Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 5, 1909, Page 1

2N One of the Most Trustworthy Business Men FLED FEOM THE METROPOLIS LAST MAY Mli_fi{:-nmfiArrened in Berlin Charged with Frauds Amounting to $107,000—Shareholders, in Cotton Goods Converters Company Fractically Bankrupted ' —Wheneabouts Made Known by a News:paper Drop- ped by His Wife in Lawrence, Mass. Berlin, Nov, 4.—Martin Kaufmann ‘of New York was urrested tonight by for- mer United States Postoffice Inspector Henry C. Hill on the charge of frauds amounting to $107,000 in connection with the Cotton Goods Converters com- pany of New York. How Falsified Entries Were Discovered The case has many ramifications. Kaufmann;was for a long time- consid- ered one of the most trustworthy busi- ress men of New. York. His partner, M. A. fsaacs, had such implicit confi- dence in Kaufmaan's integrity that, ‘aceording to Hill, he induced a number of his friends to take shares in the business. One of these was named Blumm, a Cincinnat{ merchant who put in $27,000. Others invested smaller sums. The business proceeded satisfactorily for six months, until Blumm asked a customer to settle an outstanding ac- count, which the customer declared was not due. - An investigation of the company’s accounts followed, and re- sulted in the discovery of a’ number of falsified entries amounting to $107,000. Kaufmann, in the meantime, had dis- appea-ed. Some of the shareholders who were practically bankrupted held Isaacs ¢ morally responsible, but he gave his check for the total amount missing. Photograph of a Hotel Gave His ‘Whereabouts. A The New York Credit Men's associa- tion took up the matter and had Kauf- mann indicted Postoffice Inspector Hill was placed in charge of the case. NEW YORK GIRL JUMPED FROM NINTH STORY WINDOW Inte an Excavation for a New Building 115 Feet Below. Cleveland, O., Nov. 4—Celia Duber- / stein 19 years old, despondent because | &he fapcied that her sweetheart in New York was attempting to evade marriage with her, ended her life to- day by jumping from a window on the ninth floor of the Card bullding, at the corner of St. Clzir avenue and Bas Becond stréet. The girl had eived o letter from her fian #g her to be patient and wait a_while lowger. she went to a shirt walst factory in the Card bullding and asked for her money, | as she was going to New York at once. The money was paid. Later she re- turned and asked to be re-employed. The foreman was busy and waved his thand, meaning for her to wait a min- ute. It is posed the girl thought he would have nothing to do with her again and she went to the ninth floor, broke & small window, crawled to the ledge, and dropped head foremost into the sxcavation for a new building 116 feet below. FORMER BANKER MORSE EXCUSED FROM JURY DUTY. Morse, Who Is Prisener in Tomubs, Served with Notice to Appear. New York, Nov. 4—Charles W. Morse, the former banker, now a pris- oner in the Tombs, was served today with a notice to r for jury duty in the United States circuit court—the court which not long ago convicted im of misapplying national bank unds. s The summons eame to Mr. Morse in @ reutine manner by mail, forwarded ¢rem his house on Fifth avenue. The former banker saM smilingly that he would like t’h e.fiplx with it, but did not see how he could do so, even with the fine $260 for mnom-compliance as noted in the summons staring him in the face. was explained at the United States marshal's office today that the summons was sent to Morse in the usual routine and that the financier had aiready been. excused. FOUR CARLOADS OF SILK. | him. b Arrested Lust Evening. After many diffyculties the hotel was found in Vienna, ‘where Kaufmann re— sided under the® yame of Marvin Kent. | He had ordercd ‘thmt his mail be sent | to a tourist's offse jr Berlin. ed there this evening, and Hill, who was accompanied ! iy | of this city and a, It was known that K aufmann had sail- ed for Europe, whereabouts cotild ‘be found until his wife, who is in bu#iness in Lawrence, | Mas3,, dropped a |paper containing a photcgraph of a ' hotel. name ‘of the hotel :nor the narae of the | city was mentioned | but a window wa i marked, and abov(: it were the word: "This is my room,™ ~in handwriting. t no clue to his Neither the Kaufmann’s He call- wr Kugemann detective, accosted At first Ka vdtinann stontly denied his identity, but liter he admitted that now tug, steamer. 22, ‘sesgion ne: All of th high' post! den Justice ber 10 been ical sur lea M“ls. AR tug. on board States deputy ‘Washingt« dent Taft d ecides to violate the prece- dents, whic' h as a lawyer he is unlikely sstice will take the place on the suprem e bench vacated by the re- cent death (of Justice Peckham Before ing of congre: G D"f{"b'; i ith surviving justices, with one exception, . were. ne: %mom durti to.do, no ju the assem! he was the man find was arrested. He awaits extradition papers from the ! United States. Martin Kauf mann have sailed friym New York on the Kaiser Wilhelvn is believed to Der Grosse on May 25, when the slgamer was chased by a of which was a United rnarshal with a writ_to prevent Kaufrninn's departure. however, The failed tq overtake the Blur/m and Kaufmann con- A ducted businetsg ifi cotton goods in East Twelfth streed, ruptcy was filed by the firm on March but the creditors were unable to find *au{man n. petition in bank- PRESIDENT NOT LIKELY TO ‘/IOLATE PRECEDENTS In Selection of Successor to Supreme Cour't Justice Peckham. ov. 4.