Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 27, 1909, Page 1

Flags at Half Mast, All Public and Private Functions Abandoned. - _ KOREANS ASSASSINATE PRINCE ITO At Depot in Harbin, Just as He Alighted from &pecial Train—Prince was on a M ria—Idolizsd by the Masses as the Creat Counsellor on of Peace to Manchu- of the Elder Statesmen—Assassin Seized. Tokio, Oct. prince of Japan, but the greatest commoner in the empire and for two vears the uncrowned ruler of Korea, who above all stood between Korea and the degradation of immediate an- | nexation, hoping to build up that country anew, was assassinated by Koreans today just as he alighted from a special train’ at Harbin, Manchuria, to which he went from Toklo in his capacity as president of the privy council, on a mission of peace. Prince lto's Mission to Manchuria Prior .to his. departure, Prince Ito said to the Assoclated Press: “I am going on my own initiative with the approval of my emperor, with the hope of securing a better understanding with China and of assuring the world that Japan's intentions in Manchuria are amicable to China and friendly to the commerce of all nations. When 1 return | hope to give positive evi- dence of this.” Undoubtedly Prince Ito intended to inaugurate and enforce a distinet poli- cy in Manchuria, but ‘the exact na- ture of this was not disclosed. Mar- quis Katsura, the premier and min- ister of finance, after the assassina- tlon, said In an interview: Japan's Policies Will Unchange change the policies of Japan. The Pacific motives of Prince Ito will ever be mainfanied and the traditions left by him will always be followed.” Universal Grief The entire nation is mourning: the flags of tiic foreign embassies have been placed at half-mast, while all public and many private functions have been abandoned. The Japanese and foreign newspapers appear with black borders. Only the death of the emperor could arouse similar demon- strations of sympathy. Perhaps Prince 1to's death causes more universal sin- cerity and grief because he was idol- 1zed by the masses as the great coun- sellor of the elder statesmen, the cre- ator of the cabinet and the friend of the emperor himself. Boy Crown Prince of Korea Inconsola- ble. he boy crown prince of Kerea is ried to have been inconsolable ‘the. news. of the assassination tutor by Koreans %o him. For the last two years the crown prince has been a it of Japan and the frequent <ompanion of Prince Ito, who formed an affection for him which was warm- ly reciprocated. The fact that he was ssassinated by Korcans was especlal- Iy shocking to the youthful crown prince, who was well informed as to Prince Tto's plans regarding Korea. Funeral Details Not Yet Made. The posthumous honors have not yet been anounced, but it I8 certain they will be the highest in the gift of the emperor and that the fumeral will equal that of a prince of the blood. A warship will bear the body to Yoko- hama from Darien, probably arriving a week hence. The grand chamberlain will accompany the body, with a naval @nd military guard of honor. No de- tails of the funeral have yet been ar- ranged. X Koreans’ Best Friend. The newspapers without exception editorially express sympathy and hor- ror at the act, pointing out that Prince Jto was the Korean: t friend nvays, even in the face 9f opposition at home. He looked for the regeneratin of Korea and endeavored to alleviate the evils of ils condition, Intimate friends of the murdered statesman are too- stunned to discuss he situation, but they are of the be- ief that the' death of the prince will have no immediate effect upon the licy toward Korea, but that Prince to's wishes and hopes probably will fnfluence the policies of Japan for many years to come. HREVENGE THE MOTIVE, ASBASSIN PROMPTLY SEIZED. #I Killed Prince Ito to Avenge My Country”—8layer Cool, Defiant. Harbin, Manchuria, Oct. 26—Prince Hirobumi Ito, former Japanese resi- ©ent general in Korea and regarded as apan’s foremost statesman, was as- sassinated at the Tseitsagan railway ®tation here this afternoon by a Ko- rean, who had followed him here for the express purpose of killing him. The motive of the assassin was re- wenge. He was promptly seized, and n- being yucationed he said he was a Korean, “I came to Harbin for the sole pur- pose of assassinati Prine Ito, to mvenge my country” the slaver told his captors. He also said he had a personal accoumt to settle with the Japanese statesman, who, during his etay in Korea, had ordered the execu- tlon of several persons closely con. mected with the assassin. * The deed was done at the moment the prince was acknowledging the noi- | ¢ wejcome that had greeted him as #o stepped down from the conch that Fe had occupled in the railroad train. Emiling and bowing, he turned to make his way toward Russian Finance Minister M. Kokovsoff, who was @waiting him on the station platform ‘ @ few paces distant. Suddenly a half dozen revolver shots fired in quick €uccession were heard, followed by the eries of those standing near the prince., At the second report Prince Ito stag- gered and fell fainting. It was subse quetntly found that he had received three bullets, two of which entered the abdomen, Prince Ito did not‘re- cover consciousness and died twenty minutes later. The sbots threw the crowd Into a panic, and {t was some time before it could be determined who had been wounded in additioy to the prince. When