Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 31, 1909, Page 1

VoL g ASKS THEREPORTERS It There Should be Anything Serious He will Let the Press Know " E. H HARRIMAN ON HIS CONDITION Comes Out in the Open with Brief Statement that He is All Right—Most of the Newspaper Men Have Re- turned to New York—Patient Admits Examination by Surgeons as Matter of Precaution. Arden, N. Y, Aug. 30.—Edward H Harriman, urged by weary reporters of the press, who have camped about his mountain home since Wedhesday last, came out in the open today with a statement that he was all right. Though brief, the statement is straightforward and explicit, with per- haps a touch of patient resentment at the suryeillance to which he has been eubjected, and a request that report- «rs withdraw, not so much for his sake, but for his friends, who have been in- tercepted daily coming to and, fram his residence by zealous int:sviewers eager for the latest bit of ir.ormation. It concludes thus frankly: “If there should be anything serious I will let the press know, and, as I have never deceived them, I ask that 1he press now withdraw its representa tives and rely on me. Rely on His The message was so characteristic of Mr. Harriman's affable attitude to newspaper representatives, an attitude which was marked when he underwent the strain of an extended interview on the day of his return, that most of the men who have been here during the scare over his illness returned to New ‘York tonight, relying on his word. Reporters Send Letter to Sick Man. The newspaper representatives had held a conference early in the day at which they drew up a letter and sent _At to the Arden house by special deliv- ery. It read as follows: “Owing to the sensational stories frem irresponsible sources, we asa thi you issue an authoritative statement in to your physical condition. Nothing but that can refute these alarmist reports.” Harriman Acts Promptly. Mr. Harriman evidently decided to act soon after the receipt of the letter, for 4 o'clock this afternoon Super- intendent Ford of the estate brought his employer's answes down from the house. In the statement Mr. Harri- man admitted that there had been a consultation of specialists at his house, ‘but that they had decided that there was nothing serious the matter with him. He did not mention the poss ity of an operation. ; ‘With the reassuring news of today the New Yotk stock market settled it- self and advances were general. The effect on the Harriman stocks was of course most apparent, but there was a buoyant tendency everywhere manifest. Residents hereabouts _received tho statement with gratification, for many of them, despite private information ot a reassuring nature, feared that their prominent neighbor was in a critical condition. Mr. Harriman’s Statement. Mr. . Harriman's _ statement, issued just before 3 o'clock this afternoon, is ollow: am pursuing the course laid out before 1 went abroad and advised by the physicians. 1 intended taking a rest as soon as_my responsibilities would permit. My treatment abroad reduced my strength and vitality and kened my digestion. “The most expert physicians in Mu- nich advised me to have an examina- tion by surgeons as & matter of pre- caution. “This| has been done very caréfully by DrsiBrewer and Crile, in conjunc- tion with Dr. Walter Jame: and Dr. Lyle, and the whole result is that they founa nothing serious, and renew the advice previously obtained that I should have rest and not see many people at one time, and this I am trying to do. “This covers the whole case. and later on, if the representatives of the press desire, and there is any purpose to be accomplished, I will see them up here, but now I ask that the surveil- iance of the operations of my home be withdrawn, not so much on account of my family or myself, but that the com- ing and going of my friends may not be interfered with. “I appreciate the interest shown in my welfare by the press and my iends in all rections, and perhups by some others. f there was, or should be, anvthing serious, I will let the press know. and I have never deceived them I ask that the press now withdraw its rep- resentatives and rely upon me. NORWAY DAY AT THE SEATTLE EXPOSITION. Arrival of Viking Ship, With Sea King, His Queen and Attendants. . Aug. 30—Norway's at_the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific ex- tion was celebrated by an elaborate oric. pagesnt, speeches and music, and the unveiling of a bronze bust of Kdward Grieg, the composer. BUSY DAY AT BEVERLY, IMPORTANT MATTERS UP President Decides te Summer in Bev- erly: Again 1910. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 30.—Presidént ‘Taft disposed of important state de- partment matters today with Secretary Knox and closed an exceptionally busy afternoon with the announcement that he has decided to make Beverly the © A feature of the exercises was the arrival of a viking across Lake Washington by forty oars- wmen in viking dress, bore Leif Erick- son, the sea king, his queen and her atténdants. The ship, sixty feet long, is a replica of one in the royal museum in ' Christiania and every detail of ir':‘ln and arms was historically cor- rec WOMAN'S HEAD GROWS HORN. Wiref.sh Doctor Removes Unusua! 2p- pendag ‘Whitefish, Mont., Aug. 30.