Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 12, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 112. CAPT. PETER Little Consideration Given to the Expert Tes! ‘ imony, Declared Juror Craft. MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE W'l v Slayer of William E. Annis One to Twenty Years—Sentence to be Pronounced | Monday—Counsel will Faces Prison Term of from Move for New Trial—Con- viction Came as General Suprise. ushing, N. Y., May 11.—Capt. Pe- r O Bina 3%, U A tonignt faces a prison term of from one to twenty years. He was convicted late tcday of manslaughter in the first de- gree_for killing William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last August. Claim That Jury Was Not Properly Guarded. Quickly following the army officer's ccnviction his counsel announced they would produce affidavits to show that the jury had not been properly guard- ed during the trial, and upon this al- Jegation will urge that a new trial be granted. Monday Set for Passing of Sentence. These afidavits will be submitted on Monday, the time set for passing of sentence, There will, of course, be the usual motions to set aside the ver- uict as against the welght of evidence and contrary to law, but the unguard- ed jury feature is the only departire from the stercotyped procedure look- ing to a new trial. Ground for Setting Aside the Verdict, Daniel Reilly, of counsel for the de- fense, said: : “There was no evidence in this case to warrant a verdict of manslaughter. 1t should either have been murder in the first degree or acquittal on the ground of insanity. The jurors were permitted to roam about the county in an tomodbile and go right to the verge of the homicide, which is clearly against the law, ‘We will have affida- vits to prove that such is the case, and also that the jurors were permit- ted to leave the 'jurisdiction of the county and have beén on government property at Fort Totten, all of which will be urged as a ground fgr setting aside the verdict” Jury Out Less Than Three Hours. The conviction of Hains came as a general surprise, The jury was out #s than three hours. It had been expected that the jurors would deliber- ate much longer and that a verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity, or_a disagreement, would result. No one was more surprised than District Attorney Dewitt, who had said &ll he could hope for was a dis- agreement. No Demonstration in Court. Unlike the scenes attending the tri’p_\l of Thornton Halns, the defendant’s brother, who was acquitted of com- plicitly in the same crime, there was no demonstration when the verdict ‘was rendered. Prisoner’s Face White as Chalk. Captain Hains stood up and faced the jury, with his shoulders thrown back in military fashion, while Fore- man Sundling recited the verdict. As he heard the decision Hains' face was as white as chalk. He stood motion- less for a few moments, staring at the ury, then one of his lawyers touched im and he sat 'down, A few moments later, apparently Jittie affected by the verdict, Hains walked from the court room with a steady- stride and was taken back to the Queens county jail. Grief of Father and Brother. In striking contrast to the demeanor of the prisoner was the grief of the aged father, Gen. Peter C. Hains, and his brother, Maj. John Power Hains. For a moment they sat as if dazed, and then both broke down and wept. The captain’s_aged mother had returned to New York early in the afternoon. General Hains, however, quickly com- municated the verdict to her over the telephone. Jury Took Four Ballots. After the jury had been discharged Juror William Craft said four ballots were taken. On the first three, six jurors voted for murder in the first de- gree and six for acquittal on the ground of insamity. On the fourth degree the compromise of manslaugh- ter in the first degree was reached. Little consideration wgs given to the expert testimony, - Juror Craft said. The jurymen believEd, he continued, that Mrs, Claudia Hains, the defend- ant’s wife, had made confession to her husband of her improper relations with Annis, and that Annis deserved his fate, but none of them would consid- er the unwritten law and therefore the manslaughter verdict resulted. Mrs. Annis was not in court today. THE FIVE SIGNERS LIQUOR LICENSE BILL.| A FightAll Along the Line Freely Pre- dicted, Hartford, Conn., May 11.—A fight all along the line on excise matters was freely predicted today when Repre- sentative Peck of Stratford had tabled the bill commonly called “the five gigners” bill, which aims to change the law of last gession by which appli for liquor licenses are required have the signatures of flve real estato owners in their town on their appli- cations. It s understood that no ob- fection will be oftered to chaneiug the aw, but & strong fight is anticipated in the house over the bill, which was reported from the committee on excise and which bill has already passed the senate. The first point made against it was that the repert came in last Thursday and so the bill should not have been starred for action on the calendar today. It is said that the house clerks were not aware that it was starred until the calendar was distributed. The bill reported is said to have been similar to one drawn up by an attorney for the brewing inter- ests of the state, is sald not 10 be the 1ill given hearings hefore the commit- tee. It is charged that the -present “five signers” law has developed much trouble in small towns, and, as