Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 28, 1909, Page 1

Roads Picketed by Guatds and All Tele- phone‘ Wires, but One Private, Cut ';B.UMOR OF OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED| Upon the World’s Greatest Railroad Man—Collapsible Cot and Two Tanks of Oxygen Taken to the Premises —Three Strangers in Special Train Rushed to the Harriman Houss Late Friday Afternoon. Arden, N. Q. Aug. 27.—Whatever be E. H. Harrfinan's ailment, whatever his true condition, the pubiic- is not to know until be and his fanily decide that such an announcement is oppor- tune. He is an isolated invalid with the nature of his affliction. held a my- tery to those outside his mountain re- treat. ‘At the top of Tower hill, where the funicular railway stops, with roads picketed by guards and all but one teléphone wire, and that a private one, severed, he spends his days and nights in a seclusion almost absolute. Scraps of News Eagerly Caught Up. Scrapa,_of news, “dropped from. the lips of a" relatinve, an associate and an employe, indicate that he spent a quiet day, part of it out of doors, but there were other indicatoins which led those who are draining the meagre channels of information to believe that all was not so well. There was the arrival at the station at Turner of two tanks—something which may have had no bearing on Mr. Harriman's ill- ness but which appeared significant in tha tthey were recorded on the bill of lading as “oxvgen.” Shortly afterward there came a small collapsibls cot, such as is used in hospitals to move patlents between wards. Both were placed in automo- biles and later sent up the incline rail- way to the estate. Two Men, One Carrying Surgeon's Black Bag. Coincident with the arrival of these requisites to an operation came two men from New York, one of them car- rying what appeared to be the black bag of a surgeon, They were taken up the incline to the house and rumors that Mr. Harriman was to be operated ypon quickly spread broadcast. One of e_men, according to popular rumor, is Dr. George W. Crile, of Clpveland, Ohio, ‘an eminent specialist i abdom- inal surgery, who, according to report, ‘was summoned from Bretton Woods, N. H., to assist Dr. W. G. Lyle of New "nrk‘ who has been Mr. Harriman's physician throughout his illness. All this gave strong color to the re- port that there ‘was to be an ope ation on Tower Hill, but of this eonfirmation is to be had tonight. On the Other Hand Optimism. the other hand those who spoke r. Harriman today were inclined ‘optimism. Dr. Lyle declined to make mment whatever as did former “R. 8. Lovett, general for the Harriman lines, who ‘been with his chief daily, but when L.’ Gerry, of New York, Mr. Harriman's son-in-1: descended the incline rallway on t car ‘this after- noom, he talked at some length. “1’have just left Mr. Harriman sit- ting on the porch” he said, “talking 0 some of his workmen. ~He has spent . xla part of the.day out there in . Mr. Gerry denled that an operation ol to be pl;flormlsd and said that Dr. yle was the only physician in at- tendance. o €. T. Ford, superintendent of the es- tate, confirmed Mr. Gerry's statement about Mr. Harriman's sitting on the h. At intervals throughout the iy he had appeared on the porch, he said, and had talked with the head mason and others at work on an un- finished part of the house. ‘The storles that Mr. Harriman is in critical condition are not founded on faet in my opinfon” sald Mr. Ford. “He has a firm grip when he shakes hands and he appears brighter. He is in competent hands with Dr. Lyle and Judge Lovett, and while it 1s not my place to ask questions, I believe he is suffering from a natural breakdown from overwork and will rally up here, with plenty of rest and good food, and be about again as usual after a while.” Judge Lovett Keeps Silent. Judge Lovett was urged to say something concerning Mr. Harriman's condition, but he replied: “I have de- clded to say nothing, no.matter what is wfl‘hhe I'don’t wish to appear discourteous, but I deem it best to keep silent” - Ford, the superintendent, deprecated the significance of the arrival of the tanks supposed to contain _oxygen. There was an ice plant on the place, he explained, and there was a Dossi- bility that the contemts of the tanks was~ carbonic acid gas used in the manufacture of ice. He was not syre of this, however. The cot, he gaid, might - have been -taken to a camp near the house where some workmen are living. But of this he was not sure, either. On the whole, the impression grows that an operation of some char- acter is to be performed on Mr. Harri- man, but further details as well nigh impossible to obtain Correspondents in Three Groups. The correspondents on the scene are divided into three groups, standing guard day and night, and squeezing dry every available source of new: One camp has been established here at Arden, another at Turner, the rail- road station, and another af the base of the incline railway. No one enters or leaves the estate without being subject to inquiry. Vain Attempt to Reach the Hou: In a vain attempt to reach the hous: itself, a carriage was procured this af- ternoon and driven past the guards up the winding road to the summit of the Ramapo_mountains, where the mag- nificent Harriman home nestles in the woods. Within a stone’s throw of the house the vigilant superintendent stop- ped the vehicle and said positiveiy that no one was allowed to enter