—Dr. S. B, Stone recently performed an operation of an' unusual nature on an aged wom- an at the state soldlers’ shome, when he removed from the top of her head a horn two inches in length. The un- usual growth not only resembled a horn in shape, but also in substance. The growth had been troubling the several years, ana a, tl horn seemed 10 be getting larger, she decided to have it removed. The dperation was not a difficult one, anl di¢ no' cause the ratient much pain or inconvenience. Cases of this .a- ture aer not umknown to doctors, bu they are rare. IMPALED ON LINER'S BOW. Seventy Foot Whale Caught by Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse., Plymouth, Aug. 30.—The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Jer Grosse arrived ro- day from New York. While off the banks of Newfounmdland she collidel with a seventy foot whale that ofi- dently was asleep on the surface of the water. The whale became impaled on the liner's bows and all its efforts to free itself were futile. Finally the stoanier had to go full speed astern in order 10 get clear of the dying leviathian. the WHISKEY MADE IN PRISON. Guards in Pennsylvania Penitentiary Dismissed for Implication. Pittsburg, Aug. 30.—Eight guards at the western Pennsylvania penitentiary have been dismissed, it is alleged, be- cause they failed to detect some of the prisoners who are said to have been making whiskey in the big prion. Ac- cording to one of the discharged guards other employes at the peniten- tigry are implicated. Te whiskey was made from prune juice, yeast and sugar. OBITUARY. Rev, Henry Davenport Northrop. Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 30.—Re Davenport Northrop, a retired Presby- terian minister, died at his residence here Saturday evening at the age of 74. He was & graduate of Amherst college, class of g in London, England, New York, Hart- ford, Conn., and Philadelphia. He de- ship, which, rowed | voted the later,years of his life to lit- erary wnr'l:‘gfl was connected with the Nationsl Publishing comvany of Philadelphi A widow and three Dr. H. L. Northrop, dean of fasnemann college of Philadelphia, E. R. Northrop of Spokane and Mrs. A, S. Mathoway Of Yonkers, sur- vive him. 1 Dr. Charles W. Crispell. Juingston, N. Y., Aug. $0.—Dr. rles W, Crispell, a prominent phy- sician here, who was for several years bacteriological expert for the state n, died today at Shelter H . where he was spend- me c'rv.n‘ufla w* 49 years of ‘in Worces- aymmer capital again next year. Pres- ident Taft Has taken another season's lease of the cottage he occupied this summer on Woodberry Point, one of the prettiest locations on Beverly cove. The town is rejoicing tomight. Among the announcements made today was that of the selection of Henry Hoyt, former solicitor, general, as counsellor of the state department. ‘This is a newly created office and Sec- retary Knox expressed himself as de- lighted today that he was abie to se- cure the services of Mr. Hoyt to give the new office a proper dignitv from the very first. The counsellor of the department will deal with all the large legal questions which may arise, and ‘will have especial supervision over the negotiations of treaties. Secretary Kfox also took up with the president the organization of the new far eastern bureau of the state department and announced an addi- tional appointment to that service. Today Mr. Knox announced that Ransford Stevens Miller, Jr., Japanese secretary and interpreter of the Amer- jcan legiation at Tokio, would return to the United States to enter the new department. While no head of the bureau has been decided upon as yet, it is said the honor will fall either to Mr. Miller or to Edward T. Williams, United States consul general at Tein Tsin, whose appointment to the bureau was announced several days ago. Additional appointments to bureau will he announced later. Secretary Knox made the further an- nouncement todey that Charles M. Pepper and M. H. Davis, special agents of the department of commerce and labor. have been transferred to the new bureau of trade relations on the tariff in the state deparemtn. The president absolutely refrains from discussing or in any way taking public cognizance of the controversy which has been waged between Chief Forester Pinchot and Secretary Ballin- Rger over the conservagton plans of the present administration. Reports which it is said the presi- dent has called for in connection with the various transactions that have fig- ured in the controversy, should be in his hands by the time Secretary Bal- linger arrived in Beverly. President Taft announced today a successor, to Ormsby McHarg, sistant secretary of commerce and labor, has been chosen but no an- nouncement will be made until it is learned that the man the president has in mind will be able to accept the office. the that as- WATCH FOR IT. Interesting Eclipse of Mars by the Moon Tomorrow Night. Geneva, N. Y., Aug. 30.—An Interes ing eclipse of Mars by the moon, vis- ible through the United States, will occur on Wednesday evening, Sept. 1, according to a bulletin issued by Prof. William R. Brooks at Smith observa- tory today. The phenomenon will last about an hour beginning, in the longi- tude of Washington, at 8.42 p. m. and ending at 9.39. Couple Who Sought Death in Suicide Pact Are Married in Hospital. New York, -Aug, $0.—Frank William- son and Florence L. Wood of Brooklyn were married today in a Brooklyn hos- pital, where they are recovering from bullet wounds “inflicted in a suicide pact last Wednesday night. Their nearly successful attempt- at Geath brought the young couple to thek senses and at the same time won the consent of the girl's parents to their and today they resolved to pily ever afterward, although 'fil‘ be blind in.one eye. ' Tabriz, Khan, a Persian bandif, who took par: in the operations against Tabriz, has been captured by a Russian punitive expedition. Rotterdam, Aug. 30.