Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 22, 1909, Page 1

* * At which Time it is Expected All Changes will be Agreed Upon and Perfected Amendment be Ready for Intro- duction Thursday—The Two Per Cent. Tax to be Collected from All Corporations. fan rims t } whe ing recovered. Union-Pacific dropped four points and recovere making a net 1oss of South- esident Taft to Personally Supervise Finish . ing Touches of Tariff Bill- Amendment. CONFERENCE CALLED FOR TONIGHT O T Washington, June, 21.—President Titt will personally supervise putting the finishing touches upon the amend- ment of the tariff bill providing for the mposing of & 2 per cent. tax upon the ret earnings of corporations. This will be done tomorrow night at a con- ference at the White House. Perfected Amendment Ready Thurs- day. There will be:present Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham and Senator Root, ho are drafting the amendment; Sec- rtary of State Knov and Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cul- jcm, . Lodge, McCumber, Smoot and Flint, constituting the republican smembership of the finance committee. The araft prepared by Messrs. Wicker- sraw and, Root will be discussed at fthe conferénce. Such changes as are zzreed upon will be made by the ats torney general. and it is’expected that the perfected amendment will be yerdy for introduction in the senate on Thursday. i Long Meeting at the Capitol The attorney general and Mr. Root i a long meeting at the capitol to- and reached an dgreement on jcally every feature of the cor- ration tax pian The portion which giving them sretest trouble relates , the government control ‘of corpor: ) « 3 3 is t 1. suceessful operation. n the purpose of evasion. Members of the finance committee, as well as Mr. Root and Mr, Wicker- sham, agree with President Taft that sich publicity must be given and that corporation tax law vould be a failure The feature, it wwas said today, will certainly be in- amendment. The suthors of the draft, however, are ex- Jeriencing difficulty’ in finding an ef- tive way of reaching the situa- vithout it the corporated in - the 1o i Among the details of the bill deter- mined upon today are that the tax is to be levieq at the rate of 2 per cert, and that it will be collected from all banks will »‘thin the range of the tax, but de- nctions will be allowed to Natfonal ks to amount of taxes, c.vporations. Al ba necessary to carry the law into "There has been little opposition to subjecting -the corporations %o the amount of public- ity that will be required for the en- fcrcement of the law: and to prevent manipulations of stocks and bonds for Definition of Net Earnings. important provision to be insti- teted in the bill s a definition of net This will follow as nearly as possible the definition of earnings cortained in the interstate commerce ecrnings. act relating to railroad corporations. DENIAL OF REPORT OF HARRIMAN'S ILLNESS Statement by Vice President of Union Pacific Railroad Company. New York, June 2L—Rufors that | ¥. #i. Harriman was critically ill in ? Vienra, a report that was at times exaggerated to the extent that f.s was dead, all met with prompt de A by his close associates and @t the Union | . Pacific offices this afternoon Not- withstanding 1+, the reports, accom- panied by a arp bear raid, caused a decided br in the stock market and the decline in the so-called Har- tocks had = not beem checked | ern Pacific showed a net loss of 2 3-§; Reading one of 4 1-4, and Amalgamat- | ed Copper onc of 3 3-8. Losses as high ar 12 points from the high water mark of a few days ago werc record- 48 to the rumor, one of Mr. Har- I's closest associates said this ¢ that he was convinced any geport that Mr. Harriman was seri- eusiy ill was utterly false. We have received several cabl cssages from Mr. Harriman e 5aid. "One of these was a to a_member of his family and gave 10 Hint of any change in Mr. Harri- man's condition.” Robert S. Lovett, vice president and general counsel of the Union Pac railroad company, made this state- ment: “T have no doubt tha: the rumors are false, 1 had a cablegram from Mr. Jiarriman this morning upon a mat- ter of business. I have been called upon almost every day since Mr. Har- riman sailed to deny false reports apout his health. 1 am tired of it and shall pay no further attention to it.” WIRELESS OUT OF ORDER. Apparatus on Lightshin Nantucket s Disabled—Liner Vaderland Notified. New York, June 21—Information Rhat the wireless apparatus on board /the Nantucket lightship is disabled “wvas Lrought into this port today by the steamer Xaderland on her arrival from Antwerp and Dover. The Vaderland was passing the lightship yesterday when a string of signal fags fluttering from the light- #hip's mast attracted the attention of the liner's officers and the Vaderland was swing around in a circle until the meaning of the flags could be made out. The captain of the lightship asked e Vaderland to report the mishap to the naval station at Newport. The trouble is with the sp and a new one will be sent fry N s@ort to her on a torpedo boat either fonigat or tomorrow (2 il A MICHIGAN BANK CLOSED. {flim(nrl of First National of Iron- wood Ask Examiner to Take Charge. Washington, June Rroller of the currency has received a telegram stating that the First Na- gional bank of Ironwood. Mich., closed fts doors today. The action was tak- en by the board of directors, who assed a_resolution asking that a ma- jonal bahk examiner take charge of the institution. ~The bank was capi- talized at $50,000, and at the tihe of fts last report had a surplus of $20,- ©00. 