Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 15, 1909, Page 1

SALE OF LIQUORS IN CONNECTICU VOL. LI—NO. 89. T Hearing Before Committee on Excise in the ; Hall of Representatives. NINETEEN YEARS OF PROHIBITION - Jt was Claimed, Showed Great Decrease in Drunkenness and Crime—Arguments for and Against Bill which would Decide by Popular Election whether Manufac- ture and Sale Should Be Prohibited After Jan. 1 Next Hartford, Conn,, April 14—Argu- ments for and against the bill which ‘would state place before the people of tho for decision by an election the question of whether ¢r not the manu- facture and sale of liquors should be prokibited in Connecticut after Jan. 1, 1910, except on a prescription from a physician, were heard by the commit- tee on noon, excise in the capitol this after- the hearing being held in the hall of representatives. Growing Feeling Against Use of Liquors, The advocates of the proposed law urged that the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors was a menace to the happiness of the home and to pub- lic heaith, that such was the growing feeling against the use of liquors ‘throughout the country that the great mercantile concerns were discrirainat- ing between those who abstain from and those who used liquors, in favor of the former, as it was believed that drinking impaired the efficiency of a man. during The condition of Connecticut nineteen years of prohibition was referred to and it was claimed that under such law crime and druuk- enness had greatly decreased. It was further argued that the passage of this bill wauld be in accord with the senti meunt of the people of the state. The Claims of the Opposition. opposition claimed that the question which the bill was asked to have decided by the vote of the pepie was one which had been embodied 1n the platform of the prohibition party and that therefore it had been decided again Last vote prohibition and the election re- turns showed whether or mot the sta ewarted it. and again. fall the people had a chance to It was argued that tne bill was conflscatory in its nature in that it would take awa without compensa- tion businesses which men had spent years in building up. It was further asserted that while the bill would pro- ~vide that, if the state voted prohibiticn, wrohibition would prevail, it also pro- Vided that if any political subdivision in the state gave a majority vote for prohibition such political subdivision should be prohibition, although the majority vote of the whole state was ' mgainet prohibition. Hartford Physician E. L. exccuti party of the state. Argument. G. Hohenthal, chairman of the ve commlittee of the prohibition ned the discus- jor._ and after explaining the purpose :f the bill gave way ta Dr. T. V. Croth- ers of Hartford, a delegate to the last 4nternational conference on alcoholisin and a delegate to the next conference, who argued that if the manufacture and sale of spirits as a beverage was beneficial then it ought to be contin- ued, but if it were not.it should cease. He maintained that it was not. Conditions Contrzsted. H. B. Brown of East Haddam con- trasted conditions in Connecticut un- der the licanse system and unaer pro- hibition, which existed from 1554 to 1872, saying that during the latter period there was a lessening of the number of jail and prison inmates and that gened! peace and happiness was promoted. Pastors Favor the Measure, Rev, W. S. Davis said he represented the Southern New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church 2rd read a resolution adopted at the re- cent meeting of that body urging the Connecticut legislature to pass a pro hibition law. Rev. Dr. G_W. Reynolds of South Manchester also favored the measure. Mr. Kendall in Opposition. N, W. Kendall in opposing the meas- ure said it was true that the state for nineteen years had tried prohibition, but had tired of it and had gone back to the better plan of local option. The petitions_referred to by the opposing speaker he said did mot represent the state sentiment, and he mentioned a previous election when the majority vote was against prohibition. A few ago, he said, Hartford and yeste: New Britaia had had opportuni- to vote on the question and in ties each case the vote had been against no license. Represented the Brewers, Attorney J. B. Klein of Bridgeport, representing the brewers, said that ti-¢ advocates of the measure asked that it be submitted to the people for a vote, but by the platform of the pro- hilition party the matter had” be sutmitted again and again and decid adversely to the prohibition favorers. Purely Pulitical Proposition, Says Mr. orr. Frederick W, Orr of New Haven o; posed th= bill, saying that the arg ments advanced yesterday against the rding to population would apply only more emphatically to this bHL. The proposition was & purely political one, he said, put forward by an old political party which had come to ask the legislature to do what the people of the state, when the matter was submitted to them, had refused time and again to do. EMBEZZLER PARDONED “Was Withi: BY GOVERNOR DRAPER. Five Weeks of End of Five Year Term. Boston, April.14—On the ground that @ city treasurer convicted of embez- zlemen! wer sentencp, John A. Gl t recently had been' given a les- former City Treasurer es of Haverhill, who em- bezzled $43,000, was pardoned today by Governor Draper, within five weeks of the end of his five-year term in state prison. The pardon was granted upon the recommendation of District Attorney Peters, Treasurer Felker who_stated that former City of Newpuryport, avho embezzled $85,000, had been given anly a four year sentence, Glines' wmentence was not less than five nor more than seven years. CASTRO'S WIFE AT COLON, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LAND. Ultimate Destination of Her Party is Unknown. Colon, April 14—Ex-President Cas- tro'’s wife and aister and the other members of the party arrived here to- on the French Mne steamer Gua- At 4t lowed © age foi pe. They did not disembark, and rumored that they will not be al- to land for fear they take pass- r Venezuela. The Guadeloupe * wil sail for Port Limon, Costa Rica, on Friday, where some of Castro's rel- attves recently landed. The ultimate destination of Senora Castro and par ty i8 not yet known, \but it is thought likely that they will go to Port Limon, gf fiaya' RUSSIAN OFFICERS PARDONED. Clemency Shown Grego! 