Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 29, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 153. SIBLE FOR LING TO ESCAPE| oo St. Petersburg, June 28.—The num- ber of cholera cases recorded in the last twenty-four hours show a dimin- ution. y-one cases were removed :’o &muu. and there were thirty eaths. If He Is Alive We Shall Catch Him, Says New| York’s Detective Chief Eleven Men Were Killed in a mutiny at tge prison of Vilna. . The Venezuelan. has ap- proved the draft of the new concession to the Orinoco corporation. y, The Health of E. H. Harriman was reported better. ' He will go to Gastein for_treatment after his stay at Sem- mering. % iscussion Ends |Heat Wave Broken In the Senate| By Cloudburst DUAL TRAC Declaration of State’s Attorney that Ho was Through with the Case CORONER'S VERDICT IN BUNGALOW CRIME Robert E. Eastman Killed or v;a_n Accessory to the Murder of Edith May Woodill-A Compromise Verdict— Mrs. Eastman Visits Her Husband’s Grave on which Naples, June 28—The ‘American gun- boat Scorpion, which has been out of commission_here for some time, left today for Turkish waters. Her offi- cers recelved hearty farewells from their colleagues in the Italian navy. A Quarter of a Millian _Persons spent Saturday night on the beach at Coney Island " and si#pt guarded by policemen. Among Early Bills Introduced in the Georgia legislature was one to prohibit intoxicated persons from operating au- tomobiles. MEMBERS TIRED OF TARIFF NEW YORK CITY DRENCHED Berlin, June 28.—Prince von Bue- low today authorized the announce- ment that he iatends to retire from the chancellorship of the empire in any event as soon as the pending finance reform measure is disposed of in one way or another. The prince remaims in” office only temporarily in an endeavor to pass the bill. —_— AUTHENTIC STATEMENT BY MOCAFFERTY Streets Turned Into Rivers and Cellars Flooded—Lightning Struck on Polo Grounds, Breaking Up a Ball Game. Take Early Adjournment—General ard Final Cleanup of Passed Over Pro- ms—Corporation and Income Tax The whole Country is One Vast Rat Trap with No Exit Left Unguarded—All the Police of the Country Work- ing as One Great Machine—Chinese Luun’driu Re-, ceive Warning Notices from Owners. New York, June 28.—Inspector Mc- Cafferty, chief of the New York de- tective bureau, made the first authentic statement tonight on the murder of Fisie Sigel that has been made by the police since the discovery of the girl's Body, on June 15th, wedged in an oval- topped trunk, in the bedroom of Leon Ling, an Americanized Chinaman, above an Eighth avenue chop suey Testaurant. Inspector McCafferty said in substa: “We Shall Catch Leon “We shall catch the murderer. De- Jay does not alter that, although it chafes us. The whole country is one * yast rat trap, with every exit guarded. One Leg of Fugitive's Journey Not Accounted For. “The girl was killed" between 10 G'clock in the morning and noon of June 9th and we believe Leon Ling . is the man who did it, with Chung Sin, his intimate, as a possible ac- complice. We have Chung Sin. From his room in Eighth avenue Leon Ling went straight to Washington and there sent the ‘Don’t worry telegram signed “Elste, received on the night of the murder by the Sigel family. From Washington he returned to New York and somewhere-about midnight of June 8th took the body in a trunk to New- ark, arriving there about 2 a. m. on June 10. We don’t know how he took it. That leg of the journey has not peen accounted for. All avallable rec- ords of the varfous taxicab companies have been searched, but _there are many privately owned machines ‘which ¥eep no records. A chauffeur who had made such a trip would -be more than likely to have taken hush money. Un- able to dispose of his trunk, Leon re- turned to New . York with the body on the afternoon of June 10th and left it in his_room. From that moment we lose all trace of him. So far as we know, he had no other possible accom- lice than Chung Sin. We do not Enow what became of the clothes mot found on the body. There is no ev dence to_show that they were evel taken to Harlem. No Other Murder Ever Created Such Interest. ‘No other murder that I can remem- ber has attracted such wide interest or such enthusiastic co-operation on the part of theh police of other cities. All the forces of the country are work- ing as one great machine. We have fifty men of our own in the cities of the east. Steamer Due at Yokohama Saturday, Will Be Watched, . “The only possible ship on which Leon could bave left the country is due at Yokohama on July 3d. She will be watched. The man cannot get out of the country. If he is alive we shall catch him.” Chinese Laundry Employes Warned. All the Chinese laundries in the éity, which are operated by four companies in the name of individual managers, recefved notices today. in Chinese from the owners warning employes that they must have nothing to do with white women, beyond business over the counter, on pain of dismissal. DETECTIVES GET NEW CLUE, THIS TIME FROM JERSEY. “We May Have Ling in a Few Hours; Says McCafferty. New York, June 28.—It was learned late tonight that half a dozen detec- tives were sent to New Jersey, in the neighborhcod of Passaie, Hackensack and Paterson, on what was said by In- spector McCafferty to be the best clue vet_ obtained as to the whereabouts of Leon Ling. “We may have Leon in a few hours,” said McCafferty. “It looks like the best information we have had since we began working on the case.” —_— . INCOME TAX AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Reported to the Senate and Ordered Printed. Washington, June 28.