21.—The comp- STEEL MAN A SUICIDE. WManager of Philadelphia Branch of Joi & Laughlin Shoots Himself. Van Wert, Ohio, June 21.—Frank M. Campbeli, manager of the Phila- ‘elphia branch'of the Jones & Laugh- n Steel company of Pittsburg, shot nd\ killed himseif here today. Campbell is said to have been suf- ering frgm a nervous breakdown. He vas op his way west for a rest and vas visiting here with Mrs. Camp- tell's father, proprietor of the hotel. Tvio Indictments for Murder in Provi- dence. Providénce, R. 1, June 21.—Twao in- fictments for murder were reported )y the grand jury today, one charging Fobert Russell, & sexton, with having Mot and killed Deacon. Nelson Morgan Buring a factionul quarrel at the Olney Soeet Colored Baptist church on Vareh 16 last. Lulgl De Pani, an Ital- 0. the other man indioted, is charged ®ith having stabbed his niece to feath. RS e SN Steamship Arrivvals. At Cherbourg: Kron Prinzessin Ce- elte, from New York. g At Loj ‘Minnewaska, from New ek, & | nf” the New York, EXCHANGE OF NEW RAILROAD STOCK For Shares of United Traction Co. of HAVEN Providence. New Haven, June 21.—At the offices New Haven and rtford Railroad company confirma- He ton is refused of the crange of New Haven rafiroad stock for dend of the two solfidate as c ntrols. A plan congalidation reported ex- shares of the United Traction and ctric company of Providenee, R. I on a basis of five shares of New Ha- ven stack for eight shares of the stock £ the traction company, which would ropresent the ratio between the divi- corporations. kncwn, however, that it is the policy f the New Haven company to con- rapidly and as fully as e the somewhat intricate street y systems of Rhode Island un- Ger various corporations which it now looking to such a as a_preliminary . step v:as annoinced some time ago, but it is understood was thwarted Tikode Island street railway holdings of the New Haven o juined in the government suit against the New Waven company under the Snerman act. ompany were WHISKEY PLEA TO TAFT. Decision in Dispute Under Pure Food Law Now Left to President. Washington, ~ June Taft has recelved from lisle and Edmund W. Taylor, repre- senting the “stralght” whiskey inter- in the controversy as to what is whiskey, their statement of exceptions t) the findings of Solicitor Both sides having now tak- exceptions to Mr, Bowers' ruling, the president, as final arbiter in the case, will probably fix a time for a Hpwers, € hoaring on the subject. The controversy turns point as to whether or not whiskey, vkich has been aged by higher recti- {fication, is entitled to rank as whiskey alcng with that aged in charred oak arrels, or whether under the pure food law it should be labeled an imi- tation or compound whiskey because { the introduction of neutral spirits 21.—President John G. Car- daring the process of rectification. Competition of Large Yards Expected for the Arkansas and Wyoming. ‘Washington, June 21.—Bids for con- struction kansas and Wyomin, the last congress, will be of the two battleships Ar- authorized by opened at the navy department on August 18. These ships will be of the Delaware_type, of 20,000 tons or more The a_combination of the tu ciprocating classes. The ment looks for bids from three or four of the big shipyards. displacément. pecifications ask for bids con- iplating the installation of the tur- bine class of engines, but bidders will be allowed also to submit proposals-for rbine and re- navy depart- LONG VOYAGE FOR VICKSBURG Gunboat to Come Through Straits. of from Pacific Magelian. Washington, June 2{—A trip through the straits of Magellan i s in store for the thousand-ton gunboat Vicksburg, now on her way to the of Central America. main there long if quiet, but will proceed journey around to the for duty in West Indian western coast She will not re- conditions are on her long eastern coast waters. She is _expected to miake the trip without difficu)! wi m Maher Di Norwalk. South Norwalk, Conn, Rev. William Maher, old, pastor of St. Josepl Rev. The ship is in command of Commander Alexander S. Halstead. es at South June 21. D., 48 years ‘s church, died here today from diabetes. He was born in Saybrook and attended St. Charles' college in Elliott City, Md., going from there to the American col lege. After his ordingtion he wi chancellor and secretary to Bishop Morris McMahon for five years and was later pastor of a church in Mil- ford, coming here ten years ago. leaves his mother, Mrs. of New Haven, and sev Naugatuck ‘Taxable Proj Reassessed. Naugatuck, Conn., vote of 129 to 108 at a He Mary Maher eral brothers. perty to June 21—By a town meeting today the board of warden and bur- gesses was instructed to appoint a committee of three to make a reas- sessment of work will ture. all taxable property. The be begun in the near fu- $500,000 in Gold from Nome. Seattle, Wash,, June 21. er Victoria, the flr‘:T shi; w= from.l\"o:"t“ ll:fl' ~—The steam- of the sea- come It is en the General upon the he M-'m-.mn Bast bty o m the regimental Arica, Chili, Jume 21—Sir John Jackson, the contractor, who is to begin the construction of the Arica-La Paz railroad for the Chilian government, arrived here last night. He. is interested also in securing port and dock “construction = contracts in ¢ i London, \June 21.