—Unless Presi- in regular minated. for - their g the sessions of ngress. | The exception was Justice n, 1eho was Ha yes, November 29, 1877. though 1 je had received his commission, Harlan refrained from taking his placje on the bench until Decem- [following, by which time his noming tion had been passed upon by the se1 ate, Ther e is an unwritten law of the au- gust ¢ purt itself for this, founded upon | sound sense, which is likely to be re- spectd d, for it has been the practice of all'pn asident sto advise with the mem- bers | f the court before filling vacan- cies o1 its bench. pointed by Presi- Al- The objection to the seati/1 g of a justice during a recess of congr pss Is that the failure of the sen— ate t» confirm his nomination would serion ssly impair the weight of any de- cishor s on important cases in which he may have participated. Further, it has b reasoned that the attitude of a Jjusti.pe in considering cases of a polit- nature while holding a temporary com mission might be influenced by a. nat jral Jesire to obtain the approval of | a g 'afficient number of senators to en- his confiramation. 7 herefore, while'it is possible that Pregident Taft may in advance of the assembling of con- Brejss, the actua appointment, or, at t, the commission, will be withheld un kil the senate shall haye had an op- PO ktunity to pass upon it. make his selection BOGAST NOT GUILTY, CHARGED WITH MURDER. Fler Husband Was Killed While Asleep —Bed Was Set on Fire. St. Paul, Min rbogast, East, . Nov. 4.—Mrs. Mina charged - with !lJlast May, of her husband, a4 meat dealer the murder, Louis Arbo- of me ‘local r/prominence, was found not-guilty by In Mecord Run from Tacoma to New ('[P jury early today (ered while asleep early in the morn- Yaork. 3 Chicago,” Nov, 4 —Barring accident, what is expected to prove the fastest transcontinental fre shipment ever made reached Chicago today and with fittle delay was semt em to complete the journey from Tacomsa to New York. Last Sunday four carloads of silk were recelved from Japan at Tacoma mnd at 6.45 p. m. the consignment wa started over the Chicago, Miwaukee | and Puget Sound railway. arrived here today at 2.19 p. m. in eleven minutes these cars wenir transferred to the Pennsyl ja rail - road and tomorrow the shipment wiil ®be in New York, the entire run thys being made in less than six days. ing. Arbogast was mur- His head was crushed with an jaxe. The bed was soaked with gasoline |and set on fire, [badly burned at th Mrs. Arbogast was e time. On the wit- |ness stand Mrs. Arhogast and her four daughters pleaded defec /| when asked for a posit ve memories ve statement. ‘A bloody axe was found hidden in the cellar of the Arbogast home. undegshirt. was identified by one of the Arbogast woman's A hlood-stained. as belonging to her mother. Louise /Arbogas ter, is under indictment on the same two. charge as that preferred against mother_and will hé tried in a week or the cldest ~daugh- her Claime He Can Solve Denver's Stra n- | ANOTHER HUNDRED MILLION - jer Murder Mystery. | Denver, ‘Col., Nov. 4—The unsoly ®d mystery of Deuver’ in the fall of 1894 was again brou fht inte prominence taday through rec( fipt by a local pAper of a letter from 'W. announces that he ean give inforyma- tion in regard to the person who o p»m- mitted the crimes. The letter wa: turned over to Chief of Police Ar steong, who has wired the authon ities | National Copper bank. a¢ Behenectady. Prizes Valusd at $1,700 Distributi i to Contestants. i Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4—Prizes at 31,700 were distributed. toni lanta Journad-New York Herald good e visitors at the Capital City R 0 o Séven were tied fort hon- + ef the teur ‘f" -/ meuey wi ed. ‘”f Veteran Kansas Editor Du‘d. / % . 2 al "*’-m llen?llun.,dum ton ‘ urdock was one of the earl, b New York. Nov. ¥. Williams _of Scheneotady, N. Y. |He|have another “hundréd million dollar DOLLAR'BANK IN NEW YORK strangler murd ers | Consolidation of the Mechanics Na- ional and the National Copper Bank. ew York is to bank,” to be known as the Mechanics and Metals National. institution ing This new bank- is a consolidation of the Mechanics National bank and the The merger, already approved by the two director- ates, will represent combined assets of about $100,000,000. % The Mechanics National bank, founded 100 years ago, has a capital nearly alued | of $3,000,000, a surplus of $3,000,000, ht to|and deposits of the successful contestants in thp At-|The National Copper bank, o $40,000,000. rganized less than three years ago, bas-a cap- o t Gates W ore in each of the five prificipgl (flasses | the Mechanic: wh«m'vue P prize | president of the uew institution, and roads relimbility ‘tour at a banqg/get to|ital of $2,000,00, u surplus of nearly club. | $2,000,000 and deposits of $35,000.000. . MeGarragh, president of Natlonal bank, will be Charles H, Sabin “présidemt of the Na- tional Copper bank, will be vicé pres- New Y R. L. Thom 'k, Noy. Out of Danger. . 