Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 6, 1909, Page 1

2 DAY SET T0 VOTE ON TARIFF BILL Expected Resolution Closing General De- ".bate Reported Late Yesterday Long HOUSE NAMES FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 3 B. M. Speech of Mr. Clark of Florida, who Denounced Pry.an and Bryanism, Populists and Populism—Hlis Entire Attitude was One of Grim Defiance to the Democrats of the House—Mrs. Taft an Interested Spectator. apples, etc. His remarks led him into an exciting colloquy with Mr. Randell of Texas and other democrats, but he declared that having been instructed by the legislature of his state and his constituents as to the stand he should take on the articles mrention, he would not violate his solemn obligation to them. His whole attitude was one of defiance to the democrats of the house, Many Speeches on the Bill. Before the rule wag reported there were ‘mumerous speeches on the bill, those occupying the floor being Messrs. Bartlett "of Georgia, (Calderhead of Kansas, Burgess of Texas, Stanley of Kentucky, Hobson of Alabama, Gilles- pie of Texas, Thistlewood of Illinois, Baunders of Virginia, Reeder of Kan- sas and Madden of Lllinois. Mrs. Taft an Interesting Spectator. An interesting spectator throughout almost the entire session was Mrs. Taft, who was accompanied hy her two sons and Capt. Archibald Butt, U. 8, A, one of the president's aides. At 4.59 the house adjourned until 12 o'clock tomorrow. ‘Washington, April 5.—Three o'clock p. m, Apri] 9, was the time get by the house today for a final vote gn the Payne tarift bill. The long ex- pected resotution from the committee on_rules closing general debate, pro- viding for certain committee amend- ments and a full and free opportunity to alter the lumber and hides sched- ules was reported late in the day and adopted with 16 votes to spare, not- withstanding the desertion of twenty republicans. Four of the sixteen votes came from the Loulsiana delegation who likewise broke away from their party. Previously to the adoption of the resolution there was soma severe criticism of it from the democratic side. Defiance to the Democratic Members, Aside from the interest which at- tached to this proceeding was the speech of Mr. Clark of Florida, who denounced Bryan and Bryanism, pop- ulists and popullsm, and who declared that he would support the Payne bill if it contained what his constituents wanted—a duty on Sea Island cotton, and protection’ for citrus fruits, pine- GENERAL WOOD SAILED HURRIEDLY FOR PORTO RICO. Trcuble Between the Islanders ana Governor Post. ‘WORCESTER PRIEST THREATENED WITH DEATH Unless He Leave Town by Easter Sunday—Black Hand Letter. New York, April report current here today, Gen. Leon- ard B. Wood sailed for Porto Rico on the Coamo on Saturday afternoon, pre sumably in connecticn with the recent treuble between the islanders and dov- ernor Post. He w: put on board the Coamo at the last moment, it is said, by a war department tug from Gover- norsIsland. The officer In charge at headquarters at Governor's Island refused either to confirm or deny the report. “All that know about it is what I read in my newspaper,” he sald. General Wood, if he was still there, could not be reach- ed, and all threo of his aldes were also absent, it was said. According to a Worcester, Mass. signed “Black Hand Societ threatening death unless he leaves town by Easter Sunday, was received today and turned over to the police by Rev. Vincent Buckveskas, rector of St. Casimirs Roman Catholic chureh of this city, The congrega- tion, which is composed of Lithuan- fans, has had much financial trouble, end when, a few months ago, Father Buckeveckas was gent here by Bish- op T. D. Beaven of Springfleld, some of the parishioners demurred to a re- Kuest that they pay fifty cents a nonth toward the suppert of the par- €-"ana in adaition Day $6 before Bast- er. The @issenters organized a new chureh and have since been endeav- oring to secure a pastor. The priest said tonight that he in- tends to remain in charge of his par- ésh and will take no mnotice of the threat. COTTON STRIKERS OUT. Moosup and Jewett Promise Aid to Pl Plainfield, April 5.—None of the striking employes of the Lawton cot- ton mills returnéd’to work this morn- ing when the whistle blew. It was stated this morning thet while the mill spinners have not struck, inas- much as they depend for their work on the carding room, and as that de- partment {s on strike, they may be compelled to lay off, as their work is_running out. Yesterday delegates from various unions ghroughout this section, includ- ty Employes infield Workers. SO 5O ATTORNEY ASSASSINATED. Third Victim in the Dodge Land C: - Geor McRae, Georgla, April §—That Pope Hill, a prominent attormey of Macon, avho was found ghot to death today. is 1he third vietim of an assassin in the Todge land case, s the belief of tice officers. A coroner's jug, after a | UnIOTS 8 hue- - | ing those at Moopup and Jewett City, caretal examination, ~declded todav | ;"\ nderstood, came here and have thet oaul wos murdered b “partles| romised to heip the local union as unknown." Hill wag found dead in the office of an attorney early today, a bullet in his brain and a revolver with one chamber discharged grasped in his right hand, The condition of the of- fice indicated a desperate struggle. On the floor Jay an unfinished court mo- tion in the Dodge case, which Hill had drafted and brought to McRae to file. much as possible. Father Matthieu of the Catholic church here made ft known that he had recelved a note asking him to use his influence to get the strikers to return to work. He did not say who the note was from. / FLORIDA NEGRO LYNCHED. Hil| arrived in McRae at moon on e 5 L . Sunday and went to a friend’s law | VictHm K’“’;“ a Policoman in Pensa office to work on the case, Later he cola on Saturda, went to the home of a proprietor of a hardware store and said he wanted @ revolver, as he had recefved some threatening letters. He wasg o Insist- ent that the hardware man opened the «tore and sold him the reveiver that today was found clasped in his hand. Pensacola, Fla., April 5.