Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 6, 1909, Page 1

" N SUNDAY DINNER AT Discoverer of North Pole Plied with Pertinent Questions Which were Answered Without Hesitation — Ur. Cook to Visit Brussels Will Return to Copenhagen and Sail Thence for riome Copenhagen, Sept. 5.—Dr. Frederick A Cgok this evening dined with King Frederick at the summer palace, a few miles outside of Copenhagen. The king summoned Dr. Cook to an audi- ence yesterday as a formal courtesy. They engaged in an hour's talk and whife these royal audiences cannot, according to _etiquette, be 'minuteiy described by the members of the court, Dr. Cook made such an impression on the king that his majesty immediately instructed the court chamberlain to summon the explorer to dine with him tonight. The king invited Dr, Cook to meet him yesterday only after having the government make the closest investi- | gation into the merits of his story. All the Danish explorers vz:ro asked to give their opinions Dr. Cook’s claims, before the audience was grant- | ed, and their verdict was unanimous- 1y in his favor. Dinner at Danish Royal Castle. The dinner tonight was entirely the result of the king's personal opinion regarding the explorer, who had the | eeat on the King’s right, an honor which Danes gannot remember hav- ing been accorded another private pe son and members of the royal family listened to his every word as he re- counted the dangers and privations of his polar journey. Bombarded With Questions. Dr. Cook was immensely pleased to- day by receipt of a telegram from Presidant Taft, in which the president of the United: States extended his heartiest congratulations-on the an- nouncement that Dr. Cook had reached the pole. He Had to undergo a verita- ble ordeal again today, being bom- barded on every side with questions intended to test the accuracy of his affirmations. Although after midnight when he reached his hotel at the end of the first day's trying experience, he sat up for two hours engaged in corre- epondence and in conversation with Commodore Novgaard and Professor | Olufsen, secretary of the geographical | soclety, the explorer was about again before seven o'clock this morning, reading translations of the comments in the Danish newspapers. Later he received Commodore Sverdrup and Count Harald Moltke, a member of the Mylius Erichsen expedition, who will probably illustrate Dr. Cook’s book. Interview With Leading Seandinavian Astronomer. “One of the most exacting periods of the day was an interview with Professor _ Stromberg,; the leading Scandinavian astronomer, who says when he is permitted to examine Dr. Cook's observations he can = decide within half a day whether the explorer has been at the pole. Several other expert Arctic explorers were closeted today in an eye to eye conversation with Dr. Cook. When they came out they appeared thoroughly convinced of his ‘absolute good faith. A luncheon at the American legation afforded further opportunity to non- expert persons to strengthen their al- ready firm belief in the explorer's nar- rative.. Then Dr. Cook disappeared from view for an hour during which he submitted to the camera at a photo nner. The dinner at the royal castle at Charlottenlund was the scene of the greatest enthusiasm. The king eyery member of the royal family, even the smallest children, assembled. Dr. Maurice F. Egan, the American minister, the Rev. Mr. Dane of Chi- cago, and several other guests com- pleted the party. The dinner passed off quietly, as is customary on Sun- day in the royal household, but after the dinner there was a regular rush around Dr. Caok, who started a suc- cinct recital of his adventur ‘whose graphic depicfion gained from the calmness and candor of the speaker. One after another of the royal per- sonages plied him with questions and marked their intelligent appreciation of the condlitons in ‘Arctic seas, and then yaited eagerly while the explorer answered, almost without hesitation. Prince Waldemar, brother of the king, ‘who is a scientific saiior, was extreme- inf ited in the currents about the pole and the condliton of the ice. Prince and Princess George of Greece also made pertinent inquiries. The king and queen and everybody ‘were o0 greatly interested In the story of the pole’s discovery that they re- mmained M the drawing room much later than is their eustom. As Dr. Cook retired with Minister Egan he was the center of & congratulatory group. Sails Soon for New York. It was easy to be seen that the royal family had impMeit faith in him. When he returned to his rooms at the ho- tel, Dr. Cook teok up the correspon- dence on which he had been engaged, writing until & late hour. It has been decided that after his yisit to Brus- sels he will deliver a lecture at Paris. He will then return to Copenhagen and sail from here for New York. Dector Does Realize How Con- spicuous He H Become. One of the most interesting features of Dr. Cook's present Elnlltnn is that he Is about the only intelligent man in th orld now who does not realize how conspicuous and talked about Dr. Cook is today. Minister Egan has shielded him as ocarefully as --esible. ‘While he is theoretically living as the government's guest at a hotel, he is practically living at the legation, so that he may be kept away from the pressure of the crowds who are still surrounding the hotel. Dr. Cook thinks t he will be able to get back to New York quietly so that he may re- vise his scientific records Yfore he gives them to the world. s Sections of His Papers from Greenland on Different Vessels. The king, acting on carefully con- sldered advice from experts, gives him such honors