Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 7, 1909, Page 1

“JURY OUT BUT A FEW MINUTES Owing to the Strong Case the State Had the Defense Offered no Evidence. EIDNAPPER JAMES BOYLE CONVICTED Penalty is from One Year to a Life Imprisonment in Pen- itentiary—Sentence Not Yet Pronounced—Mrs. Boyle Placed on Trial—She Preferred Young, Unmiarried Jurors—Took Prominent Part in Their Selection. Mercer, Pa., May 6—James ‘Boyle: charged with Kkidnapping “Billy” Whitla, was convicted today after a trial lasting but a few hours. No de- fense was made and the jury was out but a few minutes, Mrs. Boyle, in- dicted under the name wf Mary Doe, avith haif a dozen aliases, was imme- diately placed on trial, charged with 2iding and abetting the kidnapping. Jiardly had the jury been sworn in the woman's case when the lawyers be- came engaged in a legal argument re- garding the admission of certain tes- timony and the case wag adjourned until tomorrow morning. First Witness for Mrs. Boyle. The first witness called by the state in Mre. Boyle's case was Misg Ella Boyle, a’ sister of James Boyle. Ap- parently, from the line of questioning, ihe prosecution wanted to prove by her that the kidnapping conspiracy was formed while Mrs. Boyle was vis- iting In Sharon with her husband and that she was implicated in it. It is surmised the object of this is to over- come her contention that she could not have violated a law in this state while living in Ohio, Trial May End Saturday. From the earnestness with which the defense opposed the questions asked, it iz believed a great deal will depend upon the court's decision as to the oung, unmarried jurors. The jury se- %acled contains six farmers and four that convicted Boyle. 8trong Case Against James. That Boyle's trial came to such an abrupt ending, immediately after the state had rested, was due to the fact that so strong a case had been made against him. From the night before the abduction, when he was seen in Sharon, till the time of his arrest in Cleveland, almost every movement he made was testified to by one or more witnesses. A man who hired him a horse and buggy, another who saw Boyle driving with Billy in the buggy, the barber who saw the two together, and shaved Boyle'’s mustache off, train nd electric railway conductors who w the couple on the way to Cleve- land and identifjed them in court, all told stories whic¢h fitted In perfectly with’ that of Billy Whitla, and left no doubt as to the part Boyle took in the case, “That is the Man.” “Billy” Whitla pointed his finger at the defendant, as he sat in the pris- oner's box, and said, with a positive- ness that could not be doubted: “That is the man.” He had been asked if he could point out the man who took him away from Sharon t March, and his answer was given without the slightest |ed that the arbitration of of the jurors are members of the jury NORWICH, Cabled Paragraphs Peking, May 6.—Brig.-Gen, Tasker H. Bliss, U. S: A., unti] recently com- mander of the division of the Philip- pines, has passed through Feking on bis way to Port Arthur. Santigao, Chili, May 6.—John Hicks, the retiring American minister to Chili, will leawe here on May 11 for England. He will be accompanied by the members of his family, Berlin, May 6.—The report emanat- ing from Constantinople that letters from Emperor William had been found among the seized correspondence of Abdul Hamid at the imperial palace of Yildiz was denied in officia] quar- ters today. E The Hague, May 6.—Arrangements are being conducted here for the hear. ing of the Anglo-American fisheries questions by the court of arbitration toward the end of 1909. It is expect- the question in dispute between the United. States and Venezuela will be taken up early in 1910. Messina, Sicily, May 6.—Lieut.-Com- mander R. R. Belknap, the American naval attache at Rome, has turned over to the prefect of Messina a total of 400 American wooden houses, to be used in caring for .the sufferers from the earthquake of last December. He expects that 2,300 houses will be com, pleted by June 7. Wood for 700 houses additfonal already has been sent out to small villages in the vicinity of Messina. SPRIT OF RIVALRY RENEWED Over Offer of New Continental Hall for Use of Smithsonian Institute. Washington, May 6.—The tender by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, president gen- eral of the Daughters of the American Revolution,_of a portion of the new Continental hall for the use of the Smithsonian Institute, may develop & conflict between the administration and insurgent factious in the soeiety when the national board of the so- ciety meets in June. The national board is strongly anti-administration, and at Its forthcoming meeting it is understood that Mrs. Scott's right to tender the use of the hall to the in- stitution, without the sanction of the board, will serve to renew the wpirit of rivalry for contrel among the two Postal Strike GAUNTLET OF BATTLE THROW_N DOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT. LEADERS HAND IN CLOVE With the Moving Spirits of the Feder- ation of Labor—Revolutionary Or- ganization to Destroy Capi Paris, May 6.