Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1909, Page 1

\ _ :Resnlt. of '!'ejegams Received in Washington from U, 8. Consulate at Managua - WITH 700 MARINES NOW AT PANAMA /The Cruiser will Sail at Once for Corinto—Americans in Managua Appeal to the Consulate for Protection— Zelaya Plans to Retain His Hold on Power—Com- mander of Buffalo to Use His Own Judgment. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—The United States auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, now at Panama, with seven hundred ma- rines on board, has been ordered to sail at once for Corinto. Department Stirred by Telegrams. This action was taken today as the result of a telegram received from the United States consulate at Man- a, that inasmuch as Zelaya in his essage resiging the presidency made unpleasant reference to ' Americans, and a report was current in that city that civilian adherents of Zelaya had ‘Dbeen armed with daggers, the citizens of the United States residing in that city have appealed to the consulate for protection. Zelaya Still ‘Planning. Another telegram from the Ameri- <can consulate at Managua states that it is currently rumored there that ‘when Madriz arrives in Managua, pre- sumably tomorrow, Zelaya will for- mally surrender his office to the® na- tional assembly, and that that body has received instructions from to cast its vote for Irias as of the republic. rumor is directly at variance g tanding here,” ))anm]“ an from Nicaragua, official- Iy or otherwise, that Madriz would receive the support not only of Zelaya himself, but of his friends. The conclusiofi of the Unitea States officers at Managua is that by the se- lection of Irias, Zelaya will retain his hold on power and continue to dom- inate the situatioh. Zelaya’s Change of Front Not Sur- , rising. front by Zelaya is a P ‘The change of matter of no very great surprise to the officials here, it being well known that both Irias and Madriz have long been regarded as Zelaya's willing tools and it has been suspected for some time that Irias -was really Ze- laya's first choice for the presidency and that Madriz was the second. The orders sent to the Buffalo to proceed at once to Corinto may have some significance other than that stated, in- asmuch as_her arrival there is ex- pected on the very day that Madriz is expected to. arrive in Managua. Rear’ Admiral Kimball With the Ma- s rines. ‘Whether the 70 marines, on the ar- rival of the Buffalo at Corinto, will be placed under the orders of the United States consulate at Managua does not appear, but it is assumed “that the commander of the Buffalo will take such steps as he deems nec- essary under his general instructions to_protect American interests. Rear Admiral Kimball, who went to Panama on the Dixie, will accompany the marines to Corinto, - He will then take command of the naval vessels at that port. Those now there are the Albany, Yorktown, Vicksburg and the collier ‘Saturn. The Princeton is ex- pected tonight. The Eagle Ordered to Bluefields. Colon; Dec., 17.—Lieutenant Com- mander F. L. Sandoz, commanding the U. 8. S. Bagle, is under orders to pro- ceed to- Bluefields. The Marletta is still here. The Dixie sailed this after- noon for Philadelphia. The collier Leonidas arrived here last night for supplies. CRITICISING OF CONGRESS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE. Mr. Fitzgerald of New York Enlivens Dull Session of the House. 17.—Denunciation ¢ ‘Washington, Dec. of the executive department officials the t .who criticise con- \ #é&mmtmm;nmfi Mann_of Tlinois, similar tenor tative his~subordinates, en- bill was conclud- waa not put upon its passage will again occupy the attention of ®ody on Monday. saving was oflecteal here ufnd reduelng appropriations for i in the salaries of district and by eliminating altogether making provision for the of new officers. tive Mann made an at- % Mr. Tweedale, auditor of the - , for m!;;‘m'ldng‘{"x; wpeeches. Ho sal a Bl omei mads. the statements oi- to him he ought to be dis- and added that the officials :f executive department were much {too free in their abuse of the "flmfl tulated M 3 congratulate r. Mana his attitude, and intimated Roosevelt, by his way of doing and his free things, during his oc- ‘White house, encour- sm of mefibers of congress by those under him. ‘The house adjourned until Monday. ‘The senate was not in session today. $2,000 DAMAGES FOR MISS HERO Awarded Againet Dr. Anibal Zslaya for Breach of Promise. New York, Dec. 17T.—Fortune gave the Zelaya family another prod today, when a jury awarded Miss Juliette Hero $2,000 damages against Dr. Ani- bal Zelaya for breach of promise. “It might as well have been $50,000,” sald the young relative of ine Nicara- uan dictator, when he fieard the ver. ict. have no money and can’t Under the law, unless Zelaya settles, he can be committed to jail for an in- deflnite period. Miss Hero sued for 000 damages, alleging that Zelaya promised to marry her while a medi- «cal student here. Two years ago, how- ever,.his courtship waned. The plain- tiff, who is a Greek lh’{.l a;‘!d vr“e,t‘t)t". gnned satisfaction with the verdict, o ‘because of its amount, but because she eonsidered herself vindjcated. At the trial Zelaya introduced evi- dence to prove that she consoled her- gelf with other young men after his own love grew cold. Miss Hero's trump cards were a number of letters the ~ young Nicaraguan wrote her, filled with picturesque terms of endearment and bits of ve: “Reduction in Free Time on Freight Demurrage, Boston, Dec. 17.