Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 26, 1909, Page 1

VOTE ON INGOME TAX AMENDMENT| Cebl Parsapis Attempt of Senate Leaders to Agree for a Vote on Amendment June 1‘0. FLAT RATE OF 2 PER-CENT. ON INCOMES Is Provided for in the Cummins Amendment while the Bailey Amendment Provides for a Three Per-Cent, Tax—Offense Taken by Some of the So-Called In- . surgent Republicans—$40,000,000 a Year Revenue. Washington, May 25—FHad it not been for the attitude of the progressive republicans who favor the adoption of an income tax amendment to the tarift bill, 1t is probable that Senator Bailey might have reached an agreement to- day with members of the fimance com- miltee for a vote on this amendment on June 10. Insurgents Offended. Offense was taken by some of the s0-called insurgent republicans because of the notice served by the Texas sen- ator yesterday that no general agree- ments could be obtained on any phase of the tarift bill so long as Senator Aldrich refused permission for the fixing of a time for a vote on Senator Bailey's income tax amendment. . Informal Canferences. It was made clear at informal con- ferences today that the republicans who are supporting the Cummins’ amendment desire the continuance of the coalition with the democrats, but that they did not want it at the ex- pense of surrendering the control of the income tax fight to the democrats. Senator Cummins conveyed this view to Senator Bailey. Views of Senator Cummins. Senator Cumemins said tonight that he would offer his income tax amend- ment just as soon as consideration of schedules had been concluded. He will revise his amendment to meet the wishes of a number of republicans. It will provide for a flat rate of 2 per cent. on incomes, including corpora- tlons. A drawback will be allowed to individual stockholders of corporations equal to the sum paid on their stock by the corporation itself, when it can be shown by the individual that the total of his income is less than $5,000 a year. The Bailey amendment pro- vides for a tax Of 3 per cent. Mr. Cummins said that if the Bailey amendment is presented first that he will vote for it, although he does not believe that it would prove as satisfac tory as his qwn. He estimated that his amendmert will produce about $40,000,000 a year in revenues. Members of the finance committtee are confident that they have sufficient votes to refer either the Cummins or the Bailey amendment, or both, to the judiciary committee. GO INTO YOUR OWN POCKET FOR COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS. Advice Given Before General Assembly of Presbyterian Church. Denver, Col., May 25.—"Let Rocke- feller and Carnegie alone—go into your own pocket for college endowments,” was the advice of Dr. J. C. Steffen of Dubugue, Iowa, in an address before the gemeral assembly of the Presby- ternan church this evening. It was decided that $100,000 should | be spent in the ereotion of churches in the synod of Tennessee, to replace thost taken from the church by the decision of the supreme court of that state, which held the union of the Presbyterian church in the United Stotes of America and the Cumberland Presbyterian_church fllegal. Dr. W. L. McEwen offered the report of the board of home missions, showing that the amount recelved—8$1,073,971— was the largest in the history of the church. He asked for $800,000 for the work of the coming year. Dr. Charles I, Thompson of New York referred to. the TEOTET oL Robert “Satchorn 4s commissioner of immi- gration at New York. [ “Politics,” he said, bitterly, “or what was the cause of the cause of the removal of a great man. STEALING FROM NAVY YARD. Filipino Employes at Cavite Caught in a Surprise Search. Manila, May 25.—Having missed property from the navy yard at Cavite for some time, the authorities decided to make a surprise search of Filipino employes leaving the yard. Today a marine guard suddenly surrounded a ®ang of several hundred, among whom were forty who. had various articles eoncealed about their persons, They were arrested. It is estimated that seventy-five managed to throw their jeot away before they were captured. The articles stolen were not of much value, hut in the aggregate the stealings probably would reach a con- siderable um annually. SEVERE PUNISHMENT For Students Who Engaged in Yacht- ing and Dancing. Appleton, W May 25, —As a pun- f<hment for vachting ahd dancing last week at Clifton, in violation of a spe cffic order of the faculty, seventy stu- dents of Lawrence college, members of fraternities and < aties, tonight agreed to forego all communication of tongue or pen be‘ween students of the opposite sex during the remainder of 1he college vear and to apoiogize per- sonally to the faculty, All offenders ‘who are seniors must take final exam ination, from which they had been ex- rmv:elfl before the offense was com- mitted. SIX MONTHS IN FORTRESS For Publishing Count Tolstoi’s “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” St. Petersburg, May icolai Sel- den has heen sentenced to six months fn the fortress on the charge af having published Count Leo Tolstol's “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and other politncal pamphiets. The magistrate refused to [romecute Count Tolstol twho wrote & etter to the court declaring that Sel- den was a passive offender and invit- ing prosecution of himselt. sues Executive Order Re- President garding Naticnal Holidays. Washington, May 25—President Taft today Issued an execiitive order direct- 4ng that when