—Dave Al- exander, a negro, was lynched here early today, for the murder of Police- man Stanton, whom the negro stabbed to death early Sunday morning, while resisting arrest. Hill who was 40 years old, was a| While the police station was com- member of the law firm of Harrls & |Paratively deserted, twenty-five men Farris. A widow aid one child sur-)at the point of revolvers took the vite Hith, 4 negro from his cell and hanged him from an electric light pole halt a block from the jail. As the body TRIAL OF MRS. SAMPSON. Defendant Well Pleased with the Jury Selected. i Eyous, N. Y., April 5.—The work of selecting the Jury which is to sit in sl‘dtmnnt over the fate of Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampeén, placed on trial here caday, charged with the Kkilling last November of her husband, Harry Saempson, was completed when court mdfourned today after an entire ses- wion devoted exclusively to the exam!- nation of talesmen. The presentation of the state’s case will be made to- morrow, after which the taking of testimony will be begun. ‘The young defendant, robed in full miourning, expressed herself as pleas- ed with the men who will weigh the evidence of her guilt or innocence, and again declared her belief that sbe would be freed. Throughout the day’ proceedings she sat umnqued and di playing no apparent interest in the oase. All but three of the twelve jurors that will try Mrs. Sampson are farm- and are from various points in e county- An Interesting figure in the Sampson trial s the daughter of District At- torney Gilbert, Miss Bernice Gilbert, who sat by her father’s side today and frequently conferred with him on In- terrogations to be put to witnesses. CHINA'S NATURALIZATION LAW. swayed in the air forty bullets were fired into it by the mob. BOSTON HOSPITAL NURSES HELD Ribs of Patient Who Had Died from Paralysis Found Broken, Boston, April 5—After hearing evi- dence to the effect that Richard F. Mitchell entered the Boston state hos- pital at Plerce farm last month in fair- v %000 condition and that several ribs were found broken when his body was examined after his death from para’y sis of the brain, Judge Perri district court Today held two of the hospital nurses for the grand jury on charges of mansiaughter. The men Theld are M. C. McGregor and F. G, Me- Kenzie. BALLOON IN THE OCEAN. Came Down in the Breakers on Coast of France. Coutances, France, Aprl] bal- loon that started its flight at St. Cloud came down in the breakers. a quarter- mile off the coast today. The.passe gers were two men and a woman. As s00n as their predicament was perceiv- ed, boats put out to the rescue. The basket of the balloon had been cut, and aeronauts were drifting helpless- The two men were rescued, but e woman was drowned, The aero- nauts tried to land on the beach, but ‘were blown out to sea, Declares That No Chinese Citizen Can — Expatriate Himsolf. Farm Hand Stole from Dead Man Who o Had Befriended Him. Peking, April 5.—A new law of nat- uralization was formally promulgated today. It provides that Chinamen ‘Woodbury, Conn., April 5.—Follow- ing the death of Wilbur Judson, who befriended him and gave him employ- may no longer adopt foreign citizen-|mant, George Brown, a farm hand, left ship and declares that Chinamen who | the judson home today taking ' two in the past have become the subfects | vatches, g sum of money and other or citizens of other states-are still| artioles.’ Brown, who is about 45 @hinese, years old, ha- been employed by the Many Chinamen are affected by | Judson family but a short time and it this ruling, especally those whe have| js understood that no attempt will be registered themselves at Hong Kong shend him. s British subjects, as are a number | "20¢ 10 apprehend him. of high Chinese officials at home and | Electric Engines for New Haven Road abroad, Froights, New Haven, Conn, April 5—It is South i 3 c‘"“"'l Dx:'“'y > siated on high railroad authority here y 5 that before there is any extension of ‘Washington, April 5.—The famous | the electric system for passenger busi- Carolina dispensary case in-|ness the next step is likely to be the volving the disposition of about $300,- | use of electric engines for freizht on 000 of dispensary funds held by the|the New York division of the New state dispensary commission, was de-| York, New Haven and Hartford ralil- cided by the supreme court of the|réad. This would involve a consider- United States today in favor of the|able increase of power and a change fon the opinion being by Jus- | of the type of electric locomotives use: Final- in the | Cabled Paragraphs Paris, April 5.—A. G. Vanderbilt was successful in the French horse show today, winning the first prize for a coach’ dnd four. 5 - Rome, April 5.—King Victor Em- manue] and Queen.Helena left here today by automobile for Ansio, where they will embark on the battleship Re Umberto to visit Messina and Reggio, the cities that were devastated by the recent earthquake, Constantinople, April 5.