4—R. L. Thomas, ,Kansas | the Kentueky turfman, who was stab. senator. | bed by Jockey Carroll. Schilling a s- | Sheepshedd Bay last Sunday. is now an-| out of danger. kM. ke, physician, Dr. tonight t his - but will up { { 1 ‘ty-fl:!.ulmw- of the board. was a, | count. amons today passed the third reading fi ‘the finance bill by a vote of 379 w Athens, Nov. 4.—Lieutenant Tibal- dos, the naval officer who led the re- cent reyolt against the government, and a companion, Lieutenant Dimoul- is, was arrested today. All the prin- co}zll- in the mutiny are now in cus- London, Nov. 4—The nationalists of the house of commons, at a meet- ing today, decided to abstain from Vvot- ing at tonight’s division on the third reading of the budget. The unionists had hoped that the nationalists would join them in oppesition to the budget. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 4.—The Norwegian steamer Avalon, . under charter to the Atlantic Fruit com- pany, went ashore today at Wood- stock point on the north .coast. The disaster was due to an accident to the steering gear. The captain reports that the vessel is in a dangerous posi- tion and likely to be a total los: MRS. STETSON NOT GUILTY OF “MENTAL MALPRACTIG‘E." Former Head Reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Exonerated. New York, Nov. 4—Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, formerly head reader of thy First Church of Christ, Scientist, i this city, was exonerated today of charges of “mental malpractice” in the report of a special board of inquiry, presented to a congregation of two thousand persons at a long and stormy | moeting in the big white stone church on Central Park West. The exonera- tion of ‘Mrs. Stetson was endorsed by the members of the church, but a por- tion of the board’s report which con- cerned Virgil O. Strickler, her succes- sor as first reader, who had appeared in Beston as a witness against Mrs. Stetson, was referred back to the beard of inquiry for further consideration. The congregation, all members of which underwent close scrutiny before being admitted, began the considera- tion of the case at 2 o'cl his after- noon. - The session I “six hours and it was only after a h debate and various parliamentary dnterrup- tlons that the congregation veted its endorsement by a close margin of the report in Mts. Stetson's favor. Twenty-eight charges had been made, against Mrs. Stetson at the instance of the poard of directors of the mother church in Boston. Thereupon the in- quiry was ordered by the trustees of the New York church at the request of Mrs. Stetson, who meanwhile was de- posed from her position as authorized reader. Among the charges the most impor- tant were, in effect, that Mrs. Stetson’'s tenchings tended to disloyalty to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder and leader of the sect, and that Mrs. Stet- son was guilty of mental malpractice in bringing Christian Science to bear upon people who did not welcome it, “by hypnotism, mesmerism and similar methods.” The report of the board of inquiry, which . followed four weeks' examina- tion of witnesses, the taking of one thousand pages of testimony and thir- complete exoneratl ]fln..‘ Stetson | and a declaration of 0#’ y to the New gork church to the mother church in oston. -, - 7 s " REFUSED TO GIVE UP : SWIFT & CO. BOOKS. General Manager of Packing Plant in Kansas City Arrested. Kansas City, Nov. 4.—IL general manager of Swift & Co. packing plant in Kansas 'City, Kan. who was arrested here for refusing te produce the company's books beforé the commissioners of Wyandotte was re-arrested today under compulsory process and taken before the commissioners to testify in a tax hearing. The board also issued an order di- recting the sheriff to seize the books of Swift & Co. Sheriff Becker a peafed at the packing house tod and demanded the books. pany officials refused to give them up and the arrest of Mr. Rich followed. W. J. Buchanan, of counsel for Swift & Co., said that in view of the arrest of Mr. Rich the books of Swift & Co. would “not be produced until the supreme court acts on the question.” OBITUARY. Gen. John J. Coppinger. Washington, Nov. 4.