—There havc been three deaths from cholera in Rot- terdam during the past twenty-four hours. Two of the dead are women who were removed from an infected lighter in the harbor. Peking, Aug. 30—The American squadron under the command of Ad- miral G. B. Harber has left Ching Wantao for Port Dalny. Charles W. Fairbanks, ex-vice president of the United States, will leave here tomor- row fer Hunkow. Tromsoe, Norway, Aug. 30.—Walter R. Wellman, who recently made as successful atfempt to reach the Pole n a dirigible balloon, arrived hera today from Spitzbergen. He has left three men to guard the airship at the Spitzbergen camp. through the winter. GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH. Lost in the Woods of British Columbia —Nearly Exhausted When Found. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 30.—Earl Grey, governor general of Canada, who re. turned here from Dawson and Skagway by the government steamer Quadra to- day, had a narrow escape from death when lost in the woods of Jervis Inlet for five and one-half hours last Satur- day, when on a shooting expedition without companions other than his dog. He nearly fell over a precipice in the darkness. He was rescued by a search party headed by Major Clark, his or- derly, and Second Officer Johnston of the Quadra, one of many search par- ties sent into the woods after fires had been built along the shore to at- tract the attention of the lost governor general. He was utterly exhausted when found and his clothing was bad- Iy torn. Earl Grey left the Quadra at 5.30 and went into the woods where Lord Lascelles on the previous day had killed a mountain goat and two deer. After penetrating some distance into the woods he lost his way and night came on. When he failed to return for dinner there was intense excite- ment on the Quadra and the steam- ship’s whistle was kept blowing con- stantly, fires were built on the beach and search parties sent into the woods. Meanwhile the governor general strug- gled through the woods, tearing his clothes to rags. Once he came to the edge of a preci- pice, feeling his way with an alpen- stock which he carried as well as a rifle, The alpenstock slipped from his hands and clattered down a consid- erable distance below. He turned back, and failing in the darkness to find his way, finally sank down exhausted after five and a half hours of unavailing effort. He sank down on a flat rock to await daylight and soon afterward saw the reflection of fire. It was an Indian encampment, Then he fired his rifie and the shot was heard by a search party which hurried to him, guided by his shouts. They hurried him to the shore, where 2 waiting boat took him quickly to the Quadra. ORDER OF REMOVAL FILED. Secretary of Secrstary of State to Serve It on Bronx President. Albany, Aug. 30.—Governor Hughes' order removing Louis F. Haffen from the office of president of the borough of the Bronx, New York city, was filed today with the secretary of state. James Neville, private secretary to Secreiary Koenig, left for New York later in the day to serve the order on Haffen, and to file a copy with the county clerk of New York. New York, Aug. 30.—Louis F. Haf- fen, whpse removal from the presi- dericy of the 'borough of the Bronx has been ordered by Governor Hughes, burst into tears this afternoon while making a statement in the matter to the newspaper men who had been be- sieging his office all day in an effort to obtain an interview with him. “It is a fine recompense” he said, “for twenty-six and a half years of honest, faitaful and efficient service in behalf of the people. I can only say that it is the result of partisan politics, furthered by my political foes.” LOOKS LIKE SUICIDE PACT. Body. of Young Man Found in Resher- voir—Young Woman Still Missing. New York, Aug. 30.—With the find- ing of the body of Charles Schock, a young driver, in a park reservoir here today, the authorities are dragging the reservoir in the hope of finding also the body of nineteen vear old Dora Hookey, with whom Schock s said to have disappeared last Wednesday. Schock lived at the Hookey home and the girl had been much in his company during the past year. Hrs. Hookey, the girl's mother, belio¥es that her daughter met ddit haccording to a suicide agreement. WOUNDED BY CAR THIEVES. Lehigh Railroad Detectives Seriously Wounded in Running Fight. Rochester, N. Y.. Aug. 30.—Willlam Zimmer, a 'Lehigh rallroad detective, from Buffalo, was shot and danger- ously wounded in a running fight with car thieves at Batavia late last night. Zimmer, M. Boardi, also a detective of Buffalo, and Ramaniski, a detective of Batavia, surprised seven burglars at work on a Lehigh Valley railroad car. One of them shot Zimmer, and the offi- cers then fired six shots at the bar~ mortally wounding Mike Miller of Batavia. HERE TO RIG THE HALF-MOON. Dutch Naval %, Ocean by New York, Aug. 30.—E. J. Benthein, an engineer of the Royal Dutch navy, arrived from Holland on the steamship Noordam today to superintend the final work on the reproduction of Henry Hudson's ship, the Half Moon, which was recently sent across the ocean as Holland's contribution to the Hudson- Fulton celebration. Mr. Benthein will rig the quaint little ship, which is now undder canvas at the Brooklyn navy vard. Engineer Sent Across Government. Ground to Pieces in Engine Flywheel. Hartford, Aug. .—W. H. Dennis, 58 years old, was ground to pieces in tl wheel of an engine at his place fof business late today. Dennis slippged while working on the edge of the 3:1» gine pit and fell onto the fAywheel which tore his legs from his bbdy, smashed his skull and disemboweled him. He leaves a wife and seferal children. A Thaw to Be Librarian at Mattedwan. Mattoawan, N. Y., Aug. 30.