Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 4, 1909, Page 1

SENDS SPECIAL AGENTS| To Washington in Attempt to Turn ‘Aside the Government’s Programme Regarding Nicaragua l;,&.i 3—The university ap) mmittee to co-operate with similar com- Swed: the United States with 3 facilitating the e oNact‘,.:_ ENOX’S ULTIMATUM UNHEEDED qunnu to First A ppeal to State Department and Then to Directly Appeal to Members of Congress—The Department Watching Every Move of Zelaya’s Agents of Whom there are 1wo at a Leading Hotel. Formal Request from Castrillo. Dr. Salvador Castrillo, the diplomatic nt of the provisis h;w--hlngtm.\, Dee. l——l’resldel?[ Ze- a has not only refused to take of clal cognizance of Secretary Knox’s mote, which was practically an ultima- tum, but he 1g declared to have de- spatched special agents to Washington 0 endeavor to have the state depart- fment's ultimatum set aside, first by s to tnat department and sec- by direct appeals to members of ss. The state department is en- tirely aware of the presence and iden- tity of these emissaries, While they are being watched in a general way, the United States is maintaining over them nothing that could be constru Victoria Luise, government of | the cruiser about 150 milés from St. Thomas. and representative of the ists here, today made a for- mal request to Secretary Knox that he be reccived on equal ferms with the Zelaya government. This, rally, will be informally, as neither Nicaraguan communication between representatives nor Dr, have official standing here. ent has not the matter, it “The :- generally believed that Dr. Cuu-l}- til 'midnight, when direct cable was med.- ‘The storm itself 8tate Department “Marking Time.” is making preparations the s e e e ot the issue o retary Knox's note. There were no developments in the state department today, and Secretary Knox appeared bored when the subject of Nicaragua was mentioned. To all the departfent “4s now marking time' until occasion arrives for further ac- It was sald today that in all proda- bility the Nicaraguan consuls in this country would not be disturbed present at least, nor was it thought that the American consuls in Nicar- ague would be required to leave that Warships to Prevent Zela, In addition to this it was repo: today that any attempt that Zelaya to from make to escape will receive the direct and vigorous at- tention of the American warships now coasts of Sec- MOTHER AND BABY BURNED TO DEATH In New York Lower East Side Tene- Dec. 4.—Mrs. Frank Braun, her little daughter Lizzle, three years of age, and an unidentified man were burned to death early this mern- ing n a tenement fire on the lower East Side waterfront. fire lasted ealy twenty minutes, but it spread so swiftly to the room ‘where Mrs. Braun was asle baby that they were burn: in their beds. ‘s note plainest language that the state de- Zelaya as the man partment looks upon responsible for ihe torture and death raguan Emisari The plan to deflect the United States government programme with reference to Nicaragua came te light this eevn- ing. Senor Fernande Sanchez and Dr. V. former accompanied 'ved here and reg- stered in a leading hotel. Neither Se- nor Banches nor Dr. Uk They gave their qddress as New ork. Frank Braun, the fa- ther, a factory porter, was rescued by rémen from a fourth story window with an infant som in his arms. THE WARRINER BLACKMAIL. Men of High Position May Be Impli- cated in the Embezziement. BODIES OF EXECUTED AMERICANS BURNED To Conceal Means of Identification— This by Order of Zelay New Orleans, La., Dec. 3—The bod- fes of Leroy Cannon and Groce, the two Americans by order of President Zela ragua, were burned, accor gengers who arrived bere toda; Nicaraguan ports on the steamer Dic- reported tion was resorted to on. Afterwar it was said, Zelaya found it Was im. possible to ‘conceal the:fact that the ricans had been killed, and he was forced to make a report to this effect state department at Washing- |° The passangers #aid_that all was quiet in the ity of Blu s = of. the dictators ago, or of tzt: Blulc?d..