—The famous P. T. T., that is the Posts, Telegraps ahd Tele- phone Employes’ association, threw down the gauntlet of battle today to the government by transforming itself into a syndicate, or union, under the law of 1884, thus placing the associa- tion on the same footing with work- men’s unions, with the right to strike against the state employer, as the workmen have the privilege of. doing against private employers. . Open Revolt. This¢ deflance, which is nothing short of open revolt, came as a sudden and sensational sequel of Premier Clemen- ceau’s failure today to receive a depu- tation of postal employes wko ealled to present demands for the red2mption of promises which they claim the gov- ernment had made when the recent strike was declared off. Serious Aspect. ‘The most serious aspect of the sit- { vation is the fact that the leaders in this new movement are undoubtedly hand in glove with the movin~ spirits of the general federation of labor, which is now universally recognized as a revolutionary organization and which has for a long time been preparing for a general strike to destroy ‘“capital- ism” The suppression of this organ- ization has freqently been contemplat- ed by the French government. Many Postal Employes Break Away. Fortunately a considerable propor- tion of the postal employes have had their eyes opened to the revolutionary venture on which the militants pro- pose to embark and have broken away. PLANNING TO INVADE SALVADOR ‘BY WAY OF HONDURAS. 3 DESPITE AMERICAN WARSHIPS Situation Appears Y0 Get More Com- plicated Each Day—Sto Told by Passengers Landing at Panama, Panama, May 6-The situation in Central America appears to be get- ting more complicated every day, judg- ing from the news that comes slowly into Panama. The recital of events by telegraph is practically impossible because of the censorship maintained by the various governments, Efforts to Invade Salvador. Passengers that have recently land- ed at Panama say that Nicaragua, in spite of the vigilance of the Ameri- can warships in Nicaraguan waters, is still emdeavoring to invade Salv: dor by way of Honduras. Further- more, General Zelaya, president of the republic, has numerous troops on the Chinandega coast and the frontiers of Costa Rica and Honduras. Rifles, /Artillery and Ammunition. It is rumored, also, that Maximo Ferdinandez, the unsuccessful candi- date in the last presidentia] election in Costa Rica, has obtained valueable help from Nicaragua, for his revolu- tionary campaign, in the shape of 2,000 rifles and four pleces of artiljery, to- gether with ample ammunition, which are now safely in the department of Liberia, Costa Rica, and are to be used in the coup d'etat premeditated by the enemies.of Cleto 'Gonzales Viquez, president of Costa Rica. MR, TINGIER MOVED THAT EGGS BE LAID ON THE TABLE. Members of Connecticut Ho Fun With the Egg Bill. Have [Nicaragua Sill | o Threatens Paris|Looks for Trouble -Rn’ Fire Escap Broke in Test PARTED NEAR TOP AFTER BEING / SED SEVERAL TIMES. . The French Court Granted a Divorce to the Pflnc.n' de Broglie. Shah of Persia Has Granted a new consfitution to his people. The Russian Cabinet, with the ex- ception of one minister, resigned. Wilbur and Orville Wright sailed from Southampton for New York. . Camille Flammarion approves the plan of Professor Todd to communi- cate with Mar Pope I-‘uod an Encyclical urg- ing the clergy to fight against modern- istic tendencles. - President Taft Gave a Sitting (o Miss Lols Swann, who ls paintin- a life- sizé portrait for the Yale societies. Vice Governor Cameron Forbes will probably be appointed governor of the Philippines to succeed General Smith. President Tnh‘—a:d‘lpnhr Cannon were each paid a visit by a delegation of Wl:men protectionists from Pennsyl- vania. . Tariff Revision in All Probability will keep President Taft and the members of congress in Washington until near midsummer. STUDENT FELL FOUR STORIES ' Landing on a Companion Who Stoed Below—Two Boys Injured at Connec- ticut Literary Institute, Suffield. Suffield, Conn., May 6.—The break- ing of a rope fire escape at the Con- necticut Literary institute here tod caused William Ow to fall four stories, landing on Harry Slosson of Ansonia, a fellow student. Slosson and severa] other students had made the descent in safety, but the rope parted near the top when Owens started to come down. Picked Up Unconscious. When picked up both boys were un- conscious and the school physiclan was unable tonight to determine the extent of their injuries. PROMINENT BOSTON LAWYERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY Charged With Obtaining Unclaimed Deposits From Savings Bank. Boston, May Two prominent lo. cal lawyers, Charles Hall Adams and Willlam W, Risk, the former a con- sul for three countries and Massachu - settg commissioner for all the states in the union, pleaded not gulity today to irdletments charging