Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 17, 1909, Page 1

VOL._LI—NO. 116. RIFLED THE REGISTERED MAIL | Six Robbers Held Up Great Northern Fast Mail Train Near Spokane AMOUNT OF BOOTY TAKEN NOT ENOWN - One Réporl Says that Mt;re than Twenty Thousand Dollars * was Secured—Bandits Cut Off Postal Car and Ran it Two Miles from Balance of Train—Passengers Not Molested—Road: Offers kane, Wash, May 16.—After the holdup of ‘a’Great Northern passenger train_by six bandits between Colbert and Mead, last night, twelve persons were injured when Sig Jodgmotive any the mail car, cut off from the rest of the train, ran back wild after the ban- dits had rified the mails of an un- known amount, and collided with the rest of the train, which had been left standing where the bandits got pos- session of the train. Having taken the detached mail car down the track a considerable dis- tance, the robbers looted the register- ed mail and, reversing the engine, sent_the locomotive and the mail car crashing back into the passenger coaches. The conductor ssw the wild cars vacking down the track af miles an hour, and he and another trainman placed a tie on the track to stop their flight, but the cars,though partly stop- ped by this means plunged into the coaches, throwing passengers from their seats and cutting them with glass Prom the broken windows. man, never to the tack, sprang aboard the locomotive as the collision occur- o4 and shut off the steam, stopping the Bandits Sprang Into Cab. ‘When the train reached Colbert late last night some switohing had ¢o be done. Whie|the engine crew was busy at this work, two men sprang into the t0 do as commanded. The engineer and fireman complied, and the mail ‘were cut off from the rest of the four other robbers. The loco- and mail car were then run up k & few miles. Next the en- his fireman were forced ered it opemed. Their command ooyt T Bansamin ¥ Scaptasall clerk, who was hurried away from the cars with the engineer by a dozen re- wvolver shots. Manning the locomotive themselves, the outlaws took the mail cars down the track and stole the reg- istered mail. Then they started the Jocomotive back towards the rest of the train and escaped. Passengers Knew Usthing of the Hold« up. Conductor C. L. Robertson had a ‘brakeman cut in the telegraph wire to Bty R A et s SRR O N e VYT S A SR THE REGESTER MURDER. Providence Police Using Dragnet in Last New Clue. Providence, R. T, May 16.—What the plice believe to be & possible new clue developed today in the investigation of the murder of Miss Laura . Regester, who was strangled to death last Mon- day night, and they are again extend- ing the dragnet to round up this latest euspect. The unexpiained absence of the man 4n_question is regarded as more sig- nifcant because he disappeared imme- dlately after the publication of the story of the girl's death. An effort will 'be made to locate him and ques- tion him as to his whereabouts last Monday night. Except for this very uncertain development there was little new in the situation today, and the in- vestigation seemed practically at a standstill. ASHORE ON BLOCK ISLAND. Steamer Bay City and Barge Britannia Struck in Fog. Block Island, R. I, May 16—The whaleback steamer Bay City, towing the barge Eritannia, bound from New- wert News for Providence, went ashore in the thick fog tonight on Southwest Point, half & mile from the Block Is- land life saving station. The barge remained afloat and was mot injured hut the steamer struck on the isiand inside the ledges. She stove & hole in lier bow and is full of water. Both steamer and barge are carrying car- of 5,000 tonss of soft coal each. e Bay City 18 not in & bad posi- tion and a wrecking tug wil] come from New London in the morning and attempt to float her. The crews of Toth vessels remained on board to- night. FOE OF THE GYPSY MOTH. Connecticut Man Goes to Japan to In- vestigate a Parasite. New Haven, May 16—G. C. Clin- ton, botanist of the Connecticut agri- cultura] experiment station, has gone to Japan, representing Massachusetts parties, to investigate a fungus para- site which. has proved destructive to the gypsy moth In that country. It the results are satisfactory, Mr. Clin- ton will try the fungus in Massachu- setts, Strike of French Postmen Practically . Dead. Paris, May 16.—The postal strike is now practically dead. The government officials announce that only four hun- ¢red men are out and these ova ex- pected: to return tomorrow. At a meeting tonight three thousand postal employes listened to violent harangues from labor leaders, who prophesied that grave events would happen to- morrow in the direction of action by the outside unions. A resolution was adopted that the struggle be continued to a finish, Lone Balloon Flight in Drizzling Rain, North Adams, Mass., May 16—A lone balloon flight by W. ¥. White- house, of New York, one of the neces- sary qualifications for a pilot's license, was made today in a_drizzling raip. Rising at 9.15 a. m., the air currents carried the balls Greylock over a varied course to Sunderland, Vt, an &ir Ane distanca of 27 miles in exactly two hours. The Janding was affected ;mmu mishap on a farm in that wa. Big Reward. send word to Spokane. While he was busy