the grounds immediately surrounding the mansion. Then he politely but firmly requested the party to turn back, which was done. A glimpse of the grounds, however, failed" to reveal any unusual prepara- tions or a spirit of unrest among the members of the Harriman family. Mrs. Gerry and the two, unmarried Harri- man’girls, accompanied by Mr. Gerry, with A. Harriman, the oldest Harri- man boy, and Roland Harriman's tu- tor, were seen with tennis racquets going down back of the house to the courts. All Dark at Nine O'clock. If Mr. Harriman did spend part of the day outdoors he had a pleasant outing, o far as the weather was con- cerned, for the day was almost ideal and from his porch he can command a magnificent vl of the surrounding country. But tonight the great stone house loomed darkly on the crest of the hills against a brilliant moonlit sky. What was transpiring there no one outside the estate knew. Barly in the evening the big electric light In the front vestibule could be seen] clear- Iy from the valley below, but about 9 o'clock this was extinguished. No word came from the house and no one descended either to Turper or to Arden. If the two men who as- cended the mountain to the house dur- ing the day were physicians, none but the family knews, for neither weuld tell who they were. Three Strangers Rushed In on Special Train. About 3 o'clock & special train, con- sisting of an engine with a combin: tion baggage and smoker and one pas. senger coach, rushed thiough Turner, end. it was afterward learned, stopped &t Goshen, fifteen miles west of here. About the same time Mr. Gerry camo down the mountain in his automobile and was last seen headed toward Goshen. In about an hour he returned with three men in the car. The ma- chine ascended the steep winding road to the repgd-n;:nuwnhout opping and e identity of Mr. Gerry's could not be learned. AL These three strangers in addition to the two who arrived earlier in the day makes five who were brought to the Harriman house with every evidence of haste. Whether or not they were surgeons or nurses could not be ascer- tained, but everything points to the fact that the world’s greatest railroad man is about to undergo an operation. -_— PRESIDENT PREPARING. [ FOR LONG 'WESTERN TRIP. His Vacation at Beverly is Now More Than Half Over. Beverly, Mass, Aug, 21.—President Taft had nothing of an official char- acier on his programme today. He played golf as usual during the morn- 4ng, not having missed a single week- day at his favorite game since he came to Beverly three weeks ago. This afternoon the president had a long chat with Whitelaw Reld, ambas- sador to Great Pritain. Mr. Reid is in Amterlcn for a Vl(‘lhllon period and ex- pects to return to his post b October. i bl The president and the ambassadir sat on the veranda of the Taft cottage enjoying the cool breeze which swept Beverly today and talked generally of matters at home and abroad. Since the declination of President (emeritus) Eliot of Harvard, President Taft has taken no step toward the selection of a siiccessor to Mr. Reid. Senator Newlands of Nevada also * was a caller at the Taft cottage this afternoon. The president's vacation is now more than half over. Preparations for the mnT western and southern trip now are rapidly nearing completion, CHICAGO HOT SPELL BROKEN. Deluge of Rain Broke Over the Lightning Killed Thres Men. Chicago. Aug. 27.—Three men on a farm west of here were killed b of lightning this afternoon. This was the most serious incident of a deluge of rain which broke over. this elty, flooding basements and doing other damage, but breaking a hot spell of seventy-two hours’ duration. For z::‘xly half an hour the eity. was in ‘comparative darkness, street cars und :':h':::le- belng cowmpelled to use their = NO REINSTATEMENT FOR DISMISSED CADETS What the Law Against Hazing Pro- vides for—Army Officer’s Statement. Washington, Aug. 27.—'It is per- fectly useless for any of the young cadets who were dismissed bv Presi- dent Taft last week from the West Point military ~academy for hazing Cadet Orlando Sutton, to make any efforts towards reinstatement,” said a well-known army officer today. “Neither the president nor the sec- retary of war has any power to rein- state any of them,” he added. “The law against hazing provides for dis- missal of cadets found guilty of par- ticipating, encouraging or = counten- ancing such practices and they are not eligible to again enter, West Point or for admission to the army through civilian examination until two years after the class of which they were members has graduated.” These statements were given in ans- wer to inquiries at the war department regarding efforts being made by some of the cadets for reinstatement. The young men have been uniformly told such efforts will be absolutely fruitless. Michigan Power Sites Acquired by Eastern Men, Lansing, Mich, Aug. 27.—The an- nouncement today from the secretary of state’s office that articles of incor- poration have been flled by eighteen power companies, with a total paid-in capitalization of $3,200,000, is believed here to mean that practically all of the available power sites in northeastern Michigan have been acquived by east- ern ‘interests which now control gas and electric properties in many cities of the state. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Co, Offi- cers Held Respansikle. _Adds $2000,000 to'His Company’s Tax # Assessment. 27.