—The commission appointed by the international meteor- ological committee in Pdris in 1907 to consider the adoption of an interna- tional system of ‘maritime weather sig- nals i& at present holdi a meeting in London. Prof. Willis Moore of the American weafher bureau and C. F. Talman are the American delegates, The first suggestion of an interna- tional system .of signals came from Professor Moore. The commission will report: o the' intarationsl, sommittes in 1910, PASSENGERS WITNESS FIGHT BETWEEN OCEAN MONSTERS. Whale and Swordfish in Combat Off Nantucket Shoals, Whale Killed. - Boston, June 21.—A fight between monsters of the ocean was witnessed today by the passengers and crew of the steamer Esparta, which arrived here from Port Limon, Costa Rica. The contest occurred south of Nantucket South Shoal lightship. The combat- ants were a whale and a great fish be- lieved to be a swordfish. The whale was the vanquished. The whale was the only one of the two fighters visible to the passengers and crew. The great mammal lashed its tail vigilantly, churning the water into a mass of foam, while it was be- lieved to be attacking the swordfish with its jaws. Several irregular plunges appeared to indicate success- ful attacks by the fish beneath, and finally the whale was seen to throw its maseive bulk clear of the water and then sink from sight. The waters for a considerable distance about were red with blood and it was believed the whale had received a mortal wound. TO REBUILD BELFRY TOWER. Structure Whose Bell Roused Lexing- ton on ht of Paul Reveres Ride Destroyed. Lexington, Mass., June #L.—The de- struction of the historic “old belfr: whose. bell awakened the liitle hamlet on the night of Paul Revere’s ride, in a gale vesterday called forth prompt action by the townspeople, Who today began considering p.ans for rebuilding the structure. The belfry was erected in 1761 on Belfry Hill, because the local church had no such appurtenance. Two years later the tower was moved to the ‘ommon,” from which position_the bell aroused she Minate Men m1775. .. It is expected that a popular- sub- scription wili be taken up for its re- construstion, as the timbers are still sound. ALFRED NOBLE WINS PLACE. Defeats Field in ‘mpressive Style - Parkway Ha % Sk Gravesend, June 21.—Alfred Nobl a siX to one shot, easily won the Park- way handicap, a mile and, one-six- teenth, at Gravesend, today,’defeating a good fleld. His race was so impres- sive that he is now a sure starter in the Suburban handicap to be run on Thursday. Harrigan set & terrific pace to the upper turn with Alfred Noble Iying in second place. In the stretch Harrigan began to stop and Alfred Noble then took command and won, going away by a length. Fashion Plate might have won, but was badly interfered with at the far turn by the winner and finished second. Jockey Powers had his first mount today when he rode Harrigan. BIG BUILDING FOR HONOLULU. feany Architects Are Invited to Bid on $800,000 Federal Structure. ‘Washington, June 21.—Announce- ment is made at the treasury deport- raent that architests had been invited to enter competition for' the federal bi¢lding at Honolulu. Estimates and sj ecifications have been invited from Palmer & Hornbostel, York & Sawyer, Hoppin & Koehn, and Butler & Ro ran of New York city, and from firms ix other cities. The building is estimated to cost 3500,000. The designs are to be sub- iwitted to the secretary of the treas- vry by Sept, 15 next. 'This is one of the most important arehitectural com- petitions which has been invited by the treasury department during the year. . inst the Loud, Emphatic Protests A Use of Drugs. Detroit, June 21.—Christian Science, the Emmanuel movement, soul cure, osteopathy, mental healing and efforts to cure disease by the laying on of hands were all denominated as loud, emphatic protests against the abuse of drugs by President William De Kos- ter of the American institute of home- opathy in his annual address. They illustrate in a marked way, Dr. Koster added, the violent reaction which has brought about a condition if impending therapeutic nihilis; . President's Yacht Sylph Ordered to Beverly. Washington, June 21.—The presi- dent’s yacht Sylph, commanded by Lieut. Roger Williams, has been order- ed to proceed to Beverly, Mass., in time to arrive there by July 3, on which date it is expected the president and his family will arrive at that place. \The Sylph will remain Vat Beverly throughout the summer for the use of the president and his family. Complaint Against President Hegeman - Dismissed. New York, June 21.—The complaint against John R. Hegeman, president of the Metropelitan Life Insurance com- pany, charged with perjury in connec- tion with the submission of an alleged false report to the state commissioner of insurance, was dismissed today af- ter having been bandied about petween mé"’ juries and.various courts since New York to Liverpool, 5 Days, 8 Hours Liygrpool, June 21.—The Cunard line steaniship Mauretania has established a new world’s record for passengers between New York and London. She arrived here at 10.15 tonight and thus accomplished for ‘the first time the feat of disembarking her passengers on Monday night after leaving New York on Wednesday, Tralns were in waiting so that the actual time be- tween New York and Liverpool will be five days, eight hours. Would Run for Gevernor of Michigan Lansing, Mich., June 21—Robert M. Monggomery, justice of the state su- _preme court, a resident of Grand Rap- ias, _announced that he would be a idate for the republican nom- for @t the next ori- | show, he SHORTLY AFTER IT LEFT GRAND CENTRAL STATION PULLMAN CARS SMOKE-FILLED . Passengers Frightened—Train' Stopped —Gity Firemen Called On—Blaze Extinguished With Chemicals. New York, June 21.