as never before have been ven t0 & private person. All the dsh papers, after the first day's skeptictsm, sccept him ‘wholly. - There was stroug doubt Of his. claims before he arnived, hut ome of jthe strongest factors now Is Dr. Cook’s pérsonality and the absolute om_and candor with which he answers all questions. o -obviate the passible loss by ship- wreck of his papers Dr, Cook shipped sections of from Greenland by different. ranging to have th ’[‘ln s ORERS ALL FOR COOK -—vfl-——— ¥ > R King Frederick Makes the Closest Investigation of the American’s Story <« W. H. Wright, astronomer in charge of | Lick observatory, "fox malking accusations THE ROYAL CASTLE and Paris After Which He usual bravery. He says that the suc- cess of his expedition was due to_the fact that he had stromg men and dogs for the final dash on which several others had started with weakened par- tios, and did not follow the “starvation route.” THE ONLY INSTRUMENT NEEDED WAS A SEXTANT. Lick Observatory Astronomer Believes Dr. Cook “Got The Lick Observatory, Cal., Sept. Dr. Cook with the instruments he carried could have determined the position of the north pole with an error of less than five hundred feet” declared Dr. tonight. “The only instrument needed.,” said Dr. Wright, “was a sextant. With three observations taken the same day Dr. Cook could have determined his posi- tion within a possibie error of less than ten seconds of arc. This would be, roughly, a thousand feet, and Dr. Cook says positively that the pole was somewhere within a circle of 500 feet radius within. which he himself was standing. “As these observations could be faked by anyone with a fair knowledge of astronomy, the discovery rests on Dr. Cook's veracity alone. For my part I do not think him a man who would fake his observations, and from what I have read I believe he made the journey. “At._the north pole the sextant would read 0 degrees minus the declination of the sun for April 21, with a correction for refraction. It would be a matter of little difficulty to fake three read- ings that would indicate the discovery of the pole. So that until someone else finds Dr. Cook's flag and brass tube at the pole the matter rests with his veracity alone. AT THE POLE THE ICY PLAIN TOOK ON ANIMATED MOTION As if Rotating on an Invisible Pivot— Eskimos Prostrated with Fear. Paris, Sept. 5.—A despgtch from Co- penhagen gives Dr. Cook's version of further incidents of his expedition to the pole, when there remained buj two valiant ‘and faithful Eskimos an escort as he plunged over the vast extent of polar seas. On approaching the pole, he sald, the icy plain took on animated motion, as if rotating on an invisible pivet. “A great fissure then opened up behind,” he added, “and it seemed as if we were isolated from the world. My two Eskimos threw themselves at my feet, and, bursting into tears, refused to continue either one way, or another, so para- Iyzed were they with fear. Neverthe- less, I calmed them and we resumed our_journey. “You ask my impression on reach- ing the pole. Let me confess I was disappointed, Man is a child dream- ing of prodigies. I had reached the pole and now at a moment when I should have been thrilled with pride and joy I was invaded with a sudden fear of the dangers and sufferings of the return.” PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS, Despatch in Reply to One from North Pole Discoverer. Beverly, Mass.,, Sept. 5.—President Taft made his first official comment vesterday-on the discovery of the north pole by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. In answering a cable despatch sent to him by Dr. Cook, reporting that he had reached the coveted point, Mr. Taft ca- bled back his heartiest congratulations, The exchange of mesages was as fol- lows: Copenhagen, Sept. 4. Prestldent, the White House, Washing- on: I have the homor to report to the chief magistrate of the United States that 1 have returned, having reached the north pole. FREDERICK A. COOK. Beverly, Mass., Sept. 4. Frederick A. Cook, Copenhagen, Den- mark: Your despatch received. Your report that you have reached the north pole calls for my heartiest congratulations, and stirs the pride of all Americans that this feat, which has so long baf- fled the world, has been accomplished by the intelligent energy and wonder- ful endurance of a fellow countryman, WILLIAM H. TAFT. CAPTAIN NANSEN'S OPINION ON DR. COOK'S ACHIEVEMENT, Personally He Has Confidonce in theq Explorer’s Trustworthinegs. Christiana, Sept. 5.—Capt. Fridtjot Nansen returned here last evening from Bergen. Telegrams from ali d rections requesting an opinion an Dr. Cook’s achievements awaited him, but Captain Nansen said that he did not wish to answer them before the partic- ulars were made public. To a corre- spondent he said that errors in the newspaper reports were apparent and that certain points of the published statement required elucidation and sci- entific examination. Personally. however, Captain Nansen declared he had confidence in Dr. Cook’s trustworthiness. He himself considered it possible to reach the north pole by the aid of dogs, but he pointed out that placing a sealed re- port and planting the Stars and Stripes in the ice were useless, because the drift would take them far away from the spot where they had been laid down it ever found. MRS. ROBERT E. PEARY DENIES MAKING STATEMENTS Against Dr. Cook Been Report- ed in the Newspapers. Portland, Me,, Sept. 5—Mrs. Robert E. Peary, wife of the Arctie explorer, who s at her summer home at Eagle Island, tonight requested the Associat- od Press (0 stal that she had. not said anything reflécting on Dr. Cook’s reputation as an explorer, as had been reported in som® of the newspapers. Mrs. Peary said that for ‘the 'p-,a‘t. ui; days her mail has consi 'ge] letters den: ing her and statements Minsk, Rus able trial on ! of Jjust come to an end here. named Pris was found guilty of hav- ing married twenty young women. Tn punishment he was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.