national holidays fall on Funday all government employes we- sitled to a holiday shall be granted leave on the Monday following, The erder applies everywhere except in such states wherein the state laws provide for celsbrations on the Satur- ¢ay preceding holidays falling on Sun- day. In the latter.cases the govern- ‘ment employes will be granted leave on Saturday. Italian 8hot Dead While Trimming a Lawn, Bennington, Vt., May 25—During a «quarrel late today Louls Swensetti, an Italian Jaborer, was shot and instantly Killed on the lawn in front of the resi- dence of Charles H. Dewey, treasurer of the Bennington Savings bank. The alleged murderer Michaelo Phillipi, a passer empioyed at the Rutiand rallroad station, fled, and was last seen heading for Mount Anthony. At the time a{ ehj shooting. Swanlem was en- aged in trimming Mr. Dewey's lawn. g‘mwmnowsuu-uormecnm Cornell Not to Abolish < the Easter Vacation. Ithaca, N. Y, :.(: i-In Lha tace of a protest sign wo thousan -tul'-n- it decided by the trus. oo dont ‘e nesommasastion relentiy opt the ly ‘:Me gy m.'fifim‘y. which would have-brought ut change in the cal'l-t: ¥ g %lnlb_@ufll- went of the i GRAND LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF CONNECTICUT. Seventeenth Annual Meeting at Bridge- port—Officers Elected. Bridgeport, May 25.—The seventeentl annual meeting of the grand lodge of ihe Fraternal Order of Connecticut was held here today with fifty delegates | present, representing the eight coun- | clls of tne order. The reports showed | the formation of four mew counclis during the year and a total member- £hip of 800. Oficegy were elocted as follow Grand \®uncillor, C. C. Taylor, Hart- ford; grand vice councillor, Richard H. Brown, Bridgeport; grand recording secretary. George Deming, Hart- ford; grand treasurer, R. A. Pine, Harfford; medical _examiner, Dr. George W. Cowell, Bridgeport: chap- lain, Miss Lena Turney, Bridgeport; guide, H. J. Gallagher, Hartford; ses for guard, William Carter, Hartfor junior guard, F. A. Otis,’ Hartfor trustees, Mary J. Casey, Hartford, Amanda M. Dame, Fanny A. Kinsella, Bridgeport; executive committee, C. ‘Faylor, Hartford, R. H. Brown, Eridge port, G. M, Deming, Hartford, Joel Griffin, Bridgeport, F. R. Young, Hart- ford, 1. P. Turney, Bridgeport, Henry Green, Hortford. REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE MEHEMED V. AS SULTAN. Troope at Damascus Uneasy—General Berlin, May 25.—A spacial correspon- dent of the Tageblatt sends the follow- ing from Larnaca, Cyprus: Phe situation in Syria is most seri- The autonomy movement is gain- ing” ground, with ‘home rule’ as the watchword. The troops stationed at Damascus refuse to recognize Mehmed V as sultan. The vilayet of Adana is quiet, bt a general uprising Is fear- PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL. Dates Fixed for Hearings by Special Committee. Hariford, Conn., May 25.—The hear- ings by -he special committee appoint- €a to consider the public utilities bill have been set as follows: Tuesday, June 1, hearing as 'to con- trol of finances of public service cor- porations. Wednesday, June' 2, hearing as to control of rates of public service cor- poratinn: Thursday, June 8, hearing &s to con- trol of management and operatio- of public service corporations. The above rearings will te held in the hall of the house, Epidemic of Diphtheria in M. setts Insane Institution. Boston, May 25.—An ‘epidemic of Giphtheria has spread through the fe- male section of Austin Farm, an insti- tution for the insane at Mattapan with the result that three nurses are in the City hospltal, ten nurses and two doc- tors are under medical treatment and fifty patlents and attendants have achu- been found to be carrying the germs. The entire female section has been put under quarantine. Failed to Fly from Newark to New York and Back. Newark, N, J, May 26.—Captain Thomas F. Baldwin did not fly to New York and back in his new dirigible balloon at the opening of the aeronaut- ical carnival at North Arlington, a sub- urb, today, becausp he was not able to adjust his sand bags; but he did make a successful trial flight of 300 yards against the wind, rising at times to 2 height of 150 feei lowa Negro Escapes Mob’s Vengeance. Centerville, ows, May 25.—Jokn Junken, confessed negro slayer ,of Clara Rosen, an Ottumwa choir sidg- er, will tomorrow plead gullty to the charge, according to the negro's state- ment tonight. This, says Prosecutor Seneca Cornell, means that Junken will be sentenced to hang. . Junken_tonight 1s in a state of col- lapse. All day he feared he would be Iynched. A heavy rain today damp- ened the ardor of lynchers, who, after getting a soaking, went home disgust- H 6,000 Coal Miners on Strike. Charleston, W. Va., May 25.—More useum b pmm’:m Kt N““’I::‘ mi as ng ™ Pold’s Vandyke portrait for $30,000 and is now negotiating for a Rubens, for which the king asks $200,000, Paris, May 25.—Andrew Carnevic of New York has arranged to give $1,000,- 000 for the establishment of a “hero fand” in France under practically the same conditions as . govern _simllar funds in the United States, England and Scotland, ~Formal announcement of this gift will be made at a luncheon at the rnne tomorrow, at which Mr. Carnegie wil! be the guest of hon- or. London, Mhy 25 —Harvard house in Stratford-on-Avon, ~the birthplace of John Harvard, which was purchased last year by Bdward Morris of Chi- cago, has been renovated and fitted up as a mus2um and wiil s»on he open- ed to the public. This work is being done under the direction of the \trus- tees, who include Sir Thomas Lipton and' Marie Corell Amoy, China, May 25.