8t. Petersbu miral subora ‘do not decide upon returning to wn to Rear Admiral # and Lieut. Smirnoff. , April 14—Rear Ad- Gregorleft and Lieut. Smirnoff, inate officars under Vice Ad- RIOT AT MEXICAN MINE. THIRTY-TWO MEN KILLED Parish Priest Started the Trouble— Fourteen of Rioters Executed. México City, April 14—According to & despatch received today the rioting which occurred at Velardena, & min- ing camp in Coahuila, last Saturday, was more serious than at first report- ed, 32 men being killed and many in- jured. The trouble was institgated by Father Ramon Volenzuela, parish priest, it is asserted, who lies in a hospital hovering between life and death. Fourteen of the rioters were executed by the government troops and many were imprisoned. Many Am- ericans reside in Velarlena as thé camp ls controlled by American cap- ital. Father Valenzuela was arrested. One of his followers smuggled a knife in- to his cell and the priest stabbed him- self six times in a vain attempt to commit suicide. He is now in the pris- on hospital. Quiet was restored, METHODIST MINISTER KILLED IN NEW YORK SUBWAY. Was About to Take His First Ride on Underground Track. New York, April 14—As he was about to take his first ride on the sub- way, the Rev. Samue] William Nes- bit, a Methodist minister from Tip- perary, Ireland, lost his balance and fell to the track in the down"town sta- tion at 157th street and Broadway to- night and was so badly crushed by a train -that he died at the Washington Heights hospital at 10.30 o'clock. He and his sixteen year old daughter, Ro- sela, whom he came to this country to visit last week were on their way to see friends in New Jersey. It is sup- posed the minister became confused by the noise and pitched headlong from he platform. Miss Nesbit narrowly escaped falling herself in trying to aid her father. The minister was 56 years old and had a son in this country, the Rev. Samuel William Nesbit, Jr., of miral Nebogatoff in the Russo-Japan- Elgin, Neb, : war, have been pardoned and re- of Sai 1) confinement in the fortress Peter and Saint Paul. Thease officers were sentenced to death for having ut in surrendered their commands, view of extenuating circum tances their sentences were commut- ed to fortress. They began serving sentences -gaml Stoessel and Vice imprisonment in a their It is reported that Admiral also will be pardoned soon. ten years’ in 1! Btoessel was found guilty by court- martjal of surrendering the fortress of Port Arthur to the Japanese, and is a sentence of ten years' im- nt. Nel was sentenced to be intermed in a fortress for ten for surr: to the enemy at battle of the Sea of Japan. TO Canadl ‘Winal, madian &t once invade North Dakota INVADE NORTH DAKOTA. lan Pacific System in @ompet tion With Hill Lines. , Man., April 14—The Ca- ific raflway has decided to in com- petition with the HUI lines. It is an- 4n_Southern connect with that the road will extend its , which now. ends at Mowbray Ml,?h. to Dakota to the Soo line. The Soo iine also will be extended to Bran- , Manitoba, giving direct line from don to Minn . running par- ‘and between two Hill lines which now run into one ending at Brandon and the other at Portage La Prairie. This follows Hil's announced jon of building an air line into from the and of extensive ‘here. o sl i . GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE A MARYLAND DISTILLERY, Alleged Charges of Violation of Inter- nal Revenue Law. Washington, April 14—As a result «f zn investigation into charges of vi laticn of the internal revenue :aw, John G. Capers, commissioner of internal revenue, issued formal instructions to- day to Gollector P. L. Goldsborough’ at Baltimore directing him to seize the Carroll Springs Distillery company's plant, one of the largest registered grain distilleries in Maryland, The seizure, which will involve the govern ment taking possession of nearly eight thousand_barrels of whiskey, fs based upon a long examination which has been under the personal direction of Commissioner Capers, who himselt visited the establishment about three months ago, when thq alleged viola- tions were first brought to his atten- tion, 3 Future Electrification of 8tamford Di- vision New Haven Road. New Haven, Conn., April 14—The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company has ordered two sets of estimates to be prepared and printed, looking to the future electrifi- cation of the New York division be- tween Stamford and New Haven, one set of plans to give estimates of the cost of eleetrification in detail and the other of the cost of electric operation, especially as compared with operation by steam Cabled Buenos Ayres, April 14.—The West- orn Telegraph company 18 negotiating with the Argentine government for the construction of a new cable line to con- nect Argentina directly with Europe by way of Ascension Island. f—_— Meru, France, April 14—A general strike of 24 hours’ duration was inaug- urated here today, as a protest against the repressive méasures taken by the troops during the recent strike of the dissatisfled button makers. The work- men are marchhing through the city in column formation, with women and children in the lead. Meru is filled with soldlers, but the prefect has de- cided not to Interfere unless there are outbreaks of violence. MYSTIC ORAL SCHOOL. Pupils Appear Before the Committee *on Appropriations. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, April 14—Seldom has the appropriations committee been pre- sented with so interesting a lot of ex- hibits of the good being dome by the state’s money as was the case when Mrs. Clara M. H. McGuigan, acting su- rerintendent of the Mystic Oral school, appeared before it this afternoon with a number of the pupils of the school, who showed the committee what the work done there ig and what fine re- sults are accomplished. There were little tots who have just come to the school and the children were graded up from these to Miss McAuliffe, who is a graduate of the institution and is now employed as a teacher of the lit- tler pupils, The lip reading done by this young woman was little short of marvelous, and the work of all the children was very interesting at the same time that it showed what a useful work the school is doing, Miss Jane S. Worces- ter, one of two sisters, who are mem- bers of the faculty of the school, was also present, and assisted in the ex- hibition, in which the committee was exceedingly interested, Mrs. McGuigan enlarged on what she had said yesterday as to the school's needs, saying that with the $15,000 which was asked for it was desired to bulld a fireproof dormitory and. then turn the dormitory building now standing into schoolrooms and use the building at present used for school- room purposes for a hospital. These improvements are imperatively need- ed. When the schopl was incorporat- ed fourteen years ago it had but 18 pupils, while today it has 44 and is filled fo the very limit of it§ capacity, and has a walting list. The proposed dormitory would ac- commodate sixty pupils, which is all that the school authorities feel that they can care for properly. The state pays $275 a year for each pupll and state authorities have the right to send children to the schoo] if there is a vacancy. This $275 is made to go as far as possible and by being very sav- ing, indeed, it has been possible to make «small improvements during the years, but the present plant has not only been outgrown, but the building now used as a dormitory is unfit for the housing of children such as these, who are unable to look out for them- selves In case of fire. Mrs. McGuigan assured the commit- tee that if the state wished to take over the school entirely its owners would be very glad to have this done. It is now owned by a private corpora- tion, which has never received a cent of dividends or other return and none of them expects this. 2 Secretary and Treasurer C. H. Lath- am emphasized the need for a fireproof building, *He said that the schoo] au- thorities had tried in every way to eliminate the danger of fire, by putting in electric lights and by keeping a woman on duty to watch the dormitory nights.. Henry B. Noyes of the directors and Senator Latimer also spoke in favor, as did Representative Whiton of New London. The remarks of Dr. L. M. Allen, the school physiclan, were not only in- teresting, but highly instructive. TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE IN WOOD CUTTING CASE Claim That No Cutting Was Done on Gardner Land—Tells of Old Stone Bounds. In the common pleas court here on Wednesday the case of Gardner vs. Downing & Co. was continued and oc- cupied the entire day. The testimony for the plaintiff was completed in the afternoon and the defense opened call- ing two_witnesses. Civil Engineer Pitcher told of strik- ing a line between the properties in question and described a line made by stone piles between the two properties. He claimed that one of the pileg of stone had been recently moved. He said these stone heaps were found as the line was traced. On_retracing the line from mnother stone heap near the brook the line ended on the Davis farm quite a distance from where it was claimeq the stone boundary is set. He said he was sure of the accuracy of his line and did not think anw trees had been cut across the line. He made the survey from the old town records. The defendant was then called and described the tracing of the line and told of who were present, including Mr. Gardner’s son, who was sent for his father. He told of the well defined stoneheaps. He told of the character of the trees cut near the line and gave the values of the trees, ranging from seven cents to fifty cents each. He had not finished his direct examination when court was adjourned until this morning. During the day Attorney Perkins made a motion for a change in the complaint in the case of J. E. Thomas of Lebanon vs. C. E. White of Ando- ver, another lumber case. Attorney F. T. Brown, who is sick, has turned the case over to him. The original complaint was that 45 trees had been cut and the damage claimed $100, while the new complaint claimed b4 trees of a foot in diameter and 300 of less than a foot in diameter were cut, and claims $600 damages. Attorney Melony opposed the change and Judge Walker took it under consideration. The case has been on the docket since | 1902, JUDGMENT FOR COSTS. Given by Judge G. W. Wheeler in the Case cf Michael Kelly’s Appeal from Probate, On Wednesday a_decision was re- cvived from Judge George W. Wheeler that judgment be entered for costs in the case of Michael Kelly's appeal from probate. There were three cases in- volved and there arose a question of costs over the extension of time fr the filing of claims, which was grantel when asked in the probate court. It was desired to put in more claims against the Timothy Kelly estate, but the cases were finally settled and the question of costs came up. According to the decree of the Ttal- jan ministry of agriculture, industry and commerce, dated January 25, 1909, and published in the Gazetta Uf- ficiale of February 5, the importation of Amerfcan vines or parts of vines from France is te be prohibited from April 1, 1909, e Gomnecticul |Twi Legislature| Suicided at Sea SENATE TABLED BILL RELATING | ONE BELONGED IN BROOKLYN, TO ENTRANCE TO SALOONS. | 'HOME OF OTHER UNKNOWN. UNGLAIMED DEPOSITS IN BANKS | PASSENGERS ON THE LUGANIA. Margaret Clarke, Aged 29, and Annie Miller, 22, Both Used Pistols—Mys- tery Surrounds Their Identity. Favorable Report on Woman Suffrage in Municipal Affairs Tabled for Cal- endar and Printing. Liverpool, April 14.