—B. B. .Sunpey, Chicago Telephone to the as- the com. and e Tndianapolis, Ind.; Aug. 27,—The In dianapolis Motor Speedway tompany officers are held responsible by Cor- oner Blackwell in a verdict announced tonight for the - deaths .of Willlam Bourque and Harry Holcomb, driver and_mechanician of a Knox car that was wrecked during the automobjle races on Aug. 19. Emcgm an by. 8 grand jury. d X palace at Peter] ) ly_disinfected as a resuit B officer coming down with the Asiati cholera while on duty there. Paris, Aug. 27.—Reports from the French Congo say that several French officers were wounded and a number of men killed in engagements with the ;flpe'mon near Ngoko, on the Sangha ver. ‘ Tiflis, Aug. 27.—The Siberian plague, which is an animal disease, is account- able for the recent deaths in this city of four men. In addition forty cases of the disegse among men are being treated. Pekin;’ Aug. 27.—~The report current here for some days that Yuan-Shai- Kal had_peen offered the post of vice- roy ot Manchuria by the regent has been confirmed by the foreign board. Yuan-Shai-Kai refused the position. Cremona, Italy, Aug. 27.—The sum- mer manoeuvres of the Italian army, now being conducted near Cremona, have been marred by the death of Lieutenant Count Rocca, who was thrown from his horse and died of his injuries. The count was & son of the prefect of Venice. WORKMEN TELL ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE STORIES Disgraceful Conditions in Pressed ,Steel Car Plant—Repetition of Last Sunday’s Riots Feared—Imported Workmen Desert. Pittsburg, Aug. 27.—At sundown to- night sixty state troopers mounted guard at the plant of the Pressed Sttel Car company in Schoenville where 3,500 employes of thut concern are striking, fearing a repetition of the riots of last Sunday night. ‘roday imported workmen desertea the Pressed Steel Car plant in groups of from two to two hundred. Stories told by the workmen who e quit their jobs in the car plant are almost unbeliavable. Soup pre- pared from rotting vegetables was served the men they deglare, by negro waiters picked up from the slums of Pittsburg. ~Beds filled with vermin were given them to sleep on, they de- clared, while they were charged exor- even two bitant prices for clothing, cent stamps selling at four for tem cents in the car company’s commis. sary. MONTANA’S RECORD CLIP. This Year's Woeol Crop Not Likely to Be Again Equaled. Helena, Aug. 27.—Fight million dol- lars is the estimated value of the Montana wool clip this year, taking the ayerage price as twenty cents and the total amount at forty million pounds, which is the estimate of the wool buy- ers. W. R. Sheldon, general agent of the Wisconsin Central in Montana, with headquarters here, has returned from & thr¥e months' trip to the wool shipping points of ‘the state, and he says that the wool buyers estimate the Montana clip at 40,000,060 pounds, which will exceed the Wyoming clip by from a million to a million and a half pounds. “But a few thousand pounds of this season’s clip remains in Montana,” 8ays Mr. Sheldon, “and this will all be shipped out within a week. This sca- sof. has been the most prosperous in many years for the Montana flock- master, and they are all in fine condi- tlon to withstand a hard winter. The size of this year's clip, probably the largest ever produced In the state, is due in part to the depressiop last year, when flockmasterss held their anfmais rather than sell ti¢m at prevailing prices. It will stand as the stdte's record. Owing to the settling of the nge and the retirement of many sheep raisers frora business, next year Will see a great decrease in the total clip.” TO FAKE FRENCH TESTIMONY. In Suit og Mrs. Ferdinan New York, Aug. 27.—That Mrs. Fer- dinand P. Earle, second wife of the artist, intends to-base her suit for an- nulment upon an allegation that the divorce obtaianed by the first Mrs. Earle in France was irregular was disclosed today when Justice Amend consented to the appointment of a commisgion to take the testimony in France of two experts on the laws of that country. ‘The present ilfrs. Earle, who was formerly Miss Julla Kuttner, married the artist shortly after his separation from his first wife. The first Mrs. Earle gavé up her husband and re- turned to her home in France after Earle had publicly announced his con- viction that Miss Kuttner was his affinity. BOMB AT BARCELONA. Exploded in Public Convenience Sta- tion in a Principal Stre Paris, Aug. 27.—News letters from Barcelona report that Thursday night an_explosion which was heard for miles startled the city. It was that of a bomb placed inside a public con- venience station in a principal street and three persons were injured. The censorship continues inexorable at Barcelona and only a few of the older daily papers are appearin; Death of George Manville English Novelist. London, Aug. 27.—The death is an- nounced here today of George Man- ville Fenn, the novelist. He was born in 1831. Fenn, Benzonate of Soda Not Needed. Denver, Aug. 27.—Taking a view dif- fering from that of the Ramsen referee board, manufacturers before the con- vention of the association of state and national food and dairy departments today argued that benzonate of soda was no longer necessary as a f0od pre- servative. Leading Financ of Hawaii Dead. Honolulu, Aug. 27.