Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 26, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL.—NO. 22 NEITHER RICH NOR POOR SPARED Government Requisitions Army and Navy Ma- terial to House the Sufferers THOUSANDS ARE HOPELESSLY RUINED Flood Situation in France is Rapidly Becoming Worse— Soldiers Obliged to Use Force in Compelling Inhabi- tants to Flee from their Homes™—Paris Fracti Cut Cff South and West—Looters at Work. Paris, brought Jan. 25.—The floods have disaster to a large part of ¥rance. The ordinarily modest and peaceful Seine is now a raging tor- rent and rising at the rate of more “han an inch an hour. The official es- timate tonight is that the Seine will te at least fifteen inches higher by to- mcrrow afternoom. Monetary Loss Incalculable. The victims of the flood number n than @ hundred thousand and t roretary -loss is incalculable. ands of poor are hopelessly ned ard are fleeing to Paris. The sovernment by urgent measures has requisitioned army and nayvy material +5 house the sufferers, and boats for the rescue of the stricken as well as ose imprisoned in the houses in ihe flood centers om all Sides of Paris. n many cases the soldiers hiave been iged to use force in compelling the nhabitants to evacuate their homes. ndreds of them refused to leave, clamoring only for food and water. Food Supplies Failing. In Paris the situation is rapidly ®ecoming worse, the floods _sparing Reither the rich mor the poor. Paris is practically cut off south and west_ and_if the present conditions continue the question of food supplies will become menacing. The senate to- Zay unanimously adopted an appr riation of $400,000 for national re- fiet ana various’ societies are sending out calls for aid- Only Tops of Houses le. The entire population of Ivry-sur- Seins and adjacent places, which are completely coversd with water, are in & desperate state. Only the tops of houses at Alfortville are visible, the water averaging 12 fest in the streets. At this place since six o'clock this morning 3.000 persons have been yescued by boats and 30,000 others from this section have f-.ad safety ®y their own efforts Work of Piracy. The rescue work at Alfortville was hampered tonight by lack of light. There were weird scenes as the boats, mided now and then by the glare of & | sides, searchlight, were rowed here and there responding to calls for help, But the rescuers had more to contend with than the turbulent waters. Groups of Apaches had gathered and soon were engaged in the work of pira- cy. They seized several of the boats and robbed rescued and rescuers alike. In some cases they entered the houss and carried on their depredations. Fi- nally a force of soldiers appeared on the scene and drove off the looters. Many Cases of Drowning and Death. There were many cases of drown- ing and of death to the aged and sick as a resulf of shock and rexposure. Two instances of death were particu- larly pathetic. Aged and infirm, and finding themselves unable to move, a man and a woman hanged themselves to_a bedpost. The hospital at Ivry, containing 2,000 patients, is surrounded by water. As | there is' no means of cooking food or of heating the building, the patients must be removed unless the flood sub- nd the attending physicians fear that grave results will follow. President Fallieres and Premier Bri- and made an automobile trip this aft- ernoon through the flooded districts in the eastern section of Paris. They ‘alked through some of the streets, Inee deep with mud and water, and saw the crowds fleeing, men tugging 5t valises and trunks, and weeping wo- mmen burdened with children and all sorts of household belongings. The conditions were appalling. and lhe_ president and premier hastened away fo seek means of relief for the suf- tering people. ; Fierce Storms Raging. Paris, Jan. 25—Floods have now broken out in the south, the rivers Gers, Charaente, Adour and Dordogne having overflowed their banks. Fierce storms are raging along the coast, fill- ing the ports with shipping in dis- tress. At .Conflans fourteen houses col- lapsed, The Auben canal has burst, flooding Saint Just and several other villaggs.- HIS FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE, FEELS MORE ON HIS FEET. Mayor Gayner Addresses His Fellow E Citizens of Bresklyn. New York, Jan. 25.—The filustrious company of the ancients, among whom Mayor Gaynor has quoted Epi- cetus and Themistocles, found fur- fher representation in his speeches to- night, when he declared in an address o his fellow citizens of Brooklyn that for 25 years he has been calling for the separation of national from muni- cipal politics “as Telentlessly as Cato called_for the destruction of Car- thage” © Mr. Gaynor summed up his impre: sions of his dirst month In office. “T entered upon the government of this ~ he said, “with the greatest.dis- irobe because 1 kmew the difficulties and because I did not know, in view of the bitter campaign, how far I should be sustained by the calm judg- ment of the community. After a month ia office I feel more on my feet, more confident of what, not I but we, can iness men and the mayor felt that he eould say to them: ‘I am sure that u bave no partisan notlons regard- {ae sovernment. I do mot want to abolish envthing—the Sugar trust hall or Tammany hall. But you must not mix these elements, 1If any man can- not mes this he is either not sane or else is too partisan to enter into the councils of men BRITISH ELECTIONS. Unionist Gains Continue With Unbrok- en Regularity—Nine Yesterday. London, Jan. 25 —Five hundred and sixty members of the new parliament kave been elocted, They are distribut- ed as follows: Unionists 238, iiberals 213, laborites 37, nationalists 72. The annouuncement of unionist gains continues with upnbroken regularitv. Out of 32 resuits declared during ths ourse of today they had nine gains, ch one was in Scotland and -ne and. Against these the liberals only able to gét two gains in ware Scctiand. Denmark Ready to Welcome Future American Explorers. Chicage, Jan, 25.