—Resolutions oppos- ing a reduction In free time on freight demurrdge, at least until such time as the shipper may be paid for losses sus- talned through delays, were adopted to- Dy 300 business men at a meeting @ at the chamber of commerce. As the meeting wae made up of retailers, wholesalers and representatives of mearly all the business organizations in five states, the declaration is re- - led as fairly indicative of the -atti- e of New England on the set of car " sul and demwrruge of rules sub- by the natlonal committee to National Association of Railroad iking Granite Cutters Refyse to Arbitrat r, Vt, Dec. 17—A proposi- %mt their cause to arbitra- was today refused by the striking nite custers at Northfield, who start- the movement that has thrown six 0 d men out of work in the Ver- granite industry for the last four “The ition submitted by the s ‘the disagreo- ma— the other matters at issue I = FORMER AMBASSADOR BIGELOW CRITICISES PRESIDENT TAFT On a Statement in His Message Con- cerning a, Prote Tariff. New York, Dec. 17.—"President Taft in his recent message to congress de- nies that the recent and constantly in- craesing cost of living is due to a pro- tective tariff, a statement which proves nothing so clearly as that his training as a Jawyer has not made of him a still less a political econ- omist.” John Bigelow, former ambassador to France, statesman, diplomatist and au- thor, thus criticises the president in a letter written to the Civic Forum, whose annual banquet will be held in New York tomorroyw. Mentally alert, although in his 924 year, Mr. Bigelow gave his views by letter because he was unable to attend the banquet. The Civic Forum, which counts President Taft, W. J. Bryan, Bishop D, H. Greer, Justice Brewer, Archbishop Ireland, William Dean Howells and other distinguished men among its officers, encourages the freest utterances of opinion from its platform, though it does not make it- self responsible for the views ex- pressed. “Of course, under these auspices,” continues Mr. Bigelow, “I see more prospect of a revolution than of any reform {n our government. For the last two years there has been a larger army of wage earners on strike, that is, in revolt against their employers, than was at any time engaged in our Civt war by the confederate states, thus far less bloody only because of enforced concessions to the demands of the wage earners. “How. will he (Taft) explain the re- cent extraordinary impulse given to the white slave traffic, except by the tariff, which compels women to aban- don their proper home life and take Tefuge in factories of protected indus- tries for their dafly bread, or else if not in consequence abandon themselves to a life of-shame.” “WHITE SLAVE” BILL Considered at Meeting of Chairman Mann’s Committee. / ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—The “white slave” bill, introduced by Chairman Mann of the house committee on in- terstate and foreign commerce, was considered in today’s meeting of Mr. Mann’s committee, but was not acted upon. The committe: will assemble again tomorrow to take it up. The advocates of the bill believe that one or two of the minority are weakening in their opposition‘to the measure. The contention of the Immigration committee that it and not the inter- state commission, has jurisdiction of the matter. was brought up at today's meeting of the commerce commission, but it was contended that the bill in no way divests the immigration com- mittee of its prerogatives. In his report, Mr. Howell, chairman of the immigration committee, says that the changes in the law are based almost éntirely upon the United States immigration commission’s in- vestigation. GUGGENHEIM DIVORC_E STANDS. Right to File a Petition for Annulment Denied Mrs. Guggenheim. e €hicago, Dec. 17.—Judge Honore en- tered an order here today in the cir- cuit court denying to Mrs. Grace B. Guggenheim the right to file a petition asking that the decree of divorce ob- tained by her in 1901 from William Guggenheim, of the firm of Guggenheim Brothers, be set aside. The woman, who married again shortly after the decree of divorce was entered, has been seeking in the courts here to have the decree annulled on the ground that it was obtained by faud, she not hav- ing been o citizen of Illinois when' the case was tried. The attempt to annul the decree was com by counsel for William Guggenheim, who also has married mkl Y New: License Fees for Chicago Amuse- ment Places. Chicago, Dec. 17.