—Charles M. Cooke, a multi-millionaire and one of the leading financiers of Hawali, died today following a second stroke of paralysis and a severe iliness extend- ing over a period of several months. Wolffe Fails to Swim Chann Dover, Aug. 27.—Jabez Wolffre, English’ swimmer, who started from Dover yesterday at 4 o'clock in the af- ternoon to cross the channel to France, was compelled to give up after having covered thirteen miles in eight hours. $2000 Fire at-New Britain. New. Eritain, Conn., Aug. 27, Fire tonight destroyed a barn in the Stan- Pley quarter owned by E. A. Kilbourne with @ loss of §2,000, partly covered by insurance. The fire 8 supposed to have been set by tramps. Steamship Arrival, At Genoa, Aug. 22: Monserrat, from New York. At Southampton, -Aug. 26: Adriatic, %8 Mottardam, Aug. 3 ug. 85 from Nsw York i the |- Off Caast of Alaska—Wireless Operator Help as Vessel Disappeared. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 27.—One man, a wireless telej h operator, gave his life that more than two hundred might ba saved today when E. Eccles of Seattle went down with the Alaska Steamship company’s _steamer Ohio while sending “C. D. Q3% Calls for Help Answered. His calls for help as his vessel w: sinking brought the steamers King- fisher, Humboldt and Rupert City to the rock off Sleep Point in Hishkish paper is a necessity, looks at the larly as the news jes. living more ‘than der or wearing apparel—yea, even have. Narrows, British Columbia, and all but himself and four others were saved. Only one passenger lost his life. The Ohio went down within thirty minutes after it struck. The Drowned. tle; Wireless Operator George E. Ec- cles, Seattle; the guartermaster, a sol- dier and a steerage passenger, names unknown. Women and Children Taken Off First. Pilot Snow was on the bridge when the ship struck. The boats were low- ered at once and women and children taken off first. The soldier and the streerage passenger were drowned by the ‘upsetting of a boat during the res- . of the passengers. BU HAMARA IN A CAGE. El Roghi, the Pretender, Jeered at in the Streets of Fez. Fez, Morocco, Tuesday, Aug. 24— Confined in an iron cage strapped to the back of a swaying camel, Bl Rogni, the rebellious subject of the sultan of Moroceo, -who: was captured recently by imperial forces, was marched through the streets of Fez today, es- corted by a strong guard. The pic- turesque pretender to the throne sat erect in.his moving prison and dis- dainfully. ignored the jeers of the populace at his: heels. He was led to the sultan, who, seated under a pavilion, questioned him close- ly. After the interview EI Roghi, still taken within the pal The rebel El Roghi is identical with Bu Hamara (the man on the white donkey), who first appeared as a pre- tender to the Moroccan throne —ten yeara, ago. Both names are sppela- tions. 3 FEELINGS RELIEVED. Despatch from Rotterdam Puts Differ- ent Light on Cholera Situation. Washington, Aug. 27.—A despatch regeived late today by Surgeon Gen- eral Wyman of the public health and marine hospital service from - the American consul at Rotterdam puts a different light on the cholera situation and greatly relieves the feelings of ap- prehension felt by the government's health officials. In his adyices today the consul states that the Andyk was the last steamer to leave Rotterdam for America before the cholera cases. were reported and that he did not mean by his former despatch_to convey the idea that the disease had broken -out aboard that vessel. Treatment for Thaw Will Be That Ac- corded Other Like Patients. Albany, N. Y. Aug. 27.—Harry K. Thaw, who is protesting against his treatment in the Matteawan state hos- pital for insane criminals, will receive no different treatment there from that aceorded to other patients of the same sort, according to Acting Superinten- dent C. V. Collins of the state prisons department. The changed conditions prescribed for Thaw by Judge Mills, it was pointed out by the Matteawan officers, were contrary to their rules of discipline. Ten Men Killed by Dynamite Explosion Key West, Fla., Aug. 27.—As a re- sult of the explosion at noon todng‘.of 700 pounds of dynamite at Bocachica, twelve miles from -Key West, on the Florida Fast Caast rallway, ten men are dead and five others seriously I jured: The explofivn wus caused by & member of the Yailroad construction force . carelessly throwing a lighied cigarette into & boX<of fuses. 300 Employss in Panic. Waverly, Ia., Aug. 27.—In a i of 300 employes of -the Kelly um factory trying, to escape ‘from the sec- ond Hoor, where a gasoline tank had’ xploded, Gaorge M, Roberts was kills ed, three persons were probahly fatal- Iy 4njured and everely “hurt, troyed by George E. Eccles of Seattle Calis for | A 600D DAILY MORNING HABIT The -subscriber of The Bulletin who recognizes that a daily There is nothing which improves the®jo~ of reasonable price for a qualit; ning habit is a money saver—hence, & money maker—a good thing to It is just as easy to have a profitable habit as it is to have a half dozen habits which are neither satisfactory or reader who is aiming to get the most out of li and to improve the surplus average of the day, adds to the joy of living by strict attentions to business. make a daily paper a daily help has not yet learned to reap the bless- ings_this messenger of business and joy daily brings to the door. It will pay those who think they can not afford to take The Bul- letin to subscribe and cultivate this habit of daily reading the adver- tisements, for the consequent shopping and saving will prove to them that they camnot afford to go without it. The Bulletin is left daily at your door for 12 cents a week. weell::nllnwing is a summary of the news printed during the past Auletin Telegraph Local Generai Tatal Soturday. August 21 98 170 976 1244 Honday. August 23 89 165 233 - 487 Tuesday. August 24 113 136 209 458 Wednesday. August 25 106 150 197 = 453 Thursday. August 26 114 127 228 469 Friday. August 27 112 112 276 500 Yotai - - - - 632 860 2119 3611 Pursér Frederick J. Stephen, Seat- ) a_score of others The buildipg was de- 3 e ‘E:H TR0 S et v 'MAJOR PORTION LEFT IN TRUST FILED AT NEW HAVEN OF the Late Edward Malley—Various Gifts to Relatives—$5,000 to His Housekeeper Besides an Annuity. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 27.—The | international will of the late Edwarg Malley, head | troit to Buffalo. of the firm of The Bdward Malley company, which was filed today, shows that he le aver a million dollars, the major por- tion of which is left in trust as the law allows for his children. $14,700 in Various Gifts. The sum of $14,700 is given in vari- ous gifts to tives and 35000 to Miss Marion T. Leddy, his housekeep- advertising pages daily as regu- article of proven- drugs. The daily advertising scan- profitable. The there is In it for him, The subscriber who cannot er, who also receives an annuity o $50 & month for life. s Public Bequests. . The public bequests are of $1,000 to the Edward Malley Protective associa- tion, Home fop the Aged, Little Sisters of the, Poor, New Haven Orphan asy lum, St. Franci®' Orphan asylum, the Mothers” Ald society, for the Lelia Day nursery. To his grandson, Wallace Malley, is given the income of $25,000 for lite. Continuance of Business Assured. Of the trusts one embraces the real estate, another the residue of the prop- erty except the stock of The Edward Malley company. Of these trusts the children are to receive only the in- come. The stock of the company is left in trust so that the continuance of the business is assured, it being so left that his male descendants will be deprived of any interest in or income from the company unless they are in the employ of the company for a pe- riod of seven years prior to reaching the age of 35. It is stipulated that Walter E. Malley shall have the man- agement of the company. None of the real estate can be sold without the written consent of all the children. | The executors are Walter B, Arthur W. and Jane B. Malley, F. A. Leddy, F. G. Cooper and the New Haven Trust company. $4,000,000 FOR MILITIA. Connecticut’s Allotment is $66,000 and for Rhode Island $30,000. Washington, Aug. 27.—Four millfon dollars, appropriated by congress for the militia, have been allotted among the several states andterritories by Lieut. Col. E. M. Weaver of the general staff corps of the army, wheis chief of the division of militla. .. ° The enlisted strength of the militia as shown by tables prepared by Colonel Weaver is 109,761 and the aTlotments under varfous heads include $1.472,250 for arms. equipments and camp pur- poses; $490,750 for promotion of rifie practice; $628.561 for ammunition and $970,656 for supplies. The_allotments include the follow- ing: Connecticut, $66,000; Maine $40,- 000; Massachusetts, $14200° New Hampshire, $37,000; New York, $360,- 000; Rhode Island, $30,000; Vermont, $26,000. BIG TREES THREATENED Entrance of Yosemite Valley. Forest Fires . Yosemite, Cal., Aug. 37.—A forest fire at the entrance to the Yosemite valley threatens destruction of the Big Tree Grove known as the Merced group, one of the world's famous collection of sequoias. The flames momentarily menace the hotel at El Portal, a $100.000 frame structure, which is fliled with summer visitors. Sparks from a freight engine started the fire. Brooklyn Man in Fit of Anger Killed Wife and Himself. New York, Aug. 27.—Angered be- cause his wife refused him money for tobacco, John Milhaupt, a laborer, to- night seized ber by the hair, dragged her-from the kitchen to the parlar of thelr Brooklyn home and there, in the presence of their five year old daugh- ter, fired two shots into her heart, kill- ing her instantly. Then. pushing the terror-stricken child - aside. he killed himself with & single shot in his tem- ple. The child picked up the pistol. which fell from her father's hands, and ran with it into’ the street, where she handed it to a policeman with a fright ened outcrs which led him to investi- gate. / World's Submarine Surface Record.. Proyincetown, Mass. Aug. 21.—A world's record for speed on the surface by:£ubmarines was made off here to-' day by the submarine Narwhal in the course of her contract trials. Durf + | containing $1,0355 in currency. . an estate of considerable | representing 10,000 Americans living in long | olutions Friday censuring wild stories { citement prevails in this section, a The Standard Oil Com already pays one-fifth of m-l‘nl at ;Inlanr!‘ A ‘:, .:l protested H‘lfl’;: increase assess) plant .Ol' from $7,600,000 to §: mm. Fear that the Bubonic Plague may be communicated to Mexico has caus- ed the superior board of health to or- der rigorous examination of all persons from San Francisco touching at the west coast ports. o The Detroit Freé Press says that in- complete returns from the longshore- men’s unions around the great lakes show a majority of about 1,000 votes in favor of moving the longshoremien headquarters from De. The Society of the American colony, Mexico City and vicinity, accepted l'?u-| sent .out by "special correspondents | along the ‘Mexican-American border which assumes to picture conditions and relate happeninrs within this r public. LYNCHINGS IN GEORGIA, INTENSE EXCITEMENT. Escaped Negro Convict Shot and Body Burned—Another Negro Taken from Passenger Train and Hanged. Soperton, Ga., Aug. 27.