—A Jolnt reso- Jution proposing an income tax amend- ment to the constitution was reported today to the semate by~ Mr. Aldrich drom the finance committee and or- dered printed and to lie on the table. | The proposed amerdment is as fol- T Jows: Article XVI.—Congress shall . have gower to lay and collect taxes on in- comes from whatever source derived, ‘without apportionment among the sev- eral states, and without regard to any census enumeration. Mr. Aldrich said he thought this wmendment might be passed bv the senate without debate, but Mr. Borah replied that he could mot assent until the income tax amendment to the tar-| 4ff_ bill had been disposed of. Mr. Aldrich made no further effort to. obtain action. YALE CORPORATION ELECTIONS. Degree of Doctor of Laws Conferred Upon Harvard's President. New Haven, June 28.—A degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon President A. Lawrence Lowell of Har- vard university at the meeting of the Yale corporation this afternoon. Pres- §dent Lowbll is obliged to return to ambridge for the commencement ex- ercises at his own university on Wed- nesday, so the conferring of the de- gree was made today. Under the rules of the corporation this degree is conferred only for distinguished pub- lic_service. 7 - The corporation elected J. F. Mec- Clelland, now professor of mining at Leland Stafford university, to be pro- fessor of mining in the Sheffield sci- entific .school and a_ member of its government board. He, is a graduate of Columbia. Professor Toumey of the forest school is transferred to the new Jesup chair of silviculture, Wilder Tileston, at present in Harvard medi- cal school, was elected assistant pro- fessor of medicine. The alumni advisory board at its meeting re-elected Frederick N. Jud- son of St. Louls chairman. The board discussed the matter of instituting at Yale some form of the Oxford pass and honor system, which, with modifi- cations to meet American conditions, favored. The matter was commit- ted to the committee for a report. PHILOSOPHICAL ORATIONS. Norwich Students Among the Ya Commencement Winners. New Haven, Conn., June 28 —Among the commencement winners of the ilosopHical orations announced at ave today were Dickson H. Leavens, Notwich. and B L. Wakeley. Southing- fon; winmer of high orations, J. P. Kaufman, Norwich; winners of ora. tions, Edward L. White, Waterbury, and Maurice R. Plumb, Bridgeport; dissertations, . E. Chittenden, East Rover: Patrick J. Healey, Waterbury: first adisputes, T. C. Hood, Chester, and G. G. Wyant, Stamford;” second dis- tes, Benpet Bromson, Waterbury, B. Burnham, Norwich; L. W. Grey ry, Norwich; R. C. Johnson, Norwich; Stamford; first er, Fairfield, and ovd Wallacs, Wallingtord; = _sdcond golloquies, C. C. Beeman, Fairfield, and Walter Dallas, Waterbuny. Death of Prof. Ernest von Hail Berlin, June 28.—Prof. Ernst Haile, the political economist, here today. He was Dborn in 1868 Professor von Halle was'well known in the United States. He wrote studies on cotton culture in the south, on the enterprise of Germans in America, and on economic inquiries In the West- Indies and Venezuela. He was an ar- dent advocate of & large Germany na- vy and aided in the preparation of sev- eral naval bill Five Heat Deaths in Philadelph Philadelphia, Pa, June 28—Five mere deaths are added today to the list of heat victims fn this city. This makes the total for the present hot Il more than forty. The humidity was 91, while the temperature its maximum, 9, at 4 o'clock von died WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN ATLANTIC FLEET WAR GAME Marconigrams to Come Into Play Dur- ing Summer Manoeuvres. Washington, June 28.—Wireless te- legraphy will play an important part in the war game of the Atlantic fleet during the summer manoeuvres off the New England coast next month. Admiral Schroeder’s flagship Con- necticut has been equipped with a high-powered. telegraph apparatus and the scout cruisers Chester and Bir- mingham, when they reach the United States from Liberia, will be equipped with similar instruments. The scout cruisers, which for the first time will participate in the warexercises, will figure in some of the Important prob- lems to be worked out by Admiral Schroeder, and the wireless telegraph will come Into play in these evolutions. BLISTER RUST DISCOVERED. In White Pine Trees Imported from Germany for Reforesting Land Here. New York, June The discovery of a plant disease known as “European current rust” or \“blister rust” in a number of white pine trees imported from Germany, which have been used for reforesting land in New York and & number of the New England states, was the subject of a conference today at the office of State Forest Game and Fist Commissioner Whipple in this city. . At the close of the conference, the following statement was issuel: “The trees affected, so far as re- ported, have come from a single rurs- ery in Germany, and as it is known where the trees have been planted, it should be comparatively easy to take care of the trouble if promptly at- tended to.” Among those present at today’s con- ference were State Forester W. O. Fil- ley, Connecticut; national experts Dr. Perley Spaulding, Dr. Haven Metcalf, Prof. J. W. Toumey, Yale forest school, New Haven, and S. W. Spring, con- sulting forester, New Haven. ARRESTED IN LONDON. New York Bank Employe Forged Drafts for $8,000. London, June 28.—A man who gives the name of Henry Clifford, but who is believed by the police to be Con- rad Harms, was remanded at Bow street police court today for one week. Harms was until Tecently an employe of J. S. Bache & Co. of New York, and the police were seek- ing him on the charge of having forged drafts for nearly $8,000 on the Swiss Bank Verein, the London agents of Bache & Co. ‘Witen apprehended he was living with his wife in good style at a hotel on Northumberland avenue. He de- nies that He is Harms, but the bank officials have identified _securities valued at about $5000 which were found in his rooms. ;N e A A LEFT ALL TO HIS BRIDE. Will of Holland Bennett, Who Disap- peared from Steamer. Who Boston, June 28.