Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 17, 1910, Page 1

LH.—NO. 14 RESIDENT TAFT IS CONFIDENT Believes that a Series of Party Caucuses is Needed in Present Situation INSURGENTS TO BE FAIRLY TREATED In Caucus, Have Assurance to that Effect—Agreement Between Warring Factions of the Republicans Party is the Chief Topic of Conversation—It is Believed the President will Succeed in Effecting a Truce. (Special to The Bulietin.) Washington, Jan. 15.—The topic se. Peace has been restored. The President’s Plan. * The tundamental features of his plan 4s a prospective agreement o insur— gents and regulars to participate in a He would ®ubmit all the administration meas- wres to the test of these caucuses and ®bide by the result He thinks the clucus can well supplant the house committee on rules as the directing meries of party caucuses. force in the winter's legisiation. This radical proposition is somewhat displeasing to the regulars, but is cor- respondingly gratifying to the insur- and the president believes it is best interests of the republican " Let Bygones Be Bygones. Just before the president’s statement was given out at the White House Representative Dwight of New York, #he party whip. sent for the newspaper men and made a few observations on “We have @ecided to let bygones be bygones. The Tasim bl is 2 thing of the past the cules fight was over long ago, and the speakership contest has been settled for months, so why stir them up? The fnsurgents have received assurance from the organization that they will ®e treated fairly in caucus and they ®ave promised fo come in, be regular, ena vote for the organization on all %is own account. He said: party questions. Credit for the Compromise. Creait for effecting this compromise him to President Taft was given by and Viee Shezman. The lat- ter. he had been especially active. It is by many that the ident will succeed in effecting a Froce 2ua The ganger of defeat of his tmeasures will be materially reduced. chiet of conversation at the capitol today is the agreement brought about by the president between the warring | T the republican party in the President Taf: is confident that Committee to Take Up Other Matters. The president Is determined that the committee which is to be selected to investigate the secretary of the in- terior shall be composed of able and impartial men. He said he should in- sist upon having senators and repre- sentatives thereon whose fairness as investigators would be prompily Tecog- nized by the country. He will not listen to the appointment of anyone Who has shown by public speeches and otherwise a prejudice against conserva- tion, After the Ballinger-Pinchot investi- gation is out of the way it 48 thought that the president will ask that other matters be taken up by the caucus. Such matters as Interstate commerce amendments, postal savings banks, ship subsidy, statehood, and, in fact, all the measures recommendéd by theé republican platform. He has asked for some legislation not covered by that document, but_to Dim now the thought uppermost in his mind is to carry out the commissions intrusted to him by the people. He would like t0 have taken up an anti-injunction law, so-called, but he wishes it to conform with the plank on that subject in the national platform. Regulars Willing. The regulars bave signified _their willingness to abide by the action of the caucus _on all _administration measures. This will have the effect of taking from the house committee on rules much of its prerogative, which has been severely criticized by the in- surgents as the speaker's most offen- sive instrumentality. No War on Insurgents. The president belleves his plan holds out to the insurgents an opportunity to co-operate with him in putting through the bills to which his admin- istration is tted. He has as- i1 such AP S on_them, buf powers as he tion. SPECIAL OFFICER STABBED AT “SACRED CONCERT.” Free Fight in a New York East. Side Theater. New York Jan. 16.—A “sacred con- Seert” in an East Side theater broke up 2 e fght tonight in which a special officer was stabbsd- in the abdomen - scith @ stilletio. He may dle. During ©ne of the songs five ltalians made 2 £ald on an empty box. William Cash- 5, the special officer, tried to put them The Malians cursed him o stabbed an pproar and in the con- f T ‘man a 7 i 4 A “Then he fainted. OFFICERS ELECTED By New Haven Road Brotherhood of Railway Freight Clerks. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 16.—The Brotherhood of Railway Freight Clerks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad met here today and completed & formal organization and discussed the policies which they in- tended to carry out in their relations with the road.” The following officers mvere elected: Soston: vice gemeral chairman, W. J. New York; zemeral commlittee, W. B Murray,Providence; G. W. East- ley, Boston; L. C. Chaffey, New Bed- ford. Mass.; F. J_ Massack, Bristol; E. Zander, Ansonia; F. E. Mohan, Hol- Spke, Mass, and C. J. Harvey, Bridge- New Haven, Jan. 16.