opposed | to it, and told of a case where & man had been prosecuted for failure to file a certificate with a town clerk even though he had filed one in the office of | the secretary of state. | Mr. Fox Defends His Late Action in Bringing Proceedings. | Mr. Fox was heard again and stated that the certificates were the best means of getting evidence and defend- ed his action in bringing proceedings under the present law after the recent election. Raiph O. Wells told of the good that had been accomplished in ome of the | wards in Hartford and Walter S. Schutz -of Hartford and Wjlliam J. O’Brien of New Haven were aiso heard in fayor of retaining the present law with certain amendments. Ropresentatives Hayes and others of Waterbury appeared in favor of a | measure creating a deputy judge in the | city court of Waterbury. There was no opposition. < E. H, HARRIMAN RETURNS IN MUCH IMPROVED HEALTH After a Long Vacation in West, Southwest and Mexico. ¢ New York, April 1—Bronzed by weeks under southern skies and brim- ming over with vitality and geniality, B H. Harriman reached this city late ioday, to all appearances a reinvigor- eted man afte* his long vacation and by the trip over the network of Harri- mnian railcoads in the west, the south- ‘west and Mexico. “I'm @il right now,” was his terse rejoinder to a question a8 to the state of his health. Mr, Har- {man’s looks did not belie his words. appearance, manner and bearing pmch:n bim & man unmistakably toned up by a comgenial outing. His incisive comments om atters finan- elal, political and general indicated a mind keenly slert and able to cope with big problems. WALKED FROM BOSTON TO SAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN Sergeant John Walsh of U. S. A.—7/400 Miles in 156 Days. Boston, April 1.—Sergeant John ‘Walsh of the United States army, the ug distance walker who arrived in 0% on today aster having complsted a !flk from Boston to Sam Francisco return, & distance of over 7,700 les, in 156 days, started off late in the afterneon after a few hours’ rest 10 repeat the performance. Walsh ieft Boston, Aug. 12, 1908, and arnived fn San Francisco Oct. 23, according to his etatement. He said he lost fifty pounds but felt strong and would make the present time in ocompetition with BEdward Payson Wesjon, who started from New York 1 st week. Walsh is 57 years old. . THREE TEETH KNOCKED OUT. Bouth Norwalk Hatter Struck by Stray Rifle Bullet. South Norwalk, Conn., April 1— While returning to his home tonight, Willis R Austin, a hatter employe the Crofut & Knapp sompany until the rocenc kirike, was struck in the eheek by a rifie bullet, The bnilet passed through one cheek, knocking out three tect) and lodging in the roof of his moutli. FHe was taken to his home and will recower. No trace of any one who Jlent huve dape the shooting could be md, and it is thought that the bul- let was 4 spent rifie ball and tpat no attempt had been made to takeé Aus- tin's Yife. Hartford italian Stabbed at Party. Hartford, April 1L-—Joseph Capello, an Italian, ears old, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen while attend- ing a party on the East Side tonight. ‘He was removed to the Hartford hos- zul, where his injuries are said not be fatal, Louis Carino and Harry Cinfto are Jocked up charged with do- ing the stabbing. Dashed Acld In Wife's Face. Philadelphie, April 1—Casper Zeld- was arrested t, charged kflling his wife and blinding lils or ahout five weeks ago in New city. The police say he killed his by dashing actd jin her u;fl "" x :fln‘fl‘n u her emm??wu e INDEPENDENT COMPANIES BEAT U. 8, STEEL CO. Deal Closed for 100,000 Acres of Pitts- burg Coking Coal. Pittsburg, April 1—Beating _the United States Steel corporation, which it is said had been Intending to secure the property & deal was closed today by independent stee] concerns for 100,- 000 acres of the Pittsburg coking coal, lying in Green. Fayette and Washing- ton counties, Pa, at a cost price of | 350,000,000, "The property purchased and on which the first payment was made today to representatives of the owners, was held by J. V. Thompson of Uniontown, Pa., and hiz associates. The sale was made to a holding com- puny, representing, it is said, every im_ portant steel eompany in the country | except Jones & Loughlin of Pittsbureg, | who are sald mot to be interested in | the deal. Charles M. Bchwab of the Bethlehem Steel company is sald to be at the head of the new cern and it bas been rumored ghat John W. Gates Wag behind the deal. 1t is stated tha 1."® Morgan whs. akked to nndertake the purchase of this property and the consolidation of independent steel in- terests, but refused, on account of his age, to become interested in 0 large an undertaking. | JOINT ARMY AND MILITIA COAST DEFENSE EXERCISES Will Take Place Off Narragansett and New London. ‘Washington, April 1.