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VOL. LH.—NO. 32 NORWICH, CONN., M| FEBRUARY 7, PRICE. TWO CENTS led Faragraphs |Man and Wife Robbed Posmfiice‘ | CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY CHIEF OF | UNEXPECTED END OF THE SEN- SATIONAL CASE. - Feb. 6—Mme. Elizabeth Ef- fron, for thirty years & prominent Rus- sian revolutionist, hanged herself yes- terday, upon the discovery that her L& year old son had committed suicide art- er being reprimanded in school. Mme. MISS CATHERINE B. DAY RETURNS| Daughter of Secretary of National Pipe Bend- ing Company of New Haven Effron was the daughter of the fo. governor general of Moscow, M. Dur- novo. Madrid, Feb. 6,—Premier Moret yes- terday explained the decree the schools which were closed the ‘Barcelona_riotin, the demnomination ered all those in which religion wis not taught, but that the legality of the Ferrer schools, which it is c a late the law against the propagation of anti-military doctrines, must cided by the courts. HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY Tells Story of Starting for School Friday, but Instead Go- ing to . erby, then Eack to New Haven and Finally to New York, where She Spent the Night in Railroad Station—Miiss Day is but 16 Years of Age. “London, Feb. 6.—Carew M: 1y known as an art critic, w. in the Bow street court Saturda charged with embezzlement The prosecutors are the direc tors of the Royal Society Artists, of which body Martin has been keeper and secretary since 1393. charged that he has robbed the society of large sums. He was admitte under a $5,000 bond. in New York, of British parents, night in the Grand Central station, fne B. Day, the 16 year old daughier | getting her meals in the station res- of Arthur Day, secretary of the Ben: com] who fas & paper and on seeing her picture and gt s Aay. Teb. 4th, |a story of her disappearance decidea Other | to return home. | Mind Not Quite Clear as to All That Transpired. She arrived here about noon went directly to her home. is not quite clear as to all that trans- pired while she was in New York, but and spent the | she insists that other than going out the town, not onto the street for a few times, where friends she had in she remained but for a few minutes that place. On the afternoon of the each time, she did not leave the two same day she returned to New Haven by train and took a local train for New York She did not buy a ticket and the matron at the Grand Central sta- when she pald her fare the conductor |tion a Sted_her Sewe_she-Was cuing and | urda =] old him to New York to v A’I’l:: On the armival of the train ut told her when the train went and left the Lexington avenue station dark and she was afraid to venture out - on the streets and spent New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6.—Cather- ‘a- | taurant. This morning she purchased been missing since Friday, Feb. Martin was born returned to her home today than siight signs of fatigue, she shows mo il effects from her absence from SEVERE COLD WAVE GRIPS Story of Her Wanderings. EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES Acccrding to the girl's wtead of going to school Friday morn- ing she went to Derb: day wandering aroun: even looking _up. Lowest Record for the Season in New York City—Drivin- es—Piercing Wing. £ {eex% York, Feb. riven to the bone of man ‘According to members of the family, ew York city the stood at one desree nieht at midnight, for the season. Continued cold may be expect mile gale swept throughout the day <ked the girl at midnight Sat- night_where she was going and New Haven. it her | was The matron waiting room. rts of her story are corrob- orated by information secured by the there. Saturday she spent the day and | family previous to her arrival. and night. practically An unidentified man death in Boston, similar fate at Buffalo, while iantic City a tramp steamer was forced to_anchor because of the gale In New York state a driving made conditions wors a_ fisherman “BIG TIM” SULLIVAN GIVES AWAY SHOES AND STOCKINGS. uted 5000 Pairs Sunday to the Needy on the Bowery. 1In the days when SOUTHBRIDGE BANK EX-TREASURER REARRESTED. Accused of $125000 Theft—Taken to Worcester County Jail. Worcester, in the Worcester county jail yesterday Became the lodging place of Y- FHall, ex-treasurer of Southbridge Savings bank. rearrested at The_average temperatur New York citv was zero as compared with 46 on the day last year and 30 the average tc werature for the day for the Twenty-three was the oint attained in New York during the New York, Feb. 6. “Bis Tim" Sullivan, state senator and as down at the heels, with po thought of ever becom- ing a political power, his school teach- | er made him a present of a_ pair of He never forgot the kindness and for many years, since he came into greater comfort, he has commemorated it on the 