—Fire was dis- covered on board the Chicago special, a fast New York Central train, a few minutes after it pulled out of the Grand Central station. Smoke from the blaze which was discovered in the canvas of the vestibule between two Pullman cars quickly filled the rear Pullmans, frightening some, of * the passengers. City Firemen Extinguished Blaze. The train crew, after ineffectual at- tempts at putting out the flames with hand_ grenades, stopped the train' and called on the city firemen sor help. Firemen quickly smothered the blase with chemical apparatus and the train roceeded on its way, half an hour be- ind_ schedule, % Killed in Fuse Works Explosion. Pompton Lakes, N. J.. June 21.—Two men were killed and four injured, three seriously, by explosions today at the Macbeth fuse works, half a mile above this place. GOULD DEFENSE RESTS. et i Counsel for Plaintiff Surprised—Sen- sation Seekers Disappointed. New York, June 21.—Sensation seek- ers and the curibus who have waited daily on the suit of Katherine Clem- mons Gould for separation with ali- mony of $250,000 a year from her hus band, Howard Gould, were sadly di appointed at the resumption of the hearings before Justice Dowling In the supreme court today, when it was an- nounced that the defense had rested and that Howard Gould would not take the stand. It had been expected that bis direct testimony and his cross ex- amination by Mr. Shearn, counsel for the plaintiff, would take two full days, but the termination of the case is now looked for at a correspondingly earlier date. i Mr. Shearn was apparentl- greatly surprised and taken back by the an- nouncemeat that Howara Gould would not testify. Gould himself seemed re- lieved and Mrs. Gould annoyed. ‘When he recovéred from his astefi- {shment, Mr. Shearn read from the re- buttal with testimony designed to ed, the falsity of the charge that Mrs. Gould was gontinual- ly and habitually intoxicated from 1902 o the present date, “Do you regard such evidence as necessary?” asked the court. Necessary or not, counsel for the plaintiff thereupon produced a, stream of below-stairs witnesses whose testi- mony was followed by the reading of depositions of guests and friends who swore that Mrs. Gould never to their knowiedge drank to excess and was always affable, reserved and modest in her langusge, testimony directly op- posed to that which the defendant's witnesses have given. It was on account of the unexpected attitude taken by the defense that Mr. Shearn ran short of witnesses late in the day and was obliged to introduce the depositions. He promised, however, to have a strihg of about fifty reaay when court opened tomorrow morning. They Wwill testify in rebuttal to dis- prove, if ible, the husband's charges, including Mrs. Gould's alleged associations with Dustin Farnum, the actor. A TENEMENT DWELLERS SUFFER. Ninety Degrees in the Shade in New York City. New York, June 21.—Today’s tem- perature hovered about 90-in the shade, which is a record for the vear. The hot wave came suddenly on the heels of a cool spell and for that rea- son was more keenly felt, especiall among the tenement dwellérs and the school children, who face one more week of work In class rooms. 1hw death of one man was reported and many cases of heat prostration were treated at the hospitals. Between 1 o'clock this morning and 3.30 o'clock this afternoon the mercury climbed from 70 to 90 degrees. LOUISIANA’S SECESSION. Historical Society Anxious to Secure -Original Ordinance. New Orleans, June 21.—The Louis: iana, Historical society has inaugurat- ed a movement to secure the original ordinance of secession adopted by the people. of Louisana, which Is now in the possession of the war department at Washington. The representatives of the state in congress have been re- quested to use their efforts to place the document once more in the pos- session of the state of Louisiana, JUDGE STRICKEN IN COURT. Emmett Field a Few Minutes After Stroke of Apoplexy, Louisville, Ky., June 21.—Judge Em- mett Fleld of the First division, cir- cuit court, was stricken with apoplexy as he was about to open court today, and dicd in & few minutes./Judge Field was 68 years old. He served in the confederate army with a company of boys that was organized zt Fulton col- lege, Missouri. Munn—Paul Wedding. Philadelphia, Pa.. June 21.—In the Church of St. Martin, at Radnor, near here, Miss Mary Astor Payl of this city was married today to Charles A. Munn of Washington, D. C., both of whom are well known in social circles in the east, Owing (o the recent death of the bride's father, James W. Paul, only the relatives and a few intimate friends were present. Weston Nearing Californil Ogden, Utah, June 21.—Edward Pay- son Weston, who left here at 1 o'clock this morning on his' walk across the continent, arrived at' Midlake, a station on the Southern Pacific railroad in the middle of Great Sait Lake, 37 1-2 miles. i west of Ogden, at 1.4 p, m. 3 ects. to reach. ¥ EE 4 Tug Rambler Burned to Water's Edge. mental dredging, on the Middleground bay of Newport Jroppe \ Fb“ CHICAGO BAPTIST MINIS- TERS' CONFERENCE. STORMY CHURCH MEETING Yells, Hisses and General Confusion Resembling a Rowdy ‘Ward Political Gathering—Preachers Howled Down. Chicago, June 21.