—A disinfecting station 'for thé passenger traffic from Amoy to the Philippine Islands has been established here under the super- vision of A. D. Foster of the United States marine hospital corps. The op- eration of this station will enable the continuance of direct communicatior with Manila, which hitherto has had to be suspended during the quarantine period. e O P ANNUAL CONVENTION NATIONAL SLAVONIC SOCIETY At Bridgeport—First Day’s Session— National Secretary Resign Bridgeport, Conn., May, 25.—The fea- ture of the first day's session of the annual convention of the National Slavonic society here today was the resignation of National Secretary Ludwig Thomka of Pittsburg, which was recelved by telegraph. It was wholly unexpected and no reason was given. His successor will be named @t the regular election of officers late in_the week. Most of the day was given to reports of national officers and committees and to addresses by promiment vis- itors. The report of the committee on credentials showed 308 delegates pres- ent from all parts of the country. The society voted $1,000 to the fund for ‘the maintenance of the proposed Slovak emigrants’ home, for which $20,000 was given _yesterday as a building fund by a Bfidgeport woman whose name is withheld. The committee in charge of the ref- erendum vote of the membership re- ported a majority of 6,000 in favor of the establishment and direct control by the society of an official paper. During the last nineteen years the official organ has been a paper pub- lished in Pittsburg. Natlonal President Ambroz’s report will be presented to the convention tomorrow morning. It covers thirty printed pages and recommends many changes in the laws of the soclety, es- pecially in those relating to the in- surance department. TO BE LISTED ON THE CURS. TRADING BEGINS TODAY. Preforred Shares of the United Dry Goods Company. New York, May 25.—Trading begins tomorrow in United Dry Goods com- pany's preferred shares or the curb. Temporary receipts deliverable whea lssued are being traded in.- It is, ex- pected that these receipts wil! be ready for delivery June 1st and that perme- nent share certificates will be fssued as s00n as they can be engraved. The United Dry Goods company the new Delaware corporation whick has acquired control of the Assoclated Merchants’ company of New York and the following four large stores: Hahne & company, Newark: Powers Mercan- tile_company of Minneapolis, the Wil- liam H. Engerer companv of Buffalo and the Stewart Dry Goods company of Louisville. Tne Associated Merchants company controls the following companies: The H. B. Claflin _company (wholesale), James McCreary & company, C. G Gunther's Sons and_ O'Neill-Adam company, all of New York; Stewart & company of Baltimore and J. N. Adan & company of Buffalo. The new company -will apply for list- ing of its stock on the New York stock exchange as soon as the engraved cer- tificates are read Automobile Overturned in Two Feet of Water—Two Lives Lost. Stockton, Cal, May 25.—Mrs. War- ren Jones, wife of a wealthy farmer, and the three year old son of his sls- ter, Mrs. Isaac Robinson, were drown- ed ' today when the automobile, in which they were riding was over- turned in twp feet of water. Mrs. Robinson was saved from drowning by her daughter. a child of eight, who held her head above water until she was released. Senatorial Deadlock at Springfield, Ill., Unbroken. Springfield, Ill, May 25.—When the roll call on the 94th joint ballot for United States senator began today, ex- pectation was that the long deadlock was about to be broken, but the ballot resulted in no cholce, the vote for the leading candidates being: Ex-Senator Hapkins 88, Speaker Shurtleff 19, Stringer 40, Representative Lorimer receiving one vote. Held for Trying to Sell Examination Papers. Cambridge, Mass.. May 25.—Frank h. Stele, chargad with atfempted Jarcen; in trying to sell alleged bogus exami- nation papers to a Harvard student, | was held today in $1,000 bonds for & hearing on June 2, Elected Director of U. S. Steel Cor- poration. New York, May 25.—J. P. Morgan, J‘r‘ was today elected a director of the United States Steel corporation and a member of the finance committee, to succeed the late Henry H. Rogers. Salvation Army National Congress. New York, May 25.—Officers of the Salyation Army from every quarter of the United States were in attendance at the national congress of the or- ganization, which opened tonight at the headquarters of the army in Four- teenth street. . The congress, which ‘will be in sion until next Saturday night, was called to order by Miss Eva Booth, the commander in this country. than 6,000 miners went on strike in the Kanawha coal field today because the operators demand the long ton, There was no violence and none is ex- pected. The strike affects all the mines in the Kanawha d except those om Paint creek and Cabin creek, the lat- ter beiug unorganized. Died at Age of 109. ‘Woodstock, N. B, May 25.-—~John Graham of Kirkland, near here, died today,, 109 years. Graham was ‘born lnmdne. Ireland, in 1800, and came to country in 1835. He was in of all his fgeulties and until about & ago Heavy Rain and Wind in South. Montgomery, Ak, May 25—Owing to the heavy winds, ‘the telegraph busi- ness from Montgomery to the south has been interrupted, but there are no Teports of serious dwmage. Heavy rains are reported from everywhere in that section, Meridian, Miss., having 4.38 Inches, ‘Mobile 185, Fvergreen 2, and Mentgomery 1.85. Three Inches Snow in Black Hills. Deadwood, S. D, May 25.