Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 18, 1909, Page 1

r VOL. LIL—NO. 117. $1,000,000 FAILURE IN WALL STREET Not Stock Manipulation but Outside Ventures Responsible for the Trouble RECEIVER FOR TRACY AND GOMPANY, Members of New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade—Money Lost in Such Ventures as the Local Taxicab Business—One of the Firm Now Cruising in the Mediterranean. . P New York, May 17.—In the appoint- ment of a receiver for Tracy and Com- pany, membors of the New York stock exchange and the Chicage board of trade today, Wall Street had a million dollar failure with an interesting va- riation from the ordina: . g Assets Half a Million. Taxicabs, and not stock manipula- tion_or market conditions, are said to be indirectly responsible for the firm's troubles. While no announcement as to the exact cause has been made, E. A. Benedict, the receiver, said tonight that he understood that money lost in backing a local taxicab concern figured in the outside ventures. The firm has no stock exchange obligations. The total liabfiities are estimated at $1,000,. 000; the assets at half that amount. Both these sums, however, are only approximated and may be increased. Three Petitioning Creditors. News of the firm's failure came out with the filing of an involuntary pe- tition in bankruptcy in the United States district court this afternoon but as it wag rather late in the day nc afficial notice was received at the stock exchange. Mr. Benedict was quickly named as recelver and gave tond for $50.000. There were but three petitioning creditors and their claims as stated were quite inconsiderable— Henry F. Woodward and Willlam G.4 Austin, both of New York, 33,500, and $100 respectively; Willlam A Scott, a resident of Long Island, $307. One of Firm on Fooreign Tour. Tracy and Company is not an old firm, having been organized in 1905 and consisting of William W. Tracy, R.wD. Covington, and Frederick W. Yarker. Mr. Parker was the board member. Messrs. Tracy and Coving- ton were in conference with the re- celver during the afternoon but they declined to make any statement. Mr. Parker has been abroad for several months, according to a statement made at the office, cruising in the Meditterranean. Result of Proposed Taxicab Legisla- tion. Ameng those stock exchange houses with Chicago connections the embar- rassment of the firm caused little sur- The_situation is regarded by friends of Mr, Tracy, as a result, at lezst in part, of proposed taxicab leg- islation pending before ths local board ot aldermen., When a hearing was held with regard' to proposed legislation, rome weeks ago an attorney for taxi- cab interests announced to the cim- mitteemen of the board who were con- eidering the matter that any reduction in the rate of fare might mean bank- ruptcy for some persons interested. But the proposed bill was reported af- ter some revision at a subsequent mecting of the board. Further con- eideration, however, wag postponed, Firm Had Branch in New Haven. At the office of Tracy and Company, 410 Wall Street, after the news of the filing of the petition had become known a large crowd gathered but the clerks for & while apparently contin- ued their work. As no official notice was_received the firm was not sus- pended from the stock exchange this afternoon and it was also too late for the receiver to take active charge of affairs. He will do So tomorrow. Be- sides the main New York office in Wall Street, the firm maintained local branches in West Thirty Third Street, and at the Hotel Gotham. It had oth. er offices in Chicago, St. Louls, Louis- ville. Ky., Milwaukee, and New Haven, Conn. Statement by Receiver. In unofficially summing up the sit- uvation Receiver Benedict said: “I have just taken hold and haye no idea of the firm's condition. I am assured that there are uo stock ex- change obligations. I have been told that some money was lost in outside ventures, such as the local taxicab business and in a similar venture in Chicago, but have heard nothing to confirm this.” It is understood, however, that the banking firm of Tracy and Company acted as bankers for a taxicab com- peny of this city when it was organ- ized and that heavy losses were in- curred, during the recent strike of tax- icab chauffeurs. FORTY-THREE VOTING MACHINES FOR NEW HAVEN. Board of Aldermen Vote to Adopt Their Use—Cost $25,800. New Haven, Conn, May 17—Tho toard of aldermen tonight, by a vote of 13 to 6, voted to adopt the use of vot- ing machines for all municipal and siate elections. Simflar action has been taken before, but has never gone beyond the board. This time, as the vote was not on strictly party lines, it s thought that the matter will be carried through. The only thing that can prevent ite fulfillment is the ma or's veto and it is not thought that he will refuse 6 sign the measure. For- 1y-three machines will be required, at a cost df $25,800, which will be met by a bond issue. YALE CORPORATION MEETS. Offer of $5,000 for a Memorial Ga way—Other Business. Haven, Conn, May 17.