—The members ©f the Brotherhood of Railway Train- and Conductors who are to confer the officiels of the New York New ven and Hartford railroad on the h began to arrive today. The day spent in securing quarters and the committes i= expected to be on 4 by tomorrow night RIAL OF MISS SARA BRYMER, The Millbrook Tragedy Victim—Funer- al Services at Meriden. eriden. Conn., Jan. 16.—The body of Sars Brymer the victim of the ook N. Y., tragedy, was laid at in Walnut Grove cemetery here afternoon at the vesper hour. Sim- funerat services had been held at 3 rom the home of Robert Fer- . a relative, Rev. Thomas E. Nu- assistant pastor of the First Con. tional church; of which she was a ber, officiating. Scores of friends, arquaintsnes she had made du er twc years' residence here, vis the bereaved home to view the of the deceascd girl, whose un fate had shocked the Beautiful and fregrant floral from Mr. amd Mrs Barnes and from many others who known Mies Brymer were svmbols in which she Rescus of Seaman Who Was Knocked Overboard. w York, Jan. 16—Captain Mills of Philadelphia, of the American line, h arrived today accomplished s feat of seamanship on the vovage. of the seamen stuck his head out forecastle door just as the shin her nose into a towering sea. He causht up and lifted overboard. seaman saw him go overboard heaved over a life preserver. It o0 rough to lower a lifeboat and AMills manceuvred the ship to the man floated, lowered him a and got him on board inside of minutes. ER b St. Louis Makes Record for Loading and Unloading. York, Jan. 16.—The American gaer St. Louis made a record for her- when she got away at 10 o'clock morning. She docked. unloaded tons of cargo and the United ‘mails. took on 3,280 bags m’m allin twen- their tickeis called only for drew his club one of Tim. The theater was five Ralians escaped to the Cashin rose from the floor, fol- $0 the street and, with paliceman, arrested Fred whole | NATIONAL TRIUMPH TO . . BE OFFERED ROOSEVELT Western Commercial Interests Send a Man te Seo Him. ‘Washington, Jan. 16. Clark, the minority leader of houss, re- turned to the .capitol Safurday, after ten days of speechmaking in Missouri and the middle west. Mr. Clark brought an interesting story which he learned at Kansas City. He said that a certain gentleman from the latter place had left a few davs before for Africa, rep: racti- cally ali of the commercial bodies of the middle west His mission was to invite Colonel Roosevelt to land at San Francisco upon his return to the United States and cross the continent from west to ea: “Such a procession across the coun- try would be the greatest show seen on this earth since the morning stars first sang together,” said the demo- cratic' leader in charecteristic lan- suage. Mr. Clarke recalled that President Grant had done much the same thing, and said that if Grant had landed at San Francisco at a more opportune time no power could have prevented his_nomination for the presidency for a third_term. Mr. Clark spread cheering predic- tions’ of a sweeplng democratic vic- tory In the congressional elections this fall. He said he found a thriving spir- it of democracy in Ohio and Missouri, and other places he visited. In Mis- souri. he predicted the republicans would “be wiped off the map.” He declared that dissatisfaction with re- publican rule was never so widespread as now, and that the next house of representatives wowld be democratiy “as sure as anything in the world.” 2,680 APPLICATIONS FOR FORTY PLACES To Be Filled by New District Attorney of New York County. New York, Jan. 16.—“Thers were 2,680 for the forty places in my pat- ronage, and In three weeks I received between 15,000 and 20,000 letters in support of those applications. Among the letters were from some men who are well known in this city, whose in- tegrity and high thinking cannot be doubted, and vet these men recom- mended’ candidates who they them- selves would not have employed even in a very simple capacitv” Charles S. Whitman, the new dis- trict attornéy of New York county, thus took a fling at certain unnamed citizens as he addressed the congrega- tion of the Manhattan Congregational church tonight. YALE PROM. WEEK. “London Assurance” Presénted—Infor- mal Teas—Sleighing Parties. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 16.—Follow. ing the presentation of “London As. surance” by the Yale Dramatic club vesterday, which marked the opening of the “prom.” week festivities,the jun- ors and thelr guests attended services in Woolsey hall this morning and list- ened to the sermon preached by Pres- ident James G. K. McClure, president of McCormick Theological seminary. This afternoon was _given over to sleighing through the surrounding countryside and informal teas. Monday afternoon the members of the various class socleties and fraterni- ties will entertain, and in the evening will be held the germans. Nathan Straus Has Nervous Break- down. New York, Jan. 16.—Nathan Straus, the merchant and philanthropist, has broken down mervously, under the strain of fighting for the children's tpuberculosis preventorium at Lake- ‘wood, N. J. BEvansville, Ind., Jan. 16.—The Cit- izens National bank will not open for ‘business tomorrow. After a meeting of the directors tonlght @ notice was osted that the bank was closed, but was believed depositors would be mald im fnl “ Cabled Paragraphs London, Jan. 16.