-’ region by Roman, the family, arri Roman would Members of the Central American plomatic corps, however, were in a discovered the new anches, they declar- ed, as a partner of ot the latter’s business ventures in Nicar- agua, and he h: fortune of betwen four and five million tter when the in lump to escape be- for 17 years :'dunchu * come. it has™ in his and they are allaged to have been pre- mhahy-.womhw-rflmrlofln’: on September h mo-gmu from Sep- continued, has long been Senor San- adviser, and he, also, is herent of Zelaya. chez’s busines & close friend and Telegraph Wires Kept Hot. During the afternoon and early even- Imost an equally large num-~- Dee were received. This telegraphic activity, the Central Americans Insist, #s aimed at members of congress, with & view of winning gver en to render the administration’s present programme inoperative, in event It is presented to congress. 3 _ time departure. six days.| ARMY BALLOON WITHSTOOD SHOWER OF -SHRAPNEL Fired at It from Proving Grounds Near Sandy Hook. New York, Dec. 3.—A big loon which was sent up at States army proving grounds near Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook, todav, Withstood for several hours a’ shower of shrapnel which was fired at it at intervals from the fort. Officers at Fort Hancock declined to discuss the test, but spectators with glasses on the shore were able to see that the gas bag was not damaged. This was confirmed when the balloon to the proving grounds at DON'T SELL THE NAVY YARDS, SAYS SECRETARY MEYER " b R 24 2 to pa- various sums In His Annual R.por&—-loogt::::un::. hotel bills to $1,000 penses for the Lenefit of Attorneys.for tions—Senior Mrs. Ford insist that when the whole truth of the defalca~ tion is known men of higher position the railroad than those already un- er suspicion will be mplicat: that the real shartage will be found to many times in excess of the sum ch has been given in lon. Washington, Dec. 3.—Warning government that it may be compelled 10 buy them back at an increased cost, Secretary Meyer of the navy Jdepart- ment in his annual report to the presi- dent today recommends the retention, for the present, of all the navy yards owned by the government. have the government walt until the completion of the Panama canal before closing any of the yards on the south- EXPRESS MESSENGERS HURT. and New York Fiyer Wrecked by Broken Rail. Lewisville, Ind.,, Dec. Louls and New York fiyer Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked to- night by a broken rail. car plunged down an embankment and three messengers were seriously in- The baggage car was thrown at right angles acroes the rails. rest of the train remained om the Two big battleship of the all big gun class are recommended by the seere- well as a repair ship. malkes it plain in his report that he is #pposed, except occasionally as a check on cost, to the construction of battle- #hips at government navy yerds, and to the limitation of the construction of only one battleship by any one ship- building cogcern. Estimates for the coming fiscal year were included in the report. more than ten million less than the total amount appropriated for the pres- ent fiscal year. The secretary says that the semior officers of the navy are too old. wants some new legislation on the sub- ject. He. says that he is preparing recommendations. on the matter and il submit them to Several days ago a. balloon was hit by cannon shots from Fort Hancock and was seen to collapse and fall. The tests are heing conducted as s cretly as possible with a view to per- fecting the army in the rudiments of aerial warfare. 3.—The St. The express SON OF INVENTOR COLT To Be Tried on Charge of Fraudulent Use of Mails. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. Colt of New York, a son of the invent- or, will be tried at the next term of the United States district court in this city on a charge of using the mails to de- froud. He was indicted in May, 1908, but was in Paris until recently. appeared today before Judge Phillips, who fixed his bond at $1,600, which was provided by George G. Gaugh, Colt's father-in-law, proprietor of a printing Strike Riot at Plant of American Tin Plate Company. Wheeling W. Va., Dec. 3 tonight between strike sympathizers and deputy sheriffs guarding the Aetna plant of the American Shcet and Tin y, a guard was shot and seriously wounded, Fifty deputies are guarding the plant against further at- Strike breakers are being im- ported from Cincinnati ‘and Piétsburs. Serious trouble s feared. To Talk Over Plate compan: Recommendations for the legal es- tablishment of a naval reserve of offi- cers and men will also be submitted to President Taft soon. Recommenda- tions in regard to the development of & naval militia are also promised. Secretary Meyers reviews and ex- plains in detail his proposed plan for the