—New license fees for the various classes of amusements were provided for in an ordipance adopted here today during a special session of the city council. The Na. tional league and the Am _baseball parks will be Punta Arenas, Dec. 17.—The German Steamship =~ Utgard, from - Portland, Ore, for St. Vincent, C. ¥., before re- ashore at Baxa Point, has ken in two and only of the cargo is salvable. All the crew have been landed. 2 Paris, Dec. 17.—The French press describes Leopold as a business king who succeeded in exparding Belgium into a first class economic power. The Temps says: “Like all men of action, o was shrewd, intelligent and sen- but not sentimental. He has ac- complished a life work and as a maker of people he will rank with Richelieu, Peter the Great, Bismarck and Cavour.” THE ASTOR PEARLS NOT ALL GENUINE. Ninety Gems in One Five-Strand Neck- lace Were Imitations. New York, Dec. 17.—Not all the As- tor pearls are genuine. The report of the transfer tax collector, as filed with the surrogate today, shows that ninety of the pearls in the late Caroline Web- ster Astor’s five-strand necklace were imitations. Nevertheless the necklace is appraised at $51,000. Mrs, Astor left diamonds and emeralds worth $180,000 additional. Carolina Webster Astor, who died more than a yeay 880, was the widow of William Astor, and for many years was * undisputed leader of New York society, Her husband left an estate variously estimated between $60,000,000 and $70,000,000 and many persons were astonished today that the widow’s total estate, neluding her jewels, is valued at anly $1,800,000, aften all deductions. SUGAR FRAUD CASES. Five Employes of the American Re- fining Company Found Guilty. New. York, Dec. 17—The jury to night found guilty five of the six em ployes of the American Sugar Refin- | ing company, who have been on trial for the past three weeks, charged with criminal conspiracy to defraud the government of customs duties on im- ported raw sugar. In the case of James F. Bendernagel, a former cash- ler of the company’s Williamsburg plant, the jury disagreed. Mercy is decommendéd for all those found guil- Y. s The jury was out ten hours. Under | the indictment, Oliver Spitzer, a dock superintendent; John R. Coyle, Thom- as Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle and Pat- rick J. Hennessey, checkers, may be punished for the commission of twi overt acts, the maximum penalty for each of which is two years’ imprison- ment and $5,000 fine. The failure to convict Bendernagel 18 regarded by the government as a distinct disappoinement. The effort of the prosecution has been to trace the gustoms frauds already admitted to a higher source, and Cashier Benderna- | gel, though not an executive officer of | the company, was still an employe who came in contact with those who shaped the company’s affairs in their larger aspect. Tonight's verdict brings to a close the government's first step in crimnal procedure htq“lg:xns the vast undér. weighing fr disclosed on the docks ofthe American Sugar Refining com- apny." Civil suits brought restitution of $135,00 as payment for duties evad- ed, while $2,000,000 was voluntarily re- turned. 3 “Men higher up” are how talked of, while subsequent investigation has in- volved the Arbuckle Brothers, rivals of the so-called trust, as well as the Na- tional Refining company. MRS. LILLIAN DICK ON TRIAL. Charged With Engaging in the White Slave * Traffic. Utica, N. ¥, Dec. 17—Mrs. Lillian Dick, alias Richards, a resident of Ot- | tawa, was placed on’ trial in the Unit- ed States district court today, charged with engaging in the white slave traf- fic by bringing into the United States for alleged immoral purposes a young French-Canadian woman, who until a few months ago was a waitress in an Ottawa restaurant. Mrs. Dick was a witness before the grand jury when an indictment was found against Albert Dujuay. A fur- ther investigation following a confes- sion by Dujuay resulted in the indict- ment of Mrs. Dick. FOUR CARS LEFT RAILS. Fast Mail Trai New York to New Orl Wrecked. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—The Southern Railway’s fast mail train, No. 87, New York to New Orleans, was wrecked early tonight at Chimblee, Ga., eighteen miles north of Atlanta. Four cars left the track and two. trainmen are re- ported injured. Instantly Killed While Walking on Tracks. East Hartford, Conn., Dec. 17.—Rob- ert Hendee, 45 years old, of this place, was instantly killed tonight while walk- ing on the.tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad by being struck by a passenger train. Heridee was employed as. a farmhand in South Windsor., Passanger Killed, Large Sum of Money Missing. Flagstaff, Ariz., Dec. 17.—A coroner’s jury is trying to learn what became of a large sum of money sald to have been carried by Mrs. Alice D. Bennett of Hartford, Conn. the only person killed in the wreck at Winona, Arizona, last night. Hartford, Conn., Dee. 17.—Mrs. Alics| D. Bennett, who was killed in the rail- road wreck at Winona, Arizona, was the wife of James E. Bennett of East Hartford. She left here Oct. 4 to visit her sister in Le Grand, Cal, and start- ed for home on Dec. 14. She leaves a husband and two sons. Dr. Doxey Charged with Murder. St. Louis, Dec. 17.