—The will of Hol- land Bennett, who disappeared from a Mediterranean steamer between Genoa and Naples on June 10, was filed for probate today. Mr. Bennett followed the custom Of many trav- clers, and made his will before sailing for Burope, and just after his marriage, on May 12. The will left all property to Mrs. Bennett, upon whom wiSow- hood was thrust while on her bridal tour. Bank Bookkeeper Waives Examination New Haven, June 28.—Frederick H. Brigham, eox-bookkeeper of the Mer- chants National bank, went before United States Commissioner Wright today and waived examination oh the charge of ~embezzlement from the bank. Bail was fixed at $10,000, a re- duction of $5,000. Brigham went back to jail in defauit of bonds. Protest Against Corporation Tax. ¥all River, Mass., June 28.—A pro- test against’ the proposed tax on the earnings of corporations will be for- warded to Washington the Fall + River Manufacturers’ tion, 7 i garlmant of technical aeronautics, in- Paris, June 28.—The university of Paris has announced two donations in the interest of aviation. The first is $100,000, with an annual subvention of /33,000, from Henri- Deutsche-Dela- | meurthe for -the foundation of a de- luding studies and researches for the perfection of aerial apparatus of what- ever form, and the second $140,000 from Basil Zakaroff, a Greek resident of Paris, for the foundation of a chajr of aviation. WRIGHTS FAILED TO FLY, THOUSANDS DISAPPOINTED. Brisk Winds and Threatening Clouds Rrevented Yesterday's Unofficial Trial Flight at Fort Myer. ‘Washington, June 28—Owing ‘to a strong wind this afternoon, the Wright brothers failed to makegtheir expected flight at Fort Myer. hey thus have further evidence of their disregard for public criticism when the caution they exercise in all of their aviation dic- tates such a course. Although the senate set aside the tariff bill to allow its members to wit- ness a flight of the aeroplane, and senators and several thousands others sizzled in the hot sun on the Fort Myer drill grounds, the Wrights de- cided that the wind was too strong and too uncertain for a flight with a new and untried machine. Fully expecting to make a prelim- inary_trial of the fying machine, Or- ville Wright early today notified Gen- ames Allen, the chief signal of- ficer, that he intended to make an un- official trial flight after 4 o'clock this afternoon. As a result Jong before the hour named a large crowd of people went out to the army post on the Po- {pmac, opposite Washinston. At 3.30 ‘clock the field - was cleared by a squad of cavalry and everything was made ready for a flight. A little earlier Orville had come to Washington to meet his fether, Bishop Milton Wright, of Dayton, and-his brother, Ruchlin, of Kansas, who has neyer seen his broth- ers fly. o Wilbur Wright carefully Inspected the starting track and the two brotht ers with their mechanic, Taylor, made a final examination of ‘the aeropiane, which was then wheeled across the field from the shed to the starting ap- paratus &t the northern el of the field. s It was then § o'clock and a brisk wind had sprung up from the west. Heavy torm clouds appeared upon the horizon and when a few scattering drops of rain began to fall the crowd began to fear that conditions were not favorable for a flight. The word came, however, that Orville did not mind fly- ing in the rain, but thmt the wind was the_objectionable feature. Then the clouds veered to_the south and the wind died out. Everything appeared to be in readiness for the trial when a fresh wind began blowing from the south. Orville Wright, who had peen walk- ing about rather nervousl® thought that the unsettled weather conditions would prevent a flight. The officers of the signal corps, the balloon detach- ment and the cavalry guard were the only persons permitted on the field, except a corps of photographers who had obtained the consent of the Wright brothers to snap the machine as went down to the starting track. Wi bur Wright, in looking for the operator of a picture machine, the use of which he }im!red to prevent, neared the im- patient crowd. In his peculiar, jocund manner he remarked that he usually put his machine away when the crowds in France were fretful. But a number of senators requested him to let them examine the machine at close range, and that was the opening wedge for a large number of senators, represent: tives and other prominent spectators to get near the maghine to inspect jt closely. To avoid being questionea, the Wrights retired .to the aeroplane a a run her back to the shed.” Greatly disappointed, the crowd dis- persed. Meets With Little Favo Judge Connolly, the Eyes of Detroit, June 28—Whether or not they believe in the “unwritten law” as @ defense for murder, was squarely put up to the prospective jurors today by Prosecuting Attornev " Vansile while they were being examined as to the! qualification to sit in the trial of Dr.. G. K. Boyajian, for killing his nephe: Haratoon Gastania, while the nephe was being arraigned in police court for ;vllpged misconduct with Mrs. Boya- jian. Judge W. F. Connoily, who presides at the trial, indieated that “unwritten law” meets with little favor in his eves. “In this state no man has a right to kill another person to avenge his private wrongs, even though they may involve the honor of his wife” said the judge, interrupting the ques- ttion put to a prospective juror whether or not a man, in his opinion, ever has a right to kill ‘a rival for his wife's af- Tections, irrespective of the law. W. K. SHEPARD MAY RECOVER. Sheffield Scientific Injured A Schoel Instructor in Automobile Accident. New Haven, June 28.