telegraphing, about @ half hour alter the Jocomotive and mail car had disappeared, he saw the powerful lo- comotive careening towards _the coaches, in which many persons were asleep, for the robbers had acted qui- etly in seizing the mail car. Many of the passengers knew nothing of the holdup until awakened by the collision, which was only eased by the quick work of the tralnmen. No One Fatally Hurt. As sson as Robertson realized that a collision was imminent, he salled on the brakeman and porters to aid him. While the conductor and another man threw a tle-across the track, a brake- man stood ready to board the cab as soon as the shock of the collision checked the dmpetus of the wild loco- motive, The mail car was partly de- railed by the tie, and the wheels plow- ed into the ballast while the steam in pelled the locomotive wheels to whirl on the rails. The brakeman was in- stantly in the cab, were he seized tho throttle and shut’ off the steam ana applied the brakes. Passengers, tum- bléa from seata and jousted in berths, rushed out to ascertain. the cause of the ehock. None was fatally hurt. Dochors and Depnties on the Scene. ‘Two special train loads of deputies were hurried from Spokane svhen word of the holdup was received, and doc- tors were_taken along to care for the injured. No trace of the robbers was found toda; One of the Bandicts an Experienced Engineer. While it is reported that the ban- dits obtained a large sum of money from the registered mail, the amount being placed at $20,000, railroad offi- cers and mail inspeciors say the amount stolen is not known. One of the bandits who entered the cab was more than six feet tall and evidently was an _experienced engineer. As the two robbers entered the cab this man said to the engineer: “Youe have heard of us before,” indicating that they had been involved in similar holdups in the vicinity of Spokane within the last few months. $10,000 Reward Offered for Each Rob- ber. The Great Northern has offered a re- ward of $10,000 for each robber cap- tured. FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPED. Armed Deputies: and Townspeople * Searching for the Convicts. Rutland, Mass, May 16.—Half a doz- en armed deputies, reinforced by double that numbver of townspeople, teok part today in a search for five | prisoners who escaped from the hos- pital department of the Massachusetts prison camp here last night by sawing oft window bars. No trace of the men, who were garbed in the prison uni- forms of gray, was found. The men at large are Henry Tyler, | colored, 28 years old; Frederick Wil- liams, 19' years; Timothy E. O'Cal- laghan, 34 ‘years, and Charles Moore, 27 years, all of Boston; and Joseph Murtaugh, 56 years old, of New York. The men ,were serving sentences for larceny and were temporariily inmates Clinton, Mass., May 16.—John Kelley John ibbons were instantly killed tenight fn a grade crossing accident, when a locomotive drawing a train from Pittsburg to oSuth Framingham cver the New York, New Haven and Martford Railroad, struck the light carriage in which they were driving. Kelley, who -was 35 years old, was married and leaves a wife and three children, Gibbons was twenty and urmarried. The men were weavers by trade. Fatal Fall from Window of Prominent Society Woman. Brattleboro, Vt., May 16.—An acci. denta] fall yesterday from a third story window resulted fatally today for Mrs. J. Edwin Hall, a prominent so- ciety and club woman. She had been confined to her room by a slight ill- neds and in opening a blind to admit more air lost her balance and fell to the ground, Tacoma Pastor for Hartford Church. Hartford, Conn., May 16.—Rey. Her- bert J. White of Tacoma, Wash., an- nounced through a letter of acceptance today that he would accept the pas- torate of the First Baptist Church of this city. Rev. White will take the place of the Rev. Harold Patterson, who has resigne Schooner Pulled Off Uninjured. New Haven, Conn, 'May 16.—The British schooner R. L. Tay, which went ashore just outside the harbor here last night, was hauled off toda: "he schooner was not injured and w: ! bound from St. John for this port. 8quabbling the Cause of It. A magistrate who has taken upon himself the difficult task of adjusting domestic troubles says that petty squabbles break up more homes than affinities ever could do. He has no mercy for wife-beaters and is skepti- cal concerning the influence of so- called soulmates on the average mid- dle class household, which he stoutly maintains is moral. In the strongest terms he condemns nagging and squabbling and sounds a warning against the effects of overwork. He is not the only person who believes that in ordinary cases of faithlessness the cause can be found In a cloudy home atmosphere. Bickering {s shamefully common and the causes tod trivial to give an excuse for wasting breath. Use of Rel es, The more relatives a man has the more comfortably he could get along without any of them.—N. Y. Press, Cabled Paragraphs. Paris, May 16.—A local court Satur- Jay upheld the validity of a gambling debt. The case was that of George D. Morgan, an American, who lost $5,000 in a Paris gambling club. He gave a check in payment of the amount, but allowed the paper to go to protest. Colon, May 16.