—Archer Baker, Bu- :wll manager of the Canadian Pa- rallway, died shere today. Rome, Jan. 16.—The vatican an- nounces the promotion of the Right Rev. Neil McNeil, bishop -of St. Georges, Newfoundland, to the office of archbishop of Vancouver. Birmingham, England, Jan. 16.—The Rev. John Henry Jowett, pastor in Carrs Lanme Congregational church, announced to his congregation today | his decision not to accept the call to the pastorate of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York. Peking, Jan. 16.—China has opened Hun-Chun and Lunchinchun, in Chien— tao, Manchurla, to international trade, notwithstanding the fact that an agree- ment has not.vet been reached with Japan regarding the matter of the tar- iffs to be collected on the Korean and Manchurian border. The question of tariffs will come up for settlement at an early date. ARRIVAL OF THE ROOSEVELT PARTY AT NAIROBI. ish End of Last Hunting Trip in Br East African Protectorate. Nairobj, British East Africa, Dec. 11. —A long stream of porters came wind- ing across the veldt towards the st tion at Nairobi, looking for all the world like a string of ants. The Stars and Stripes were held aloft by a nt native and the horns made strange discords with the chanting of weird and elusive safari song. Shortly Colonel Roosevelt arrived on his favor- ite horse, “Tranquility.” It was the end of his last hunting trip in the British East African protectorate. ‘This safari, which was the fourth to be made out of Nairobi, gave Colonel Roosevelt and his party an opportunity to witness an exciting hunt at A. E. Hoy’s farm at Sirgori, in the Guasu Nguishe country, and the spearing of a lion by Nandl warriors. The luck of Kermit Roosevelt has ‘been proverbial. While Colonel Roose- velt was hunting with Lord Delamere, Kermit went off with R. B. Cole and his Wandorobo warrlors. The Wan— dorobos are adepts at killing bongo, which are very rare and only to be found in the forests. In a short space of time the younger Roosevelt had se- cured a large and fine speeimen of the female bongo and one of the youns immature bongo. This was a feat that any old hunter might justly be-proud of, for no white man has ever before stalked and shot a bongo. There arc only two cases on record of a white man shooting bongo with the aid of the natives and their dogs. So pleased was one of the residents here with the. success of the youth that he presented Kermit with a fine n of the male bongo, and so the Smithsonian institution will have a complete family group, the only one in the world. Butiaba, Unagada, Jan. 16.—Com- mander H. Hutchinson, superintendent of marine, Who went up with Colonel Roosevelt and his party to Rhinn camp, has returned here and says that the former president bore the hard- ships of the journey splendidly not- ‘with: the engine broke down once or b When they arrived at Koba it was midnight, but they found all the white elephant hunters of the Congo assembled to meet them. Among the number was Chief Engineer Ben- nett "of the lake steamers, who in De- cember was captured by the natives, Dbut made his escape after enduring tortures for five days. SMOKED CIGARETTES IN BED. Boarding House Man Burned to Death —His Roommate Narrowly Escaped the Same Fate. Naugatuck, Conn., Jan. 16 —Fire sup- posed to have started from a cigarette early today caused the death of An- thony Derbis, and John Kisrdzisk, Der- bis’ roommate, narrowly escaped the same fate. ‘The two men, who room at a board- ing house in Union City, returned to their rcom early this morning and, codring to other boarders in the house, were smoking cigarettes, and which Kisrdzisk says they continued to smoke after retiring. tected smoke coming from the former's room, and, entering, found it full. He pulled his brother out of bed and re- turned for Derbis, but could not find him. He notified the fire department and then extinguished the fire with a few palls of water. Medical Examiner Johnson on mak- | ing an investigation gave asphyxiation | from smoke as the cause of death,l though the burns he had received would have proved fatal in themselves. Der- bis’ face and the upper part of his Dody were burned and all that remain- ed of the garments he wore when re- tiring was the neckband of a. shirt. On the floor near the bed were found cigar- ette stumps and empty bottles. The | damage by fire was confined to the burning of the bed. Derbis was 46 years old and leaves a wife in Poland. | LATE LLOYD LINER ARRIVES. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Was Five Days at Sea Without Steering Gear. New York, Jan. 16.