Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 1, 1909, Page 1

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia Elect Governors and Full State Tickets nmmi CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK CITY Party Lines Have Been So Shattered that Political Mana- gers are Guessing at Pluralities—First Municipal Election in San Francisco Since Enaction of Iew Di- rect Primaries L.aw—Reform Question a Feature. —_— Elections will be held next Tuesday in many states and cities throughout the country. Three states will elect nd full state tickets, name- husetts, Rhode Island and » ersey will elect both branches of the legislature, the members of the upper branch having a voice in the melection of a successor to United States Senator John Kean in 1911 Pennsylvania will elect a state treas- urer, auditor general and judge of the supreme court and three university regents. In point of interest and excitement, the three municipal campaigns of the great metropolitan_cities, New York, Philadelphia and ‘San Francisco, far _ exceed that of the state contests. In each of these municipal comtests the reform question is a dominant issue, and charges of corruption have been freely made. Practlcally all of the contests, state and municipal, are on local issues, with no national ques- tions involved, except in Massacliu- setts, where the question of an.in- come tax amendment to the federal constitution figures to some extent 1. the choice of members of the legisla- ture, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts campaign has been short and sharp. Gov. Eben S. Draper, republican, is seeking re-elec tion against James H. Vahey, demo- crat, who opposed Governor Draper in the campaign of last year. Rhode lsland. The same candidates for governor who opposed each other last year again head the ticket this year, Gov. Aram J. Pothier being the republican nominee and Olney Arnold the demo- cratic. The democrats are making a particularly stubborn contest over the election of James A, Willlams as at- torney gegeral. New York. Chief interest in New York has been centered in the whirlwind municipal campaign of New York city, which has been one of the bitterest ever held in the metropolis. With three mayor- candidates In the field, Justice %h- J. Gaynor, the democratic and . momainee, Otto T. Bannard, ?"“.‘.fiw o ‘standard bearer, and R. - leading the civic party s have been shat- 0 & degree that political man- v guessing at pluralities for The issues of the campaign are the ‘Tammany 1 and an effort of the republican and civil alli- forges to capture control of the of estimates and apportigument, wl will have control of vast outlays of money for subways and other large municipal expenditures amounting to many millions of dollars. Charges of corruption and vice made by opponents of Tammany Hall have resulted in a camj of personalities to which ther have in great measure Foen ted. > elections 1‘:0 'msb. held at Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse ) other upstate places. In the tate & delegation to the lower In Pennsylvania the chief interest is contest heing waged In Philadel- ‘where the reform element is en- g _to break the power of the republican organization. New Jersey. t that the eight state senators ¢ in New Jersey this year ‘each have a vote at the session of for a United States senator to Senator John Kean adds about #the only statewide interest to the elec- Virginia. campalgn in Virginia has been masked by unusual apathy this year. ¥ 4 o ? 1 and acted more noisily. Finally he be- gan to scowl, in evident desire to be heard, and slowly the tumult and the shouting died down. In the period before Hearst's arrival Madames Rita Fornia and Olive Frem- stad of the Metropolitan Opera com- pany “sang operatic selections. The corners of the garden were illuminated outside with five great gas flares, paid for by the Gas Consumers’ league, in acknowledgement of Hearst's services in procuring eighty cent gas for the citizens of New York. In his speech Hearst summed up the issues on which he has made his cam- puign and upon which Greater New York wm vote on Tuesday. Other Meetings. The Hearst gathering was the prin- cipal political meeting of the evening, although minor democratic and repub- lican meetings were held throughout the city. Among the more prominent of these was a mass meeting on the Bowery addressed by Tammany lead- ers, including both “Big Tim” and “Little Tim" Sullivan. Forecast of the Result. Former Police Commissioner Bing- ham denounced Tammany from _the pulpit again today and Herbert Par- sons, chairman of the republican coun-. ty committee, issued a statement to- night which he said was his final fore- cast of the election. He estimates the vote for Bannard will be 260,000, that for Gaynor 190,000 and that for Hearst 140,000. The leaders of the other two candidates profess equal' confidence in the outcome. TAMMANY SCATHINGLY DENOUNCED IN PULPITS Invasion of East Side Lodging Houses for lllegal Registrations, New York, Oct. 31.