reorganization of the nmavy depart- ment and nayy yards and asks for such Jegislation as may be needed to carry it Into effect. More Pay and Shorter Olcott Colt was and loan business, with office sas City and New York. It is all that after he received his fee for ob- taining loans he or his “experts” in- variably procured no loan. New Haven, Conn., Dec, of the national brotherhoods of railroad trainmen, conductors, emgineers and firemen will meet the officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad here in January and take up the requests of the employes of tire 0ad for an increase in wages and a hortening of hours. - The masting will be hold Jan. 4th. British Bark Foundered at See. Portland, Ore, Dec. ceived by the United States weather bureau from Tatoosh island, Wash., say that the British meur-masted bark Matterhorn foundered at sea Novem- ber 27, seventy miles The first mate, steward, and four sailors were drowned. seven of the crew were saved. $5,000 Fire at Thompsonville. Thompsonville, Conn., Dec. 3.—Fire tonight destroyed a_ frame building owned by Lawrence R« aged an adjoining bullding owned by Addison H. Brainard and Hira id. The loss' will be $5,000. cause of the fire is not known. The Ral I:;!“Cemmnnlon.r. Goyernor We after giving the subject serious consideration gor a week and more, decided yesterday aft- int as railroad com- Edgar J. Doolittle of Meri- den. The selection will meet general pproval. Mr. Doolittle Is one of the ling citisens of one of the most progressive cities of the that wuhwt’uumrflhm it the custom its 3 s no & director of the New York, ven & Hartford road and a raliroad commissione grade #‘ ford Courant. X R s In 3 TEN PER CENT. INCREASE To Be Demanded by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. New York, Dec. 3.—Officers of the Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen, who announced yesterday that they will demand a general increase of ten from thirty-two rail- sippi, said to- MEETING OF STATE GOVERNORS Te:Be Held in Washington January 18, ‘Washington, Dec. 3,—President Taft will make the opening address at the econvention of the National Civic fed- eration to begin its important work in this city Jan. 1 3.—Advices re- per cent. in paj roads east of t night that the men positively will not gO out in sympathy with the western n invitation to be pres- off Umanilla ent mal extended by Seth Low, president of the federation, who conférred chief ‘execative for fifteen minutes. mesting of the govemnors of the states is to be held in Washington Jan. 18, Mr. Low said that an effort is making te have the two con- wentions work in Rarmony in the dis- culsion of the same s| eration will take up ul apeclally dealing with divorce. KING EDWARD ‘ACCEPTS. Will Arbitrate the Alsop ClI: “We expect,” Murdock, “to present our demands on the 11th of this month, and that the wage confdrence will begin on the Although every effort will be made to avert a general strike, it is impossible to predict what the out- come of the conference will b 1% and 20, and rs and dam- form state laws ment Proregued. 3—King Edward's second parliament, which appears des- tined to become & memorable one in the country’s history, was prorogued today with the customary foramlities. It will soon be dissolved and writs will be issued for new elections to the house of commons. The pollings will begin Jan. 13 and last until Jan. 34, oc., 3—King Ba “the. faselgn office, accept: the invitadon fo.got a3 arbitrator of Alsop cia ute between the United and o Speedy Bottioment of 8kiff Load of Nitro-Giycerine Exploded Sistersville, Vi of the Marietta ent Q:‘_n}rx!hot“ur‘ , Dec. -'-.loomw‘:“"g: ve a., )y ew hed today [blown to atoms, a-steamboat was rock- hwnmuo( until it took water over s gun- b, first to strike, the entire town was shaken to accept the Barre granite € the use of the bushi APt K PLIES LIGHTERED. SIX BIC TUCS AT WORK bgyscnmss. o Trying to Pull the Prairie Into Deep Water—Rear Admiral Kimball and His Men Remain on Board. * Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—Despite the large amount of coal and other heavy ith | supplies which were removed to from the transport Prairie 1ight the ship late tonight is wu;? and on the mud flats of Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware river, thirty-five miles ‘below this eity. The Prairie went aground last night g to Panama or pos- ‘with about 700 marines hile proceedin, sibly Nicaragua on board. The marines are still on the vessel. e Six powerful tugs tried to pull’ the Prairie into deep water today, but were ‘unsuccessful. - Another attempt will be ma’c at high tide about 4 o'clock to- morrow morning. Commandant Harris of the Philadel- phia navy yard is-in-close communi- cation with Rear Admiral Kimball, who is on the transport. The commandant aid tonight that he felt confident the 'vessel would be floated at the next high tide and would continue the trip south tomorrow. FOUR GLOUCESTER ¢ FISHING VESSELS WRECKED On West Coast of Newfoundland— Loss of Life. Unknown. St. John's, N. F., Dec. 3.