—Following rain for two days, snow set in the nerthern Black Hills. At suow 1z thres inches deep, HE Laying o he - Cornerstone OF THE STATE LIBRARY AND SUPREME COURT BUILDING, Large and Distinguished Assemblage Present—Masonic Body Assisted with the Rite of the ’d-r. Hartford, Conn., May 25.—On the neenlwuzto the south of the state capitol, lat€ this afternoon, and under the bluest of skies and In a flood of golden sunlight, the oration of Chief Justice Baldwin of the supreme court of errors’ closed the interesting exer- cises attendant upon the laying of the cornerstone of the state library and supreme court building. Gathered About the Platform. Round about the platform, on which sat Governor Weeks, the justices of the court, the members of the general assembly, the military staff of the gov- ernor in ‘thelr brilliant uniforms, were several thousand persons and a large body of members 4f the Masonic order, who earler had assisted in the actual laying of the cornerstone with the rite of the order. The exercises, occupying practically the entire afternoon, contained much Comnectiowt Legislatur TO INVESTIGATE STATE BOARD | frauds. . OF EDUCATION. AN ACT CONCERNING LOBSTERS House Says No to Five-Minute Rule— Sanitary Arrangements in School Buildings—The Sale of Fireworks. Hartford, May 25.—The senate was called to order at 11.30 by President pro tem. Brooks. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. % To Investigate Board of Education. President pro tem. Brooks an- nounced the appointment of Senator Searls of the Twenty-eighth district on the joint special committes to in- vestigate the state board of educa- tion. Fisheries and Game. .. The committee on fish and game re- ported unfavorably on the bill to cre- ate a single-headed fisheries and game commission. Report accepted and bill rejected. Reports of Committees. Fish and Game.—Favorable on sub- stitute bill- providing that -wild fowl shall not be fired at from a boat pro- pelled otherwise than by hand, or from 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th that was impressive, although the cor- nerstone laying was hidden from the sight of the general audience by the body of Masons who stood on the huge mound of earth a* the northeastern end of the new structure, high above the site of the stone. The officers of the most worshipful grand lodge of Masons had their stations about the stone, while the state ofiicers and legislative members had good points of vantage on the temporary floor of the building at ihe end. United States Senator Bulkeley, who came on from Washing- ton to attend the exercises as chairman of the commission, served as grand ar- chitect during the exercises, he being 2 Master Mason of St. John's lodge, No. 4. The Masonic Bodies. The Masonic bodies marched to the capitol from the temple. The grand lodge was accompanied T~ the officers of the blue lodges of the jurisdiction, all under escort of Washington com- mandery Upon arrival at the site the Templars were drawn up in line while the grand lodge and the three biue lodges passed in review and then fol- lowed the state delegation. The stone exercises then foliowed. The state delegation then returned to the cipitol lawn and listened to the oration by Judge Baldwin. Box Placed in Cornerstone. ‘The box placed in the cornerstone contained a large number of articles selected by .State Librarian Goddard and the commission. each having some significance bearing upon the state. ‘The Masonic memorials were such as are usually included in a ceremony of this kind. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING, Official Reports for Year Read and Officers Elected. Hartford, Conn., May 25—At the annual meeting of the Connecticut Historical soclety here tonight the, re- ports of the officers for the past Aear were read and_the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Samuel Hart, Middletown; _vice presidents, James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Simeor: A, Baldwin, New ' Haven, Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich, Morris W. Sey- mour, Bridgeport, Carl Stoeckel, Nor- folk, Frank E. Starr, Middletown, Miss Ellen F. Larned, Thompson, and E. Stever,s Henry. Rockville; ~recording secretary, Albert C. Bates, Hartford: corresponding secretary, Hev. Dr. De Loss Love, Hartford; treasurer, John E. Morris, Hartford; auditor, Bdgar F. Waterman, Hartford. The following were chosen as the membership committee: Jullus Guy, Farmington: Jane T. Smith, A, C. Bates and A. C. Godard, Hartford; H. A. Castle, Plainville; Edward Taylor and A. J. Wright. SHORTAGE OF $36,550 Discovered in Office of Erie County Treasurer—Two Thievish Clerks. Buffalo, N. Y., May 25—Charles J. Fox, treasurer of Erie county, tonight made public the fact that he had dis- covered a shortage of $36,550 in his office through the alleged peculationg of two clerks. The treasurer says that cash and securities have been handed over by the men sufficient to secure the amount and that the coun- ty will not lose a dollar. Hartford Girl Fell from Fourth Story Window. Hartford. Con May 25.—Rosie Kalinger, 5 years old, while leaning out of the fourth story window of her | home, on Affieck street, tonight, lost her balance and fell to the street be- low. She was taken to the Hartford hospital, suffering from internal in- juries, which it is thought will prove fatal. Regulation of New York Taxicabs. New York, May 25.