the excitement had somewhat wypbsided. it was found that three oth- @ members of teh party on the plaf- gorm had been wounded. They were Prince 1to's private secretary, the Pup mnese consul geperal, Kuwakan, and the general mauager of the puth Manchurian reil¥ay, Mr. Tangka, who Fad mov closer (6 the nrince as the Aring pegan. Tt e thought that (hese three are not mortally wound Assassin Cool and Defiant. of th vils not wieat n v | for the alleged r Koreans. Al The ass n for quate, bul the il gen The death of Prince Ifo will not | rec late Faft - today of a friend. foreign affairs king in 1895, Berlin, Oct. Zeitung express —Loss of For a time with about five Husband and Wi Dalton, Mass., Oct. bereavement, Thompson, & Hartford, Conn., mac} mitted suicide’ by shooting to- i of his wife's parents, iy of Mrs. Thompson lny. Thowpson's wite killed hey Vecause of il where the l Appointed R —Hirobumi 1Ito, a | panions of the same nationality, boast- | ed of a conspiracy, the object of which | was to take the life | dent general of Korea in satisfaction f the prince the police pounced n the three Koreans, the one who he ghooting exclatmed dramatical- came to Harbin for the sole pur- pose of assassinating Prince Ito to | avengs my country | None of the three Koreans attempt- ed to cscape and calmly confessed that 1 conspired agalnst the life of assin, while claim been inspired by a patri- and to believe that Jap- ongs to Koreans justified his admitted under examination that { he ‘had a personal grudge against the Japanese. statesman. Police Protection Insufficient. 1t had been supposed that the po i the - prince police stated later that were unable to distinguish | Koreans among so many Japanese who had been admitted to the railway sta- welcome the Russian police stated that the Japan- e Tal had requested them entrance to the se¢ who sought admission. rowd gathered, among them Korcans whose na ality passed undetect STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED. Telegram from American Vice Consul in Charge at Harbin. ashington, Oct. 26, this afternoon from Mr. vice consul Manchuria. assassination of Prince Ito, ¥ council of Japan. This is the first author ment, at first hand, of the death of the prince that has reached th partment, which in all probability will send messages on behalf of the presi- dent and, the secretary of state ex- pressing the deep regret of this goy- ernment at the death of Prince Ito. No announcement, however, to that effect, will be made until tomorrow. President Taft Expressed Deep Sor- row. Oct. véa K; ree FOREIGN COMMENT. Ito Truly Modern Japan. Paris, Oct. 26.—In France Prince Tto was regarded as Outcome of Conditions Existing. St. Petersburz, Oct. of Prince Ito cannot possibly affect the relations of Russia and Japan ac- cording to the view held in official circles, since it is considered self-e dent here that the tragedy was the outcome of the conditions existing be tween Japan and Korea. Japanese relations are on an excellent footing despite the vived reports that Japan is preparing for another war report Ambassador terized as a_malicious the newspapets, during a recent call which he made at the foreign office. MEXICAN TOWN INUNDATED BY RISING RIVER. Property Loss Estimated at $5,000,000 fe Not Known, Mexico City, Oct. 26.—The town of Santa_Rosa in the s | was inundated by a ydal wave last the streete and public gardchs were under three feet | trees ' were crops washed out. The river on the its banks . and atemalan border over- in the vieinity San Juan these towns. loss = estimated ‘at $5,000,000. i8 not kno not helieved to be heav: 500 Prominent Masons Will Attend. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 26— assembly grand council, Royal and Select Ma- sons of the United States, thirty-fourth triennial convocation of the general grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of the United States, will be held here November 8 to 12 inclusive, hundred npgominent Masons from this country and its pos- yesterday, of the former resi- yrany { de Paul, where servi | Murphy, - the Tammany The state de- announcing 26 —President through news- paper sources the bare announcement of the assassination of Prince Hiro- bumi Ito at Harbin. of any definite In the absence information he made Do comment other than to express deep sorrow and concern over the loss He knew Prince Tto well the Founder Japan's . Pichons. minister of who knew him at Pe- lescribes the prince’s re- markable mental capacities and won- derful foresight. He savs that Ito was truly the founder of The newspapers take a similar view. however, think that the removal of the prince in any way modify the adopted policy of Japan. . Deep Regret of German Government. government, through the Norddeutche Allegemeine its “deepest regret” at the violent death of Prince Ito, and refers to the prince as the most im- contemporary modern Japan. not 26.—The Lniversity and the Rev. Dr. L bott. —The_murder occasionally with Russia. Motono Chicago’s Plans for of Committed Suicide 26.—Unable to AR Good Roads Auto Contestants Ar lroad Reat Agent Haven, Oct. 26.—Official is made of the appojnt- of H."E. Mapes as rent agent, district, and A. F. Ryder as . western digtrict of &o00d roads automobile contestants ar- e rived here this afternoon and will re- York, Now ]_-Ia\(-nénn 'Han,rl-:hn‘x'li wdin until temorrow, when the third road, and of the Céntral New Aay’s rup. in allway. J to Atlanta will Cabled Paragraphs Paris, Oct. 26—Col, Theodore A. Dodge, the military historian of New New York and Paris, died today in Versallles. He was born at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1842, Frankfort, Germany, Oet. 26.