—Six armed men last evening attacked the cashier of the imperial racetrack, in the sub- urbs, while he was driving to St. Pe- tersburg with $15,000, the day’s gate receipts. They fired a dozen shots from revolvers and wounded a track employe, but the cashier coolly turned and drove back with the money in safety to the racetrack. Peking, Sept. 5.—Nearly six hun- dred . Chinese students, ranging from fifteen to forty years of age, assem- bled in the offices of the board of education yesterday to take part in the first competitive examinations for college courses in the United States. The cost of these courses will be de- frayed by a part of the Boxer indem- nity returned by the United States to China. v BIG STICKS FROM OREG-(;N TO REBUILD CHINESE TEMPLE These Mammoth Logs to Be Trans- ported Up Chinese Mountain Side on Backs of Coolies. Portland, Oregon, Sept. 5.—A re- markable shipment of mammoth_logs is now being loaded here for China, where the big sticks will be used to rebuild the temple Ling Yen, the most famous house of worship in all, China. The logs are being loaded on the steamship Emma S. Dollar, the Chi- nese government having purchased them here after searching the whole world for the bigzest possible trees. The logs are Oregofi fir, 105 feet long and 40 feet in circumference at the butt. They are loaded on the main deck of the steamship and the bark is left on so they will not chafe. When they reach China the bark will be peel- cd off. They will be towed up the Grand canal 200 miles into the interior and then carried overland six miles to the temple, where they will be set up. The only possible way to get them this six miles is for coolies to carry them. There are 24 of these huge logs, each weighing a tremendous amount. It seems impossible for any number of coolies to transport the timbers in this way, but the fact is vouched for by Robert Dollar, head of the Dollar steamship lines, of San Francisco, who is now in Portland. “In my office I have ~hotogranhs of coolies carrying timbers that squared 24 feet and were 60 feet long” he said. “They were unloaded from one of our ships and a snapshot was tak- en. The only way to reach the Ling Yen temple is to walk or ride in a sedan chair. The narrow road v~ the mountain side has been worn bv the feet of countless thousands of pilgrims to the temple shrine until it is hol- lowed out in the middle. It is over this path that the timbers will be car- ried on coolies’ backs. T have visited the temple myself and although peo- ple are incredulous when told that coolies will carry these big sticks for six miles, it {s nevertheless true. The shipment will get -awa this month for the orient. early TOURING CAR WRECKED, FIVE PERSONS INJURED Barrington, R. l.—Injured All Belong in Fall River. Near Barrington, R. I, Sept. 5.—Skidding on a street car track into another au- tomobile which it was attempting to pass in the narrow highway at Prince- ton's Hill near this town today, a tour- ing car owned and driven by Herman G. Meyers, manager and treasurer of the Enterprise Brewing company of Fall Rirer. was wrecked and five peo- ple infured, three of them seriousl The injured: Herman G. Meyers, 4! badly cut on the head, internal injuries feared, also minor injuries, condition serious; Mrs. Bertha Meyers, broken thigh and injuries to back, condition serious; Howard Meyers, 12, fractured skull and minor hurts, condition seri- ous; Mrs. Cora S. P. Raigle. minor in- juries and shock: John R. McLoughlin, 56, minor injuries All the injured people live in Fall River and were in the Meyers ma- chine. McLoughlin is a well known carriage manufacturer. STEEL CAR COMPANY STRIKEnS QUARREL AMONG THEMSELVES Two Distinct Factions Developed After Sunday’'s Mass Meeting, Pittsburg, Sept. 5.—All but aband- oning hope that they will be reinstat- ed at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car company, the 3,500 striking em- ployes of the concern in Schoenville ended a big mass meeting today by violent quarrels among themselves. The result is that tonight two distinct factions among the strikers have de- veloped, one led by Chairman C. A. Wise of the strikers’ executive com- mittee and the other by fiery unat- tached orators who gained their fol- lowing today by heaping abuse and invective upon the car plant officials, thus arousing the same spirit of mob rule in their hearers and admirers that brought on the bloody riots of two weeks ago tonight. RAZOR CUTS ON HEAD AND FACE Meriden Man Bumps Into Two Sicil- ians Late Saturday Night. v Meriden, Conn., Sept. 5.—Fred E. Roberts of this city is suffering from six razor cuts on his face and head as a result of his encounter with two Sicilians near the passenger station late Saturday night. Roberts acci- dentally bumped into the two men while walking through Railroad avenue and hLe was quickly attacked, a razor was drawn by one Italian and he cut deep gashes in Roberts’ face and neck. The injuries are not dangerous and he will probably be out soon if infection does not set in. The assailants made their escape. STRATFORD GIRL HIT BY AUTO. Miss Fannie Love Had Just Left Elec- tric Car. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 5.