—Jacob M. Dickinson the Sccretary of War, left here yester- ¢ay on board the Mayflower. He wil] go_direct to Washington. < The Secre- tary arrived here on April 28, and in the last two weeks has devoted a great deal of attention to canal affairs. Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, May 16— Prince Lidj Jeassu, aged. 13 vears, grandson of King Menelik, and heir apparent to the throne, was married today to Princegs Romanie, aged 7, the granddaughter of the late emperor John and Niece of Empress Taitou. The marriage is of great importance politically as it unites the two dynas- ties and the families of powerful chiefs. ANNUAL Y. M. C. A. SERVICE. Second Church Filled to Hear Indus- trial Secretary Towson ‘of New York —Reports by Local Association Of- ficers. A large congregation attended - the annual public- Y. M. C.,A. anniversary service Sunday evening at the Second Congregational church, the® otner churches in the center of the city hav- ing closed to attend this union service. Dr. L. L. West, pastor of the church, conducted the service. Prayer was of- fered by Rev. P. C. Wright of the Cen- tral Baptist church. Rev. E. S. Wor- cester of Broadway Congregational church read the scripture lesson. President A. A, Browning of ‘the as- sociation then presented his annual re- Port, speaking, as he said, to a congre- gation of its friends, its workers and its contributors, to all of whom he ex- tended thanks for their helpful parts in the work of the year. He paid a high compliment to the Woman's aux- iliary, without which, he said, and the ald which it furnished, the association <ould not be carried o nas it had been conducted. The annual meeting had been an encouraging one, as it showed all current bills paid and a small bal- ance in the treasury. Refgrring to criticism sometimes heard of the loca- tion and arrangement of the building, he said that years had proved these were not well founded, as the income derived from room rental on the top | floors amounted almost to the possible revenue from stores on the main floor. The “get together idea” was one which a_recent conference had emphasized and in association work is the oppor- tunity to apply this® principle in the local field for a helpful work for men along Christian lines, General Secretary Frank H. Merrill was next heard from in a concise an- nual report, which was based unon & printed pamphlet distributed, showing the departmental activities of the vear. The membership of 341 (senior = 252, Junior 8) showed a gain of 23 over last yezr. Among the special featares men- tioned were the use of the physical cepartment much more than last year, and the first aid class conducted un- der it. The junior department as a growing and vitally important work, the men's Bible club conducted by Dr. West and the work of the Women's auxiliary all received special mention. The concluding address was hy Charles R. Towson of New York, in- dustrial department ‘secretary of ‘the ipternational-committee, who captivat- ed his congregation with a message calling for a vigorous and aggressive Christianiiy, with an optimistic out- look for the uplift of the world, He had no apology to offer, he said, for the faflure of the church, for the King- dom of God is conquering and never | as a day when it wgs more potent and influential. raising the standards higher and higher, than today. = He deseribed the welfare work conducted by the sociation, and the recogni- tion of its value by business corpora- tions, which have contributed large sums to buildings and the work. Its the work of the kingdom of God and men's hearts are responding. This is the day to do things big, and the ques- tion is are we seeing the opportunities. A collection for the local work was taken at the- service. After a hymn the benediction was pronounced by Dr. M. S. Kaufman of Trinity Meth- odist church, Gratuitous Advice. A man bad sat for some time in a restaurant, looking thoughtfully at his | saucer of melting ice cream. At last| be left his chair and made his way to the proprietor. “I see you advertise that you make your own ice cream,” he said, in a con- fidential tone. “I do, sir,” said the proprietor. “Well,” said the man, “would you permit me to give you a little pointer? I won't charge you a cent, and it'll be money in your pocket.” “Glad to hear it, I'm sure,” said the proprietor, ¥ “Get somebody elge to make it,” said the man, in a hoarse whisper.— Youth’s Companion. - All in the Mind. On the opening day of one winter session the late Prof. Tait of Edinburgh university entered the natural philos- ophy classroom In the midst of the up- roarous applause common to those oc- casions, Presently he looked up at the tu- multuous benches above him with the smile of one who had known the ways of students for a lifetime. At lasf, when a momentary lull came, he remarked, his gray eyes twinkling: “Gentlemen, I must remind you that there is really no such thing as noli Itds merely a matter of subjective i pression."—Youth’s Companion. Flowers for the Prima Donna. 