refer- red to in the house today, has given an op; inity for the collection 6f money ‘which has been somewhat of the nature of “gragt.” In some towns real estate men whose signature were wanted on liquor license applications have de- manded large sums of money. An umhm 10 the law is expected to pessed and the chenges sought for are those which will place the signa- tory power with ers who are 1ot necessarily real owners. The contest in th.; house over the bill is expected to on an amendment re- quiring that the signers of applica- tlons shall be taxpayers Uving M the immedfate vielnity of the proposed Ticensed sho-. ) 3 The r important excise matters en which the temperance men in the Bouse are preparis for a fight are those which would it the number of maloons on the basis of ulation and fln.rug:l of xuh- '.:fm o which re- ven ng of & lcense within two b-ufiném of & church or #choolhouse, /1t {3 understood that the exolse committes (s very close on its wote en the ‘meagure and should # report be made In favor of the repeal of the law in question a minority re- port will be itted. NEW HAVEN ROAD REPORT For Quarter Ending March 31, 1809 ~—New Earnings S8how Increass, Xew Haven, May 11.—The report of the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford railroad for the quarter ending March 31, 1909, shows gréss earn- ngs of $12,415,33143, an increase of $1,801,589.95 as' compared with the tbr{z‘nndinl quarter of 1908. The op era eXxpenses are $5.678,107.46, a decrease of 310 s The nnt e ngs from operation were $3,742,133.97, an ncreass of 170060610, Creused HsLAATE: T creased $454, . Interest and taxes smcreased $543,176.06. Surplus for. the quarter this year was 342133544 against a deflcit of 3$668,887.87 for the same quarter of 1908, an increase in net income of $711,071.31. New York Boy Killed by Automobile New York, May 1L.—Twelve year old Walter Purdy was rtn over today in front of his home by an automobile (rlm.;y Ilfl%zm! foolsey, : Wall atreet broker. The broker was held on & ‘technical charge of homicide. Sines April according to the police 2 O i killed in the streets o Mt by astorotli Arrivals. May 11: Vaderland, “May 11: Maureiania, , 11; Perugia, from OYSTER GROUND TAX FOR STATE REVENUE. Ex-Gov, Woodruff Before the Commit- tee on Shell Fisheries. Hartford, Conn., May 11.—Former Governor Woodraf today by invitation appeared before the committee on shell fisheries in advocacy of a change in the method of taxing oyster grounds for state revenue. He expressed views which were contained in his message to the present legislature as his last public act and in _public Interviews since that time. He said he favored abolishing the functions of assessor, which now rests with the clerk of tne shell fish commission, and of the power of the commission ltself to serve as a board of relief. He would have the board of equalization fix the actual value of the grounds for pur- poses of taxation and then have the tax laid by the state tax commission- er. The latter officer said that this would not be a difficult task. Mr. Woodruff pointed out that in Rhode Island the state leases grounds at $10 an acre, netting ahoout $80,000 revenue, while in this stato the small tax laid of about ten mills on four times the acreage brings in only about $15,000, which hardly pays the eost of main- taining the shell fish commission. He thought the problem was not a hard one to solve and it could be worked out so that the oyster grounds, which are splendid investments for the own. crs, might be made to pay a fair reve- nue to the state. He further said that oyster grounds ought to be taxed at their market value. The highest value now given is $40 an acre, whereas it is worth $1.800 an acre, according to an own. er, He advised the taxing of all at their actual value and suggested that the rate be lowered fro mone and a half to one cert. T LS EAST LYME POWER CO. Charter Amendments It Has Been Seekidg Get Through House, (Special to Hartford, May 11.—The East Lyme Power company got through the house today the charter amendments which it has been seeking, and over which e Bulletin.) some difficulty. These provide that the for cash or its equivalent, and shall not be issued at less than par, which is a more stringent provision than was @l such charters which come before it. The company vision which ever, and allows it to bond to three- quarters of the amount of capital stock ‘which has been paid in. Another change was made which relieves the concern of some em ssment, in thet it has been obMged to elect di- Lyme, and is now of going outside. O AR £ IO HOSPITAL APPROPRIATIONS. $6,000 for Day-Kimball in Putn: $6,000 for St. Joseph’s Willimanti (Speoial to The Bulletin.) Hartford, May 1l—Among the ap- propriations for hospitals included in the general bill making hospital ap- propriations to various institutians over the state which recelve state aid, which passed the 'hw;e this morning, #lven the privilege were one for the Day-Kimball hospital | one Which ought to recclve. oy in Putiam and one for St. Josaph's | 9onsideration. hospital n Willimantic. The former | = = gets $6,000 and the latter §5,000. Waterbury Man Diod in Barber’s Chair Waterbury, Conn.. May I11—Whils sitting in a barber chair here this sve. ning, waiting to be shaved, Ddward §. Stokes, age 31 years, expired from heart disease. He had worked all day i & local factory and went to the bar- Ter's before returning Lome for sup- per. At the tima that Stokes died, a five yoar old boy was plucing & towal " under kis chin. | A Subject Wh; it had been thought there might be | stock of the company shall be issued | test of Represen formerly contained in the charter, but | was insisted upon by the corimittee | to the measure under on incorporations, as s the case with | | which his committee spent many an | gets a bonding pro- | hour in the consideration and reported | is rather liberal, how- | Teotors all of whom resided in Fast | C. HAINS FOUND GUILTY Cobied Parugrapis || Bastia, Corsica, May 11.