6th day of each Fehruary by of stockings and sole leather to ali the needy of the Bowery. Five thousand pairs were given away today at the club rooms of the Timothy D. Sullivan association. stretched for blocks. was bitter cold, and while those within «vere served hot coffee it was passed line. to those, that waited uthbridge Saturda: & warrant charzing him with the ceny of $125000 from the ~was taken to Webster for his appear- The extreme cold drove hur homeless men and women to ti nicipal lodgine houses for shelter t. The cold area, moder: extends south, reached as far da, where frost w: u~-er New York lake region and V mont_experienced the n perature of the wave, with = no effort t 2 distribution hbridge he s expected leave his home as accompanied Tor a prison cel He pleaded mot t $200.000 and g Wind and Seven Belo: Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 6.—Th severe weather of th hereabouts today piercing wind is blowing and the cury touched seven fn defauit of to the Worc ago Hall was charged with | Not all could be remembered, for .000 and was held in | some are spending the winter on-Black- well’s Island as guests of the city, but will all finda shoes waiting for wall the Bowery the larceny of § $50.000 bail for the grand jury rearrest when he was at libert; Bonds of $30.000 aid not come as a sur- inasmuch as such action had| Deen predicted for the last day or two. | Jt is understood that the shortage dis— closed in the bank already amounts to more than $500.000. After Hall below zero ‘them avhen they % 30 Below and Growing Colder. Utlea, N. Y., Feb. 6.—This section is suffering from another which threatens to be the worst of the Thermometers in Utica ranze from 12 to 14 degrees blow zero la| tonight, and it is believed to be grow- ing colder. At Fulton-Chain tonizht at 11 o'clock 30 below was reported. at Richfield Springs and 20 below at | GAVE HIS NAME AS E. B. DACEY. Housebreaker Supposed to Have Op- erated in Many Places. had been Jock A. Gaskill, alf in which the statement in Hall's be Ter assumed entire responsibility Tor the irregularitics at the bank Stamford, Conn., Fe rest at Pittsfield, Mass., of a man giv- ing the name of E. B. Dacey the loca: police think they have located the man | houses here in December and secured much valuable Tn Dacey's possession was a &rip marked with the name of W. B. whose house was entered and valued at $1,000 taken. police also found in the possession of a i+l in Hartford to whom Dacey had written a pair of opera glasses which belonged to a daughter of C. H. Louns- sury,whose house had been entered and of jewelry stolen. will be made to have Dacey returned when arrested gave New Haven as his home, but his name does not appear in the city di- rectory of that eit MEXICAN MONEY SEIZED. | Attempt to Evade Payment of Duty on Pesos Discovered. 6.—In the ar- It is 14 below ITS AIM TO PROMOTE THE PEACE OF THE WORLD. “The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Blizzard in New Jersey. Interiaken, N. J., Feb. 6. prevailed here all day. drifted badly. -A blizzard The fine snow The mercury stood 1 below zero this morning and did not £0 more than 4 above all day. Seven Above at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—WIth the ther- mometer registering o'clock tonight is the coldest experienc- | ed here this winter. there was a mean temperature of degrees, 15 eblow normal. Mercury Tumbles Feb. 6.—There organized tonight at the resi Theodore Marburg, the Ame: the Judicial Settlem International Disputes, Yote itself principally to by leading men of all count indicated by the organization ngs of national seope in va s country from time to time with | @ view to educating ¢ ¥ of promoting worid by settling points of in Esuing arti- During the day and th Degrees an Boston, Feb. 6.— bled tonight at the rate of two degrees at midnight the | mométers registered zero and The frozen body of an unknow who had apparently died from expos- ure_was found today beside a hizhway in Northboro. e mercury an hour until which differencos tween individuals are now Laredo, Tex., Feb. 6—The first con- fiscation of Mexican dollars by the AMexican customs officers took place Some time since the Mexi- can government established a duty of ent. on Mexican silver dollars into the country, Many mer- chants in this city have taken Mexican money at 40 cents on the dollar since was established and have | been inthe habit of sending it to the other side of the Rio Grande, and get- ting 46 to 49 cents for it. | toms authorities yesterday apprehend- | ed one of these messengers and confis- The man, who was be- tween 45 and 50 years old, hs ket from Boston hing by which he could be iden- SEVERE PRONOUNCEMENT ON DRUNKENNESS And the Liquor to Spencer, g in ley Waters of Sheepshead St. John, N. B., Feb, 6.