1t is said that the opera stars do mot receiye as many flowers as formerly. The treasurer of a certain company said to me the other day: “Ten years 2go it was nothing for a prima donna to receif¥in a single night $2,000 or $3,000 worth of flowers. If one of the best gets $500 worth after a great per- formance nowadays she is mighty lucky. It used to keep most of our | diet of pie and nuts. He neglects to | battle, Pat?” asked a sergeant of an | Was drunk in quantities that defraud- ushers busy handing floral pleces over the footlights, or spiling them on the heads of the musicians. One usher can take care of the job now." Presa. Shooting Affair At Willimantic POLICE HASTENED TO THE SCENE IN AUTOMOBILES. TAFTVILLE MAN INVOLVED. Two Shots Fired at Antonio Revello by Domonecco Rodgers, a Section Hand—Both Men Arrested. (8pecial to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, May 16.—As a result of a shooting affray near Jackson place this afternoon at 5.30, two Italians are locked up at police station. Domonecco Rodgers, 26, a section hand, is charge§ with assautt with intent to kill, and Antonio Revello, aged 27, of Taftville, is held on the charge of carrying con‘l cealed weapons. Rodgers Is alleged ts ye firad two shots from a revolver at ReVello. Both bullets went wild of their intended mark. Headquarters were notified and Cap- tain Richmond and officers were soon on the scene in automobiles. They lo- cated Revello in an Italian grocery store on Jackson street. A revolver was found on him and Policeman Ernander took him to police station at 6.30 o'clock. Captain Richmond and officers scour- ed the neighborhood, but could not find the other man. There were many who claimed to have seen him flee, but ail were loath to admit his identity, heing thoroughly frightened because of con- ; OIWH MONDA 7,_1909. Never Such Luxurious Fruit AVERAGE OF THREE AND A HALF CENTS A QUART. DELAWARE STRAWBERRY SEASON Opens Today—$750,000 to $1,000,000 is Estimate Placed on the Crop—Poor Farmers to Become Rich. Dover, Del., May 16, —Tomorrow the great strawberry season df 1909, which is expected to make some rich men out of poor farmers in Delaware, will open. Never in the history of penindula fruit growing have such luxurious berries hung from the vines. From $750,000 to, $1,000,000 is the estimate placed on the crop of Delaware's three countes alone. Tt is admitted, however, that the million doNar figure will only be realized in case good prices prevail throughout the season. The $750,000 mate allows an average of three and one half cents a -uart for the ripened fruit CANOE UPSET IN THE CONNECTI- CUT RIVER. Schenectady Young Man Drowned— Narrow Escape of Companion. Hartford, Conn,, May 1¢.—Following the upsetting of a canoe on the Con- necticut River here today John La 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of Found:ng of Norwich, July 5th and 6th the templated Black Hand agents. - A num- ber of witnesses have been found who saw the shooting and can identify the man. Upon information it was assumed Rodgers was the man wanted and Po- liceman Ernander nabbed him as he was about to go to his room at the Irvin house and took him to head- guarters at 8.15. He stoutly.denied his complicity in the affair and in_the interim it is belioved he disposed of his gun. Rodgers, it is said, s much feared and has threatened that before he left town the citizens would know he was around. He was in police court last October, but was released on payment of a nominal fine. Sunday night at 10 o'clock Rodgers was identifled by Miss Anna L. Rob- inson, who was seated in the doorway of Herbert W. Smith’s house in Jack- son place, and saw the affair. She says she saw Rodgers draw a revolver and fire two shots at Revello and then run down the all=y, putting the revolver in his pocket as he ran. Mr. Smith alsot identified, and Mrs. Hines will testify that he was the man who knockeq over her child while running away. CHELSEA LODGE IS OPENED FOR SEASON. Fleet of Launches Makes First Trip of Season There—Float in Place. Chelsea lodge at Scotch Cap on the west bank of the Thames, the summer vlace of the Chelsea Boat club, was opened up for the season on Sunday by a party of the club members. The party left the boathouse on the West Side shortly before § a. m. in a small squadron of power launches and were down at the lodge in an hour and three-quarters. Two of the boats were towing the heavy float which is anchored off the iodge. E. Lewis Young in the Gladys with Daniel S. Haviland, both mem- bers of the lodge committee, and Her- bert E. Wightman in the Uncas were the scouts of the fieet and got there first, while George A. Richmond's Frankie T., with Charles H. Haskell's 35-footer, did the towing. Mr. Rich- mond had Clarence Brown and Mr. Lowman as assistants, while Charles ", Whitney was at the wheel and Mr. Haskell looked after the machinery of his boat. On the raft Janitor Geary it was in charge. On arrival at the lodge a nest of robins were found to be the only ten- Ev- ants and these ware undisturbed erything was found in good put in order for the summer uses. visitors during the day were Arthur L. Peale, chairman of the lodge commit- tee, Walter M. Buckingham and Mr. and Miss Portelance. Captain Hains to Be Arrai Sentence Today. Flushing, N. Y., May 16. Peter C. Haines, Jr, U. 8. A., convict- ed of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club, will be arraigned for sentence before