—Continuing its | policy of training men of the organizcd militia of the seacoast states for duty at the various coast artillery posts, tha war department has already begun preparations for the joint army and | militia coast defense exercises to be held “during the coming, summer. These are 10 _be Held an- nually in the variows coast artillery districts of the United States. Those in the artillery @istriots of southern and_eastern New York will take place in June off Narragangett and New London in Jilty. Omaha Greeks Want Big Damages. ha, Neb., April 1—Claims -of i Yérehants for ddmages gu - ed_durlng the Soutb Ohama rl’g t February aggregating $226,36%, have been prepared for presentation to the state department at Washington, Ad- ditiona] claims by Greek laborers for losses of personal effects amount to $11,000. These claims are now in the hands of the Greek minister at Wash- ington. Gre New Alliance Between Railroad Men. Vancouver, B. C., April 1.—A special Aespatch from Winnipeg says that a new alliance has been made bhetween Presidefit Hill and McKenzie and Mann, proprietors of the Canadian Northern raflway. Joint negotiations are now-going on for the purchase of terminals for the Canadian North on the Atlantic coast at Quebec. S5 MG AR 8erved With Subpoena: New York, April 1—Don C. Seltz, busineas mamager of the Worid, and Dumont Clarke, vice president of the Press Publishing company, were serv- ed today with subpoenas calling for thelr appearance bhefore the federal | Cabled Paragraphs. Paris, April 1.—The French Académy has eiected Jean Aicard and Rene Doumic to the vacancies created by the Ueaths of Francois Coppee and Marie Louis Boissier. London, April 1.—A succestful oper- ation was performed today on Lady Crichton for the replacémeat of one of the vertebrae of the spine, which was dislocated in a hunting accident a few days ago. Berlin, Agril he Prussian gov- ernment has introduced a bill in the diet forbidding foreigners from acquir- ing mineral properties and operating mines within Prussia, without the spe- cial permission of the king, or tho au- thorities representing him. Lisbon, April 1—Francisco Bierao, the former minister af foreign affairs| who was summoned oft March 30 by the king to form a new ministry, has given up the tusk. Dr. Wenceslau De Lima, at the request of the King, has now undertaken the organization of a cabinet. : Rio Janelro, April 1.—Reports of a revolutionary movement in Brazil are without ~the slightest foundation in fact. The situation is peaceful and at the present time President Penna and the ministers of war and marine are absent from the capital, inaugurating new railway lines in the southern states. Naples, April 1—The Duke and Duchess of Aosta have issued invita- tions to a dinner which they are giv- ing on Sunday nizht in honor of ex- President Roosevelt and his son Ker- mit. There has been a great influx of American visitors, who wish to partici- pate in the welcome to the former president. PROTECTION FOR CONNECTICUT TOBACCO GROWERS. Hearing Before Agriculturs Committee at Hartford, Hartford, Conn., April 1.—That the tobacco grower of Connecticut needed some protection against tobacco being bought into this state from other states and sold as Connecticut-grown stock was one of the arguments ad- vanced at the hearing before the com- mittee on agriculture at the capitol this afternoon by those who favored the bill which provides that the grow- er of tobacco shall furnish certain la- bels to the packer indicating that the tobacco is Connecticut-grown and re- quiring the Connecticut packer to place tags on all Connecticut tobacco 'so fur- nished, and which further provides that the secretary of state shall furnish tags at request to town clefiks. There js a penalty for violation of the act. The bill, it was explained, has been introduced at the request of the Con- 1ecticut Tobacco Growers' assoc:ation for the purpose of protecting them against tobaceo grown elsewhere and brought into, this state and sold .as native produdt. Reference was _also made to the proposed free tariff on Philippine_tobacco, one of the spea! ers, E. C. King, of East Hartford, say- ing that he understood that -the Con- necticut_growers hal been promised a free market in the Philipptnes, and if this was o that was a weighty reason why tobacco grown here and shipped to those islands should be so tagged, In opposition to the bill it was-ar- gued that it would be easy for anyona to get the tags and affiv them to to- bacco grown elsewhere and that be- cause fobacco labelled Connecticut- grown would bring a higher price it would place a premium on dishonesty. It was also protested that it would work a hardship on-all dealers. DIED AT AGE OF 1,000 YEARS, METHUSELAH AT BRONX Z0OO Toad Was Picked Out of a Rock Pook- et in a Butte Mine 500 Feet Below Surface. New York, April 1—Méthuselah died here today at his home in the Bronx Zoo. He was 1,000 years old. His death is ascribed to {ils ‘incident to age. Methuselah, also known as Rameses IL, was a toad who was discovered in'a rock pocket in a mine five