—No such se- | were pronouncement on drunkenness | and the liquor traffic was ever made in this diocese as was that contained in the pastoral letter of Bishop Carey which was read in Catholic churches today in preparation for the approaching Lenten season. “As & means of lessening the tempt the letter says, New York, Feb. 6 spurninz thé almost ze swim_today Sheepshead bay. Il are members of the so-called Swimming club. water more than three min parently suffered | their dip. ine vounz men, vé-of the swimmers ANl remained The dut: applies only to silver pesos. . | Other money both silver and currency, | is not subject to duty. tions to drink,” Jook with favor on the efforts to limit the number of liquor stores and to see that the laws regulating the traffic and the principles of Christlan morality are observed. “I¢ not in itself & sin to sell wines ©r spirits, the business %o such an extent that only can make CONNECTICUT MERCURY PLAYED AROUND ZERO All Day Sunday and at Night Fell to Twelve Below. Little Hope for the Student Who Indifferent to Christianity. ope for the student who is indifferent to Christian- ity was the statement made today by Jolm R. Mott of New York, secretary Student Christian address before tudents ‘of Yale university. he students in Russia hate Chris. while the American student is There 'is hope for the for- because thelr hate shows that they have studied there is a chance that they taught differently. but for the indiffer— merican student therc New Haven, Feb. 6:—In geners east. .Connectic tonight experienced the coldest and. day of the hovered around zerc and as night ca fdly until at midnight it was to_ 12 below. In New Haven it registerc the rest of the ton university. The o of { last May. with the understanding that | million dollars was | y 1, 1910. Mr. Proc- | ht that his offer had been | withirawn on_account sident Woodrow | of the World's | of Passed Assistant Sur- geon Robnett. Feb. §.—The smmrtis]l which last week tried and is understood to have master George P. Auld of charges of sssauit upon Dr. Edward “conduct unbecoming an officer will tomorrow\be- tor indifferent. convicted Pay- Christianity 6 to T2, the coldest for the win Bridgeport, with the thermome istering from four to eight degrees be- low. the city p since 1904, «coldest for the winter. 3 were registered 5 below, while in j country ‘it was much colder. to the intensity of the cold a plerc northwest wind swept over the =i and the two combined kent people in- | | doors, the city strc serted appearance. no fatalities had been reported. tho many of the homeless songht shes in police stations and municipal lodg- ing houses. and a gentleman” &n a session over the case of Passed Assistant Surgeon Ansey H. Robnett of Omaha. The two cases have to do with the same thing and grew out of trouble in the navy vard soclal set. Bethlehem Steel Work Strikers Decide Not to Accept Overtures. Bethlehem. Pa., Feb. 6—By fmous vote today that the strikers at the Bethlehem Steel works decided not to accept the overtures of the steel company, which reserved the right to loy such men as it choose. fater organized a local branch of the International Association of Ma- Tn Winsted it sh; Public Memorial Service to Late Gen. William F. Draper. Mass., Feb. fownsmen, including mx'niiemzlulyeatot the Draper company of Hopedale, to- with friends from other places, today with the immediate mem- of the family of Gen. Willlam F. Bwaper, who died last week in a pub- Y memorial service in Milford town Nearly 2,000 persons attended, ®ut neither Governor A. Draper, brothers of the gen— Tons of Rock and Coal Fall on Bodies of Buried Miners. Cherry, IIl, Feb. 6.—The bodies of five miners, who lost their lives in the St. Paol mine as a result of fire last November were discovered today, but before_the corpses could be removed tons of rock and coal fell on them. Wages of B. & M. Clerks Raised. 6—Four hundred Clerks_employed eral offices in Boston of the Boston & Maine railroad, will receive a ten raise in ‘wase yrequest was made clerks and was granted at a_confer- ence. hetween the road and clerk offi- <clals yesterday, the announcement be- ing made today. 2500 Men kn the Atlantic Flect Cannot Vermont Man Shot Dead in Atlanta Aususta, Ga., Feb. 6—W. H. Hogan lof Atlanta, Ga., shot and killed R. 3. Prentiss of strect here today Prentiss and four others attacked him d he had to protect his life. Prentiss was a waiter. 100 Cornell Students Dropped. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 6.—One hundred students’ hiave been dropped from Cor- nell_university bs Mr. Lewis. * asbington. Feb. B—Attention Is di- in practice claims that by, Cuba, | t- move than ort of the fleet’s operations by Admiral Schroeder %o the navy department, ps were held for the at home Widely Known Labor Leader Dead. 6.