—Em- peror Nicholas and his suite returning to St. Petersburg from Racconigi, where his majesty met King Victor “mmanuel, passed through this city this afternoon on a special train. Lindon, Oct. 26.—May Kinder, an American actress, was married at the registry office today to H. W. D. Ast- ley. “The bridegroom is a grandson of the third Marguis Conynham and his mother is now. Lady Florence Wil- loughby. Londiani, British East Africa, Oct. 26.—Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit and others of the hunting expedition ar- rived here today and met Carl E. Ak- erly, who is collecting epecimens for the American Museum of Natural History at New York. Tomorrow the party will proceed to Eldama ravine. SENATOR M’CARREN'S FUNERAL, ACCIDENT IN CEMETERY. Stone Monument Overturned by the Crowd—Woman Injured. New York, Oct. 26.—A multitude of mourners, forming the largest funeral procession ever seen in Brooklyn, fol- lowed the body Patrick H. McCarren today from his ©0ld home to the Church of St. Vincent were held. and Ivary cemete from the church fo his last resting place. Political friends and foes alike of | the dead democratic leader attended | the funeral. One hundred end ten senators and assemblymen of the state legislature, of which the dead leader was long a member, headed by Wieutenant Gov- ernor Horace White, attended the funeral in a body. Several of the jus- tices of the suyreme court adjourned coutr for the ‘day and attended the services. Mayor McClellan and the heads of the New York city departments were among the pallbearers. 2 and the entire executive and zen committee of that organization, a placé in the funeral march, fimeral procession, which moved from the home of the senator’s aged moth- er, was headed by thirty mounted po- licemen and patroimen, and po- licemen were stationed at short inter- vals along the line of march. A score of civie, fraternal and political orghn- izations' marched with the cortege. The services at the church were sim— ple, ihe Rev. Thomas E. Carroll, pas- tor of St. Vincent de Paul, was the cel- ebrant of the requiem mass, and the Rev. Edward J. McCarty of St. Au- gustine’s church delivered the euloz Two-thirds of the church was reserv ed for those in the fuenral procession. At the cemetery, which is on Long Isicnd, the crush was so great that a heavy 'stone monument was overturn- ed, seriously injuring Mrs. Ellen Me» Connaghy of Brooklyn, who was pin- ned underneath it. When the shaft was raised off her body she was un- conscious and was hurried to a hos- pital, suffering from internal Injur- fes. When Senator MecCarren's coffin was borne from the hearse to the grave it was preceded by the honorary pall- bearers, among whom was Willlam J. Conners of Buffalo, chairman of the democratic state committee. The body was laid to rest in the McCarren plot, where the senator's wife and five chil- dren are buried. GIVES $107,000 TO CHARITY. Will of ClrnlinniFholu-stokn Filed for Proba New York. Oct. 26.—Specific be- quests amounting o $270,000, of which sum $107,000 goes to charitable and be- revelent institutions, are roade in the will of Carolina Phelps-Stokes, who died at Redlands, Cal,”in April last, which was filed for probate here today The residue of the estate, which is large, although the value is not given is left to a fund to be used for th: erection and improvement of tenemen: hcuses in New York city, to educate Africa amd the United North American Tndians and and deserving white students in inctstrial schools. Trustees are ap- pointed to adminfster this fund, amons whain wre Bishop David H. Greer of copal diocese of New York, lor MecCracken of New Yori rman Al- Twenty thousand dollars is bequeath- €d to the Ansonia free library at An- scnia, Conn., a similar sum is teft ty the American Humane Educati>ial sc- ciety of Boston and $20,000 also to the chool for girls at Northfield. ., \i-« ms f $30,000 are left several Tk stai- and southern insii The testatrix was a sister of Anson Pl p4-Stokes, who is appointed exec- uter GRABBED HANDFUL OF GEMS. Thief Threw Stone Through New York Jewelry Store Window. New York, Oc —The crowded sidewalk in Park row was littered with sparkiing diamonds this afternoon when an unkempt and ragged individ- ual hurled a stone through Hyman Greenberg’s jewelry store window and grabbed a handful of the gems rest- ing therein, valued at $1,000. While a policemagn struggled with the mawm the excited jeweler and a clerk raked te of Tabasco | up the gems. The prisoner gave the name of William Yy and wi up. charged with grand la “City Beautiful” Receive Severe Blow. Springfield, T1., Oct. 26.—A severe locked en blow to Chicago’s plans for a ‘“city beautiful” was dealt by the supreme today when a decision holding that the $5.000,000 structure to house | the Field Columbian museum, prowvid- | ed for in the will of the late Marshall Field, may not bhe erected in Grant park, a lake front plavground in the downtown district. Under the terms of the will the trustees still have three ars in which te obtain a site, but it doubtful if one near the heart of the city can be secured. Morgan Hacn't Bought the Walsh Propert; ‘New York, Oct. 6.