hun- dred feet below the surface wt Butte, Mont., two years ago. He was sent to the 200 here, where his age was carefully computed by the oologlsts and geologists. For a time he appeared to thrive in his new home, but later, he seemed to become disheartened and for the past few weeks has been stead- ily sinking. His remains will be pre- served in alcohol. FERTILIZER COMBINE. Abcut Seventy-Five Independent Com- punies Consolidete, $50,000,000 Cap- ital. New York, April 1—It was 'an- nounced here today that efforts which have been. under way for several monthg 10 consolidate about seventy- | five of the independent fertilizer com- panies in the south into a $50,000,000 corporation have been virtually com- pleted. It is expected that articles of incorporation will be filed at Albany shortly. Tt is understood that J. P. Morgan & company will act as fiscy agents for the company, which will n8t be a holdif concern, but will ex- change its stock for the plants which ire taken in, thus becoming purely an operating company. SUIT AGAINST MORSE To Foreclose $350,000 Mortgage on His Fifth Avenue Residence. New York, April 1.—Suit has been brought in the supreme court by John E. Berwind against Charles W. Morse, the financier, and Mrs. Clemence Morse, his wife, to foreclose a mort- gage of $350,000 on his Fifth avenue residence. The mortgage was made in October, 1907, during_ the financial panic. According to Berwind's law- yers, the suit was brought at the sug- gestion of Morse, who believes that the property will bring a better price at this time of the year than later. FIRE ON STEAMER SARNIA While Lying at Colon Pier—Quarter- master Burned to Death. Colon, April 1.—A fire broke out at an early hour this morning on board the Hamburg-American steamer Sar- 114, which was lying alongside her The fire was in some cotton and kero, sene hetween decks, and the quarter! r and five West Indian laborers = burned to death. The Sarria later in the day was able to proceed for Greytown. American Record for Tunnel Broken. Los Angeles, April 1.—The American record for tunnel boring was broken in the boring of the Los . Angeles- Owens river aqueduct, when 476 feet were completed during the month of March. The record was made in the Elizabeth lake tunnel. The tunnel is 9 by 11 feet through solid rock, The entire 240, miles of aqueduct is being ‘built by the municipality under direc- tion of its cwn emginers, and s ex- pected to cost about $30,000,000. wm{fm of glass aze i com- Boring Compelled to Abandon Voyage PASSENGERS TO BE TRANSFER- RED TO GISTFR STEAMER. THE LA TOURAINE CRIPPLED - By Bursting of Main Steam Pipe— Wild Excitement at New .York Pier —Distress Signals-Hoisted. New York, April 1—The French trans-Atlantic liner La Touraine was crippled today by the bursting of the main steampipe of her port boiler and was compelled to abandon her voyage to Hayre. Two of her oilers were frightfully scalded, but it was sald to- night- that they would recover. Vessel Had Just Left Pies The aceldent occurred just as the vessel had cast off from her pier and was veering around in médstream for the run down the river to the open sea. Friends of passengers who were still waving farewell from the pier- head saw the ship suddenly envelope in steam from waterline to deck. Therc was an explosion, but tod faint to be heard on shore. Those on board, however, were seen to be seurrylng about the deck, and for a time’ the wildest excitement prevailed, both on board the vessel and ashore. That something serious had happened was realized when the two black balls which in sea pariance signify “Ship not under control” were run ap. Unable to Continue Voyage. The general agent of the line at once put out in & tug and upon reach- ing La Touraine found that the ex- plosion had shattered the intake pipe of a piston of tha port engine and had 80 crippled the mechanism as to pre- clude all possibility of the ship con- tinuing on her way. The two men in- jured in the explosion were put on board a tug, summoned by wireless telegraph, and were taken to a hos- pital. La Touraine then proceeded un- der one engine to quarantine, where she anchored. * Passengers Transferred. Her passengers will be transterred to La Bretagne, which will set out for Havre tomorrow. La Touraine will follow on Saturday, proceeding under one engine, and in all probabllity with- out passengers. The repairs to her piping will be made Ih the yards of the company at Havre. PUZZLING MURDER MYSTERY corpn.owrs TOLEDO POLICE, Bodies 6f Aged Couple Found Buried in Cellar of .Home. Toledo, 0., April 1—In finding the bodies of Ludwig Kruegar, aged 66, and his wife, aged 63, buried in the cellar of their home, which was de- stroyed by fire early today, the Toledp police are confronted by & puzzling m T mystery. : t 8 o'clock this morning the Krue- gar residence, one mile west of Tole- do, was discovered ablaze, and there was no,trace of the Kruegars. When the ashes had cooled a search of the debris