—Miss Fan- nie Love, 12 years old, daughter of Mrs. Rose Love, was struck this aft- ernoon by an auto, just east of the Washington bridge, and seriously in- jured. She, with 'a companion, had Just left an electric car and started across the road, not seeing the ap- proaching automobile. She had gone but a short distance when the ma- hine, which was owned by George E. Hart of Bridgeport, and driven by Thomas Hart, his son, struck the girl, knocking her’ down. against Dr. Cook. Some of the let- ters were very bitter, she sald. “Mrs. Peary added T have studi- ously avoided saying anything about Dr. Cook. Of course, if he has reach- ed the pole, T congratulate him. T do not want to be mixed up in the con- troversy, ich has been begun by Sept. 5—A remark- olygamy: | e allor society was given FLYING AT GREAT SPEED HIGH UP IN THE HEAVENS. CLINTON PEOPLE SEE THINGS wwonderful Manoeuvres Witnessed Last Dartings Ahead, Downward, Upward, Abrupt Turns. Evening—Rapid Clinton, Conn., Sept. 5.—Residents of this place, who have been watching during the evenings of the past week the manoeuvres of a large airship over this town, were tonight spectators. of the flights of two ships sailing high up in the heavens, with bright lights fore and aft. 7 Two Visitors Last Night. The first ship came in sight from the direction of Fishers island and was soon after joined by the second ship, which came from the southwest, both’ ships flying very high in the air. The two ships went through the same manoeuvres as did the single ship of last week, suddenly dagtin gahead at great speed, turning abruptly, darting rapidly downward and swooping un= ward as swiftly. Were Seen Last Week. The descriptions given by the towns people of the airships are similar to those given of the machines which have-been seen flying over Fishers is- land and Watch Hill. One night last week one of the ships was seen fly- ing over the town at 2 o'clock in the morning, finally disappearing in the direction of Long Island. ONE-LEGGED MAN IN JAIL WITH HIS PAL A ONE-EYED MAN. Arrested on Suspicion of Being Wreck- ers of Royal Blue Flier. Newcastle, Pa., Sept. 5.—A one-leg- ged, man and a one-eyed man are in the' Newcastle jail charged with being suspicious persons. They were brought here from Ellwood v early today and for twelve hours have withstood the ordeal of five shrewd police offi- cials. - In these two men the police believe they have the perpetrators of the train wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio rafl- road at Chewton Siding on Friday night. For the apprehension of the wreckers the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road has offered a reward of $25,000. Frank Coates, of Ellwood City, one of the suspects under arrest, was for- merly a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad. A year ago he fell under a Baltimore ‘and Ohio train at Ellwood City and lost his leg. He received no damages. Herman McComahy of New- castle, the other arrested man, lost his eye seleral years ago in a street brawl. Body of Unknown Man Found in Ashes of a Bonfire. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 5.—Lying, across the ashes of a bonfire the body' of a man so badly burned that identi- fication was' impossible was found on a bank of the West river today. From the position of the body it was evident | that the man had fallen onto the fire and, unable to belp himself, had slow- !{ burned to death. The body and clothing were 8o far consumed by the fire that identification is practically impossible. There were no marks on the'body that would indicate foul play. WATER AT RESERVOIR DOWN NINE FEET. Trifle Over Half Low as It Was Last Year—Work at Meadow Brook. ‘When Superintendent Burnap meas- ured Fairview reservoir on Saturday it was 108 inches below highwater mark. This is a trifie over half as low as the pond went last year, when it touched 207 1-2 inches below. In the past few days it has not been dropping as fast as it did for some time previously. At Meadow brook the work of put- ting in the embankment for the new dam is under way. The wasteway pipe is in and ready to use as soon as the water can be let go into the new bas- in. Employes of the water depart- ment have, started in to close out the brooks at the upper end of Meadow brook, so that when the new dam is ready’ the basin will all be cleaned out and everything will be ready for the ponding of the water there. DAVENPORT ARMS COMPANY. Inventory is About Completed, But Ap- praisal is Yet to Be Made. The work of getting an inventory of the belongings of the Davenport Arms company has been underway since the appointment of appraisers, there being several employed on this task, and it is about completed. The appraisers Tave their wcrk to do vet, however, before the report will be ready, but the work is being pushed along as fast as possible. Evening of Music. An enjoyable evening of music for a good sized party was given last week at No. 177_West Main street, the home of Harry Sweet, senior member of the Lyric orchestra. Among the solo num- bers were finely rendered piano selec- tions by Professor Kavishevitz of New | York, baritone. numbers by Harry Sweet, with_violin_ obbligato by Ellis A. Sweet and poano accompaniment by Miss Bessie Stamm, and piano solos by Miss Annie S. Sweet. Refreshments were served. Found With Arm Crushed. Sunday night William Vickery, em- ployed in the Central Vermont yards at New London, was found beside the track with his arm badly crushed. He was taken to the hospital, where it is hoped to save the arm. His left arm was lost some time ago in an accident. Mr, Vickery is a brother-in-law of Kd- itor F. J. Brunner of the New London A well attended picnic was given Sunday afternoon at Bailey grove, Trading Cove, by the oMntville Ath- letic club. An expected programme of sports and a ball game were interfered with by the morning rain and were finally given up altogether. A chowder was served late in the afternoon Arrested on Sus; Charles Hill ¢f Northfield, Mass,, was arrested Friday night by Special Agent Thompson of the Central Ver- mont railroad and Deputy Sheriff Tubbs. Hill was suspected of being concerned ‘in_the attempt to_wreck a Central Vermont train below Montville on Thursday. . Polish Dance. A largely attended Yance by a Polish evening in NINE MEN CAPTURED AND HELD UNDER BONDS. - SUNDAY RAID AT HOTEL Prisoners. ?h.rpd With Violation of Liquor Laws—Propristor Held Un- * der $100 Bonds, Customers $25 Each. South Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 5.