them with ob- taining $12,000 of unclaimed deposits from the Suffolk Savings bank by con- sphracy. The two lawyers have been acting as public administrators and as spe- cial administrators for persons living out of the state and interested in property in procesg of settlement in Massachusetts. The indictments charge them with conspiring in the substi- Wilbur E. Wakeman, secretary and treasurer of the American Protecti®™ Tariff league, called by appointment on the president. Dr. Jose De Jesus Paul, Venezuela's European envoy, has returned to Paris to arrange a protocol between France and Venezuela. Representative Camobell of Kansas called on President Taft and toid him of the splendid progress that is being made on the canal. ive Thousand Dollars Was Sent by the Red Cross society to American Ambassador Leishman to be used for rellef work in Turkey. Commander J. H. Oliver was ordered detached from duty as chief of staff of the Pacific fleet and ordered pas com- mand the urului Albany. The Gold Medals Voted to Wilbur and Orville Wright are to be presented by President Taft in the east room of | is. | hesitation. i o . 3 | e the White House on June 10, tution of mythical heirs to the estate Ay o e e I ha| When the stite rested counsel for|factions. == . ke ihat abe pite] e Jate lovy). dervants SnoBgh o) - Hrtfod, 'Gonn.s Magii8.—Cunalder- of Hilis Gray n order to obtaln the e L e e e & and bitter | the defense held a conference and an- | MTs, Scoit said tonight that she act- | form a working nucleus to fight & Zen- | gple ymusement was created in the| General Garcia Velez, Cuban minis- | Sroney from the serimgs bors Oeo but the beginning of long an m,"',noinu-eu hat they $rould offer no evi: ;\ }vut_v ull authority. Mrs. M. B. Tul- | eral strike which tonight is considered| houge today when at the conclusion | ter, said in a letter to Representative | gieq in 1838, and in 1602 the Suffoll z;znl“;rr;.::'g’xe,"?:;l‘ia‘l-n:trfiicct:;;‘:t | dence. The cd t at once summed up | 10¢B, vice president general in charge | a matter of hours. of the public utilities discussion calen- | Helm that the Cuban people do not|Suvings bank published @ list of un- the wi E 2 - : o sina BT ed before Saturday afternoon at the earliest, \ Selection of Mrs. Boyle’s Jury. Mrs. Boyle took a prominent part in the selection of her jury today, prompting her attorneys in numerous cages and evidencing & preference for {life genter ve the case to the t was agreed upon in | the evidence, & | jury and a verd v few minutes. Sentence Not Yet Pronounced. The penalty is from one year to a e in pe entiary. Sentence has not been pronounced yet. LAKE ERIE ANTICS, OLD MARINES PUZZLED,’ ng and Falling—Ex- | to Explain. May Water Keeps Ri perts F. Buffalo, N. Y, 6.—Ilake Erie has been exhibiting) a weird behavior | gince midnight and has risen and fall- en several times in a manner that old mariners say has never been duplicat- | J ed witnin their memory. Between 2 and 3 o'clock this morn- ing the lookouts at the life saving station noticed that the water was ris- | had | risen from four to five feet, according | jug rapidly. At 4 o'clock it to their estimates. Between 4 and 4.30 this morning the water began go- ing out of the harbor so rapidly that the boats in the Blackwell canal and along the river tugged at their moor- irngs and were banged hard against their docl The steamer Jce Queen pulled up the piles to which she was moored and was carried down with the rush- ing water to the outer harbor, where whe was caught by the police boat be- fore She had sustained any damage. Marine men are at a loss to accotnt for the phenomenon, but refer to it as a tidal wave, Professor Cuthbertson reported that the wind was blowing only 30 miles an hour at five o'clock serious TRIAL OF CAPTAIN HAINS, DEFENSE RESTS ITS CASE. | Chief Counsel for Defendant’ Creates Stir in Court. | Skt 23 Flushing, N. Y., May 6.—The defense had rested its case and the pro: along examining wit- rebuttal Wwhen rt ad- 1 the Hains trial. The ses were pr army officers who were stationed at Forts Hamilton and Hancock during June, July and August, 1908, and met and talked with Captain Hains at that time. Their testimony tended to con- trovert that of the army witnesses for the defensé in that they all said Cap- tain Hains spoke and acted rationally a_short time before the shooting, Aug. 15 last, when the defense contends he was suffering from “maniac depressive insanity. John F. Mclntyre, chief counse] for the defense, caused & stir in court by questioning the army officers as to what military authorization they “had for appearing as witnesses against Captain Hains, He broursht out that Capt, Henry W. Torney of Fort Han- cock had an order signed by Colonel Heistand, adjutant general of the de- partment of the east, directing him to appear at the trial. Mr. McIntyre en- deavored to show that other officers received the same orders frgm Colonel rebuttal this morning and in a direction op- | Heistand and asked Captain Torney posite to what would have caused the rise in the water Mr. Cuthbertson wae unable to account for the phe- 1omenon. JAIL FOR EVELYN THAW UNLESS SHE PAYS FINE Of $250 for Contempt of Court Within Five Days. New York, May 6.