—At most of the churches in New York today, ser- mons dealing with the election were listened to by large congregations. As on last Sunday, Tammany hall was scathingly denounced, by inference if not by name. At the Metropolitan temple, Rev. John W. Hill spoke on “The, Duty of the Voter,” and pleaded earnestly for patriotism at the ballot box. Isp't it time, he asked, that the people should rise and put an end to a reign of political corruption more strartling, audaciovs and defiant than the infamous Tweed ring in its paimiest days? At Carnegie hall, Rev. Dr. Felix Ad- ler discussed “Thé Present Contest and the Final Emancipation of New York.” He decried Tammany hall as a general proposition, but did not hes- itate to say that it was not Tammany per se that he objected to. It was the system that permitted Tammany to exist. One of the causes of this, he said, was the imperfect yiew taken, s a people. of democracy. East Side Lodging Houses Searched. Legal precautions preceding the election resulted today in an invas- ion of lodging houses on the East Side by Superintendent of Elections Leary and forty deputies. ; In the score of lodging houses vidited ahout four thousand sieep nightly and about 1,200 registered from these places as their homes. ~Every man in them, from midnight to sunrise, was poked in the ribs, made to get up, answer to his name, and tell his age, nativity and length of residence in the state. Superintendent Leary had with him cards containing all this information, copied from the registration books, and when the answers did not tally with the card, .the man was marked for further aftention. Leary said that out of the 1,200 men who had registered from these lodgings, a large proportion had done so illegally, and warrants for the arrest of several hun- dred will be sworn out tomorrow. In several of the houses there was the so-called disfranchising amendment to the state constitution, admittedly designed ‘to' eliminate the-negro as a political factor in that state. Ohio. Municipal and township officers will be elected In every community in Ohio. The mayoralty contest in Cleve- land is_attracting the most attention. Mayor Tom L. Johnson is a candidate for the fifth term on the democratic ticket. * Indlana, ‘The temperance question is promi- nent in the municipal campaigh held in Indiana and s a leading issue at In- danapolis. Nebraska. No Important {ssues are at stake in the election in Nebraska. California. With the continuance of the brihery and graft prosecutions hegun four ears ago as the issue the voters of Francisco will go to the polls next Tuesday for the first municipal cam paign held since the new direct pri- marles law was enacted. Intercst in the election hinges largely upon the district attorneyship. CANDIDATES PUTTING ON THF FINISHING TOUCHES. Enthusiastic Uproar for Hearst—Fore. cast of Tuesday’s Election, New York, /Oct. $1—While William J. Gaynor and Otto T. Bannard, the democratic and republican candidates for mayor, respectively, rested tonight and will put the finishing touches on their campaign tomorrow, William R. Hearat, running fof the ‘wceond time independently, -closed hix campgign at Madison Square Garden, where he w. cheered for thirty-two minutes. Great Roar for Hearst. * The cheering was spontancous and ‘enthusiastic. 1t Broke ‘Wwith a great ‘sosd, as Hearsy 1) w0 police- ‘shawls from their hats of bunting . Women threw the balconies, ‘men o the alr and_every In the hall was aflutter. - For the Arst ten niinutes Hearst niled and bowed. Puring the next opposition to the authorities on the part of the clerks, two of whom were arrested. The Complicated Official Ballot. The complicated official ballot brought forth a statement from the Citizens’ union tonight, urging the adoption of the Massachusetts form of ballot. “By actual count” says the state- ment, “there are 104 duplications and unnecessary places - on the ballot, which is fifty-two per cent. of the total number. Tn addition there are five columns which are blank except for the mayor, comptroller and pres- ident of the board of aldermen, and two other columns which contain but two names each. Three-fourths of the ballot is therefore wasted.” Next to Last Speech bv Gaynor, Justice Gaynor’s next to last speech of the campaign—the last will be made in Harlem tomorrow night—was de- livered in Brooklyn at the Masonic temple this afternoon. He called at- tention to the mailmg of circulars by his enemies to the voters of Greater New York for the alleged purpose of arousing religious prejudice against him. He characterized them as “lying circulars thal no newspaper could be mduced to print” . - “By computatipn,” he went on, “1 fAind that the circulars sent out must have cost in the neighborhood of § 000 and $14,000 additional spent for postage. These circulars I believe were mailed to New York city from Chicagos' 1 did not think such a thing was possible.” Judge Gaynor reiterated that he, if flected mayor, would not be dominat- ed by any political Dboss. Instantly Killed in Auto Head-On Col- s lision. . Marlboro,fil Oct. 31.—Julian P, Strauss, secretary of the Gross-Strauss Department Store company of Worces- ter, was almost instantly killed, and Arthur W. Beaman, secretary and treasurer. of ‘kbridge Machine compauy fof ter, seriously in- Juped ' % tied collision between two autonobilés on the Boston. roud here tonight, U. 8. Congressman Lassieter Dea Richmond, Va., Oct. 21—Francis R. Lassicter, congressman from the Fourth Virginia district, died very sud- denly in Petersburg at 3.10 o'clock this afternoon of paralysis of the heaft. The Engines of the American Dread- nought, the North Dakota, were re- versed in ten seconds Paragraphs Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, Oct. 31.— King Menelik was stricken with apo- plexy on Thursday night. His condi- tionis considered dangerous. Paris, Oct. 31.