—The entire railroad system of Corsica is tied up today as the result of a strike on the part of the employes. - Constantinople, May 11.—A medi- cal commission, with a large quantity of medical supplies for the relief of the suffering, left here today for Adana, Peking, May 11.—An armed China- mwan was taked into custody here to- day, ciarged with the intention of as- sassinating Grand Councillor Chang- Chi-Fung. Paris, May 11.—The Prix Taillion was run at St. Ouen today and won by J. E. Widener's kast River. His Homesell finished fourth in the Prix Marborough. Tokio, May 11—Fifteen hundred stu- dents of the commercial high school held a last mass meeting today at which resolutions were passed declar- ing that they would mo longer attend the school. ~After the mass meeting the students formed 4 line in front of the building, sang the school song, bade farewell, removed their school insignia, and then dispegsed. BODY OF MURDERED WOMAN FOUND IN A GRAVEYARD. Indications That She Had Been As- saulted and Strangled — Providence Mystery. 5 Providence, R. L, May 11.—The ter- ribly battered body of Mrs. Laura E. Regester, a Cramston ~ woman, was found in the old Hebrew cemetery in Reservoir avenue, this city, today, and’ marks on the neck indicated that the woman had been strangled. The wom- an’s clothing was torn and the police expressed the opinion that she had been murdered somewhere on the road and her body afterwards dragged to the cemetery, where it was left. Mrs. Regester was 32 years old and had been divorced from her husband. It is understood. that recently she be- came engaged to be married again. The last time she is known to have teen seen alive was on, an electric car last night. The body”was discovered today by an iceman who was passing through' the cemetery on his way to work. The investigations of the medieal examiner showed that the woman had been criminally assaulted. TInquiry at the few houges in the vicinity of the cemetery resulted in the information that a scream was heard about mid- night, but that the matter was given no thought other than the remark that \an automobile party in a joyous mood was passing. Providence, R. I, May 11.—A negro who said his name was Alonzo Wil- liams, 25 vears of age, of A street, In this city, was brought from Pawtixet late today and locked up at Knights- ville on suspiclon. Pawtuxet is four miles from the scene of the murder. Williams was arrested there at 1 o'clock this morning on a charge of being intoxicated. He claims that he spent the evening in the city on Nar- ragansett boulevard. William Wells, a conductor, and Patrick Wyman, a mo- torman, who knew the Regester wom- an, told the police late today that she went along on their car to the end of the line. not far from the cemetery, last night. The car arrived there at 9.41 o'clock. She was alone, they stated. K. OF C. STATE CONVENTION AT BRIDGEPORT. Resolution to Reduce Monthly Assess- ments on Members 60 Years Old and Upward--Officers Elected. Bridgeport, May 11.—At the annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus in this city today a resolu- tlon was adopted asking the national convention to reduce the monthly as- sessments on members 80 years old and upward to_$2.50 and to use such part of the special original fund of $621,000 as may be necessary to ac- complish this reduction. A special committee consisting of T. F. Clark of New Haven, John E. Scully of Meri- den and J. T. Coogan of Stamford was appointed to revise the by-laws gov- erning the state convention and to re port at the next state convention, which will ‘be held in New Britain. The secretary’s report showed = the total membership in the state to he 8,144, of which 6,761 are insurance members. Officers were elected as follows: State deputy, James J. Kennedy, New Haven (by one vote majority): state treasurer, J. U. Boland, Torrington; state advocate, J. J. Collins, New Lon. don; state secretary, Lawrence J. Dolan, Hartford; state warden, Mau- rice Fitzgerald, New London; _state chaplain, Rev. John McGivney, West- ville; delegates to national convention. Thomas L. Reilly, Meriden, John F. Callahan, Hartford, and George T. Kel- | ly, Bridgeport. The convention also voted' to ask for the adoption of a general law al- lowing the issuing of $500 certificate the smallest certificate now issued ve- ing $1,000. An informal dinner followed the meeting at the Stratfield this evening. LABELLED EGGS. ich Ought to Receive | Serious Consideration. | (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, May 11.