—However disap- inted the people of Denmark were r Dr. Cook's failure to establish proof of the discovery of the North polie. thes still are ready to welcome future American explorers, according to Dr. Maurice F. Egan, American minister to Denmark, who arrived in Chicago today. “There is one false general impression, Dr. Egan. “Cook did mot receive any decoration from the king of Denmark. He has no decoration from the king at all. He received a gold medal from the Geographical society and was honored &y the university of Copenhagen.” Prominent Pittsburg Physician Hel on Larceny Charg Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. 25—Dr. C. C. . Wiles. one of Pittsburg's prominent physicians and an alienist for Harry Thaw during the first trial for the shooting of Stanford White in New York. is under $1,000 bonds to answer he charge of larceny by bailee brought by a Miss Dora Pedder. Dr. Wiley was arrested January 8, but the fact only became known tonight. In her com- paint Miss Pedder alieges that Dr. ey holds jewelry of hers to the val- me of $1.400, and that she has endeav- ored unsuccesstully for two years to et It Girl Stumbled Down Flame-Filled Stairway. New York, Jan. 25— With her three “®1d cousin in her arms, Lena La- 2 young girl, stumibled down e-filled stafrway of an Bast Side temement today and fell through 3 ing banister to the ground ing the child on a janding. rescued her. terribly bur but deins unable to understand her ntic Jtalian, they left the baby to above. dicnce was composed of bus- i | "\ MISSING TREASURER HALL NOT HIDDEN IN HIS HOME Detectives Make Search in Running Down a Report. Southbridge, ~ Mass., Jan. 25.—The examination of the books of Treasur- er John A. Hall and of the South- bridge Savings bank, which has clgsed its doors because of allesed irregufar- ities by the missing treasurer, has as yet shown mothing to indicate the amount of shortage, if any exists. This Sstatement jwas made here today by Bank Coni.._ssioner Arthur B. Chapin, in commenting on many rumors of an extensive defalcation. Presidenti Cal- vin D. Paige of the bank concurred in _the statement. To run down a report that Hall was hidden in his own house, search was made today, but it was without result and the treasurer is still missing. MERIDEN G. A. R. MEN AROUSED Lee’s Protest Against Placing Gen. Statue in National Capite n., Jan. 25.—THe plac- ing of the nfonument of Gen. Robert BE. Lee in the national capitol at Washington has aroused.the members of Merriam post, G. A. R., of this city, and a vote was taken at the regular meeting tonight, emphatigally protest- ing against this national recognition and honer for the famous confederate Zeneral, Adjutant May bas been in- atructed to draft a resolution officially promulgating this vote and to send it o the proper authorities at Washing- ton, The members of the post have pledged themselves to write to sen- ators and congressmen representing this state, urging immediate action to- wards having the statue removed. BEEF UST INVESTIGATION. Eight Subpoenas Issued for Witnesses —lnquiry Begins Today. Chicago, Jan. 25.—Bight subpoenas were jssucd today for witnesses to ep— ear before a federal grand jury in the Eovernment's investigation of the so- called beef trust. Tomorrow it is ex- pected the government formally will beein its inquiry into the charges that e dresscd meat prices of the coun- try are controlled by one company. Before the investigation is complet- ed, probably weeks hence, it is said that evervone connected with -the packing houses in Chicago and other cities who can throw any light on the subject will have been called. Meriden, C: Former Secretary of Navy in Balti- more Hospital Baltimore, Md.. Jan, 25.—Hilary A. Herbert of Washington, secretary of the navy during the second adminis-. tration of President Cleveland, today became a patient at a local hospital, where he may undergo an operation within the next few_ days. Farewell Banquet to Prof. Grave New Haven, Conn., Jan. 25.—Mem- bers of the Yale Forestry school to- night fenderea a farewell banquet to Prof. H. S. Graves, head of the school and recently appointed chief forester to succeed Gifford Pinchot. Mr. Graves spoke in praise of Mr. Pinchot and de- clared that it was his intention to carry out the latter's plans in his new work. A telegraph from Mr. Pinchot expressing his regrets at being unable to be present was received. Waterbury Italian Died of Injuries. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 25.—Tony Caropone, who was murderously as- saulted by Roceo Rinaldi in a local sa- Joon last night, died this even- ing at St. 