—Simon Burns, widely known labor leader. died at the South Side hospital here tonight. mas 54 years old. For several vears e had been president of the Window Glass Workers' 800, K. of L. s in custody- Pittsburg. Feb. assemsbly, _No. weeding out POLICE. WOMAN IS ONLY NINETEEN She With Her Husband Surrendered, While a Second Man - Escaped— Hand-to-Hand Midnight Struggle. «ch station, night. Saw Two Persons Working at Safe. Shortly after midnight Chief of Po- nd a railroad detectife lice Eysoldt saw a light in the building and crept up to a w were s confu t open, Young Woman Showed Fight. The woman, who is only 19, was not | and when she found her- by two revolvers, sur- réndered with her husband. Both were here todav and locked up in 2,000 bail each. The rob- s0_prompt, self_covered default of | bery netted nothing but a few stamped envelopes and money order blanks. The youns woman showed more fight than her husband and s @fter a hand-to hand s chief. It was almost piteh dark the postoffice, and not until the officer ‘ms about the girl to pinion her in a corner did he discover had thrown hi s dealing with a woman. revealed <hange of tinen. | INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGH COST OF LIVING | Inquiry Will Be Virtually Poli | Character, Washingt senate cost of the necessaries of life is sestion that coney other problem now before conaress, sions m differ congre to prove embarrassing, fo the republ can majority. ~ Nevertheless, the re- :blicans of the senate apparently are rmined to order such an inquiry condnct it with the utmost des- . regardless of the views of the | leaders on the subject. That the inquiry avill be virtually | i character is admittell on The republican leaders on over the & will play a prominent ional campaigns show no disposition to dis- fix_up their the agita t in and they guise their purpose to fen well as they can. Espec! congr 5. They wil s a wide differe for the increa: show that the between wholes: that the tariff is not respons for these differences. It is reported that President Taft desires the effect of the tariff upon necessaries of life to be determined by (uiry, however it is conducted, t he will not tolerate any effort o zloss over any [l effects that may di. .vi' nseif p fcly on this subject. 17 YEAR OLD PHILADELPHIA BOY | SHOT HIS FATHER, Who Was Choking the Lad’s During a Quarrel. Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—Believing his sister was being choked to _death, years, shot and probably fatally wounded his fa- ther today. liam Roderick, the father. had quarreled with his daughter Ev 24 years, because she refused fo tell 1 her or not she intended to a young man who had been George D. Roderick, aged 1 W, m wh calling on he He had vhen the bo. ped her by the th: believing b to the police. WITHDRAWS OFFER OF $500,000 For the Proposed Graduate Coilege of Princeton University. Cincinnati, Feb. 6. tor announced fenight that he had | | ot dramn mAs otfer S $500.800, Lox e | proposed graduate college of Prince- | w fonal d by Ma 1 ton: hility to agree with the vi nt ed by Pr ilson and members of the Princeton v as to the scope and institution . ollege. He declared . but that the a not ap; reed upon. WARNS OF BIG COAL STRIKE. 1d | Unless Wage Scale is Made Bituminous Mines Will Be Tied Up. Toledo. Ohio, Feb. §.—President T. L. Lewis of the United made a statement vestorday in wh ch said that there will be a gcneral ension of work in the bituminous April 1 i acree- fors on the wage hed by that date. not include Can: do not expire April 1. according to Pet- “Personal lines and am prepared to meet any is- sue, but never encourage trouble.” Engagement Announced. Baltimore, Feb. 6.—Word was re- ceived in this city today by cable that Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, who are in London: had announced the en- #agement of their daughter, Miss Mar- gareita Armstrong, Drexel, to Guy Montagu George. Finch-Hatton, Vis- <count Maidstone, ‘an heir to the earl- dom of Winchelses and Nottinghasa. na TRIAL MAY BE ABANDONED Majority of the Jurymen Refused to Give Wan, Credit—Eight for Acquattal. Testimony cwark, N. J. Feb. 6.—Elizabeth | Karcher and her’ husband, William, were arrested here this morning, ed with_robbing a lonely little postoffice at Essex Falls, near here. The postofiice is in the Krie railroad which closes at 7 o'clock at Cincinnati, O., Feb. 6.