—It is now be- lieved that William K. Shepard, the instructor in the Sheffield Scientific school, Yale, whose skull was fractured at its base yesterday, in an automobile accident near Westesly, R. I, has a chance for recovery. He is still in a semi-conscious state at Grace hospital. House Adopts Conference Report on Census Bill. ‘Washington, June 28.—Aftey adopt- ing the conference report on the cen- sus bill the house adjourned at 12.55 pr m. today until Thursday. No.other business except the introduction of bills ang resolutlons was attempted. 7 Stimson-Burgess Marriage. Danbury, Conn., June 28.—Professor John W. Stimson, the author, who has a_ summer home in Mfi near married here to- m Tlv‘v‘nh s, was 0 Miss Edith B. Burgess, also of Redding. The marriage was perform- by Justice J. R. Booth at :h office. fessor Stimeon’s first wife secured & divorce In Bridgeport last week. a days of almost continuous debate the senate at 3.45 its discussion of the schedules of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. utes afterwards the senate adjourned for the day to permit the slight prepa- ration possible in so short a time for the débate on the corporation and in- come-tax questions, which will begin s00n after the senate convenes tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock. The early adjournment afforded the tired sena- lor:'r from senate chamber. tunity to go to Fort Myer to witness the airship tests and others attended the baseball game at American league P —— park. those who went to Fort Myer. general and final cieanine up of the passed over provisions in both the du- tiable and free lists of the tariff bill Cotton bagging and ecotton ties, and incidentally binding much of the senatg’s time. the day Senator McLaurin moved to place bagging on the free list, and, contrary the motion prevailed. The southern senator: ever, with cotton ties, which they also desired to have made free of duty. Senator Culberson proposed the change in ties. of winning, the vote standing 31 to 38. The duty on structural iron and steel valued at more than nine-tenths of a cent a pound was increased from three- tenths to four-tenths of one cent per pound, being an addition to the house rate of one-tenth of a cent. on steel of a lower value was left un- changed. also an addition of half a cent a pound over the house rat eof one cent. ' Would Produce Revenue of $9,000,000. school books and salt placed o the free on Bacon, who offered the amendment for rates were placed on wool as on cotton they would produce a revenue of 39,- 000,000 a year. that by the adoption of his ten cent rate on tea $9,000,000 could be added to the treasury receipts. Coin Moved to Vaults of Old City Hall morning a dray loaded with $10,000,000 in gold coin was driven down Market street from the temporary quarters of the city treasury in the California Safe Deposit and Trust company building to the vaults in the old City hall. teen horses mounted policemen guarded it. John E. McDonald, city treasurer, occupied the seat beside the driver. where the vaultheare, of the building left by the wreckers, who have finished the work started by the earthquake and fire of 1906. Thrown Under Wheels of Excursion ber, car inspector of the Gi railw. shed uniil the privileged few had commuters from. New York city we today, and James Goudl Azalia, city were again been ordered oft he feld. R oallo, ot Asalin, held up for several hours while a thou- i, ®ind showing no signs of abat- | in reaching the station ey ran o | aborers shoveled the tracks clear. Ly el ryy "&;’fgm W ‘:K‘;:h;:;neda;g mf‘n an outgoing excursiof train last| TALK OF B,m“;“mma oW > ° night and were throw: . said: “Well. T guess vou had better | wheels. Ao g o Well Known Boston Labor Leader Dead hospital here, where he had been con- with trades unfonism when employed as a printer in up to the time of his illness had been actively engaged in furthering the in- terests of labor. chairman of the legislative committee of the American Federation of Labo: He had written several books and es sdtys on the labor problem. Project for Representation of Finns. St. Fetersburg, June 28.—The sessions of the Russo-Finnish commission, un- der the presidency of the empire, charged with a revision of the legislative relations between the empire and the grand duchy of Fin- land, opened in St. Petersburg today. seats in the duma and the council of empire. mission from China to thank Emperor sentative to Pekin on the oecasion of the funeral of the late emperor, arriv- ed here today. Y ister of Justice Taj Hongtse, who will e received in audience by the emperor at Peterhof the end of the week. Badly Hurt in Automobile Acc between a trolley car and as automo- bile last night, president of the Moore Oil company, and his son, old, were hurled thirty feet. juries will probably prove fatal. expected to yecommend message to the Georgia Jegislature the establishment of a state department of labor. secure the proper enforcément of the child-labor laws passed in the interest of the workers. Ct., has given $5,000- toward the social building to be deveted to the social and educational and dumb. New York, June 28.—The second of a series of cooling local thunder storms which_was’ promised to heat-oppressed New Yorkers by the United ~States torecasters broke with the violence of a cloudburst late todgy. The down- pour and the accompanying electrical disturbance lasted only fifteen minutes, but it was responsible for the death of one man and the injury of several per- sons, while hundreds of city streets were turned into rivers and cellars were flooded. Five Thousand “Fans” Fled for Shelter At the Polo graunds the game be- tween New York and Brooklyn was about to becalled when the storm broke. As the five thousand “fans” rushed for shelter a blinding bolt Washington, June 25.