—Dr. L. B. Doxey of Columbus, Neb, husband of Mrs: Dora E. Doxey, was arrested tonight and lodged in’' - the police_station, charged with murder. Mrs. Doxey is now in jail, charged with the murder of Willlam J. Erder. her alleged hus- band by what is said to be a-bigamous marriage. American Grip on Bluefields Tightened. Bluefields, Niearagua, Dec. 17.—The American grip on Bluefields was tight- | ened to day when Commander Shipley of the cruiser Des Moines, on the au- thority of Rear Admiral Kimball, in command of the American forecs in icaragua, issued a proclamation for- mally stating that no fighting would be allowed at Bluefields. Moving Van Hit by Tr: Canton, Ohlo, Dee, 17.—A man was killed and two girls probably fatally injured and a third seriously hurt when @ Pennsylvania passenger train hit a moving van here tonight. The girls were riding from their place of em- ployment to a car line. Her Heavy Veils MRS. MARTIN SUDDENLY BE- COMES TALKATIVE. SPEAKS FOR SILENT SISTERS Says She is in the Tombs as Result of Conspiracy — “My Daughter Ocey Committed Suicide.” For Two Minutes wmmcwuflmfl R A MISAPPRE- HENSION. . § v S 0 g - A Strike Settlement at Ludlow Mills That Did ‘Not Settle—Sheriffs and Special Officers Summoned. ’ New York, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Caroline ‘W. Martin rajsed her heavy veil day and suddenly became spokesw: man for the three silent sisters who must explain to the courts of New Jersey the death of Ocey Snead. Anx- lous as she was to avoid questioners before her arrest, rs. Martin, the vietim’s mother, in the Tombs proved far more communicative thau either Virginia Wardlaw, the aunt at East Orange, or Mrs, Mary Snead, another aunt, both of whom, like their sis- ter, are charged with murder. A Conspiracy. m here,” volunteered Mrs. Mar- tin today, “as the result of a con- spiracy on the part of millionaires who want what little property I have left. Every newspaper in New York is sub- sidized “v these millionaires, who are persecuting me. I and my sisters WCULD YoU TALK addressed concerning timely and prices. hire and mever intrudes himself. ‘The Bulletin is reasonable and the newspaper and is delivered at the " Following is a summary of the The family paper is the means by which the buying families are A neat store and pretty display windows and polite clerks and 800 taste jn selection and reasonable p: are all good advs. for any store, but the best means to connect these advantages with good buyers is by the use of newspaper. space—the silent salesman who enters the family and talks on week days and Sundays. This salesman is always at hand to talk business day or night in intervals of leisure. He has no hotel expenses or carriage At your service” is his motto and he lives up to it. The newspaper taking family is usually the thrifty family and it does its trading in an intelligent way. It .does not wander out to be artfully dealt with, or to be fleeced; but knows what it wants and where to get it at stated prices. The dealer who gets Into print with his bargains gets into the main current of trade. Space in Now is a good time to subscribe for The Bulletin. It is a live Bulletin Telegraph Locat General ity Saturday, Dec. 11 80 143. 803 1026 Monday, Dec. 13 68 10 202 %78 Tuesday, Dec. 14 83 mg* 208 399 Wednesday, "Dec. ~ 15 80 97 218 395 Thursday. Dec. 16 83 100 202 385 Friday, Dec. 17 86 100 211 397 Tota/, - - > - 480 656 1844 2980 Ludlow, Mass.,, Dec. 17.—Bighteen hundred Polanders went back to work today. Eighteen hundred Polanders walked out two mirutes later. ‘When they went in they were smil- ing. When they came out they wore such discontented looks that the town ;nt::;m;s summoned all md-hcmu. deputy sheriffs, and special officers within reach to preserVe the Ppeace. It was a great strike settlement that dig not settle. For weeks the situa- tion at the Ludlow Manufacturing asw soclate: bagging mills dragged a ‘weary course. The strikers’ families out houses which they oce company’s landlordship, and this made the situation exciting, but add- ed to the good feeling. The lioutenant governor came, on behalf of the gov— ernor of Massachusetts, and gravely suite ; Robbe namited the Vault of th %n&m&"&flm& $7,000 1n cash, in Crown Prince Frederick William of Geimany was in an auto accident in but escaped injury. The r:‘v"fc:-‘.mm o Com campaign on American mrehnr‘mlrlne. t e The Atlantic Battleshi com- pletid ity tactical mancosyres wnd sall- ed Into Hampton Roads to clal, A Scientific Investigation of immi- gration that descendents of for- eigners become Americanized. Archibald second son of the Earl of Al injuries °"‘:fi berdeen, died In London from received in an auto accident. of _the Navy Mayer ex- to the house coymmlnee his Dlan for the reorganization of the navy. ‘aft Presided a the meet- ing : :‘b,-l fund r;r l&clbeuor- ‘0 school n the ‘ment negr The Business Portion of Gadiner, N. D., was destroyed