—After twenty- i four hours' dellberation the jury in the lcase of Mrs. Jeannette Stuart Ford, | charged with blackmailing Charles L. Warriner, defaulting local treasurer of the Blg Four rallroad, wae unable to reach an agreement and was dis- Judge Swing said after he dismissed the jury that he was informed that on the Jlast ballot eight jurors stood for acquittal and four for conviction. Embezzler Would Not Hesitate to Per- jure Himself. The unexpected end to the sensation- al case was explained by two of the jurymen as due to the fact that a majority of their colleagues refused to any credit to the y asserted that a man who had’ confessed to embezzling for ve years would not hesitate to perjure himself against a woman { whom ‘he believed had been the cause | of his exposur: Statement by Prosecutor. Prosecutor Hunt announced tonight he expected to bring the woman again within the next threc At the same time he intimated that he might abandon the case. Released Under $2,500 Bond. Pending her trial, Mrs, Ford was re- leased under $2,500 bond furnished by bonding company: dow. Inside, they say, Airs. Karcher and two men busily the safe. At the command of 1p!” one of the two men turn- arply and fired three shots at Ey- They went wild, but in the n the man who fired succeeded in escaping by a back door purposely since Thursday, killed himself rather srrendered only ruggle with the This bond will to be renewed tomorrow, but no difficalty is expected in this respect. | AUTOMOBILE ‘AND SEVEN OCCUPANTS BLOWN TO ATOMS. and his wife had been living ding house inhabited earch of their no bagzage except a Chauffour Ignored Warning of Fore- maa in Charge of Blasting Oper; street, apparently | soda the house commit! Phoenix, Ariz 6.—Heedless of warning of a foreman in charge | of excavating operations along the line | of the private motor road from Kelvin | ¥ Copper mines, the motor- | man of a gasolene car containing six | John n his car close sputtering fuse of o heavy charge of | today, and the car and its | seven occupants were blown to atoms. The dead: J. B. Joyce, A. 8. Bieber, J. C. Griffin, all civil engineers employed by the Ray Consoldiated Copper com- R. P, Coleman of Salt Lake City, | H. Freeland and Walter C. Frenz, ng engineers, and W. H. Lyall | mo_srman-of the car. The foreman had discovered a missed in the excavation at noon, and before the motor car came in sight he had relighted the fuse. peared he,signalled the motorman and warned him of the impending explo- Motorman Lyalle, evidently be- lieving he could take his car past the charge to safety before the explosion, paid no heed to the warning and start- ed_again at full speed. Just as the car was passing the osion came, and the car of human freight was blown high in the air. EVERY SiXTH MAN AMONG THE INSURGENTS KILLED al in Feh 6—Whether the and house will conduct rival in- | vestigations into the cause of the high {to the Ra | passengers Wande; the republican political leaders more deeply than any t both bodles conduct such an examina- tion they fear that different econclu- be reached and that such republicans on the eve of the onal elections, would be likely | | dynamite instructed priests in his diocese co-operate with the public s teachers, instead of opposing them. | ment forces and £,000-revniut Acoyapa, Nicaragua. the (o reported to have suffered heny. | have solved the problem of the cost of living by to their son for food and shelter ite. As the car ap- Glazier of AMichigan. a. -appropriation of fund tenced to from five to ten prison. | charge the ex; | seem they want to refute | that the tariff is responsible committee on public expenditures a bill providing for the appointment of a commission to make investigation and suggest needed reforms e and retail PrICes| o . nment Vietory On to Managu in Nicaragua— | \ | Italy have agr tions to the exccutive committee of Crete to assurc the nlications in the Managua, Nicargua, Feb, nment victory mas continue to be received here, despatches from sixth man among the insurgents was either killed | Among those in the cas- nalty list on the government's side are killed. and Colonel Tiguel and Captain Navarro, wound- Navarro was formerly governor anagua penitentiary, | he who executed Zelava's orders for the flogging, shooting and torturing of 6.—Reports at Santo To- cording to i The Internation I Court of Arbitra closed. He has not cxpressed Britain, lana fishe; 1 at The Hague. to be constructed near Central Park West, New York, as the home of the theater in America, wa by Daniel Frohman, president Actors” fund and Sister Washington, nagua is now open to the revolu- tionists in Nicaragua, according to a received today by trillo, representative here of the Hstra- The messagze says there are no obstacles to oppose the f the insurzent army into the of the country. DANCES IN SNOW AT 115. Borefooted Ref cates. | ROSTAND’S “CHANTECLER" Senor Cas- government. aged Probably the Most Unique Production oat was in danger. ot @ revolver and father twice. Young Roderick of Edmond_Rostand’s “Chantecler” at | the- Porte St. Martin_the | in the presence of o rema | ence, comprising the elite of the Ty, artistic and dramatic world of Par- is, as well as other European capitals, was an artistic success of the first | magnitude, the exquis up to the finest traditions of Rostand's | poetic genius. Aura Mary believes in living close to ! She never wears heavyweight clothing, and it is her daily custom to go barefoot through the snow or over She Is spry and smokes, says she expects to live ten years long- red Gypsy Qu in Celebration by Tribe. Cleveland, O. Feb. 6.