—The cabinet has #u- thorized M. Millerand, minister of public works, posts and telegraphs, to work out the project for a maritime postal service between France and Canada, as provided in the French- Canadian commercial treaty. Helsingfors, Oct. 31.—The represent- atives in the Finnish diet from the city and province of Viborg Saturday issued a protest t the proposed seperation of Viborg from Finland and appealed to the “promises of Russian monarchs -and the sense of justice of the Russian people.” Paris, Oct. 31.—The romancs rounding “Count” and “Countess” Gu- bata, who were arrested recently on the charge of having obtained jewels to a large amount by fraudulent means, has collapsed, the police hav- ing discovered that Gubata was a waiter in various hotels in Austria and is not the son of Archduke Othon, as he represented. AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN, TWO MEN KILLED And Another Severely Injured— Brookiyn Doctor One of the Dead. New York, Oct¥:31.—Dr. William J. Terwilliger and Robert Welch, a real estate dealer, both of Brooklyn, were instantly killed and Gilbert Rhodes, a law. student of Milton, N. Y., was se- vepely Injured whefl an automobile in which they were riding was struck- by a Long Island passenger train at Lyn- brook, L. L, today. The party was re- turning from Long Beach, a seashore resort, and apparently tried to pass over the railroad crossing ahead of the passenger train. The train was run- ning at high speed and when the en- gine struck the automobile the occu- pants of it were hurled high into the air.© Dr. Terwilliger and Mr, Welch both had their skulls crushed and were| dead when picked up. Mr. Rhodes was in a semi-conscious condition and was rushed to a hospital at Jamaica, wherc tonight it was said that his condition was grave. Dr. Terwilliger was a well known practitioner in Brooklyn and Mr. Welch was a member of the real estate firm of Ross & Welch of Brooklyn, DIED OF WHOPPING COUGH NEAR HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. John S. Kennedy, Lawyer, Financier t, of New York. Stewart lawyer, financier and philan- thropist, died at his home here today of whooping - cough. He was within two months of his 80th birthday, and is survived by a widow. Mr. Kennedy was a director of many. large corporations and identified with many religious and charitable institu- tions. Mr. Kennedy leaves a large estate, including $10,000,000 in Northern Pa- cific stock and $7,000,000 in Great Northern. TURFMAN R. L. THOMAS STABBED BY JOCKEY. No Statement of How Quarrel Arose Was Available Last Night. New York, Oet. 31.—R. L. Thomas, the well known turfman of Paris, Ky. was stabbed in the left breast at th Sheepshead Bay track this afternoon by Carol Schilling, one of his pockeys, His condition is serious. Schilling was arrested tonight at his boarding place near the track, after Thomas' physician had become con- vinced that his patient's injuries de- manded that the matter be reported to the police. No statement of how the quarrel arose was-available tonight. FLEET AT MANILA. Pacific Squadron Reaches the Philip- pines Ahead of Time. Manila, Oct. 31.—The United States Pacific fleet, Rear Admiral Sebree commanding, entered Manila bay at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, two days ahead of its schedule,.The voyage from Honolulu was uneventful. The cruisers anchored off the city at 5.20 o'clock. Rear Admiral Harber, commander of the Asiatic squadron of the Pacific fleet, and Rear Admiral Nazro, stationed at Manila, and other naval officials boarded the Tennessee and welcomed Admira] Sebree. ‘A committee of citizens also went ai.had the flagship, extending the hospitality “of the city and outlining a programme of entertainment for the officers and enlisted men of the fleet. On Sunday Admiral Sebree will make “| official calls upon Vice Governor Forbes, Major General Duvall. com- manding the department of the Phil- ippines, and Major General Carter, commanding the department of Vis- ayas. The men of the fleet will be given shore leave on Sunday. On Monday the fleet will coal, in preparation for the target and_ battle practice, which wijl begin on Friday. It is expected t the practice and fleet manoeuvres will occupy three weeks. WHITE SLAVES IN CANADA. Traffic More Firmly Entrenched Than Ever, W. C. T. U. President Sa St. John. N. B, Oct. 31.—The white slaye traffic in the Dominion of Cana- da‘is more firmly entrenched than ever despite international efforts to eradi- cate it, according to the report of Mrs. S. R. Wright of London, Ont., presi- dent of the Dominion Women's Chris- tian Temperance union, in her address hefore the biennial convention of that organization Saturday. Mrs. Wright also dealt with the growth of Mormonism in w % ada. Mormon missionari erywhere, she said, and their converts were many. Continued war against the cigarette was urged and gratification was ex- pressed in the success of the organ- ization’s efforts to have liquor barred from the militia_camps in Canada. There are 11,725 members of the union in Canada, according to the re- port of Mrs. S. J. Odell of Ottawa, the treasurer. Bridgeport Man Instantly Killed by Trolley Car. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 31.