—[h their search for regular occupation for Har- ry F lhaw, rocertlv recomrmitted to the statc hospital for the criminal in- :‘1:?9 ‘hers, the M:mel_ol e insti- ion have appointed him to || librarias / FEW IF ANY OF THE SUFFERERS| g’ GO HUNGRY. THE CONDITIONS AT MONTEREY Order Gradually Being Restored— Capitalist Trevino Believes That the Flood Victims Will Number 2,000, Mexico City, Aug. 30.—Order is grad- uxally cbml‘?g out of the Mg:.cr'u.ll- tion caused in Mcnterey - flow of the Santa cnm:ztnwr. en- tailing the liss of_some 1420 lives anid the ruin of more than $25000,000 worth of property; but the relie? work now well organized will be necessary for a long time. Relief Corps Busy. Tonight various organized relief corps are busily engaged in assisting the thousands of homeless. Commis: sions are endeavoring to identify the dead bodies as they are brought in by searchers. . The authorities have taken prompt steps to overcome the. deplorable con- ditions that existed for fully two days after the crest of {He flood passed Fe it any bave gove hungry. Soup iitche ens have been established at four dif- ferent places throughout the city, where soup, coffee and bread are doled out to the needy. . Of the nearly"300 bocis thus far recovered, about 200 —(}ixa ng Leen identified—were buried toda Cne Estimate of the Dead is 2,000, Owing to reports that several vil- lages of from fifty to one hundred in- habitants situated along the Santa Catarina river south ol Monterey were wired out and their inhahitants drowned, Pedro Trevino, a capitalist, asserted his belief tonight that the total dead would reach two thousand. The City Still jn Darkness. Monterey was still in darkness to- night. The bursted water main has not been repaired, but officers of the company expect to ofter a partial water supply tomorrow Communication With Larede. The National railway tonight for the first time got telegraph communication between Monterey and Laredo. A mes- sage was rushed through from the lat- ter city imperatively. requesting the master mechanic stationed at Laredo to hurry forward all available mgterial. Several trains are stalled on the road and it was not definitely known to- night whether or not the crews were safe. Word came in later, however, that all are safe. Indications are that railway traffic will be impeded unti! Thursday or Friday. BAPTIST PASTOR DROPPED DEAD From Exertion in Saving His Friend from Drowning. New York, Aug. 30.—After & des- perate fight in the surf to save his friend, Harry C. Myers, of Freeport, 7o 1. frgm drowning In Hempstead bay. Stanley Roberts, a Baptist clergyman, dropped dead of exhaustion on the beach near Point. Lookout this after- noon. Myers, dragged to safety, was unconscious when picked up by spec- tators, but was shortly revived. Phy- siclans hastily summoned examined the body of the preacher and declared that his overexertion had killed him. He was a native of western New York and was spending his vacation at the shore. SPANISH BULL RING WCIDENTB. Matador Severely Hurt—Woman Stab- bed in Audience—Spectators in Free Fight. Madrid, Aug. 30.—A chapter of thrill- img incidents occurred in the Puerto Santa Maria bull ring today. A ma- tador, Vazquez, was severely injured. About the same time a woman in the audience was stabbed to death by a jealous rival. Soon after that twenty spectators became engaged in a seri- ous fight and as the crowds were leav- ing an elderly woman was run over by a carriage. The fact is commented upon by the newspapers that five bullfighters were wounded in five different cities on Sunday. CARBOLIC ACID BY MISTAKE. Medical Student Took Alcohol An- tidote, but is in Critical Condition. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 30.—William Thimler of Fort Wayne, a student in medical 4course In the University of Chicago, is in a critical condition in the hospital here through the mistake of a clerk in a drug store who gave him carbolic acid when Thimler asked for a remedy for pains in the stomach. When he realized that he had drunk acid he called for the alcohol bottle, remembering that this is an antidote for the poison. By drinking a large qauntity before he sank unconscious he saved his life for the time, CAN ACT A8 EXECUTIVE OFFICER Navy Regulation Places Engineer Of- ficer in Line of Succession. Washington, Aug. 30.—An important amendment has been made to the navy regulations which places the engineer officer attached to a ship of war in line to succed the executive officer. This is the result of the amalgama- tion process by which the engineer officer on board ship is a line officer by training and experience fitted to act as executive officet when occasion requires. STARR FAMILY. Association Will Meet at New London Thursday. The Starr Family association, of which there are Norwich members, will meet at the Crocker house in New London on Thursday. Members of the association from all over the country will be in attendance. At 11 a. m. the meeting will come to order. After the morning session luncheon will be served at the hotel. At 2.30 the. Starrs will be welcomed by KErnest E. Rogers president of the New London County Historical society at the soclety’'s home, the Shaw man- sion, in Bank street. Then the mem- bers of the association will go about the city visitiug historical peints of interest. Several of the Starr Family associa- tion were in Kent, England, Thursday, July 15, when