—Evelyn Toaw will have to go to the Ludlow street jail unless she pays within five days a penalty of $260 hmposed several days ago by Justice McAvoy for con- | tempt of court. The fine resulted from her fallure to appear in supple- mentary proceedings on a judgment o $250 secured against her by Eliza Hartwig, a milliner. The ruling of Justice McAvoy was appealed, but the justices of the ap- pellate division today refused a stay of the proceedings in the city court to enforce the payment of the penalty, New York, May 6.—An order dir ing the sheriff 1o arrest Evelyn Nes- bit Thaw for contempt of court for falling to pay a fiue of $250 imposed lost week, was signed in the city court Jate today after the announcement that the appellate division had re- fused to stay the proceedings. The order will be endorsed as soon as the sheriff's office opens tomerrow and an officer will be sent to escort Mrs. Thaw to the Ludlow street jail. The order directs that she shall be kept in close confinement until the settiement of her account, The fine was imposed wpon Mrs. Thaw for her failure to-appear in sup- plementary proceedings on a judgment of $253 obtuined against her by Elise Hartwig. a milliner. Mrs. Thaw's lawyer notized the at- torneys for Elise Hartwig tonight that it would not be necessary to arrest his client as the judgment held by the mil- liner would be paid in full early to- morrow morning. DOUBLE TRAGEDY In Woods Near Lower Mystic Lak: Arlington, Mass. Boston, May 6.—A double tragedy gccurred In Arlington and West Med- ford tonight. While the principals were walking through a patch of woods Nesbit | hearing, if he gid not know that ill feeling ex- isted between the cologel and the Hains family. Captain Torney was not per- mitted to answer, but it was evident that the defendant’s counsel wished to show that there was an antagonism against Captain Hains in certain army circles. THREE MALE DEPUTY FACTORY INSPECTORS. Hearing Before Committee on Labor of the Courtney Bill. Hartford, ay 6.—When the bill Introduced by Senator Courtney. and groviding for the appointment of three male deputy factory inspectors, was taken up by the legislative com- mittee on labor this ufternoon for a some opposition developed. The bill provides for an annual salary of $2,000. Factory Inspector McLean laid before the committee a substitute measure which would provide: for the appointment of three male deputy fac— tory inspectors to assist the woman factory inspector, and recommended that the salary be fixed at $2,000 an- nually, instead of the per diem, as at present. This apparently was regard- ed more favorably, although there was coasiderable discussion as to the sal- ary proposed. The point was ralsed as to whether the duties of the factory inspector were any more arduous than those of the board of education school inspectors, who received $5 per diem pay. Opision on this point divid- ed. DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC At Taft’s Preparatory School, Water- town—The Institution Closed. Watertown, Conn., May 8.~Owing to an epidemic of diphtheria at preparatory school, in this place, it has_been decided to close the school for ‘two weeks, beginning tomorrow. Several cases of this disease have de- veloped In the past few weeks, and the health officer, Dr. J. S. Martin, has de- cided that the best way to stop its spreading will be to let the students all go home, which they will do to- | One of the latest victims is niorrow. Kenneth Monteagle of San Francisco, and several others have shown symp- toms of the disease. near the lower Mystic lzkes, Arlington, | Home of the Widow of President Gar- Thomas Lynch attacked Mrs. Emma Gleason and cut her throat knife. Lynch then walked to the ‘home of Andrew Pickett, an acquaint- . wed a shotgun and went to lot in 'West Medford, where h ¥ off the top of his head. fed instantly. is the wife of Thomas Gleason of Ar- lington and is 34 ‘was 33 years old an lice say he had been drinking heavi- wu-nd that the crime was undoubted- 1y due to an unsettled mind. Bteamship Arrivals. At Naples, May 32: trom m‘i";-n. with a field Endangered by Fire. Mentor, O., May 6.—The homes of Mrs., Lucretia Garfleld, widow of the late president, and her son, James R. Garfleld, were endangered by fire late He | tcday which destroyed two barns own- Mrs. Gleason is still | ®d by W. P. Murray. alive, but her condition is critical. She | n¢Xt to the Garfleld homes. The barns were There be- no fire fighting apparatus at hand s old. Lynch|a shift of the wind saved the Gar- was marrled. The | field places. Castro Starts for Santander. Ban Sebastian, Spain, May 6.