—Patrick J. Quinn, aged 56 years, was killed on the East Washington avenue bridge trolley tracks at 7 o'clock tonight by a car _in chargesof Con v William: Leepertz and Motorman Paterson Mc- Dowell. .Quinn was wal down the south tracks and as the ¢ar approach- €d he crossed to the morth rails gnd Was ‘strack ana kliled Istaitigh Ao cotoner is im tng, - but 1o blame is axm:ma-“?: car’s crew. The man's body was found under the for- ward tzucks &nd Jacks were #ecured to raise the car before it could be re- moved. Deceased is survived by a widow andfour children. During the First Six Months of the present vear there were an of 28208 deaths ever DECLINED ALL INVITATIONS TO DINNER SUNDAY. KEPT BUSY IN NEW ORLEANS % ’f_ & Visited the Old French Quarter, the Naval Station and Jackson Barracks —In Jackson, Miss., Today. New Orleans, Oct. 31.—President Taft celebrated the termination of his trip down the Mississlppi river yesterday by addressing the delegates to the con- vention of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways association, which has as its object the improvement of the Mis~ sissippl river and fts tributaries. Kept on the Go All Day. President Taft went to bed on/his train tonight, thoroughly tired. “His New Orleans friends kept him on the go nearly all day. He made two speeches during the afternoon, visiting the naval station and Jackson bar- racks, rode through the old. French quarter and attended a sacred concert on the campus of Tulane university. Leaves for Jackson, Miss. This busy day, following the activi- ties and entertainments of yesterday nd last night, brought the president’s tay in New Orleans to a close. His train will leave before daylight for Jackson, Miss, where he will spend tomorrow. ‘The president was so tired when he got back to his hotel at Jark tonight that h2 declined all invitations to din ner, and had the meal served in his apartments, with Secretary of War Dickinson as a guest. An Interesting Drive. The drive through the old French quarter was interesting to the presi- dent, and be forbade any curtaliment of it. The ride followed the president's attendance at the morning services of the Unitarian church, where he heard a sermon on “The Interpretation of Life,” by Rev. H. E. Gilchrist. The historical ride ended, the presi- dent boarded a revenue cutter and was taken to the New Orleans naval sta- tion, where he made a casual inspec- tion. The cutter next conveyed him to Jackson barracks, where the president was entertained at a creole luncheon given by the officers of the Historical society. Sacred Concert at Tulane University. Back again in New Orleans,_ the president left the cutter to es an automobile, in which he was whisked away to Tulane university,where many thousands had assembled for a sacred concert. A chorus of four hundred meen and women sang “Dixie” as the president arrived. From a st4nd in the center of the campus the preasident made his second speech of the day. He retired on board his train at 10 o'clock tonight. " KENTUCKY STATE TROOPS ON GUARD ELECTION DAY ty of Bloodshed as Result of Bitter Campaign. Jackson, Ky., Oct. 31.—State troops will be on guard in Breathitt county tomorrow and Tuesday during the election and as long thereafter as there is probability of bloodshed a: aresult of the bitter campaign wages over county and district offices. Judge Adams, on whose application the troops were ordered out, is re- publican neminee for re-election as a cireuit_judge. His opponent is Judge D. B, Redwine’of Jackson, one of the attorneys for the defense in the nu- merous criminal and civil suits against the late Judge James Hargis. The calling out of troops fellowed a reign of terror on Friday and Satur- day. ~An armed body of men, alleg- ing that they feared fraud in the elec- tion, forcibly seized the official bal- lots on Friday and carried them to a remote part of the county where they defied .Sherift Crawford and deputies for some time. Probal THE WATER POWER QUESTION. Significant Statement by Government Forester Gifford Pinchot. Washington, Oct. 31.—The -practice of the goverriment in granting water power concedsions is outlined by Gif- ford Pinchot, United States forester, in a letter written to Colonel Henry L. Higginson of Boston., Mass., a director of the General Electric company. The letter takes the form of a public state— meny, and fs slgnificant now because of fhe widespread interest in the wa- ter power question. Mr. Pinchot seeks | to emphasize particularly that he does not wish- to retard the development of water powers by private capital. Summarizing. the eonditions imposed on all power permits, the government forester makes clear the point that the renewal of & permit at the end of fifty years is at the optien of the govern- ment: that it s my statutes revokable by the secretary of the interior, but unless revoked: continues fifty years, when it terminates without any special revocation, but may then be rénewed at the option of and on conditions to be fixed by the government. NO PLOT TO KILL JOHNSON. Man Wheo Discharged Revolver Near Cleveland’s Mayor Was Intoxicated. Cleveland, Oct, 31.—Joseph F. Olay- nick, an Austrian painter. who caused a sensation here Friday by firing a bullet througlr the window of a down- town cafe at the time Mayor Tom L. Johnson was entering. giving rise to the rumor that an attempt had heen made upon the life of the mays was arraigned in police court yester day. The prisoner said he was intox- icated at the time he fired the shot, but was angry because the bartender refused to serve him. Olaynick said he did not know May- or Johnson was near when he shot. He was fined $20 on the charge of vio- lating the firearms ordinance. New Haven Woman Found Dead. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 31.—Follow- ing a party at her home, 477 State street, Saturday night, Mrs. Willlam 8. XKinney was found dead this morning. Although her death is thought to have been due to natural causes, her hus- band and a friend, Charles Cooley, who .attended the party, are being detained pending an investigation by the cor- oner. Holyske Real Estate Broker Dead. Holyoks, Mass, Oct. 31.—Charles A. Corser, real estate broker and former state tenator amd répresentative, died Bere today He w * in the house of presentatives in 181 and the: senate ¥ 1881 snd 1901, atll republican can- didate for mayor in 1891. He was born in Lyndonville, Vt.. in 1822, and is sur- vived by his wife and four children. T fop consumption of, England is TWO WERE EXPLODED EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. N .OM Was lnjund, but Store Stocks Were Damaged — Quarrel Between Syndicates of Gamblers. Chicago, Oct, 31.—Two hombs were exploded ‘tonight in downtown build- ing occupied by gambling clubs. The bombs were the thirty-second and thirty-third that have been hurled in gambling estavlishments within the ast two years. No one was injured, but many windows were broken and store stocks were damaged. Plate Glass Windows Blown Out. The first bomb exploded soon after 6 o'clock in a building at 260 state street and the other followed fifteen minutes later in a building near La Salle and Madison streefs. In the State street ‘bujlding the Empire club, an alleged gambling organization, has its quar- ters, while the building at Madison and La Salle streetc houses the Worth Jockey/ club, which keeps a handbook on horse races. The acts are said to be due to a quarrel between syndicates of gamblers who operate in violation of the law. The explosion in State street tonight shook the heart of the city and win- dows in buildings within a radius of a block were broken. The concussion blew out plate glass windows in the front and all the windows in the rear of the structure. No Arrests Made. The police, after investigating the circumstances, found that the first bomb was set off apparently im the up- per floor of the building, occupied by e Empire club, formerly managed by Social” Smith and “Harry” Perry. A bomb was exploded there a_year ago last July. Since that time Smith and Perry sold out to a syndicate which began operations only a few days ago This syndicate, it is reported, had also obtained control of the Worth Jockey club in Madison street, where the second bomb was exploded tonight. No arrests were made. NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER CHARLES H. GAUS DEAD. Was'on a Hunting Trip in the Canae an Woods. Albany, N. Y. Oct. 31L—State Comptroller ~Charles H. Gaus died early today at a hunting lodge on the preserve of the Bourbinnais-Kiamika club on Long lake in the Laurentian mountains, P. Q. Canada, according to_a despatch received here today. The comptroller, who was a mem- ber of the club, left Albany about ten days’ ago for 'a brief hunting trip, intending to return before election. He bad been jll health for over a year, and although he had been felling bet- ter of late, ‘his friends tried to dis- suade him fram the trip because it involved a journey by wagon over for- ty miles northward into the Canadian woods from Papineauville, a station on the Canadian Pacific railroad between Montreal and Ottawa. He contracted a cold during the journey which brought on pneumonia, and_his condition became so serious on Thursday that Dr. Arthur Sautter, his physician, was summoned from this eity. Dr. Saufter, a son, Dr. Edward _Gaus, a daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell, and Robert Lenox Banks of Albany, weré with the comptroller when he died. Mrs. Gaus had been advised of her husband's serious illness and was preparing to leave for the camp tonight when a brief message was received this after- noon, telling of his death. The comptroller is survived by a widow, a _son, Dr. Bdward Gaus, a daughter, Mrs. a brother, ‘and two TWELVE MEN KILLED IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION. Accident at Cambria Stes! Company’s Works, Near Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 31.—Twelve men were Killed in’ the Cambbria Steel company’s coal mine, two miles from here, tonight as the result of what is supposed to have been a dynamite ex- plosion. All the dead are foreigners, Three men esc with_their lives by a perilous climb on life ladders through polsonous mine gas and fall- ing slate up the steep walls of the main shaft. At the time of the ex- plosion only fifteen workmen, all track layers, were in the mine. The explosion occurred at sundown as the workmen wére putting their tools away at the end of their day’s work. The concussion caused by the terrific subterranean blast shattered many windows in the mining village surrounding the mine. Hundreds of persons speedily gathered at the mine entrance. A force of men, working in shifts, began clearing the debris and fallen slate in the lower levels of the mine where the explosion occurred. Tt was hours before the workers, gained perceptible headway. When the final barrier of Tocks was passed the rescue party found twelve huddled forms close together, the bodies indicating the | | his head being . tc man had died Yale University Dramatic Club to Make Extended Trip. New Haven, Oct. 31,—The Yale Uni- versity Dramatic club will during the Christmas vacation