—An authorized statement was made at the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. today, denying the report from Chicago that the Mor- gan firm intended to purchase the railroad interests of John R. Walsh, the former Chicago banker. It was further stated that Mr. Mor- #an had not been in Chicago and that the firm knew nothing about the re- ported disposal of the Walsh railroad properties. at Gettysbury, Gettysburg, Ph. Oct. z{-Atter a run of 128 miles from Philadelphia the New York [Jerald and Atlanta Journal the tour from New York be begun. of the late Senator | mor, democratic nominee for may AT HIS HOME IN BURLINGTON, VT, LAST EVENING. ATTACKED BY HEART DISEASE Last of the Union Commanders of the Civil War—He was Seventy-nine Years of Age. Burlington, Vt., Oct. 26.—General O. O. Howard, last of the Uniof com- manders of the civil war, died at his home in titis city tonight. Heart dis- case was the cause of the noted sol- dier's death. He was 79 vears old. ' ' Died in His Chair. Last veek General Howard was in Ontario delivering his lecture, “Abra- jham Lincoln.” His last public appear- ance was at London on Sunday night, On Monday he returned to his home in Burlington, and was apparently in his usual good health. Tonight while sit ting In a chair at his home he was attaked ‘by heart disease and was dead when a physician reached the house. The exact time of his death| was- 7.20 p. m. In More Engagements Than Any Oth- er U. S. Officer. . Including General Howard's services n the Indian wars, he was probably in_more cngagements that any other officer in the United States army. He was born in Leeds, Maine, November 8, 1830, NEW YORK CANDIDATES +«BRING OUT NOTHING NEW. | Name of Democratic Candidate Elim- inated from Independence League Emblem. New York. Oct. William J. Ga and Otto T. Bannard, the republican candidate, both spoke in Manha tonight, but W. R. Hearst, who. is running {ndependently, made it a night of rest Gaynor addressing a gathering under the auspices of the Democratic union at the Amsterdam opera house in West Forty-fourth street. Bannard appeared before a iabor mass meeting at Cooper Unio! Neither candidate brought out any thing new in their speeches, but cov ered ground that has been gone over before. During the afternoon the republican nominee addressed the Woman's Re- publican club at the Waldorf, during which he declared that if elected he would appoint women to the board of education. His remarks were received with applause. Thé “white slave” charge has not as yet subsided, although denounced on all sides by Tammany leaders as false and.a libel on the name of the city. It was announced tonight that the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Brith Abram was arranging for a mass meeting to protest against the charges so far as they relate, to Jewish women. > O Hearst followeils were jubilant to- night over the supreme court decision eliminating the names of Democratic randidates from the _independence league emblem, but Mr. Hearst, spend- ing a night of rest from stump and platform, made no personal comment on' the decision. NO RELEASE FOR THAW. Court of Appeals Overrules His Con- tention that He Was lliegally Com- mitted to Matteawan Hospital. Albany. Oect. 20 contention that he was illegally com- mitted to the Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane, following his acquittal on the charge bf murdering Stanford White in New York city, was overruled today by the court of ap- peals. The court sustained the appellate division, second department, which up- held a decision of Supreme Court Jus- dice Mills of White Plaing dismissing a writ of Rabeas corpus and refusing to order Thaw's release from Mattea- ¥ There was no opinion, the court taking the opinions of Justices Jenks and Rich of the appellate division. Poughkeepsie, Y., Oct. 26.—Charles Morschauser, Harry K. Thaw's attor- y, will continue Thaw's legal battles, , believing that Thaw was illegally committed to Matteawan state hos- pital, Mr. Marschauser said tonight that he would carry the case to the United Stateg supreme court. TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM. Meriden Offers Tract of Land and Buildings to the State. Meriden. ‘Oct. 26.—At the special town meeting held here this evening & resolution was adopted giving an un- conditional transfer of a tract of land and buildings to the state for the pro- posed new ituberculosis senitorium to be be buiit and operated by the state. Kissel and Harned Escape Under Statute of Limitations. New York, Oct. 26.—Gustave Kissel and Thomas B. Harned, who twere among those indicted along with the American Sugar Refining company for criminal conspiracy under. the federal anti-trust laws, will escape under the provisions of tbe statute of limita- according to an opinion handed todav by Justice Holt of the United States circait court. The opinion is a far-reaching one. ording to the government attor- neys, and, if upheld. is likely t& prov a serious’ sethack to the government in many cases bréuzht under the law prohibitibg conspiracy in restraint of trade. Funeral of Associate Justice Peckham Today. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 26.