was made, but there was no evidence of the aged coupls having been burned to death. Tater in the day two boys were digging In the cellar and noticed that the brick floor had been tampered with. Ome of them raised a brick and the face of the dead woman was revealed. More of the fldor was taken vp and the Fody of Mr. Kruegar was found buried with his head at the fest of his wite. Both had been stabbed to death, pra- sumably with a butcher knife. Tt | not known when the murder occurred, as the Kruegars were last seen alive on Tuesday evening by M. Scholeski. & tallor, who last Saturdey pald Mr. Kruegar $2,000 a5 part payment for the purchase of a farm. 1t is believed that robbery was the motive and that the slayer, after bury- ing the bodies and replacing the brick flooring in the cellar, set fire to the house to hide the murder. IN THE SENATE. General Debate on the Tariff a Feature of Proceedings. Washington, April 1.—What turned out to be a general debate on the tariff was a feature of the semate proceed- ings {oday on Senator Bacon's resolu- tion for the consideration of the tariff legislation by the full committee on finance, instead of by the republican members of that committee, today. Senator Aldrich insisted that the pro- cedure adopted in this case was sim- flay to that of the semate for fifty years in dealing with, tariff measus He added that the same method was adopted in dealing with the ‘Wilson tariff bill. for which a substitute was framed by a sub-committee composed of democrats; he said. The democrits strenuously contend- ed for representation at learings by the committee and argued that the re- publican” members sitting as such had no right to authofize the expediture of the puvlic funds in furtherance of an ex parte consideration of the bill in committee—Th resolution was finally referred to the committee on finance. Senator Hale's resolution declaring in favor of a restriction of the busi- ness of the present extra Session to the passage of a tarift bill and a bill for taking the census was adopted. The senate adjourned until Monday. $IX MONTHS’ SENTENCE Because He Refused to Pay His First New York, April 1. fuB¢A to pay his first wife's alimony to the .amount of $1,000, Roland H. Perry, a painter and sculptor, was to- day committed to Ludlow street jail for a sik months’ term. By going to prison Perry is relleved of the alimony obligation, or at least of the imprison- ment as the penalty for failure to pay, as the state laws provide that six months is the limit of jall confinement for the delinquency. In 1906 Perry was divorced from Irma H. Perry and later married Mrs, May H. Fisher of San Diego, Cal. He claimed inability to pay alimony as the divorce court or- dered. During the sculptor's stay in jail his wife and their four months old_son will live with Mr. Perry’s moth- er here. Swedish Gold Medal for T. A. Edison. Stockholm, April 1L—The Royal Academy has presented Thomas A. B ison the Adelskold medtal for his inventions in connection with the phon- ograph and ineandescent light. = This medal 1s conferred only omee in ten years. It was handed to United States rinister Graves for transmission to Mr. Edison. Must Kesy Out of Saloona. Sedalia, Mo, 1 - ploye of the MM !Am.‘" ::d Texas Railway company who has-his pay check cashed in a saloon will be Cral ordar xsued toda- by Hapectnicad: o ent N. J. Mimney. Crazy Snake Dead or Alive NEXT STEP WILL BE THE OFFER OF A REWARD FOR HIM. to Receive Mr. Roose- velt at Mombasa are practically com- plete. ’ 3 President Taft Declared Himself in favor of a tariff board to be creared at this scssion of congress. An Insane Mam Was Arrested in ino Philadelpbia city hall after threaten- ing to kill Mayor Reyburn. The Standard Col Company de- terred the semi-annual payment of in- terest on its 5_per cent. bonds. The House Leaders at Washiggton considered three compromise methods of obtalning a vote on the tariff bill. Colombia Has ided to present th tripartite treaty €0 the national as sembly, which will be elected on July 20. Cash Receipts on the New Quesns- boro Bridge on its first day of its use were $88.33. The bridge c)ist $20,000.- 000, An Attempt Was Made tc Burn the Fernlelgh apartment house in East Cno ITindred and Tw 12 ni. th sticet, New York. \ J. G. Shubert Left Chicago on a trip through the west wifth the reportad in. ten-ion of acquiring control of theators to form a circuit. WILY CHIEF FAILS'TO SHOW UP Col. Hoffman Gives the Redskin Twen- ty-Four uoun in Which to Surren- der—Powwow With His Sister. Pierce, Okla., April 1—(By Courler to Checotah).