—During the voyage of the Cunard liner Lucania, which sailed from New York April 7, two young women who had occupied a second tlass cabin together commit- ted suicide by shooting. Bodies Buried at Sea. They were Margaret Clarke, 29, who is believed to have been a resident of Brooklyn, and Annie Miller, 22, whose former residence is not known. The motive for the double suicide has not been ascertained, and as the bodies were buried at sea there will be’no In- quest. Miss Clarke shot herself in her cabin on Thursday, the second day out. Her companion was greatly agitated over the occurrence, and four days later took her own life in the same manner It 18 thought that she became mental- ly unbalanced by her friend’s tragic death. Identity Shrouded in Mystery. New York, April 14.—Mystery sur- rounds the identity of the two young American women who committed sui- cide on the Lucania. Neither:left any address with the Cunard line officials, who sav that they were apparently un- acquainted before saillng, since they booked passages separately and were assigned to the same stateroom merely by accident. According to the Cunard line's ad- vices the address “66 Clinton street, Brooklyn” was found among Mis: Clarke's effects. The address, how ever, glves no clue to her Identity, though this number is the bullding of the Long Island Historical society. No one in the building knew of any woman of the name given by the suicide, Hartford, April 14—The senate was called to order at 11.15 by President Pro Tem. Brooks. Prayer by Chaplaic Sexton. Automobile Law. The committee c¢n roads, bridges and rivers presented a favo-able report on a substitute bill relating to the regu- lation of motor vehicles and on a bill creating the office of commissioner of motor vehicles. Entrance to Saloons. On the motion of Senator Bradford, house bill No. 261, relating to the en- trance to saloons, reported unfaverably by the comimnittee On excise, was :abled, Judges Appointed. The senate, in concurrence. passed, under suspension of rules, resolutions making the following appointment of juidges: Daniel Webster, deputy judge of Begin; Lorenzo D. Fairbrother, deputy” judge of the borough court of Stonl ORI, udges: Electid, The senate, in concurrence, recon- sidered its action In electing judges of the supreme and superior court, and, under suspension of rules, passed reso- lutions appointing them. The action was necessary in order to correct an informality. = The judges were all unanimously elected by the following votes: Silas A. Robinson, supreme and superior court, 28 votes; George W. Wheeler, 29; Edwin B. Gager, 27; F. B. Hall, 28, Unclaimed Deposi Senator Goodwin explained the un- fayorable report of the committee on banks on the bill for the escheating to the state of deposits in banks for thir- ty years. The senator sald the report of the committee was unanimous. The bill had been pravijusly reported, but it was recommitted On the second hearing there was a more decided op- position to the bill. It was shown to the committee that the banks are con- tincally finding depositors. A case was cited to the committee in which thera was an unclaimed deposit in a bank from 1833 to 1905. Senator Blakeslee said there is a great deal of merit in the bill. The bill was opposed entirely by bankers. The money belonged to the state, and it was about time the state_came into its own. The bill would add $90,200 oc $100,000 to the state treasury. There was a similar law in Massachusetts. He moved that the bill be tabled for printing. Senator Goodwin said that the bank- ers were the oaly persons interested. The depositors did_notsfollow legisla- tive proceedings. He did not oppose the tablingof the report. The report was tabled. Reports of Committees. Appropriations—Favorable on bilis aprropriating $1.694,500 for educatitnal purposes and $179,000 for hospital Calendar. Calendar. Passed—Incorporating the South Coventry Water Supply company; au- thorizing the town of Killingly to' take title to property owned by school dis- tricts when_consolidation is voted Passed—Exempting the waters of the Thames river adjacent to the towr of Waterford' from the operation of section 3,188 of the general statutes in relation to fishing in East Lyme, Wa- terford and Westbrook. Tabled—Appropriating $4,000 for Taylor's Souveair of _Connecticut; amending the Southern New Eugland Telephone company; concerning fishing in the Thames river. An Increase in Salary. The committee on agriculture report ed favorably on the bill to increase the salary of the cattle commissioner to $2,500 a year. Calendar. Adjourned to Thursday. WATERBURY IN DARKNESS UNTIL TEN LAST NIGHT. Storm Disabled High Tension Electric Wires—Not a Trolley Wheel Moved for Nearly Three Hours. ‘Waterbury, Conm., April 14.