—As a tribute to Rufus W. Peckham, late associate justice of the supreme court of the nited States, the court of appeals to- day spread upon its minutes a memo- ria. and adjourned until after the fu- neral tomorTow. CELief Justice Fuller and other judges ol the United States supreme court, who are to officiate as honorary pall- Dbearers at the funeral of their col- league, arrived here tonight from Washington, . Cancellation of Charter of United States Life Endowment Company. Chicago, Oct. . ~Appointment of a recelver and a cancellation of - the charter of the United States Life En- dowinent company, with headquarters in this Jdty, and with alleged lLiapilities of $462.725 against agsets of $32,387, 18 sought 1o u bill filed in the superior court today by Fred W. Potter, insnr- ance superintendent of lino! Ite s ('hal‘[P:" Ifnd'lhr bill’ thfil the l":nnlll)‘ operat trary to law and that new iremiums had heen used to pes out: standing - ‘Harry K. Thaw's |- WILLING TO PLEAD GUILTY AND SAVE LONG TRIAL. CORONER'S INQUEST AT ISLIP Old Town Hall Growded With Curious Spectators—Gebhardt and His Wife and Others Testify. New York, Oct, 2 ederick Geb- hardt, allas Otto Mucller, evincing ab- solutely no emotion, told at the cor- oner’s inquest at Islip, L. L, today, how he had murdered Anma Luther, the German girl whom he bigamously mar- ried, in a clump of Long Island wood— land ‘@ year ago last April. After having confessed fully to the police vesterday. it was no surprise when he took the sand today and stolidly repeated that he was the mur- derer.” Before testifying he reccived the usual legal warning, but he elected neverthieiess to tell his story. As he testified, his other wife, known as Mrs. Gebhardt, accompanied by her two children, 'sat near by. She had previ- ously gone on the stand and testified to her husband’s general good charac- ter and his kind treatment of her, for she i remaining leyal to him despite bis confession of crimé and the fact that he married the Luther girl. Shot the Girl Twics Gebhardt testified that he had shot the girl twice, then fled precipitately and returned- to his home at Astoria. L. T, the same home at which he was arrested on Sunday night. He said he had not gone again to the vicinity of the murder until a few weeks ago, when he took a woman there to look over some land which he hoped to sell her. His brazen attitude and apparent fenrlessness-at that time was indicated when he said today that on this visit he was accompanied by his wife. Al- though he knew that the Luther girl’s bones were lying not far away, ducted the party about the vicinity with no show of terror. Expects to Escape First Degree Con- viction, The prisoner was asked the usua! formal questions to establish the mur- der, then he was led away to a cell The inquest will be resumed on Fri- day, when several persons who first viewed the body after its discovery will be called. Gebhardt announced today that he had not retained counsel and hoped he would not need a lawyer, as he was willing to plead guilty and save the mse and trouble of a long trial, with the expectation of escaping first degree murder conviction, which means death In the electric chair. Murderer's Wife Tectifie The old town hall at Islip was jam- med with curfous onlookérs when the inquest was begun today. Mrs. Geb- hardt."the wife, was the first witness called. She said thatgshe and her hus- band had not quarreled often and that "I 7/Af been a considerate husband and fond of the two children, “The woman Was almost as calm on the stand while telling of her family relations as was her husband, who testified Jater. She had never sus- pected him of having married another woman, she said, not even when he went to Europe with the Luther girl. He wrote her regularly, she said, and she had no reason to suspect that he had contracted a bigamous marriage. Under severe cross examination she finally admitted that Gebhardt had struck her recently and had threatened 1o put her and the two children in a charitable institution, but on the whole her testimony. was strongly In defense of the murderer. Other witnesses who knew the Lu- ther girl and were aware of Geb- hardt’s marrying her went on the stand while others identified the Jjewelry found near.the skeleton, SUIT AGAINST HA}TERS' UNION. Abstracts from Gompers' Deposition Read—Union Label and Boycotts. Hartford, Oct. 26.—Abstracts from deposilions made by President Gomp- ers of the American Federation of Labor and by Secretary Morrison of | the same organization, together with excerpts from the Federalist and oth- er labor nublications, occupied the at- tention of the jury today in the suit of D. E. Loewe of Danbury against 240 members of the Hatters' unon of this state. / The Sompers contribution was”in the “o:m of a sketch of the American Federation of Labor, prepared in 1904, It zave an account of the labor press throughout the country, and contain- jed a list of labor journals. The de- position of Secretary Morrison gave an account of how the United Hatters of North America became affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor. Attorney Davenport continued to' read for the enlightenment of the jury reports of convention doings relative to boycott. Again and again the at- torneys for the defense raised objec- tions. but the court invariably admit- ted the testimony either in whole or in part. . The committee on labels and | Doyeotts at the federation convention | in"1896 reported that it was not on the daty of the union men to buy arti- «cles having the union label. but to see | that, their wives and families did like- | wise. Stranger Killed by Cars at Southing- | ton. Southington, Conn., Oect. —A | stranger. who apparently was a labor- er, was killed by the afterncen sauth- bound train here. The body was bad- Iy mutilated. The man had heen seen about town during the morning and had started out of town over the track. The train was in charge of Conductor Neil, with Engineer Watson. The body was brought liere by an under- | taker. Earnings of Pullman Company. Chicago, Oct, 26.