make one of the most extensive trips vet undertaken. The itinerary includes performances at Orange, N. J. Baltimore. Wash- ington and’ New York city. _ Meriden, Bridgeport, Hartford and Waterbury will also see the play.” which, although it has noty been . selected, will be a comedy. The object of giving the production is to secure funds toward the erection of a special designed theater in New Haven, where it will be possihle to produce plays of Jiterary and artistic ‘merit. $6,000 Fire in Hartford. Hartford, Oct. 31—Fire in the build- ing occupiéd by the Hartford Post on Asylum street tonight, damaged the ‘building and the contents of the stores and offices to the extent of $6,000. The fire_started from an unknown cause in the back of the building, but was put out before gaining much headway. The heaviest losers are the American Tea [mporting company, 3 Frank Tei ) ers, $3,000; a N Norwalk Man Found Drowned: ~ Norwalk, Coun., Oct. 31.—The body of Jonn McMahon, 41 years, was found floating in the water of Bishop's mill- pond carly today.” MeMahon had missing from his home in upper N walk for the past week and is supposed to have fallen- Into the water whils Eapdciic, around.ihe banks .of. A nond. was unmarried Surgesn General Rixey' £ that the eradication of the he m | disease would prove a great benefit to the army and navy. ¥ Memorial Services in Honor of en. 0. O. Howard were®held at. Howar university, of which he was founder and former president. % Representative Tawne. ‘Washington to take a prel very of the estimates for appropria- tions for the next session of congres: Secretary Meyer Has Been Consid ering the Swift Report on the reorgan- ization of the navy yards, with a view of obtaining more effective co-opera- tion. < Imports Into the United States from the Philippine islands during Septem- ber, the first full month under the new tariff, aggregated $821,036, against 31,631,976 for the corresponding month of last year. The Names of 100 Men who are to assist in.raising Washington's $50,000 guarantee fund for the Baltimore- Washington aviation meet of 1910 were announced by Chairman Norment of the finance committee, In an Em:?s‘:: Break Up Unionism in the trade, the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, a subsidfary of the United States Steel corporation, will move two mills, employing 5500 men, from Bridgeport and Margins Ferry, 0., to other locations. SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. Attempt to Abrogate Rule Regarding Preliminary Examination. New Haven, Oct: 31.—Iv is stated semi-officially that the Sheffield scien- tific school, the second largest depart- ment of Yale university, favors the abrogation of the rule which compels a candidate for admission to pags his preliminary examination, in at least five subjects or otherwise repeat his work. The change, which is of the highest importance for the candiflates and for the preparatory schools, can- not be carried through unless adopted also by the other undergraduate branch, the academic department, but a similar movement is actively in progress in the academic depariment and in both departments the change of the rule is looked for before long. The movement for abolishing the rule has been immediately due to the returns from the enmtrance examina- tions for the two departments held last June and September. These show that in the academic branch no, less than forty=four per cent. of the pre- liminary candidates failed to receive preliminary certificates, and that in the scientific school a large number barely failed in the five subjects and must repeat. The scientific school authorities, it is understood, hold that the candidate should be given credit for any study in which he passes and that the five- subject restriction ought to be ‘abso- lutely done away with. In the aca- demic department the sentiment for the complete abrogation of the rale is not so pronounced dnd the oytcome may be a compromise in which the candidate may be given credit for each subject, but under the condition that within a certain time he make good in the other subjects and gets into college. PEACE IN BREATHITT COUNTY. ched in Fight for Ballots. Compromise R Tuesday’ Jackson, Ky., Oct. 31.—By a com-. promise entered into by the leaders of the democratic and republican fac- tions in this county, the tense situa- tion which has existed was relieved Saturday, when it was agreed that the ballots for all but three precincts which were forcibly removed from the deposit bank yesierday, should be de- livered to the clerks of alection re- gardless of political affiliation. The ballots for the three reserved precintes are to be turf®d over to the election |'tion of {h officers carly on Tuesday. The crowds of excited adherents of the tickets involved, who have swarm- ed into Jackson for the last two days. many of them heavily armed, began to disperse shortly after the announce- ment of the compromise, and it is now belfeved that there will be no further serious conflict. CHINA'S COMING ELECTIONS. Government Plans for Upper and Lower House. Peking, Oct. 31.—The government yesterday published its plan for the. election to the imperial assembly, which later will be converted into an upper and lower ‘house. The sessions of several of the provincial assem- blies wil! be continued for a meonth. Their deliberations indicate general opposition to the government's plans of taxation ard arrangements for for- elgn loans. The assembly of Shansi, the leading anti-opium province, is unanimously opposing the efforts of the government to revive the opium revenue. HALF HIS HEAD TORN AWAY. | Italian Lieutenant of Engineers Killed by Dirigible’s Whirling Propeller. Rome, Oct. 31.