the arehbishop of Can- terbury dedicated a tablet erected in memory of Dr. Comfort Starr, the founder of the 'American family of Starrs, who came ‘to New England from Sandwich, in 163 Seott- s Jones married? Mott—I @uess not. T never heard him blame his wife - anydhing. Tran- 4 s DEPARTMENT REQUIRES ONE DAY’S NOTICE. * PERMIT CRANTED LAST NIZHT rom the Office of the Quartermaster * General of the War Department—No Long List ‘of Rest ‘Washington, Aug. 30—A permit was granted tonight to Mrs. James N. Sut- ton to have the body of her son, Lieut. James N. Sutton, which is buried in ‘Arlington National cemetery, disin- terred anad an autopsy performed. The permit was received by Mrs. Sute ton tonight from the office of the quar- termaster general of the war depart- ment and is the same as the one is- sued on Aug. 24 except that it was issued by the secretary of war and has no long list of restrictions and conditions appended to it. Mrs. Sutton Awaits Return of Counsel. ‘When Mrs. Sutton is ready for the autopsy all that will be necessary will be for her to give the war depart- ment one day’s nuotice to have the grave opened and the body transport- ed to the naval hospital. -Mrs. Sytton said tonight that she would do nothing in the matter until the return of her attorney, Henry David, to” the city, which would be about Thursd He is now in New York. Dr. George Tully Vaughn of this city will look after the interests ,of Mrs. Sutton at the disinterment and at_the examination at the hospital. The djsinterment will be private. Mrs. Sutton, Atorney David, Dr. Vaughan and a representative of the army and navy, probably Surgeon Spear, who will ‘also look after the interest of the marine corps, will be present. Mrs. Sutton’s Plans for the Future. Mrs. Sutton said that her plans for the future would be governed by the conditions found to exist after the grave is opened and an examination is made. It it is shown that Lieutenant Sutton struggled with his combatants, the case will be carried to the civil courts and in all probability a con- gressional investigation will be de- manded. - After the autopsy the body placed in a hergetically sealed ¢ and_re-interred In_consecrated ground at Ariington. Rev. Father Griffiths of St. Augustine’s Catholic church will perform the rites. FIRE IN CATHOLIC HOME, 1,000 CHILDREN MARCH OUT In Safety to the Music of Their Fife and Drum Corps. New York, Aug. 30.—A thousand children were called from their bed-l time prayers by the clanging of fire ngs at the St. Malachi’s Roman Catholic home at Rockaway Park. on the Long Island shore, this evening, and marched down fire escapes to the musics of their five and drum corps. In a Jewish home nearby 500 sick and crippled children were also taken | from their beds for fear the flames would reach them. Not one of the 1500 or more boys and girls, ranging in years from 2 to 14, received a hurt. The Hebrew home was saved, but the Catholic institution was burned. The loss will reach $100,000. FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS. ation of Complaints Against | Curb Brokerage Firms. Inves New York, Aug. 30.—Post office in- spectors have bsgun an investigation of complaints against a number of firms doing a stock brokerage business on the curb on Broad strect. It was anhounced at the federal building to- day that complaints have been re- ceived from nearly every state in the union stating that circulars advertis- ing worthless stocks were beinz sent through the mails with disastrous ef- fect. It was said today that the complaint against the offending brokers would be fraudulent use of the mails. Fraud orders have been issued against several concerns and the outflow of much of the nmail has been checked. WRIGHT FLIES IN GERMANY. First Trip in His Aeroplane in That Country. Berlin, Aug. 30.—Orville ~Wright ! tested his German-buflt aeroplane in fifteen minute flight shortly after daylight this morning above the Tem- plehof parade ground. No public an- nouncement was made, as Mr. desired to see how the machine worked Dbefore giving his public exhibition next Thursday. The aeronaut is generally satisfled _with the way in which the craft behaved. A battalion of the guards, using the ground for drill pur- poses, ceased their manoeuvres to ob- serve’ the strange sight of the aero- plane circling swiftly over the field. MUZZLES FOR ROOSTERS. Invented to Stop Those of Washing- ton, D. C., from Crowing. ‘Washington, 3 The recent municipal edict which ma mean the banishment of the insomn producing | rooster within Washington's city its, has resulted in the invention of a muzzle to put a stop to the crow. It consists of a collar of leather with a small cotton pad, to be fastened around the rooster's - neck, and sufficiently tight to throttle the vocal crgan. The corporation counsel has been asked to determine whether to muzzle roosters is legal. CLAWED BY A GRIZZLY ZEAR. But Montana Homesteader Succeeded in Rescuing His le Daughter. Nyact, Mont., Aug. 30.