—The diabled North German Lloyd _steamer Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm arrived last evening. | On Jan. 9, while the vessel was 1,700 | miles from New York, she broke her steering gear. A rough sea was run- ning at the time and a wave struck the rudder, forcing it viouently to port and breaking a controlling bar. Steering was done from the emergency gear aft. This was soon put out of commission, and' Captain Prehar steered with the propellers. For five days she was steer- ed by her twin screws until the auxil- iary gear could be replaced. | The steamship made fair progress in spite of the accident. There was no exsitement among the passengers. The captain kept them informed of the na- ture of the accident and the progress the vessel was making. When the ship came inta port the cabin passengers presented him with a testimonial of his good work and the seamanship of his_crew. . Two hundred steerage were taken from the Prinz Wilhelm at Quarantine and sent to Hoffman Tsland for observation. One | developed smallpox during the vovaze, and although the patient was promptly isolated, the entire ship had to be di. infected, and those exposed to possible contagion removed. It was after 6 o'clock last evening before the vessel was released from Quarantine. passengers Friedrich | Overcome by Coal Gas While Enjoying Turkish Bath. New York, Jan. 16—Eight men en- joying the luxury of a Turkish bath were overcome by coal gas as they the | | get married outside of the state. Kirsdzisk's brother de-{ £ farmyard. slept in an establishment in Harlem early this morning. Two more bathers ran from the place clad in pajamas and, nimbly hopping snowdrifts, sum- moned the police and en ambulance, Timely ald revived the eight; all will recover. Gas fumes from a defective furnace In the cellar ecaused the trouble. Steamsnip Arrivals. At Southampton. Jan. 16: New York, from New York Bride of 3 Days Thrown Into Well LEFT FOR DEAD BY HER HUS- BAND AND COMPANION. = _0 CRAWLED UP AN IRON PIPE After Recove: covered by a g Consciousness—Dis- Farmer—Her Feet Frozen—Taken to Hospital. Tairfield, Conn., Jan. 16—Knocked on the head, thrown into a well by her husband and a companion and left for dead was the fate that met An- nie Brooks, a bride of three days, who was married in Hartford on Thursday. Thrown Into Well 28 Feet Deep. After the wedding In Chicopde on, Friday, the bride, her husband, who'| goes under the name of Steve, and a male companion, came to Bridgeport at 5.30 Saturday morning. On_their arrival here the two men left the woman in the station while they went away. On_their return at night they told’ifrs, Brooks that they would take he: w Greenfield Hill to stay over night and that in the morning they would 2o to New York and from there sail for Europe. She accompanied her husband and his companion to this place and when they had reached what is known as Mill Hill the men set upon her, beat her about the head and threw her into a well 28 feet deep on the farm of William S. Ferris, and after throwing her muff, hat and furs in after her, covered her with snow and left her, as they supposed, dead. Called All Night Long for Help. According to the girl's story, she regained consciousness soon after be- ing thrown into the well, and by the aid of an iron pipe, used to carry wa- ter to the Ferris farm, crawled up on the ice that covered a portion of the water In the well. She threw her muff and furs and her shoes upon the sround at the top of the well with the hope #hat they would be seen by some passerby. She also called ail through the night, but it was not until ten o'clock this morning that Ferris, whose house was supplied by water from the well, went down to See how the water was, and there found the girl. Taken to Bridgeport Hospital. He brought her to his home, where she was cared for until medical at- tendance arrived, when it was found that her feet were s6 badly frozen from having stood all might on the ice that it would probably be necessary to amputate them. She was taken to a Bridgeport hosital, where she now is being cared for. Marriage Certificate and All Her Mon- ey Taken. The men, after throwing the girl - to the well, took her pocketbook, which contained her marriage certifi- cate and some. $13 in money, and re- turned to Bridgeport, where they choeked = trunk__which shn had Dbrought with her, to Springfleld. “The trunk, Mrs. Brooks said, contained be- tween $350 and $400, which she had saved from her earnings as @ domes- tic, and drafts for about as much more. The men are sunposed to have gone to Springfield with the trunk. Bridgeport Detectives Confident of Capturing the Men. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 16.—The woman in teiling her story tonight said that her husband was & Joe Brooks, whom she met in Chicopee three months ago. She wanted to get mar- ried in Worcester, where he was well known, but the man insisted that they n Thursday last the couple went to Hart- ford, where a marriage license was procured, and they were afterwards married by a lawyer in that city. The woman went back to Chicopee the next day and Joe came after her Friday. He told her they would go to Bridge- port, where he had a friend, and after shiort visit they would go to Europe, here he possessed a farm, and there live in peace and happiness, They ar- rived in this city at 630 Saturday morning. She Wwas left at the station while Joe and his friend went to look up Joe’s friend. The woman stayed at the station all day and early in the evening the men returned. Having fund the friend. they told the woman they would go there for the night. rriving at the Fairfield depot, the trip overland was begun. The trio had proceeded up the Mill Plain road but a short distance when the assault was committed. After the assault the two men returned to this city and secured the trunk of the woman and re-check= ed it. The police and every available detective are at work on the case and surrounding cites have been notified. Local authorities feel confident that the capture of one of the men at least is but a matter of hours, basing their hopes on the fact that they will try to/ cash the drafts in their possession. PASTOR'S SON HAD BEEN READING wIME NOVELS So He With a Companion Held Up a Merchant. Meadville, Pa., Jan. 16.