—Meagre re- ports from Birchy Cove, Bay of Is- lands, on the west coast, indicate that four Gloucester, Mass., fishing schoon- ers have been wrecked. As the loss of life, the reports are con- flicting. The schooners - Clintonia, Henry M. Stanley and Mabel R. Hines are on the rocks at Bay of Islands, and another schooner, which may be the John R. Bradley, is a total wreck. The mail steamer Portia was wrecked while. crossing from Sydney, C. B., to Bonne bay and the entire west coast is strewn with the wreckage of New- foundland craft. The crew of the vessel which is be- lieved te be the John R. Bradley had & narrow escape when their craft was driven on the rocks at the morth arm of the Bay of Islands. They were res- cued by the cruiser Fiona and taken to Birchy cove. As the coast is bleak and but sparsely inhabited, the crews of the of schooners may be safe in some locality remote from commun- o1 | “Unqualified to Speak on Negro Prob- lem in the South.” New York, Dec. was Ditterly assafled speak on the negro problem in the south” by Francis D. Winston, former 6r of North Carolina, who ad- dressed the annual meeting of the of New York at North Carolina soclety its banquet at the Hotel Astor tonight. The president, he said, had written “with some heat” on the subject of the negro and the franchise, a matter wpon which as a northern man Mr. Taft had no special right to debate. OBITUARY, Mrs. Robert C. Ogden. New York, Dec. 3.—Mrs. Robert C. Ogden, wife of the retired merchant and philanthropist, died at her home here tonight of pneumonia and at- tendant cemplications, after an iliness of several weeks. She was born Ellen Elizabeth Lewis of Brooklyn and mar- ried Mr. Ogden in 1860. Her husband is best known as a president of th Southern Educational board and a trustee of the Tuskegee and Hampton institutes for the education of negroes, He was formerly a partner of John ‘Wanamake! 105-Year-Old 8chooner Polly Sold. Rockland, Me., Dec. 3.—The 105- United States, for the p which Commander Robert E. Peary has been negotating, on account of her historical associations, was sold today to J. H. Weldon of Dighton, Mass. As a privateer in the war of 1812, the Polly captured a number of merchant- | men. The purpose of her new owner in regard to the vessel is unknewn. Syrian Declared a White Man. Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 3.—By the decis- fon of Judge W. T. Newman of the United States district court toda Costa George Najour, a Syrian, is de- clared a white man and eligible to the privileges of citizenship in the United States. On the ground that he is a Mongolian, it is probable that the case will be appealed by the immi- gration bureau. Death of Former Italian Premier. Rome, Dec. 3.—Signor Allossandro Fortis, former premier and minister of the interior, who had been ill for sev- eral months at Rimini, died today. FIRE AT NEW LONDON. Dairy Lunch Room Wiped Out by Blaze for Which General Alarm Was Sounded. ‘The Dairy Lunch, Golden street, New London, owned by Peter Jeromé, Jr., was cleaned out by fire Friday morn- ing. One side of the entire upper floors of the building were burned out. The lower floor, that occupied by the lunch room, ~vas' seriously damaged by wa- ter, as was the kitchen on the same floor. The ladies’ dining room was but slightly damaged, this being by smoke and water, while the sleeping apartments on_thé floors above escap- ed damage. The tailoring establish- ‘ment of F‘:lnk Saug At the annual national exhibition, held August 29, 30 and 31, 9, under del Uruguay, bull, 17 months old, son of imals 1 twe h“:n‘;ln imported years was awarded ovar all comers, ~and certifieate of§ ] s T ikebreakers TO TAKE PLACES OF DISSATIS. FIED SWITCHMEN. s o 5 SN ‘W. W. Dudley is dangerously iIl. o up his fight agai: COAL AND OTHER HEAVY SUP- goRtumsia in P ubmarin eed es wi a guaran! TROUBLE IS-ABOUT OVER The Railroad Managers Assert, But the Strike Leaders Say the Diffioulty is Only Just Begun. St. Paul, Minn, Dec. 3.