—Four members of the state police came to South Norwalk today and made a raid on Michael Markham's United States hotel. The proprietor and eight men were taken into custody, charged with violation of the liquor laws. The men were held under bonds of $25 each and the proprietor under $100 bonds for trial tomorrow. Gambling Joint Raided Saturday Night The local police late Saturday night raided an alleged colored gambling Joint. About twenty men were in the place and four of them were playing cards. A large quantity of liquor was confiscated. The men claimed they be- longed to a duly chartered club, they having paid a lawyer $75 to secure the charter for them. In view of this fact no arrests were made, but Chief of Police Vollmer will have a conference | with the prosecuting attorney today. 45,000 WORKERS WITH 40 BANDS TO PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY. VWomen’s Trades Union League to Ride in Automobi 5. New York, Seph 5.—With no_strike of consequence in progress in Greater New York except the hatters’, Labor day tomorrow will find more marchers in line for the great annual parade and more of them with jobs to return to, when the celebration is over, than last year. At 10 o'clock approximatels 45,000 workers and forty bands, repre- senting fifty-nine unions of the Central Federated union, will begin their pro- cession down Fifth avenue from Cen- tral park to Washington square. Near- Iy all the unions will wear distinetive uniforms and the Women's Trade U ion league will ride in automobiles, drawing eight floats. In the afternoon there will be games, athletic, events and speeches all over the city’ New York, Sept. 5.—James Duncan, first’ vice president of the American Federation of Labor, issued the fol- lowing Labor day appeai here_today to the workingmen of the entire countr; “Where parades are in evidence, march with heads erect, proud of your calling ~and your cause, and bear yourself throughout with the noble dignity becoming to unoin freemen. “Let your addresses in the halls and hustings be respectful of the laws and institutions of our country, for by do- ing so you will symbolize the true upion man who, while he mav desire changes of acts which he belfeves are oppressive, knows he is a citizen of a republic and will go about the neces- sary change in a deliberate manner becoming to true citizenship. “Use no'apologetic tone, for ~ou are right in your purpose: apologles are out of order except for wrong doing. Add cheerfulness to the sentences composing the Labor day address; it is not a guneral procession that is be- ing addressed. Be hopeful in the gen- eral tone of vour remarks, which will ‘best befit the occasion, for we have enough of the sorrowful te contend with during the other 364 days of the year.” ATLANTIC CITY RESORTS WIDE OPEN YESTERDAY. Attempts of Reformers to Closs Down Sunday Rum Business Ignored. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 5.—Atlan- tic City ignored the attempts of the reformers to close down the Sunday Yiquor business today and barring Sun- day baseball the resort was as “wide open” as any former Sunday of the season. The decision to allow the saloons to open was reached by the political and official heads of the resort at midnight last night, when the action of the re- formers in causing the arrest of Mavor Stoy for failure to obey the order of | Attorney General Wilson had removed | the alternative of saving the head of the city government by closing the sa- loons today. Rev. Birley ‘Hudson, ministerial coterie of reformers. de- clared tonight that the failure of Mayor Stoy to close up the city today wili result in further action against him, but he refused to say what the action wbuld be. Special detectives made a circuit of the story saloons and more warrants will be issued on their testimony for additional arrests next weex. leader of the DRAMATIST CLVDE.FITCH DEAD. After an Operation for A~-~endicitis— The Most Prolific of Noted American Playwrights. Chalons-sur-Marne, Sept. Clyde | Fitch, the American playsight, died at | 930 o'clock yesterday evening. The | doctors and his friend, Eugene Gau- | thier, were present at the bedside. | Mr. Vitch was taken with an acute | attack of appendicitis while traveling in a motor car from German:. He was operated on here by Dr. Alquier. | The patient was conscious un to three | oclock Saturday after: E i ognized M. Gauthier. Later he became | delirious. | Clyde Fitch was one of the most pop- ular and prolific of American drama- tists. In the twenty years since he be- gan writing he had produced nearly forty plays, many of them written ex- pressly for leading actors and acted by them with general success. Mr. Fitch made play writing pay. His income from his dramas has been estimated all the way from $75,000 to $150,000 a year. Mr. Fitch never married. His New York city home is at 113 Bast Fortieth street, a house which he designed him- self. 