Justice Garretson in the supreme court tomorrow. The maximum penalty under the convic- tion is 20 years, but the court may at its discretion impose a sentence of one day, one Week or one year, or even suspend sentence altogether. Hot Onions and Pneumonia. Hot onions, according to a French physiclan, are said to be a_sure cure for pneumonia. The remedy is as fol- low: Take six or ten onions, accord- ing to size, and chop fine: put in a large pan over a fire, then add the same quantity of rye meal ang vine- gar enough to make a thick paste. In the /meantime stir thoroushly. Then put in a cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs, and apply to chest as hot as patient can bear.. In about. ten minutes apply another, and thus con- tinue ‘by reheating the poultices, and | tent of at least a quarter of a mile, in a few hours the patient will be out of danger. This simple remedy has rever failed to cure this too often fatal malady. Usually three or four appli- cations will be sufficient.—London Tit- Bits. The Cause of Weak Hearts, An invesi'ga ou Is fo b made of the cause 2 tne weak hearts of the midshipmen af Annapolis. Cue reason may be that the naval academy is-sii- uated 80 near the city of pretty girls. —Baltimore American. Will Make No Chang A Bosion man tells us that we can live to be several humdred years old on tell us the kind of ple and nuts, how- ever. so we'll just have to go ahead and die as per schedule.—Cleveland Leader. B . Didn’t Demand Recount. Abdul Hamid is not, agter all, a real xolitician — Belle of Schenectady, N. was drowned, and his companion, Henry | A. Todd, narrowly escaped the same fate. In attempting to fix the rigging of the canoe in which they were sail- irg, it upset throwinug both men into the water. Todd, who could swim but very little, managed to reach the shore n_an exhausted condition. La Belle | could noot swim and sank. The body has not been recovered. La Belle was 22 vears lod and had been visiting his sister, Mrs. John La Plant of West Hartford, _Todd iis 18 years old and lives on New Britain | Avenue, FUNERALS. Irving Edward Hill. On Friday afternoon from 1 untfl 1.30 | o'clock the hody of Trving E. Hill lay | in state at the Masonlc temple and many took the opportunlty of viewing | the’ remains. At 230 o'clock a ‘public | service was held at Masonic temple at which Rev. Joseph F. Cobb, pastor of the Universalist church, officiated. He read two poems, Crossing the Bar and Blessed Are They. He also made an address in which he spoke words of comfort to the family of the deceased and gave a most fitting eulogy, refer- Nng to the many virtues of the de- ceased and stating that he had made the most of his opportunities and led a model life. The services were held in the lodge room. Mrs. George W. ileebe sang Abide With Me. The bear- ers were James C. Fitzpatrick. Williatn W. Ives, Herbert M. Lerou and Daniel F. McNeil, members of the local Ma- sonic lodges. There were many beau- tiful floral forms attesting the esteem in which the deceased was held. Among them was a large standing cross from the head office of Armour & Co. at Chicago, two forms from the employes where he worked at Portland, Me., a large pillow marked At Rest and forms from the Masons, the O. P. and a number of others. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery, where the services were conducted b Somerset lodg Worshipful M o and Chaplain Justin Holden officiating. olemn Strikes the Funeral Chime and Nearer, My God, to Thee weie sung oy Irs. Beebe, the benediction belng pro- nounced by Rev. J. F. Cobb. Funeral Director Gager had charge of the ar rangements, Mrs. William L. Webster. 1 At 2.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon the T funeral of Mrs. W. L. Webster was held from the parlors of Church & A len, at which there were many reiatives and friends present, including a delega- tion from Hope Rebekah lodge, No. 21 I O. O, F. The services were con- ducted by Rev. Dr. M. S. Kaufman, jastor of Trinity M. E. church, and there were a number of floral forms Burial was in Yantic cemetery, and at the grave the services were in charge of the Rebekahs, Mrs. Grace Wiliey « | noble grand, Mrs. J. M. Burdick as chaplain and Mrs. J. A. Palmer as vice grand, officiating. The bearers were F. J. King, F. E. Green, E. B, Worth- ington and Justin Holden, Mrs. Webster died at_her home in Palmertown on Friday. May 14, after a short illness. She had been ailin r some time, but her illness had been considered serious for only a few days. She was a native of Preston, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James An- drews, her maiden name being Edith L. Andrews. Her home has been in Palmertown for many vears, where she | was well known and held in high es- | teem by all. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Maud Ben nett, by her first marriage. She niece of W. N. Andrew of this city. a Crocogiies riong the Nile. | At the sound of the shot the whole of this bank of the river, over the ex- sprang into hideous life, and my com- panions and I saw hundreds of croco- diles, of all sorts and sizes, rushing | madly into the Nile, whose waters along the line of the shore were lashed into white foam, exactly as a heavy wave had broken. It could be no exaggeration to say that at least a thousand of these sau- rians had been disturbed at a single shot.