—The plan of two boys, one a minister's son, to emulate some of the bold characters they had read about in novels, ended in Jail today. Walter Buttray, the 20 year old son of the Rey. Alonzo and Norman Blakeslee, ounger, broke into the store and postoffice at Ge- The storekeeper was at work on his “books. He h red hand- chiefs, covered him with guns and years zeneral neva last night. alone, says the boys, masked ordered him to hand over his money. e gave up $30 and the boys made off swithout more ado. A posse of farmers chased them down the railroad tracks, across a swamp and finally caught them in a The money was recovered. AERIAL MARATHON. Curtiss, Together Against the Wind. ‘Los Angeles, Cal, Jan 16.—Wind claring emphatically against the Protestant churches Paulhan and Hamilton Race | Silverware Found Flue THERE WERE 161 PIECES BESIDES < WATCH AND JEWELRY. HIDDEN BY COACHMAN Who is Suspected of Murdering Gov- erness Sarah Brymer—Ladies’ Finery Found in Kitchen Stove. Poushkeepsie, N. Y., Jan 16—The silverware stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. es Compton at Mill- Sarah Brymer, the pretty go was strangled to death, was today tucked away in a chimney flue of the bedroom up- stairs in ~ home of Coachman Frank Schepmserhorn, the man who at- tempted s by cutting his throat shortly aftesihe officials commenced their investigi#ion and the man charg- rder. There were 161 pleces of filver, also a gold enam- eled wat nd some jewelry, all of which reched and blackéned by heat, it was subjected to fire. Stove illed With Stolen Articl In t @ stove in Schermerhorn sitting downstairs, were trac: of a fire and out of the ashes were ed fragments of silk stock- ings, and lace waists, buttons from dresses, a clasp from a jewel case, partly purned, half of which was found in the crimnéy, and other things stolen from the Compton house the night of the murder. Coachman Says Japanese Butler is the Thief. After the last piece of silver had been put on the pils, Schermerhorn at first said he knew nothing about the silverware and clothing which were found in his house. He said he was not afraid of the electric chair, and added: “If you want to kill me, go ahead. 1 never thought of murdering the girl and never entered the “Mouse.” Shortly before midnight Schermer- horn said, according to the police: “After I got back from my drive that night I went down to the Comp- ton home and there met Ohashi, the butler. He gave me a bundle ‘con- taining the silverware at the kitchen oor. “I took the bundle home and the dresses I burned in the parlor stove. I also put the silver knives and fork: and spoons and the' jewel case in the parlor stove, but when I found that I could not burn the silverware I put it in the stovepipe hole In the chim- ney and it fell down the flue. Ohashi gave me a drink of whiskey when I got back from the ride and told me that if I heard a noise not to come around. “The night Sarah Brymer was mur- dered 1 had no control over myself after Ohashi gave me the whiskey. Chief of Police McCabe mays he does not believe Ohashi had anything to do with the erfme and Mrs. Compton is of the same opinjon.. Schermertorn is much improved and will be removed o the county jail in a few davs. THE BRITISH ELECTIONS. Liberals and Laborites Seem to Be the Lead. London, Jan. 16.—Sunday has given @ welcome respite from the strenuous work at the eiection stations, and an opportunity for calm reflection over the prospects of both parties striving to gain_control of the government. The greatest animation prevailed today at ths clubs and other rendezvous of poli- ticians, and Saturday’s results were ex- citedly discussed from every possible viewpoint. Although both sides preserve an air of confidence, it was evident today that the conservatives have at least aban- doned hope that their party will form the next government. The utmost they dare to expect is that the liberal ma- Jority will be so reduced in the next parliament as to place the liberals at the mercy of the nationalists. An estimate made today after careful caliuiation by a well informed union- ist, based on Saturday’s pollings, gives the liberals and laborites a clear ma- jority of ninety or one hundred over all parties, which would provide the liberal government with a good work- ing majority. Many of the unlonists, however, are less despondent. They do not believe that the liberals will finish the election with S0 good a record as this. The pollings, tomorrow evening, in- clude 31 London constituencies and 57 provincial boroughs, will provide a bet- ter index as to how the country is going. Should the liberals retain the hold of the métropols which _they gained In 1906, their prospects will be regarded as much rosier than they ap- pear now. At present, to sum up, nothing could be predicted with absolute certainty. but only a very great Increase in the unionist gains over Saturday’s resuits, when they gained only half the num- Wer of seats they had counted on, Wil give them victory. Tf the unionists continue to gain in the same ratio the liberals: will still retain a majority somewhere in the neighborhood of 90. Chancellor Lloyd-George said tonight: “We are winning. England is de- govern- ment by the peers and beer. The north Is overwhelmingly with us.” New York Protestant Laymen to In- crease Foreign Missionary Offerings. New York, Jan. 16.