'He also owns a house called “Quiet Corner,” in Greenwich, Conn., and a handsoine country house on a large estate at Katonah, Westchester county, N. Y. Tle is a member of the Lambs, the Players' and other city clubs. Runaway Accident at Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 5—Domin- ick Judge of this city wa sthrown from a carriage this afternoon, strik- ing npon his head and sustaining a fracture of the skull, besides dther in- juries. Misses Mary end Annie Swee- ney of New York city, who were driv- ing with him, were thrown out and ned slight injuries. Steamship Arrivals. At Liverpool Caronia, from New |toration of the 10 per cent. cut down of t Made a beginning of his exhibition flights on the Tempelhofer field in Berlin. The Gross Earnings of Twenty-five railroads for the first half of August l!xc_lecd the high records of August, 1907. In an Effort to Raise a Deficit of $40,000,000, the Krench minister of finance has raised the price of to- bacco. Mayor Franklin P. Stoy of Atlantic City was arrested, but released on bail, on a charge of not closing saloons on Sunday. A Destitute Workman Dropped fainting from starvation in front of the queen mother in the streets of San Sebastian. The Searching of Prominent passcn- gers arriving in New York from 1= rope has resulted in 200 seizures in three day Mrs. Roosevelt Has Engaged a house at Khartoum, where she ny her husband when he emerg from the jungle. The Russian Minister to China no- tified the foreign board that Russia would now like to participate in the | foreign loan. Two Hundred Members of the Ger- man reichstag accepted Count Zep- pelin's invitation to inspect and ride in his dirigible, Thirty-nine Cases of Bubonic Plague were officially reported at Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the month of August. Eight were fatal. The Organization of a Negro anti- tuberculosis league is being urged by the officers of the public health and marine hospital service., ¢ The Exposiiton at Seattle was dec- orated with 50,000 lanterns in honor of the Japanese commercial commis- sioners, who visited the fair. President Taft's Automobile was halted by constables ncar Newberry. Mass.. who informed the president that he was exceeding the speed laws. Word Has Been Received in Wash- ington that Lij Yassu, grandson of Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, has been nominated as the succe to the Ethiopian throne. - Preparations Are Well Advanced for the wed@ing of Prince Miguel of Bra- ganza and Miss Anita Stewart a na- tive of Baltimore, which will take place in Dirgwal, Scotland, September 15. El Roghi, the Rebeliious Subject of the sultan of Moroc i 1L It is said that he will order his European bankers to pay over to the sultan $1,200,000, which he has on deposit. The Interstate Commerce 'Commis- sion authorized railroads. doing busi- ness out of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., to accept tickets held by per- sons attending the letter carriers’ an- nual convention. Miss Katherine Elkins Announced that she will not visit any of the re- sorts in Europe at which King Bd- ward of England might be staying, because of his opposition to Miss Elk- ing' proposed wedding to the Duke of Abruzzi. The Royal Blue Flier on the Balti- | more & Ohio railroad. westbound from New York to Chicago, was wrecked early Saturday morning at Newcastle Junction, Pa., supposedly by train wreckers, Two trainmen and Connell P. Cavanaugh of Baltimore were killed and 35 passengers injured. The rail- road company has offered $35.000 re- ward for the capture of the wreckers and bloodhounds were put on their trail. THREE PERSONS DROWNED IN THE NORTH RIVER. Six Others Rescued—..aunch Collided With Freight Car Float. New York, Sept. —Two young women and a man were drowned in tha North river today when the g launch Olga, hugging the New Jersey shore closely Stiff northwest wind, went down colliding with a freight car float batk- ing into the river from a ferry slip. Six other passengers were rescued The dead: Catherine ) York: Agnes Green, 19, Stephen Weeks, 21, Brookiyn None of the three lost were seen or heard from the moment the launch was struck Nellie Higgins and Frank Wagner, among the rescued, had a hard fight for their lives. Neither could swim and both were carried under the float by the tide. Wagner bound the girl" arms to her side wth his left arm and kicking with his feet and shoving with his free hand got into open water he- fore he was utterly exhausted and was picked up by a tug. Two others had similar experfpnces but in the end all those who did not go down immediately were saved by passing craft. 25, New Brooklyn; SOLDIER GUILTY OF MURDER. Imprisonment for Crabtree, Who illed His Officer, Capt. Raymond. Corp. Lysle Seeond cavalry Sept. Omaha, Nel > op B, Dbtree of T charged wiih the kfliing of his troop ccmmander, Capt. John €. Raymon: pronounced guiity. and his punieh ment has been fixed at life Imprison ment in the miiitary prison at Leav- enworth, Kan. The verdict was annour day at the army headquart as the finding of the courtmarual toat recently tried Crabtree. The finding has been approwed by Gen. Charl Morton, commanding the department of Missouri On the day Crabtree shot Captain Raymond he had been away from the post on leave. His leave was to ex- pire at a certain hour, but' through a mistake his pass had been made out to lapse at an earlier hour. Crabtree returned on time, but when his pass was examined he was thought to he | late. - His explanation, however, was accepted. A moment