by fire, The loss amounted to $100,000, about half cov- ered by Insurance. “Count” Gubta and his American wife were convicted in Paris of the charge of swindling Fontana, a jew- Wil FAMILIES? seasonable goods and attractive and satisfled customers results satisfactery. Try an adv door for 12 cents a week. news printed during the past week: eler, out of $40,000. . Representative Hitchcock, speaking in the house, made an attack on Sec- retary Ballinger in connection with the public land fraud Right Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Shahan was formally Invested with the robes of office of a domestic prelate of the household of the vatican, Charles L. Warriner's Trial on - the charge of embezzling funds from the Big Four rallroad was postponed at Cineinnat! to a later date. n Protocol in- viting King Edward to arbitrate the Alsop claims dispute was submitted to the British foreign office. Conservation of All Timber Lands lylng within the Yosemite National park is urged by Major'Forsythe, act- ing. superintendent of the park. The Japanese Premier gave assur- ance that the death of Prince Ito will .Bodyofi;heDead PRINCE ALBERT Next Thursday, the Day Following the Funeral of His . Uncle—National Affairs inet—Will of King Leopold Filed—Practical Disin- heritance of Fis Children. Brussels, Dec, 17.—The entire king- dgm of Belgium mourns, its departed ruler, Leopold II. Courts, schools and theaters are closed, parliament and the municipal council haye all adjourned, and flags are at halt mast In every city, town and village of the kingdom in honor of the dead monarch. A Regency in Belgium. Under the constitution the affairs of the nation are in the control of the cabinet until Prince Albert takes ‘the oath of succession next Thursday, the day following the funeral of his uncle, before the jolnt, houses of parliament in the senate chamber. An official decree Issued today lauds King Leopold's career and declares his creation of the Congo Independent State was an act unique in the annals of history. “Posterity will judge Leo- pold a great king, with a grand reign,” it says. The body of Leopold remains in the mqrtuary chamber of “The Palms” and tomorrow evening it will be removed to the palace in Brussels. The face of the dead monarch will not be exposed again to public view. / King Leopold’s Will Filed. The filing of the will of King Leo- pold today shows, that he, divided 32, 000,000 between his three daughters— Princess Lotiise, Princess Stephanie and Princess Clementine. This practi- cal disinheritance of his children sig- nifies the launching of a gigantic legal battle to obtain the king’s weaith sim- flar to that which ensued the death of their mother, Queen Henrietta. The exact amount of Leopold’s fortune probably never will be revealed. Sen- ator Winer, the king's friend and con- fidentia]l legal advisery told the Asso- clated Press today that Leopold had turned over a considerable portion of it make no change in the government's policy toward China or in Korea. Enginser Saah Davis of the Geo (!en’é'-l fast mail, put his hand thro?rh have lived out of the way of the world and things we say are easily twisted. The shock and injustice of my arrest have enfeebled a very old woman. If that is what my enemies want, they need go_mo further. “My daughter Ocey came to her death by her own hands. I did not see her do it. I did not know that it was done until Virginia was arrested, but I was not surprised.” Ocey Snead Not Despondent. In direct contradiction of Mrs. Mar- tin's picture of her daughter Ocey as a pining, despondent girl, lapsing help- lessly into a fatal melacholia, Mrs, Clarence Burns, .a_well-known New York woman and charity worker, said today that she remembered Ocey Snead for her beauty and vitality. “I knew Ocey Snead,” said Mrs. Burns, “a year ago as a young Wo- man iworking for her living. I was greatly impresse¢ by her beauty and her magnificent head of fair hair. She did not seem to be despondent and spoke quite cheerfully of the future. It seemed that she was struggling to tell me something, but could not quite bring herself to it.” Advised Not to Fight Extradition. Franklin Fort, Jr. counsel for Vir- glnia Wardlaw, said tonight that he had advised New York counsel for Mrs. Mary Snead and Mrs. Martin not to fight extradition. “I am confident,” he explained, “that my clients will be -quickly set free after they have been taken to New Jersey. To oppose extradition would mean only longer confinement for them.” REEDY FORK TRAIN ACCIDENT. Reports from Injured in Hospital Not So Encouraging. Greensboro, N, C., Dec, 17.—The list of dead as a result of the wreck at Reedy Fork trestle Wednesday morn- ing has not grown since yesterday, al- though reports from the hospital, where. seventeen’ injured are being cared for, are not as encouraging as vesterday. Robert Russell, the New York jour- nalist, who was traveling as the guest of George Gould, John Phillips of Petergburg and Frank Smith of Dan- ville are now réported in a critical condition. George Gould and son Jay spent an houi at the hospital today with Mr. Russell. RAILS WERE FROSTED. Collision on Central of Georgia Road— Two Persons Killed. Macon, Ga., Dec. 17.