—Prof. George B. Toster of the University of Chicago, v bose denial of the divinity of Christ in a recent book has stirred Chicago Baptists to a hi pitch of resent- ment, wa: am.f.,‘j from the Baptist fih—.men' Conference of Chicago to- 5. Preachers Howled and Hissed At Hisses, yells and general confysion made the meeting one of the stormilest cver held by church men in Chicago, a1 it was referred to by one preacher as resembling a political meeting in a rowdy ward, ¥ Freachers who had been howled and Liesed at sat down with flushed faces, while the chairman indefl for order. The yvoung son Prioessor Foster was present “It's a shame, and fair.” he shouted as he I the hall. The conference has not the power to expel from the church, and while such an event seemed to bé desired by those present, no defivite plan of ac- tion was mapped out. 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th HIDES IN THE SENATE. Mr. Warren of Wyoming Declares That Senats Has Been Insulted. Washington, June 21.—The amend- ment of the senate committee on finance taking hides from the free list and restoring the Dingley law rate of 15 per cent. ad valorem was before the senate all day and it robably will not be disposed of before late tomorrow, If then. ~Senator Warréen of Wyoming and Senator. Carter of Montana sup- ported the provision and vigorously at- tacked the attitude of the free hide advocates, while Senator Page of Ver- mont defended the action of the house i placing hides on the free list. Mr. ‘Warren declareq that the senate had been insulted by the charge that.the Dingley provision was indorsed as the result of & midnight conference and he declared that raw material would Dbe the death kmell of the protecuve polley if it was adopted. Mr. Carter aseried that if the farmers were to be compelled to sell their ucts in the open market they would demand thé right to buy manufactured articles in the same kind market. In support of free hides, Mr. Page contended that the adoption of such a policy would not injure the farmer, whereas it would be of vast benefit to the leather manufacturers. He said the beef trust garnered all the profits in hides, from whatever source. QUORUM IN THE HOUSE. Action Taken Upon Several Important Matters of Logi n. Washington, June 21.—Availing them- selves of the presence of a quorum, the leaders of the house today obtained action upon several important matters of legislation. Principal among these was the con- ference report on the bill providing for taking the thirteenth census. With respect to that measure the debate hinged on the senate amendment re- quiring that applicants for apposnt- ment must take the examinations in the states or territories in which they profess to live and that they must have ad at least one year's actual domicile therein previous to such application. The amendment was concurred in wu all other amendments were disagreed to and the bill was again sent to con- ference. The senate resolution providing for the continuance of unexpended bal- ances in connection with certain river and harbor improvements was also adopted against a lively discussion. The house adjourned until Thursd. DERAILED BY LANDSLIDE. The Great Northern Westbound Orien- tal Limited Train. Whitefish. Mont,, June' 21.—The Great Northern westbound.. Orlental limited ‘passenger train was derailed today near Ural, on the Kootenai river. Thirty passengers were injured, but none killed. A landslide caused the accident. St. Paul, Minn., June 21.—Officers of the Great Northern rallroad said to- night that the derailment of the west- bound Oriental limited passenger train at Ural, Mont., today only three per- Vn! were injured, none seriously. The fandslide was soon cleared away and traffic was resumed. A Trip of Interest to the American Roman Catholic World, Baltimore, June 2L.—A member of the faculty of St, Mary’s Romngan Cath- olic seminary and three of the semi- narians will shortly start on a trip of interest to the whole American Roman Catholic werld. Those going are Rev. Father Bernurd of the Sulpician Order and Messrs. Riley, G. Gleason and O'Hara. The party is going to the Isle of Wight to study in the Benedic- Une monastery there. the - Gregorian ant. 92 Degrees at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 21.—The govern- ment thermometer on the top of the postoffice building registered 92 de- grees this afternoon, while thermome.- ters on the street reached 96, making this by far the hottest day of the sea- son. Prostrations were reported and the relief tonight is slight, the mer- cury being close to 9 Norfolk, Va., Rambler, owned Dredging compan; June 21—The the Lewis E. engaged i as’ burtied water's edge today while along tug shore News. known. Ten Per Cont. Wage Increase. Easton, Pa., June 21.