—After ten hours’ stormy debate, in which the Al- banian deputies accused the govern- ment of selling a portion of the em- pire for an insignificant sum, the chamber today approved the Austro- ‘Turkish protocol by a vote of 136 to 46. This protocol, which provided for the ‘settlement of the differences aris- ing out of the annexation by Austria- Hungary of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. was signed at Con- stantinople on February 6. Under it the Turkish government received $10,~ 800,000 indemnity. FIRST OFFICER HOLMES [ GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE. Findings in Case of Accident to Steam- boat Massachusetts. New York, April 5—First Officer W. T. Holmes of the steamer Massachu- setts has been declared guilty of negli- gence as a result of the partial wreck of that vessel on March 9, when it ran uground near Martha's Vineyard. Com- mander H. F. Barrett of the ship is exonerated of the charge of inatten- tion to duty. Both officers have been on trial at Boston and the findings in the case were announced here today by the supervising inspector of the steam- boat inspection service, Ira Harris. LIVED BEYOND H|S MEANS. Suicide of a Retired Captain of the U. 8. Army. New York, April 5.—Leaving a let- ter addressed to his wife, in which hp explained his act by sa; g that re- verses of fortune had cut.down his competence until not enough of it was left for two, Chambers M. Craig, a re- tired captain of the United States army, tonight committed suicide in his apartments in_Madison avenue by shooting himself through the head. The time has now arrived” said Caj tain Cralg in his jetter, “when thore must come the inevitable smash which always follows living beyond one's means, If the hard times had not put an end to my opportunities I would have gone on for a vear or more. I bave made a little money and left it for you. I wish you the greatest hap- piness and I wish I could remain with you; and T .am confident that matters will be all right with you. But there is not enough for two. You will real- ize $75 a month some times and other times $125 a month.” Captain Craig was a native of Pitss- burg and at one time owned considbr- able real estate in Atlanta, Ga., and in this city. A brother living in Ken- wick, Albemarle county, Va,, is a re- tired major, U. S. A. Mrs, Craig. who has been staying in Atlaptic City for some weeks, started at once for New York when told of her husband’s death. TRAFFIC IN ALIEN WOMEN. Alleged Serlous Blow to the Federal Government’s Prosecution. . Chicago, April f.—A serious blow to the federal government's proseqution of cases of traffic in alien women was dealt in the decision of the TUnited States supreme court today, according to District ,\Szmpy,uwm W. Sims, who has beel active in the fight against the “white slave” traffic. “It will be necessary now to prove the actual importation in_each case,” said Mr. Sims tonight. “I think that the federal government will be able to do very little in obtaining convictions. The entire prosecution of such cases will be left to the state courts and to the police.” It is stated that the decision will re- sult in the release or more than a hun- dred men now serving sentence GAS TURNED ON FULL FORCE. Trinity College Freshman Found Un- conscious in His Room. Hartford, Conn., April 5.—Bion H. Barnett, J¥., the ‘rinity college fresh- man, who was found in his room at the college this morning overcome by gas, is still in an unconsclous state at the Hartford hospital. Barnett, whose home is in Jacksonville, Fla., was found unconscious in his room by a_fellow student, Jooking for a book. The gas in the room was turned on full force and the window closed. Attempts were made to revive him at the college, and Jater he was taken to the hospital, where his recovery is thought to be doubtful. THIRTY HOURS OVERDU Anxfety at Halifax Over Non-Arrival of Plant Liner Lady Sybil. Halitax, N. S. April 5.—More than thirty hours overdue, the Plant line steamer Lady Sybil, which left Boston at noon on Saturday last, has not ar- rived here at 2 o'clock this morning. The non-arrival of the steamer has caused considerable anxlety among those having friends and relatives board. The Lady Sybil was due here Sunday night. The general opinion along the waterfront is that the steam- er hag had to lay to on account of seas, Worcester County, Mass., Votes on Li- cense Question. Worcester, Mass, April 5.—Two of the fourteen towns in Worcester coun- ty which voted on the license question today went into the “wet” column, while another, Oxford, changed from license to no license, so that the net result is an increase, of one in the number of license towiis over last year. The two which changed to licensé are Charlton and Southiridge. Hand | Great Tragedy Ciose Tabriz. London, April 6.—A special despatch from Teheran to the Times, describing the situation at Tabriz, says there is no doubt that a great tragedy is close at hand. If Tabriz holds out against the invaders, the despatch says, thousands must die of starvation. I Tabriz falls ‘brobably tens of thousand will be mas- sacred. f'he rest ofghe country, how- ever, looks on wit] tional eastern apathy. at at Both Legs Cut Off. New Haven, Conn, April 5.—Jump- ing from a freight train on which he had been stealing a ride, Bdward E. Fuller, 23 years old, of Avon, fell un derneath the cars and had both legs cut off. He was taken to the New ‘Haven hospital, where it is sald he cannot live, . No Debate in the Senate, Washington, April 5.—Many Dills arld resolutions were introduced In the senate today, but theré was no debate. After a short executive session, the senate at 1 p, m. adjourned wuntil Thursday. New Haven.