—Flve thousand en, representing practically all of in the city, voted unanimously at a mass meeting in the Hippodrome today to increfie e the foreign missionary offerings of Protestant _churches of Greater New York by $325,000 during the coming twelve months. This is slightly more than 80 per cent. increase over the sum given last year, which was $400,- 116. The amount to be donated this year will approximate $725,000, of which Brooklyn churches have assum- ed_responsibiiity for $225,000. Resolutions were adopted calling for an “every member canvass” of the church members of the city in their respective congregations. and rain_conspired today to fest the airships flying on Aviation field. The result was a victory for Glenn H. Cut- tiss and Louis Paulhan. In half a gale Curtiss rose to a height of more than & hundred feet and there described circles in daring fashion against the wind. He finished by cutting a figure eight. Paulhan strove to outdo this, going up 512 feet and circling about like a hawic. Then Curtiss, Paulhan and_Charles K. Hamilton, each driving his own machine, swung around in an gerial marathon. At times they raced to- sether against the wind. Three Men Suffocated in Tunnel. Mohtrose, Col, Jau. 16.—Three men were suffocated, to death by powder smoke and nitré fumes in the Gunni- son_tunnel today. Thirty others nar- | T rowly escaved deash Three-Masted Lumber Laden Schooner Driven Ashore. Rockland, Me., ~ Jan. 16.—Driven ashore by the gale which swept the Maine coast last_night, the three- masted schooner F. G. French. Calais for Boston, with lumber, received In- juries on the rocks of Mosquito Island that will probably result in her con- demnation. She was pulled free today by a tug which later towed her to Port Clyde. Her bottom s serlously damaged and her whole structure bad- 1y wrench. Died at Age of 100. Cleveland, O., Jan, 16—Miss Eleanor Willlams, once a nurse in the home of John D. Rockefeller, and in_that of his prother-in-law, = W. died here Saturdav nmight. 100 wears ald - Condensed Telegrams . Trade Canada and the United States was more in 1909 than during any previous year. 4 Alexander Helger, aged 65, of Pitts- burg, was crushed under a train In saving the life of his daughter. Forty to Fifty Per Cent. of the na- tives of the Samoan islands are in- fected with the hookworm disease. Senator Dickinson Returned to his desk i the war department after a trip to Porto Rico, Santo Dgmingo and Cuba. Arthur B. 8. Slanley, a local mreacher, of Philadelphia, was com- mitted to jall, charged with deserting his wite. An Amendment Aiming to strength- en the present employers’ lability law is being prepared by the department of justice. Advices from Britiaba, Lake Albert Uganda, Africa, report Colonel Roose- velt and all thé rest of the Smithson- ian expedition well A Number of Spani Army Officers have been imprisoned in fortresses for fomenting a conspiracy against the present liberal cabinet. The Chilian Government Is Sending formal invitations to all countries to participate in the national festivities next September, when a_ centenary of independence will be celebrated. AGED CONNECTICUT COUPLE BOUND, GAGGED AND ROBBED Burglars Secured $15 and Gold Watch —Their Plight Discovered =~ After Many Hours—Now in Doctor’s Care. Middlefield, Conn., Jan. 16— Ballen- tine Miller, 50 vears old, and his wife, 75 years old, were bound and gagged and their house ransacked by two men, evidently foreigners, Jast night, and’ then left to free themselves as best they could. The couple are well- to-do, but the men secured but $15 in money and a gold watch. Mr. and Mrs, Miller were about to retire, shortly after eight o'clock, their attention was attracted by the ‘breaking of glass in the kitchen. The noise of the breaking glass was fol- lowed by the entrance of the two men into the room occupied by the Millers. They seized Mr. Miller, who is feeble and a sufferer from rheumatism, bound his hands and feet. and threw him to the floor. Mrs. Miller, who cried out on seeing the men, was bound and gagged and tied to @ chair. On bind- ing the couple, the two mén who Mr. Miller thinks wore false whiskers, ran- sacked the house for the money, stocks and bonds which the couple have the name of keeping in their home, but all they succeeded in finding was the sum of 315 in money and @ gold watch belonging to Mr. Miller. After being in the house for two hours the men took their departure without offering further violence to the couple. Mr. Miller, owing to his feeble con- aitlon was unable to free himself, and it was only after