—Gen. John J. Coppinger died tonight at 10.30 o’clock at his residence in this city of pneu- monia. General Coppinger was the eldest son of William Coppinger, County Cork, Ireland, where he was born Oct. 11, 1834. He belonged to one of the most ancient and honorable families in the south of Ireland. At an early age he| received a commission in one of the yeomanry regiments then raised in England for service in the Crimea, but was mustered out at the close of hos- tilities without seeing any active ser- vice. He then received a commission in one of the papal regiments and served during the campaign of 1860. He was taken prisoner at the defense of the La Rocca Gate and was made a knight of St. Gregory for his services. On his release he was ihvalided home and at the outbreak of the Civil war received a commission in the United States regular army on the recom- mendation of Archbishop Hughes. He was made captain of the then our— teenth infantry, Sept. 30, 1861. Ile served with gallantry during the war, was severely wounded at the second Yattle of Bull Run and was made col- onel of the Fifteenth New York cav- alry Jan. 1865- After the war he served mainly on the frontier as captain in the Twenty- third infantry, major of the Tenth in- fantry, lieutenant colonel in the { London, -Nov. 4.—The hotse of com-{ | sweeping over large areas of Eighteenth Infantry and colonel in the Twenty-third infantry. He was com- missioned brigadier gerneral April 25, 1895, and commanded the department of the Platte until the outbreak of the Spanish war. He was made major gen- eral of volunteers in July, 1898, and commanded the Fourth corps. He was retired for age on Oct. 11, 1898, General Coppinger married Adice Blaine, eldest daughter of the late James G. Blaine, in February, 1883, Mrs. Coppinger died in 1890, leaving two sons, Blaine and Conor Coppinger, who survive. He has been for year: one of the governors of the Metro- litan club, to which office he wes re- but a few days before his death, The funeral will take place Satur- day morning with military ceremohy. Services will be held at Si. Matthew's Cetholic church and interment will be a: Arlington. Ten Year Old Horge Thief Sentenced. Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 4—Cyril St. Ar- mand of Thurso, 10 years old, wus sen- tenced today to six years' lmprison- ment for horse stealing. When & years 0ld he was convicted of an attempt to nrook a Canadian Pacific railway train. is youth enabled him to escape sen- TOWARD WASHINGTON. —— Washington Next Wednesday. Savannah, Ga. Noy. 4.—President TODAY HE WILL TURN HIS FACE|BOLD DAYLIGHT AFFAIR AT NIAG- Although Brewed With the Most Skill | Two Men Entered Station and Inquired ~Savannah Could Produce — Due in| for a Trunk—Carefully Planned Rob ARA FALLS, ONTARIO. $14,156 TAKEN FROM HIM ‘bery—No Trace of the Bandits. Niagara Falls, Ont, Nov. 4—Will- Taft traveled through ces and | jam Do ntral m Dobson, cashier of the Canadian Georgia this Indian sum- mer afternoon, th:oug:: woods rich with the warm reds, gol: ‘browns of autumn. He spent the forenoon at Ma- con. where he declared he was glad to be back in Georgia again and felt thor- ly at home in the state whence he went to Washington last March to as- sume the oath of office. . Today's Programme. The presidefit arrived here at 7.45 | o’clock tonight and began his 18 hours' stay In the city with an elaborate ban- quet at the De Soto hotel. Tomorrow the president will be taken for a sail over the harbor, will have a spin arcund the famou# automobile course over whieh, the grand races were run last fall, and wiil have lunch at the Thunderboit Casino. Throngs Greet the President. Savannah is the farthest south the president will go and when he leaves here at ‘2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon he will turn at last toward’ Washing- evening. Georgia has proved no exception to the other southern states President ! Taft has visited, giving him a series of welcomes equal to those he has receiv ed in any other section of the country. In Macon this morning it seemed as though the country for miles around had been depopulated to make up the throngs that gathered in that eity. At every one gf the numerous stops between .Macon and this city there ‘were large depot throngs out to greet the president and cheer the few words he had an opportunity to utter before the train moved on. Heer tonight the preseident was met by another great crowd. During his stay in Savannah Mr. Taft is the guest of General Wil- liam L. Gordon, an old family friend. Mot by Governor Brown. Governor Joseph Brown met the president at Macon and made the trip with him to this city. Bartlett also came with the president, along with a committee of citizens from this city who went to Dover to extend Savannah's welcome. The president breakfasted this morning at the Bart= lett tome in Macon. Mint Julep-Got No Farther Than the President’s Hand. Mr. Taft withstood the temptation "of a mint juiép that had been brewed with consummate skill and ch re- nosed, appare] lass, in'g. wppkd a perl cle of frosting on the outside. He took the julep: in his hand for a moment, but that was as far as he got. Unique and Sumptuous Banguet. Savannah. Ga., Nov, 4.