—Aura Mary, retired eypsy queen, who savs she is 115 years old, danced barefoot in the with the other members of her tribe during the celebration of Maria day at their camp near here the ¥ e o | and the plot thrilling. _Gnitry, Shnone e Bargy, the h Gailipaux, the biac lin, the dog, carricd off the honors, The secret of the many the presentatio plained by the s made | Tweny years ago she abdicated her gypsy throne in favor of her daughter, o is now 70 years old. of the play. The hen pheasan { vainly trying to induc hante whom she enticed to the forest, to pro long the night Matrimonial Troubl L atary Countess Gizycki. enna, Feb. 6.—The Neues Wien: blati publishes a long story of the matrimonial troubles of of Count and to the barnyard to his faitnrul hons. | Rostand’s antecier” s nropably the most umique production ever pre sented on the stage. No human c | actér appears In ti | atis personae are fow { mals, and as tn large as the men act the parts, everything which sppears | upon the stage is upon a. corresponding scale. r to be any likelihood of a hile not the | definite plan hefrm: feature of relates to the alleged the emperor of Russ {according to the original reports, com- pelled the count to hand over to the whom_he had | vention of her daughter, concealed for.a long time. the count Alscovered emperor knew nothing about and that he misuse of his nume majosty has or- investigation of all Mine Workers | igent, Har: Gypsy Moth Nests Destroyed. Conn., Feb. 6.—During the past weelk the experts of the Con- recticut Agricultural Experiment sta- tion have discoversd a and four western states, in which the contracts | i | first viee iresident - | man, New Haven. ¢ 1 vico grisigene, Rex! Dr. Juscon Siiverman, | New York; treasurer, Sol Sulzberzor, New York; secretary. Samuel Berlin- | Patterson of Fernia, B. C., member of the international executive board of the Tnited Mine Workers. 1 am -an optimist? said “T work along well defined and destroyed hundred of the nests of the moth in the region south of Wllingford, making several thousand neits destroyed altogether. limits of the pests has not epparently ‘been reached. German Steamer Broke Tail Shaft. New York, Feb. 6.—~The Anehor line ip Columbia, from Glasgow for k, _reports that mine o'clock ibis morning she passed the German steamer Varzin in town man stexmer Brick, Boston. The Varzin signailed that she bad broken her tail hound for Jury in Ford Case| Conensed Telesrams Disagreed ld and Diamonds Are Said to ve been found in Liberia. Rev. John J. Lawler has been named as auxiliary bishop of St Paul, Minn. Four Municipal Officers of Chicago were indicted on charges of conspiracy. Henry Dekay Was Appointed receiv- er for the Mexican National Packing company, King Victor Emmanuel Received former Vice President Fairbanks in audience, Vi General Gilbert L. Benton of the Catholic diocese of Harrisburs, Pa._is dead. The Skeleton of a Richly Dressed woman has been found on & mountain side in Carifornia.' The Centennial of the Birth of the great violinist, Ole Bull, was celebrat- ed throughout Nor! Fire Destroyed Forsyth, Frazer & ‘Weirs’ wholesale fur house in Lon- don, England. Mmss $75,000. Goldwin Smith, the aged historian and litterateur of Toronto. Canada, was seriously injured by a fall. Clyde Johnson, after a long absence, returned to Youngstown, O. to find his home gone and his wife remarried. The Indications Are that Premi. Asquith of England, may be forced out of office by an aggressive clement In his own party. Walter J. McDonald, who has defied a sherif’s posse at Walker, Miun., than surrende: The German Reichstag Adopted without debate, the bill approving the government's tariff arrangement with the United States. Chairman Huil of the house commit- tee on military affairs, says congress will not heed the general staff’s ap- peal for a larger army Premier Briand Assured the French ministry that the messures taken to prevent an epldemic in the flooded dis tricts would be effcctive. John Thomas Russell of New York was robbed of $875 hy a_woman who embraced Lim after falling on faint The Controversy Over Benzoate of was resumed in a hearing before on_expenditures in the agricultural department. A Band of Outlaw Indians, lod by v Gun-A-Noat, on whose head @ price has been set, has been & in Northern Manitoba Bishop Chapin of Nice, Franc: in a Battle Between the govern- Mr. and Mrs. Alto Meyer of I decd! ng their f Former State Treasurer Frank P. ased of mis- has been sen- ars in Senator Aldrich Reported from the France, Ru Great Brita| to make repi senta- idance of com- stern situation, n for adjustment of differences