several hours’ work that Mrs. Miller was able to undo the ropes with which she was tied and re- lease her husband. Owing to the dis tance of the house from miost of the nelghbors and the deep snow, Mra. Miller was unable to get word to. eut- siders of the indignities she and. ler husband had suffered, and it was rot until eight o'clock this morning that their plight was made known, when a man who takes care of the Millers’ livestock called at the house and learned of their condition. He carried the news to the authorities, who, from the description, think they can lo- cate the men who are thought to b® local parties. Mr, and Mrs. Miller are both pros- trated from the effects of their rough handling by the men and will be un- der a physician's care days. COTTON RECOVERS STRENGTH. Market Ooened 50 to 80 Points up, but Eased off Under Selling Pressure. New York, Jan. 16.—Heavy orders from out of town, coupled with the bellef among traders that the elimina- tion of the Scales long cotton from the market had lifted the selling pressure comined to raise cotton prices -yes- terday well above the low level of the Dbig break on Friday. At the opening cotton was from 50 to 80 points up on a strone Liverpool market. Operators who had taken over the last of the Scales holdings of the May option at 13.90, and those who had bought heavily from 14.25 down to 13.70, with an average under 14 cents, sold freely and prevented further gain: in the early trading. It was figured that these interests sold 100,000 bales from 14.40 to 14.50 cents a pound. Commission houses were choked with orders from bargain hunters in the south and west, who had out of the market on Friday by the interrupted wire ser the spinners in New England were al- so heavy buyers at the lower levels reached after the opening sport. The day’s business was one of the heaviest ever seen on a Saturday short session. The early rises were followed Dy recessions of from 10 to 25 points. From the opening, at 14.60, May drop- ped to 14.39. the high level peing 14.70. The close in this action option was July, after ranging between and 14.35, closed at 14.67 and ASKS CLEMENCY FOR MORSE. Many Persons Write to Washington— Some Oppose Granting a Pardon. an. 16.—Numerous recelved Wash- ington from persons interested Charles W. Morse, the New York financier, now serving a term of im prisonment in the Atlanta peniten tiary, Most of them urge that exect tive clemency be exercised in behall of Morse, while others, thongh few in number. take the opposite view and argue that the convicted man got his deserts. So far as known no petition for par- don has yet reached the White house. New Scheme to Evade the Immigration Authoriti Ja 16.—The Antwerp, Belgian au- thorities have been advised of syste- matic frauds which are being practiced against the American immigration ks at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Marsellles and other ports. Armenians and other undesimables who have been deported from Ellis Island have reshipped as ailors and firemen, by bribery of the ships' officers, arriv- ing at American ports as then desert the ships and. thu the immigration authorities It is alleged that certain eam: . They evade Died From Eating Raw Pork Sausage Fairbury, Neb.. Jan. 16—Two deaths from trichinosis have occurred in a farming community near Fairbury. Mrs. Cornelius Dalke died last night. Mrs. B, F. Kroeger died a week ago, Eight of the Dalke and Kroeger famn- ilies are in a critical condition, ~ of whom four will dle. Three weeks ago the two families ate raw pork sa STARVING mals, the Tamman, organization have wofked out | planation of , this anomaly wh support in the campaign. you submit shall have preference, they must be good Murphy Submits Names—Mayor Turns of patronage and iss: Just one got a job. new commissioners aries ranging from § one is a_Tammany 1 Waldo, the new fire con the first thing Waldo did waw to abol- ish the private s maintaining for the Contral Hotel at Oneonta, N. Y., D $10,0000 damage, death of Jacob Hedinger, of the hotel who was suffocated top floor. furnace flames rapidly made their elevator shaft, shtting off the Tried to Act Richard Olney, w state in the cabinc land, was reported night as most encouragi ing exeremely shortly,” was the statem. at his residence. Louis Lee of Cleveland was killod ten other persons probably fatally in a head-on collision | today on the Chicago-Milw t. Dbetween the west] ited and an eastbound fast train. Ralph Morrow, fatally injnred. will recover. SMILES AND KIND WORDS A POOR DIET Murphy’s Visits to City . all and to the Mayor’s House Brooklyn Erought Little Encouragement—Eut the Tammany People Still See One Bright Spot in that the Mayor Has Not Yet Played Pol New York, Jan. 16, —Like other ani~ tiger must be fe but since Willlam J. Gaynor was elect- ed mayor of Greater New York the tiger's diet has been almost exclusively kind words. Charles I'. Murphy, the leader of Tammmany, bis paid ihree visits to the Gaynor house in Brooklyn and three to City hall, but he b brought away hardly more than & cheerful smile. “You Must First See Murphy.” Nevertheless, every Tammany offiee seeker continues to be told “you must see Murphy first” The sages of the | ex- h is both - ingenious and instructive. The mayor is reported to have said 1o Mur- phy: “I am grateful to you for your Any names ut Them Down. Under this agreement, which thus far has worked with automatic prech ion, Murphy submits the names and the mayor rejects them. In the first two weelks of hiis administration the may has aistributed nearly $200,000 w od orders wl will affect the distribution of hundreds of thousands more, without giving Tamimay as much as a “look in.” Of thirty-five Tammany disirict leaders, Of the long list of pointed at sal- 00 to $7,600, Just ~Rhinelander issioner, And a b able the city mmisslione troller Pr Cos So_elsewher gast announced on his first day of of- fice that the subway was good enough far him. The mayor waiks. 