—Strand Magazine. Not Scared. - “Were you frightened during the Irishman who had received his “bap- tism of fire.” “Not a bit, sor.” replied Pat. “Oi can face most anything when Oi have e back to it"—Unidentified. | Light Shed on Various Temperance Gond Tglegrams The President Created a board to supervise purchases of supplies for the government. A Despatch from Corfstantinople says that martial Jaw may be continued in the capital for months, Learning that Magistrate Walsh had died poor, his associates made up a fund of $1,000 for his widow. Leading Bankers and Merchants in Londcn have protested against provi- osins in the budget recently introduced. Dr. Osler, Speaker Cannon and Am- bassador Rryce spoke at the Natlonal Tuberculois Convention in Washing- ton. The Friars' Festival at the New York Theater netted $6,000 to the or- nization. iFnescA- Mayor McClellan d 1 Commis. sioner of Accounts allagher on charges of unfairness, inefficiency and insubordination. Secretary MacVeagh warned politi- clans that he would not encourage in- terference with Collector Loeb's policy in the custom house, ..Resenting what they regarded dictation, Seuators- La Follette, Mon and others read lectures to Senator Root during the debate on the tariff Lill. Augustus Heinz was indlc 1€ counts charging misapplication off N York Mercantile National bank's funds while he was its presi- dent. ed on The Disclosure of a Plot to assassi- nate the governor of the province of Hunan is the cause of alarm in official circles, according to a despatch from Pekin. The Appellate Division agreed with General Benjamin F. Tracy that the city debt limit of New York was $1086, 000,000 on Oct, 31 last., The estion now goes to the court of Ap Annie Gergely of New York Sent a Threatening letter, signed “Blac flands,” and a “bomb” to herself order to make her sweetheart prop Y o0 that he might protect her better. She was arrested, but quickly released with a warning. in OBTTUARY. Mrs: W. H. Webb. The death of Eliza widow of Willlam H. Webb, occurred at her home, No. 1 Thames street, at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been in poor health a number of years, but was confined to her bed only a week, death resulting from diabetes. Mrs, Webb was born in Salem, her maiden name being Eliza A. Walden, but she had resided in Norwich prac- tically all of her life. On December 5, 1847, she was united in marriage to William H. Webb in this city by Ret. Mr. Rising, at that time pastor of the st Baptist church, of which Mrs, Webb was one of the oldest members. Mr. Webb died January 20, 1888. During the war h enlisted-in the 18th Connecticut vol anteers, and was a molder by trade, having workeod many years for ti Vaughn Foundry company. Mrs. Webb is®urvived by a son a daughter, William F. Webb of Wor- cester, and Miss Elzabeth L. Webh of this city; two brothers, Oliver Wal- den of Waterbury, Henry Walden, in a the Soldiers’ home at Noroton: three sisters, Mrs. Edmond Ewen of this city, Mrs, Fdward Mathewson of Wal lingford. Mrs. Olive R. Sweet of War- ren. R. I There are also three grand- children. Mrs. Webb was held In high esteem by a large namber of friends, and her death will be the cause of sincere re- grett. She was a woman of true Christian characetr, and her kind and sympathetic disposition retained her many friends. She was devoted to her family. Manager Hawker Manager A. G. Hawker of the Posta mpany has presented his eaves. Telegraph resignation, and will leave the early part of this week for Conneaut, Ohio, near COleveland, where he has a posi tion as inspector with the Tungstollier company, manufacturers of el fixtures. ' He has been located local telegraph office for abo years, making many friends business methods, be with regret that £00d- by be in charge until another r is appointed. and his friends Operator W. B. Hynds courteous will 50 it man- Moran's Clock Working. John A. Moran's electric clock at the er of Main and Shetucket streets 1 the service, £ rest. a1 a useful ublie publ public servant at that spot, and many will be glad to see its hands again traveling faithfully around the dial plate. ALCOHOL UNDER OTHER NAMES. Beveragy in England. A Hoard of experts has recently | made its rerort to the British gov-| ernmient on the intempgrate character of temperance drinks " sold in the United Kingdom. It finds that many of the most popular beverages coming under this category contain all the way from two to twelve per cent. of alcohol. The British taxation laws take no cognizance of beverages con- taining less than two per cent. of al- cohol, but three-quarters of the sam- ples of #emperance drinks examined by the board far exceeded that propor- tion. Some apparently herb beers were found to contain as much alcohol as claret or Rhine wine. The English public has been greatly surprised by this report, and its capacity for aston- ishment Is proof that England has had no experienee worth mentioning with “stomachic bitters.” Our government, on the other hand, a8 a result of ivestigation some years ago, found that gin by another name ed the internal revenue. Smashes the Record. A hypothetical question of 30.000 words s the Marathon of its kind.