—All taxicabs in the city are placed under the super- vision of a bureau of licenses, empow- | ered to regulate and inspect taximet- ers, according to the terms of an ordi- nance passed by the board of aldermen today. No rate per mile, however, was fixed. The regulation of taxicabs comessas a consequence of many com- plaints of overcharging and exorbitant rates. Steamship Arrivals. At Copenhagen, May 25: Hellig Olav, from New York. At Taverpool,/May. 25: Lusitania, from New York. At Antwerp, May 25: Kroonland, from New York. Ate Bremen, May 25: Kronprinzessin Cecilie, from New York, At Messina, May 26: Citta DI Mes- sina, from New York. Suicide at Hartford. Martford, Conn., May. 25—Hugh An- derson, 36 years old, committed suicide at his'room, 448 Main street, tonight, by inhaling filuminating gas’ Ander- son placed the end of 4 tube which was' connected with a gas jet in his mouth and inhaled the fumes until he beeams nnconseions, dving later from the ef- fects of the gas % £ any floating device used to conceal the hunter, if more than 50 feet from the shore or natiral growth of grass or flags; favorable on bill providing that hunters’ licenses shall be $1.25 each and remain in force until January 1 next after issue. Calendar. Appropriations.—Favorable on res- olution making an appropriation of $5,000- for ‘the expense of preparing and selling state bonds. Calendar. Concerning Lobsters. The commission on fish and game reported an act concerning lobsters. 1t provides that “no person shall buy, scle, give away or expose for sale or possess for any purpose any lobster less than four and one-eighth inches in length, allve or dead, measured in a manner as follows: Taking the length of the back of the lobster from the end of the bone of the nose to the cen- ter of the rear end of the body shell and any lobster shorter than the pre- scribea length when caught shall be liberated alive at the risk and cost of the parties taking them, under a pen- alty of $1 for each iobster so caught, bought, sold, given away, or exposed for sale or in possession. The posses- sion of mutilated’ lobsters, cooked or uncooked, shall be prima facie evi- dence that they are not of the required length. Persons not having continuously re, sided in the state for one vear or mork and allens who shall take lobsters without a license shall be subject to the penalties of the act. Calendar. % Fees for Naturalization of Aliens. Senator Blakeslee offered an amendment to house bill No. 618 con- cerning the naturalization af aliens that the fees received by clerks of courts shall go to the state. The bill and amendment were tabled. Sanitary Arrangements in School Buildings. Senator Alsop offered an amend- ment to the substitute for house bill 221 concerning water closets in connection with school buildings that the partitions dividing the closets may be of double wooden design. The amendment was adopted and the bill as amended passed. The bill pro- vides ‘that * the committee having charge- of the schools in towns or school districts shall maintain water closets as privies for the accommo- dation of the pupils attending the schools therein. When such water closets or privies are constructed in the same building, or under the same room, and in close proximity to ecach other, they shall be constructed with a solid partition made of brick, stone, cement, concrete, or metal construc- tion or double wooden partitions so as to eflectavely separate the water closets or privies designated for the use of boys from those designated for the use of girls. Adjourned to’ Wednesday. THE HOUSE. The house was called to order by Speaker Banks at 11.30. Prayer by the house chaplain, the Rev. Franklin Countryman. Fireworks. When the house adjourned Thurs- day it had under consideration the proposed bill concerning the storage and sale of fireworks. It was re- sumed today. Mr. Dunn of Windham offered an amendment providing that the bill should apply to cities of 15,000 or over. Mr. Shelton of the committee or public health and. safety said there was no objection. The amendment was adopted and the bill passed. Committee Reports, Constitutional Amendments—Unfav- orable proposing change in represen- tution; concerning classes of capital stock; concerning poll taxes; covering term of office of the treasurer and ccmptroller; proposing a revision of the constitution; concerning sessions of the general assembly. ~ Reports accepted, resolutions rejected. Finance — Unfavorable amending section 2,297 of the general statutes relating to taxation; taxation pf street railways; collection of taxes.” Reports accepted, bills rejected. Education — Iavorable concerning the employment of children. _Calen- ar. Incorporations—Favorable concern- ing annual reports of corporations; authorizing the Danielsonville Cotton company to erect a pole line. Calen- ar. Public Health and Safety- orable concerning the _lice plumbers; concerning plumbing. Education — Unfavorable concern- ing the employment of children under 16_years. Judiclary—Substitute concerning the discahrge of mortgages, Calendar. Senate Business. Qir. Platt of Milford in the Chair.) The house concurred with tse seu- ate in rejecting bills concerning the taxation of savings departments in national banks; concerning the em- ployment of chiidren; amending the charter of New Haven concerning al- dermen; concerning _inspection of Kighway bridges; concerning fortune telling; ‘amending section 2323 ‘of the