—After seventy p. m. today concluded Five min- little much . needed relaxation long hours in the overheated Many of them embraced the oppor- . 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th Senator Aldrich was among | struck the tall flagpole in center field, smashing the upper portion of the staff into splinters and tearing down the pennan flag which the Giants won in 1905. Half an hour later the rain ceased, but the diamond was a lake, making a postponement necessary. Brooklyn Man Killed b jhtning. The lightning was at its worst in the outskirts of _Brooklyn, where John Freeman of Wellman street was kilied while trying to put out a fire which had been started by lightning in a pile of rubbish around an iron telephone pole near his home. Freeman threw a pail of water on the fire and fell back dead, killed by the electricity which traveled back to him on the water. Four miles away, in another section of Brooklyn, a woman was struck by lightning and seriously injured. Sev: eral minor accldents were reported. Sudden Drop in Temperature. There was a sudden drop in temper- ature with the approach of the wind and_rain and the weatherman gave as- surances that the heat wave had pass- ed and that cooler weather would pre- vail the rest of the week. REarlier in the day the thermometer had climbed no higher than 85, although the humid- ity had been high, and two deaths had been added to the long list of temper- ature victims. There were also a score or more of prostrations. Fatal Results of Weak's Hot Was Summing up the results of the heat wave which has held New York in its gripsfor a week or more, Health Com- missioner Darlington in his weekly morality report today noted an Increase of nmearly 200 deaths over the figures for the corresponding period last year. An average of five deaths a day from sunstroke for the period of high tem- perature was reported, while many other deaths for which the weather is held primarily responsible were report- ed under the captions “heart disease” and “infants’ diseases Heavy Damage in Suburbs. In many suburban towns the dam- age from the wind and water was very heavy. Street car and railroad traffic was much crippled throughout western Long Island. In Queens county the boiler house of the power station vhich supplies the cars of the Queens county street railway was flooded and every car on more than twenty-five miles of track stopped for seven hours. while three fire engines worked val- inatly pumping the water away from | the submerged firerooms. On the Long sland_railroad’s line just outside of New York several thousand tons of and and clay washed down -from higher ground above the roadbed, cov- ered the rails for half a mile to a depth of about two feet. Twenty thousand Today's proceedings consisted of a twine, occupied Earl- in to the general expectation, were not so fortunate, how- He came within seven votes The rate On zinc in pigs there was Ineffectual efforts were made to have list the and dutiable Egyptian list. cotton Senator duty on-Cotton, said that if the same He proposed four cents pound. Senator Tillman declared TRANSFER $10,000,0001N GOLD. in San Francisco. San Francisco, June 28--Early this Four- drew the load, and 25 The east wing of the old City hall, the only part Train. Toledo,.O., June 28.—Charl nd Trunk at Hamburg, Mich., died here Report That Mayor Has Asked Him or May Ask\Him to Give Up Office. Pl S Waverley, Mass., June 28.—Frank K. S = THE “UNWRITTEN LAW" Foster, a well -known labor leader of e jaane 38 —RGMOrs ‘that T s Boston, died last night at the McLean s Sakad. or may . Commissioner Bingham to resign, were persistent about the city hall and :-1::& (s)i]{\lce Feb, 1 last. He was 54 police headquarters today. The mayor Mr. Foster first became afliated|)S Said to be greatly displeased at Commissioner Bingham's bringing suit against Justice Gaynor while the Duf- 1y investigation is still in progress. The commissioner would not make any answer to questions either in re- gard to his retirement or the status of the Duffy case. Mayor McClellan also refused to reply to inquiries, al- though intimated that the whole matter would be cleared up shortly. rtford, Conn., and For ten years he was Favorable Report on Co-ordinate Col- lege for Women at Wesleyan. Middletown, Conn., June 28.—At a preliminary meeting of the board of trustees of Wesleyan university tonight the committee on founding a co-ordi- nate college for women reported favor- ably on the matter. The matter was left to a committee of five of the trus- tees, with the understanding the mat- ter would be carried out as soon as a fund of $400,000 had been acquired. The date of the installation of Prof, Willlam Shanklin, the new president, was set for Oct. 29. The annual campus illumination and open air con- cert were held tonight of the comptroller project is on foot to grant the Finns Chinese Special Mission to Czar. St. Petersburg, June 28.—A special icholas for sending an official repre- Twelve Year Old Boy a Suicide. Elwood, Ind., June 28.—Chester Rob- bins, 12 years old, committed suicide today by taking carbolic acid because he was reprimanded for taking a bicy- cle pump from a neighbor’s home. The boy's father, it is said, directed him to return the pump and to get a bug- gy whip from the barn. The boy found the acid in the barn, swallowed it and fell dead at his father's feet 1t is headed Min- H nt. Cincindati, June 28.