—A 10 per sent. The cause of the fire is u ::mus in_wages was announced to- “de Martens, the Russian Expe on_inte law, died suddeply in TS Fairdas SIAtion 2t Vel The American Branch of ihe Inter: ‘national Banking corporation at Pekin will be opened -on Wednesday. An Earth Shock in Teneriffe de- stroyed the city hall, barracks ana houses at Icod, on the west coast, Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived at Washington. They will begin their flights at Fort Meyer the latter part of the week. Passengers Landed at Holyhead from the Cedric arrived in London before the vessel reached Liverpool. - The White Star line's steamers from ¢ York may hereafter touch at Holyhead to embark passengers. Chief Plenty Horse, an Indian con- nected with a wild west show now in Boston, was killed by a train at the South station Saturday. Chief Plenty Horse was a Sioux from the Pine Ridge agency, 30 years old and mar- ried. Postoffice Inspectors In and near Pittsburg are arresting Italians who have been collecting money for the re. lease of the man in Paiermo accused of Detective Petrosino’s murder and who are supposed to know the murder- er or murderers, Superintendent Ross of the Canadian ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., announced Saturday that temporary repairs to the 1,000 foot lock wrecked by the Perry G. Walker ten days aga have been completed and water will be let into it at once. .W. J. Bryan W. H. Leavitt d Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. nd Miss Grace Bryan left Lincoin, Saturday night for Grand Lake, Col, where on the 24th they will attend the wedding of Wil- liam J. Bryan, Jr, and Miss Helen Berger of Milwaukee. A Serious Riot Occurred at Auteuil, where the Stable Boys' union prevent- ed the horses entered from reaching the track. The crowd which went to see the Grand Steeplechase became impatient and set fire to the booths and hedges. Many persons were hurt and many arrests were made. Lowering Himself from the Roof of a five-story building by means of a rope tied around a chimney. a burglar early Sunday morning gained entrance to the New York apartments of Ed- vard R. Holden, Jr. a lawyer, and ole jewelry valued at $3,500. The p iice say this is the first “rope robber: reported for several. years. « THAT CHINESE LOAN. America Continues Firm in Its Atti- tude Against Efforts of Germany. Pekin, June 21.—Honry P. Fletcher, the charge d'affaires of the American legation, visited the forelgn board again today and reiterated the protest of his government against the cfforts of German interests to force Grand “ouncillor Chang-Chi-Tung to meo- rialize the throne to fssue a ratifica- tlon of the _German-Britisir French Yoan of $27,500,000 for the conslruction 0t the Hankiw-Sze-Chuen railroad. He fieml¢ mainteined the position” of ‘Washington in_this matter. Firftish and French interests appar- ently are passive in matter; only the Germans are trying to save the agreement. The binkers who are suy- ported by the government are putting up a strong resistance to the American demands. Grand Councilior Na Tung, who re- turned to his offices today after an - encouraged the expectation that a settlement favorable to Ameri- can interests would be reached. Ol Y $400,000 FOR YALE. thout Restriction from F. C. Hewett of Owego, N. Y. Legacy New Haven, June 21.—It is officially stated at the office of the Yale unive sity that the agreement with the rela- tives of Frederick <. Hewetc of Owego, . of the class of 1538, as to Ais legacies is final ard that there will be no contest In the courts. Under the arrangement as made Yale will inherit $400,000, or $100,000 less than the uni- versity was given under the terms of the will, and the payment to the um- versity will be made before long. The legacy will go to Yale without - re- striction and. will be added to the gen- eral university fund. With the ex- ception of the bequest made by the late Joseph E. Sheffleld to the Yale Scientific school, the Hewett bequest ranks among the largest ever made to Yale and has been excedded by one indi vidual gift, that made severa} ago by John D. Rockefeller. MAIL CLERK KILLED. A Head-On Coll, Central R: n on the lllinois road. Mount Carmel, 1!l., June 2 on collision occurred just we early today between two Railway passenger trains e dent was caused, it is said, by error train orders. A mail clerk was killed and both engineers were injured, but not fatal- Iy. Noypassengers were seriously in- jured. New Haven Road Shareholders In- ore in Numbe: New, Haven, June. 21 turns ‘of the number of Kkhold and their hoidings in the New Y New Haven and Hartford Raliroad company indicate that during the last year there Fas becn a large indrease of the number of shareholders, due par to the distribution of some of the larger holdings by death: that Massa- chusetts has about one-half the total number of stockholders and about 36 per cent. of the total of outstanaing shares, and that about 1,600 stock- holders, or 10 per cent. of the total number, hold approximately one-haif of th: outstanding stock. New Haven Road 6 Per Cent. Con- vertible Debentures. New Haven, June 21 —Under date of late September President Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company announced in his annul report that out of the author- ized issue amounting to 339024600 of § per cent. convertible dchenture $34.844,500 had bean pa‘d in. while bul $12,232.700 had become due and paya- ble. The finat installment of cent., or $9.757.400, will become the 15th of mext month, hut it e that only about’ $1,000,00 remaing to be pald i May Abandon Mo Trenton, N. . June vernor Fort. Attorney General Edmund Wil- son and several representatives of the Lehigh Valley railroad company met here today to discuss the advisability of abandoning the Morris and _Essex canal The re James D. Hallen Aca New. York, June 21.—James D. Hal- len, a- former New York lawver, who g Suspect Anuted at Schenectady Proves to be an Unoflending Celestial THE BODY BURIED IN WOODLAWN Taken Cirect from the Morgue to the Cemetery, Only Re- latives ... ttending—Mission in Chinatown Planning to Cffer Reward for the Murderer—Theories as to Mo- tive for the Crime-all Point to Jealousy of Ling. New York, June 21.