's hospital from injury to the brain tissues. While Caropone was play Rinaldi struck him twice with achatchet and then fled. He has not beem .captured. The police have not-heen able to learn any motive for the crime, as the two men were not even acquainted. ~ Middietown.—Examinations are oc- cupying the attention of the students at Berkeley inity school this week. Duesseldorf, Prussia, Jan. 25.—The German Steel Works association today raised the price of half rolled stecl $1.25 a ton. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Jan. 25. A tempest is raging over tfe English channel. The cross-channel boat ser- vice has been suspended. Liverpool, Jan. 25.—The Cunard line cteamship Lusitania,which arrived here from New York at noon today, ‘was unable to land her passengers and mails at Fishguard, owing to a flerce gale encountered. s Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 25.—Seven Italian smugglers engaged in carrying contraband through the wild Alpine pass about Chiavenna, Italy,were over- whelmed by an avalanche today. All but one of the number were swept over precipice and killed. PRICES OF FOOD PRODUCTS FEEL EFFECT OF MEAT BOYCOTT ovement in Pittsburg is a Genuine Revolt—Butcher Stalls and Markets Deserted—Rush on Fish Markets. Pittsburg, Jan. 2 —Prices of all food products are beginning to feel the ef- fect of the boycott on meats which went into effect with about 125,000 meople today. Cattle, hogs and lambs at the local stock yards again drop- ned in prices today from five to Af- teen cents a hundred. Developments would Indicate that the movement of the people of Pittsburz is a genuine revolt. Butter and eggs, and in many Instances vegetables. are being shaded in price, Butcher stalls and markets in the residential sections are well- nigh deserted, Today there was a rush on the fish markets. Fish prices are lower than they have been in some months and the consumption of oysters and fish will be startling, according to one of the dealers. Couldn’t Stand Meat Fast. Redlands, Cal, Jan. 25.—Two day of meat fast were enough for the re: idents of The Mission, a suburb of Redlands. Pledges were signed last Satur?ay by almost every inhabitant, who agreed to refrain from eating meat for sixty days. The meat mar- Kkets closed, but they were importuned to re-open today, and there was @ rush to obtain fresh meat by the hun- ery boycotters. Colorado Joins Boycott. Denver, Col., Jan, 25.—The Colorado State Federatlon of Labor today adopted resolution to boycott meat. It is estimated that 50,000 men in Col- orado will join the boycott. EMPEROR WILLIAM SPENDS EVENING AT FRENCH EMBASSY. The Event Regagded as Having a Pe- litical “Meaning. Berlin, Jan. 25—The emperor and empress, Crown Prince Frederick Wil- liam and the crown princess, Prince Henry of Prussia and some twenty oth- er German royal personages spent the evening at the French embassy, where tfizy-gn entertained wih striking ex- emples of French dramatic and operat- ic art. Mm. De Fe Fraurdy and De Halley and Mlle. Robbin from the Commedie Francalse of Paris, played the third act from Beaumarchals® com- edy, “The Barber of Seville’ while Mile. Demougetot from the Paris op- era sang elghteenth centuary arias from Glug. The stage was set in the dining room and supper was served at smali tables, closing a day devoted by the emperor to French art in various forms. The event political mean! This is the first time that the em- peror has visited the French embassy since the period of the Algeciras con- ference, and the first time the empress has visited the embassy since she was crown princess. regarded a§ having & TWENTIETH CENTURY DERAILED Passengers on New York Central Had Narrow Escape. Utica, N. Y. Jan. 25.—Running at fast speed past the signals which warned the engineer to_siow down in order_to cross to another track, the Nen York Central railroad’s Twentieth Century Limited train, composed of eight cars, bound from Chicago to New York, was derailed at:5.40 a. m. today, at a switch near St. Johnsville.” Not a passenger was injured, but the engi- neer, John Scanlon, @nd the fireman, Melvin J. Handville, both of Syracuse, were Kkilled. A delayed train on the track ahead of the limited made it necessary to switch the fast train to another tcack. A towerman set the warning signals, but the swift express went by them and took the switch at full speed. The locomotive was completely overturned and slid more than 300 feet before it stopped. The engineer was thrown from the cab and the fireman crushed under the boller. The cars were thrown oOff their trucks, but remained upright across the tracks. The slecping pag- sengers suffered only a jar and were Soon forwarded on other trains. The tracks were blocked for some time. FAREWELL SURPRISE. Given Miss Maria Buckley by Operat- ors in Telephone Exchange—Pre- sented Signet Ring. On Tuesday evening fifteen of the operators of the local Telephone Ex- change gave Miss Maria Buckley a farewell surphise at the home of her brother, Henry D. Buckley, in Hobart avenue. Miss Buckley has been em- ployed in the local exchange for three vears, and completed her work there last yeeK. Next Monday she gmoes to Worcester to enter the Memorial hos- pital there, where she’ will study to become a nurse. In behalf of the op- erators she was @resented by Miss Mary Colemqn with a gold signet ring. There was music and refreshments, and a delightful evening was passed. The departure