—What a Muskogee newspaper calls the “smoked beef re- bellion,” alleging the same to be con- siderable of a joke. is all but over In a day or two the militia. it is expected, will ‘be withdrawn. Mcintosh county will feed between eighty and a hun- dred prisoners, not one of whom re- sisted arrest, and Chitti Harjo, other- wise Crazy Snake, will exercise a'l due caution about appearing in public. Posses Quit the Hunt. He was noj captured today, nelther did_he resporld to a widely distributed invitation to surrender. The pictur- esque posses quitted the hunt, leaving the fleld to the First regiment, O. G. Colonel Hoffman sent squad through the river bottoms and prevl ously unexplored gulches in this viein- ity, while Major Barrett, spreading his men, numbering one hundred, into ex tremely open ovder, .advanced like a comb through the' Hickory woods. Crazy Snake, however, was elsewhere. ~ Powwow With Crazy's Sister. Meanwhile Colonel Hoffman held a long powwow with the fugitive's sister. The Indian leader’s sister and the mi- litia chief met on the porch informal- ly, but the former succeeded in con- vincing her questioner that she knew nothing of her brother’s whereabouts, Colonel Hoffman’s Ultimatum. “Very well” responded the colonel. “It is up to him. has twenty-four hours in which to put himself under our protection. He should do it, as the next step probably. will be the of- (e{lng of a reward for him, dead or alive.” Colonel Hoffman admitted that he aid not know whether his ultimatum would ever reach its real objective point. But he had his suspicions, as somebody undoubtedly 18 ing food to the old chief, along h the news of the day. / TUBERCULOSIS CONTAGIOUS. Physicians Should Make Detailed Re- ports in Such Cases. Hartford, Conn,, April 1.—The com- mittee on public health and safety wil) probably report in favor of an amend- ment o the present law providing that tuberculosis is a contagious disease and that physicians must make detail- ed reports in cases of tuberculosis as they now are compelled In other con- tagious di within a certaim speci- fled time. 1t will probably ask a fur: ther amandment providing - for 'the proper fumigation of. apartments where there have been cases of tubercilosis, A number of speakers - fore the committee on this matter at the hearing this afternoon. Another bill which had hearing be- Water Commissiorer O'Brien s ex- pected to resign within a few days on account of Mayor McClellan’s truce with Leader Murph; It Was That the New Haven road planned to extend the electrifica- tion of the New York division from Stamford to 'w Haven this summer, It Was Learned at Wi ington that the ambassadorship to Russia had been offered to and declined by ex Representative Morrell of Pennsylva- nia. The French Ambassador to Turkey threatens to leave the country unless & retraction and an apology are made for a reference to his allezed attitude toward the Heraclea ooal wine case. Father William McMahon, a Cleve- land priest, who was a director in the Tidelity Funding compan; romotead by P J.Keirnan, filed a petitfon of in voluntary bankruptey with linbilities of $1,500,000 and assets of $75.000. RIOT BETWEEN MINERS AND DTPUTY CONSTABLES. Trouble Caused by Attempt to Rescue Arrested Miner from Officers. Pittsburg, April 1.—One man was killed and another probably fatally in- jured late today In a riot between a crowd of miners formerly employed at the Harwick mines of the Allegheny Coal company-at Cheswick, Pa. near hers, and two deputy constables at that' place. ' The dead man is Mike Strenyard, aged 20 years. Norwalk Bulterge, azed umyelrt, has two N.'f'& in s buck, a i m e egheny h,mllu Hia recovery is said to be-doubtful. The trouble started when the crowd of miners attempted to res- cue a comrade who had heen arrested The eoal company posted a not several days ago that a readjustment of wages would go into effect today. ‘The .miners refused to work under the new acale, and it Is said threats were fore the committee provides that “the | Made against the company. One of ‘state board of health may revoke the | the alleged strikers, Milo Zolovitch, license of any physician upon proof | Was arvested today by a constable, who that such license or certificate of reg- | turned him over to Deputies Albert istration was procured by fraud, or | Holland and L, C. Blair to have him other sufficlent cause.” taken to the squire's office. After some discussion it was agreed | The deputies and their prisoner had that a substitute measure should be | proceeded but a short distance when presented to the. committee which |the miners, numeering more than 20, would provide for action in the matrer | attempted to take Zoloviich from the of a revocation by the courts instead | officers. The crowd surged around the of by the state board of health. two men and thelr prisoner, and it is Dr. Townsend of the state board of | sald that Strenyard drew a revolver health favored the bill. saying that)and began firing at the officers some measure was needed {o protect| Holland then pulled his revolver and the profession against “quacks.” He | returned the fire, Strenvard being al- also asserted that there were a num- | most instantly killed. Blair also drew ber of persons practicing in the state | a revolver and hegan firing. Rulterge without qualifications, and that com- | wag hit twlce. and when the forelgners plaints against them had been re-|saw him fall they rapidly dlspersed. In cefved. the melee Zolovitch escaped. Holland was placed in custody and held under $2,000 bal on a technical charse. CHILD LABOR IN CONNECTICUT. Hearing on Bills Regulating Employ- ment of Youngsters in Street Trades. GEO. F. GRIDLEY A SU{CIDE. Providence Man Who Last Year Halt- ed Debate in National House. Providence, R. I, April 1.