be een the United States and Great rowing out of the Newfound- s question, will meet June Plans for a $500,000 Structure, soon announced £ the ne of the chief mem- led theatrical syndi- of the so-ci GIVEN DRESS REHEARSAL. ented on the Stage , Feb. 6—The dress rehearsal ter tonight, rkab] litera- o verse being The piece was wonderfully staged Mme. n phiasant; nd Cougque- ird. delave ineident to of the play is Dow ox- hanges made at the end | hours during their | pim, and he returns | CHAS. W. FAIRBANKS' VISIT TO ROME Wished to Pay His Respects to the King, the Pope and the American Methodist. Church VERY DELICATE SITUATION RESULTED When Everything Seemed to be Satisfactorily Working the Vatican Suddenly Announced that It Would be Impossible for Iiis iicliness to Receive Mr. Fairbanks if He Spoke in the / merican Church. Rome, Feb. 6.—The visit of Ci that has attended (1 W. Falrbanks, the former vice Mgr. Kennedy tousted t dent of the United States, to vice president, experssing I brought about a very delicate situation | elation of thé honor ronferred owing to the fact that he wished to pay | the college, and | i his respects to the king, the pope and | banks wis not amon, w the American Methodisi church. Inci- [ still in a ] banks’ audience with King Victor Bm- | distinction of denominat manuel was fixed for Saturday, and [ At the American M that with the pope for Monday, and | MF. Falrbanks' ad when_everything scemed satisfaciorily | ceptional | planned, the vatican suddenly announc- | Inclient with tl ed that'it would be Impassible for his | 100ked upon as | 1 [ holiness to receive the former vico | conditions jm | { ut his hi ak in the Am- erican h here, | the Methodists have b tive In progelytizing among the Catholics. Negotiations were immediately be- | gun with a view to avolding any un- pleasantness and o it n which | countrie ] i might give rise to misconceptions, and | €Nce today thin « v in these negotnations prominent vii- Tho agitatior f ican” officials cxerted every influence | lcal, to remove difiicultios which had wo | to Chri unexpectedly presented themsely cisty u Mr. Fatrbanks' audience with the pope. | K1nd to & higher | But Mr. Fairhanks finally doclured | 3¢ K el ds 't that althoughe he was anfmated by n | jcal Instioutior strong desire to pay his respeets to the | g nflu head of the Catholfe church, whose fol AlL-Cliristion dents of the kind are mnot infrequent, | proud to be Amoric . and extreme care 'has to be exercised | return home to lnb t yod bg’ l}!‘u)!c Il‘ ponn whom the arrangement | fellow countrymen, of the audiences falls 1o avoid oftend- . .t Programme Interrupted. Mr. Fairbanks in rising ¢ By a tactful arrangement Mr, Faif- | 10 the Christian church. mak | Jowers had played such an in riant | of sug rt T part as good Amerian citizens, hi could | inspired b not withdraw his promise o deliver an | toWards each « address before the American Mothodist | Unsectnly thin church, which th Dinner at American College. warde Sach other. The > Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the Ame ways an. lirect yo T can. college, gave a dinm honor of Mr. Fairbanks. t noon The hull was | decorated with American flags. Among vie with ea o thowe present were 144 American stu- | forward the we I hich dents, the lavgest body of Americans | Is worthy of the he WOULD OVERTURN PRESENT $75,000 FIRE LOSS EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY LAW.| AT EAST HARTFORD Radical~Piece of Proposed Legislation | Started in Automobile Garage—Severa Before Present Congres: | Buildings. Destroysd Washington, Feb. One of the m, t Hartford, Conn., Iire radical piece: posed legislation | started o th before the present congress, and one | mobile garage ru ¢ which heretofore has not occupied any | i r great amount of attention, is now be- | George r t a ing given serious consideration by 1 everal huildjngs x portion of th Judiciary comgnittee of the house, and | lumber in a yard own Lyman Ris @ hearing on® it has becn ordercd for | ley and éccupied by ( i February 17,to which practically all of the roofs of a nen of the railro the promin country b n invited fru It §s the bill introduced re also destroyed. T sentative Sabath (demoer: J nt to @ 1 Which would require all persons “car- | $75.000 Tying on occupations and trades sub- | The cause of the fir ject to the regulative of con- st Spread Tapidly. e 2 Eress,” Including rail oxpress | was s m Hartford engine Companies and sleeping car compani ponding to the firat ay for ti pay compensation on fixed basis o | and later a second one y njured employes. Th legislation. w‘ ger to surrounding property enacted, would overturn the present|to bo great. Owing to & searcity of employers’ liability law. and, in fact | water the engines were able t revolutionize the = cxlsting system of [ two lines of hose and 1t was wit indemnity for personal injurics. iy Thar e chatine oo The bill defines thc amount of com- | maved. as thi roofs of mont s pensation to be paid by the employers | buildings in the immediat ' To employes, in cascs of Injury or | were on fire several times. death, basing it upon the amount of | “ iho pievious carning power of iho vic- | $10,000 BILL MISSIN tim, and provides that it shall be palc 7 ; . ih_the form nlb:n sun! ty. g BOY “RUNNER” IN TOM The bill §s based upan the exis sy T A laws of England and Germany Claims to Have Lost the Money Such legislation was favored in one | His Way to the Bank of the messages of former President - Roosevelt, and President Taft is said | New York, Fob. 6.