—With 1,500 imported. men to replac 3 Ewitchmen who are members of the Switchmen’s union of North America those strikers who are members l’!mt:d_ of .R;Afl'ly ’l‘rlln; work, managers_of rthern and Northern Pa- as; Lottie Meni ing since last flm&.y, was found dea wfly murdered, on a roof top York. of the Brothe; men asserted tonight i Frelght congestion is not Movement to Effect a Settiement. After a conference this afternoon ‘Wwith President Hawley of the Switch. men’s union and E. W. Decker of the cleart; house, Governor Bberhardt announced that a well defined move- ment had begun to effect a settiement of the strike. President L. W. HHI of the Great Northern said there could be no truth in any talk of settlement even with in- had decided that they would togef Mr. Hill said that the railroads could get men enough in the east to take the strikers’ places, but that they did not want to bring them all in now, preferring to give the old men & chance to return as indi- REFUSED TO HAVE THEIR FURNITURE TAGGED Would-be Movers of Household Goods Dec. 3.—Violence to- part in the strike of 1,800 operatives of the Ludlow Man- ufacturing assoclates’ plant, when att- a gang of town employss tag the furniture of for further identificatio lace just over the in Wilbraham, where are 8.—President Taft as “unqualified to Labor union. No of the result of the comference wae members of the state to Boston early in the Stevens for the mill o that no more evio- tions would be made before next Wed- nesday. ¥ made. . The board returned TWO HOTEL GUESTS EJECTED, COST PROPRIETOR $1,260. Had Occupiod & Room Tendersd by a Friend. York, Dec. 3.—A hotel guest give up his room to a friend or to a friend and the friend's wife without entitling the hotel to subject them to the humiliation of This {8 the decision handed down to- day by the appellate dfvision of the supreme court in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith of Stamford, Conn., who were put out of ome of ark’s large hotels late at night because they occupied a reom that had their disposal by a > The colll'ttllfltmed t:: decision of the lower court In awarding the Smiths $1,250 damages, CHANGE IN PERSONNEL Follows Consolidation of Shore Line and New York Di New Haven, Dec. 3—Following the announcement of the consolidating of the Shore line and New York divis- lons of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, the following changes In the personnel were an- nounced late today, to go Into effect on the 15th of the month: sett s appointed trainmaster with jurisdiction over- the freight service between New Rochelle and Harlem river, including the freight stations, piers 45 and 56, and the floating equipment. The master of lighterage will be under Mr. Mot- sett, whose headquarters will be at lelevnvl River. P. W. J. Smith, as passenger train- master, will be in charge of passenger train service west of New Haven, With offices in the Grand Central sta- tlon. J. J. Snavley as trainmaster will be in charge of the service Néw Haven and Woedlawn, and on the Danbury, Ridgefield and New Ca- B. Regan will act as assistant trainmagter. Headquar- ters will be in New Haven. been placed at Hurlem river naan branches. Thieves Attempt Bronze Elk frem a Cometery. Carry Away Traveling Distributor of Typhoid Fe- oner of Pensions Representative T wm t-h:"bu.&: Russia is About to Place Contracts of 171-3 ‘anadian Paocific Rail The road has placed a contract in England for two new steamers to cost $1,500,000. The Dukes, Millionaire Tohuu' Men, have endowed Trinity college, Durham, N. C., with half a fon :f)l!lrl. Marines at the Brooklyn navy yard had an hour's battle putiing out a fire In the chemical laboratory bullding: John Ellsworth Was Sentenced to In the state prison, at Mount 7, N. J., for robbing ScHuyler Ra~ 7 years old, miss- The Trial Was Begun of John W. snlllot ‘who claims that he shot and illed his superior, Captain Mathews, in self defense. . The New Tariff Commission arrived in Chicago to obtain information eon- cerning caitle, livestock and meat packing conditions. Mrs. Dora E. Doxey of ' Columbu Neb., ‘was arrested and charged wil murdering her husband of three months by placing arsentic in his food, Albert T. Patrick appeared in court In New York in an effort to gain his freedom, but the judge refused habeas corpus