1f the city aufomobiles do not demonstrate 1beir usefulness, they and their chauf- feurs and the chauffeurs’ “joy rides” are all to go. Park Commissioner Higgins of the Bronx Jaid off 150 men in the first week, Water Commissioner Thompson has done away with overtime and Sun day pay. It looks very lean for the small fry. Favor No One for Love or Money. “Favor no one and gee that your dep= THE TAMMANY TIGER Of Thirty-Five District Leaders but One Has Landed a Job Up to Date uties favor no one for ence, love or money,” to the tax com er person exists trying to get taxes by throwing it on his ne No Attempt Yet to Build Up = Rival Political Machine. that the mayor will att & rival political mach has not plaved pe slonership o No_administration Side Doors Still Open this is to b town for fo paign speeches th al nterpretation ¢ side doors were open ¢ closing days of the McCle they stay open? “Big Bill” Edwards Doing Good Work, Commissioner given two I known In year: them and may cision to name Undoubtedly difficulty in getting the Lack of Civic Obligation he has been hamy asked to mccept the headship ments,”(ha_ways, private busine 18 & lagk of civic 35 GUESTS IN SCANTY ATTIRE ESCAPED BY LADDERS, stroyed by Fire. Binghamton, N. ¥., Jan. 16.—Fire early this morning destroyed the Cen- tral hotel at Oneontr. doing about resulted in the 1 employe the the The up an thirty- ard The in the fire started 1 hotel basement way five guests in the house from 1t stairs. All of these guests, in scanty attire, escaped by ladders or were a out by firemen. They lost all their poss: sions, The damage to the hotel was $60,000, Other losses were by storckeepers. DELAWARE ATHLETE SHOT DEAD Peacemaker in Alter- cation With Italian. Wilmington, Del., Jan, 16.—Willilam Kidd, aged 21 years, a well known ath lete, ‘'was shot and i Russo, an Italian, her boys had been snowballing Ru an Itallan companion and Russ ed an altercation with David who was standing on a Kidd and several others. Kidd tri to act am peacemaker and was through the heart. large number of the victim’s friends procured a re and chased the slayer o dis home, a distance of over a mile. arrival of police the man would doubt- less have been moved to a police car with several policemen stands the platform with drawn revolve Striking Girls J But for the Iynched. He was station on a tr posals. Philadelphia, Jan. 16.—Proposals of arbitration with the manfacturers | were hooted and jeered at by the strik- | ing girl shirtwaist makers at meeting held today to consider the ject. The manufacturers issued timatum that the girls must return to work tomorrow question in the hands of an board composed of five parties. tive committee today spoke accepting this offcer, down. Con a mass sub- n ul- | the disputed bitration disinterested Several of the strikers’ execu- in favor of were hooted d put but on of Richard Olney Encouraging. Jan. 16 is Most Boston,, o He is do will bé out it given out y Wis take well and Mr I 10 the Corey Hiil hospital about 4 week ago suffering, it was said, from abdom- | inal trouble. Westbound Cleveland Limited in Col- | lision. Towa Mrs and one Cedar Rapids, Jan. 16 were injured, ee and storie, Towa erland Lim- t K und C Paul _railroad a “brakeman, was probably All the other injured Passenger Train Fireman Killed. Pickneyville, 1), Jan. 16.—Carl Kitehin, fireman of the passenger train, was killed and ten persons w jured today in a collision Illinols Central passenger Memphis und curve. recover, re in- between an teain fron freight o on All the mjured probably wiil - Siaw's fmports of electrical supplies have trebled in five vearw. FAILED TO WAKE UP AT 81X SUNDAY MORNING For First Time in Thirty Years time in thirty years Robe punctual employe when his room Ranged near cics of different sizes had big brass gong Willoughby came from sum of mone deposit vault MRS. KATE MENDELSSOHN She Had Lain in Trance for clans Puzzl in which she had lain for ¢ passed to death at a b physicians are awoke to find Mr. Mendelssohn seiousness when the Weather Bureau Predictions expected lat northrastern Highway Consolidation the United Washington, ted in recont bills introd congress should crywializ presentative ( & $10,000,000 ritories pro rata appropriati Ing to milea, o respective jurisdictions. Dead Body of Man express arrived cowcatener s Tun_down were killed and 'three i Colorado. Midland freight train was de ralled near Busk Tunnel today.