—The banquet tonight Ia” honor of the president was in many respects the most unique and sumptuous he has encountered in all his' travels. Nearly every course w: ch e n home | Will be held until tomowrow. Two oth- served on adish which was taken home by the diners as a souvenir. As the president cntered the 350 guests were standing, waving little silken presiden- tial flags. At each plate was a gold scarfpin on which was enscrolled the seal of the city of Savannah. The canape was served on hand | painted china trays bearing the presi- dent’s initials. Salted almonds were served in individual silver mounted cut glass dishes. Diamond back terrapin appeared in individual burnished cop- per chafing dishes, which were souven. irs. Punch was served in silver mount- ed glasses, brandy in silver filagree cups, and cigars in red leather cases— all souvenirs. As the president roseto speak twenty white doves were liberate ed over the heads of the diners. BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS SHOT. Not Bring y. New York. Nov. 4.—Mrs. Brount, a bride of a fortnight, was seriously wounded tonight and her husband’ was fatally wounded by Pas- quale Fezzano, the bride’s brother. Pasquale, the police say, was anxions that his sister’s marriage should bring money into the family, and was an- gered when she married a day labor- er and set up housekeeping at Hunt- ers Point, a suburb of Brooklyn. There. Pasquale found them tonight. At sight of the husband he opened fire with a revolver. The bride jumped in to shield her husband and received a bullet in the head. The husband was shot in the back. Pasquale es- capel. Because Her Marriage Di Money Into the Fal Anmna Forest Fires Sweeping Valuable Vir- ginia Timber Lands. Winchester, Va.. Nov. 4—The forests on the Great North Mountains, west of Winchester, are on fire, and the flares, fanned by high winds, are luable timber lands. Lack of raln has made the forests as dry as po fire spreads rapidly. threatening the homes of the residents along the moun tain side. But Tittle progress has been made in beating back the fire by the | ¥ sturdy mountaineers, whoes homes and property are meénaced. $250,000 Banlk “Secur $100. Nashua, N. H., Noy. 4—Bank “secur- ities” with a face value of a quarter of -a_million dollars were sold today for $100 by [estér F. Thurber, as- signee of.the Security Trust company of Nashua, and Grand Forks, N. D., who disposed of the paper at auction, his final act in winding up the affairs of the defunct fustitution. The pur- chasér was F. S. Sargent of Grand Forks. Sold for Negro Escaped Mob of Lynchers. Lynchburg, Va. Nov. 4.—Thurman Spinne: Noell, a white man, in Bedford coun- ty, ten miles from th: city, last Fri- day night, was brought here tod: escape a mob. Fifty men trie Representative i { ton, where he is due next Wednesday | Of the two men i fre | S . > | erous wder and the | S1OU5 | found @ | Attack Made as Train Thundered In. | Ing_exan can probably be repaired at . small | I cost ; i The construetion of the city's sub- | Express company here, was sandba this afternoon in the com; office at the Grand Trunk station in Bridge street and a package contain- ing $14,156. was taken from him by two unknown men. The robbery was «committed in broad daylight with a score of the station employes within twenty feet of the office. Cashier Was Alone at the Time. Dobson was alone at the time, the other men of thepoffice having gone to meet a train. The two men en- tered and one asked if a trunk had arrived for him, As Dobson stooped over to get his “on-hand” book. one of the men reached over the counter and hit him behind the ear with-a sandbag or a plece of gaspipe. WFive minutes later Dobson was found ly- ing unconscious on the floor in a pool of blood by R. B. Brown, the 1oval agent. He did not récover con- sclousness for about an hour and was then unable to give a.good description It is evident that the robhery had been carefully pianned and the habits of the station employes had been close- 1y studied. Al the men working near Cashier Dobson had something to do upon the arrival or departure of a train which called them onut on the station platform. ¢ The attack was made just as a train thundered into the little station and the employes were walking out to meet it. This not only drowned the sound of a possible outery by the cashier but gave the robbers a few minutes in which to get away before the return of the oth- ers. Money Was in Five Packages. The money was in five consignments from the Imperial bank branches in this city/and in Davids (Ont.) and was bound for Toronto and Buffalo banks. Dobson was just about to put the packages in a sack and place it on Grand Trunk train No. 25 when the robbery occurred. Robbers Described as Foreigners. Tnspector W. H. Mains of the pro- vineial ice and six of his mep were working ©n the case within hu!f an hour, but no trace was found of the men, who are described as foreigners, though the man who spoke to Dobson used zood English. Patrols have been stationed along the river fromt from o, jake to 3 oppokite Buffelo, to intercept the high- waymen in the event -of -their trying to get into the Uhnited States by us- | ing a rowboat on the ri i Niagara Falls, Ont., Nov. 4..