—James Doo- little, a homesteader near here, was probably fatally injured while rescuing his little daughter from a grizzly bear, which had picked her up and taken her some 200 yards away. Doolittle, _ | Paris Sunday. - 148, 477 At | Dramatic Genter of First Day's Session of I Thirt, Springtield, O, -| betw o Lac, a noted Jesult/died in Pere Du fumes spreading to ns. Were Injured in y a rear-end collision fal train and an ex- The Committee on S:nrfi'mn pre- pared a paper showi he cost of diseases classed as preventable by the board of health, It Was Stated in a Despatch from St. Petersburg that cholera was stead- ily decreasing there, but new cases were being reported from other cities in Russia. It Was Learned at Lenox, Mass., that the Bermuda companies (limited)” bad been organized In New York to take over steamship, hotel and traction in- terests in Bermuda. After a Week's Hike through Orange county, the first, third and [fourih classes of the United States Military academy have returned to West Poini, N. Y., footsore, but otherwise in good condition. N Abot Folr Hundred Passengers, most of whot weme on their way to Rheime, were taken off the Caiais- Dover steamer Nord in lifeboats after the steamer had gone ashore at the ‘mouth of Dover harbor. James Bruyn Andrews, formerly United States consul in_Valencia, Spain, died Friday at Aschen, Ger- many. Mr. Andrews was born in New York. graduated from Yale university and practiced law for a time. Col. Thomas A. Wood, newspap ‘man and Civil war veteran, dfed in St Louis Saturday, aged 64 years. Until his retirement, two years ago, he had heen business manager of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for thirty-nine years, Prof. Josiah H. Gilbert, liead ot the mathematical department the Al- bany High school, is dead at bhis home in Albany of heart trouble. Sinve 1868 Professor Gilbert had been a p ent figure in the educational life of Al- bany. Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor has forwarded a request to Secretary Nagel of the de- partment of commerce and labor for an investigation of conditions at the Pressed Stee] Car company’s works at McKee's Rocks. An Ancient Armenian Capital of the Byzantines, which fell in the eleventh century, has been excavated by the academician, Professor Marr, near Tiflis. The former residence of the ruler and the church. of the apostics have been found in a state of good preservation. Francis H. Leggett, head of one of the largest | & and wholesale grocery houses in died suddenly Sunday night following a fainting spell with which . he was seized as he stepped aboard a ferryboat of the West Shore railroad in the sta- tion at Weehawken, N. on his return from a sojourn in the Catskills. The Anthracite Conciliation Board has issued a report covering the last three years of its work in =eftling dif- operators. The repert shows that only twenty-three grievances were present- ed to the mediators between April 1. 1906, and April 1, 1908, as compared with 150 grievances presented in the preceding three years. PORT COLLECTOR LOEB Dotermined to Teach Pesple That Hon- esty is the Best Policy. New York, Aug 30.—Collector of the Port William Loeb, Jr., has determined to teach a lot of people whe tell petly lies to Uncle Sam that honesty is the best policy. The customs law allows a passenger to bring in dutiable goods to the value of $100 free, provided the articles are set forth in declarations, but many persons have been found guilty of failing to declare these little things. Hitherto they have gone un- punished, but today a score or more of passengers were taken to the customs house and made to pay duty on prop- erty which, if they had not attempted to conceal, would have been admitied free. This procedure will be contin- ued until people learn better wavs. WILL CROSS MEXICAN BOR.ER. President and Four inet Mi to Return Diaz's Call. Reverly, Mass., Aug. 30.—President Taft expects to have a further con- ference this afternoon with the seec- retary of state, Mr. Knox, concerning state department matte: A number of important diplomatic posts are soon to be filled, and the seiection of the men has been left largely in the hands of the secretary. Mrs. Knox is arranging. through the state department, the details of Presi- dent Taft's meeting with President Diaz of Mexico at El Paso, Tex., on Oct. 1. .Four cabinet officers will at- tend the president, and they will company him across the Mexican bor- der when he returns the call at Ciuded Juarez. Another Motor Speed Carnival -at Brighton Beach. New York, Aug. —Despite the seven fatulities in the recent motor races at Imdianapolis and the two at Brighton Heach race trick last week, a statement by the Motor Rac ass0- ciation tonight announces t another twenty-four hour speed carnival will be held at Brighton Beach this fall and that nine ma el lers have promised to ente; tion regrets the cism of automobil clares that “the ac were not due to any n Brighto: flaw in the trac Mrs. Elsie Taylor and Stephon Drawned. Marlboro, Vt, Aug. 30.—Bravely rushing into the waters of Marlboro South pond to save the life of her stepson, who had tumbled from a_raft after posing for his picture, Mrs. Elsie Taylor, wife of Rural Mail Carrier Earle Taylor, lost her life late today, and her stepson, Francis, was also drowned. Mrs. Taylor was 25 years old and her stepson was 11. Both bodies were recove,ed. Well Known Vermont Financier Dea hearing the child scream, gave chase on horseback.” The horse threw him, breaking his leg. Then the grigzly turned and clawed him in a frightful mauner. Aside from a few scratches the baby was uninjured. Getting Ready for 62 Cent Butter. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 30.—“Fifty cent butter béfore Christmas” is the way the Omaha creamery men, who con- stitute the Nebraska butter combina- tion, put it. Right now they have 0,- 000 pounds in cold storage and :nore is going In daily. Thty have ne tation in saying that the prices are to ‘advance’25. per cent. within the reat few weeks Burlington, Vt, Aug. 30, 1. Gates, tiis city’s wealthiest citizen and known throughout the state as a finan- cler, died here touight of paralysis, aged 77 years. At the time of his death he was president of the Huward National bank of this vity. For & number of years he was president of the Burlington Cotton Mills, Italian Drowned at Guilford. Guiiford, Conn., Aug. 30.