—The vigorous pro- tative Savage of Mans- field, house chalrman of the committee on agriculture, did not succeed: in di- | verting the house from the sarcastic and jocular course it took with regard | which al! eggs | sold in Connecticut were to be labelled, | favorably after putting it in what seemed very fine shape. The house | refused to take the subject seriously or to pass the bill. The bill provides that all eggs—or the cases in which they are packed— shall be labelled “cold storage,” “pre- served " or “fresh eggs,” and ic & very | reasonable and proper measure. Rep- resentative Quintard, however, signed Its death warrant when last week he | introduced an amendment calling for | each hen to label its eggs within g cer- | tal ntime after they were leid, and | providing that Chairman Savage shall | be required to furnish a dating stamp for this purpose to each. This upset completely the gravity of the house. The measure has vet to go to the senate, or Mr. Savage can call it up in the house tomorrow for reconsidera- tion. There was more or less talk of this after the session today, as many members realize that the subfect is New Britain Factory Employe Instant- ly Killed. | o guilty New Britain, Conn., May 11—Rozzlia Soliwadi, 28 years 0ld, emploved at the factory of the Corbin Screw cor- poration, was instantly factory late today. A weighling two and one Wwhich flew from a machine near whi Soliwadi was standing, struck hi over the heart, cutfing a deep gash in his chestand killing him instantly. He has no relatives in this oouniry. iilled in the | arrested at Kif ong Lost Discovered JOHANN SALVATOR, PRINCE OF AUSTRIAN HOUSE. _ WORKING AS MACHINIST In Ohio at $15 Per Week—Disappeared Nineteen Years Ago After Marrying an Opera Singer. Chicago, May 11.—The Journal to- day devotes its entire front page to the elaboration of an equiv state- ment that it has discovered “the lost John Orth,” otherwise Archduke Johann Salvator, of Austria, prince of the” house of Hapsburg, who disap- peared nineteen vears ago, after mar- rying Ludmilli Stubel, an opera singer. Briefly sketched, the Journal story says: Working as Machinist. “John Orth” was discovered at Painesville, Ohio, working as a ma- chinist at $15 per week. Previously he had followed this occupation at Grand Rapids, Mich. and Cleveland, Ohio. His reason for making his identity known.at this time, the Journal stat was due to his advancing age 2 hl desire that he mighe be buried P:Au.!- triae Wife and Children Perished in Mount Pelee Disaster. The romantic couple drifted all over the world, finally taking up a planta- tion on the Island of Martinique. When the first rumblings of Mount Pelee gave warning of the catastrophe which fol- lowed soon after, Johann Salvator made a hurried visit to the city to arrange to get his family away. But the warn- ing had come too late. His wife and heir two children were killed. Salva- tor, according to the Journal story, ‘was rescued by a French gunboat, and came to the United States, Disappeared Again, Last Night. Paynesville, O., May 11.—As sudden- Legislature JOINT‘ MEMORIAL ;!lVICE TQ GCVERNOR LILLEY. PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL Made Special Order of the Day in Senate for Thursday, May 27—Com- mittee Reports. Hartford, May 11.—The senate was called to order at 11.30 by President 1ro tem. Brooks, Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. Reports of Committees. Claims—Favorable on resolution appropriating $5,000 to Daniel Ed- wards of Beacon Falls in .full com- pensation for injuries received in the discharge of his duties as game war- den, resulting in the total loss of the sight of onc eve and partial loss of the other eye. Calendar. i"ish and Game—Favorable on sub- stitute bill authorizing the commis- sioners on fish and game to lease tract of woodland in the state suita- for the propagation and preserva- n of game and game birds; said tracts shall contain not less than 50 acres, and shall during the term of said lease be and remain state game preserves. Calendar. Fish and Game—Favorable on bill to prevent any one killing more than five quail in one day or thirty-six in one year. Calendar. Public Utilities Bill. On motion of Senator Séarles the public utilities bill and the resolution from the house was made the order of the day for Thursday next at twelye o'clock. Memorial Service for Governor Lilley Senator Searls introduced a resolu- tion for a joint session of the general assembly fo hold a memorial service for the late Governor Lilley on Thurs- day, May 27, at 11.30 a. m. The reso- 250ti| ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ; of the y Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th "Iy as he came into public notice when he proclaimed himself the missipg Archduke Johanna Salvator of Aus- tria, John Salvator, a machinist, who had been working In a foundry here for the last five weeks, disappeared to- night. Finding upon his return to his bearding house the published story of his alleged noble birth, his renuncia- tlon of his imperial titie for the love of Ludmilla Stubel, an opera singer, and his subsequent fall into poverty and obsegrity, Sal\ator, suppegjess and dressed ried away. “I shall be back in & few minutes,” he shouted to Mrs. Dunn, his boarding mistress, as he hastened out of the deor. Scores of persons, Austrians of roble and common birth, interpreters, residents of Paynesville and surround- ing,cities and a number of newspaper- men gathered at the little rooming house to awalt his return, Bedroom of the Mysterious Nobleman Searched. They waited for many hours but Salvator did not come back. Fellow workmen of the alleged nobleman said that Salvator told them just before quitting work tonight that he intend- €d to leave’ tomorrow for some west- ern state. The only assets left in the narrow bedroom of the mysterious nobleman were a suit of clothes, a shabby overcoat and a few pen sketch- es made by himself LINCOLN UNVEILING POSTPONED. Dedication of Tablet at Hodgen © Take Place on May 31. Louisville, May 11.