—Ag the dirigible bal- loon One Bis, from Naples, was mak- ing g landing here today, on its return trip from Naples to Bracciano, Lieut- ant of Engineers Pietro Rovettl, in keeping the crowd back, stepped too near the whirling propeller of the diri- gible and was instantly killed, half of n away. The pro- and the departore s« postponed -until peller was damage: of the dirigibie Monday morning. e \ COREANS WITHOU® REFUGE. Russia Denorts Them ‘rom Siberia to Save Land for Its Own. Petorshurg, Ocl. 31 —~The emi- gration of Coreans to Siberia has Teached such - proporitions since the Japanese occupation of Corea that the government h resorted to the neces. sity of deportablen in order to preserve the land for Russiap settlers, A The Coreans in Siberia have now appealed ta the doums setting forth the unhappiness of their lot if_com- pelled to return to Corea. New Haven Road Freight Clerks Vot- ing on Strike Question. New Haven, Conn. Oect. 21.—It is understood here tonight that _the freight clerks on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad who are voting on the question of striking have already gecured nearly the requisite €0 per cent. vote with a large number of votes yet (o come in. The vole will all be in and coanted by Tuesday night. A desive for a euse In Wiges i responsible for the aci of the clerks. Body of Steamer Captain Comes Ashore. Paluesville, O, Oct 31 —Cased in lite belts and heavy with jewelry and mon- ey, the body of Paul-E. Howelt, captain of the wrecked steamer George Stone of Cleveland, was washed ashore two TBALL PLAYE DIED IN HOSPITAL Injured in Saturday’s Game Between the Arii: ek Team and Harvard Ewm Pont, N ugene A. Byrn fourfh-year man at. the Unit military academy hospital at 6.35 o'clock this morning, a sacrifice to football. customed to death, but not in this de plorable form: the gridiron has brought such lef to officers and cadets alike that the end of football at West Point and Annapolis is predicted by many. The army s ac Young Byrne expired just as the sun was. rising over the Huydgon, with his grief. John Byrne, a civil war ve Erave as wai soldler’s fight for life it from the start. tricken father, Burled beneath a mass of struggling players in the Harvard- Army game vesterday, his neck was twisted and broken by the weight of the crushing pile above him, and he was picked up with every nerve of his body _except face helpless to perform th tio Kept Alive by Artificial Respiration. Only the immediate resort to arti- ficial respiration kept the boy most instant draw a natural breath after re able to make a complete examination account of his ¢ last night on us caused the tween the first vertebraé to be thrown forward, pressing resalting in a which govern the respiratory This caused breathing to cease altogether and the from the X- ray examination. services will morfow in the Catholic chapel at the th end of the post, where the body taken this afternoon. guard has been posted at the chapel and details of young ‘watch over the body rvices tomorrow. The funeral will be conducted with full military honors, Monsignor C. G. el ds in thig vicinity, will officiate. Effgct of the Accident on Rema AVhen the cadet corps and the offi- of the academy covered from announcement had _terminated which - the accident might hav the remainder of the football schedule came to mind. timent hardly today, but more than one opinion v at the casualty would result in the curtailing the remainder of the | entire schedule, cial expresgion on the mat superintende matter I cannot Skilled Surgeons of No. Avail. Taken to the cadet hospital. skille surgeons working with relays of capa- ble attendants throughout the times, e reaalized the seriousness of his_condition as nurses kept at their tas smile and an,occasional cheering word enconraged them in their task The surgeons realized as the hours were only serving wote on that they Byrne khew it, too, before the new day He faced death smilingly, thoughtful for the gries who was with him when the end came, All Social Functions Cancelled. Meanwhile the current of life at the academy had almost ceased. functions planned long-looked-forwi hop, were cancelled at the request of the callet corps, expres Iy after the seriousness of the accid to Byrne became apparent. By order of Colonel tivities for the day be only such as were nece was no parade tonight, the stricken father ed immediate. were given t suspended tomo Only 21 Years Old. Cadet Byrne was o but was a vet ball team and p mates and officers. he gave his life, too ap hie father the field for the hon Injured in Mass Play. was forced under th players and on falling must have his bead Jaid into a positio piling up on welght of the men ng ligaments was greater than the str of the vertebral could stand. pressure and the fatal Paralysis of Entire Body. not have been such sudden termination of the game, whic There might CE_TWO CENTS. _ HIS - NECK TWISTED AND BROKEN Cadet Eugene A. Eyrne, of Buffalo, was Only 21 Years of Age—Buried Beneath a Mass of Struggling , Players the Victim was Picked Up Paralyzed from His : ace Down—Funeral Today with Military Honors the frequent remark heard on ‘the grounds last night, and today, with Byrne dead, while the disposition was to suspend discussion, the feeling pre- vailed among the rank and file, as well as among some higher up at the acad- emy, that the existence of football as a sport participated in by the govern- ment's' big schools had been seriously jeopardized. HARVARD MEN DEEPLY REGRET THE ACCIDENT to Say What Effect Fatality Will Have on Harvard Schedule. Un Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 31.