—In a collision Henry Mathers, vice William, thirtéen years Their in- Prominent Men at White House Dinner ‘Washington, Jun®2s.—President Taft entertained .at dinner tonight at the White House a company of prominent men, including members of the cabinet, senators and representatives in con- gress. The gathering was wholly non- partisan in character, the guests being about equally republicans and demo- crats. A notable number of demo- crats from the soutit were present. The m"rt-—'l'he first installment of fres-air_children from, New York have arrived at Spring farm to enjoy two weeks' outing. Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown is in his first He is sald to comsider such department necessary in order to and other statutes Mrs. A. A. Anderson of Greenwich. purposes of the deafl Secretary u.m-._..'ofm interior department sghd in Chicago that there were many incompetent Indian agents who would have to step’ down anu out. Scores of Human Skeletons and a petrified body, believed to be. that of an Indian, were found by a party ex- ploring. & natural cave near Cordele, Ga. Al A Large Number of o Laborers are expected in Hawail to/take the places of the striking Japanese (o ve refused con- whom the planters cessions. An Indian Surveyor ‘ttached to the meteorological expeditiog under Lieu- tenant Clark, an Ameri®hn, was killed by Chinese in Kan-Su province. An in- terpreter was rescue The Shed for the Weliman Airship was destroyed in a gale last December and there is a possibility that the Polar expedition will not Start this year. A caretaker lost his life by failing into a crevasse. The Republic lron and Steel com- pany_joined the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, a United Stazes Steel corporation subsidiary. in. _de- claring for the open shgp policy. It is expected that a strike will be declared on July 1 affecting sixteen thousand men in the combined plants. YALE UNIVERSITY CLASS DAY EXERCISES. Fierce Electrical Storm With Down- pour Interfered Somewhat—Guests Marooned in Empty Dormitorie Doorways and Other Shelters® New Haven, Conn., June electrical storm with a terrifi pour of rain and flerce gusts of wind were unexpected accompaniments to class day at Yale university today, and as no material damage resulted the thousands of guests here for the exer- cises found the atmospherie freak a merry diversion. The Sheffield Scien- tific school senjors had their class day ceremonies in the usual order. In the early afternoon the academic seniors and their friends gathered in an en- closure on the college campus. ‘Lne storm which had been passing over the northern part of the state suddenly drew-in over this city ang as the rain fell and the lightning played around the college buildings hundreds made hurried. dashes for sheiter and - for nearly two hours knots ofcommenc ment guests found themselves maroo ed in_empty" dormitories, in doorway and in conveniert though somewhat exposed shelters. » The thunder roared as if the gigantic elms were being torn down and the lightning wividly illumi- nated the darkness which had come down over the city. As soon as the clouds broke away the exercises were resumed in the Hyperion theater and were carried out as planned. The class poem was read by Leonard Ba- con of Peacedale, R. I, the class ora tion on “Hero Worship” by Maxwell O. Parry of Indianapolis, and Leonard Kennedy the class history. The iv planted was a setting from the Whi House ivy and brought over by Presi- dent Taft on his last visit here The Yale Law school alumni ban- quet was held in the dining hall and the .speeches were made for a time during the crashing of -the thunder- bolts. Dean Rogers presided apd Chief Justice Simeon E. Baldwin of the supreme cour the first speaker, unveiled a portrait of Dean Willian Callahan Robinson of the law depart- ment of the Catholic university of America, a former professor of in Yale, and which is a gift of the alumni to the school. He was followed by former Governor George P. McLean Conn., Judge S. D. Spenc of St. Louis, Burton Mansfield of New Haven, Dean Kirchway of the law de- partment of Columbla university, «for mer Senator John C. Spooner, all alumni, and F. H. Wiggin and Antonio De Las Alas of Taal, P. L, representing the graduating class. The alumni re-elected C. LaRue Munson of Williamsport, Pa.. presi- dent; E. D. Whitney of New York and E. G. Buckland_of Providence, vice presidents, and J. W. Edgarton, secre- tary and treasurer. The law school exercises were held at Hendrie hall immediately following the banquet. The address was given by former Senator Spoomer. After the Townseng speaking the prize an- nouncements and honors were then made by Dean Rogers, The medical school exercises in Cbl- treet hall had for speaker Prof. m Henry Howell, dean of Johns ns Medical school, whose subject was “Medicine In the late afternoon the various diversions of the reunion classes, in~ terrupted by the storm, were resumed. The scientific and academic classes each in turn headed by a band marched to Woodbridge hall and cheered Presi- dent Hadley and Secretary- Anson Phelps Stokes. This evening the senior cl{ 'y held its promenade and german in W isey hail and the various classes held «lass din- ners at shore hotel: The costumes of the younger classes bac for the commencement and re- unions are among the most picturesque in years and the number of alumni is the largest in a great many vears. lege will Hop KAISER HELPS UNEMPLOYED. Subscribes to Labor Organization That Finds Work for Them. Berlin, June 28.