—Following. the shooting and burning of Ben Clark, an escaped negro convict, by a posse early today and the killing of James Durden, a prominent planter, who was a member of the posse, in a fight with Clarke, John Swee ey, another negro, who had harbored Clarke, was_taken from a passenger train near Tarry< town tomight and Iynched by the posse. The posse then set out in search of Swceney's wife. - Intense ex- A it is feared that more lynchings may follow. Four other members of 'the posse were wounded in the battle with Clarke today, and one, Sheriff James Lester of Montgomery county, proba- bly will die. The posse found Clarke, an escaped conviet from the Bibb county chain gang, in Sweeney's house.. Sweene: wife was_at home, but Sweeney -was absent. The sherift called on Clarke to surrender. For answer he received @ 44 calibre pullet fired from a rapid fire gun. Dirden was shot and other members of the posse fell before the torrent of lead dealt out by the nesro. He continued to fire until his ammuni- tion was e>hausted. He was then ov- erpowered and his body riddled with bullets. He wore a steel breast plate that turned Winchester bulle! A pile of logs was covered with crade turpentine and the body was placed upon them and cremated In the excitement the woman escap- ed.~ Sweeney was caught near here late this afternoon. He was carried abeard a north-bound train ts a cluded wood near Tarrytown, where his body was riddled with bullets alter be- ing swung up to a sappling. Feeling against Clarke was intense because he had threatemed, it is said, to kill Nicholas Adams, ‘a merchant, “and a hundred others. Connecticut River Power Company Seeks Authority to Supply Electricity to the City. Boston, Ayg. 27—The Connecticut | River Power company has petitioned the gas and electric light commission for authority to supply elcetricity for Iighting and power in the city of Wor- cester, having already secured fran- chises in some of the towns. to the west of that city. The board will give a hearing on the petition on Sept. 9, and it is expected that there will be considerable opposition from the light- ing companies which are already sup- plying the cit: MISSING SINCE THURSDAY. Frank Sido of Waterbury Committed Suicide Watertown. Watertown, Conn., Aug. 27.—Frank Sido, 51 years of age and a resident of Waterbury, committed suicide here some time within the past twenty-four hours, but the body was not found un- til late this jafternoon, when it.was discovered on the Curtis place here. Sido had been missing from his home in Waterbury since Thursdiy morning and friends here were asked to be on the watch for him. From the appearance of the body it is thought he made two or three at- tempts to kill himself. His wrists | were cut and his throat, a penknife having hbeen used. Death was not swift enoughithat way so he fastened el akgund his neck and tying the er end t8 the 1limb of an apple tree, threw. himgelf on his side. % Waterbury, Conn.. Aug. Frank -Sido, w pody was found in Wa- tectown téday, was identificd (hroueh i% pay check.. He was a well known -employe oF-the clock shop and lcaves a Wife and several children. He is be- lieved to have been mentally unbal- anced. Sido was a son of a German banker and a former Heidleberg student. WON BRIDE IN HOSPITAL. Mining Man Will Now Go to Scotland to Claim Title and $2,000,000 Estate. Colorado Springs, Col. William Millar of Tully 1and, who says he is the hy Aug. and ‘a $2,000.000 estate, and Miss Ida Clark, superintendent of the Cripple Creek district hospital, were married at Cripple Creek yesterday. - Millar, who i sted in mining, is one of the pioneers of the camp. The bride { came /e from New ork city adbout two years They departed last night for . where the bride- groom will claim. his fortune. They expect to return and invest in gold mines. The marriage was the culmination of a romantic courtship. Millar was sick in the hospital, where the kihdness and care of Miss Clark won his heart. FAIRBANKS IN FORBIDDEN CITY. Ex-Vice President and Admiral Harber Received by Regent. Peking, Aug. 37.—Charles W. Falr- banks, ex-vice president of the United States, and Rear Adwiral G. H. Har- ber, U. 8. N.! were received in separate audience by the prince Pegenl in the Forbidden ity this morning. They o endurance test—by a remarkable flight metres: Glenn H. Courtiss, bi-plane, 30 kilometres; M. Lefebvre,” bi-plane, 20 Kijometre . Although Latham with a_different mpchine (ock sccdnd and fifth posi- tions, the aviation committee held that | he was ineligible for two prizes and| awarded the ffth to M. Tiscsandier and the sixth to M. Sommer + Farman a Dangerous Compstitor Although Farman's brilllant record For i uration of Flight and Distance in H. * Machine—Ei-Plane of His Own Design—Wins the ' Endurance Test—The Englishman had been Almost Forgotten—Victory Came as Complete Surprise. . i . . Bethany Aviation Field, Rheims, Auz. 27.