—At a meeting of the Lincoln tablet commission it was decided to unveil the Lincoln monu- ment at Hodgenville on May 31, instead of on May 29, as had been intended originally. It is planned to have speak- ers of national reputation at the cer mony. The sculptor of the monument is A, Weinman of New York a stu- dent Saint-Gaude: HEALTH RESORT FOR PRIfATES Summer Capital of the Ph Suggested for Enlisted Men. e to Washington, May 1.—Col. James Hamilton Lewis, the recent candidate for governor of the state of Illinois, has suggested converting Dagulo, the summer capital of the Philippines, in- to a health resort for the enlisted men as well as officers of the army, By this means the vearly expenditure for the transfer of troops to .and from the islands would be avoided. NIGHT RIDERS CONWGTED- Fourteen Men Efl 1liley- in Jail and $500 Fine Each. . Tenn, Waver] May 11.—A verdict the case of the fourteen men- charged h being members of the night riders organization and with whipping J. M, Rice October 15, 1908. The punis ment was fixed at ten days in jail and a fine of $500 for each. Twenty E uted Today in Censtanti- nople. Constantinople, May 11.—The execu- tion of twenty persons concerned in the recent mutiny has been fixed for tomorrow, but it is reported that the military authorities have failed to in- duce the sultan to sanction the carry- ing out of the sentence. i S $200,000 Fire in New York. . New York, M 11.—Two hundreq thousand dollars is the estimated loss caused by a fira which swept through one end of a five-story building front- ing at No. 433 to 437 Seventh avenue tonight, used by the Grand Rapids Furniture company as a warehouse and shipping department. More than $100,000 worth of furniture was de- stroyed. Clairvoyant Sentenced to Chain Gang. Atlanta_Ga, May 11—T. C. M. Wea- ver, alias Professor West, charged with operating in_Atlanta as ‘a clairvoyant, was yesterday sentenced to serve twelve months on the chain gang, and six mwonths in jail. Weaver was recently ttanig, Pa. Under an- piece of steel | other alias he is wanted at St. Louis half pounds [ on a charge of grand larceny. The world's. entire supply of the oil of berlxsmo;r«;ome- from & small sec- on of Calabria, fronting on the Strax of Messina. = his working clothés, hur- was_ returned late today in | { lution was passed, and Senators Searls and Shanley were appointed on the committee’ to notify the house of the action of the senate. Afterwards Representatives Burnes and Tingier waited on the senate, and announced that the house will meet with the senate’ May 27. Increase in Salal The” committee on appropriations reported favorably .on two substitute bills, increasing salaries as follows Adjutant general to $3,500 a year assistant adjutant general and assist” ant quartermaster general to $2,000 a year each; three clerks in adjutant general's office to $1,500 a yvear each; salary of dairy commissioner to $2,000 and of deputy to $1,600 a year. Tabled for calendar. Adjourned to Wednesday. , THE JSE. The house was called_ to order at 11.30 by Speaker Banks. Prayer by the house chaplain, the Rev. Franklin Countryman. The death of Represen. tative Charles B. Johnson of Oxford was especially referred to by the chap- lain, who prayed that the Lord's blessing should rest on his family. Excise Legislation. The house eoncurred in passing senate bill No. 167, providing that signers of a petition to the selectmen’ for a vote on the license question shall be signed by ten per ecent. of the legal voters of the town or clty. Another Dill which would do away with the necessity for securing five taxpayers 1o sign a saloonkeeper's ap- plication was sent té the foot of the calendar on motion of Mr. Peck of Stratford. The Calendar. The following resolutions on the cal- endar for action were adopted: Con- cerning grants to the Connecticut Pomological soc incorporatirg the Tolland County Street Railway com- pany; amending the charter of the New London County Mutual Fire In- surance company. Bills Passed—Amending in concur- Ténce an act concerning the militia: amending in concurrence an act con. cerning the duties of the comptrolier: making appropriations for the board of equalization and board of controi for two years; amending an act con- cerning returns by and taxes on in- vestment companies and investment brokers: in concurrence, makin appropriation for the Connec School for Tmbeciles for two Retained on the storage and sale of fireworks: con- cerning seats or stools fa the use of motormen on cars; concevning annual reports of corporations; propriations for tw years: concerning the terms of office of certain town officers in Stamford: raising a commission for the construc- | tion of a bridge between and Old Saybrook; for the F Horse Guard: statements of from ponds Foot of Calendar—Amending an act concerning real estate liable to taxa- tion; concerning certificates of teach- ers. Old Fyme providing quarters t company, Governor's concernin all taxation: property exempted concerning probate Committee Reports. Constitutional _Amendments—Unfa- vorable concerning makeup of ho of representatives; concerning qual cation of electors, Report accepted, bills rejected. Education — Favorable the establishment Calendar. Fish and Game—Favorable concern- iug closed season for Hungarian part- ridges. Calendar. Judiciary — Unfavorable repealing an act concernifg