—A man | wha gave his name as Hefiry Gilmore | was arrested at Hami'ton upon the ar- | rival of train No. 25 there tomight. Al- though the police admitthat they have The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded fifty deeds of “valor.” The Pupils of the West High School, Cleveland, O., have gone on a strike. Fraud Orders Were lssued against lottery agents in Hamburg, Germany. Los Angel C: _Pluu a $100,000 pr for an international aviation g C. A. Balka, Who Was Lost in the Nevada desert, lived on snakes and lizards. Arguments on the Mar, boundary line case was supreme court. Military Manoeuvres were performed the German airship squadron at’ (wyne, Prussia. A Waterfall, S to Be the Largest on the western hemisphere, has been discovered In Labrador. San Francisco People Are Working to get a congressional appropraition for a proposed world's fair. e Fu’norll was Tung, the Chinese died in Pekin. An Impressive held for Chang Chih grand councilor, who Mrs. Helen Lareine Baker is bound for Pike's Peak to plant a suffragette flag on the summit of the mountdin. Placed on ize court in Paris on the charge of murdering her husband and her mother. A Silk American Flag, the gift of President Taft and Charles P. Taft, his brother, was presented to Kilminning Masonic lodge of Cincinnati. Government Troops Had an Encoun- ter with Haytien insurgents near Gua- vabin recently, in which they lost five men killed and eleven wounded. It is Believed That Attorney General Wickersham will be appointed to the vacancy on the supreme court bench caused by the death of Justice Peck- ham. The State Department Has Ruled that it is for the state department and not for the bureau of immigration to decide whether Syrians are entitled to naturalization. Rumors Reached the State Depart- ment that President Davila of Hondu- ras is aiding President Zelaya of Nic- aragua against the revolutionary move- ment of John J. Estrada. Governor Stuart of ' Pennsylvania honored the requisition of the governor of Indiana for the return to Righmond, Ind., of William Allen Wagner, charged with kidnapping his son. RAILROAD TREASURER PAID $75,000 TO BLACKMAILERS Two Persons Knew He Was Short in His Accounts. Cincinnati, ence of hi 0., Nov. 4.—In the pres- wife and officials of the Big Four railway, ¢\ L. Warriner, de- posed local treasurer of the road, s sald 6 have confessed that the short- age in his accounts, variously estimat- ed at frem $50,000 to $100,000, was due to his paying blackmail to a man and a woman for the last three years. _Warriner. accompanied by two de- tectives, arrived from New York last night, but his whereabouts at present are unknown. very little evidence agaimst Gilmore, he | er men taken off the train were later is still in a serious condition, but it believed he will recover. | CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING 1 THREATENS TO COLLAPSE. | Precautions Against Disaster by Fall- ing Walls of New York’s $2,000,000 | Structure—Traffic in the Vicinity | Stopped. | New York, A cordon of po- | licement, 150 in all, stood guard today around New York's $2,000,000 criminal | courts building, which the building in- | spectors have suddenly found threat- | ens to collapse. No one was allowed | in the structure except a few workmen | and an occasional evicled court official | in search of important papers. All | traffic on tbe surrcunding strect has | been stopped, and car lines send their | passengers around by another route, Meanwhile three hundred workmen are shoring up cracked walls and con- structing a shield of twelve inch beams | across the surface of Lafayette stréet, ! to protect the subway beneath from collapse in case the building suddenly falls into the streét. Numerous judges and court officials spent today hurrying around in search | of new quarters. An enormous num- ber of cases is still on the criminal | court calendar, and the cessation of | business even for a few serious entanglement. District Attor- ney_Jerome, who with his numerous staff of clerks and assistants occupied offices on the second floor, the coroner, and the officers of the Tombs police court are among the others who sud- denly find themselves without offices. | The city’s engineers expressed a fear | today thgt the Tombs prison, which oc- cupies a full eity block alongside the criminal courts building, might also be affected by the slipping of the treach- earth on which the foundations ilt. Several cracks have been | the outer walls, but a search- | ination showed that the pris- L is not in any immediate danger and | ways which run beneath the stphets | both in front and rear of the /two buildings is blamed by engineefs for ! the slipping of the foundations. The | constant jar caused by passing trains, | it is said, has disturbed the earth he- | neath. The engineers expressed the hope fonight that the courts building | may be saved by driving the founda- tions -deeper into the earth. This | work. however, will take at least six! months and will cost the city many | thousands of dollars. \North Dakota Fastest Battleship of | the Deradnought Type Afloat. Rockland. Me, Nov. 4—The { North i colored, who killed Charles | Dakota is the fastest battleship of the | Dreadnought type afloat as well as one of tte two mcst powerful battleships to | in the world. Her screw standardiza— to | tion tests over the Rockland measured lynch him, but the negro, in charge of | mile course today developed a maxi- a deputy, was kept woods all night, the jail and left in disgust. Noell was buvied yesterday and the mob or- ganized after the burlal Boston Woman Drinks Carbalic Ac Boston, Nov. 4.