—Harry Farman, the English avia- tor, a dark hoyse in the aviation con- tests, in a bi-plane of his own design, today. broke the world's reeord for duration of flight and distance in & heavier-than-air machine and won the Grand Prix De La Champagne—the officially recorded as 180 kilometres (111.78 miles) in 3 hours 4 minutes 56 2-5, seconds. He actbally covered an extra ten Kilometres and remained in the air ten minutes after 7.30 o'clock this evening, the hour that the time- keepers, under the rules, ceased to keep a record of the flight. How Other Contestants Finished. The other contestants finished in the order named: ubert Latham, i monoplane, No. 29, 154 kilometres, 500 metres, time 2 hours. 18 minutes 9 3-5 seconds; Louls Paulhan, (n & Voisin bi-plane, 131 kilo~ metres: Count De Lambert. bi-plane, 116 kilometres; Hubert Latham in monoplane, No. 13, 111 _kilometres: M Tissandier, Roger Somn M. De La Gran metres; M. Bleriot, bi-plane, 111 Kilometres; bi-plane,60 kilometres: monoplane, 50 kilo- monoplane, 40 kilo- as an aeroplan the shrps that competitor, his viete plete surprise. He his machine secretl peared upon the fie until today cept. for a few practice flights and I t should have warned | e was a dangerous | ¥ ¢ame as a com aring ap- ex- d been 1imost forgotten. Indecd after | he started about 4.30 p. m.. keeping clase {0 the grounl, swhie Laihin and others were soaring In spectacular fashion high in the air, Farman at-| tracted no attention wntii he had flown 80 kilometres. Then suddenly the watchérs woke up and began to make inquiries, only to discover that he had | gone out carrying petrol enough for a five hour flight and equipped with a self-cooling, revolving motor built b the Gnome company after his own de- sign. S Latham Was the Favorite. All eyes had been rivef on the beautifui, graceful monoplane of La- tham. who, after Tissandier’s foul of Paulhan in the morninz had ended Paulhan's chances, had becomc the favorite for the Grand Prix De lLa Champsgne. They also had watched the enchanting, changing plctures un- folding above the sunlit plain of Beth- eny, while winged. men-birds, circling and wheeling, a genuine race for five mil2s between o bj-plaes, and La- tham's soaring monoplane, and finally the arrival of two huge dirrigibles, which evoluted like great giants of the HENRY FARMAN BREAKS ALL RECORDS BT ¥~ air above the fleet, nimble machines In the lower strata. The thousands of spectators literally rubbed their eyes to make sure that this evidence of man having conquered the air was not a dream. Trouble with his-ignition plug fore= ed Latham to descend after he had covered 111 kilometres, and Tissandier came down after accomplishing iden- tieglly the same distan e others had endel their efforts earl a ma- Jority of them In eroplane graves yard,” a hollow at the lower end of the field. Darkness Had ‘No Terrors for’ the Winner. Only Farman continued. Round and round he went, as regularly as clock« work, always hugging the ground, taking no chances and avalding any attempt at displa Record after rec- ord. fell before his methodical flight. Dusk came, darkness fell, and the twinkling lights appeared in the vil- lages on the distant hi Lanterns were hung on the towers, making the limits' of the course, and shone Iike beacons set for the mariner at sea, the judges no longer could tell whether the Fecord breaking aeroplane was flying, and the searchlight from the grand- « stand could not plerce the gloom. A dozen automobiles raced to strategic points to make sure that Farman etill in the air. . The erowds in the stand waited patiently, content that all records had been broken. Finally at 7.30 o'clock the announcement Was mad that the timing of the aeroplan- ist had ended under the rules, Ten minutes more, and suddenly out of the darness a ghostly thing appeared in front of the tribune and came to the earth on the starting line. Almost Overcome' by the Strain. A great cheer arose and hundreds of persons- vaulted the fence in order to be first to t the hero. Mr. Farman appeared almost overcome by the strain he had undergone. He smilet faintly as he shook hands with those about him, but his face was white and his hands cold. He almost fainted as he was helped out of his seat. Then & score of persons lifted him aloft and bore him i ntriumph on their shoulders to the presidential tribune where M. Millerand, minister of public works, w valting to receive him. The en- thusiasm was boundless Curtiss Makes a Fast Lap. Curtiss just befpre dark made the fastest lap he has yet accomplished, his time being 8 minutes, 19 1§ sec- onds. M. Bleriot with a big ei n his repajred ‘machine also made a fast trail, shbwing that the contest for the international cup tomorrow les be- tween them. Grand Prize 100,000 Francs Divided. The Grand Prix de la Champagne is of 100,000 francs divided into six priges of 50,000, 25,000 and 10,000 francs and three of 5000 francs to be awarded to aeropl traveling the - longest distance without having to be re- charged with fuel. MOORS ATTACK SPANIARDS AT SOLEMN_REQUIEM MASS Dramatic Religious Ceremanies at Mel- illa Completed Under Fierce Fire. Melilla, Morocco, Aug. 27.