—Harry Rowe Shelley will be heard in an organ recital at Trinity P. E. church on Friday after- noon, April 16, at ¢ e'clock. Farmhand Killed Wih Pichfork —_— FARMER ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE Thrust Tines of Fork in Employe’s Face &nd Smashed His Skull With Handle of the Fork. New Canaan, Conn., April 5.—De- fending himself against the attacks of Wallace s?ence:: a discharged farm- hand, Willlam Lynes killed Spencer by fracturing his skull with a pitchfork. Discharged Man Returned in Ugly Mood. Spencer had worked for Lynes at the latter's farm in what is known as the ‘White Oak shade district, about two miles from the center of this place, until last Saturday, when he was di charged. Shortly after dusk tonight Spencer returned to the farm and find- ing Lynes in the barn attacked him witk stones and large pieces of wood. Lynes grabbed a pitchfork to defend himself. In the fight which followed Lynes jabbed Wallace in the face with the tinés of the fork and hit him twice on the head with the handle, the sec- ond blow crushing Spencer's skull. Lynes is a large man and the second blow was so hard that Spencer's head was crushed almost to a pulp. Murderer Offered to Give Himself Up. After killing Spencer, Lynes came to this place and offered to give himself up, stating to the authorities that he had killed Spencer in self defense. Ow- ing to the fact that Lynes returned from the South Norwalk hospital but a short time ago, and the poor conai- tion of the jail, Lynes was allowed to £0 to his home, accompanied by an of- ficer, who will remain with him until after the coroner’'s hearing tomorrow merning. Nothing Known of Dead Man’s Rela- tives. Spencer was 41 years old and has no known home cr relatives. Lynes is 50 years old, is married and has two children. MICHIGAN VOTES ON ABOLITION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC. The State Republican by 75,000 M: jority—Early Returns. Detroit, Mich., Aprfl 5—With prac tically ail of the interest in today election-Tentered in the twenty-séven countles of the state where the aboli= tion of the liquor traffic was balloted upon, indications are early tonight that the republican state ticket has re- gnved a majority of upwards of 75, 00. Farly returns from the countles which voted on the MHquor question placed Emmet, Eaton and Sanilac in the “@ry” column, while in Huron and Ottawa the “wets” were victorions. The defeat of prohibition in Ottawa by a_heavy majority was considered a de- cisive “wet” victory, as the anti-saloon league had male a strenuous campalgn in_this county. The stete offictals electad today con- slst of two supreme court justices, two regents of the University of Michigan, one member of the state board of edd- cation and five members of the board of culture. roit, Mich., April §.—‘We have broken the backbone of the liquor traffic n_Michigan,” declared Supt. George W. Morrow of the Michigan Ant}{—s-loon league at midnight to- night. Tefinte returns at that time showed that of the twenty-seven counties which voted on the question of abolish- ing the sale or manufacture of liquor in their borders nineteen had gone “dry,” seven had gone “wet,” and fndi- cations were that the ' remaining county, had voted for prohibition by the slender margin of thirty votes. Pefore today’s election eleven of the sighty-three countics of the state were ry. sUIT cASE STOLEN, IT CONTAINS DEPOSITIONS Belonging to Attorney Freshman in the Hearst-Haskoll Libel Ca: Detroit, Mich., April §.—A News spe- cial from Hastings says that Attorney Freshman's suit case, containing the evidence he has been procuring at Hastings and in Ohio for use in the Governor Haskell-Willlam R. Hearst !ibel suit, was stolen from the platform of the Michigan Central station there | Saturday afternoon. Freshman had come here to take depositions from a number of Hastings people who were in an Oklahoma hotel when Scott Mec- Reynolds room was entered and some of his papers seized, out of which ac- tion the libel suit grew. Attorney O. T. Smith, representing Governor Haskell, had previously tak- en depositions from the same person: When Freshman went to the station after getting his depositions he met Smith. The rival attorneys engaged in conversation. T was chilly and Freshman stepped into the station, for- getting the suit _case which stood on the platform. When he remembered it a moment later and rushed out the suit case was gone. VIRGINIA TRAGEDY. Henry W. Amos Shot and Killed by Sister-in-Law. Roanoke, Va. April 5.—A special from Buena Vista, Va., says Henry W. Amos ot that place was today shot and killed by his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Campbell, Amos’' wife recently left him and went to the Campbell home to live with her sister. Amos called today and sought a reconciliation with his wife. The latter refused to go with him and a quarrel followed. Mrs. Campbell fired several <hots from a revolver at Amos none of them tak- ing effect. She then seized a shotgun, it is said, and discharged it at Amos at close range, killing him. Amos was not armed. 50 Years for Kidnapping—25 Years for Blackmail and Extortion. Albany. N. Y, April 5—The ‘senate tonight passed the Hill bill increasing the maximum penalty for kidnapving from 25 to 50 years. The bill was in- troduced & few days after the kidnap- ping of Willie Whitla. The Ramspetger bill aimed at the Black Hand was also passed bv the senate. It increases the penalty for extortion and blackmail from five to twenty-five years. Incendiary Fire, Loss $5,000. Eridgeport, Conn., April 5.