—Cipri- r~o Castor, the deposed president of ‘Venezuela, left -here today for San- tander, wherel he will meet his wife, San Glovanai, :‘ho is returning from the West In- es. cipally | | dustrial Taft’s | of the organization, and a recognized leader of the insurgents, said tonight that she had not heard officially of any protests against Mrs. Scott’s action, but asserted that she had taken as ad- vanced step in so.important a matter without the authority of the congress. President Taft has not replied to Mrs Bcott’s letter tendering the hall. JAPANESE ADMIRAL COMING. Uriu Will Be Guest as a Dinner Here —Annapolis Graduate. A dinner in hon- Admiral Baron Sotokich! a graduate of the Unit- New York, May 6 or of Vice . Varrar, '81, Read Ad- miral C. 8. Sperry of the United States navy and Mrs. Sperry, will be the Hotel Astor on Tuesday evenids, June 1, under the auspices of the Ja- pan soclety of New York. The Japanese traveleds will arrive at San Francisco on Ma As the guests of Colonel Robert M. Thompson they will proceed across the contineng in_a private car. Vice Admiral Uiru is regarded as one of the great strategists of the mika- do's navvy. He has ben called the Ma- han of Japan, and in the time of the war with Russia he was at the head of the naval tactical bureau at head- quarters. EPIDEMIC OF ENGAGEMENTS. Ten Announced in One Week Among Co-eds of University of California. Berkeley, Cal., May 6.—Owing to the announcement in the past week of ten engagements among the sudents of the University of California, the faculty has decided to add a course in house- hold economics to the curriculum of the coming summer session. Several years ago there was an epi- “demic of engagements and secret mar- rlages among #e students and Presi- dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler made a speclal address to the “co-eds,” ad- vising them against marriage until the men students had become wage earn- ers. This put an end to secret mar- riages. but not to engagements. The announcements have revived the ques- tion of co-educaiion. CHICAGO’'S COMING EXPOSITION. Industrial One to Be Held in August to Show What City Can Do. Chicago, May 6.—An Industrial ex- position will be held in Chicago, 1909, ording to the committee on ways and means of the Chicago Asseclation o7 Commerce. = “This exposition,” =ald the chair- man, J. H. Mann, “should attract the attention of the world to Chicago's in- commercial and financia] condition and opportunities. We pur- pose showing the world just what Chicago has, can get and will do in stimulating and ivereasing trade, To this position will come representa. tives from foreign coutries and from every section of our own country. t will be the biggest thing of the kind ever attempted in Chicago.” SEVEN KILLED IN RANCH RIOT. Harold Sanborn in Mexican Prison on Charge of Murdering Girl, El Paso, Tex., May 6.—Additiona]l reports received here of the recent riot on the Sanborn ranch, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, say that seven persons were killed in the riot, and that Har- old Sanborn of Chicago, son of the president of the La Junta plantation, was dangerously wounded. Young aSnborn still in jail, charg- ed with killing a nieteen year old girl, who, it is alleged, stabbed San- tn’s ranc hpartner, Vicente Espinas, ir. the back. The girl was killed in the genera] fight that followed RELIEVED BY BRITISH WARSHIP. Massacre of Armenians at Suadia Stopped When the Triumph Arrived. Berirut, Asfatic Turkey, May 6.—The sitaation at Suadia, where a number of Armenians have her,massacred, has been relieved through the presence and exertions of the captain of the British battleship Triumph end the British consul at Alexandretta. who went down the coast on board the Triumph. The two officlals visited Caladoran and Kessab, and found these towns fn- describable charnel houses. There are more than 1,000 helpless and desiifute women in a village on the seacoast near Kessab, ‘Twas the age of the wireless tele- phone. “Gimme Z-—double L—79,064, Kazoo, quick!" said the patient sub- scriber. And as he listened this came rieht back at him from the exchange: “Airsbusy!"—Detroit Free Press 1 academy In 1881, and | curbing, NEW YORK POLICEMAN HURLED A BOMB Intended to Throw It Into North River But It Struck Pier. New York, May 6.—The explosion of a bomb, hurled into West street by a policeman ignorant of its character, causued painful injuries tonight to three men, one of them the policeman himself, and threw the nelghborhood, recently in a ferment over the teams- ters’ strike, into a state of wild ex- citement. The bomb was found in the stable of W. H. Rankin, one of the truckmen involved in the recent strike. and was removed from the building by Patrick McMahon, a patrolman. who started for the water front, with the idea of throwing it into the river, The throw fell short, however, and the bomb, landing on the edge of the bulkhead exploded with tremendous force, scattering fragments of scrap iron in every direction. McMahon and two stewards of the steamer Celti who were standing nearby, were struck by the flying missiles. A sur- geon from St Vincent's- hospital dressed the wounds of the three men who were found to have suffered only lacerations and cuts. SET FIRE TO SHOE STORE TO GET THE INSURANCE David Hirschman and Brother Arrest- ed at Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J.,, May 6.