—After a bit pulice flurry’ today, an hour or tws voverified reports and telephoning be- tv.cen cities, the murder of Elsie £.rel, daughter of Paul Sigel of this ¢ ly and granddaughier of Major Gen- eral Franz Sigel of civil war fame, resolvad itself into an unsolved crime dgain tonight. Suspects Fail to Clear the Case. Chung Sin, who formerly occupied a in different New York looked into, Whereabouts of Ling Unknown. Late tonight, however, the indica- tions were that the whereabouts of Leon Ling was unknown. cities police have and come to all the are being CHUNG SIN TAKEN TO NEW YORK Chinaman Arrested N, r Amsterdam rcom adjoining that where the girl's to Be Detained Body was found, is held by the pollce condlalifiagy . at the little city of ‘Amsterdam, N. Y..| Amsterdam, N. Y. June #f— rot far from Scheneotady, but What | Chinaman arrested (his - moriing . e has been learned from him has served | West Galway, 4 couniry humie: ton t: clear up the case little, if any. At|miles from Ambterdam. admits that Schenectady the Chinaman arrested tuday, at first thought to be Leon Ling or William L. Leon, who is sought as the gitl's murderer, has, ‘according to all indications, pretty well established tlut he is an unoffending Celestial w he is Chung 8in, who formerly oce pied a room adjoining that of Leo Ling, In New York, where the body of Elsie Sigel was found protests vigorously knows nothing about th formerly worked in a restaurant in | though he was acquaint New York, and whoses arrest was | Sigel and knew of her work & 3 of her w amon, bzought about.' merely through his|the Chinese. After being questione strikingly unfortunate resemblance t0 | practically all day by the Amsterdan leon Ling police ke was taken in custody tonigh Authorities Learn Nothing New, | by Detective Forbes from New York The disappearsnce of Chung Sin | headquarters, who started for the city epout the time the murder was disc v~ | With his prisoner late tonight. Chung e ed here made the police eager for his | Sin Will be detained as a witness the hope that he will be more about the c No Knowledge of Ling's Wh. apprehension, which was considered able to tel sccond in importance to that of Leon, vt the interview with him at Amster- cam today seems to have brought «ut! The prisoner asserts that rothing of value to the authorities. He | oon Ling rarely during ' ceveraf maintains that he rarely assocciated | months preceding the murder For vith Leon, and while acquainted with | at least three weeks, he says, he hag Fisie Sigel, know nothing of the mur-| had no knowledge whatever of »hig cer. Thus, with his arrest of no great | whereabouts. importance, the case, aside from de- Although bhaving & room next te telcpments in New York today, 18| Leon’s, he sald his night work as & abuut where it was when Elsie Sig2r's | waiter kept him away a great deal body was found crammed into the|ang often he did not sicep In the t-unk in a room over the Eighth ave- | room. nue chop suey restaurant last Friday ‘When' Leon's assoclation with the right, Voluntary Surrender of Sun Leong. While the authorities upstate were girl was suggested, Chung Sin would shake his head and s “She not my friend, she his friend; o 3 vhy should I be jtail? putting the two Chinamen through an| Why & E incuisition, Sun Leong, keeper of the| The Chinaman's arrest came about rcstaurant above which the body v through his employer, Harvey Kenne- fcund, was being questloned at police | 4Y. a wellsto-do New Yorki and headquarters here. Sun Leong disap- | Summer resident of West Gal He noticed Chung Sin's likeness to pub- lished ph 6f him in New York newspapers and notified the po- lice. Chung Sin readily admitted his name and identity, but stubbornly maintained that he was totally ige norant of the murder, Chung Sin reached Amsterdam on jeared on the night the body was Lavnd, but quietly and calmly surren- ccred’ himeself early today. He is be- ing detatned” as a material witness, bat his' ‘voluntary surrender is taken "o mean that he 18 not implicated in any way in the crime. Barly this aft- ernoon the New Yofk police were in - jeation with Schenectady, and | Friday afternoon, June 11, two days e e Al daciaie’ wag | after iste Bigel’ aisappeared 1n rcached there tonight that the China- | York, and the day on which she | supposed to have been killed. He was previously engaged In New York by Kennedy as a servant, which in some respects is favorable to the Chinaman, because it indicates that he did not flee from the city. He worked hers quietly untfl the police learned of his recent arrival and his supposed con- nection with the murder case, and his arrest followed. Suspect Seen in Springfield. Waterbury, June 21.—Alexander Hal= wan now being held was Innocent.they tud come to the conclusion that he was not Leon Ling. Detective Forbes, whe hutried to Amsterdam, telegraph- ed. however, to headquarters tonight that there was no doubt abou’ ‘*he identity of Chung Sin, generally re- forred to as Leon Ling's roommate. Body of Victim Buried. In the midst of all the police activ- ity the body of Elsie Sigel was quictly turied this afternoon’ fn Woodlawn |, WEICFOREY, SU s place claims to have wemetery. As her father announ seen Leon Ling, suspected of fhe mur- Inst night ~that he wished no more | SO0 (e I, Buspucind OF, Fhe prblicity, the coffin contalning the mu- tiated form was taken directly from ke _morgue to the burying ground In o plain undertaker's wagon. The cere- pot at Springfleld, Mass. at 5.40. The Chines tickets, but Hallenstein this morning purchased twe dd not hear ; . for what place he bought them. He raony at the grave was strictly pr- | 0ughe nothing of the incident until vate and was attended only the | he saw the picture of the suspect in ghl's father, her brothers. Reginald | 0ot As soon as he noticed this £1.d Theodore, and her uncle, Franz Hallenstein notified the local police £ gel. thorities. He belleves that Ling took the 5.45 train for Hartford An Arrest in South Bend. South Bend, Ind., June 21.