general statutes, for the o deputy highwey Unfav- g of tment [reconsider prevailed! RS ES " The Turkish Senate and Chamber of depnties almost lmln.lmoulll}' - voted ‘confidence in the ministry. Secretary MacVeagh intimated he Was certain that “men higher up” were involved in the New York customs The Free Lumber Amendment to the tarifi. bill was overwhelmingly defeat- ed, seventeen democratic senators vot- ing against it. ~ The Salon Jury of the Society of French Artists has awarded a third class medal to E. W. Redfield of Phil- adelphia for lanscap Six Rioters Were Killed at Saint Eu- | femia in an attack on the barracks. The trouble was caused by alleged neglect in the dstribution of relief. Ninety-eight Chinamen were arrest- ed Monday night in a raid on an al- leged gambling house on Mott street in the heart of New York's China- town. <« An Erie Railroad Crew posed as offi- cers, locked Babbitt soap factory em- ployes in a car at Babbitt, N. J., and then tore up a siding and carried off the rails and ties. That Greater Surprises than have vet occurred in the councilmanic graft exposures will result from the investi- gation begun by the grand jury Mon- day In Pittsburg is the belief of per- sons in close touch with the case. President Taft Has Sent Back to the war department the estimates submit- ted to him for the support of the mili- tary establishment during the fisca year 1911, and indicated his desire that they should be cut approximately $36,- 000,000 Dr. Oscar N. Taylor 6f Berkel coach of the football team of the Un! versity of California, is dead at the Lane hospital in San Francieco aa the result of an operation that he perform- ed himself for the removal of a growth in the nose. Governor John F. Shafroth of Col- orado accepted membership Monday on the national committee having in charge the proposed change in the date for presidential inaugurations, making in all forty-gix governors of states and territorfes who have joined in the movement. The General Assembly of the Cum- berland Presbyterian church at Ben- tonville, Ark., adopted resolutions on Monday declaring that “no person or set of men who fayors the license or sale’ of lquor, and who declines to speak openly against the traffic should recelve our support. BETWEEN PROMINENT MEN Two Shot to Death, Two Wounded— No Arrests Ma Charlotte, N. May 25.—Arthur and Andy Franklin were shot to death last night in Laurel township, a re- mwote section of Madison county, in a four-cornered duel in which the I'ranklins were arrayed against the Tweed brothers. Robert Tweed and Arthur Franklin met at the store of Arthur Frankl and resuming a quarrel several day old both opened fire, Andy Frankiin endeavored to stop the fight, it is said, but Major Tweed interfered, and beth drawing pistols the fight became geneyal. Andy Franklin was Instant- Iy killed; Arthur Franklin died today of his wounds and Maj. Tweed received a serios wound in the thigh. Beverly Stanton, & bystander, was shot in the thigh. 'No arrests have been made. The four men were among the most pronfinent citizens of the county. EMBEZZLED $34. i g ichew Edward D. Smith of Boston Arrested by Hartford Police. Bdward D. d here to- Hartford, Conn., May Smith of Boston was arres night, charged with from the Efward Balf company was employed by the Balf com one day, and collected the mowey which he 1s alieged to have stolen on C. O. D. paciages. He secured employment with the company through a letter of recommendation which alleged was forged. Smith was convieted of lar- ceny In Boston and is out on proba- tion. . embezzling $34 Smith 275 MILES IN 14 HOURS. Battleship Mississippi Breaks All Rec- ords on R to Natchez. New Orleans, May 25.—Breaking all records, the battleship Mississippi ar- rived at New Orleans from Natchez at eight o'clock this evening. She left Natchez at five o'clock this morn- Iing, ‘and covered the distange, miles, Elected to Fill Chair of History. Neiw York, May 25.—It was nounced. tonight a dinner Alumni_association of the Theological <er inary, a - Protest: | Episcopal_institution of this c the Rey. Dr. Charles L. Slatte tor of Christ church, had been selected to fill the chair of Eistory at the seminary. | writs of error to the city | Meriden; making the mayor | Haven 'a member of ifs paving commission; concerning mandamus; | amending charter of New Haven con- cerning wards; revising the ch of amending the charter of New Haven concerning wards; revising the charter {of the city of NeWw Haven: employ- | ment _of children; changing the char- ter of the city of New Haven. Documents and papers concerning a public utilities bill were received from the judiclary committee and re- ferred to the special committee on a public utilities bill. The house concurred with the sen- ate in various other matters received | from that body. No Five-Minute Rule. A resolution was introduced here- after limiting debate of members, ex- cept by chairmen of committees, to five minutes each. Mr. Burnes of | Greenwich explained it, saying it had ibeen the custom at past sessions and is necessary in order to hurry matters and secure an early adjournment, The resolution failed of passage on a viva voce vote. Change of Reference. Military Affairs to Appropriations— Concerning a state armory at Danfel- son. Agriculture to Appropriations—Con- cerning appropriution for stato forests. From Public Health and Safety to Apprdpriations - Concerning tenegent houses. Reconeidered. Mr. Hayes of Waterbury moved tiie reconsideration of the bill