state police; tele- Jhone service and rates; concerning telephone companies; concerning tels phone rates; telegraph and telephone telephone rates; concerning appeals from county commissloners; making election day g legal holiduy: the com- pensation of temporary clerks for su- perior courts, Reports accepted, biils rejected. ‘oman’s Suffrage—Favorable con- cerning the qualification of women concerning of trade schools, voters. Calendar. ‘Tabled—Resolution on fuitiative and referendeum, on motion of Mr. Tingier of Vernon: adversely re, by committee_on constitutional amend- ments, Tabled—House bill M, 59 con. cerning sheriff’s salaries, on motion of Mr. Wall of Chatham; cancerning bil- » Calendar—Concerning | ';l'rgh:n-oh” Tenders for Argentine are likely to be accepted. Jose Augustin Al tary in the Pana denly in Panama. Striking New York Bakers mobbed a motorman whose car had killed a-boy. Police rescued him. o / Fivt Assistant Weighers at New York were di=missed because of frauds in the importation of cheese and figs. The Duke of the Abruzzi attempted suicide on his way to India, according to reports received at the Italian court. Mrs. Catherine) Campbell, arrested and took to a New York police station a big truck driver who was driving a lame horse. 0, forelgn secre- cabinet, died sud- Colonel Goetchals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, reported a falling o in excavation for April from the work in March. The Russian Emperor has refused to sign the naval staff bill and to accept the cabinel’s resignation, ordering the ministers to retain their posts, Returns from Ten Districts in New- foundland show no change from the former election results, though the Morris party seems to be gaining votes. Edwin E. Martin, a commission mer- chant living in kiyn, named eight co-respondents in_his suit for divorce against his wife, Btta, who is Seprano in the choir of a Methodist church of which he is pastor. The Police of Detroit and Buffalo are searching for Frank S. Curtis, a wealthy New York merchant, and George Grannis, a rich Virginian, who disappeared, the former in Detroit and the latter in Buffalo. . An Official of the Chancey Funds Recovery assoclation, New York, which saye it helps persons to recoverymon- ey_held in chaneery in England, was arrested on the charge that the busi- ness was not registered. Mrs.” Burke-Roche Batonyi of New York painted her husband in black col- ors, and practically accused him of hypnotizing her, in an affidavit she submitted in support of her motlon to have opened the judgment of separa- tion he obtained against her. TARIFF BILL IN SENATE. Great Disparity Between Wholesale and Retail Price of Commodities Discussed. et we Washington, May 11.—Substantial progress was made in_the considera- tion"of- the tariff bill today, the amend- ments of the comihittee on finance be- ing upheld by the senate by substan- tial majorities, A feature of the day's session was a general discussion concerning the great disparity between wholesale and retuil prices of commodities. Republican senators declared that this difference was so great as to demonstrate that the duty levied by a protective tarift had small effect on the price paid by the consamer. This feature of the discussion was participated in by Senator Scott, him- Seif a glass manufacturer. The schedule, covering the products of lead was passed over upon the sug- gestion of Senator Aldrich because, he said, the finance committee desires to make some changes In the duties ¥s previously recommended. At B.06 o'clock the senate adjourned. UNION LABEL BARRED. of National Hat Manufac- turers’ Associdtion Stand Firm. New York. May 11.—Members of the National Hat Manufacturers' associa- tion today voted unanimously to stand firm in their resolve not to permit the use of the umion label in their shops and to maintain the same un- compromising attitude towards the striking hatters as has characterized the relations between employer and employe since the declaration of the strike some time ago. Satisfactory progress was reported by those manufacturers whose shops were kept in operation in the face of the strike, some even announcing in- creases in output. Another meeting will sider tariff fecting the hat strike. be held Fri- schedules af- | TWO MEN MURDERED In an Abandon Crime La Tallow to Tramps. J. May 11—Lying side by side with their skulls crushed, the bodies of James Purdy and John Whitelaw were discovered In an afian- doned tallow house today by three bovs. Nearby was a shovel and an iron bar, both covered with blood. Purdy, who was identified through a letter in his pocket. recently received a money order for $210 from St. Thom- as, Ont., where he lived at one time. He was an iron worker by trade. is belicved that he and House— Gloucester, id to have made a headquarters of the abandoned building in which the bodies were found. LORD AND LADY MINTO'S DANGER Taking P Adventure eur Treatment Because of Rabid Dog. quadriennial | —As a precan- ble developm Lord Minto, viceroy Minto are undergoing treatment. While the viceroy and his wife were out walking Lady Minto's lapdog was harrassed hy v wand Lord and Lady Minto to rescuc their pet and, either was bitten, thel hands ith the sai-va o the rabid animal. They the treatment on the ad f their physician. Two of the viceroy's ser- vants were bitten by the mad dog and also are taking the Pasteur treatment. submitted to Two Americans Killed in Fight with Panama Police. Colon, May 11.