—A large barn on the property of Mrs. Ellen J. MacDonald on the Fairfleld line was destroyed by fire tonight, with a loss of $5,000. The pullding was valued at $2,000 and there $3,000 worth of furniture stored tn ft. There was no insurance. The fire s supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Spent Several Hours in Naples THE HAMBURG ANCHORED SOON AFTER NOON. ROOSEVELT WARMLY GREETED Steamer Admiral Sailed at Midnight for Mombasa—Roosevelt to Visit Rome and Berlin on Home Trip. 1 Naples, April 5.—Ex-President | Roosevelt spent several hours in Na- | ples today, ang during that time was given many evldences of his personal | popularity with the Italian people and ' of the admiration which they have for | his distinguished services to his coun- try. Great Crowds Waited His Appearance. | The steamer Hamburg, on which Mr. | Roosevelt was a passenger, coming in | £oon after noon, was greeted on her way to her anchorage with the blowing of whistles, the fluttering of many flags and the playing of bands. Great crowds, too, waited for his ap- | pearauce on the streets, and when he | rode along in an automobile he was | greeted with enthuslasm that astonish- &d him, Go#ls Aboard Mombasa Steamer. | He visited the Duke and Duchess of | Aosta, at Capodimonte, and later dined in private at the hotel, going on board the steamer Admiral about 10 o'clock the evening. The Admiral, which will convey Mr. Roosevelt to Mombasa, was ready to sall at midnight. The ex-president’s quarters ahoard were | filled with flowers, which had come from admiring friends. Chief among them were bunches of red, white and black carnations froms the' German emperor, and a great clus- | ter of fragrant blossoms from the | empress. Emperor William’s Interest. Emperor William, indeed, showed particular interest in the former presis Gent. The German consul general, in the name of the emperor, carried to Mr. Roosevelt the warmest greetings, and a letter in which the emperor ex- pressed the hope that he would sse Mr. Roosevvelt in Berlin on his return. In reply to this, Mr. Roosevelt told the consul general to inform the emperor that he would certainly go to the Ger- man capital, and would tell his majes- ty “how the white man can live and fight in Africa.” ‘The emperor closed his letter with “Weldmannsheil,” “Hail to the success- | ful huntsman.” Mr. Reosevelt was par- ficularly touched by this, and in ex- pressing his thanks for 'the gracious | thought sald: “In a year from now you will be in a poeition so see whether I deserve such a wish. Promises to Visit the Vatican. A letter was received by Mr. Roose- velt during the afternoon from a prom- inent American prelate who lately was in Rome. The writer stated that he had gained the impression that the vatican, would have great pleasure & recefving Mr. Roosevelt, because of the admiration and high esteem in which he was held there. Later Mr. Roose- velt told the American ambassador that he should aisaredly go to the wvatican to see the pope if he visited Rome. NICARAGUA TO MAKE EFFORT TO SETTLE EMERY CLAIM. Secretary of Stats Knox * Receives Gratifying Information. ‘Washington, Apri] 5.—The gratifying information was conveyed to Secretary Knox today that the Nicaraguan gov- ernment would make an early effort to settle either by compromises or by ar- bitration the claim for dameges of the G. D. Emery company, whose conces- sfon for the cutting of mahogany was cancelled about two years and a half ago for »n alleged violation of ghe terms of the concession. ‘Through Mr. Fspinoza, the Nicarag- uan minister, the secretary was told that a special commissioner would leave the Central American country immedlately for this city, carrying fuil instructions for the minister, which would empower. him to reach a set- tlement whereby the whole contro- versy would be adjusted. 1If a compro- mise is not reached. the, minister will sign a protocol submitting the case to arbitration. ; Diplomacy had well nigh exhausted itself in the efforts to reach a settle- ment of this case and the temper of the state department was such that longer delay was becoming intolera- ble. . The last communication from Becretary Knox to the Nicaraguan minister was in the nature of an ul- timatum. CORNERSTONE LAID Of the New Chapel at West Point Military Academy. West Point, N. Y., April 5.—The cor- nerstone of the new chapel of the mil- itary academy was laid today’in the presehce of the officers and cadets of the academy by Col. Hugh L. Scott, the superintendent. Photographs of President Taft. Theodore Roosevelt Seeretary Dickinson, Colenel Scott, Brigadier General Albert L. Mills, Maj. J. M. Carson, Jr, and Chaplain Ed- ward S. Tratvers, together with.coin and statistics and records of the acad- | emy, were imbedded in the stone. | The new chapel occuples a com- manding site on a height overfooking the Academy grounds. Summer Visitors to the Berkshires Will Find More Liquor for Sal Lenox, Mass., April 5.—The hundreds of summer residents who . annually flock to the Berkshires will find more liquor saloons doing business during the coming summer than has been pos- sible in past years. Today West Stock- d Hinsdale, which have voted to license the sale been y of liquor. . Great Barrington, Sheffield and Dal- ton recently declared in favor of Ii- cense. President Eliot Has Not Yet Formally Declined. . Cambridge, Mass., April 5—*Al newspaper reports purporting to ema- nate from me that I have either ac cepted or declined the post of am- bassador to Great Brftain are abso- lutely unauthorized,” said President Charles W. Eliot in an interview today. It was reported here today that Presi- dent Eliot had not yet formally de- clined the post. . Firce Fight With Escaped Prisoners. Asheville, N. €. April 5.