of Miss Buckley for Worcester is greatly regretted by her many friends WAS IN NORWICH. H. J. Denison Was Here and Had Been Seen About the Street Con- siderable. H. J. Denigon, aged 35, who is charged with shooting of two boys in New' York, as told in Tuesday’s Bul- letin, was a former resident, of Nor- wich. About two months ago he lived here, having rooms over Yerrington's ‘Temple of Music. He was often seen on the street with two women, one of whom was his mother. When here he wore a vandyke beard, and was rec- ognized from his picture, although he has since shaved offg his beard. He ‘was a familiar figure about the streets during his resldence here. No Official Boycott. A prominent unjon labor man said Tuesday that there had been’ some talk of a meat boycott here by s2ae of tne labor men, but no action had T:een taken by any of the locals and it did not seem likely that there wiuld be any. Alaska Coal NewFactor Comes TO ADD INTENSITY TO THE EX- CITED SITUATION. REVENUE OF $8,000,000,000 Would Come to the Government if Up—Radical Departure Contemplated ‘Washington, Jan. #5.—A new and somewhat sensational factor has ap- peared suddenly to add Intensity to the already sufficiently excited situa- tion over the Alaska coal lands, and on the eve of the beginning of the Ballinger - Pinchot investigation, which largely concerns that questioh. A Scattle Man’s Proposition. John E. Ballaine of Seattle, said to be the largest individual property owher in Alaska, today made & prop- osition in writing to the senate com- mittee on territories, of which Sena~- tor Teveridge of Indiana is cbairman, offering to the government a royalty of jity cents a ton for coal mined, for the lease of five thousand acres of some of the choicest coal lands in Alaska, in the Katalla and. Matunska. districts. Such a tonnage royalty would net the government, Mr. Bal- laine claimed, as much as $2,000,000 per hundred acres. Radical Departure Contemplated. ‘This proposal contemplates a radi- cal departure from vast practices in the government’s disposal of the Alas- ka coal lands, and it comes avowedly to do battle with another nroposition, embodied in a bill which has been pr pared, but mot vet introduced, de- signed to permit the sale or lease of such lands at a rate of $10 per acre. Tt is said the general features of the plan have the approval of officials hizh In the administration and of in- fluential members of both houses of con; s, including some of the prom- inent. u t republicans and Dele- gate ickersham of Alaska. Offers to Enter Into a Bond with the . Government. Mr. Ballaine, in his letter to Sena- tor Beveridge offers to enter into a bond of $1,000,000 with the govern- ment for the performance of his part of the agreement he proposes, and he makes the charge that “other inter- ests” have now at work in Washing- ton a lobby “headed by a former Unit- ed States senator,” in support of the Dill referred to above, and under the provisions of which bill, he declares, the government would extend an un- conditional guarantee to a railroad or railroads which these inferests pur- nose to build in Alaska, and would yirtually donate to them at $10 per acre one or more tracts of five thou- sands acres each to be selected by them. Mr. Ballaine stated in his pro- posal that veins averaging a total thickness of twenty feet would. yiek according to . standard meas a total in_excess of 100,000,000 tons from the five thousand acres, making a royalty of $50,000,000 for this com- paratively small area. He asks the government to provide as a condition on its part that no oth- er coal land in Alaska shall be leased on payment of a less rovalty. and also to agree that at least half of the gov- ernment’s supply of coal shall be ob- tained from this company or from a naval coaling reserve which the gov- ernment may_ establish and itself Bp- erate in the Matanaska district, ship- ping the product to Seward at rates to be fixed by the Interstate commerce commission, over a railroad, the plans for the construction of which he out- lines. « Net Revenue Would Exceed Eight Bil- ns. Mr. Ballaine tonight qouted the United States geological survey as stating In one of its recent reports that there are. sixteen billion tons of coal in sight in the known coal areas of Alaska, and probably as least as much again im regions unexplored; and he pointed out that the leasing of these areas on a royalty basis such as he was offering for a known area of only five thousand acres would ulti- mately bring to the government a net revenue from that source exceeding $8,000,000,000. STUBBORN BACK BOYS REFUSE TO RETURN Meanwhile 2500 Employes of Thread Mill Are Locked Out. Pawtucket, R. I, Jan. 25, to consider 'any petition for an crease in wages until the striking back boys signify a willingness to return to work, was the answer of General Manager Alfred M. Coats of _the thread plant of J. & P. Coats Co,, Ltd., when asked to restore a wage cut of ten per cent. made two years ago. The mills were shut down yesterday and the 2,500 employes locked out, fol- lowing a strike of back boys. At a meeting of the back boys, labor leaders urged them to return to the mills tomorrow and to request that the notices of an indefinite shutdown be removed, but the back boys toak no action. / Run on American Bank in Me; Continues. Mexico City, Jan. 25.