—In a conflict which occurred last might between Panama police and employes of the canal zone near the dividing line, C. M. Abbott, an_electrician in the power house af Cristobal, an American, and a colored man, also an American, were Kkilled. liard and pool rooms; both adversely veported by judiciary committee. A Constitutional Amendment. ,The committee on constitutional amendments today reported a sub- stitute for house joint resolution No 33, proposing an amendment to the censtitution concerning capital' stock of corporations as follows: “The gen- eral assembly shall not pass any law authorizing any corporation to fssue its capital stock in more than one class.” Calendar Petitions. Five patitions in ald of house bill No. 533, reiating to a referendum vote on’ probibition, were referred to committee on excise. Adjourned, the P £ It | his compan- | ion were murdered by tramps who are | i | i | | b ¢ Central New England and the com- panies consolidated with it uld e been in the hands of receivers that the hondholders have stood for rs in jeopardy of a total loss. Now { to LAUNGH WAS Suddenly Sank in 0 CEN OVERCROWDED Middle of Ohio River, Fofir - Miles Below Pittsburg 'TWENTY MEN DROWNED, TEN RESCUED. AlMwere Employes of Pressed Steel Car Company—No Explosion. No Leak in the Boat Built to Carry Twenty Pergons, Simply Sank Beneath the Weight in About Twenty Feet of Water. Pittsburg, May 11.—Twenty persons are missing, and all of them are be- lieved to have heen drowned gasolene launch sank in the middle the Ohio river, near Schoonville, fo niles below Piitsburg, tonight. Of the rty occupants of the boat only ten are known to have escaped | | All Anxious to Cross River on Fnrn{ Trip. All were employes/of the Pressed Steel Car company at the McRee Rock plant. They had worked o time until § o'clock and left the works | 1o cross the river in the launch about fiftten minutes later. The boat Is said to have been intended for not over twenty persons. but that all the men wanted to get across the river on the first trip and that they all erowded in. As the men started out in the boat, one of them is said to have remarked that | it seemed to him to be overcrowded | and he feared it was not s tempt the trip Albert Gra pilot, and one of those who is m | ast | fs reported to have replied that it was safe enough all right, as he had hud twenty-se reons aboard last night No more aid about the load, but when the craft reached the middie of the stream, wi the water is haps twenty feet deep, it suddenly sank. But Ten Men Reached Shore. There was no explésion, no leak was Sprung; the boat simply sank beneath the weight it had been bearing and went 1o the bottom. As it sank t! vortex took many of the men down with It. Others attempted to swim re, but were chilled by the cold water and became exhausted before reaching the shore. So far as Is known but ten of the men reached the shore. One of the men who su swimming ashore ran to g and gave the ala: out at once, in th some streggglin but the task seemed ho s %0 much time had elapsed before help was secured. ¢ rescuing INTENSE BITTERNESS SHOWN ON PART OF NEW HAVEN ROAD On Application of Central New Eng- land to Execute a Mortgage Albany, N. Y., M ay 11.—The h g the public service commissic ¥_on the application of the C tral ‘New England Rallway company to execute a mortgage for $30,000.000 | and to issue at present $13,000,000 ‘bonds to refund outstanding bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, devel- oped intense bitterness on the part of the New Haven & Hartford road, which controls the Central New Eng- land, and a committee bf general mort- gage income bond holders. Edward D. Robbins, counsel for the New Haven, said his company done everything_in reason to the contestants, but that they had clared that they would oppose New Haven plan and that they fiying the black John Douglass Brown of Philad phia, for ,the minority bondhole whose holdings are $500,000, bitterly resented the charge and insisted that ew Haven was attempting cor- and coliusively to take advan- tuge of the minority bondholders. Mr, Robbins said that but for the irterposition of the New Haven, the he said, the company was be dally strengthened by the New Haven and was on a sound basis, that the decis- ion was reserved. WEDDING GUEST KILLED FELL DOWN CELLAR STAIRS Visitors Were Inspecting Future Home of Bridgeport Bridal Couple. May 11.—Joseph 3 and single, was instantly killed at tonight clock by r alling down the hou in course of construc orth and Lexington avenue As one of a party of wedding réception future home of th sed his footing wh party were In another irs of n at at & guests o f it WORKING FOR $2 A MONTH, HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. Stratford Farmhand Hung Himelf in | Hayloft of Barn, Stratford, Conn., May 11.—Lying flat on his stomach in_the hayloft of the | barn on Stephen Tomasko's farm on | the Huntington road, the body of An- drew Blasco, aged 65, was found this | evening, with every evi of a | methodical and determined suielde | Blasco had wound a cloth around his neck, attached this to a strap sus- pended from out of the rafters of the roof, and then had dropped to the full recumbent position in which he was found, slowly strangling while lying there. Blasco, who was unmarried, went to Tomasko's place on Saturday last and secured work at $2 a month, He worked there until yesterday noon and Is supposed that the sulcide took place during the afternoon yesterday. No reason is known for his act. Medi- cal Examiner Cogges declared it to be a sulcide. ell VAIN SEARCH FOR TREASURE. Capt. Jam Brown Returns Empty Handed to San Francisce. " San Francisco, May 11.