—George F, Gridley of this city, who attained no- torfety last year by halMng an excit- ing debate In the house of representa- tives at Washington. committed sui- gide hers tonigh? while mentally de. ranged by taking gas. At the time Gridley attracted public attentien the house of representatives was crowded during a debate over a Eopo-mnn to re-estiblish the canteen in the nation- al soldigrs' homes. At an interesting moment Gridley jumped up froin a seat in_the front row of the gallery “Mr. Chairman,” he cried, “I hope you will recognize the rights of the ‘American flag and of an American citi- zen. Piilling a small flag from bis pocke & began to wave it frantically, when several attaches seized him and took him outside. , Hartford, Conn., April 1—The oppe- nents of the bills dealing with various forms of child labor, including the se|l- g of nawspapers by girls and.boys on the streets, other street trades for bovs ond the emiployment of children in fac- tories and mercantile establishments, presented their reasons for opposing the measure before the (‘L?’Iillcu on education at the capitol thig#lternoon. One of the bills seeks to fegulate the employment of boys under 15 y in street trades, papers, blacking boots, mes vice and the like, ghile one of the pro- visions of another bill probibits girls under 16 years of age selling news- papers on the streets. The other mens- ures have to do with the employment of children by manufacturers. With regard to the first named measure it was argued that, municipal regulation rather than state legislation would work for the best interests of those whom it is aimed to benefit, and sev- eral of the speakers, including ex- Congressman Sperry, .argued stoutly against any measure which wouid' pre- vent the girls and boys from selling TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE. Usual Condemnation of Payne Measure by the Democrats. ‘Washington, April 1.—General de- bate on the tariff dragged along in the hours today and tonight. The | papers on the street Payne bil] came in for its usual con- Discussing the other measures, demnation by the democrats, the re-|speakers representing manufacturing ductions being characterized as pre- texts and shams and the bill, as a whole, as “a huge Mephistophelean joker.” Messrs. Gains, West Virginla, and McCall, Massachusetts, both mem- bers of the ways &nd means commit- tee, defended the measure, though the Massachusetts member wanted some- thing specific in it regarding the course to be pursued towards the Philippines. The anticipated action regarding fixing a time for closing the debai was not taken in view of the compli- cated situation in which the republii- can leaderg found themselves. Messrs. Cantrill, Kentucky, De Ar- mond, Missourl, and Hardy, Texas, spoke on the bill THE BALKANS TROUBLE. Final Step in Conclusion of Difficulty Taken Yesterday. Belgrade, April 1.—The final step in the conclusion of the difficulty between en y when Count Forgach, the Austro-Hungerish minister here, de- livered to the foreign office his govern- ment's acknowledgment of the Servian note aceepting the solution of the trou- ble proposed by the powers. In this ouvgn;mle:;llon n'n lud:;an.flny sets forth its satisfaction as the resumption of normal and friendly relations with Servia. Negotiations for a new com- mercial treaty between the two csun- tries, have been begun, & - Steamship Arrivals, At Southampton: April 1, Teutonie, from New York cla Plymouth and Cherbourg. At Havre: Aprll 1, La Savole, from New York. establishments from various parts of the state, including textile plants in the eastarn part of the state, said that the manufacturers were not seeking any change in the present law. They thought that it was better for the children to be employed in such es lishments than running about the streets. Mr. Simmons, an agent of tie state noard of education, said that the factory conditions were better today than they were years ago amd that if ‘he onergy displayed with regard to these biils by thelr favorers was put 15 the work of investigating conditions in many of the schools abeut the state much good would be accomplishcd, continued one, those who favored the mensures having been heard at a pre- vious date. New Orieans, April 1.—Samuel T. Stevenson, former financial secretary of Typographical union No. 17 of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to embegzling the funds of that organizition in the criminal district court here today. Sen- tence wag deferred. It Is claimed that the defalcatiens amounted to about $160,000. ire AR i (A ‘Composer of Popular Songs Dead. esville, O., April 1.