passéa at the beginning of the morning session concerning _the storage and sale of fireworks. He thought it too vague.in certain points. t After some discussion the vote to Adjourned to Wednssday. g 3000 POUNDS OF DELAYED WA Lies in Atlanta Postoffice Awaiting Opportuni- ty to Start on Able to Stop Practically All long and from 25 to 100 ‘miles wide, was _the knotty problem into which the United States commissioner of la- bor, Charles P. Nell, plunged Immedi- ately after arrival here tonight. Race Problem the Force Behind the Strike. As emissary of the national hoard of mediation he faced, first, the race problem, the force behind the strike; second, an announced wish of many persons in this section to have Geor- glans settle this question by arbitra- tion, and, third, the necessity of mov- ing the United States mails Immedi- ately. Autos for Pa nger, Mail and Express Service. Within two hours after his arrival, Mr. Neil' was in private conference with General Manager Scott the Georgia railroad with no intimation as to when the negotiations might bring results. What a remarkable feat this handful of union firemen accomplished and what power was behind them be- came apparent today when a consid- Outgoing Trip. 100 STRIKING RAILROAD FIREMEN Train Service in Sections of Georgia—U. S. Commissioner of Labor Neil on the Scene—The Trouble Seems to be Largely a Race . roblem—Sityation Serious. . Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—How less ) erable section of this st Y ctic ate ’ than 100 striking Georgia railroad fire- pelled to rely upon uuluml:;:llt; “;‘«;r men were able to stop nrac!lf;:ull) all | passgnger, mail and express service, train service in a territory 170 miles |and When the transportation of suel necessities of life as food dropped back to the methods of a former. de= gree of sivilization, namgely, the wags ons and even K animals. | White Firemen Replaced by Negroes. ) A settlement by arbitration should | not be difficult, so far aus t strikers” ldcmundx are concerned, Vice M dent Ball of the firemen's organiza tion sald today, because the firemen t trying 6 exact a hard and fast ement. They struck because ten white firemen were replaced by ne- groes, 3,000 Pounds Delayed Mail. Hand cars, automobliles and inter- urban cars toda, sion_upon the 3, ittle | mails in the Aflanta postoffice, | and thers in the strike district a v postmaster shouldered a sack of oing mail ‘and after hours of hard work riding and walking managed to | reach an unaffected raiiroad station The strikers h inounced that they are willing to fire engines to car- ry mails, but that such engines must carty mails only and not passengers. DANIELSONVILLE COTTON co. POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION. House Committee on Incorporations Reports Favorably on Bill. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, May The committee on incorporations reported favorably this morning in the house the bill which has been substituted for that glving the Danielsonville Cotton com- pany the right to construct a pole line to convey power from its new power plant on the Quinebaug river to its mills at Danjelson. The substitute in- corporates the Cochrane Power com- pany, the incorporators being J. Bu- gene Cochrane. Gordon A. Johnstone and Frank R. Kingman. The measure was originally drawn to make this “The Cochrane Manufacturing and Power company.” but the word *manu- facturing” has been stricken out. The Cochrane Power company, which hecomes a. public service corporation, and therefore the right of eminent domain, is empowered “to purchase, acquire, receive, hold, possess and en- joy and to sell, grant, lease, convey and Gispose of lands, rents, franchises, ten- cments, heraditaments, mills, manufac- tories, water rights and mill sites and all kinds of electiical apparatus used “or the purposs of generating, conduct- ing and distributing electricity” and s glven power “to generate, transmit and deliver electricity” within the limits stated, which means the town of Kil- lingly. Tt has the right to transmit electrici- ty to be used on its own premises and to sell to.any pany mow making electricity for light, power or heat in Killingly and to any trolles road which may operate in the town. It may “erect, lay and maintain, in, over or through any highway in the town of Xillingly, such wires, poles, structuras and fixtures as are necessary for the transmission, distribution and delivery of " electricity. The company must not sell electricity at retail in the town, however. Its capital stock is placed at $10,000 to begin with and may be Increased to £100,000 and must be lssued at not less than par and peid for in cash or its equivalent. The company fs author- ized to bond to 75 per cent. of its capl- talization and to merge with any other company. STAR WITNESS FOR THE STATE Testifies in Trial at Bridgeport of Bove on Murder Charge. Vircenzo rders In 1 Dar! Bridgeport, Conn., Arcade, one of the elght b the home of Joseph Bergam in 1905, "was the star witness for tl state today In the trial of Dominico Bove on a charge of murder in luring Bergamo into the woods near Dar and shooting him because, the state serts, Mrs. Bergamo and Pasquale Mar- zano’ wanted the husband out of the way. Arcade, with many gestures, told of the disappearance of Bergamo late in 1905 and testified that, in response to inquirfes by him and other boarders, Bove and Marzano told him that Ber- gamo would never return “because they had killed him.” This was the first testimony directly connecting Bove with the crime, Bove and Mar- zano, the witnesa continued. advised him to keep quiet about the matter, “because they could kill him, too,” he sald, and destroy his property Felice Vrince, a nephew of Bergamo, identified the ‘skeleton in the court room as that of his uncle, saying that the perfact teeth enabled him to.do o, and he identified a plpe and a pair of shoes found where Bergamo's body was buried two years after his disap- pearance, TIE PLACED ACROSS TRACK. Attempt to Wreck N. Y. C. Mail_and Express Train. Fort Plaim, N. Y., May 25.