—The ad~ miring and enthusiastic crowd of un- dergradyates which invariably greets a homecoming Harvard football team flushed with victory, was lacking to= night “when the sorrow-stricken and dejected meémbers of the football squad came back from the West Point game of yesterday in whi h E. A. Byrn left tackle of the Army team, wad killed. HIPVIPH"I Trainer Describes the Fatal Play. Trainer “Pooch” Donovan and the players were unanimous in the opin= fon’ that the accident was due as much as anything to the fact that Byrne had become weakened by a previous jnjury in the game, for which time had been taken out, and that he was rendered unable to properly protect himself In such a hard, close serim- mage as came upon him In the final play. Trainer Donovan and Right Half- back P. D. Smith. in describing the play, said that the ball had been snap- ped ‘to Fullback Minot to carry. He advanced, pulled along by Left Half- back Leslle and Quarterback O'Fla- herty, Captain Fish and Right Guard Fisher going ahead to break down the interference. The play went out- side left guard and Inside of Tackle Byrne. As the five men, almost a unit, came to the army line, Byrne dived head foremost at the feet of the mov= ing mass, which immediately went down, tripped up and impeded by the body ‘of Byrne. None of the Harvard men belieto that Byrne could have received a wolar plexus blow, and they are of the opin- fon that it such a blow caused the injury it must have been the result of the weight upon ~his body from above, crowding him to earth. Accident Will Have No Influence Up- on the Technique ef the Game. Deeply regretted as is the acciden there could be found no indication any sentiment at Harvard tonight that the fatality would have an effect on the schedule or the playing of the game at Harvard. Neither President A. Lawrence Lowell, nor President (emeritus) Eliot cared to expross an opinion in the matters. Deans W. C. Sabine and LeBarron R. Briggs, two of the three deans on the _athletie | board, voiced_ their sorrow at the trag= | edy, but were unable to say what ef= fect, if any, the accident would have on the game, Among the athletic trainers and football men the ntiment was prev- alent that the accident would have no influence whatever upon the technique of the game, the only possible effect being an insistence upon greater care in removing men from the game whe become debilitated by injuries or over= exertion. YALE VIEW OF THE ACCIDENT. Liable to Occur in Every Branch of Competitive Sport. Conn, Oct. 31.—The death of Cadet Byrne of the West Point eleven brought keen sorrow to Yale men, especially to the coaches and players. The latter had mucli praise for Byrne's work in the Yale-Army game a fortnight ago, of his fine per- sonal quilities and his splendid physique. It is stated with a that the aceldent will bring n In_football as played at Yale. It in held that the death of Cadet Byrne fs one of those very unfortunate acel- dents which are llkely to occur and do oceur, not only in football, but In every branch of competitive sport. The view 1s held at Yale that football Is a manly sport and Is encouraged as such. What= er hazards t are In this game, in other sports which Yale pro- motes, are guarded against %o far as human effort Is able by careful selec= tion of players, systematic training and physical oversight New Hawv ARMY AND NAVY CIRCLES Made the Incident the One Topic of Conversation Sunday. Washington, Oct. 31.—Army and” navy circles in the national capital i but one topic of conversation tos d the death of Cadet Ryrne Y result of injurl received in the Hars vard-Army foot me at West it yesterday. While anything that may he ed In the nature of an ofclal exy on was King, oMoses i both branches of the, service do not line to the view that football is oy to he abolished at the West Poift and Annapolis academin: Secretary of War Dickinson Is a with the Taft purty and Acting & tary Oliver declined w have a to y about the tragic accident be« yond expressing regret at its having occurred. Secratary of the N was equally reticent NO MORE FOOTBALL Will Be Played by the West Point Eleven This Year. surgeons, who rushed to'the spot, real- ized the seriousness of the nature of Although they would not admit last night that there was no chance for Byrne apparent that th Byrne's injury. was little hope for trom paralysis of the en Ure body helow builes, thie cadel corps cou apprebension this sad oceurr feld and the recent injury to Pont and Annapolis,” was dence West Point, N. Y.. Oct. 31.—Becauss of the death of Eugene A. Byrne of Buffalo, N. Y., no more footbajl will be played by the West Point cleven this . This stutement was made by Col, Hugh Scott, superiniendent of the Uniten] States My academy, lute tonight, after a consuitation with the athletic suthoritles of e scademy on the death of young By rue, who ex- pired this morifig as & result of f6- juries sustained in the Harvard guine yesterday, 3 Collector Losb Announced vleansing ws in the Ni siom louse Fan ot ended. é“a ployes against whom it 'Be convieted A5