—The meeting of the Yale Corporation today was brief, there being little bus- iness to come before it. Anmounce- nent was made of the offer of $100,000 from Mrs. Morris K. Jesup of New York, to establish the Morris K. Jesup grofesporship ot silviculture in the ‘ale forestry school The gift is a memorial to Mrs. Jesup's husband, who was deeply interested in the problems of forestry conservation, The offer of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Danlels of Minneapolis, of $5.000 for a memorial gateway to their son, For- rest Leonard Daniels of the class of 1907, was accepted. The gateway will connect (he west end of Durfec Hall ‘with tke bullding which will ultimately Te placed on the”present alumni hall site. "The gift of $60,000 to provide an ad- dition to the school of fine arts was nceepted as @ memorial to the late Kichard 8. Fellows of the class of 1832 as was the gift of $2,000 from J. L Towines, for an endowment of the ibrary of the department of fine arts. The graduates announced the nomi- ration of Alfred L. Ripley, 1878, presi- dent of the state national bank of Foston to succeed himself this June as a fellow of the corporation, Three instructors of the university were promoted to assistant professor- ships. SUIT AGAINST CASTRO. Judgment of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Against Former President. Royalists in Paris gave a dinner in honor of the Duke of Orleans, chéering for a king and shouting, “Down with the Republic!” Owhig to a shortage in Canadian and American meat shipments at Liver- ool the Chamber of Commerce de- xires that the embargo on live cattle from Argentina be removed. In Washington the opiuion was ex- pressed that the tariff commission Which s to be authorised under the provisions of the senate substitute was the most important feature of that msasure. Body of Man Found Stuck in Mud in Stratford Creek. Stratford, Conn, May 16—The body of en unknown man about 25 years of age was found vesterday in a creek leading from Fresh Pond. Stuck in the mud of the bank was a fish pole and line, and it is supposed that the man fell into the water while in a fit, a3 there is lees than four feet of water thers. He had brow hair, blue eyes and was clean shaven. The clothing consists of a gray coat, dark trousers, ray swealer, Bry cap and rubber oots. Thers was nothing in his cloth- to lead to identification. Brother and Sister Drowned. _Rochester, N. Y. May 17.—While canoeing In the Geneser River at Gen- esce Valley Park yesterday, J. Louis Minges, 28 years old, and his sister, Carrie Minges, 30 years old. were drowned by the capsizing of their ca- noe. MURDER OF MISS REGESTER. POLICE AT A STANDSTILL. Missing Barber Suspect Eliminated fr3m the Case, Detectives Say. e, Providence, R. L, May 17.—Although the police sent out motices broadcast over the eastern states todey asking for the detention ef the Auburn bar- ber who has been missing since the day before the murder of Miss Laura Regester, detectives at work on the case asserted tonight that the barber has been entlrely eliminated from the mystery. This atnouncement fo'lowed a visit by an inSpector to Rehoboth, Mass,, wiere confirmation was obtain- ed of the report that the missing har- ber was seen by several acquaintances on a trolley car near Taunton, Ma: on May 10, the night of the murder. This was considersd as establishing a | ccmplate alibi for the man. as it would lave been Impossible for him to 'have been near the sceme of the crime at any time Monday night That the police have mot yet been atle to locate the barber for an ‘nter lew as to his acqualntarce with the slain girl has -arouséd some surprice, as the fact that he has been wanted bas been putlished widely for days. He is said to bave been an admirer of Iiss Regester. With the much talked of barber practically out of the case, the police the were yirtually at a standstill in investigation tofight. The detoc said they were waiting for someth t> turn up and they geemed to have e hausted all clues. A man with scratches on his face and a scalp wound, wh) said his name was Thomas Reilly, and his residence New York, was apprehended on sus- picion today. He is sald to have been seen near the scene of the crime, but the authorities profess to attach little importance to his detention, although he is st held. FAMOUS BUDDHIST TEMPLE DESTROYED BY FIRE. | Zozoji, One of the Most Famous Tem- ples in Japan. Tokls, Thursday, April 15.—4#ozoji, the famous Buddhist temple situated in Shiba Park, Tokio, was completely destroyed by fire a few days ago, the damage amounting to about $200,000 The Zozojl Temple, next to the greaf temples ot Nikko, was probably the most famous and popular show temple in_Japan The fire was set by & beggar who was llving in a hole underneath the floor of the temple. The man was cold and started a little blaze with a news- paper and a few sticks for warmth, | The flames spread and the temple was consumed. PENDING TARIFF BILL. Discussion in Genate of the Income Ta Washington, May 1T.—A compre- hensive discussion of the income tax by Senator Sutherland of Utah, and a long speech by Eenator Depaw in upport of the pending tarift bill con- sumed most of the sessions of the senate today. Mr. Sutherland argued against the constitutionality of a fed- eral Income tax law and declared that uch a tax should be a means of reve- fs for the states. Before adjournment, a couple of hours were devoted to a discussion of the cutlery soredule of the tariff bill. Postal Employe Instantly Killed While Riding Motor Cycle. . ™ Newburgh, N. Y., May 17.