—Emperor Willlam has contributed $7,500 to the German Labor Exchange association, an or- ganization the object of which Is to fing work for the unemployed. - The society has arranged for support in the various German states and the Prus- sian cabinet has decided to include a liberal appropriation for it in_the next budget. The associatlon purposes to grasp the problem of lack of employ ment, so that men without work can e brought into immediate contact with vacancies in any paft of fhe empire. & at L Seashore Cottages Struck by Lightning. Milford, Conn., June 38.—The sever est electrical storms of the season passed along the shore late today. Sev- eral bulldings were struck light ning, though but, little damage was done. At Woodmont two cotthges wdke struck with little damage. At Guil- ford a barn and two houses were struck and at Ponds &m the masts of a sal were shattered: by the Someone Had Planted a St. Michaels, Md., June 28.—With the compromise’ verdict of the coron- er's jury that Robert E. Eastman either killed, or was accessory to the murder of Edith May Woodill, and the declaration of State’s Attorney Taylor that he was through with the case, the strange dual tragedy which has for nearly a week focussed the eves of the entire country upon this out of the way hamlet of Maryland's famous eastern shore, became a closed incident today. Mugh Available Evidence Not Adduced. our of the twelve jurors‘who list- ented to the testimony at the re-open- ed inquest refused-to sign the verdict unfil the words “or accessory to the crime” was added to the draft which approved, by the majority bluntly ac- cused Eastman of the murder. None of the four dissenting jurymen would say that any other person than Fast- man was responsible for the gird's death. They merely wished to protest, they said, against the manner in which the’ inquiry was conducted, declaring tha much available evidence was nof adduced. Bit of Politics in the Verdict: The letter left by Eastman for his wite, in which he declared that Mrs. Woodill was killed by a woman in a jealous frenzy, was not read to the jury. The officials seemed to take it for’ granted that all of the evidence unearthed since the finding of t body was well known to the resident of the community and thot it was un- necessary that it be rehearsed. There was a bit of politics in the verdict, too, for some of the members of the jury bhave been bitter political enemies in Talbot county affairs. The jury sat for a time today in the lonely ‘bungalow itself, within sight of stman’s unmarked grave, not fifty feet away. Mrs. Eastman Dry Eyed at Husband's Grav Mrs. Eastman had visited the place and had stood dry eyed for a time be- side the new made mound. Some one with ill-judged humor had planted tomato vine on the grave. Mrs. East- man, thinking the vine a native flow- er, asked what it was. No one had the courage to tell her. She stood by the grave until at last her shoulders shook convulsively; then she was led away. The Testimony Given. Much of the testimony given before the jury was deeply interesting, and made clear many points in the tragedy which heretofore have been matters of conjecture, The mysterious launch which was reparted as having been seen near the bungalow on the Sunday following the disappearance of Mrs. Woodill, did not figure in the evidence. Residents of the vicinity of the bunga- Tomato Vin low were plied with questions about the launch, but none had seen it. No one was seen about the bunga- low on the Sunday when Mrs. Woodill was slain. There was absolutaly no evidence that anyone other than Bast- man could have been responsible for the crime, Theory of the Authorities. And the final theory of the authori- tes is this: “That Eastman was in need of meon- ey; that he provably had been getting money from Mrs. Woodil] for some time that he undcubtedly knew some.hing of her past Hfe and that he had heen blackmailing her; that he atterpted to continue this practice and the wom- an rebelled, intimating that she had found out certain things about Bast- man and that if driven to it would ex- pose him. “Eastman’s dread of serving a term in the penitentiary s well known. His wife has saigl that he told her he would rather commit suicide than be confined in prison. The pawning of the jewelry, the authorities set down to the desire of Fastman to get away. When cor- nered the man decided that his race had been run and that he had better make an end to it all. As to why Mrs, Woodill went to the bungalow, there was no evidence. Discovery of Scraps of Torn Letter. An_interesting development today was the discovery of seraps of a torn latter in the cracks of the bungalow floor. Little sense could be made Trom the fragments of the letter, but _the writing was identificd as that of Mry Woodill. The letter evidently was about the visit of*some one to some place, to be “chaperoned or not as she smaw fit" Whethrer or not the letter could have had any bearing upon the case Is impossible to tell. Money Enough Spent Upon the La- mentable Case. ~ Thete was talk today of having an analysis made of the contents of the bottie found In the shack on yester- day which s believed to have contain- ed marcotics, which may have been used upon Mrs. Woodill prior to her murder. Byt the analysis was regard- ed as unnedessary, in view of the find- ing of the jury, and the coroner re marked that the county had already spent enough money upon the lamente able case. Property Turned Over to Mrs. East- man. Mrs. Eastman was granted letters of administration today, and all her husband’s real estate and personal porperty will be turnod over to her. She wHl go back to New York soon and return to the stage. PITTSBURG STREET CAR STRIKE OFFICIALLY DECLARED OFF. In Two Days the City Has Lost Over $200,000. Pittsburg, June 28.