—For three hours the trolley and electric lighting service of the city tonight was tied up as a result of trouble on the high tension wires which supply this city with electricity from Bulls Bridge. The city was in darkness until nearly 10 o'clock. Not a trolley car in. this city, Naugatuck, Woodbury, Middle- bury, Watertown, Oakville, Watervill Cheshire or Thomaston moved a wheel for nearly three hours. It was the worst tieup locally in the history of the Connecticut company. The trouble was caused by the wind blowing the rain under the insulators along the high tension 1t1es, with the result that sev- eral poles caught fire about a mile from Oakville. Linemen were sent ont from here In carriages to_muke Tepairs. LOUISIANA NEGROES BUY OLD ARMY RIFLES. Authorities Wait Upon D Stop the Business. New Orleans, La., April 14.—Several thousand aiscarded army rifies have been sold in New Orleans and other cities of the southwest during the last few months. These rifles were the old single shot 45.70 calibre army Spring- fleld. They were of a pattern used in the United States army for several years. One dealer alone in New Or- jeans sold several hundred of them, principally to negroes, He was waite upon by the authorities and told that he was placing in the hands of many vicious blacks some very effective weapons, His sale was closed. The, riflez, in perfect condition, went as low as $1.75 each. SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREE To Support an Income Tax Amend- ment to Payne Tariff Bill. ‘Washington, April 14.—For more than four hours today the democratic members of the senate conferred in an effort to agree upon a policy toward tariff legislation. At the end of the time Senator Culberson, the minority leader, announced that they had agreed to support an income tax amendment and to stand for substan- tial reductions in schedules, particular- Iy for a decrease in the rates on nec- essarles of life, The conference was not binding, but regardless of this fact it was not en- tirely harmonious. Some of the sen- ators present admitted frankly that they would ask for protection for the industries of their states. Senator Stone spoke in favor of his programme for independence for the Filipinos aft- er fifteen vears and absolutely free trade with the islands during that pe- riod, Senator Foster was opposed to free trade with any of the coloni Neither of these senators, it was ap- uparent, could have obtained a ma- pority of the democrats for their pro- posals had a vote been taken. On only one question was the con- ference agreed and that was the in- come tax amendment. No details were arranged today in the programme to fight for reductions in rates all along the line. The conferente was ad- journed until Friday, since all of those present agreed that they were not suf- ficiently acquainted with the bill to pass judgment intelligently upon it. BIG COPPER DEAL CLOSED. Control of the Bonanza Mines Pa to the Alaska Syndiocate. New York, April 14—One of the .argest copper deals in recent years was closed here today, according fo the Tribune, when control of the Bonanza mines, said to be one of the richest copper deposits known, passed to the Alaska syndicate, composed of _the Guggenheim interests and J. P. Mor- gan & company. The mines, which are located in Alaska, are owred by the Alaskan Copper and Coal company. It is said that the price paid was nearly $3,000,000 less than that at which they were held before the recent depression in the copper trade. THE HOUSE. The house was called to order at 1115 by Acting Speaker Whiton - of New London. yer was offered by the house chaplain. Petitions. « Thirty or more petitions in aid of house bill No. 533, providing for a ref- erendum vote on prohibition, were pre- sented and were referred to the com mittee on excise. Reports of Committe Judiciary—Unfayorable on changing the name of the Second Baptist church at Mansfleld; concerning houses of prestitution: amending an act concern- ing registration of voters; recovery for damage by an intoxicated person; ap- peals from commitment to schools and county homes; support of children; concerning election of United States serators; concerning election of county commissicners; conveyance of persons convicted of crime; concerning clerks for sheriffs; concernipg _selectmen concerning commissioner of public ac- counts, Tabled for Calendar. On request of Mr. Higgins of Win- chester, house bill No. 478, concerning witness fees for police officers, unfa- vorably reported by the judiciary comi- mittee, wus tabled for the calendar. Change of Reference. From Judiciary to Finance—Con- cerning terms of assessors and board of _school visitors in Norwich, From Judiciary to Humane Institu- tions—Concerning commitment of in- sar'e persons. Woman Suffrage. The committee on woman suffrage repcrted favorably on houss bill No. 57, which provides ihat women shall he admitted to vote on municipal affairs, 1t was tabled for calendar and print- ing From the Senat The house concurred with the senate in rejecting two bills concerning muf- flers on motor vehicles, prohibiting the use of siren whistles on motor vehi- cles, concerning dormitories at state normal sehools. The house concurred with the senate in cther matters transmitted from that body. Adjourr ed. e Liquors Ordered Destroyed. In the city court Wednesday morn- ing the liquors seized at the home of Rafae] Pisono, corner of Cove and Ncrth Thames strests, were = ordered Gestroyed, ani two kegs of beer and about fifty bottles were emptied into the sewer. At North Stonington Wednesday At. torney Pettis ordered the liquers seized in that town by the state police de- stroyed. There was whiskey, gin and twc barrels of hard cider. Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: April 13 ,Sannio, from New York > Wants Divorce from Insane Wife. Hartford, Conn.,, April 14—Wedded for forty years to a wife who was af- flicted with epllepsy which later be- came insanity, A. A. Viets of Bloom- field appeared before the committee on judiciary today and asked for a di- vorce, A number of witnesses testi- fied. The case went over for another hearing later. PR TR No Choice for Senator. Springfield, IIl, April 14.