and sent him back to Sing Sing. Professor Giddings of Columkia uni- versity in an address in New York said he sees danger lurking in the big cor- porations, and that t the law. . Captain W. A. Johnson, mining ex- pert, after belag evicted from a hotel in Sait Lmke City because he couldn’t pay his bill, committed suicide by tak- ing cyanide of potassium. SHORT SUGAR WEIGHT FRAUD INVESTIGATION = Witness Parr Again Tells Stery of the Crooked Scales: New York, Dec. 3—The sugar tri today continued to focus upon Rich ard Parr, the special agent of the treasury department. who was fore- most In discovering and _exposing short welght frauds on the Willlams- b docks of the American Sugar Refining company. Parr rehearsed once mare his story of how he canght Kehoe, a tally clerk, manipulating the scales; how Oliver Spitzer, one of the six company employes now conspiracy, offered to _his own price for hush- {393 And how Bresinsk, clbow and asked anxiously retort with an attack on Parre cred- ibility. 4 was asked. “If you call President Roosevelt and his secretary (now Callector Loeb) su- ers. 1 was working under orders,” replied Parr, “but if'you mean the secretary of the treasury, them T was working without orders.” Further inquiry along this line was dropped. Parr once wrote sheets for poo] and court, but Parr insisted on an an- gry denial The wire with which, it was shown at a former trial the scalés were ma- nipulated, was produced in court azain today and was identified. A working model of the scales was exhibited for the benefit of the jury. Parr told how he first came upon Kehee crouching behind the scales. Adjournment was taken until Mond: MARCHING STRIKERS INVADE NEW YORK CITY HALL. 2,500 Girls and Wemen Present Peti- tien to Mayor McClellan. New York, Dec. 3.—Twenty-five hun- dred girls and women, the more spirit- ed of the striking shirt waist operators now demanding higher wages and bet- ter working conditions in New York, marched through the East Side today to the ciy hall, where they presented a petition to Mayor McClelian, de- manding among other things that “you put an immediate stop to the insults and intimidations and to the abuses to which the police have subjected us while we have been picketing, which is our lawful right.” Three or four thousand of the gen- erally sympathetic, the curious and a sprinkling of suffragettes augniented the strikers' delegation, which jammed City Hall park. The mayor told the committee that he would confer with the police commissioner about the mat- ter. SUCCEEDS DEAD CADET. Younger Byrne Appointéd One Killed in Football. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 3.—Representa- tive D. S. Aléxander announced today that he would appoint Louis Thomas Byrne of this city to fill the vacaney at the United States military acad- emy caused by the death of Eugene C. Byrne, his brother. as the result of induries received in the Harvard-West int football game FRENCH FIGHT WITH ARABS. Five Men and Latter Former Lo Fifteen in 3 Advices received to- minister of ‘the-colenjes stafe that a detachment of Frénch troops attacked and routed an Arabjan ‘band near Bflma, French "West Africa. The Arabs lost fifteen killed and the PFrench five killed and eight wounded. dflmmfl & milk wagon is held re- for the epidemic of typhold spons! fever Im the fashionable Ghent see- WAS 1T THE 5% ey are defying im by the “Dick, this fellow says you're all ot! Hoes With me, re- “Told with heat and great detall, the narrative made a visible effect, and caunsel for the defense was quick to “You started to investigate without orders from any superior officer” he Questions designed to show that mlw room keepers were barred by Place of UPWARDS OF $30,000 INVOLVED Aged Woman who Now Sits Obstinately Mute in a Po- lice Cell, is Believed to Know Something of the East Orange, N. J., Mystery which is Puzzling the Author- ities—Hypnotism Apparently Played Its Part. New York, Dec. 9.