—In a eol- lision between his motor cycle and a farmer's wagon, John K. McLoughlin, an employe in the local pest o ce was instantly killed todey. McLoughlin s trying his new machine on a ountry road and was making about forty miles an hour when he rounded a turn in the road and ran into the wason. The shaft ef the vehicle was criven through his body. Paris, May 17.—The Prix Herbeville was run at St. Cloud today and won by W. K. Vanderbilt's Silver Sireak. His San Pletro finished second in the ¥Frix Plaisir, Paris, Mav 17.—The French govern- ment has accepted the amendments to the amendments to the Franco-Ameri- can extradition treaty suggested by the American Senzte. This insures the ratification of the measure. ‘Willemstad, Curacao, May 17.——Ce- iestine Castro, brother of the deposed president of Venezuela arrived today on board the Spanish steamer Mont- serrat. He is accompanied by his wife and will remain at Curacao. London, May 17.—Joseph Chamber- lain returned to London today from the Continent. He appeared to be somewhat stronger than when he went abroad, but it was obvious that his powers of walking had made wesappre- ciable improvement. 3 Paris, May 17.—The examining mag- istrate has concluded his investigation into_the charges made against Cecil H. Sargent, an Englishman and his wife, an American, of ill treating four adopted children and has ordered the Sarzents to stand trial before the cor- rectional court Willemstad, Curacao, May Thomas C. Dawson, the newly appoint- ed American minister to Chili, left here teday for New York on_ the Dutch steamship via Haytl. Mr. Dawson was until recently American minister to Colombia, and came out from Bogcota by way of Venezuela. Sorrento, Italy, May 17.—Under the terms of F. Marion Crawford's will, his library and his manuscripts go to his son Harold. His son Bertie re- ceives the greater part of the estate, and will devote himsel’ to commerce. TRe Wiluw has removed to Naples where she will reside with a married daughter. Tacna, Chile, May 17.—The provinces of Tacna and Arica and the country south of them have been visited re- cently by frequent earthquakes. There was a severe shock ot 3 o'clock this rning of ninety seconds duration. e inhabitants were thrown into a- state of semi-panic but there were no fatalities and no materfal losses have Leen reported. ucgs, Saturday, May 8.—The t of many judgments which will be ounced by the Venezuelan courts ugainst former President Castro was rendered this week by Judge Farreras of the civi] court of first instance. It was in the suit instituted against the deposed president by Semora Joaquim Crespo, widow of a former president, for six years rental and heavy dam. ages for the arbitrary occupation by Castro of the Miraflores Palace in this city which is the property of Senora Crespo. A verdict for the full amount was given and as the judge condemned the defendant, to_meet the cost of the trial the whole affair will cost General Castro hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. GRAND LODGE, I. 0. 0. F. Everything Prepared for Annual Ses- sion to Be Held in Hartford Today and Wednesday. The degrse team for ths session of the grand lodge, 1. O. O. F.. t be held in Hartford this evening met in the Hartford theater Sunday afternoon for @ rehearsal. It is in fine fettle for the work of the opening session, when 27 candidates will receive the first degree. A committee consisting of Theodor Kassenbrook, Hardy T. Lohmes and ¥ S. Goslee will meet a delegation of about 500 who will come from New Britain and will be headed by a brass band. 'he conclave this evening is to be llowed by sessions Wednesday. In the morning the delégates are to he taken around the city in five special trolley cars, starting from the Hotel Garde. At 10 o'clock the®annual busi- ness meeting will open in Unity hall At 1 p. m. luncheon will be served in Foot Guard hall. Wednesday evening an open meeting | to be held in Foot Guard hall. There 1ll be a concert by Hatch's orchestra iasting half an hour. C. A. Q. Norton will introduce fhe retiring grand m ter, Grant U. Kierstead, who will give a short talk. Mr. Kierstead will pre- sent Mayor Hooker and later in the evening Rpbert T. Daniel of Griffin, Ga., past grand sire and grand repre- sentative from Georgia to the sove- reien grand lodge, will give the address of the evening. Badges for members of the general committee are being distributed. The badges for the delegates will be dis- tribpted at the Hartford theater this evening. Official headquarters during the ses- sion will be at the Hotel (grde. An information bureau will be established there. AN OLD RESIDENT. Mrs. N. W. Biood of Montana Comes for the Celebration. Mrs. Nathan W. Blood of Bozeman, Morit., is one of the early home com- ers for the 250th anniversary, having retirned here last Friday after an ab- sence of 31 years, and is_visiting her sister, Mrs. ‘Charies H. Carpenter of Yantic. She made the long trip east alone, although 72 vears old, starting last Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock and hing here at 9 Friday <vening. Mrs. Blood will be remembered by the older residents of Norwich Town,which was her home hefore leaving for the west, and the family was among the oldest subscribers fo The Bulletin, having taken it from the days when Dick MeCloud