—George Barton, alias “Chicago Army. a noted yeggman, who, with Jake Moore, allas “Tennessee Dutch” broke from the Greeneville jell last night, was cap- | she never had a doctor in her life, and | New Ha Mrs, Hattie Smith, a cousin of Admiral Dewey, died in Birmjng- ham, Ala,, Sunday of injuries sustain- ed several days ago, when she was frightened by a dog and stumbled from the curb, falling heavily. Dress Catching Fire from a small gas stove, Miss Rowena Hill, aged 7§“yeln was fatally burned in her apartments at 164 Newbury street, in the fashionable Back Bay district, Boston, Sunday.~ She was a native of Phillipsburg, Canada. Dr, Roque Seanz Pena, the Argen< tine ‘minister to Italy, who recently was requested, by Venezuela, through the Argentine minister of foreign ar- fairs, to accept the post of arbitrator in the pending questions between Vene- zuela and the United States, has con- sented to act in this capacity. The Crashing Into a Tree at Tarry town, N. Y., of an automoblle, said by eyewitnesses to have been racing at a rate of forty miles an hour, Sunday, caused the death of Charles Lindow, a chauffeur, and serious injury to John D. Marquis, the other occupant of the machine, both of New York. Lindow's neck was broken Officials of the Internal Revenue bu- reau -of the treasury department at Washington are of the opinion that the temperance movement which has taken such strong hold of certain sec- tions of the country, especially on the south, has resulted In increasing the number of violations of the internal revenue laws in the distillation of illicit whiskey. ¥ The Differences Which Have Existed between Dr, Francis L. Patton, presi- dent of the Princeton Theological seminary, and the undergraduates of that institution, culminated Sunday in new resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the students in which the ultimatum is set forth that either Dr. Patton is to be made to provide a more modern curriculum or else the entire student body wiil resien. The Death of Mrs. Fanny Friedman at the age of 112 years was reported to the health hoard at New York Suaday. The woman, who was born in Hun- ary Jan,_ 2, 1797, died at the home of er daughter in Harlem after a few days’ fllness. It was her boast that Her Five 18 one was not called until Friday. children, 54 grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive her. Bitten More Than a Week Ago by a lion cub which has since died from glanders, Herman Schmidt, 60, keeper of the menagerie at Hillside park, Belleviile, J. 18 at his home in Belleville, criticaily ill. Dr. Herbert . Vail, who is in attendance on him, said Saturday night that tho nature of Schmidt’s ilness has baffled the medi- cal men wno have examined him, but that all of them agree that the malady was caused by the bite of the lion. PRESIDENT M‘ELLEN RETIRES From All Official Connection With New England Investment and Se- curity Company. New Haven, Conn., April stated offigially that the only impor- tance of the recent actioh in the New England Investment and Security com- pany regarding its Massachusetts trol- leys is the retirement of President Mellen of the New Haven company from all official comnection with the former corporation. The Worcester and-Webster and-Dudley Street Rail- road companies will be sold as regards certain of their sacurities, but the lease of those properties wili be held. The effect of the recent changes in the New England Investment and Se- curity company’'s trolley holdings is now to place them on almost the same standing as the Boston ajd Maine in its relations to the New Haven cor- poration. The latter reaches both the Massachusetts trolleys and the Boston and Maine merely by a sympathetic relation which, it is held, cannot be at- tacked in the courts. The Massachusetts trolleys concern- ed consist of sixteen roads with 56! miles of tracks, capital stock of $11, 626,000 and a debt of $3.234,000, and represent one-fifth of the total mile- age of the Massachusetts electric rail. ways. It is understood that the earn- ings of the properties are slowly in- creasing and that some economies have been hejd up on account of the Massa- chusetts. litigation. When that litl- gation is sottled It Is stated on high authority that considerable extensions will be made and that in particular there will be a considerable develop- ment in Berkshire county, setts, with the present Ber! railway as a kind of base line. GOV. HASKELL TO THE BAR. aries in His Trial in Connec- tion with Muskogee Town Lots. Tulsa, Okl Apri Haskell and six other prominent Ok homars, under indictment for alleged fraud in the Muskogee town lot c S, appeared In the United States circy court today for trial before Judge John A, Marshall of Utah, who was espe- cially assigned to fhe cases. The proceedings called first for dis- position of the motion to quash, filed at Muskogee on March 14 by the de- fendants. This motion charged mis- conduct on the part of the special sistant attorney general, Sylves Rush of Omaha, who conducted grand jury investigations at Mu gee In February that resulttd in the indictments. It wae alleged that government se- cret service operatives gave hearsay testimony before the grand jury: that important testimony was suppressed that the government denied the jury's request for certain testimony that witnesses were coerced and held in subjection, and that Mr. Rush told th jury that indfetments had been return- ed for the reason that the govern- ment wanted them. Mr. Rush recentiy denied the truth of the defendant's allogations, and he was on hand in coury today to repre- sent the government and to deny these charges. Appointments by German Methodist Conference. Schenectady, N. Y., April 5.