— Ailanta | afternoon to his record of road wi ALL EYES ON THE PRICE_TWO . MAN OF MYSTERY. The One Quiet Figure Upon Whom Rests the “ Preservation of Order in Turkey COMMANDER MAHMOUD SCHEFKET PASHA Looked to by the Civil Branches of the Government to Deal Promptly with Factions or Persons Dangerous to the New Order of Thi Process of Solution. Constantinopl of Schefket Pasha, commander Turkish constitutional forzes, both land and sea, is the man most frequently in the thoughts of those observing or dealing with the confused politics of | the day in Turkey. He is the one qui fgure upon whom rests the preserva- tion of order, and the civil branches of the government look to impose their liberal rule upon the empire and to deal promptly with persons or fac- tions da 15 to the . Foreign Military Men Amazed. The skill and celerity with which General Schefket broughte the third army corps and part of the second y corps before Constantinopie and cupied the amazed the foreign military men here. General Schefket has been some- thing of a mah of mystery, which im- pression he I aking trouble in recent days {0 rem Thorough Investigation of Adana Dis- orders. orders In Adana - provine « 1 Schefket sa tods were In process of solution. The courtmartial there could be trusted to make a thor- ough investigation and pr ade « punishment for the e agitation in the fourth army corps at gs—Adana Disorders in the headquarters in Erzerum _had uged, most of the mutineers and de- serters having been arrested. In con- clusion General Schefket sald: “We desire very much to have the ~ood will, sympathy and moral support of the Americans in the present move- ment toward better government.” A Man of Extreme Composure. Generar Schefket's whole day after 9 o'clock In the morning is| allotted to military bu 5. He is a tall, wide- shouldered, thin Arab of Bagdad, with some Georglan blood. He Is a man of extreme composure, only his eyes shine | ifke those of an enthusfast. Harem Women Bid Farewell to Yildis Palac Constantinople. 18.—Eighty | women from Abdul Hamid's harem, | richly dressed and vei were driven | In ca under the Tt of four eunuchs from the Ylldiz to palace, which has since about 1824 troop of cavalry anclent Seraglio unoccupled Curlous bystanders | driven away from the exit of the Yildiz palace by a guard of soldlers, |Wollowing the carriages was a_train of wagons with baggage. The Yildiz is | being made ready for the admission of | the public. ~Most of the former sul- tan's slaves have been freed. REFRIGERATING AND ICE PLANT FOR WAUREGAN HOUSE. Six Ton Machine Will Be Installed at Once—Camplete and Modern Outfit. The Parker-Davenport Co. signed a contract on Saturday with the Larsen- Baker Co. of Omaha, Neb. whereby they will immediately commence the installation of a plant for cooling the vario meat boxes and supply ™ hoxe and various parts of 0 the making of 1,000 h day for the use in in the kitchen the hotel, and a pounds of ice the dining ms and various cafes in the hotel. The work for this plant will be rushed through as soon as pos- sible, the cont ing to have tors agre it ready for use In forty days from date. When this plant is completed the Wauregan house will have one of the most complete and modern lce plants cf any hotel in the country, althou course not as large as some There will be eight large boxes various uses in the hotel as follows One box for the hotel cafe, where all cut meals, cold meats and all supplies for immediate use in the kitchen are kept. Also another box for tl clusive use of the hotol.baker, wher an be kept everything which fs used in his department and which is nep entirely separate from the box con- BOYD WINS THIS TIME Over Greeneville Course in 19 Minutes 47 Seconds—Gadle, Former Winner, Comes in Third, With fifteen runners North Main street, at B Greeneville, lined up on ighth street, In 5, for the sec- the word ond three mile road race over the Bast Side, was given Saturday afternoon at 4.03 o'clock by Starter James Connors, The race was won by Willlam Boyd, in 19 minutes 47 seconds. John Martin finished second, and Joseph P. Gadle, who won the r over the same course three weeks ago in 20 minutes 40 seconds, was third Avery Corey led until he crossed the Preston bridge. Then Boyd and Corey began the fight for first place. Corey was compelled to withdraw between the Jennings and Chapman places on Hamilton avenue, Boyd finished at Fifth street a go 100 yards in front of Martin, b whom about 10 vards Krenski was fourth. o other runners were well strung at all finished except Corey, who was exhausted. Those who started were John Chimoskl, Francis Tan- dreau, John Downing, Willlam Krenski, David Shahan, Thomas Shahan, Avery Corey, John Martin, Willlam Boyd, Jo- taining meats,_ etc. There will also be still another hox in th torerpom, where is kept butter, milk and cream, cheese, berriex, fruits of all kinds, ¢ There will also be a large sun-* box for Tibs and loins of beef, poultry of all kinds, and all meat as it is re- ceived from the market, where it can be kept at a certain temperature and llowed to improve with age. There will be a large box for milk, butter cheese and eggs, and which will