used to walk up from Norwich to deliver the paper. Corn in Colchester. S. P. W. of Colchester writes the Hartford Times as follows: In a recent editorial you were com- menting on the statement of the Con- necticut Valley Advertiser that twen- ty-five years ago 130 bushels of corn were raised in East Haddam and shipped west by Mr. Goodspeed, and you added: “It is doubtful if today any tarmer in Fast Haddam, or any town near it, raises as many as 139 bushels of corn, to say mothing of its not being sent west." Colchester is a “town near it” and is rather proud of the fact that it has one farmer, W. H. Marvin, who last vear ralsed over 1,200 bushels of corn cn the ear, equivalent to some 700 bushels of shelled corn. Mr. Marvin | # 4 peir of good horses and the work plowing, planting, cultivating, har- vesting was all done without other istgnce than the hiring of the husking of some 200 hushels of the corn. Mr. Marvin is engaged in the poultry business and found time to raise se eral acres of other grains with which to feed his fowls during the winter. Kenealy Improving. A telephone message from Stamford Monday states that while the condition of the Hon. Michael Kenealy is some. what improved, he is not yet out ot danger. Cabled Paragraphs 17——4 B _NORWICH, CO| Hains Booked : »Fnriing Sing AT HARD LABOR. SR AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE ~ Of from Eight to Sixteen Years for the Killing of William E. Annis Last August. Flushing, N, Y, May 17.—Unless some unlooked for legal obstacie is interposed, Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., U. S. A, who was convicted of man- siaughter in the first degree for killing Willlam E. Anniss at the Bayside Yacht Clup last August, will be taken to Sing Sing tomorrow and will at onee begin serving the senteice im- posed today by Justice Garretson in supreme court today Eight to Sixteen Years At Hard Labor. The sentence is an indeterminate one, under which the minimum period of imprisonment will be eight years and the maximum sixteen years. His time in prison must be spent at hard labor. No Appeal for Stay of Execution. Counsel for Hains lat today prac- tically yielded to his immediate frans- fer from the Queens County jail to Sing Sing, when they annuunced after a conversation with General Fains, hi, MAY 18, 1909. "Blde Laws” Hit Coney Island ORDER ISSUED FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE CAUSES GLOOM. NO MORE SUNDAY SHOWS Licenses to Be Refused All Common Entertainments—Excise Laws Also to Be R ly Enforced. New York, May r Coney Island. where Sund+y frivelit exceeds the combined frivolity of the other six days of the week, was in gloom today owing to “blue laws.” An order went forth from the office of lellan that hercafter shows v be in operation at the resort six Mayor=M, Gays in the week but no more. Practically Every Show Affected, In brief, Sunday licenses w fused all “common shows, admission js charged monentary returns also. Moving ric ture shows are affectet, Less Beer on Sunday. Strict orders have been issued also calling for an enforcement of the ex- 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of the > Founding of Norwich, July St? and 6th . father, and Major John P. Hains, a brother, that no application would be made for a certificate of reasonable doubt as a stay of execution. An ap- peal, hased on the general court recorl in-the case, will be taken in regular course, however. | Upon learning the decision of coun- sel, the sheriff of Queens County said that he would take his prisoner to Sing Sing within twenty-four hours, Captain Hains Sesmed Overcome. After Justice Garretson had imposed the sentence Captain Hains sat down and dzooped his head on. the tably b fore him. He seemed ‘overcome hwith emotion for a few moments but soon recovered himself and sat upright star- inztat the court. General Hains, the | defendant’s father, and Major John Powers Haing, who were in court dis- played much eotion when the captain was sentenced WEST MYSTIC BOY KILLED BY EXPRESS Was Tying Shoe Close to Track and Didn’t See Train Approaching. Elmer M. Decker, aged 16,was struck | and instantly killed by the westnound Merchants' Limited express at_ the West Mystle crossing at 7 o'clock Mon- day night. He with two smaller boys | was watching the freight going east and didn’t see the westbound express. He apparently bent down to tie his shos as the train approached un- noticed owlng to the noise made by the freight. Station Agent Robert Bradley tried to warn him, but was not able to, and the crossbeam struck the boy in the head, crushing his skull and throwing him thirty feet, death be- ing instantaneous. He was a son of Mr. and Mre. Frank Decker of West Mystic and leaves two brothers, F. W. Decker and L. P. Decker of New Lon- don. OBITUARY. Michael Murphy. . The many friends of Michael Mur- v will regret to learn of, his death, Nwhich occurred at his howe, No. i85 Mt. Pleasant street, at 6.20 o'clock Monday evening, affer having been in poor health for the past two years Death resulted from a complication of troubles, Michael Murphy was born in Ireland 67 years ago, the son of Mr. and Mrss John Murphy, who died at Norwich Town: having been among the old residents of the city. He came to this country wihen 1 young man before his parents decided to