—Mrs Caroline W. R e committed suicide today by drinking carbolic acid at 18 Chauncey place, Jamaica Plain, where she was as housekeeper. hidden BT She i8 said | ous Halley t over the de-|sun's face to which she was | lations in the | mum speed of 22.25 knots, and an aver- The mob searched | age of 21.833. Both marks are In ex- cess of the best verformances of either her sister ship ‘the Delaware, or the Bellerophon, leading Dreadnought | of the Eriush navy. 5 Halley's Comet Passss Across Sun's Face May 18 Next. Cambridge, Mass., Nov, 4 —The fam- comet will pass across the z May 18 negt, if the caleu- by Rev. Father G. M. o P, the New Ya ‘u'tx'»on-’ Searle | counts. In his confession Warriner le said to have stated that he paid the black- mailers in all $75,000. The man to whom this money was given is said to been an old employe of the Big Four. and to have had knowledge of an earlier shortage in Warriner's ac- For keeping silent about this shortage he demanded and received from Warriner large s\ He is said te live in Chicago. Steps will be tak- 1. en to arrest him The woman in the case left Cincin- | nati shortly before Warriner arrived from New York. She is under sur- velilance and may be arrested at any Counsel J. L. Hackney of New . who is looking after the road's interests, said: “I cannot say yet whether there will be any prosecution. All that part of the affair is being managed in New York. I am waiting now to hear from there what definite steps to take, Warriner, who lived at Wyoming, 0., ten miles north of Cincinnati, has been a prominent churchman. “PROFESSOR” FRANK HILL INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER For Having Caused the Death of Ame| 8t. Jean of Woonsocket. Taunton, Mass., Nov. 4.—An indict-, ment for manslaughter against “Pro- fessor” Frank L. Hill of Fall River for having cansed the death’ of Amelia St. Jean of Woonsocket on Oct. § last was returnéd by the Bristol county grand jury here today. Hill is now in the New Bedford jail. It is understodd that the case will not come to trial be- fore February next. Hill will probably bé brought here within a few days to plead to the In- dictment. It is understood that Dis- trict Attorney Swift divulged but little new evidence in presenting the case to the grand jury , It is not yet a month since the first of the several portione of a yOUNg woman's body were found besidé Bul germarsh road in Tiverton, R. I. HIll, who maintained an “herb doctor's” of. fice, admitted that tile young weman had confided in him regarding her con- dition and consuited him as to treat ment. BUT FEW WEEKS REMAIN To Apply for Positions as Census Enumerators in Connecticut. New Haven, C'onn., Nov. 4.—There is a dearth of applications for positions as census enumerators in Connecticut, according to a statement by Prof. W. B. Bailey of Yale, supervisor of the census for Connecticut, today. Pro fessor Bailey said that while men will be needed to do the work in this ! state, onlv about half that number had so far applied for positions, although but two or three weeks remain in which nvf)lirnunns tor these positions may be flied with the supervisor of the census in this state. Wheeler-Adams Marriage. Boston, Nov. 4.—Miss Mary B. Ad- ams, who has been a prominent flgure on American golf links for more than ten years, and wh plonshipx in the eastern and Ma chusetts assoclatlons, besides belnyg runaer-up in geveral national eveuts was warried twoday w Edward < Wheeler, Jr., of this city. Among the bridesmaids were Miss Grace Sem ple of St Louls another promiuent goIt player, and Miss Margery Phelps of Brookline. who was a bronze medal- ist at (he last national cham at Philadelphi Virginia Militia In Special Train BEING HURRIED TO THE OF GASSAWAY, TOWN EFFORT TO SAVE TWO NECROES From Possible Lynching — Streets Lined With a Surly Crowd of Whites —Catcalls for Governor Glasscock. Gassaway, W. Va, Nov. 4—In an effort to save the two negro suspects being held as possible accomplices in the assault upon Mrs. George Lockhold of Exchange, near here, which has aroused this county in its dastardly details, Company B of the national uard of West Virginia, whose mem- ers are composed of residents of this place, is on guard duty tonight at the town jail, while Company A of Wheel ing in a special train is being hurried to the scene. Governor Glasscock and two members of his staff arrtved at 9 o'clock and the little community Is practically under marttal law. Jail Guarded by Deputies. At