—Acting on the confession of David Hirschman, aged 20 years, whe told the police au- thorities that he set fire to the shoe store of his brother, Benjamin #firschman, on Atlantic avenue, several weeks ago, to allow the latter to col- lect $7,000 insurapce on the stock, Magistrate Grove leld the two for the grand jury. Young Hirrschman confessed . that he received $50 from his brother for setting fire to the place while the lat- ter was away. The elder Hirschman was in Troy, N. Y., when the fire occurred, and de- clares he is innocent of anv connec- tlon with the crime. Young Hirschman told the police he placed a short candle in gasoline, al- lcwing it to burn down unti) it set fire to the oil. The fire was extinguisheq after hard work by firemen, who were forced to rescue a score of panic- stricken women and children living in a tenement house above the store. OBITUARY. Hammond Lamont. New York, May 6. —Hammond La- mont, the edjtor of The Nation. died tonight at Roosevelt hospital alter an operation which proved more serious than was expected. He was 45 years of age. . Lamont was born in Monticello, . Y, and was graduated from Har- vard In 1886. After several years spent in journalism in_ Albany and Seattle, he was appointed instructor in English in Harvard university in 1892, a few years later becoming head of the department of English composition in Brown university. After a successful term at_Brown, in 1901 he was called to New York as the managing editor of the New York Evening Post. Upon the retirement in 1906 of Wendell Phii- lips Garrison, Mr. Lamont succeeded him as editor of The Nation and be- came one of 'the leading editorial writ- ers of the Evening Post. Mr. Lamont is survived by a widow and a son and daughter and by a brother, Thomas W. Lamont of this city, and a sister, Mrs. J. P. Gavit, of Albany. Judge Henrx L. Palmer. Milwankee, W May ' 7.—Judge Henry L. Palmer, 89 years old, died shortly after midnight this morning. His death was due chiefly to age. Judge Palmer was for thirtylfive years presi- dent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company. He was one of the highest members of the Masonic fraternity iis the werld, and until a short time acc was sovereign grand commander of the Supreme council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the northwestern jurisdic- tion of the United States. uerd by Bertillon Bureau. New York, May 6.—William Tracey. a young Brooklyn man, has brought suit for $125,000 against Police Com- missioner Bingham and the police offi- clals in charge of the Bertillon bureau, because he was measured and photo- graphed following his arrest for a minor offense some time ago. He pro- tested his innocence and was promptly acquitted by a jury, but he says that tht shock of his unpleasant experi- ence in the Bertillon bureau has per- I 1 } dar maiters were taken up. The house | chairman of the committee on agricul- ture made a speech in favor of the bill which requires the labeling of all eggs placed on sale, that is, whether fresh or cold storage, etc. At the conclusion of this speech Mr. Quintard of Nor- walk presented an amendment which read as follows: “All hens shall, after the passage of this act, date all eggs laid by them so that there shall be no question as to the date. “The author of this bill shall pro- vide all hens with automobiles and au- tomatic dating machines, etc.. etc., in order to comply with the provision of this act.” Mr. Quintard then went iuto a dis- ssion of the bill prover -and Repre- sentative Tingier then moved to lay the eggs on the table. was voted down with a vigorous chorus of noes. Representative Ogden arose to suggest that a simple selution might be. to feed the hens with dates. In the midst of the laughter created by thi sally, Representative Burnes moved to adjourn, and the house so voted. SHAW BOY RETURNED TO CUSTODY OF FATHER. Result of Compromise Effected Be- $ween Lad’s Parents. Santa Barbara, Cal Sha the lad brought here by his mother when she came to California in company with her family chauffeur, Keno Marble, was ordered returned to the custody of his father, James F. Shaw, of Boston, state senator, by Su- perior Court Judge Crow today. The boy will go back to Boston under the guardianship of his grandfather, H. F, Eldridge, who arrived here last night from New York. This oulcome is the result of a com- promise which the attorney represent- ing the father and mother admit was effected. Mr. Eldridge testified in court today. The story he told caused Judge Crow to hesitate before ordering the boy back to Boston. “In case the father is not able to properly care for the boy, are you able 0 807" asked the court. “That 1 am,” replied Mr. Eldridge, and he add that he loved the boy and would make certain he was proper- ly cared for. Mrs. Shaw appeared her father. May 6.