—A solemn requiem masss for the large number ¢ Spanish officers and men killed in thd battie with t#e Moors July 27 was dramatically celebrated this morning. It was attended by the survivors of the brigade of General Pintos, who was killed in the engagement and by officers and delegations of men from all tions of the army The altar was decorated and surrounded by four ling guns and stacked rifles. ith flowers annon, gat- At the moment of the elevation of the Host the Moors opened a fierce fire from a distance and the guns on Fort Cam- ellos roared a response. Notwith- standing the attack, however, the ligious ceremony was completed, after which a defile of troopus and artillery did considerable damage to the camps of the enemy, in one of the to pieces a group of tribesmen their women. The engagement of July 27 was a flercely contested one but it cost the Spaish forces more than 200 dead and wounded, their slain in- cluding General Pintos,,two lleutenant colonels comgnanding naval contingents and a large number of other officers. IOWA MAYOR iS OUSTED. Removed from Office on Account of Drunkenn: Des Moines, Ta.. Aug. ron Preston of Oskaloosa foday in an opinion ousting A. M r son as-mayor of Marengo and uphold- ing the new Cossin law passed by the last legislafare, which provides’ that officials in Towa may be removed from office for certain causes, one of which ‘s intoxication. Henderson attacked the statute as unconstitutional and asserted-fie had mever been drunk on duty. Judge Preston su rules that a mayo ains the Jaw and s always on duty. PROMINENT JAPANESE. To Tour U d States After Visiting Seattle Exposition. Washington, Aug. 27.—A delegation of gbout forty prominent members of Japanese chambers of commerce, in- cluding a number of women. will ar- rive. ingeattle. Wash., Sept. for the purpos® of visiting the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition and ater to tour the United Statbs. were presented by Henry F. Pletclier, the American charge d'aftaires. * Died from Laugh New Orleaus, Aug. 27 Leathers laughed so heartily at the performance i & local theater last night that she became unconscious and died before she could be tikenfrom the theater. ' H%r son stated that she was subject to. heart attacks, fargaret Senator Lia Foliette’s home town was 25 hours over an even 100 milés, the | cut off the Taft route and he contin- 2 1-4 knots an hour jues to insurge.—Birmingham Age-Her- i “ A tentative ftinerary for tha tour has been prepared. Tie Japancse wpanied by a delegation from iflc coast bodies will leave § Sept. 3d, returning Nov. 30th. Among the places to be visited in the east are NewsYork city, three days: versity, New Haven, four hours; Prov- idence, R. I, ome day, s&nd Boston, three days. i Caught a Big Shark, | New Haven, Aug. 27.—A shark meas- uring, eleven ' feet and weighing be- BIG WELCOME FOR ZEPPELIN WHEN HE LANDS FROM TRIP. City of Berlin Decorated the on Emperor’s Birthday. z Berlin, Aug. Count Zeppelin alone occupied the minds of the popu- lation of Berlin tonight and a weleame has been prepared for his coming to=* ow In his hig airship such as has r been equailed since Prince Bis- 's return from Versailles after the coponati in 1871 of William T as emperor of Germany Most of the tories and ¢ and_all of the schools -will be closed, and the mayor has ordered all public buildings dec= ed the same as is done the oc« casion of the emperor's birthday. He also has reqpested that _dwellls houses be decofated with bunting ang flags. Early this niorning a thrill of joy went through the people, thousands of whom had gathered in’ front of the newspaper offices, when it was an= nounced that the Zeppelin III had d parted at halt past 4 o'clock from Friedrichshafen for Berlin, a_distance of about 450 miles, and throughout the day throngs crowded about the bulletin boar agerly reading rapid fire bul- letins announcing the progress of the dirigible over various cities. When the news came, however, that a broken propeller and a_defective motor had neeessitated landing at Ostheim, near Nuremberg, disappointment was gen- eral. The people waited on, neverthe= less, through a dgenching rain and when despatches arrived announcing the resscension of the balloon and its departure for mberg they greeted them with shouts of joy Again when the bulietins stated that the dirigible had been brought to land at Nuremberg, 150 miles on its jour= ney, and there would make repairs to the ‘propellers and ¢ ward motor, the faces fell again. Count Zeppelin telegraphed that he was con- fident that the voyage would be com= tinued during the course of the night and that the airship probably would' arrive at its destination on scheduled time. % The revulsion of feeling in faver of Count Zeppelin, as compared with that existing three or four years ago, i8 most remarkable. Then he was re= garded as a visionary throwing ths family fortune to the winds. Now he is honored as no living German fs. 1t is generally reported, but without con= firmation, that he will be created & prince by Emperor Willlam, who ar= rived at Berlin tonight, to be at the landing place of the df tomorrow. Boy Killed in Fist Philadelphia, Aug. 27—During a fist fight today Frank Walsh, aged 1 years, fell backward to the ground and when picked up was dead. . His opj nent, Eugene Rauhill, 16 years ol thinking the fall was due to weukn Both were employed In Industrial ess tablishments in the vicinity of guarrel, which was due to a telv ference. e S Negro Knights of Pythias. Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 17, tween 400 and 500 pounds, was caught at Merwin's Beach, Woodmont, today. took about seven rifie shots to des- the creature. reen of New Orleans was upreme _chancellor from the g‘num of here last was @bout to administer more punibh=s ment when the boys were separated, aw it