—The amnmual re- port of the Pullman company for the fiscal year ended on Ju! 31 shows grass garnings of $33.801,1 The net | earnings were $10,948.201. or 10.94 per | cent. on its cupital stock. The sur- plus for the year after the payment of 8 per cent. on the company’s shares was $2,949.000. raising the total sur- plus-to 39,995,000 During the last preceding year the company earned 9.78 per cent. on ity capital. & _"_Halley's Comet Brighter. Cambridge, Muss., - Ocl. %6 Phe Harvatd college obkervatory reported today.that Halley's comet appears 1o be growing brighter soimewhat rapid- i It was seen withour dificulty on Jctober 17 by Professor Wendell of the observatory with the 15-inch equa. torfal and by L. Carapbell with the dnich reflector of the Harvard observa- eht | Hime Re- sueat of Orfent ~-The German-Chinese Hish School ;v:a formally opened in Tsingtau, Chi- The Peruvian Con »m. sanc. uo\:ned the Pemvl-n!rB“orlvhn roto col. The Chinese Goyernment has sent 47 students to enter #merican colléges and universities, President Zelaya of Nicaragua has denied passports to Am ans to leave Nicaragua by the north. Wilbur Wright Demonstrated at (ol lege Park his ability to glide to earth In his acroplane_atier shutting off hi J #mong the Lost were Four Passengers, All Scotch Lad- dies—Ihe Ship was Bound from Glasgow for St. Jobn and Baltimore—Ran Into lieavy Northeast Gale —Man at Wheel Mistook the Lights. motor, The Census Bureau’s Report shows that 5,525,591 bales of cotton had been ginned frony/the growth of 1908 to Oc- tober 18. Mrs. R. K. Hawley of Cleveland, 0., a cabin passenger on the steamer Cedric, died as the ship was entering the port of New York. A Family of Five, lost in the Impe- rial Desert in California, were rescued after being within 200 yards of water and unable to go farther. The Ashes of Mrs. Murgaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, are to e sent from Colorado Springs to Richmond. The Seven Year Sentence of Thomas W. Harvey, connected with the wreck- ed Enterprise National bank of Alle- gheny, Pa., has been commuted to three ‘years. Chief Justice Fuller Announced the death of Associate Justice Rufus W. Peckham from the bench of the su— preme court, after which the court adjourned for a week. Walter Ford, Colored, who attacked Florence Harvey at Landover., Md., was indicted by the grand jury in Washington for crimes committed in the District of Columbia. Following the Prediction of & clair- voyant. the body of John W. Wheeler has been found in Lily pond, -near Gloucester, Mases,, after 200 men had intermittently searched for three weeks. TAFT ON THE MISSISSIPPI, EN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS To the Deep Waterways Convention— Voice Still Husky. Hickman, Ky, Oct. 26.—After twen- ty-four hours on the Mississippi river, with a mile or so0 on the Ohio thrown in, President Tafc arrived at Hickman this evening and made an addres from a stand erected on the levee, This being Mr. Taft's only stop in Kentucky on his present trip, people came, from all parts of the state to greet™him. Tonight the excursion fleet of a doz— en or more packets which the presi- dent is leading to the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterwawy convention at New Orleans is proceeding down the river under -a brilliant. moon just .round- ing to fullness. The weather is de- Hghtfuily conl only by a-few members navy, in charge-of the lighthouse dis- trict from Cairo to New Orleans. Commander Tillman has been on the Mississippi river for four years, and knows its possibilities, its dicultics, its disappointments, and its vagaries. The president is hopeful that some pen can be devised by which at least teu feet of water can be secured at all ne. He saw todey. however, many caving banks, evidences of how the channel constantly fs undergoing rad- ical changes and how the piecemeal work of improvement in the past has gome for naught. Tn the three brief speeches he deliv- ered with husky voice today at Cape Girardeau, Mo., at Cairo, Ill., and at Hickman, Mr. Taft reiterated his po- sition in “favor of deep waterways wherever it can be demonstrated that the plans for improvement are feas- ible, are nmecescary and can be carried to completion without a too great ex= penditure of money At Cairo the president was followed by Speaker Cannon. who declared that he approved President Taft's declara- tion in nearly -every particular.’ and wished he could approve them all. He still balks, however, at the president's proposal to issue bonrs to-carry for- ward the work of improvement, once it has been decided upon. Mr. Cannon declared the work shou!d be carried jon oniy as rapidly as it could be | paid_for out of the current funds in | the treasury. OFFICERS ELECTED. | Convention of the Ui ist Church. Bienni ersal- Detroit, Mich., Oct. 25.