—At 10.30 o'clock tonight the street railway strike, which has cost the city of Pittsburg over $200,000 in two days, was officialy de- clared at an end. In the private offices of Mayor Willlam A. Magee articles were signed by officials of the Pitts- burg Railways company and an execu- tive committee from the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rail- way Employes which will for years to come’ prevent another paralysis on the 400 miles of street rail tracks_in and about Greater Pittsburg and Alle- gheny county The strike, it developed tonight, was the outcome of but two points of dif- ference between the car company and the motormen and conductors, one be- ing alleged neglect by the car. com- pany to shorten “swing runs” and the other refusal by the rallway officlais w reinstate the discharged .men without proper hearing. An agreement allowing discharged men proper hearing before superinten- dents and the assurance of the car ompany that they would shorten the wing runs” 50 per cent, was drawn up and signed. Greater Pittsburg's first atreet railway tieup was effective- ly_settled. 1t is sald that by 7 o'clock all the 3,500 cars In Greater Plttsburg will be running on regular schedules. WATERBURY GIRL SUICIDES. Drank Carbolic Acid While Wandering About New Haven. New Haven, June 28.—A girl giving her name as Harriet Schmidt and her home as Waterbury, committed suicide here today by drinking carbolic acid. The girl was seen wandering around East Rock by one of the residents in that locality, who took her into her home, later starting to take her in a carriage to the United Charities. Soon after entering the carriage She asked permission to get out for a moment and then went to the rear of a nearby house and drank the acid, dying in a few minut The girl was about 25 years old, with light brown hair and of medium height. The body was taken to a local undertaker" . Ten Deaths Monday in Chicago From Heat. Chicago, June 2§.—Ten deaths su- perinduced by heat were reported to the Chicago police today. Numerous cases of heat prostration were cared for at various hospitals. One man jumped into Lake Michigan while tem- porarily insane from the heat. He was rescued, but died at a4 hespital. A cool- ing breeze swept over Chicago tonight and brought relief. The thermometer hoverkd around the 80 mark all day. Steamship Arrivals. At Liverpool, June 27: Baltic, from New York. At Antwerp, June 27: Lapland, from New York. At London, June from New York. At Bremen, June 2 Grosse, from New York. 28: Minnehaha, Friedrich Der Canadian Artillery Going to Seattle. ‘Washington, June 28.—Permission has been granted by the .United States to the Fifth regiment of Canadian a tillery, armed and eduipped, to enter this oomtz.’llly 1 for the purpose of attending Seattle exposition MUCH DAMAGE TO NEW HAVEN STREETS AND TREES Many Buildings Struck by Lightning— Telephone Wires Crippled. New Haven, June 28.-An electrical storm of great seves ssed over the city late today, doing much damage te trees and streets. The storm came just at high d many of the sewers failed to perform their dut! the water setting back into cellars. Many trees and buildings were struck, none of the houses being seriously damaged. The flagpole on the jail was struck and the fire alarms in the bufld- ing set off. The Inmates were much alarmed, but were quieted. The trolley service on some of the principal streets was put_out of cem= mission for an hour, and the South- ern New England Telephone company was seriously crippled, many of the wires being burned out. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Verdict Against Napoleon Monat Who Killed Restaurant Keepe Poughkeepsfe, N. Y., June 28.—After a trial lasting four days, the jury in the supreme court here tonight brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree against Napoleon Monat. Monat, who is but 23 years old, and & trainman on the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford railroad, was convict. ed of murdering John KItff, an elderly restaurant keeper, at Hopewell Junc- tion, this count and robbing him of $525. According to the evidence Mo= nat entered the restaurant early in the morhing, and, laying five cents on the counter. asked for a corncob pipe. When KIff turned to get the pipe Monat struck him over the head with a draft bolt. The first blow failed to knock the old man down and & second one was dealt, causing death. CONDUCTOR STOLE $11.05 IN DAY Lehefeld Never Took Less Than $2.80 —Gets Twe and a Half Years. 28, —Memoranda of the amounts stolen daily from _the Brooklyn Rapid Transit railroad by Frederick Lehefeld, a conductor, wers read today in the county court, Brook- Jyn, when Judge Dike sentenced Lehe- feld to not less than two and a halt no‘morv than five years in Sing Si Figures showed that he had stolen a high as $11.05 a day, and never less than $2.80 a da Lehefeld had worked for different transit companies in New York under different names. From Jan. 30 until Feb, 12 of laxt year the des fendant took $60 from the compay. Counsel for the company asserted tha the defendant had instructed other employes to stedl and ked that he be given the severgst sentence possible. New York, June thirteen ICE CREAM EATER PARALYZED. Ate Two Dishes Whilé Overheated ~With his unable to yeurs old, s Somers, Conn., June right side paralyzed speak, Joseph Mormier, dying at hix home here from the ef fects of eating fce cream after play= ing ball in the sun for several hours. Mormier played ball for three hours and then ate two dishes of jce cream, after which he became unconsclous. On regaining censciousness it was found that his right side was paralysed and that he was unable to talk. Ao~ cording to attending physicians there is no chance of his recevery.