—Eldridge in court with HIGH TENSION WIRES CROSSED. Kalamazoo Power Plant Damaged $500,000—Users of Electricity Crip- pled. Kalamazoo. Mich. May 6.—By the crossing of two high tension wires the local plant of the Commonwealth Power company was damaged $500,000 and all thé institutions dependent upon that system for power are tied up In- definitely. Tt is estimated that fully 7,500 hands are out of work, while lo- street cars and newspapers were crippled. The financial loss to the entire community from the small fire is estimated at $200,000. FELL WITH AEROPLANE. jured—Pupil of Wilbur Wright. Rome. May 6.—Lieutenant Calderara of the Italian navy was injured here today while flying in a Wright ma- chine, As he was making a sharp turn the machine fell to the ground and the aviator was picked up un- conscious. It is estimated that he fell a distance of about forty-five feet, His right cheek and his right eye were irjured, and he sustained a dislocated shoulder. He also suffered internal injuries. He is expected to recover. The lleutenant, who is a pupil of Wilbur Wright, was revived and mov- ed to a military hospital, where he ig being cared for. The machine was very badly damaged. Only the ex- tremities of the two propellers and the two rudders are intact. Attached to {a piece of the wreckage there was seen after the accident an Christopher, now the tector of automobilists. Under the image was an inscription, asking the saint ‘to protect this aeroplane. image of St so-calleq pro- Waynesburg Bank Scandal Will Prob- ably Reopened. Pittsburg, May 6.—The federal grand jury today indicted Barney Grossman of Waynesburg,charging him with aid- ing and abétting former Cashier J. B. Rhinebart in the misapplication -~of $75,000 of the funds of the Farmers and Drovers’ National bank of ‘Waynesburg. This indictment means that the whole Waynesburg Bank scan- day will be reopened in all probability; that Rinehart, now serving a“ fifteen year term in the penitentiary for wrecking the bank, will be taken into court as a witness, and :m.:‘ a series manently affected his nervous system. ' of prosecutions may be start ‘This motion | desire annexation to any country. Senator Scott of West Virginia in- troduced an amendment to the tarift bill providing for a duty of 50 cents a barrel on crude or refined petroleum. Advices from Salvador are that a de- cree has been issued taxl imported beer three cents per pint when bottled in addition to the regul{ ustoms duty. Count Von Bernstorff, German awm- bassador, at the national peace con- gress asserted that the arbitration of questions that do not compromise na- tional honor is acceptable to Germany Certified Check for $30,000, it was sail at Albany, had been sent to the state lunacy commission by Mrs, Clar- ence Mackay and others to repay the state for its option on Greenvale hos- pital site property. MOVE TO IMPEACH MISSOURI FEDERAL JUDGES Formal Ch to Be Brought by Representative Murphy in House. Washington, May 6—Formal charges of impeachment against Federa] Judges Phillips and McPherson of the western district of Missourj are to be filed by Representative Murphy of that state, who made announcement of that fact immediately after the house ad- journed today Incensed by a telegram to Attorney General Wickersham, by Frank Ha. german, attorney for 18 railroads, in which Mr. Hagerman characterized Mr. Murphy's resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of the two judges as “an outrageous tisdue of misrepresen- tations,” Mr: Murphy held the atten- tion of the house today with a repeti- tidn of the charges which he made in his original resolution. His colleague, Mr. Rucker, corroborateq all that he said in denunciation of the action of the two judges in connection with the Missour! two-cent passenger rate law and the maximum freight law. Inci- dentally Mr. Rucker remarked that Judge Phillips ought to have been im- peached twenty years ago The house adjourned until Monday. LADIES OF THE G. A. R. DEPARTMENT OF CONNECTICUT. Eighth Annual Convention at Bridge- port—Officers Elected., Bridgeport, Conn., May 6.—The eighth annual convention of the department of Connecticut, Ladies of the G. A. R., was held here today, with about sixty delegates present. The reports showed the order to be in an excellent cond tion. Officers were elected as follow. President, Mrs. Fannie M. Matthews. New London; senior vice president, Mrs. Charles Curtis, Bridgeport; junior vice president, Mrs. Mary M. Pl New Haven; secretary, Mrs. Bilson, New Haven; treasurer, Mrs. Josephine Downs, Bridgeport: chaplain, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Bridgeport; delegate at Jarge to Salt Lake convention, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Sears, Bridgeport; alter- nate, Mrs. M. E. Fritts, Bridgepo delegates, Mrs. Abbie Connors and Mrs. Marv E. Donovan, Bridgeport, and Mrs, Babbitt, New London; alternates, Mrs. Prindle and Mrs. Brannigan, New Ha- ven, and Mrs. Lemmon, New London. WRESTLER JOHN PROKOS Will Spend Next Twelve Months in New Hampshire Prison. Manchester, N. H., Prokos, well known throughout the east as a wrestler, will have ample opportunity during the next twelve months to match his agility and strength against the various conflict- ing elements of the state prison at Concord. Today he was sentenced for that term by Judge R. N. Chamberlain in the superior court here on the charge of embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretences. Prokos had been indicted for taking $40 from Grigor Markos, for whom he claimed to be acting as interpreter, under fhe pretence that he was securing a law- yer to look after the latter's interests. German Ambassador Cordially Wel- comed. Miiwaukee, May 6.