—Two persons were killed, one fatally injured and seven more or less seriously hurt when a Central of Georgia northbound pa: senger train this morning at 7.50 o'clock at Harris City, Ga., crashed into the combination second class bag- gage and mail car of traln No. 42, eastbound, of the Macon and Birming- ham road. The accident occurred at the cross- ing of the two roads and was due, a cording to statements from railroad offictals, to a frosted track. Discussion of Union of Five Centr: 'American Republics Revived. Toledo, O., Dec. 17.—In an address béfore the annual meeting of the To- ledo chamber of commerce tonight, tor of the Inter- lookead the situation over. He report- ed that it was bad. The state board of conciliation took a hand and tried to bring the strikers and the manu- facrurers to terms. Last night it was supposed that their objcct had been accomplished. The members of the board went home con- vinced that the strikers would ail 8O back to work this morning. * Strikers Gather on Corners. After the fiasco the strikers gathered on the corners, with black looks. They declared that they had gone back to their places under a misapprehersion. The plan agreed upon by the members of the state board of conclliation, rep- rescntatives of the mills and repre- sentatives of the strikers at a confer- ence here yesterday provided that the strikers return to work at the wages offered by the company, namely, 20 cents per 100 yards of woven cioth, strikers had demanded 24 cents and the original strike was to enforce this demand. ‘The strikers said that they supposed they were to receive 24 cents ‘hereafter and that they had gone back to work on that understanding. The women, who had returned atter parlicipating in a sympathetic strike with the men, also became Indignant when they learned that no concessions had been made by the compgny, and they, too, walked out. Later ey also made a demand for higher wages. Strikebreakers Caused Trouble. Boston, Dec. 17.—The state board of conciliation, when infermea of the re- newed outbreak at the Ludlow Manu- facturing associates, declared that the trouble was due to the .presence of strikebreakers and not to dissatisfac- tion with the rate of pay. KEG OF POWDER EXPLODED. Four Persons Killed, Seventy Othe. Made Homeless. Punxsutawaney, Pa., Dec. 17.—Four persons were kilied, 'seventy others made homeless and another fatally- in- jured today in a fire which destroyed a house at ‘the Frostburg mine of the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron company near here today- Shortly af- ter the explosion of a keg of powder, into which a,spark had accidentally been dropped, a greater quantity of powder exploded and the two atory building was destroyed. Six famdlies lived in the building, but nearly all succeeded in escaping before the sec- ond explosion occurred. The bodies of Joseph Mango, his wife and iwo children were found in the debris by firemen. “S8HOT THROUGH THE _H EART. Complete Recovery of Francis Drys- dale Is Expected. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 17.—Although shot through the heart three weeks ago, Francis Drysdale today Is able to sit up in bed at St. Joseph hospital, and his complete recovery is expected. Drysdale accidentally shot himself on November 24, while handling a revol- The bullet struck the left ventri- cle, ploughed a furrow an inch long, and made an opening in the cavity. The wound was closed with sterilized pending arbitration of the dispute. The |. scalding steam to apply the emergency brakes after the driving rod had brok- en. » Official Announcement was made in Philadelphia that James D. Campbell, solicitor. of . the Phi) ‘generul - of . and Reading Rallway company, would retire January 1. - HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE FOLKS IN THE OLD COUNTRY. “Christmas Ship” St. Louis Sails from New York for England and France With Big Carg New York, Dec. 17.—A “Christmas ship,” the big St. Louis of the Ameri- can line, bearing the largest consign- ment of mail which has left the United States this year, steamed away today for England and France. Her sailing had been put a day ahead so that the holiday gifts aboard may reach “the folks in the old country” in time for Christmas delivery. This will enable her to land the mail the day before Christmas and special trains will he awaiting her arrival on the other s Three thousand sacks and $.000 pa ages constituted the Yuletide consign- ment aboard. Nearly $3,000,000 was received at the New York postoffice to- day and yesterday for conversion Into foreign exchange. PHILADELPHIA FACTORY FIRE, BODIES OF FIVE GIRLS FOUND. ing Employes Ars Now All Ac- counted For, Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—All doubt as to the fate of the five girls who were reported missing last night after the fire at Shrack & Sherwood's factgsy. was removed late today, when the five bodies were found on the third floor of_the damaged building. The bodies were so terribly charred by the intense heat that it was Im- possible for the half-crazed and fran- tic parents who had followed the dead wagon to the morgue. to identify them except by pieces of jewelry worn. The body of Margaret Smith was recog- nized by a chain and locket which she wore and that of Eva Arata by an engagement ring. The other hodies at the morgde are those of Katie Shealy, Louella Porter and Louisa Including Fireman -~ Josegth - who was suffocated. six persons ame known to have perished. All the missing employes have now heen ac- counted for. RIFLE PRACTICE IN SCHOOLS. Bill Introduced in House to Teach'the. Young How to Shoot. Washington. Dec. 17.