—The run on the United States Banking company continued today. From 10 o’clock un- til 4.20 this afternoon, anxious depos- itors crowded the lobby of the bank and kept five paying tellers busy. The bank honored every check and it is estimated unofficially that fully two million pesos were withdrawn, Lightning Bolt Uncovered Spring of Crude Oi Dalhart, Tex, Jan. 35.—Mrs. Josie Pettis declared today that a boit of lightning struck the ground on the) mountainside near her farmhouse Te- cently and uncovered a spring of crude oil which is now producing 200 barrels daily. Previously the land had barely vielded enough to support her. Agrees to Waive Extradition. ‘Washington, Jan. 25.—Indicted in the District of Columbia for fraud in in connection with the Nationa} Trust company, organized for the purpose of guaranteeing stocks and bonds, -Samuel Graham, an officer of the com- pany, was arrested at his_home in Montreal. Canada, today. He agreed to waive extradition and to come to ‘Washington for trial. His bail was fixed at $3,000. Death of Rev. W. G. R. Mullen, S. J. Baltimore, Jam. 25.—Rev. W. G. R.|_ Mullan, S. 3., @ known divine and educator, formerly Mpt of Loyola college and one of the' most prominent members of his order in this country, died tonight at St. Agnes’ hospital, where he had been ill of Bright's disease for many months. He was 50 years oid. - Made Him Dizz PLACED THEM IN GHAMOIS BAG Which She Laid on Dressing Table— Gentleman Caller Took the Gems— Held in $10,000 Bail. New York, Jan. 25.—The resourceful- ness of a woman deceived by the man she believed was to marry her effected the capture today of Frank A. Giese, wanted in Chicago and New York for forgeries, just before he had time to blow out his brains. He had robbed Mrs, Frieda Sommers of $10,000 worth of diamonds. - Had a Bottle of Champagne. Giese spent last evening with Mrs. Sommers and with their supper in her apartments they had a bottle of cham- pagne. Giese, aceording to Mrs. Som- mers, raised his glass in @ toast and said laughingly: “Take off those dlamonds: they're so bright they make me dizzy. “They’ll be just as bright on the table as on my meck,” protested Mrs. Sommers, spreading them out before m. “That's true,” admitted Glese. “Put them in this* and he drew a smali chamols bag from an inner pocket and tossed it across to her. Mrs. Sommers placed the diamonds in the bag and i24d it on her dressing table. It was there this morning, or one like it, but the dlamonds were gone. Held the Robber by Telephone. At the discovery of her loss Mrs. Sommers went into hysterics and the appearance of two detectives who had been shadowing Giese did not reassure her. At that moment Giese called her on the telephone. He told her he was buying a $275 fur coat and the detec- tives rushed to the shop he named. Meanwhile Mrs. Sommers kept him hanging to the other end of the wire until he was caught. Tried to Commit Suicide. ‘When placed under arrest Giese tried to shoot himself with a ten-shot auto- matic pistol, but the detectives were too quick for him. They found another Condensed Telegrams Joseph E. Whiting of the Viola Al- 1o oEipary Hred 18 Toronto: ‘The New York World will plead Justification in the Panama canal case. The Validity of the Corporation Tax wi‘lll“be tested before the supreme court, - The Weather Bureau Seismograph ‘has recorded another earthquake, ap- parently to the southward. Prof. Martin “Ekenburg, a Swedish scientist, was held in London for ex- tradition on the charge of bomb- throwing. Over a Hundred Persons Were Killed in the religious warfare between the Sunnites and the Shiuhs in Old Bok- ‘hara, Russia. chalrman of the national waterways commission, made a preliminary report of the com- mission work to the senate. Land Commissioner Dennett appear- ed before the house committee on ex- nditures to answer the carges made’ Representative Hitchcock. A Jury Has Been Secured for the trial of ~Joseph M. Huston, architect of the $13,000,000 Pennsylvania state capitol, accused of conspiracy. Secretary of the Treasury Mac- Veigh explained to the senate why the custom house at Newvport News, Va., was closed on Robert E. Lee's birth- day. DIVIDENDS DECLARED BY U. 8. STEEL CORPORATION. Total Earnings for Year 1909 Amounted to $131,479,975. New York, Jan. 25.—In accordance with popular expectation, the directors of the United States Steel corporation made announcement today after the close of the stock market that divi- dends on the common shares of the corporation had reverted to the original rate of 4 per cent. annually. They also declared a “reguiar dividend of 1 per cent. and an extra dividend of 3-4 of 1 per cent.” Dividends for the previ- ous quasters have been: For the first quarter, 1-2 of 1 per .; for the sec- ond, 3-4 of 1 per cent.; for the third, 1 per cent., and today a total of 1 3-4. Although an extra dividend bas long been rumored in the market, the be- bavior of the common sharés during the day and more particularly toward the close In no_way bore out the facts. According to the best information ob- revolver in his hotel room, loaded and full cocked. “I always kept ready to £0.” Giese f0ld them. “I knew It could not last long, but it has been high fly- ing while it did.” The diamonds were recovered and.identified. Held in $10,000 B: Glese, who comes frem Baltimore, recently was employed by the Hurley Machine company of Chicago, and con- fesses that last October he forged the pame of Nell C. Hurley to a check for $2.900 which was cashed for him by the National Bank of the Republic in that clty. The Hotel Astor and the ‘Waldorf. it is alleged, both have his for. $150. e ge held in e HIGH FOOD PRICES INQUIRY. Statement by Dr. Wiley on Cold Stor- age of Food Products. Washington, Jan. 25.