—An amend. ment to the constitution of the Uni versalist church proposed by Rev. E. now in vogue and vest real admifis- known as the president of the Univer- salist in the United States, failed by a few votes today to recelve the necessary two-thirds majority in the biennial convention of the. Uni- versalist church. The matter aceord- ngly was laid over until the next bi- i) convention. A similar propoeal e Wp at the convention two years ago, but was ruled out of orde Springfield, Mass., was today se- lected as the next conyention city, and the following officers wepe oo ed: President, Charles 1. Hutchin- sor agoy vice pri o B Butterfield. Detroit: sceretary, Lo M Atwood, Rochester. N, I treasurey B. 1. Endeiott, Boston; Lrustees fo S w iams, . and ¥, Perkins, Lyin, Mass Another prominent incident of to- day’s convention programme was the receipt of nine pledges of $1.090 each for the raising of the convention debt of $28,000. The nine pledges. followed each. Raw. A. J. Torslieff of Winchester, ) plece of the old bell and » cross made from the woodwork of the ehurch at which was destroyed by fire last ‘montH. Traffic Completely Tied U Westbrook, Conu. Get was completely tied up late his after- | LoON vel the turnpike road befween | New Haven and New London by -tne | givivg awsy of Wright's brigee uhder the weight of & steam Toad roller pass- H ing over it. The road roller cmbeds it will ‘be necessary o bring 4 to remove it. 1t il probably eral davs betore trafc will ed over the highway. . LINE STEAMER LOST — DONALDSON . [Went Ashore on 0ld Proprietor Ledge, Off Seal Cove, Grand Manan, Early Tuesday i BUT SIX OUT OF FORTY PERSONS SAVED Eastport, Me., Oct. 26.—The North Atluntic’s annual toll of human lives and vessels received the first tithe of the winter season from its tributary— the Bay of Fundy least a seo #aved. They wape forced to cling to their impaled craft, shifting their pre- cagious positions often as the steamer was being tossed by the great seas. It was not until 3 p. m. today that life- | savers from the Seal Cove station were | able to man their boats and reach the stranded vessel. When rescued, the survivors were in a weakened state, after their fourteen hours' ordeal. oday, in’the loss of soul- and the inside of Old Grand Manan, steamer Hestia, bound for St. John and Baltimore. Four of Victms Were Passengers. Four of the from Glasgow oung Scotch iaddies—were passengersin the ill-fat— ed steamer, and the others were mem- bers of the crew. and twenty or. more members of the crew were last seen this morning in a ship’s boat which and buffetted on the aggravated making still more dangerous the e treacherous tides which rush into and out of the Bay of I"und; Mate Stewart, Second | gan, Seamen Keene, Mc and’ McVickar. | livad to have been responsible for the Hestia's fate | that a mistake of the man at the wheel | in believing he had picked up Gannett Rock light, while really discerning the gleams of the lighthouse on Machias | Seal Island, several miles southwest, carried the 'ship many miles off her course steamer when shoal at 1 a. m. this morning, only six PRICE TWO CENTS. ~ The Known Saved. 4 Those known to be saved are: Third gineer Mor- enzie, Smith Many Off Her Course. A heavy northeasterly gale Is be- although it is supposed FIVE LITTLE ORPHANS TRADE UNION CRITICISM BURN IN NURSERY.J Children Caught Likeé Rats in Trap on Second Floor. Ex-President Eliot Lives in an Age He Bynehburg, Va all inmates of the incinerated. in a fire which totally de- stroyed Shelter the girls, at the Virginia Synod Pres- Byterfan Orphan All the victims lived in this Washington, Oct. 26— “Former | President Bliot of Ifarvard has now nothing to occupy him but to talk; | he lives in an_age he does not under= stan said Samuel Gompers, presi- | dent ‘of the American Federation of Labor, in a_ statement lssued tonight in reply to Dr. Eliot's criticisms of { trade unionism at Kenyon college, | Oh floor of the wing of the building and they were caught by the fire in a man their rescue and commerc ment has gon. Gompers. “The dustry, in which combinations, cor— was discovered When she saw that it was impossible to get the children | out by the stairway, the entire base ment and first floor at that time Priest, the cook. cerns their influence upon the indi- viduality of the | sub-division ing would soon fall, she rushed to the third story and let out fifteen When these children were all safe, Mrs. Priest had to jump for her life gnd in°doing so was seriousiy Injured - viver | Dr-R. H. Fleming, the superintendent, {r;n:mqnut] e L L ey bWy 'at T lme of the fre. wnd hous there were no men about except some o S g o 1 e R partt, and is the guest of Commander E. H. Tillman oflhe United States | TAFT COCKTAIL STORY IS PROMPTLY DENIED. ident Got Off the | Water Wagon at St. Louis Is Branded. Report That Pre | ARTHUR P. HEINZE CAME v club, where Presid breakfasted yesterday morning, as the guest of the Commercial indignant today over & story Tocally and attributed to the authority of the club’s head waiter, that Presi- dent Taft had drunk a big cocktail, at the club, thus “falling off the wa- Stay of Execution and Release on B: the United Copper company, came t he had added six big cups of o ‘the cocktail was also|® ten days sentence this afternoon, black coffee but at the last moment Judge Ward As a matter of fact, the club officials well the presi- dent was dieting, that he had recent- drinking alcoholie granted a stay Iy abstained from beverages merely