—Appoint- ments to pastorat were made here today by Bishop Nuelsen, presiding over the Bastern conference of the German Methodist church, in sesston in this city. The appointments include: aven, Rov. H. Schukal. Rev H. H. Heck ‘was appointed district su- | perintendent of the eastern division. | Steamship Arrival At Naples, April 5: Hamburg, from New York via Horta, Ponta Delgada and Gibraltar. At Algiers, March 31: Giulla, from New York. At Leghorn, April $: Italta, from New York. At Bremen, April 4: from New Yerk. Scharnhost, Twelfth Cavalry Sailed for Philippines San Francisce. April 5.-The trans- tured tonight after a severe fight with Deputy Sheriff Rogers, at Craggy, sev. eral miles from here. “Tennessee Dutch,” after wrenching a revolver from Rogers, . Barton, ' who hag only one arm, was lodged in the county -jail at Ashevflle, . |GOV. LILLEY IN SEP e N ] PRI & .«0 CENTS. & S———— Affection of the Nerves Appears to Have Reach- ) ed His Heart and Kidneys CHANGE FOR WORSE CAME LATE MONDAY And is a Matter of Much Uneasiness—It is Said that while the Governor is Extremely ill there is No Im- mediate Danger of Death—Unable to Get Complete Rest Ordered by the Physicians. Hartford, April he iliness of | this, and after being called out of bed Gov. Geor L. Lilley from n--nmml nber of times at night to answer exhaustion has assumed a serious a be became disgusted and woon pect, and tonight his con is Summit and went to Lakkwood. As Iuatter of much uneasiness. The affec- | he could not sccure rest there, he start- tion of the nerves, which has been | ed home, and while on ths train most pronounced in his stomach, ap- | w ken with a chill. He went di- pears to have gon€é to his heart and | rect to Waterbury to transact business, kidneys, the change belng evident jate | but the cold which was developing for today, although there were symptoms | ed him to return to Hartford.. His of this nature present sinc turday. | physiclans ordered him to go to bed. Pneumonia a8 threatened, but this Setback Comes as a Surprise. | During the day the governor ap-| penr‘ed to be doing nicely and he had a | comfortable night last night. A num- | indigestion f which he had suffe 4 Iz which he hz ered ber of state papers were sent tghim | for months brought on a more general to sign during the day, as. he ex- | state of nervousness, having the gen- ercised the functions of his office since | eral condition of vous exiaustion. e:lrl&' ‘msx week. ‘The chapge in his | Y condition, therefore, comes as g su prise, and to those close to hifh it has rNo Signs of Setback Until Yesterd: brought a sudden real tion of his Those friends v » visited Govermor- extremely serious condi sovernor | Lilley foun informed of ev- s avolded, 4 The tedium of belng in 1 of actively at work, wore on ¢ nor Lilley, and the nervous ne He has been in bed since then, Lilley has been a vig n dur- | erything that zoing on, and this ing the years he has beew/ in public | continual activity did not help his con- and it is the hope that this stami- | dition, for it prevented hls securing d pro na will tide him over the crisis Grave Complicat It was stated tonight t governor was extremely that the physicfans had As 'with nervous affections ss of the patlent was very w, but until today thers had been no thack. The governor's re- hile the no immediate danger o capitol was impairment of the functions e vts P R heart and kidneys follow ‘discharge the duties of his oMcs exhaustion which he from ‘the executive mansion i B nearly two weeks, contribute the grav i ington aven o S complications Under Great Nervous Strain for a | Family Physician Summoned to Hart- Year. { ford. Governor Lilley has lived under | Waterbu Conn., April great nervous strain for more thun 4 | Freder aves of this city, sur- year with scarcely an opportunity for | 500 ! the s staft and Lilley Ha attend the for time relaxation. He delivered famil ford on an e slclar went rly evening train to to then met a close person and went to Summit, N. J., expecting to overnor In response to an drop the cares of office for a week, He | UrSent mes received lste thiy afte ha sooner 1 there when he | €rn00n.” Closé friends of the govern-. . to the telephona | °F here, have known for some time by men oor health and spaper tain interviews. Taken With Chill on Train. Governor Lilley could not understand | and others to ob- - | have been surprised at his display of the submarine bhoat in- on in congress as well ag the natorial campalgn following. | | that he has been in | or during vestig gube PRESIDENT TAFT'S OPINION ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP ENDURANCE TRIP FAILED Owing to Unfavorable’ Weather—Ex- pected to Remain Up 24 Hours. In Case to Company of New Jersey. St. Louis, Mo, April 5.