—The 70th joint ballot of the Iilinois legislature for United States senator, taken todav, resulted in no choice GoF ? g et 37 at Dunkirk, France destroyed | of New Orleans cotton. e Death is Announced of Sir Don- ald Currie, the well known shipowner of London. M. Gaillot of Paris announces that| he has giscovered the existence of two | *. planets hitherto unknown. During March, 4,793 Settlers from the United States entered Canada ¢t North Portal on the Soo line. A Fire 1,000 The Judge Van Orsdel Decided that the mere signing of a hotel register did not make the signer a hote] guest. It Is Said that Castro has made plans to have himself restored to the head of the Venezuelan government. 8ix Lovers Were Wounded in a free for all fight for the hand of a girl at Manifold, a Pennsylvania mining town. Preparations Are Nearly Completed for the internationa] aeronautic exh bition to be held in Frankfort in July. Asheville, N. C, April 14—Seventy five guests of the Kenilworth Inn, thre miles from this city, were driven from the bullding by fire &oon after 2 o'clock this morning. " The hotel was complete ly destroved, the loss being estimated at $250,00. The insurance is placed at | $75,000. One woman guest is missing. Alarm Ssnt to Occupied Room: The fire started in the north end of the building, over the boiler room. A stron~ wind was blowing from the | southwest, and the flames were quickly fanned to the other end of the stru ture, where the majority of the gueésts were asleep. Before the fire had been | discovered by two negro boys, who were returning from tmore,the Van- derbilt ptace, which is but a short dis- tance from the Inn, it had gained head- vay, and was even then beyond con- Mrs. A. B. Martin, the first thought to the safety of the guests, when i s awakened, and in a short tin alarm had been sent | to every occupled room. One Missing Guest. George Harman, aged 76, married Mrs. Grace Dawson, aged 22, In order that the woman may inherit his riches. A Religious Parade at Valarden, Mexico, led to a quarrel in which six officers were killed and two rioters wounded, The Government of Portugal will in- troduce a system of inspection in An- gola, West Africa, to put an end to en- forced labor, Mrs. J. T. Harahan, wife of the pres- ident of the Illinois Central, lost a di- amond brooch while attending the op- era in Chicago. The Valuable Scientific Collections made by Dr. Jones, recently murdered by the Ilongotes of the Philippines, has been recovered. lessee, Opposition Is Developing in & num- | ., i ber of directions to the Payne-Aldrich | byt i panic. *Halt an hour later,sho tarift bill. A sugar joker is said tol i believed that all were out, the have been discovered. roll was called and every person but one. was accounted for. The name of | The French Parliamentary Comit- the missing guest is Mrs. Terrell,wk tee investigating the naval scandals) dgress has not been o ol e continue to unearth conditions show- | guests: presenied x ol o The ing great waste of money. % 2 o et 3 some of the women appearing in bali | gowns and other incongruous raiment. President Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor will go abroad to study the industrial and sociological conditions in other countries, Many of the men were lightly clad. _ Prevented Flames from Spreading. The Asheville fire department rushed out to. the sceme, but the hotel was The Jury to Try Patrick Calhoun, Some of the Women were in Ball Gowns while - the Men were Lightly Clad FIRE DESTROYED KENILWORTH INN Fine Hostelry Near Biltmore, N. C.—Every Guest but One Accounted For—Ex-State Senator Gazzam of Phila- delphia, Owner of the Inn, Badly Hurt by Jumping from Third Story Window. men doomed before the engines had started from thé city. were ing residences, as the wind was scaf tering sparks to their roofs. Efforts of the firemén | needed, however, to save adjoin= ‘The fire- were successful in preventing the flares trom spreading. Jumped from Third Story Window. was negro j from bre pra roof. Winter Resort for Northern Touri Seyeral firemen received burns, Ex- State Senator Gazzam of Philadelphi owner ot the inn, jumped from the third story, while the firemen were | breaking open the door of his room. In the descent he nearly struck the stone arch at the front of the bullding. He recelved numerous injuries, and removed to Biltmore hospital. A rter was badly hurt by falling the third fic the fall being n, however, by the man catching ting windows and landing on a below them. The homeless guests were taken in | at_the Dattery Park hotel and nearby | residences. The Kenilworth Inn was | built_about fourteen years ago by the Kenilworth Inn com y at a cost of $140,000. George W. ‘anderblit is be lieved to have been the heaviest stocl | hoider in the company, which wi composed largely of northern capital= ists inn was patronized by north- | ern tourists In the winter, and was & favorite meeting pluce for southerm conventions in summer. The Young People’s Missionary _ Movement, Southern Christian Endeavor soclety and the Southern Students’ conference had ben booked there for the coming summer. president of the United Railways of San Francisco, on a charge of offering a bribe, was completed, after 91 days. REFUSED TO PAY BLACKMAIL, DREW REVOLVER INSTEAD Barber The Emperor and Empress of Ger- many and Prince Oscar left Berlin for | Brooklyn ltalian Killed in Venice, where the emperor is to meet Street Fight with Countrymen. Signor Tittoni, the Italian foreign min- AR ister. New York, April 14.