the jail where the two negroes, who now give their names,as Scott Lewis and A. Johmson, are being guarded by twelve depu , the sherifnt is prepared agalnst possible lynching. Neither of the negroes will taik Heavily Armed Mobs Roam the Streets In the town two parties of men, heayily armed, are roaming the street, needing only a leader to batter down the jail doors and take the two negroes foreibly from their guards. While the possibility of an attempt lynching is probable the presence the sheriff's the citizens caun- at of the state troops and deputies has made tions. Crowd Hoots Gov. Glasscock. Upon the arrival of the governor the streets became lined with a surly crowd. Governor Glasscock, mounting an improvised stand made from pack- ing cases, addressed the assembled crowd, advising caution and asked that the law be allowed to take jts course. His remarks were greeted with catcall from the rear of the crowds. Militia Refuse to Shoot at Whites. Passing up the main street of the town, the governor was not met with cordiality. As he reached the jail steps he turned to the captain of the Gassa- way militia company and asked him if his men were prepared for serious trouble and were ready to protect the Jail with their lives if necessary. The captain of the company said his men had voted not to shoot their fellow townspeople even though commanded to do so, but would protest as best they could without shooting the ne- groes in the jail. The governor told the captain that his men were in a vir- tual state of mutiny and would be se- verely censured for their action. The captain replied he had cone the hest he could with his wmen, but they were firm in their determination not to kil their friends in the little town. Threatening Situation. After talking over the situation with the sheriff, Governor Glasscock retired to his hotel. He stated that he was confident the citizens of the place would listen to his advice and be gov- erned accordingly. At 9.30 the streets were still crowded the men jostling each other, many openly brandishing revolvers and mak- ing threatening remarks against the Incarcerated negroes. The Town in Darkness. Late tonight the town was submerg- ed in total darkness, the result of the smashing of a gas regulator with an axe, just outside the city Iimits. Work- men while repairing th damage met 160 mounted and armed men who asked when the fegroes would be remo ed to Sutton for safe keeping. Tt is thought if an attempt is made to surreptitiously take the prisoners to the county seat during the night the party will be ambushed. WHITE SLAVE {RAFFIC i | Decreasing in New York, Says For- mer Police Commissioner Bingham. Hartford Now 4.—Former Police Commissioner Bingham of New York, in speaking before the men of Trinity church tonight, defended his action in reference to the retaining of plctures in the rogues’' gallery and sald that he would take a similar stand if again placed In a like position. The reten- tion of the pictures, he sald, would haye meant the driving out of New York city of the Black Hand in an- other year. In speaking of the white slave traf- fic he said that it was much less than it had been and that it was decreas- ing ai Ithe time, and that it would be practically eliminated in a year's | time, The result of the recent elec- tion, he thought, would mean four very lean years for Tammany and {that if the mew administration could continue in office for two terms that Tammany would be wiped out and thatghe was not sure but, that four years would do the work. New Railroad Tunnel Caved In—Nar- row Escape of Workmen. Lynchburg, Nov. 4. —Forty workmen today narrowly escaped being imprisoned or perhaps crushed to death in the new tunnel of the Southern rail- way here, when a section sixty feet in length caved In. The men were at work in the bore and had just set off a big blast. While awaiting for the smoke from the blast to clear, a mass of rock and earth caved in, but the men were far enough away to get out of | danger and none was caught under the fall. Receivers Appointed for Worsted Mills of Oine; Providence, Nov. 4.—Samuel S, Croft of Camden, N. J.. was anpointed Earnscliffe receiver for the Farnseliffe worsted mills of Olneyville, in the Unit ates district court teday, on the pe- of Howland and Crofts a othe: litors. This action followed the petition in bankruptes which was filed earlier in the day. The assets total $296.537 and the labilities $201,755. Instantly Killed by Railroad Train, Plainville, Conn., Nov. 4—While walking on the railroad tracks here tonight Joseph Langley of Waterbury struck by u suburban train and instantly killed. \ companion who was wilking on the rucks beside him es- caped. lungley's skull was frac- tured and internal injuries res celved. Yale Law School Registration. New Havén, Conn, Nov. 4. Yale Law school this year. the first der the advanced requirements for en- trance, shows a total loss of in regularly enrolled students from last year's registration. This year's regis- tration, not counting M“ - The