as a dletary plan and for reasons of health, nd the service to him was governed accordingly. LIFE SAVING CREW WATCH APPROACHING BALLOON. for a writ of error. a time when the government was at- tempting to get hold of the books of the United Copper mpany, Acting on this conviction, Judge Ray in the » Launched Their Boat in Anticipal Newbury, Mass., Oc with aoprehension rapidly approaching balloon, soaring ile high, the life saving crew island, off this convicted was a wilful, deliberate and atternoon in anticipation of having to rescue a lone pilot from the sea. the balloon ever, it was brought rapidly to earth little more than a mile from the shore line, J. B. Benton of W. Perkins of Lynn, Mass. to change | ton gave a last yank at his valve rope < i of nd stepped out. iBe loose form of consrépstibdafieny &M iebped out her ve powe i bury in an hour and fritive power in o single;BedB pu ] Ny I an hour and an elevation of six thousand feet. GIRL FATALLY BURNED "a Small Jack-0'- the distance at While Playing Wi loon among them: John D. Rockefelle 36.—Leta, the six year old d. , of this city, d hospital tonight as flames in contaci with her dress and fin s minute the rushed to the scene, but fwinted as she started to tear the clothing away and fell with the burning garments The only part of the child’s not burned off was her Farmer Shot Wife and Committed LY. 26, —William the announcement of a campalen 10 | prarnisnn. a well to do farmer lvine secure twenty-eight pledgesc of $1.900 | about twe miles from Springyille, county, today shot and perhaos fatal- Iy wounded hix wife and shot himself B, presented o the convention 4 | gog. about _seven | for the last day was the election of Today Harrison Jouded a wagon for market and driving Winchester in which the Universalist | u; to the kitchen door called for hi denomination was started in 1803, and | wite. When she appeared he fired & rge of buckshot nto her face. though frightfully wounded, Mrs. Har- rison reached a neighbors ho party of farmers « for Hayrison Teamic | Kisehen foor Steam Road Roller Broke Bridge— had placed the shiotguu (o his forenead and =hgved ‘the The top of his nead way blown off Steamship Arrival Copenhugen d itself in the umhr‘ullhklg and | States, from New York. k Oct. 22, Aliey o from 1 Wy et 26, Vaderiand, | Yoru o ANSWERED BY GOMPERS. Does Not Understand. last night time Dr. Eliot was men- of appreciating Industrial 1 conditions, develop- continued - Mr, entration of In- porations and trusts have dei-sped all escaped him in so far as work; The division, d_specialization of la- bor has ren ‘41 the workers abso- lutely helpless individually, and it only by association in trade unions ang federations that the toilers can obtain scme of the rights which as individuale they are totally unable to maintain. “The organizations of labor of today are the best defenders of the rights of the workers arid the promoters of real democracy. The labor organizations on their mission despite the misunderstanding and consequent hos- tility of Dr. Ellot. They will Hve long after he and I are gone. z NEAR LANDING IN TOMBS. at La: Moment, ' New York, Oect. 26.—Arthur P. Heinze, assoclated with his brother, F. Augustus Heinze, in the affairs of pretty near landing in the Tombs for in the United States eircuit court £ execution and Heinze's release under $2,500- bail pending the filing of an ‘application Helnze was convicted some time ago of advising a witness to evade the service of a grand jury subpocna at United States circuit court sentenced him to pav & fine of $250 and to serve ten days in prison In passing sentence, Judge Ray said that th Te: of ‘which he stood premeditated obstruction of the ad- ministration of justice. “You advised the covering up and hiding and fur- nishgd the moncy for witnesses to leave the jurisdiction of the cour he said. “and the administration of the law must be respected.” Then he pro- nounced sentence. ANTI-SALOON CAMPAIGN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY Rockefeller Contributing Liberally to the Cause. New York, Oct. 26— Westchester county, in which the suburban homes of many wealthy New Yorkers are | cated, is in the throes of an anti campalign which has enlisted the interest of many prominent residents, who is credited with throwing his influence on the side of the “drys” and contrib- uting ltberally to their cause, Pregident O. 8. Goan of the National npany i% at the head of the shich is pushing the “dry"” in the town of Greenburgh, n interests charge that thou- ands of dollars are heing expended by the no-license forpes TWO DAYS' CONFERENCE ©Of the Bricklayers’, Masons’ and Plas- terers’ Unions of Cennecticut. Meriden, Conn., 26.—The two- days’ stat co of the Brickl ers’, Masons’ and Plasterers' unions in this city came to a close this after- noon. The business of most importance > officers. the result being as follows President, Charles Reih] first vice president, E. J. y terbury; second vice pr , W. B Gingell, Torrington; treasurer, Walter Kingsbury, New Britain; _secretary, Philip G.”McDermott, New Haven. Messrs, Gingell, Kingsbury and Me- Dermott, were re-elected, The fallowlng were appointed to the home fund: M. I, Burns, Bridgeport; Glugell, Porring enry enwlch; J Meakiu, + B Bussell, Meriden, 2 Capt. James Crocker Dewd at Stoning- ten. Stouington, Conn., Oct, s I Crocker, S0 years old, died At s home iiere foday from m >