—Andrea Gam- bino, a ‘young Italian barber, who three years ago killed a man with two loads ( from a ghotgun, was himself killed to- night in a running battle with three countrymen through Brooklyn stree American Artists Make a fine show- ing in the yearly salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, opened yesterday by President Fal- CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT UP AGAIN FOR HEARING. Former Senator Judson and George L. Fox Principal Speakers. Hartfc April 12.—~The corrupt practices act came up again for & hearing before the legislative commits tee on the judiclary and the principal speakers of the afternoon were former Senator Stfles Judson and the author lieres. while several thousand persons looked | of the measure, George L. Fox ofs New | on, Haven, Mr. Judson was the first Many of the Button Facto at Pletro Searcone, a butcher, told the caker and announced that he ap- Mern, France, whose employes went |police that Gambino approached him | peared In opposition to all the bills and’ demanded $50 under penalty of death. The B#ooklyn branch of the Italian detective bureau credits Gam- bino with a conspicuous Black Hand record. Searcane refused to pay blaickmail and instead drew a revolver. .Gam- bino also drew a pistol and the battle began, Searcone was joined by two friends and alj of them, fully armed, pursued Gambino, firing as they ran. Gambino, as he fled, emptied his re- volver twice at his' pursuers, during the four blocks of the chase and after he dropped dead with seven bul on strike for the continuance of their previous wage scale, have reopened. The strike commitiee has demanded that every striker be reinstated, MOMBASA DISAPPOINTED. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT STOP. Smallpox at Naiobi—Lions at Railroad Station—Natives Uneasy. Mombasa, British East Africa, April 14—A cablegram received here from Theodore Roosevelt declining an invi- tation to attend a public reception and | in his body in front of his home in a dinner makes it evident that he has | Fifth avenue, his young wife and a decided not to stop in Mombasa, and | great crowd saw the three pursuers this knowledge has glven rise to much | overtake him and beat his skull in disappointment here. Mr. Roosevelt | with the butts of their revolvers | asks in this message that he be met at| Ag a policeman broke through the the pler by his special train and that|crowd Searcone’s two friends escaped. he be conveyed direct from the steamer | He was arrested. The crowd, madden- to the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease, on|ed by the assault on the dead body, the Athi river. Mr. Roosevelt will be | tried to take Searcone from the offi- Sir_Aifred’s guest for the first fort-|cer and for a moment it looked as if night’s stay in the protectorate. The steamer Admiral, with M Roosevelt and his party on board, is expected here at daybreak of April 21. At present the monsoon is blowing vigorously. Last Sunday the bark Sunsex was totally wrecked on the reef at the entrance of the harbor. There has been a sudden outbreak of mailpox at Nalobi. Forty deaths have occurred in the quarantine camp, and there would be a riot. But more po- ticemen, quickly arrived and beat the crowds back and Searcone was taken to the station house, NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Two Men Eentenced to Be Hanged Will Get New Trial. Bridgeport, Conn., April 14—By a three cases are reported from Ju Ja| gecision of the supreme court handed ranch, the property of George McMil- | down here today Peter Rabakah and lan, who will be Mr. Roosevelt's host| yihn Saviak of Glastonhury, “ho wire during a portion of his stay in this|to have been hanged at the state pris section. on in Wethersfield on March and Major Louis L. Seaman has return- ed here from a hunting trip up coun- try., He says the game is excellent and the prospects good. Major Se: man is just about to leave for Uganda on an elephant hunting expedition. Three lions have been interfering with the night work at the Makindu station, on the railroad. It is believ- ed that the plans of the Roosevelt par- ty contemplate Kermit Roosevelt spending a night at this station. The local police authorities have tak- en measures to strengthen some of the out_stations on the northern boundary of Kenya province, where the inhab- ftants of the wilderness country north of the protectorate have been showing signs of unrest. BROWN-TAYLOR MARRIAGE. Event of Interest in Society and Club Life of New York and Baltimore— Many Rare Presents. whose case was appealed to the su- preme court, were given a new lease on life, the court finding that there wa an errcr in the first trial and granting them a new one. The crime for which the two men were sentenced by tie su- perior court to lose their i s committed in Glastonbury on Oct. 15 last, when Rabakah and Saviak killed Michael Wierack after a quarrel. The men were tried before Judge Case in the superior court at Hartford and sentenced to be hanged on March 9, and then appealed to the supreme court. In handing down the decision granting a new trial the supreme court found that the trial judge refused to admit evidence asked for by the jury and_erred in admitting the testimony of Sergt. H. S, Hart of the Hartford police force. Hart's testimony was on the alleged confession of the men MAIL DELIVERY BY AUTO. First Experimert of Kind to Be “Adopted by Postoffice Department. ny wo Baltimore, April 14—An event of much social interest was the marriage here today of Miss Harriet Stewart Brown, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Brown of Baltimore, to T. Suffern Taylor, banker, of New York city, and prominent in the society and club life of the metropolis. The cer- emony was performed at the Brown town house by the Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie of the First Presbyterian church, those present being Iimited to the two families and more intimate friends. A reception followed to which between 400 and 500 persons were bid- den, many coming from out of town. Edward De Peyster Livingston of New York acted as best man to the groom. George J. Gould of New York was one of the ushers, The bride recelved a great number of presents of rare beau. ty and value, New York, April 14.