come and went through the west into California and domn into the isthmus of Panama prospecting and ing, and engaged in railroad work. After his family had located in Norwich he returned | east and came to this city, where with the exception of five years he sment the remainder of his life. For forty- five years he has been in Americ He opened a grocery at No. 2 Water street, which he conducted for a short time and then went to Colchester, where he conducted & general store for five years. Disposing of his Colches- ter store, he returned to Norwich and | bought out the D. P. Coon store, cor? ner of West Main and North Thames streets, where he has for the past twen- ty-six years carried on a grocery and liquor business, makin~ his home in the tenement above until about two | years ago, when he erected the hand- some residence corner of Mt. Pleasant | and Elizabeth streete, where he h since resided: Two years ago in Japn- vary he was obliged to give up his active business life because of poor health, and since tha! time his sons, John 1. and Mortimer M. Murphy, have conducted It the former having been with the Allen-Beeman Co. for ten years, while the jatter has for sev- years been assoclated with his y-six vears agzo he was united in marriage with Ellen O’Con- nell by Rev. Daniel Mullin in St.Mary's church, by whom he is survived, to- gether with seven chiidren, John E., Mortimer M., Mary J., Nora A., Ellen T., Agatha C. and Lucy A. Murphy, all of this city. He also icaves a brother, James Murphy, of Norwich Town, Mr. Murphy was a man of quiet dis- position who was particularly interest- ed in his home, and there found his chiet delight. He belonged to no or- ganizations. He was well known among the business men of the cf*- as his thirty-five years of business activity here stamped him as an industrious citizen, upright and honest in all his dealings. He had a wide eircle of friends, particularly on the West Side, who admired him for his many excel- lent qualities Four New Battleships for Russia. St. Petersburg, May 171t Is stated t the admiraity plans for the con- struction of four battleships have been finally completed and will be submitted to the emperor this week. According to the present plans the ships will be Luilt af the Baltic works at Se. Peters- burg. Special authorization by parlia- ment is not required. since the funds to commerce construction were assign- cd by the 1908 budg cise laws. Heretofore beer has flowed more frecly agConey on Sunday than on week day Consternation Among Showmen. AS a preliminary to the regulations to come, all shows requiring perform- fre In costumes were closed yesterday. hi a committee to confer with the mayor. The showmen say that they will fight for their rights to the highest state The police say they will act courts. according to crders. FORTY-SE7VEN YEARS WITH ADAMS EXPRESS CO, Calvin J. Roath Retired on a Pension After Long and Faithful Service. After having been with the Adams past 47 Calvin J. Roath of No, 230 Pal- mer avenue has been retired by the His record is one of which he can justly be proud, as he has been a faithful employe and loooked well after the interests of the Express company years, for the company on a pension. employing company for many years. The recognition of his valuable ser- in placing him can enjoy the vice-by the compan on o pension, that he fruits of his long years of usefulnes: comes at a time when he is in good hace many In the spring of 1862 he entered the Norwich office of the company, remaining four or five health and when he will vears df usefulness left. years, after which for a quarter of a . - > century he was on the Norwich wnd | the strikers had returned to work. Worcester road. Later for fourteen | between New London and Boston, but | for the uast four of five years he been back on the Norwich and Wor cester line. Along these lines he In the city court at 2 o'clock Mon- day_afternoon Prosecuting Agent TT H. Burnham presented Marion Morse, Viney Noradby, alias Malady, Mary P. Childs, Pearl Brown, ing the liquor law. The; ed by the state police, Su Ty and Polceman Rudd, after houses had been searched and liquor | ¢ found, They pleaded gullty and were | flre is supposed to have b of in- fined $50 and costs. amounting (u\"_’lll"fif}' ori T Flames broke out $66.33 In_each case, which was papd | Simultanously in a dozen places. to Clerk Tibk There was some fear that they would be given davs for the offense, but It was stated by Prozecuting Agent Burn- | ham that they could not get a sen- tence of days for violation of the lig- uor iaw. IONIC CAMP TO PARTICIPATE. will With Degres Team Uniform. Parade Tonic camp, No. 7694, Modern Wood- men, considered the invitation to ticipate in the coming 250th annive Foresters' hall. It was voted to pa & with the degree team in uniform d 'all the of dges, while a U carry. Lyman J. Cobleigh, ton and Christopher Hanson were ap- pointed a committee with make the arrangements the next meeting. Tt w power to nd report at r1ade day for members of the order In the Probate Court. Judge N. J. Ayling has accepted the final accounts of Catherine M. Seamon | and PBridget Murphy, trustees under | of West Main street, who left her estate in trust for the care of a daughter, | Ella Murphy. She died several months | ago, having been cared for out of the $7.538.87. The balance, by arrangement with the the will of Mrs. Bridget Murphy estate, which amounted to other heirs, is divided so the two trus- tees each receive $2,300, while Bridget Murphy for the care of her sister gets | $804. . A Briscoe has qualified as execu- tor of Thomas Voorhees' will and C. R. Butts and J. P. Huntington have been named as appraisers. Two Minnesota Miners Buried Alive. Duluth, Minm, May 17.