—Aside from an intimate discussion of the American hen and her products, the featuro of today’s inquiry into high food prices by the sub-committee of the house committee on the District of Columbia was the statement of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agriculture, who charged that sindster influence, un- named, had accomplished the repeal of the provision of law relating to en- forcing efficiency in cold storage of food products. = Dr. Wiley said the elimination of the appropriation for this work had great- ly hampered his department in protect— deleterious food ing the public from products. < COMET USED AS A BEACON. Captain of California Steamship Wa: Lighted on 'His Voyage. San Franeisco, Jan. 25.—A comet furnished light for part of the voy- age of the steamship J. B. Stetson, from San Pedro here, according to the statement of Captain Bonifield, on his arrival yesterday. He declares that for an hour it was of great bril- liancy. Captain Bonifield says that at the luminary’s appearance the Stetson was in latitude 35.20 nortlh, and the com- et southwest by west one-half west, magnetic bearing from the deck. Three California towns, Santa Rosa, Redding and Napa, reported seceing a brilliant comet, supposed to be “A 1910,” between five and seven o'clock last’ evening. DROWNED SKATING FOR MAIL. Farmer and Hired Man Lost Their Lives on Lake Champlain. St, Albans, Vt., Jan. 25.—Frank M. Hathaway, a farmer, and Glenn Jen- niss, employed on the Hathaway farm, were drowned through the ice on Lake Champlain_last night. The two men had skated from St. Albans Point to St. Albans bay for the evening mail, and, on the return, went through a =4 | Wants to Know Just How Far a Dol- lar Will Go. . | Chicago, Jan. 25—The Chicago Fed- | eration of Labor today ordered sent | to the family of every union man in Chicago a bl schedule to be filled out by the housekeeper, showing “just how far a dollar will go under present conditions.” $50,000 Demanded for an Arm. ‘White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 25—Testi- mony in a%uit for $50,000 damages for the ioss of an arm was heard today by Justice Keogh in Part 111 of the su- preme court here. The plaintiff is - sie Harrington Fitzgerald, who is su- ing the Cadillac Hotel company. She was employed in the Cadillac hotel last August as a laundress, and her right arm got caught in a sheet-iron- ing machine and was so badly mangled that amputation was necessary. - Schooner 8. G. Haskell Abandoned. Chatham, Mass., Jan. 25.—Abandoned to the bars and shoals which has so tenaciously gripped her since last Fri- day, the schoonmer §.°G. Haskell lies on Handkerchief shoals tonight, fuli of water and without a man aboard. A Captain Stapies and nis orew o 1eave es and his crew ‘4o leave the stranded vessel after remaining on tainable, there was a division 6f opin- fon among the directors and the out- come was probably in doubt up to the time of the meeting. Rumor credits the Morgan faction in the board with having favored an extra dividend, but Chairman Gary declared after the meeting adjourned that action had been unanimous. The regular quarterly dividend of 13-4 per cent. was declared on the preferred shares. For ghe first time in the reports of the corporation there ap- peared an item of $3,200,000 to be taker from .the reserve fund to cover ad- vanced mining royaities. “Total earnings for the year 1909 amounted to $131,479,975. The record year for the corporation was 1907, with earnings of $160,964,673. Nince iis or- ganization in April of 1901 the corpora- tion has earned the sum of 31,071,220, REDUCTION .OF THE WESTERN FREIGHT RATES Causes Considerable Fear of Freight War in New Haven Circles. New Haven, Conx, Jan. 25.—Inquiry in raiiroad circles here shows that there is considerable fear of a freight war owing to the announced reduction of ‘the western’ freight rates from 7 cents to 69 cents per hundred, firsi class, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Erie routes, “The effect of this is to equalize the rates with the rate on the two all-rall differ- ential lines, the Ontario and Western and the New Haven-Canadian Pacific routes, both of them controlied by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. It may also affect the Grand Trunk route via Long Island sound and New Tendon, which has en- joyed heretofore the lower rate of 65 cents per hundred. The matter now looked on with anxiety is whether th: five other standard trunk lines will or will not meet the reduction of the Erfe and Lackawanna. The reduced rate affects both classes and commodities of freights. Last year in a somewhat similar exi- gency the New Haven raised its dif- ferential rate from 65 to 69 cents at the request of the standard trunk lines. THE AMERICAN HORSE IS HERE TO STAY. Advent of the Automobi pressing Effect. Washington, Jap. 25.