—Another evi dence of Yankee progress—mall deliv- cry by automobile—the first experime cf the kind to be adopted by the pos:- s Attt | Wil Degintin New York at midnight tonight, when four high power electric machines will be tlaced in commission in the upper part of the city. An extension of the ser- vice will depend largely upon the suc- esy of the first experiments, althous \dications are that it will be practi ble, inasmuch as Postmaster Morgan of New York has looked Into the inno- vation carefully and is confident of the resuit. GOV. LILLEY DOING WELL. Passed His Fifth Successive Good Night—No Bulletin lssued. Hartford, April 14.—Governor Lijley continues to make progress towards recovery from his illness. Last night was His fourth successive good night. No bulletin was issued from the ex- ecutivé mansion today, but It is un- derstood that the governor rested quietly during the day and continues fo gal Returned to New York Under Own Steam. . New York, April 14—The Maine Steamship company's passenger steamer Manhattan which was slight- Iy damaged in collision off Stratford shoals in Long Island sound early to- day, returned to New York under her own gteam tonight. Body Found in Housatonic River. B Southbury, Conn., April 14.—The body of South Carolina. of Andrew Dchaler, 53 years old, of| Celumbia, S. C. April 14—Gen. Roxbury, was found in the Housatonlc | Matthew C. Butler of Edgefield, former river here today. Duchaler, who was| United States senator and one of the mentally deranged, disapeared from | confederate cavalry generals, died here his home the middle of last month, and | tonight at a local infirmary. aged 73. it is supposed that he committed sui- | His death was due to a complication cide. He leaves a widow and several | of diseases, induced by an old wound. rect | which provide for the repealing of the | act whic books his at present op the statute ¢ He said that he desired to cor- the general but errgneous feeling that the act Is unconstitutional that it is only so In_ minor details which can be changed by amendments, He said that from the very nature of the c se there could be no finding un~ der the bill as it is at present, and the Judges had that in mind when they an- nounce that they could not make & finding in the case against George L. Lilley, ings Mr. ments plained that he had done his best as He then explained the worke of the law to the committee. Fox, the author of the which had been critic} layman and explained to the commits tee out. son how he thought they would work He then offered to meet Mr. Jud. and aid him In any way that he could to get a strong, effective meas- ure put before the I islature. CONSTANTINOPLE MORE QUIET. Troops Return to Thel Constantinople, Apri] stirring events of Barracks, the Crowds to Their Homes. 14.—After t vesterday and the part of today in the Turkish capital, the guccessful formation of the cabinet and the issuance of an imperial proclamation ordaining the observ- ance of the sheri laws and the preser- vation of the constitution, served to bring about a comparatively peaceful situation here tonight. of the new cabinet, Pasha 1s the grand The members of which Tewfik vizler, have been installed in office. The formation of the cabinet, al- though it is not composed according to genera] expectations, has greatly re- lieved the tension of the last thirty six hours. The majority of the peo- passed a sleepless night, owing te continuous discharge of musket- Tonight the ecity Is quiet; the troops have returned to their barracks and the crowds in the Stamboul quar- ter_have retired to their homes. During the whole thrilling, momen- tous re and and olution troops and the whose name wag frequently acclaimed, episode, the sallent features of the were the loyalty of the people to the sultan, the absence of attacks on the lives property of citizens PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK. Stopped Over Last Night on His Way New Yor to New Haven. 14.—President Taft on the Haven to attend a meeting of the Yale corporation, tomor- row, stopped over in New York toni as the gu of his brother, Henry . Taft, and with Mrs. Taft and a num- ber of relatives attended a performance of “ Sothern at I It 1 Were King,” given by E. H. theater. The presi- dent Is very fond of the theater, and, returning from New afternoon, will again Haven tomorrow top in New York d an_evening performance be- ving for Washington, whese he Friday motning. president’s trip from Washington was without Incident. He traveled in a private car attached to the regular New York express of the Pennsylvania rallre enjoyed the rest Proposed Hudson-Fulton New York, April 14.—A detalled es- timate of the cost of Hudson-Fulton celebration nékt Sep- tember, submitted toddy to Comptroller Me by his chief statisticia vey, spent for the celebration above Ni burgh, N. Death of Former U. S. Senator Butler | Newburgh and New York city, with ,000 more in New York city. $600, ad. The trip was a half holiday o president, and he thoroughly Celebration to Cost $1,075,000. the proposed aggregating $1,075,000, was Charles Har- 000 is to be Of the total, $L Y., $325,000 more between Dog Fancier Sheubrooks Dead. Baltimore. J. Sheubrooks, widel, cler Py L g allmen was He leaves & widow and three children, years E . Md., April 14.—Thomas kmwnuufi) of blooded St. roard dogs, old.