—An un- successful attempt to wreck a New York Central mail and express train near this place late last night was re- ported today. According raflroad men, a tie had been placed across the track and the spikes holding the rails to the ties had been loosened, hut the train, running at nearly sixty mile hour, pushed the tie aside and passed over'the danger point in safety. No clue to the identity of the would-be wreckers has been found. BRAKEBEAM BROKE. Scranton Flyer Wrecked—Six Cars Off Track—No Passengers Hurt. ~The Scran- Rallroad of tonight at AMentown, Pa.; May ton fiyer on the Central New Jersey was wrecked Slate Dam, fifteen miles by the breaking cars left the track. which left Philadelphia at 6 p. m., com- posed of a combination smoker and five coaches: None of the passengere was injured, officials say. A. R. Rennett of Scran- ton, the condustor,was slightly brulsed. EAST LYME FISH OIL AND GUANO BUSINESS, Situation Seems in Falr Way to Be | Cleared by Substitute Bill. ial to The Bulletin.) | (Sp Hartford, May —The situation over the fish oll ‘and guano business fn | Bast Lyme and the introduction of & Bridgeport garbage reduction business from Eridgeport into that town, which has been the subject of several legls. intive hearings and is causing no Intl anxiety among the people along that part of the sound shore, seems In & fair way to be clarified by a bill which has been agreed to before the commit- tee on public heaith and safety by represontatives of tha cottagers and the people of Bast Lyme and adjoin-* ing towns and the Niantic Menhaden Fish Ofl and Guano company, which hag its plant at Giant's Neck The substitute bill which has been agreed upon limits the fish ofl and gUANC company to the territory oceii- pled by it on Jan. 1st of this year and protects It In the business there onl; of the local health other restrictions as to san. health imposed by the It must not attempt to ¢ Lyme or to acquire property for the conduct of its business in Oid Lyme or Waterford, those three towns hav- ing been those mentioned In the Gad- bofs bill, for which it Is a substitute. There are about five acres in the ple owned and partially occupied by th company and it is desired by the pe: ple thereabouts that it have no chance to acquire more land and then sell out to the Bridgeport By-Products com- pany, which has purchased land in East Lyme and is trying to get the right to come in, refused by the people of the town, from the legislature, The bill absolutely shuts out from these three towns this Bridgeport gar- bage reduction concern and makes of cont under th auth of fits directio s an tion state Jaw tend in E: an, no account the fact that it has pur- chased land in Bast Lyme, after being retused the right to come in in a town meeting. The town of New London has since made \cation to be in- cluded in the prohibited territory and it fe quits likely that this will be done. At the time this matter was discussed before the committee there were pres ent no representatives of the Bridge port By-Products company and noth ing 18 known of what attitude that concern may adopt regarding the sub- stitute bill. It will doubtless be hos- tile to it. Ir this substitute Is also incorporated the bill by which it was sought to ob tain the right to establish sanitary districts along the sound shore. Such a thing will be allowed, but only in Middlesex county, nor in all of that SUGAR SCHEDULE. IN SENATE. Formal Consideration Boegins—Demo- crats Strong Advacates of High Tariff. The senate v began the consideration of the sugar sch but did not ap- proach a vote upon It. Instead the time was entircly glven over o specoh- making. to say, the two speeches on ibject. while made by dem in stra tvocmey of a hig ! Il grades They McEnery laughingly e of the word tude, but Mr. the protective vised his democratic Lis example. He decla be in the line of dem he lumber schedule wa put aside in order to permit the ¢ mittee on finance to make change it. ster Mr. wppticat to his atge v expoused theory AT HOME OF SECRETARY KNOX. Protocol Signed for Submission of Emery Claim to Arbitration. Washington, May 25.—A protoeol for submission to arbitration of the Emery claim was signad at 8.30 o'clock tenight with representatives of the Nicaragus government at the home of Secretary of State Knox In the protocol is a provision that during four months from this date the representitives of Nicaragua will have the opportunity to endeavor to reach a definite wettlement of the claim direct- ly with the company, subject to the approval of the government of United States. Falling in such a set- tlement, the course of arbitration will begin at the expiration of the four months. Descendant of 'Mohammed Dies at Seattle. . Wush., May 26— ned Signl, an Orlental thenticated descendant of hammed, who has attended world's fair smece the Philadel; position of 1878, and who e lust week with the Alaska-Yuken. died today, will, be the & 5