—In spite of the greatly increased use of the automo- Dbile. it has been unable to depress either in numbers or value ite rival, the American horse. With automobiles coming into common use, the price of horses, according to a statement made today ‘by the crop reporting board of the department of agriculture, rose from an average of $95.64 each in 1508 to $108.19 im 1905. In numbers the ‘horses of the United States increased from 20,640,000 to 21,010,000. The report incidentally discloses the fact that the high price of beef is in the smallest degree due to a decrease in the number of range cattle The number of horses in the United States Jan. 1,.1910. was 21,040,000, at $108.19 a head, with a total value of $2,276,363,000, as compared with ihe previous 'vear, when the number wis 20,640,000, the average price $95.64 a head and the total'value $1,974,0 Pond Killed by Trolley Car. * Saratoga, N. Y., Jan. 25.—The body of a man who was killed last night by a Hudson Valley trolley car north of this village, was identified , today as that of the Rev. Washington 1. Pond, one of the oldest graduates of Union college, and well known through northern New York as a poet, writer and preacher, ded Dy the snow- storm last nighy’he wandered upon the tracks and was so badly mangled that - Identification was possible only after long examination. Taken I Rev. W. 1. in Gymnasium Swimming Pool. Providence, R. 1, Jan. 25.—Harold A. Baine of Suffern, X. Y., taken ill while swimming in the gymnasium pool., djed the Rhode Ialand hospital early to- aay. Hemorrhage of the brain was the cause of death. Thrown Into a Tub of Sulphurfc Acid. New York, Jan, 25.—Jozeph H. 3 P2 aan) to the court of St. James and now leader of the New York bar, his 79th um-z in pressing a suit in_the United court r-mfdu - He told nobody t he entered his. 80th year until New York, Jan. 25.—Roman Takireky is dying tonight from internal and ex- ternal burns received today when dur- ing a fight in a brass foundry he was thrown into a tub of sulphuric acid. His assailant escaped. Takirsky, be- sides being horribly burned.externally. by the fluid, swallowed a quantity of the acid. ~ - PRICE TWO CENTS FEAR TARIFF WAR WITH GERMANY Chambers of Gommerce in Several Cities Alarm- ed by the Critical Situation NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE IN SESSION _— 4 ppeals to that Eody Urging the State Department to Re- cede from Its Fosition that American Cattle and Beef Must be Admitted to Germany — Commission to Settle Dispute Suggested. Washington, Jan. 25.—Alarmed by the critical turn in the tariff contro- versy between the United States and Germany, appeals from the chambers of commerce and boards of trade of several cities were made to the na- tional board of trade in session here today, urging that body to recommend to the government that the state de- partment recede from its position that American beef ana mitted to Germany, attle must be ad- trade .bho- if the tween the two nations, ro $380,000,000 a year to American busi- ness houses, is not to be subjected to the effects of a tariff war, | No Advantage in Insisting on German Market for Beef. Resolutions presented to the n: body maintain there can be vantage in Insisting on ket for American beef, home consumption is such a rate as to soon to the supply, and in support eited that can cattle exporis the millions, It in pointed out that the agrarian party, in control of the reichstag, has stood for the principle that the farmers of ¢ many must supply its beef and that the imperial government could not ad- mit the American product if it would, Condition Most Grave. A commission to settle the dispute is suggested gand President Lalanne of the natfonal board of trade, sounding the note of alarm in his annual ad- dress, spoke of fhe condition as most grave in fact, thfeatening a great por- tion of the merdantlic interests of the United States, The last negotiations by the state department leave the next move up to Germany. It this government insists that beef and cattle shall be admitted and the German emperor declines 1o yleld, as it is said he must, the inevi- table' is seen in Germany being ex- cluded from those nations that will enjoy the minimum tariff provisions of the Payne on April terests fe: war. National Board of Trade to Invest » law, which goes Into effect 1. That, the mercantis ar, is tantamount to ariff Cause-of High Price Many dele an investi ter into t makes co imperative departmen united me up throug weeks for th when th to appoi men. qual perience t present g them wer Senate Passed Fortifications Apy ation B tes hrought de gation of o natiou he high cost of nsideratic e. The nt of the country in t unofficial tional bod special ¢ tfied by their bumiy o determin en r 1 4 4 CONGRESS ill—Differences Threshed Ouf in House. Waghi a_colloqu: on, Ja ) o y i 5 rules regulating t ngu be used were freq ing point Arkansas threshed house 1o terday by extravaga mission o investigat and passe mines in The ser appropria and some sideration tional for Both ho row house at the senate . Representative on of Henne w York their aif over ¢k by and out My n it ion d o the nate tion time of a ¢ est in Mc yuses the fn adjonrne at 2,25 o'cl 5.30, $10,000 WORTH OF GEMS | FOUND IN ASH BARREL Honest Janitor Returned the Jewels to Vi the Owner. Bostoh. Jan. 25.