—The three great companies in which Mrs, Ocey Ward- 1aw Martn Snead held life insurance for upwards of $30,000 announced to- day that they will refuse to honor their policids until It has been proved that the body of the half starved womau found in the hathtub of an un- furnished house in East Orange N. J., last Monday, is that of Mrs. Snead, The poliey for $24,000 on the life of her husband, Flétcher Snead, who is young } missing, is also unpaid, and no claim has been put in for the insurance. Views of Insurance Company Agent. A company agent detailed upon the case said today: “We do not believe Snead is dead. We do not know that Mrs. Snead is dead. It seems Incred- ible that any woman not hypnotized or drugged could be persuaded to eudure such ingenuities of mental suffering and bodily privations as this poor girl now in the morgue underwent, if she had any claim on the ties of blood and family devotion. “We do know that three separate sets of policies in duplicate on the life of young Mrs. Snead were issued in favor of her aunt, Miss Virginia Ward- law, now under arrest at East Oran on the plea, in each Instance, that the | previous set had been lost. ~ Was money borrowed on these duplicates? We do not know.” Police Busy With Papers. The police today were busy with a bundle of papers and scattered mem- oranda left by Miss Wardlaw in a drugstore ‘and recently discovered, They contained thousands of words of a compilation on insurance policies and what could be borrowed on them, min- gled irrelevantly with letters of rec- ommendation from some of the fore- most educators of the country, and all testifying to the refinement of sensi- bility and intellectuality of the grim old woman who now sits obstinately mute in a cell. Such names are sign- ed to them as those of Alice S. Free- man, president of Wellesley college: Alexander T. Ormand, professor of medical sclence at Princeton upiversi- o1 OF MRS, SNEAL Insurance Companies Doubt; Identity of Woman Found Dead in Bath Tub i ty; Charles Young, professor of ase Thomas Ru Price, professor of English literature at Columbia university, and others. Fortune of $100,000 Disappeared. In addition the papers indicate that young Mrs. Snead was the daughter of Colonel Robert M. Martin, who once lived handsomely in ) her a fortune of $100,000, which has New York and left Mrs. Snead’s mother, has also disap- peared, ag utterly as her son-in-law, Fletcher Snead. The mother and ais~ Wardlaw, who are living s In New York, still refuse to gu tu Bast Orange to identify the body supposedl to be Mrs. Snead's, and’ not discuss their family affairs. The insurance companies, insist, how= all these detalls must be thoroughly ventllated before the poli= cles are pald. What Dr. Wachsman Told the Officers: New York, Dec. 3.—Dr. Jacob Wache= man told the Brooklyn police tonight that on September 7th last he calied on Snead at the instance of Jullan the attorney who drew hes ‘The young woman, he sald, was apparently under hypnotic influ= ence. When he was able to shield ber glance of the others in eyes from the the room she brightened He found her suffering from neuras= thenia, produced by hypnosis and sar= vation. There were stitches in her side, remaining from an _operation of some weeks previous. He was astonished that they had been allowed to remaim A suggested that they “Miss Virginia Ward- continued the physician, “that I take the stitches out, and, to save the young woman from any pain, that I use chloroform. I told shlotoform was unnecessary and that in Mrs. Snead's weakened condition might cause death, insisted that I use in the wound be taken out. Miss Wardlaw “Miss Wardlaw chloroform, but I refused. she sald she would notify me the next day it my services were further res quired. I'never heard from her again™ CONNECTICUT INDIAN ASSOCIATION MEETING Held at New Haven—Officers Eleoted at Business Moeting. . New Haven, Conn., Dec. 3.—The an- nual meeting of the Connecticut Indian association held here today was ad- dressed by Henry Cloud of Yale, a Winnebaug Indian. At the business meeting the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Sarah T. Kin- ney, Hartford; vice presidents, Mrs. Jacob Knous, Mrs. Henry Rogers and Mrs. Kate Foote-Coe, New Haven; Mrs. F. E. Castle, Waterbury; Mrs. E. Ster- ling, Bridgeport; Mrs. J. N. Harris and Mrs. 8. H. Miner, New London: Mrs. J. H. Whittemore, Naugatuck: Mrs. C. J. Camp, Winsted, and Mrs. F. E. Dowe, Norwich; secretary, Mrs. Lillian Kel- sey, New Haven; treasurer, Mrs. D. M. Thompson, Hartford; auditor, . H. Tucker, Hartford. The following were appointed an advisory committee: Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, Middletown; Rev. J. H. Twichell, R R. H. Potter, Col. C. M. Joslyn, James nd Prof. Robert Riggs, of Rev. J. Anderson, Water- dbury; Rev. W. Phillips, E. H. Jenkins and A. McMathewson, New ; Rev. J. Hutchins, Litchfleld: 3 Miner, New London. Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney, Mrs. Jacob Knous, Mrs. H. W, Rogers and ‘Mrs, David Thompson were appointed delegates to the meeting of the national association In New York on Dec. Tth. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR REMOVED FROM OFFICE. Charged With Being Responsible for Escape of a Murderer. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 3—Lieut.-Gov- ernor Villarine of Lower California, Mexico, was removed from office to- day by Governor Vega. The removal ows out of the escape from San lego and later from Lower Califor- nia of Earl Lynell, son of & promi- nent merchant of San Diego. Lynell was charged with killing Earl Davis in a quarrel over a girl. Lynell fled to Lower California, when he disappeared. Prosecuting At- torney Utley of San Diego preferred charges against Lieut.-Governor Villa- rino, holding him respomsible for the escape. DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOT For Pulling Down a Black Flag Hoist- ed by Foreign Strikers. Pittsburg, Dec. 3.—For pulling down A black flag in deflance of the orders of an infuriated mob of striking for eign workmen near the plant of the Colonfal Steel company of Monaca, near here, Deputy Sheriff Conwa Crowley was shot today and probably fatally Wounded. Striking workmen at the steel plant, after taking down the American flag, placed @ black flag on a pole and gathered about it, daring the police officers to take it down. Fearing fur- thelr violgnce, the sheriff has placed deputies on duty at the steel plant. FRIDAY'S CABINET MEETING. President Taft's Message Comes in for More Pruning. ‘Washington, Dec. 3. — President Taft's first message to congress came in for pruning again today when the cabinet met. Not content with tear ing it to pieces in special session y« i , the nine members of the pres. t's official family went at the mu production once more. As -a result, patches were put on here and there in the shape of inserts between some other Aside from discussion of the mes- sage, the meeting considered only routine business. Highway Commissioner Macdonald is Much Improved. 1' been o to his home with a u!:. i n-: hwvu“ ln:st WASHINGTON BANKER MET DEATH WHILE DUCKING, —ti it Is Belioved That His Gun Was Aes cidentally Discharged. Baltimore, Dec. 3.—It was_ learned here today that R. Henrv Lynn of the American National bank of Wash- ington, D. C.. met death usquehanna flats, miles from Havre de Grace, today. Mr. Lynn reached the ducking grounds y and expected to return to Heo waa ocoupy- ngton tonlght. ing & sink box and co; those In charge of the tender that it was given direc- tions what to do and appeared to bave carried them out. wards, however, men in & rowboat be- longing to the tender discovered that Mr. Lynn was not in the sink box. In- vestigation showed that the box had a hole in the end, apparently made by belleved that Lynn's gun was acoldentally di od, but owing to the hole in the sink box and that the recoll, received per- abdomen, made it impos- sible for him to call for help, w was within easy reach. There are no | wounds upon his body and it is e insensible fro; the effects of the recoll, he drowned, as the welght of his body dragged the sinkbox down and filled it with wa- The body was recovered in five feet of water, about fifty feet from the sinkbox he occupled and was taken was leaking. Some time after- $5500 AWARDED TO NEW LONDON WOMAN By U. 8. Circuit Court for Death of Her Husband. For the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the fed= eral employers’ liability act of October, 1908, counsel for the New York, New Haven and Hartford nounced their intention of hringing te the United States supreme « case in which the widow of awarded $5,500 by oircuit court today. a while acting as inspector for the rail- Boston, Dec. 3. As & ground for their constitutionality « a act assumes iploye, while congress has the ulate traffic between also that the act minates against rafiroads in favor of steamship eompanies and other com- mon carriers and that it assumes fo regulate traffic within states FRENCH TARIFF-MAKING. Maximum Rates of Cotton and Weol Sohedules Increased. Paris, Dec. 3.—The cotton and wool ed by the chamber . generally leave ‘where they are, of deputies yeste: the minimum rate while the maximum rates on various grades are increased from § to 35 per Eight-Year-Old Guggenheim Divorce Guggenheim eight years ago is val of @ decision rendered age t terminated by -the Chicage divorce of 1901, have remarried. 4