—A telegram from Negaunee,’ Mich., says that Ci tory Norse and Edgar Ylensen. miner were burled alive in the Mary Char lotte mine today, miners tunneled for the men all day and tonlght recovered their dead bod- tes. % Pathfinder Car Held Up by Water. Wilson, Kansas, May 17. traveling' 145 miles today the Giidden tour pathfinder car was stopped by a abring\(reshet. In & hole. water flo; —CGay, care free he re- which means that all performances to which : not conducted under’ the head of theatrical licenses must give up the day of the week when the crowds are greater and the included and practi- cally every show on the island will be caused consternation but what it predicted will come brought an aut- burst of wrath and the appointment of is well known by the railroad men, and they will deeply regret to miss him on his usual run. GUILTY OF LIQUOR SELLING. Six Women Ploaded Guilty and Were Fined $50 and Costs. Maud Young and | Frankle Leon on the charge of violat- were arrest- . A. L. Sto- the sary at ita meeting Monday night m), er members wearing ted States flag and a Woodmen's flag will be secured to | George H. Stan- | s0 voted | to invite ail the New London county Woodmen and hold open house on pa- A jarge force of After | Rughes signed a bill tod: Cordensed Telegrams United States naval experts arranged for a’series of experiments to pertect the wireless telephone and telegraph, Peter T. Braun, 19, died in Allendals, N. J., a victim of his memories of the Slocum disaster, of which he was a survivor, Meetings v.ere held in 24 churches in Toleda (o test the sentiment of the voters on_the proposition of holding a county option election, - The Wright brothers began work at their home in Dayton, 0., cons aeroplanes, ond Wikt have fou: 10 sell to the public soon. One hundred and forty-three bergs were sighted, in one day off Cupe Race by the steamer Rosalind, bound from New York to St, John's, N: F. A white girl at Mobile wanted to be declared a negress so that she could be married to a mulatto, but the court refused the request, declaring her to be pure white. Edmund Ward, the American vic consul at Leeds, Eng., died on Satur- day. He was appoi d v nesul in October, 1906, having served as d uty consul since 1892 ep- Dr. Ernest Besnier, an eminent der- matologist. died in Paris vesterday. He Yas honorary physician pitals of Paris, a mem . and to several hos- er of the Acad- an officer of tite emy of Medici Legion of Honor, Mrs. Collis P. Huntington's maznifi- cent residence in Park avenue, New York, has been leased by the Cornell club of New York for a period of ten years, Announcement of this was made Saturday night. E. B. Saylor, former superintendent of the Pittsburg district of the West- en Union Telegraph company, was ar- | rested at Pittsourg Saturday. on a charg> of misdemeanor in connection it is sald, with the alleged wire-taj- ring scandal. General Victor Calderon commander-in-ch| farmy, died in Bogota, Colombia, as a result of an illness contracted while on a trip last month to Santa Marta on the Atlantic coast. Through the enactment of a recent law in New York, the practice of th : | state insurance department regardi certificates or licenses issued to insurance agents is practicai'y rev lutionized, and will, it is believed, have - | the effect of permitting -nly bona fide agents to write insurance, - Joseph Gallagher, an employee in the office of the commissioner of motor ve- hicles for New York. died late Ja night, after having been fatally injured .| inan automobile accident in Jersey City. He was thrown from the ma- chine at a sharp curve, landing on his head and fracturing his skull. POSTAL EMPLOYES STRIKE. Practically All the Men turned to Work. Have Re- Paris, May“17.—The leaders of the postal employes at 2 mass meeting to- night admitted that they had been bluffing all along. M. Pauron an- nounced that there was nothing to ex- pect fram the outeide unsons, which | either were not ready or not willing to strike. A final decision with regard to the resumption of work. however, was postponed and, theoretically, at least, the strike will continue tomorrow. The government authorities an- nounced tonight that practically all of 307 AMERICAN HOUSES. First Bab) Born in One of Them at Messina is Named Theodore. Messina, Sicily, May A total of 307 American houses have been erect- ed here for the use of the earthquake survivors. The first baby to he born in any.of these houses saw the light vesterday. Tt was named Theodore, after Theodore Roosevelt, $200,000 COTTON FIRE. Compress and 5000 Bales of Cotton Destroyed at Fort Smith. Fort Smith, Ark.. May 17.—Fire here early today destroyed the Fort Smith | compress and Its contents of five thou- sand bales of cotton. The loss | mated at $300.000 and is insure Wages of Philadelphia Conductors and Motormen Increased. Philadelphia, May 17.