—The ash collec- tors assigred to the Back Bay dis- trist of Boston are sad tonight be- cause Tuesday is not the day on which they gather the ashes left in the rear of the hoyses on Boylston street. Mrs. Charles J. Shriner, who lives in an apartment house at the corner of Boylston and Ipswich streets, however, is glad that the ashes arc mot col- | lected on Tuesday, and she also finds considerable satisfaction in the fact that Daniel Harvey, the janitor of the apartmerrt house. n Nonest man. Harvey today discovered in an ash barrel behind the Shriners' apart- ments, jewels belonging to Mrs. Shrin- er valued at ten thousand dollars, Mr Shriner lost the gems more than a week ago and the police of the Back Fay statlon have been conducting a careful investigation on the theory that .the je had been stolen Mrs. Shriner, It appears, had con- cealed her gems In a waste basket, which was unexpectedly _emptied Janitor Harvey started an Investig tion of his own, which proved suc ful. TO TAKE UP HARTFORD— BISHOPRIC IN FEBRUARY. Consistorial Congregation Has Not Yet Considered Appointment to Vacancy. Rome, Jan. .—The consistorial congregation has not considered as yot the appointment of a bishop for the diocese of Hartford The matter probably will be decided at-the meeting to be held in the latter part of February, followine which, in the absence o' complications, 'the choice will be Ssubmitted at once to the pope for his ratification Solid Democratic Opposition to Pre ident’s Incorporation Bill. Washington, Jan, resident Taft's federal incorporation bill s doomed to meet with solid democratic onnosttion, according to republican senators, who have canvassed the sit- uation. The bill has not yet be fected so as to conform W views of a majority of the members of the senate and even if 4s accomplished its supporters fear that the auitude of the democrats will make It exceedingly diicult if notfim- possible to pass the measure at this | session. Attorney General Wickeg- | sham s still atwork on the draft of bill, but the indications are { 1 will not be ready for pres:ntation dur- ing the present we U. 8. Warship to Convey Body of Late Brazilian Ambassador Home. ‘Washington, Jan. tary Winthrop today ordered the cap- tain of the Mayflower to recelve tho body of the late Brazillan ambassador, Joagbim Nabuco, aboard that vessel al the Washington navy yard Feb. 14th and convey igto Hampton Roads for transter to tht armored crulser N Carolina. The commander of the North Carolina has begn instructed to convey the body to Rio de Janeiro. The Inheritance Tax and Personal Property Tax Favored. Providence, R. I, Jan. 25 heritance tax and the personal prop. erty tax are favored by the special commission delegated (o determine correct means of raising revenue for the state of Rhode Island, An out- line of the report to be made by the commission March 1, was given to the legislature today by Senator W. H. P. Bowen. Death of Former Member of Connec- ticut Legislature, Mmes North Canaan, Conn., Jan. 25 Hoyt. a former member of the state legisl: he in- jature, died at hix home here to- day from pneumonia, [le was §1 yeard 0ld; and leaves his wif. Earthshocks in California. EL Centro, Cal, Jan. 25.—Several e shocks were felt at Tm- perial alley points early today. No is reported. NINE GOVERNORS FOR They Are Ready SAFE AND SANE FOURTH to Join Crusade Agrinst Gunpowder Celebration Philadelphia, Ja ors have sent assuran o tf o and gane Fourth of July com £ the Civic club of thi would enterinto the cru t press all unnecessary n Y pendence day. The Cly ing a national committee of () the question of abolishing t fireworks, -except for pu Replies signifying 11 nt of jolning t ment celved from nors T sachusetts v D Tllinois; Br Tdnl Eberhardt Tilinols; Vesey, '8, ta Dakota; M N ou and Cosgrove, Wa “BRAIN STORM” ATTACK Lisut. Langhorst Not Responsible f Deeds Complained Of Baltimo “brain stc vansed t Adolph 1 corps, w tial at ¥ neglect of disobedience pleaded g say th though p time, wa sudden fi storms,” deeds was argu Satisfactory Agresment Lawrence Mill Lawren: encen employes in this cl of about ers and loon day, we Summe while the ten per public Murderer Cambri o to hay murde betw the ¢ rron of Lowell f Mr orp, Jan, 25.—Insant o st type was i anghor tort McH f duty wch of ar ullty w at Lieutenant 1 t erfectly at ® suffering fro - ts t ed, | Ma Stril e, Mu Ta r £ the Atlantic 3 ty, which resultec 350 spinners, A company ha Adjudged Insane at Time of Crime. dge, Mass., Jan " was today ad i ane at the time of t on July 1, 1909, for which he dicted in the first degr Tudge Bond immediately sentenced him t b pital for criminal insane at Brid water. Ferron, after killing t¥ man, with whom had y Itving for smome time, chofped the hody to pleces with an axe, He attemptec ide by jumping Into a ca at 1 ell, but being rescued fled to Qu where he was captured. Ernest Lorenz Responsible for Mr, Mann's Death, Johnston, R. I, Jan. 25.—Ernest Lorenz, now under arrest arged with the murder of Gilberd Mann of this town , severnl week . regponsible for Many i to a report made A Worth at the close @iy, Mann was fatally wayman, Lorenz wa. a charge of robbing another m 1 the police belleve he has perpet a_number of bold robberic this tion r ntly Steamship Arrivals At Liverpool: Jan. sitanin, from New York At Marseilles: Ja M donna, from New York At London an. 25, Minnehaha from New Yorl Montreal Carnival Postponsd Montreal, Jan. 26.—The . Mentreal camlval, which wasx to have a on Thurs, tl next weather, day, has been, postponed un week, owing _to 1