—That missine aiso to have commented favorably up- | $10,000 bill, sent toward, but not to the on it. | bank on irriday TTornblower & "Bhe bill would establish a court to | Weeks, members of t New York d rare a ardian, Der ssion | stock exchange, af of [ slon for its youthful g be known as the federal comi of injury aw nd to three membes appe he | @on_ Lang, tha “runner,” who | president, at salaries of 36,000 per year | held in the Tombs, charged wit each, with full authority to inquire in- [ ceny, The boy was arralgned | to and prosecute claims and to employ | Tombs police court this mo necessary assistants. | gazed, and relying on his s PR | he lost the bill or that it F, his poelot moth. ARRIVAL OF BABIES him during the hearing HOLDS UP ESTATE SETTLEMENT | Counsel ampifed on the ter il gl story of how he . , vator man, t Trouble for Courts, Lawyers and Trus- | the tees of the Hargadine Estate. e doth Greek lege of gz ! St. Louls, Feb. Bables are arriv- | 18 of & B, ing ‘8o fast In the homes of heivs of | COPAINE to the Wiror, whin fang an the late Willlam A. Hargadine, one of | Another hov fhoetotty | the millionaire founders of the Harga- | DI 10 payi ame-McKittrick dry zoods compan. S A L D : that lawyers and courts are wondering | o ¥OUne whether the estato ever will he xetticd = Ty A Seve, drea thousand dollars’ . worth ‘of real estato I beinw held i | FIRE LOSS OF $240,000 trust to be turned into cash for th - - th beneficiaries, but babies b persi Westinghouse Electric Company Plar ently interposcd 11 obsicles. at Boonton, N. J.—$180,000 Ins ‘These cherubs have not onls defied | aroq the courts and vals, but they he of their trustee. for three vears to get a rou ment. Each time filed, however, th wwyers by their s thwarted the who has bLeen striy Loon N, J., Fob destr Westinghouse Blectric co \ burned to the gro ast. Th , birds ar’ necessarily nd women wi en- | BEenoh 38 | B'Nai B'Rith Grand Lodge Officers | Elected. I Albany, N..Y. Fen 6—Disteict | Grana ladgc. No. 1, sident Oras | o PNt convention e today. Pros. . R er, New York. The convention next year will be held in New Haven. Gilead—John B. Sloan of Hebron, hll!wfil has the “mayor of Gllead, s0ld his home, but will not leave Heb- ron, as he has bought for George B. Foster of Hartford 425 acres of the best farm land in tis locality, and sl remain ter. " The industry of making lebkuchen or hemey cake, city ‘of Nuremburg about $1,000,000 8| here as mansger for Mr. Fos- s worth to the German | tering the appearance of eve efr birth in the family gal process to a halt n no estate can be sottled without en day with @ timated at $240.0 covercd by $150,000 1 T | from the cold and_ mar 1 fin and vars frozem. IL wax wu Sudden Death of Rev. William Hilton | short circuit caused th Butts. = S Gloversville N. Y., SHIRTWAIST STRIKE OVER William Hilto Fpiscapal church of Goms Tottiie city 10 96copy th s el Philadelphia Girls’ Grievances to Be Speedily Adjustod Plilladelphia, Feb, §.—( Virtwa estion soon ft is arvival here | | makers, wi n a night, and died the 11 He was fort candidate for the rectorshi ne local cimreh Jeader vt a Rev. Father O'R. Sheridan of Nauga- |dusted by a board of arbitration it Clety women who have stood by the Suske - Gritieally I, &irlg In their fight filled the OX 0 Naugatuck Conn.. Feb. 6.—The con- | and joined in th splause dition of Rev. ¥ O'R. Sheridan, | greatod thy unnounce pastor of St. Wrancis' church, 15 re- | Gtilie wwas enie garded as critical. Rev. Father Sher- i idan has been i1l for some tme with & | Negro Wemen Suffrage Ascociation, complication .of diseases, During the | ow wor Fen t porvices in the church this morning, imont hax invit SMra. Mary Statz, 4 veags old, wag | Beimont has in tricken awith heart diseast and ¢ SRR S et ot 2 A Ulumately they may form suffrage as Champion Turkish Wrestlers Coming. | sociations of th own, but for the Three | present. as many sz wish will e ad e, F Bk All mitted to the Politicul Equality gini. Constantin. champlon Turkisl. wr med, Tzet and Hali) 1. Forty enrolled today at a mesting ad «d from he. dressed by Mrao Delmont In an up- Iea, town West Side negro church.