—The Phila- delphia Rapid Transit company, wh operates all the street car lines in thi city, decided at a meeting of its hoard of directors today to Increase the wa of motormen and conductors from cents to 22 cents an hour. The incry is to take effect July 1. About 6,40 men are affected and the advance in- volves an additional expenditure about $300,000 yearl Albany Seismograph Records Earth- | quake. Ibany, N. ¥ An earth- Guake was reco! arly today on the seismograph at the state museum, the tremors beginning at 9 o'cloe The record was slight as the instrument | was not in good worki condition. || Chicago Non-Union Carriage Drivers | Photographed. | Chicago. May 17.—Photographing of | ren-unfon carriage drivers a fea. ture today of the cabmen’s stijke here Ten photogra were posted at va- rious cemeteries to snaps<hot reinemen who took the places of the strikers, Brandenbyrg in Tombs Cell. New York. May 17.—Broughton Bran- derburgh, the writer who was brought back from San Francisco to ans T to the charge of having sold a paper pur- porting to have been written by the late ex-President Cleveland, raigned before Justice the supreme court today, .l"(‘ comn ait trial. ted to the Tombs prison to af MRS. TAFT While on Way to Mount Vernon and is Hurried : 3 Back to the White House ' SUFFERING FROM NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Unable to Attend an Official Dinner Last Night—It is Said at the White House that there is no Cause for Alarm—Cr. Delaney in President—Patient Must shington, May 17.—Mrs. | suffering from a slight nervous break down. She was taken il today en her way from Vernon n the yacht Syl ¥ of friends and was hur House. It was x 1se t that t alarm Mount | with a par- this city to ed back W the is an was unal nfficial dinner at the tonight. President Taft Prepares Statement. President T it himsell pre- red the fol tatement In re- gard rs. 1 condition Mrs. t ing Ceom a alight | nervous attac tended tice esc, | ear and throat hospital this morning, le Taft und rwent a sl ed with t and a small par- ty of fric Sylph for Mount Vernon. Tre excitement, heat and cx- bt Attendance—Statement by Take Complete Res ertion were too much for Mrs. Taft's party was obly o hing Ale: ria. carrled to the The doctor says thut er a few days of complste rest Mee Tar: may be able to resume herSsocial duties. Dr. Delaney s in attendance. drs. Mocre, . Lazt's sister, acted as at official dinner at the » House tonight, Incident Will Probably Not Interfers With President's Trip. ft's Hin the # probably will nog president’s trip 1€ Petersburg, Va. and Charlotte, N. Cy on Wednesday and Thursday of thif week, but Mrs. Taft will not he able acoom, him. She had already dee i isiting the hospital thig morning, to abandon tae trip, for felt that she should reiain here wit her son The operatior formed on Chatlk was not of w serious nature and ht will be taken tancrrow to the Whitd Heuse, FLURRY OVER JEFF DAVIS, RULING BY SPEAKER CANNON | Prevented Reopening in House of Old | Civil War Wounds. Washington, May 17.—A ruling Speaker Cannon today perhaps pr vented the re-opening in the house old wounds of the il War Hcllingsworth of My cfferson Davis rs rling all sorts at him. The editorials we 'he ker de t as the | torials did not attack Mr. Hotlings- | rth in his representative capacity | conld not continu he result o Hollingsworti's attempt was to into the congressional record a umber of uncomplimentary remarks &bout himeelf with nothine to offset | them. As the editorials were read in | turn_ the house was convulsed with laughter. i Although its eans was com- pleted the Philippin oill was | Wt finally acted upon for the want a quorum. Should a resolution by M Texas, which was adopted with, ‘the attorney gener f nish to toe bouse information r.gard- g the steps taken by him to ihe contract whereby th States Stee Tennesses Coal less in_so doing the public interests would be affe The house ad- journed unti HEROIC RESCUE WORK BY FEMALE PHYSICIAN, At a Fire in the Tudor Apartment Building, Chicago, Chicago. May 17.—Fire in the Tudor tment Building on the South Side | was attended by heroic rescue on the part of Mrs, Julla C. wn, a physician, wh ried her | pacalytic father, through clouds | smoke 1o the eéscape and there ssisted the firemen In lowering him fitth story to the ground. awn returned to the burn- « interior and assisted her mother in A bag con- scending the f aining $1.500 v thrown to th turned to Dr. ed. HARVARD INSTRUCTOR WISSING. Left Note Saying He Was Going to Commit Suicide. Strawn, who was unin- Melrose, Mass. May 17.—The police began a search tonight for Dr. Perey | A. Hutehinson, instructor in English who disappear- at Harvard university, ed from the N 2 nitarfum, jeaving a note sayin was go- ing to commit su Hutchin- | son had heen at sanitarium sev- for eral months undergoing treatment a nervous disorde Late today when an attendant went to his room the ab. sence of the patient was discovered. Dr. Hutchinson has a wife and family m Cambridge His age is about 3 Blower Arrested at Notorious Safe Springfield. me -of d and npted to with tley. Both men said to ha st with pistol, Nitro dynamite, fulminating caps re and a battery were found in the | srips belonging to the pair. Stanley iy upposed to be well known in Chicago Divorced American Actress Returns to London Stage. London, May Mra. John Alexand- er Stirling, American actress from whom her husband recently se- cured a divorce in an Edinburgh court, retirned to the ¢ tonight “Srow Girl” in “Our Mise Gihby the Ggletv Theatre. In an inte Drank Carbolic Acid. Cromwell, Conn., May 17.