later Crabtrec shot at a sergeant and then at Cap- tain Raymond., wound N troop commander, who subsequently died Crabtree’s defense IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION Of Wage Differences in New Bedford Textile Industry. wa insanity New Bedford, Mass, Sept. 5 —-The busine m of New Bedford sre practic arbitration of the wage differences be- tween the cotton manufacturers and the 20,000 operatives, and are urging avoid a strike. . The manufacturers decline to make any elat -ment Loyond what was contaiped in their reply refusing to grant the ro- quest of the textile council for the res- both _sides to unanimons in favor of the | The Programme of the Emperor of Japa Beverly, Mass, Sept. the last week of his stay in Beverly, President Taft tomorrow will spend the greater part of Labor day on the srounds of the Myopia Hunt club. In the morning he will play his usual 18 holes of golf and in the afternoon he will attend for a time the annuul horse show, the fashionable event of the year along the North shore. Secretary Ballinger is -expected in Beverly some time tomorrow and the president will take up with him the Teports that have been made rasp ing the course of certain of the 5.—~Beginning in- terior department officials in adminis- tering the consegvation laws His Last Days the Busiest. The president's last w tion will be his busiest will go to of va Tuesday he Brookline, just outside of Boston, to be the guest of the Yale alumni of Boston all day. A lunch- eon, golf and baseball games are on the' programme. The & lance at the various functions is o be limited strictly to Yale men and all will be ormal. ~ Wednesday the president will be visited by thé director of tie census, Mr. Durand. who will bring with him the ous census . supervisors 10 be appoint Thursday President T: tain_aP luncheon on b yacht Mayflower the German entrants offitials who participated in the derklasse races off Marblehead will present the Taft cup to the nér of the tiny yacht which makes best showing in the finals, which commissions of the who var are yet snter- son- and | win the CANOE OVERTURNED IN THE MERRIMAC RIVER. Two Brothers Drowned—Their Father Nearly Lost His Life Ameshury, Mass., Sept.’ 5.—Twa broathers were drowned when a canoe erturned in the Merrimac, river to- while their elderly fatHer near lost his life as he struggled in the water attempting to hold them up. A third sor vakened suddenly from his_sleep, paddied frantically to their assistance with a board @ a clumsy rowboat, and saved the father's life. The two brothers drowned were Dr. Felix Miller, 30 years, of Peabody, a dentist, and O. W. Miller, 37 years, suparintendent of the Pleasant Valley thermometer factory here. The father is- William Miller, 60 vears old, pro- prietor of the thermometer factory. Lewis Miller, 25, a college student, was the third son who went to the rescue. The fath and two sons had beeen stranded all night in a motor hoat on a sand bar In the river, They floated early this morning, and, ceeding to the usual anchorage, sta ashore in a canot. The frail apsized when Otto followed his fs | er_and Dr. Miller, and al three were | | thrown out ( | The father, who was the only one | i could swim, held up his sons, and in | the meantime attra Lewis Miller from the cottage on shore. Lewis push- ed off a rowboat, but before he could reach the scene his father and brothers had sunk. He secured a hold on his father, howeve d pulled him into the boat. The bodies of the { drowned were recovered. SUDDEN CLOSING OF HOTEL MASCONOMO At Manchester, Mass, Threw Cuban Legation Out of Summer Quarters. Manchester, Mass., Sep he Cu- ban legation, which has been hou the Hotel Masconomo here the past summer, has been summarily thrown out of iis quarters by the sudden cl ing of the hotel under unusual circun stances, and Mme, Garcia-Velez, ‘wife of the minister, in a delicate condi- tion, had to be removed from the hotel with her six day old baby on a stretch- er and conveyed to a neighboring cot- tage in the town ambulance. The trouble started yesterday, when Manager A. A. Dutton was confronted by Aty of his emp their wages. Man from the hotel, followed bellboys, waitresses, porters and chef, and pelted with rocks and clubs, reached his motor boat and headed out to sea, bound, presumably, for his home in N' es were posted ann were expected to leave General Vel the Cuban min in Washington with his secre der the care of a physic from Boston Mme. Velez and t were removed to another cottage {the town ambulance. AT BROADWAY THEATER. The Broadway theater provided its third play of the season Saturday in The Matchmaker, with Danl the title role of Father Daly a town in the wild and woolly west. Sully and his support gave the small audience present 1 evening of thor- | ough enjoyment, the star interpreting | his role in his own inimitable way. both | in the grave and the gay moments, but { having to share the honors w Eline Cosgriff as Dolly, his sprightly ward, with her bre slang and captivating ways. W. J. Nelson was good as the un- scrupulous ranchman and Carl B | Flemming as the New Yorker was well cast. Mary Cagwin was pretty and well adapted to the part widow, while Marguerite yes, who demanded ger Dutton rushed by gu in tchmaker. ning ully in of the rich | Laura Premberfield gave ¢ port. The three other mem cast were also well chosen. and the comedy-dran as given well deserved applause at many poil Negro Physician Held for Burglary. Huntsville, Ata, Sept. 5. Wiklam L, Councill, & negro physician wnd son of | the late Prof. W. 1. Councill, the well | known negro educator, was arrested here yestéiduy charged