—Benedetlo Coeccine, 26 years old, was drowned near the dock of the aquarry owned by the Breakwater, Sachem's Head. ye: terday afternoon. His body coversd late dast - wife and child in. ferences.-between -mine workers and, national Trades With Paria. Aug. 30.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was the dramatic center of the first day's session of the sixth in- ternational trades union congress when several Kuropean delegates. bit- terly denounced what they called the equivocal attifude off the American Federation with refetence to joining the international movement. Mr. Gom- pers needed all his old time energy to repel the attack. He insisted that the problems and policies of American trades unionism were so Intermingled with American traditions and ideas that Americans could il spare the time-to encounter the influence of Bu- ism tendencies different. Nevertheless, as an evidence that the United States was anxious for in- ternationa! co-operation Mr. Gompers introduced a proposal favoring world wide organization which would “defend {the rights and interests of all and i create international fraternity and sol- | idarity.” Clash Over the Exact Status of Gom- pers. The clash came over the question of the exact status of Mr. Gempers and thé American Federation of Labor {in the conference. Mr. Gompers ex- were temperamentally | plained that for the present he was merely an auditor but was ready to | &ive his opinions. It had been the as- | piration of the Americon workmen to { come ipto closer contact with the labor | movement in Europe since they were profoundly attached to the cause of solidarity of labor. One obstacle in the way of affiliation, he said, was the feeling that antagonism existed in 1~ rope toward American trades unionism. Moreover, it was feared that the Am- erican workmen might be compelled to subordinate their policies to those of men knowing little or nothing about Ameriean industrial conditions and problems. “Personally.” he continued, “I have no authority to pledge the afMliatoin of the American Federation of Labor but I believe it will come in time.” EARTHQUAKE ON ISTHMUS, CANAL NOT DAMAGED. Shaken— Fled to Streets. Administration Buildings Clerks Panama, Aug. 30.—The isthmus of Panama experienced an earthquake sheck this morning, extending over @ large extent of territory. No damage was done, however, nor is it believed that - the canal has been affected in any way. “Fhe administration buildings of bot} the gavernment and the canal commi sion here and at Ancon were so se- verely shaken that the clerks left their desks burriedly for the street. They soon returned, however, when it was seen thot no damage had becn done and that the first shock was not fol- lowed by a second. ATTITUDE OF AMERICANS DENOUNCED Reference to Joining the International Movement— merican President Needed All His Old i ime Energy to Repl Insinuations of Several European Lelegates —American Labor Leader’s Statement Coldly Taken. ropean leaders where tig: trades sgiion- | Union Congress American President Rebuked. Mr. Gompers' statement was re- celved cably. Several delegates jumped to their feet. Heuber, an Aus- trian delegate, vehemently character- jzed Mr. Gompers' explanation as mockery. He, like the others, had been under the impression that the Ameri- cans meant business and that Mr. Gompers was the official delegate from that country. Otherwise he could not understand how the Ameriean resolu- tions happened to be printed in the official progranune. “We thank you for your opinions™ he Sald pointedly, “but we do not need them. Your policies may not permit you to come to us, but one day, Amer= jcan workman, you will realize that your policies are erroneous and you will see the necessity of joining the international confederation.” Gompers ‘Makes Reply. Mr. Gompers, stinging under the re- buke, but unflinching, arose to reply. “T regret, he exclaimed, “that you have misconstrued my remarks as an * attack upon European trades union- jsm. 1 repeat, we are sincerely desir- | ous of international federation but enl¥ 20 ‘far as it preserves the American conception of unionism. If Burope, does not want us it will be unfortun- ate. Nevertheless, we will continue to do everything possible to attain the goal for which the human race is & struggling — internatnonal fraternity and unity.” Retort by Austrian Delegate. Hueber retorted that it was now seven years since the Americans began talking about joining the international confederation and it was about time & decision was reached. “It now ap- pears.” he concluded, “that Mr. Gom- pers is on a voyage of discovery Legien, the international secre- tary, ended the controversy with the statement that Mr. Gompers was only a guest, but he hoped that that oficial was convinced that the moment had |arrived for the American Fedération of Labor to join forces with thelir Eu- ropean brethren. S S S MU e TOOK REFUGE IN SWAMP, PULLED OUT BY OFFICERS Accused of Attacking Eight Year Old Girl in Toledo Cemetery. Toledo, Offfo, Aug. 30.