—Axel Ol- #en, 42 years old, committedd suicide at _his home here today by drinking carbolic acid. Despondency is sup- posed to have caused him to end his lite, He leaves a widoy. Celebrated Her 106th Birthda, Philadelphis, May 17.—Mrs. ' Eliza- beth Wenderly celebrated her 106th birthday today in the Methodist Epis- copal Home for the Aged at Balu, g suburb. She was born in Smyrna, Del, sure Aimed At the Black Hand. Albany, N7 Y. May 17.—Governor v increasing the penalty for extortion or blackinall from five to fifteen years. The mens- r- |'ure {s almed at the Black Hand and|cn his walk to the Pacific coast. the igniter and stopped the ear. similar organizations. ] she said that circumstances comyp lier to return to the stage to living. She also hoped to save money to meet the expense of ing the decision in the regent suit. At Lond ~Minnetonka, trom New At Trieste: M Ultonia, from New York vie Nuples. At Naples: May 16, Europe, from New York. At Liverpool: May 17, Celtie, from New York ia Queenstown: At Glasgow: M Callfornin from New York via Weston Walked 63 Miles Yesterday. Monument, Kansas, May 17. ward Payvson Weston arrived toni walked 63 miles today. INTERNATIONAL QUESTION OF MORE DAYLIGHT: Plans to Readjust Time from May { to October 1. . President Taft take up with his the international Washington, promfsed today 1o t tomorrow question of more daylight A delegation from ( rep- | resenting the National Daylight asse= clation cal on the president and requ ke the initiative reform it directed against the elock is to begin the day two hours earlier during the sum- mér time, to afford longer hours for fternoon and evening recreation. It is proposed that on the first of each May the clock hands be turned buck two hours, the readjusted timesto re- main in ber 1, when with 1 the hands be tu he present standard of time. It was explained to the president that little progress could in the direction desired by b b siation without the support of fonal government. As. rafiroad and mail schedules and nal bank- Ing hours would be immediately af- fected by the change, the president sugzested to his callers tha they take the matter up with Postmaster General Hitcheock and Secretary of the Treas- Th! the is they aid. Secre: partment I8 ury tar MacVeagh. Meyer @ contempiating an ha the his de t report for at 8§ Instesd of 9 a. m. and to an hour earller in the afterncen. NATIONAL BANK CASHIER JUMPS INTO THE RIVER, Hat, Coat and Eyeglasses Found on Bank—In No Financial Trouble. Dam stotta, Me., May 17.—Leav- Ing a note saying that he had deter- mined to comir 1de Chapman, National b out his intentions by Damariscotta river afternoon his hat, lasses were found on . but the rch for his se strong ebb tide obably, far Jdown the o death of his wife, more than a year ago, Chap- depressed, and of his children fety and worries, een greatly the sickne: added to his man’ h: iy ad » that his friends believe this led to sulcide. Thos acquuinted with Al affairs declare that he ny financial trouble, and ounts at the bank will ba Chapman was 43 a graduate of be correct awe, and was it of in In Mr. Chapman's of the river he friends to act note found £ on the bank requested two of his trustees for his three little dangh- ters, and he declared that everything at the bank would be found all right. FIRST IN 100 YEARS. Outside of Center Church Repairs to On New Haven Green. ‘or the first time in nearly 100 rs, or since it was built in 1812, e on the exterior r church on ths are being m le of ¢ at New Haven. In spite of its age the spire is in a nexcellent state of preservation. o far a s known repairs to the outside of the steeple e been con- fined to a few coats of paint. But in the course of time the ravages of the eather have necessitated the remoyil of the wnd their repl with copper sheathing. Th ance of the spire will not, however, ba altered in e slightesc detail from that which has looked down upon the pro- gress of New Haven, and the evolu- tion of the from a cattle mar- ket to Its present expanse of beauty and “keep on the walk” si A A Bridgeport Boy H¥s Been Sent to State School. Thomas Doolan the 12-year-old Bridgep boy who polsoncd two horses and four cows belonging to H. Mertens Greenmag of Bridgeport on the ter's farm in ewtbwn, wan found guilty by the jury in the eom- mon pleas court of the charges brought against him on_six counts, and sen- enced to the Connecticut school for boys in Meriden until he is 21 years of sge. Greenman, whose animals were yoisoned, had a hobby of raising prize stock on his farm in Newtown, He hired Doolan to work for him on the fa Two wa died, and one horse, while the others will not be jrime condition for some time. Doo= lan was nettled because his employer had reprimanded him 48 Hour Snow Storm in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Man, Muy 17 —Unususl her Is Visiting Alberta. Reports MucLeod and Lethoridge state t it has been snowing there Sar 448 hours. This is the center of the = ; miners strike and the scarcity of ix greatly felf.