—With ne treasure (rove, but with a story of a typhoon, a reef and a shipwreck, Capt. James Brown, who claims that he the only man who knows where to find the Cocos Island cache of $60,000,000 has returned. Brown left Sydney on March § in & 25-ton schooner, with a crew of four, to search the South Seas for the treas- ure. days later the bont was thrown upon a reef and wrecked. Ha and his crew were resoued by a French ship. Brown clalms that in 1850, when he was chief mate of the schooner Sea Foam, hls skipper, Capt. Henry Smith, eénfided to him that he had located the Peruvian treasure of gold, Ala- monds and money that had long been sought by adventurous men. The booty was found and transferred to nother island for safety. Through a ries of mishaps all on board the Sea am, with the exception of Brown. died. He says he will make another effort to recover the buried riches. His home is In Providence, R, I. ———— e CHINA ASKS DAMAGES OF PERU. building. The visitors we bout to depart, when one of them insisted on eing the cellar also, and when a ht was brought down .the stairs ancy's body was found, life having just fied. He had not been missed up to that moment, MRS. MARY PECK KILLED IN NEW YORK SUBWAY Aged Woman Was Near-Sighted, Fell From Platform. y 1l.—After lying in th New York, M the morgue all day body of a w man Who either jumped or fell under a subway train at the One Hundre 2rd Sixteenth street station ing. wa: d tonizht g Mrs, Mary Peck. a widow old. It is said that she formerly liy in Bridgeport, Conn., where her band, Henry Peck, was emgaged In the carpet mannfacturing bus The dody was identified by Mrs. Peck's daughter. The daughter scouted the idea of suicide, saying that her mother was near-sighted and probably had become confused and fallen from the platform Bill for Relief of Porto Rico Civil Government. ‘Washington, May 11.—Senator De- pew today introduced a biil for the relief of the civil government of Port Rico in a manner gested by Pry ident Taft in a special message sent the gress on vesterday. It 4s expected t a meeting of the com- mittee on the Pacific islands and Po to Rico will be held at an early da in order to procure endorsement of the proposed legislation and that ac- tion will be taken by congress at the present sess . McClellan Vetoes Ticket Bill. New York, May 11.—Mayor Mc('lel- lan today vetoed a bill recently passe by the legi: e prohibiting the sale of theater tickets on th of New York by sidews Th Mayor or culators, & that found side- the board of aldermen mi to” have power to restric the walk sale of tickets or even to pro- hibit It entirely without further legis- lation by the state. Wright Brothers Home from Europe. New York M 11—Orville and Wilbur - Wright, inventors of the first practical heavier-than-air hine, arrived here toduy on the North Ger- maa Lioyd liner Kronprinzessin Ceellie and werc given a rousing reception at the pler. To Prevent of Fictitious Names. ‘Washingt: duced by May 11.—A bl ntro- ntative Campbell of Kansax provide: fine of $1,000 and imprisonment fo h case in which a manufacterer places any other but his own name on an article that he pro- duces. ’ Chinese Stores Looted in Lima Riots— Serious Economic Conditions There. Pery, May 11.—The Chiness ter to Peru, owing to the rioting in this city last Sunday, in the course of which a 'number of Chinese stores were looted, has demanded protection for Chinese subjects, as well as tha payment of damages to his compatriots who suffered losses. Forelgn Minister Porras bas promised protection and says the government will settle all just claims. Owing to the serfous economic eon- ditlon in Peru. the government has calied a meeting of representatives of the companies engaged In puble wn= dertakings and will ask them to pro- vide work for the unemployed. The municipality of Lima will start shortly several publie undertakings. DANCED HERSELF TO DEATH. Chicago Girl, of Frail Constitution, Had Mania for Waltzing. Chicago, May 11.—Marie Fron, 20 vears old, danced herself to death in a public dance hall last night, accard- ing to the verdict of & coroner's jury today. The girl possessed a frall o titution, but waltzing was & mania ith her. She was warned by her parents not to exert herself, but the music caused her to forget the warn. ing and ghe danced continuosly and was carrféd from the ball in a faint. She died today. Will Not Accept Re-appointment to Governor's Staff. Hartford, May 1L—Tt was learned today that J. Moss Ives of Danbury, a member of Governor Lilley's staff, does not Intend to accept a re-aps pointment to the governor's staff. Iil health is given as his reason for mot wishing to serve on the staff. Ne successor to Mr. Ives has beed men- tioned. American Poisoned at Munich Hotek Munich, ¢ 11.—Paul Loester, sup- posed to have becn an American, died at a_hotel here today from polson, f- ter having received a visit from an- other alleged American who. left hur- riedly It is be ed that the visitor carried away a large amount of money and vuluables. Loesters baggage was marked “Windsor Hotel, Philadeiphia. Burglars’ tools were found In one of the grips Manl larry, 3 convoyed by the aaxiliary Rainbow. will leave China on to join “f third division of the Pacifio squadron® and will take pact in_the manoeuvres to be beld soon by ‘s Seel At