—N:cused of attackiug en cight year old girl i Forest cemetery, Ed Bell or Bellive of unknown residence, was pursued by a crowd of residents of the nelghborhood early this evening and took refuge in a swamp. He was pulled out by policemen who swam out to where he was imbedded up to his armpits in mud and water. The girl with a thirteen ydar old companion, went to the cemetery, it is said, to place flowers on her mother's grave just as_Anna Schumacher of Rochester, N. ¥, did, who was mur-~ dered. it is alleged that Bell lured the girl The ‘quake was also felt at Agua- duice, in Cocle province, and at Pa- cora, In the vrovince of Panama, points more than one hundred miles apart. Colon, Aug. 30.—An earthquake was felt at both ends of the isthmus of Panama shortly after 8 o'clock . this morning. In Colon the shock was slight, and no damage was done. No report of damage to the canal work has been received. GEN, ZALAYA'S SCHEME. President of Nicaragua Said to Be Fit- tipg Out a Filibustering Vessel. Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 30. —There is _considerable uneasine here and in Salvador over the persis ence of the reports that General Za Java, president of Nicaragua, is engag- ed in fitting out a fiilibustering expe- dition at New Orleans, the object of which is an attack on Guatemala and Salvader. The steamer Ellis, said to belong to the United Fruit company, is sup- posed to have been chartered for 'he expedition. COAL MINES TRE RESUMING. Reading Company Starts Work—An- thracite to Be Advanced Ten Cents. Reading, Pa. Aug. 30,—The Reading company's mines resumed operations today, to continue tomorrow and Wed- nesday.. Some may be placed in four days by tomorrow and full time is looked for after October 1 Ten cents a ton will be added tae price of anthracite coal on to after Beptember 1, making the us 50 cents raise in five instaliments since April 1. These prices will continue unt!l next spring, when there will be a drop of v cents per ton, FELL FIVE STORIES. Plasterer, Unhurt, Got Up and Walked \ Back to Work. Ifastings on the Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 30.—After falling from the roof of a five story building here today, Henry | Breslin, years old, got up. shook himself, walked unhurt into the build- ing and resumed his work there. Bres- lin, who is a plasterer, had gone to the roof for a map during his noon hour. He was suddenly awakened by the call of a fellow workman, and jumping up, L is balance and fell. Cornnecticu . Trolley Conducter Un- der $200 Bonds. Vew Haven, Aug. 30.—Charged with accepting tickets from an office boy who had stolen them from the local of the Connecticut company, and turning them in instead of cash fares, Hugh Cafferty, yors old, & local trolley conducror, was arrested tonight and placed under $200 bonds. His casge will come up in court in the morniug. - The amount he s said o Have stolen is forty ce “Incubator Kidnappers Arraign- to a secluded place. The other girl informed the sexton who spread the alarm. The police were Informed to- night that Bell is a sailor and recently arrived here by boat from Buffalo. THE MILLENIUM IN 1914, fter Times of Great Trouble’ Earth to Become a Paradise. the Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 30.—Bellevers in the early dawn of the millenfum are gathering here from several states for their annual conference which will be- gin tomorrow morning. For four days services will be held in convention hall, ‘The followers of the sect belleve that in 1914 “after times of great trouble the world is to be transformed into & paradise. They profess to find their foundation for this belief in the study of scripture prophecies which form the principal theme of study at the meetings here. The conference is under the auspices of the Watch Tower Hible and Tract society, with headquarters in Brooklyn. FELL INTO BURNING BUILDING. Hoseman Struck by Nozzie When on Roof in Providence Fire. Providence, R. I, Aug. 30.—One fire- man was badly hurt-in a fire which caused a loss estimated at $100,000 in /. the plant of the Providence Storage ‘Warehouse companay on Mason street today. The central section of the plant was completely burned out, and all the goods stored in that part of the building, including a large amount of cotton and wool in bales, were ruined. Olney McEleroy, a hoseman, was vhile on the roof, by the nozzle of a line of hose that had slipped from the hands of the othor men, and was knocked into the burning building. His companigns rescued him, and he was taken to the Rhode Isiand hos- pital,"where it was stated that his con- dition was serious. Four other fire- men were slightly injured by falling debris. O SRR AIRAY INSECTS IN HIS EYES. Waterbury Motor: tricken With Blindness While' Running Car. Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 30.—Mator= man Frederick Adams of 44 Wyman street was stricken with blindness yes=" terday while running his car to Thom« aston. He had the presence of mind to summon the conductor aftershuk: 'gs ting off_the power. The afflict.on caused by small insects poisoning eyes and is not expected to prove pefs 5 "'W Redwogd Fa Minn, Aung. ¢ William_Yibbetts, a wealthy living neak Delhi; killed Cecll No the 15 yelr old daughter of his k keeper; his daughter, Dorothy betts, years old, and set fire t vesidence, then hanged himwelf, manent. Wealthy Farmer Killed Two Girls and Himself. Yy ed, Bonds $6,000 Each. thing Indicates an assault by Ti Tpeka, Kan, Aug, 20. Barclay and J. N. G kidnapping Marian cubator baby, Gleakley, the and their_preliminary hearing set each. Both county jail. Mrs, - Stella | on the Norton glrl. 1 with “in- were arraigned before Judge Simon In the city court today, L Sept. 8. Their bond was fixed at £6,009 | from New prisoners are held at the] A Steamship Arrivals. At Hamburg: August 30, Lincaln, from New York. At Liverpool: ‘August 84, + London: August 30,