be used for nothing else, thus insuring the having of good sweet milk and butter at all times. All of the various boxes can be kept at a different temperature from each other, and as some things need to be kept colder than others the benefit of this can be easily seen As will be seen by the above, the improvements of the Wauregan still g0 on, and when completed It will be one of the most complete and con- venlent hostelries in the country. The ice machine to be installed will be a six ton machine with a-coaling capacity of six tons of fce a day All the machinery, which w' inely the machine, a twelve horse potver electric motor and th ump, 11 he ted in the engine room of the hotel, which i in sment. The brine tank is and into this will fit ten cans for making the ice, the cakes welghing 100 pou viled water will be used in the making of this fce, which will amount to f aton a day and will used for sthe drinking water, bar, etc Boiling the water | sures the ice clea The large supply bhox ted in the hotel yard but the others are in the hotel. Che eystem is the same as recently instali- ed by the Allen-Beeman Co. 6 Entertained in Norwich. Bight members, Mrs, Thomas T Mrs, Lucy Hurlbutt, Mrk G Dean, Mrs ah Colver, Mrs. land E. Colver and the Misses Latimer, K F Colver and Lau Perkins, of the Gales Ferry auxillary of the Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs, Franklin . Brown at her home on aurel H enue, Norwich, last webk. Mrs. Nelson T. Crowell and Miss Ruth Phillips assisted the usual literary pro- eramme with songs and musi tions. Thé next meeting of the will be held in June at the hom Mrs. Sarah Colver at the navy yard. New London to Norwich, Dr. W. W. Faatz of the King Dental company, who has recently been en- rolled among the city's long distance walkers, another tally Sunday k. This time it was the New London to Nerwich trip, on wkich he was uecom- panied by Thomas McGuinness and David Barry. They were not out for speed records, but came along at a £00d gait, with some stops, and did the distance. in just five minutes more than three hours. It was a very comfortable day for walking. Sobi Froehlichk added ly Society Dance. n Talman street ki t hall haid a large crowd Saturday night at a concert, reception and dance ‘ven by King John 11 Sobleski society, A con- cert was given in the early part of the evening, followed by the recention and dance. 'The muslc was by the Sater Polish band of Jewett City. W. Le Kiewitz and P. Kolenkiewitz were the committee in charge. / seph P, Frank Quinn, Joseph Ileming, Willlam Supa ahor s 16, finished fresh and ibtedly have cut down his could und time materially had he been pushed. The judges were E. R. Corey, John Heath ‘and F. J. Murtha. It was announced that the seeond race, in which the threo who finished first Saturday will compete for the tew set which s offered as a trophy to the contestant who first scored two wins, will take place next Saturday, starting at Sixth street at 6.o'clock. The hour is fixed at 6 r to avoid the heat as much e. Just before the main there will be & race for contestants from 8 to 11 years old over the same three mile cow The prizes will be a chest protector, a badl and bat and a glove. Among the boys of this cl thé race is who has do; s who are rett Corey e the distan practicing for 10 years old, in 25.32. THAMES RIVER CHANNEL. Increased in Depth and Changed Somewhat As To Center. .. notice t5 mariners, pubd- lished Friday and issued by the light- board and coast and geodetic survey, contains the following notice of In< sed depth in Thames river be- tween New London and Allyn's Point, The week!: hich I8 of Interest to local navigas tors Through the courtesy of the chief of engineers, 1. A, Army, & copy of & ¢ of the channel in the Thames vicinity of Bartlett’s and , has beon received. tion of the survey shows that a channel of 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep at mean low water hat been dredged through the shoals at the just below Bartlett's, and f the same width and depth als abreast Horton's ve, g0 that there is now a denth ot feet between New London and Al- yn's Point, The centre line of the channel at the rods-over below Bartlett's begins at a point between Ice House Light No. 3 °f at the point eastward 120 yards from the outer wharf, and leads 324 de- grees, 20-minutes true (NNW 3-16ths W mag.) for a distance of about one mile, to the deeper water just above Bartlett's The contre line of the second section begins at & wharf on t of the dredged cl point abreast the rorthwestern side of the river above Montville .(opposite Clark’s cove), 80 yards from its outer end, and leads 35 degrees, 20 minutes true (NE mag.) a distance of about thence 52 degrees, 15 minutes true (NE, by E 11-16th E mag) to deeper water in the natural channel below Aliyn's Point nne first Band Gave Dance. In T. A. B. ball Saturday night 'a dance was given by the Pulaski band of seventeen pieces, of which Peter Laroche Is leader. Before the dance the band gave a short par the streets downlown, af from their rooms In Gre: Job for Dog Catchers. Albert J. Hopkins continues #o be the dog In the Illinois manger. can’t be elecied to the United States senate himself, and he won't let one else be ¢ 1 "