—Representa- tive Hull of Towa warts to teach the young how to shaot. literally, and to- day introduced i in the house nro- viding an annual apvropriation from the general funds of Uncle Sam for rifle practice in public schools, col- leges, . universities and civilian rifle clubs. Traveling exnenses of super- intendents to teach the art of shoot- ing straight and to manage comneti- tona are arranged for In Mr. Hull's bill, First “Overland” Driver Dead. Colorado Springs, Col, Dec. 17 John Hopkins. once a famous charac- ter throughout the west. died) in the Ela_Paso count aged eighty-seven. Springfleld, Ill., and was the first mun to drive the historic ploneer pony ex- press that carried the mail overland from 8t. Louis to San Francisco. He came to Colorado in 1878 and pros- ‘pected for gold In various well known mining camps with varying succe: but ut saving anything. $1,000,000 for Legation Buildings. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Limiting the maximum anuual appropriation to $ 000, Representative Lowden of n‘flm introduced & bil today for the purchase or* erecti Ly, legation on of embassy, consular buildings King to be Removed to the Palace in Brussels to the Baroness Vaughan and her chil- dren and had created a stock company of his estates in order to forestall a possible raid upon them by the Prin- BECOMES KING Now in Control of the Cab- e cesses Loulse and Stephanie or creditors, Senator Winer said that g:.rhm later considerable portions estate would be handed over Belgium. The Princess Clementine, aside from the bequest she will re- celve, Is provided for by a special in< come from Congo properties. Baroness Vaughan May Be Expelied from Belgium, Investigation shows that the of succession to the throne of of the king by the Baroness Vi are not worthy of serious attention. is pointed out by Senator Winer if there was only a religlous ceremony the laws of the kingdom would pre-. ent the accession of a child of such riage. If it Is established that the Baroness Vaughan is of foreign birth she prob- ably will be expelled from Belgium, like the favorite of Leopold 1, the Baroness Mayer, whose house was at- tacked and destroyed by a mob after TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA BOARDING HOUSE DINING ROOM. Man Woman. Seriously Wounded— ‘;} ‘Shooter Comimits Suicide. Philadeiphia, Dec. 17.—After shoot- ing and serjously wounding Minnie B. Carey, aged 33 years, and Willlam B. Bostick, aged 37 years, today, In the dining room of a boarding house in the center_of the city, Joseph E. Murray, alias Ernest Bird, of La Plata, Md, committed suicide by shooting himself in_the head. ‘Murray came to this city yesterday from Morris Plains, N. J., where he vas employed as an orderly in the ospital for insane under the name of Ernest Bird. He had formerly been a friend of Miss Carey's, according to detectives who Investigated the case, and he at once sought her at the de- rtment store where she Is employed. g’:dl)’ he followed Miss Carey and Bostick, who is employed as a scene shifter In a local theater, to a boarding house on Arch street, where they went r lunch. Upbraiding Bostick for ‘stealing his girl,” Murray drew a re- volver from his pocket and shot the girl through the right lung and Bos- tick In the right arm and breast, When they ran into an adjoining room to es- cape further bullets he turned the weapon on himself, putting a bullet in his brain. The wounded couple were removed to a hospital, where it was stated that the woman would probably di WRECK OF CAR FERRY LOCATED. ’ — Officials of Bessemer Railroad Have No Erie, Pa., Dec. 17.—Despite the fact that lake men and officers of the tug- boat Reed, Captain Ole Christ com- manding, assert that the wreck of the Marquette and Bessemer No. 2 car ferry, which had thirty-three persons on board when she steamed from this port ten days ago, had been found to- day about twelve miles north of the south shore off Waldamer, a summer resort four miles north of this city, | officials of the Besemer railroad here claim that they have no knowledge of the ing of the ship of fate. Captain Christ of the tug Reed is said to have notified another tug to- day while on a trip up the lake that had discovered the missing boat. fle lake men give full credit to the report, the officials of the car ferry company place no confidence in it. Th, fate of the other twenty-four person is still unknown. DR COOK’S RECORDS EXAMINED Copenhagen Report Expected Today— Viewed as Bad Omen. Copenhagen, Dec. 17.