—President Taft's opinion of ante-executive days was_quoted as a prevailing legal au- thority today during the close of Sp Friedrichshafen, twenty-four hours’ Count Zeppelin's ed from here th April 5. — The ndurance trip o irship, which start: , morning, ended i% cial United Statcs Attorney Gereral | fallure, owing to unfavorable weather, Frank B. Kellogg's argument in the | The airship ascended at 9.18 a. m., and United States circuit court in the gov- | the voyage was abandoned at 7.2 this ernment's case to dissolve the Stand- [ evening. During this time the air- ard Oil company of New Jersey as a [ship descencd twice to the surface of violator of the Sherman act. Mr. Kel- ' the lake, to take In water for bal- logg read at lensth from a decision | last. rendered by Wiiliam H. Taft, in the| M Sperling, who acted as pilot Addyston pipe case, when a judge in e of Count Zeppelin, finally de- Cincinnati. The issue in the case In- | cided to return to the hall to refill volved was an alleged restraint the balloon with gas. The destination trade. of the ship, which was made purely The federal lawyer hurried through his argument today, promising to con- clude hig remarks at noon tomo for military purposes, was kept secret, The balloon traveled as far as Biber- ch, and then returned to the lake, leaving his assoclate, B. Morrison here it engaged for a long timé in to finish with an argument covering |manoeuvres, A strong easterly wind the alleged unfair competition of the | sprang up early in the evening, agalnst defendant. which it wa mpossible to make head. " JAs one of the four Jud o although the motors were work- court is to leave St. Lou®™ on Satur well. Major Sperling feared that he Mr, Kellogg will insist on the defc might be driven Into the mountains gompleting its argument on Friday. |and decided to seek gheiter in the In all likelihood the arguments will |floating hall and abandoned the ides run well into next we of refiilin MARCHED ON BLIND TIGER | ' v | STARTED FIRE WITH KEROSENE. THEN OFFERED PRAYER | VITH KO - | New York italian Woman ‘Burned to Confis- | Death—Children in Hosjital. Twelve Gallons of Whiskey cated at Mayfield, Ky. 5. afot w Yorlk. Apri ned with the dren to tr Too much con= her two chil- If, Mrs. Gra- 100 Mayfield, Ky. April citizens, headed by county 5.—N¢ office all the preachers of Mayfleld, m: | 2in Peitlanto of East 114tu street, this on an all blind t 16 W &lity, w ne to death today, fv tonight, broke down the Aoy lowing of a can of kero- fiscated twely llons of w! I W she attempted to fered prayer and then marched | qu the fitchen fr through the steets to a second resort, | The explosion set fire to the clothing where the pr was repeated. | of high mother shildren, but the The crusade the | math fir was for her ba- Besse Colley. a mine owner, bies, and all unmindful of herself she night, ana the suicide of A prominent | hugged first one, then the other trying man while drunk. \ vainly to smother and beat out = the EXAGGERATED STORIES | When_ the n rs, artracted by the chod the scens omplish what the ensions at Princeton Theo- Of the Di logical Seminary. to do, but In her yiwere too late. Be- Princeton, N. J., April 5.—The stu- which had been dents in the Princetof Theological | & Harlem hospital, Seminary who have been at odds with | could respond to the call Mrs. Pettinato the facuity over the révislon of the | was dead curriculum made the very toda The little hoy, John H., and his 8- that & few of their number who w r. Leah, were removed to most vehement In their demands both so ly injured reform have indirectly n - ce hat but little hope rtained ot stod w heir recover with a LeWSDapers exagi atemen the dissension, stirring up publ their contentions. vi opinion WILL OF CALVIN PAIGE. Spec the improvement of the town's publie ole, $20.0 v beautifying the t wh his ancestors lie bur- providing it with a watering tem, £100,000 for the improvement agricultural pursuits fn and about Hardwick, and $25.000 to the Plrst Uni- versalist soclety for the promotion of FORT WORTH'S BIG FIRE Said to Have Been Started by Mali- cious Negroes—Suspect Arrested. Fort Worth, Texas, April of negroes today reported to th A party police that the $3,000,000 fire Saturday - was started by ma negroes, | religlous worslip. George Harris, a negro, is under arrest | A bequest of $15.000 is left to James charged with starting the fire, but |A. White, a San Francisco friend. The nothing has been proved him, | residue of the estate, approximating # The negrees threaten to ly ny ma- | $600,000, 1s left tol nephews and nieces, gro found guilty by the police Investi- et gation. & It became known today that the | BOYD COUNTY, KY., VOTES “DRY." Texas ,and Pacific railroad lost thirty- five instead of twenty engines in the destruction of their roundhouse. This makes the rafiroad’s total loss $25 000. The burned asea will be rebu Women Worked at Polls, Children Sang in Streets, Bands Played, Ashland, Ky., April 5 today voted dry by In Ashland, which the iron indnse Boyd county a majority of 107._ is the center of and the commercial capital of Sandy valley, the Lost Her Cast Iron Rudder. Newport, R. | April The New York _tug wiler, while procesding port Thomas salled today for the Phil. ippines, carrying 7% men: of the Twelfth cavalry from Wort Oglethorpe, Ge., commanded by Colonel Dodd. Among the passengers are a number of army officers, assigned to posts in the islands: s church bells w rung heurly and women stood at the pools and worked, while children paraded the streets, singing, and bands played. Now of the 119 countles In the state ;h-ly ary, under the w - ! from New York to Providence today lost her cast iron rudder. The tug caume to this port under her n steam, but with a barge on either side to ald in steering. The Battler will be towed to New York to receive a new rudder. 5 GONDITION {5 ¥ Eriliabn Nadates that S aty | His Native Place, Hardwick, Mass, ~ students was fmminent, and t | Substantially Benefited. ident Francls L. Pa A E was deman As York. April 5.—The tawn of final examinations be ek, Mn 11 be substantially and a majority of the 1 ‘l fl "“r will alvin Palge, voting all their attention to s d for probate here today. controversy having quited down T e wae o k merchant e - Ao | who died recently o e his native e, $25.000 for s i