—OthoHerbert ‘musical director and composer o) lar songs. died of consuraption s home in Senecaviile, O., ufif in e The hearing this afternoon was a| o T GEQRGIA CONVICTS \Hundréds of Unfortunate Human Beings Led PRICE_TWO CENTS. SHOUT FOR JOY ‘Out Into Good Sunlight. THE LEASE SYSTEM COMES TO AN END Hereafter the State Instead of Sel Work Them on the Public Road: g Its Prisoners will —Change Went In- to Effect at Sunrise Yesterday—Shackled and Ironed Men Offered Weird Hymns of Thanksgiving. Atlanta, Ga., April 1.—The of Georgia's vict lease syst shaken off at sunrise tod n was 2 led from the depths of nin king kilns, fr whirring, dark factories, out info the godd sun- light, from the control of hursh often brutal taskmasters into the & vice of the state. Have Been Sold Into the Mines. G rgia has no state penite For years her convicts have by into ‘the mines, into the br into the factories, where pri sometindes demaided and col last ounce of human flesh and its, finsl drop of human blood. But the decided to abolish this tramic in whites as well as blacks, so inst selling its 1,600 prisoners it will them on the public roads. The change went into effect at day st rag | Ight, when the con¥icts were to tl &h- | ha | for turnea in which their crimes nitted. Most of the ur a blucks of a lew ord intelligence, sentenced for every con- ble crime. Though shackled and ironed, the nvicts _greeted the change with uts of joy and weird hymns of Ahanksgiving. Negro p of the stock n thelr im. prisoners were tra s possible to their new quarters. trangly enough, o of the con- victs eried on leaving scenes which had | been @ part of the dally life of some of them for many years The n is belleved, will | 1 only L of orgin the not cony the fine CONNECTICUT ICE DEALERS MEET AT BRIDGEPORT. lce Prospects Discuss of Nerwich Re-elected Vice Pres dent of Association, April 1 e Bridgeport feature of the Connecticut sciation here today v on on_the prospect e this summer. Report owed (%t the dealers had harvested on om half to two-thirds of the usu Westport was the only place in the state where a full crop was while in Southport, four miles away, not a pound was-weused. Ice will | to be brought from northern pol large quantities to all parts state this summer, and the dealers d cided today to regulate the prices ac- cording to local condition Another part of the discussion show - «d the dealers agreeing that they were paying their drivers too little to cure competent and honest expressing the opinion that it he to their advantage to pay better wages and thus secure a greater p centage of the cush returns. The old officers were re-elected follows: President, Dexter Meriden: An- Sherwood H' sonia: treasurer, Southport. ELEVEN MINUTE EARTHQUAKE SHAKES YOKOHAMA. Much Damage in Other Places—Ad vices Brought by Steamer. Victoria. B brought By th assert that Yokoha enced the most v which has occurred in Japan disastrous one of fourteen years The report states that Yokohar buildings were shaken for eleven min- utes and elght seconds and that con slderable damage was done. Reports from Tokio, Acabu and other p! are that much damage resulted man was killed io Yokohama C.. April One KING VICTOR EMMANUEL TO MEET THEODORE ROOSEVELT In Strait of Mesa—To Sicily on Ital- jan Battleship. Rome, Aprll 1.—The Ti lay publishes a rumor that King Vietor Bmunanuel will either meet Theodore Roogevelt in the Strait of Messina, or t Mr. Roosevelt to Sicily on board an Ttalian battleshi HUMOROUS REVENGE TAKEN By Paris Royalist Students Against a Justice of the Peace. Parls, April 1.—The royalist stu- dents who recently were condemned to brief tern emall fines by M the peace, for th and demonstrating ed four hundred wagon loads chandise of every description. pilanos to coal, delivered at M. Ham- mard's residence. Almost a riot oc- curred in front of the Hammard house today when the deliteries began Trafic was impeded and the irate drivers were with dificulty induced to depart without lgaving their loads George Alexander Sworn In as Mayor of Los Angeies. Los Angeles, Cal. April 1 Alexander, the successful candidate George the recent recall election, was sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles today, succeeding Willlam D. Stephens, who was appointed by the city council to acancy in the offic caused by the resignation of A. (. Harper. The Induction of Alexander victory of associated org; fill the temporar: into office crowns the municipal league fzations which began the recall mo ment . aga$ ayor Harper & fought it successfully through a heat- ed campaign and incidentally through the courts. Of Interest to New York Landlords. Albany, N, Y. April 1—Landlords mey no longer refuse to rent apart- ments because the tenants applying have children without being subjected to a fine for committing a misdem. or, it a bill introduced today by semblyman Goldberg becomes & law The bill algo prohibits a provision fn lease that such lease shall terminate o: the birth of a child in such house ¢ apartment. The measure applies only to first class citles. As President Taft's First Pay Day. Washington, April 1.