—The examina- tion of Dr. Cook's polar records seems likely to be concluded much sooner than had been expected. It appears possible that the report will be pre- nted at tomorrow's meeting of the consistory of the university of Co- penhagen. The prospect of such an early ter- mination is not regarded as a good omen by the public which is friendly to Cook. Rewards Presented to Heroic Lifeboat Crew. Antwerp, Dec. 17.—Henry W. Died- erich. the American consul general, on behalf of President Taft, today pre- sented rewards to Captain Barman and the chief officer and eight men of th lifeboat crew of the Red Star line steamer Vaderland for saving Captain Bigeiow, his wife and child and the crew of the schooner Eugene Borda off the coast of Nova Scotia Nov. 30. The Bordg was on her way from Liverpool for elphia and was wrecked by a wviolent sto ~All the bers of the shipwrecked arew were present at the ceremony to- day. - Battleship Utah to Be Launched Next Thi o Philadelphia, Dee.” 17.—The battle- hip Utah, the largest warship of her class ever built in the United !%’ will be launched from the yard of York Sh 0 v at the king's death. Reforms Expected in Congo State. London, Dec. 17.—It is thought hers that the death of King Leopold have little effect upon the political uation of Burope, apart from the drawal from the scene of the man knew the innermost secrets of every state and whose intellectual and prae- tical talents, especially in fcr-u-m y were drawn upon frequently by fellow soverelgns. All comment Rere lays at door the responsibility for the barbari. ties committed in the Congo, and. it in believed that his removal will be fol- lowed by new methods of tion In that colony. that his successor on the throne profit- ed greatly by his recent tour of Africa and that he will be more pliant, in g to reforms than was his up- cfe, who was 80 closely identined with the ruthless regime in that region. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER .; IN THE SECOND DEGREE Sentence Will Be Impesed on on October 14 o mposed -f'u.a.{ morning. case was given to the jury ;. 2.30 o'clock and after t! consideration they retdrns court for instructions. All were as to the gullt of the accu were ' divided between mnaslaughter and second degree murder. The court explained the difference In the. grees and In ten minate tmw turned with their findl ac- cused was overwhelmed and sat in dazed condition for some time when removed to jall had to. be as- sisted by his keopers. Bissonnette on Thursday offered the chance, by the state, to plead guilty to second de- gree murder, but refused. The crime for which he was eon- victed was the shooting of his broth- er-in-law, Rome P. Demery, in Bi sonnette’'s home on the evening of October 14. Mrs. Blasonnette was il and her brother called to see that she secured the proper treatment. In .a wordy war with Bissonnette which followed. the latter drew a revolver and fired, Demery dying almost fmm: diately. Bissonnette {s the father of fourteen children and two of them were witnesses of the shooting and were the principal witnesses against him. BIG FOUR EMBEZZLEMENT, WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY? More Than $300000 Unaccounted Fer —Prosecuter in a Quandary. Cincinnati, Dec. 17—Another obsta- cle has been encountered by Prose- cutor Hunt in his efforts to discover what became of the $643,000 which was embezzled from the Big Four railroad, for which embezzlement harles L Warriner, former local treasurer, -i8' at present In jall under indictment. According 0 a statement given out by the prosecutor tonight, Henry brokers, Clews & Co, New York through whom Warriner says he lost vast sums in speculation, have refused . to allow Hunt to examine their books. The brokers assert that they gave Big Four accountant all tn:{nfor-u tlon they had. According to Mr. t, the railroad accountant recelved a sllp showing that Warriner lost $17,000 the stock market. As more than - 000 of the defalcations remain unme- counted for, Prosecutor Hunt is in & qoandar- to know what became of it. FUNERAL MRS. HORACE D. TAFT Will Be Held at Watertown Today st Noon. Watertown, Conn., Dec, 17.—The body of Mrs. Horace D. Taft, wife of the ther of President Taft, who died at Johns Hopkins hospital, Ba!- timore, yesterday, following an ation, was brought here teday. body was met at’the station by one hundred of the pupils of Taft of which Mr. Taft Is escorted to the Taft home. » The funeral services will be held ' tomorrow at twelve o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. H. N. - ningham, rector of St. John's Epi oy pal church, of which Mrs. Taft £ member. President Taft, who left Wasl ton tonight, will arrive here in te car at 8.15, coming Bfger o, e 02 ton tonight. 3 lval ""u. dfi‘. Mr. Tatt, on his the school for the mdndng time to have been on i b ™ »