—Count Johann Heinrich Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States, re- ceived a most cordial welcome by the German-Americans of Milwaukee upon his arrival in this city today as the guest of the Citizens' Business league. el o s s e Sherman-Millar Engagement An- nounced. Utica, N. Y., May'6.—At a dinner given by Miss Millar tonight the en- gagement of Miss Eleanor Millar to Richard U, Sherman, son President S| May 6.—Joh clalmed deposits, several depositors who could not be among them being located, but who appeared as heirs of the Gray estate. PETITION IN QUO WARRANTO To Require Secretary Knox to Show Why He Should Not Be Relieved from Office. Washington, May 6.—To require Secretary of State Knox to show cause why he should not be relieved from office on constitutional grounds is the object of a petition in quo warranto recelved here today by Clerk John R. Young of the District of Columbla supreme court from A. W. Caldwell, a Columbus, Ind., attorney, The petition, which is designed to raise anew the former controversy as to Mr. Knox's eligibtiity to & cabinpt office, sets forth the action of congress in reference to the removal of the con. stitutional bar raised against Mr. Knox when he was nominated. The issue first rose over Mr. Knox as secretary when it was voted to Increase the sal ary of cabinet officers. The petition as not in proper form and Clerk Young returned the papers to the In- diang attorney, calling attention to the code governing here as to quo war- ranto proceedings. . IOWA SENATOR GIVES WARNING. | Declares that the People Want Down- ward Revision of Tariff. Washington, May 6—But small prog- ress was made In the consideration oof the tariff bill by the senate today, the lead schedule being under dis- cussion, Senator Bristow vigorously opposed increases in the rates im the schedules over the duties provided in the house bill, on the ground that such increases would unnecessarily Increase the cost of paint, which the farmers use extensively, During the discus- sion, Senators Beveridge and Gallin- ger engaged in a sharp colloquy, dur- ing which Mr. Gallinger ace d the Indiana - senator of ‘“advertising his wares." Earller In the day addressed the senate in favor of low. er duties, especlally in the Iron and steel schedul He declared that the people would take matters in their own hands If the law did not check monopolies, and said that in that event convenient lamp posts could be found. At 5 o'clock the senate adjolrned according to an agreement to discon tinue work on the bill dally at that hour for one week. FIREBI;IG SURRENDERED. and Troubled Conscience Led Senator Cummins Remor Charles Marshall to Police H quarters. Newburyport, Mass, May 6.—Re- morse and a troubled conscience, fol lowing his act of setting fire to the Second Congregational chgrch at West Newbury April 24, led arles Mar- shall, 24 years old, of that town, te surrender to the police here today. He said that he had set the fire “just to it burn.” The church, which was destroyed, was valued at $12,000. MARCHING ON TEHERAN. Russia Warns Revolutionists to Desist in Their Attempt. Teheran, May 6.—It Is rumored that the revolutionists are marching on Te- heran, and a squadron of Persian Cos- sacks has been sent to guard an im- portant Lridge at Kherraj, thirty miles west of Teheran. The Russian legation has despatch- ed an attache to meet the revolution- ists and warn them to desist in their attempt, otherwise Russia might be forced to take action. Seizure of Jap Sealing Sohooner by U. 8. Marshal Confirmed. ‘Washington, M. 6.—Advices from Sitka, Alaska, received here today, confirm the seizure by a United States marshal of the Japanese sealing schooner Kalsen Maru with a crew of thirty men for unlawfully killing fur eals. The crew will be tried before a United States federal court and if found guilty their vessel probably will be confiscated. Weston Still Ahead of His Schedule. Kansas City, Mo., May 6.—BEdward Payson Weston, the pedestrian, still is ahead of his schedule. He arrived In Kansas City at 4.45 this afterngon on his way to the Pacific coast. He has now completed 1,302 miles of his trip Deaths from Heat in Pitsburg. Pittsburg, May 6. today was the highest experienced in Pitsburg in May since 1902. Two mo':t':d due te the heat Jeaths were and one prostrat