—This was President Taft's first pay day as chief executive, the amount of the chack which the treasury messenger earried to the Whits House today belng $5.- 625.01. He is the only government offi- cial at the White House who receives his pay once a month, the others gei- thag it twice a monh $3,000 Fire at Hartford. Hartford, Conn.. April 1.—Fire start- ing from an electric flat iron in the home of Simon Hollander at 138 Wood- land street, damaged the house and its cm to the axtent of $3,000 to- nl . | athered, | Police EMBEZZLER LIVED IN MOST EXPENSIVE STYLE d—John H. Ford | Stealings of Clerk Downs of Baltimore Will Amount to $100,000. Baitimor Do the ity wi still young -¢ th register arged with embezzlement of tunds belonging to the city, and fur- ther probing appears to reveal an even worse state of affairs in the city hall has been exy 15 was iven a further he Maglstrate Owens in sald that the amount taken from the city would amount to $100,000. Attorney A, 8. J askin trate Johanss held the ac- cused for a hearing tomorrow without bail. Downs' attorney thereupon se- cured & f habeas corpus and took his clie Judge Stockbridge. Judge Stockbridge sustai of the magistrat, the of counsel fi was fixed by the judge at $50,000. In the discussion City Solicitor Poe ( that in all 106 charges of larceny will be p d against Downs, Downs years old and has been twice married, first wife having died. He has been living In a sty | very far ond the means of a $900 & vear clerk which he was until recently when he was promoted to a $1,408 lerkship, much against his will.. His ed peculations appear to run baclk to July 1, 18 He has been known widely a sh spender He kept a couy of ra horses, hud a quar- | tette of prize fizhters regularly in his | pay, spent much money on prize fights and sporting trips out of e wvomen, and dressed in ex. per His 1s beautifully | furnishec To some in whose company ent e sums of mon- ey he is r 1 to have said that his first wify t m a large fortune, and to others that he won heavily on horse races. His manne ving Is said to ave been well known to the police and detectlves of the ¢ nd to many #_and Mayor Maho ercised avse no one had ever told him of it. Others of Downs' superiors 1 the city hall profess themselves ignorant as was the mayor. s much ex- PAYNE TARIFF BILL. Rule Permitting Amendments Brought in on Monday. to Be Washington Apri! 1.—That & rule which will permit amendmennts to cer- taln schedules of the Payne tarift bill will be brought in on Monday Is now practically certaln. The ways and means_committes having decided to take off the duty on and strike out the countervalling y on coffes, a great deal of opposition caused by those provisions of the bill has van- tshed As it has been agroed to permit a vote on hides and lnber, only a few slons remain abou: which thers is any eonsiderable contention. The reciprocity prevision for bituminous coal and the placing of iron ore on the free to have been conceded by the house leaders, It Is lerstood, as two propositions upon which the rule will permit a vote. The question of per- g a vote of th n petrolenm h pon mitti duty ed ountervallin not been decld- Wi amen the ments rule for to the controlling_the tarift bl brought in, & heated Afscussion Is cer- tain to take pla Ther ' indications that thory members of the minorit who voted for the Mitzgerald amendments to tha rules y vote with the republicans on the tarlff bill rule FIRST TIME IN FORTY YEARS. Barnum & Bailey Circus Opens Ite Season in Chieage. Chicago, April 1.—The Barnum & Bailey circus opened its season )her tonight, the first time in forty Year that an initial performance of the show had been given outside of New York he reason for the change is thaf the Barnum property recently passel under control of Ringling Brothers, Fot many seasons these two rivale in thy circus field_held tenaciously to New York_and Chicago, respectively. Ring< ling Brothers sought often to open in New York, but were kept out by theds rivals. Japanese Naval\ Officers Took Honolulu Reporter for a Spy. Honolulu, April 1.—A P. Taylor, & reporter on a local newspaper, was des tained today while-aboard the Japane ese cruiser Aso of the training squad= ron and the nates he had made during his visit were taken from him by an officer of the ghip. As s0on as the na- ture of Taylors visit was explained to the ship's officers he was released and his papers were restored to him New Trial for Remy's\Murderer. Paris, Aprll 1.—~The coutt of cassa- tion has ordered a new trial n the case of Renard, the steward in the em- ploy of the late August Remy, whe was found gullty Fedruary 10 a¢ my’s murder and sentenced to fmpris. onment for life. The grous for re-trial 1, the