with burglary end attempted assault on & woman of bis own vace, Berlin in for | An apparatus 2 the talning I Laid Out for the Few ing Days of Summer Outing Secretary Ballinger is Exp:cted Today—On Wednesday a Visit from the Lirector of the Census—Grandson —Auto Ride to Church in Driving Rain. n to Ee Received on F gin tomorrow. Friday, Mr, Taft bas an engsgement to receive Prince Kiniyoshi Kuni, grandson of the emperor of Japan, who will be accompanied by the princess, and Colonel Kurita, his militar- ajdes Prince Kuni is to represent the gov. ernment at the Hudson-Fulton cele~" bration later in the month, at New the president will review a parade of all the Army posts In Issex county. Call Expected from Mr. MacVeagh. It is lkely that during the week Mr, Taft will have a call from the see= retary of the treasury, Mr. MacVeagh, who probably will have ready for the president’s approval the membership of the new tariff commission author= ized by the Payne bill The president motored into chureh this morning in a dMving rain. This afternoon he had a call from Gen. Clarence Edwards, chief of the insu- bureau in the war department, who- has just returned from a trip abroad. al Edwards is one of the presis dent's warmest personal friends. Mrs. Taft to Remain Some Weeks. No date has been set for Mrs. Taft's return to the White house. It is likely, however, that she will remain hees until the 15th of October, unless the weather should make an earller de- parture desirable. The work of reno= vating the White house at Washington will not be concluded until some time in October and while the executive offices are being rebullt, the exgcutive force is occupying rooms in the base- ment of the White house proper. o MISTOOK HER FOR BURGLAR, VISITOR SHOT DEAD. Prominent South Plantes Fired at Physi Charleston, 8. C., Sept. 5.—Mistaking her for a burglar, Willlam Avant, & prominent planter of Georgetown county, last night shot and killed Mrs, C. C. Bigham, who had accompanied her husband, a physician of Harpers, a small town in the same county, on a_professional visit to Avant's home ;'fiunnylldc" plantation, on Murrel's in- et Dr. Bighani and Mr. Avant were sit= ting on the front porth of Avants home after supper when they saw the darkness a figure pass the house and go towards \a nearby ercek. Not being answered when they balled, they ot a shotgun and followed. s They-saw the figure apparently crouch near the creek bunk and hearing no. reply whem. . they called Avant asked Dr. Bigham what he should do. “Sh: said_Bigham, it is alle and Avant fired both barrels at closs range. Running back to the house they secured a light and returned to the bank, to find Mrs. Bigham stretched there dead, the contents of both har= rels having taken effect in her bael even the gunwads having penetra her flesh. Avant carried the news to ieorgetown ad accompanied the de uty sherift and coroner back to Mur= rel’s Inlet. GRIM AND UNIQUE ANOMALY PRESENTED BY LABOR DAY. ion Burge: ebration. in Western Pennsylvania— in One Town Prohibits Cel- —Labor. day in presents & arly 30,000 men Pittsburg, Sept. western Pennsylvan unique anomaly. are idle as a result of strikes, lock= outs and walkouts. The fide thousand gl workers of the American Glass company, whose grievances paralyze the glas sindustry of the country; the: 3,500 unskilled and non-union strikers of the Pressed Steel Car company of Schoenville; the 18,000 oreanized but dissatisfied coal miners in this vicinit; and the 5,000 union tin plate workes all these, and more, will aid in mak= ing the day set apart for the work=- ingman one to be remembered in labor circles for years to come. Families “of the unemployed men, . who have been subsisting for months on public funds, will tomorrow find the means to spend the day in pleas~ ure seeking. Unique In, Pennsylvania’s many queer legal proceedings is the official act of Burgess James H. Chambers of Vandergrift, a small town near here, who has Issued a proc that Labor day c brated in his domain tomorrow. This statement is in direct deflance of the state’s law, which sets aside the first. Monday in September as the working- man’s day. Residents of Vander; are treating the matter as a joke. SPEAKER CANNON IN NEW YORK , a Millions' Says the Report That He’ aire is All Bosh. New York, Sept. 5.—“Uncle Joo* Cannon, speaker of the house, arrived here tonight, “purely on private busi~ 1055, my 80, ne said, and will return to Danville, 1il, tomorrow to mend his fences. “You see.” said Mr. Cannon, confi- dentlally, “T have been in congress so long that it behooves me befween sea- sons to look after my fences a bit, so that I may not starve. I'm a poor man, although somebody has sald somewhere or other that I'm & mil= Honaire. All bosh, you knos CATTLE TENT BLOWN DOWN AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS. Two Men Injured in Sunday High Wiid at Charter Cak Park. Tiartford, Sept. 6.—During the high wind of teday a larce cattle tent at Charter Oak k, where the state fair vpens tomorrow. was blown down, in- juring Dr. L. Taylor «nd Matthews, both of this cb Dr. Tay lor was cut about the head andd . thews <lightly infured shout the In the tent at the thme were 300 cattle, some of whom were i} Several smaller tents wer down. Barn and Contents lTnu&'.r-\“' ) killing of anim: hammer method is described <in Popular Me- chanics The apparatus has an in eator and scale which t#ls the force of the blow, %o that the apprentices scon learn just the force they require to make the killing as humane as pos- Granby, Conn,, Sept. 5, unknown origin today large barn belonging to Cla tn':lhu' with a large quan N I g e