—A C nese giving the name of Georgé L. Chinese Aid the Police. Mrs. Sigel, it will be recalled, broke down complétely when'she learned of her daughter’s death and is now in a sanitarium Although the mission In Chinatown | Kin was arrested at Mishawaka today where Hisle Sigel formerly taught has on sdvices rom the Chicas: , police, the losed, 3 of those whojlatter having advised Chief of Police e ver o L& oistinnily was [ GarTett that he was wanted in con. would be converted to Christianity was held in a Doyer street mission to plan for reward for the capture of Klsie Sigel's slayer. No definite sum was decided upon, but a committee Wil g0 through Chinatown soliciting subscep- ifons. Thirty Chinamen, all schol nection with the murder of Elsie Sigel in New Yorl Former Missionary Worker With Miss Sigel Arrested Last Night. York, June Josie ears old, the white wife New 23 Louls Suey, in lous Sunday schools in the die- | ¥¢ o L u Y ot attended the ‘meeting and Rev, | Chinese iaundryman, was arrested to- Fung Y. Mow acted as chairman. night with her husband after a raid on In discussing the case the Rev. Mow | Sueys’ laundry.where, the poiice a:- sald that Leon Ling was never con- ,’Kmv‘ o g il B i o ‘.\ nected with the mission in any way ";" 5{ :.h' b uvm \‘ w“ > u.m\l ‘n and o far as he knew never attended 3"_‘M e bun| § WOA Slog; tahy S0y any school in Chinatown, Miss Sigel o olfce . he said, taught him. The scholars, he | Josle Suey, the polic Jay, was for. continued, keenly felt the disgrace that Siy l‘l" - l' s Il Hll\r'\\nr\u e ith ;H‘; the mury had brought upon the mis- ~“;:” ;;I"'m“l T "!_l I by L. "‘T" \\‘\““ sion gchools and stood ready to aid the | A5 BESE The Shevs who wers police in every way in bringing about the capture of the murderer Statement by Prominent Chinese Mis- on Worke Theorles as to the move of the m der ail coincide, as was indicated las( nt, that the jealousy of Leon Ling den, were questioned fo by the police, and the following entry was made on the police blotter tha they were wanted as witnesses in’ th Elsie Sigel homicide case. over an houj Admits Poisoning Mer Husband. caused it. - That he killed her because | yoric Pa, June Mi of her apparent friengship for Chu vacey, arrested Satu Gain, who is still detained as a mate- | {o eotigation Into th rial witness, is still the predominant|of her husband, Joshua Tra- bellef. confessed, the police say, that In support of this explanation, Mrs.| jofsoned “him A statement Florence Todd, one of the most promi- | held by the police, it Is officially ¢ nent women ' workers in Chinatown, | cut, in which she implicates who knew Elsie Sigel and her mother | prother-in-law, Willlam Brown intimately, said this afternoon: 1> also in ja)l, declaces that “T'know Chu Gain, who is under ar- | cj gsed and gave to hér steychni .« rest, yery well. He is one of the few | W joh mixed With her busbani} Chinamen whom I would trust with | v}iskey. my life. Mrs.- Sigel «nd Elsie also knew him for many years. They were introduced to him through an uncle of his. 1 believe that Elsie was in love with Chu. Gain and would have mar- ried him but that He would not marry her.” Here Mrs. Todd went into the most significant. part of her statement, that bearing on Ledn Ling. She said’ “Within the last year, despite he love for Chu Galn, Eisie became ap- parently Infatuated with Leon Lin. But I think it was only a Ataien Hé, | know, asked her to marry him, but she refiised him. In fact, she told me that she refused him. Her mother knew all about it Despite her statement, Mrs, Todd sald she was not mclined to belfeve that Leon “committed the murder, and she went on to relate that =he had a dream that Eisie Sigel had committed sulclde. Chu Galn, she said, came to her on the morning of June 14, five days after the murder-is supposed to have been committed, and tofi her that he too had bad a dream. In this dreain, according to Mre. Todd, Chu Gain xaw the form of the girl appear before him. crving: “Chu, save me.” This seeme 18, the Chin & be- _was missing at el et B Hottest Day of the Y Roston, June 21.—Two death cuses of prostration at the he and fully a dozen other cases at drug stores and physiclan’s offices, were the outcome of the hottest d the year year in Boston today #ully. the mereury rose to 88 degroes, but in the streets it was hovering iR the 80x, 1nd with scarcely any breem tluwing, the day was full of discomfort tn those obliged to exert thecselves s Working Full Readlng, June_21.—All 4 cite minex of the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron company work full time this week, operated anly two ar dinys week for some time. With an s coal trade and the Mteady impro in freight business due to the up of industries, the rallroad the Reading system look for times, Anthracite M ™ wilh after hasle Postmaster for 57 Years. Walkerville, Ont., June 21.—Maleo!y McLean, 81 years old, dind here tod: 1le occupied the position of Pfl& ter_here_continu . £ ! vasmdrie Y. 5 e