Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1910, Page 1

b LiL.—NO. LOOKS LIKE 37 A LAY-OFF FOR MAYOR GAYNOR STILL ON WARPATH The Air Thick with Rumors—One New York Police Commissioner Leaves Head- quarters on Ten Days’ Vacation that Commissioner Eaker will Never Come Back—Since Gaynor Went Into Office the Commissioner has been a N onentity— Mayor Continues I:quiry Into the Woman Assault Case, Three More Suspensions Being Ordered. 11.—Commissioner | supposed he ew York, Feb. was out of town. And Baker of the police department left this in a period of stress such as the headquarters today on a ten day's va- | department has hardly before known. cation. and the ir was thick with ru- The mayor today, in continuing his in- | | vestigation of the assauit committed, mors that he will never come back. Mayor Gaynor denied tonignt that | it is alleged, by two policemen upon a the commissioner’s vacation has eny significance other than what would ap- pear on its face. ! The mayor declines to be quoted di- | sman whom ihey plied with whiskey, sent for the inspector—“Smiling ‘Dick” Walsh—and the captain in whose dis- trict the assault occurred. The woman rectly, and he has an aversion to “in- had conveniently disappeared, and the ferences,” Wut et the end of a day of | mayor gave the captain and the in- conferences and questions he consent- ed to give out the following state- ment: “Police Commissioner Myself.” The mayor stayed until 6.30 before | starting on hig walk home after a | find her. had no doubt h | duce her hims o e Cratling. that, e added, he| EXPLOSION ON ‘would be able to pro- Three More Suspensions. Such an ultimatum was against all hard day's work. He looked-tired, but | well ordered traditions of the depart- ment. when the nmewspaper men asked him his about Commissioner Baker being on a wacation, he laughed and said: “How would I do for policecommis- sloner myself?” Precisely the same question has heen on the tongue of every man on the =treet for the past fortnight. The com- ‘missioner of police is one of the most powerful and is certainly the most con- splcuous of the mayor's appointees. He rules a standing army of ten thou- mand and odd men, and by long estab- lished preced>nt and construction of the courts his department has been hitherto nearly as autonomous as a city department may be. i Investigating a Dirty Case. But since Mayor Gaynor went into effice the commissioner Las been a non- entity. More significant than the state- ment issued from the mayor's office to- night was his casual reference to Bak- er's vacation. Mr. Baker, the mayor said, asked permission for a nceded | of two officers who have | of eheltering Patrolmen the mayor says he is path in which he had set finaily take him. The commonly department himself. place. They are Patrolmen Bligh Temple and Detective Stapleton. All Inspector Walsh left without mile, and reappeared at headquar- ters with the woman, and the names been accused ‘Weitzel and Grove, who were suspended yesterday pending trial for the essault, which satisfied took and three were suspended tonight pending trial on charges of suppressing facts which it was their duty to Teport. Baker -a Figurehead. Mayor Gaynor sald wd-seuuz he is “investigating” the police and that he could not tell whether the partment; his feet might interpretation put upon this somewhat oracular statement is that the mayor is thus far unable to get the man he wants for commissioner, and that until he does find such a one he will run the 1f_Commissioner rest some time ago, antil he called Baker returns to the department from @gain vesterday for a reaffirmation of his vacationait will be only to remain his leave of absence the mayor had temporarily, then as a figurehead. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL REPORTED TO THE HOUSE. Will Be Called Up Monday—Connecti cut and Rhode Isiand Item Washington, Feb. 11.—Waterway | projects throughout the country at a rost of $42,355278, Of which $7,206,430 Feb. of REPRESENTATIVE BENNET | DEFENDED GOVERNOR HUGHES | oo oo o 11—Defending New York against the charge of subserviency to wealth — Paragraphs. San Juan, P. R, Feb. 11.—A com- mittee of the Bar association of the insular sailed on the_ steamer Coamo yesterday for New York, en route to Washington, where it will protest against Secretary Dickinson’s recommendation that the federal court of Porto Rico have powers beyond those enjoyed by similar courts in the United States. Feb. 11.—The senate today unanimously concurred with the cham- Der of deputies in voting $4,000,000 to ihe sufferers. Premier Briand, responding to inquiries, explained that | the -distribution of the fund would be made rapidly, but that careful inves- n was necessary to avoid the professional beggar and help the real victims of the flood. Brussels, Feb, 11.—Advices from the Congo says that Colonel Proko's col- umn recently surrounded and captured a rebel band, but at a frightful cost. The troops lost thirty killed and forty others who succumbed to wounds. or sickness. In addition sixty-five men were seriously wounded. ~ The total loss was sixty-five killed. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 11.—The steamer Managua, which was foreibly | taken at her whart by a sroup of thir- ty young conservatives, was recaptur- ed today at San Ramon on the north- ern shore of Lake Managua, according to an announcement by the government tonight, She had been abandoned by the captors. The body of her com- mander, Captain Toruna, was found THE BATTLESHIP VIRGINIA Two Gunners’ Mates Injured—Admiral Schroeder Orders Inquiry. Wi ton, Feb. 11.—An explosion which resulted in the injury of two mates occurred yesicrday on ‘board the United States battleship Vir- ginia, while that vessel was firing a salute off Guantanamo, Cuba. A charge which was being hoisted into one of the Virginia’s guns exploded as it was being placed in the breech. Third Class Gunner's Mate J. Irban, who was working at the gun, had his right hand mutilated by the explosior and the surgeons had to amputate the arm above the wrist. T. W. Brunner, another third class gunner’s mate, was severely burned about the face. Boch men were transferred to the fleet hos- pital ship Solace, where their injuries are being cared for, No other men were injuried so far as is known b the navy department. Admiral Schroeder, commander in chief of the fleet, has ordered an investigation in- to the cause of the accident. The Virginia, with other battleships of tb Atlantic’ fleet, Is engaged in manoue- vring in the West Indies with Guan- tanamo as headquarters. “BIG BILL” EDWARDS HUSTLING TO HOLD OFFICE. mes of Dead Employes on Street Payroll. New, York, Feb. 11—Bashful em- ployés of the street cleaning depart- to_the wumber of 130 have tried to resign this week before Commis- mioner Edwards' reforms reach them. BY POSTOFFICE AND NEW YORK | SWEPT FROM HER COURSE DUR- ©ITY DETECTIVES. ING TERRIBLE STORM. Had Been Doing Big Business—Offer- ed to Build_ Cottages and Other Dwellings at Way Down Prices. New York, president; it ek Offices Raided / SWIKDLEBS OF THE PUBLIC Feb. company’s B Postoffice Inspector Kincald and de- tectives from the district attorney’s of- fice. Extensive Scheme to Defaud. | The prisoners are charged with using the malls in furtherance of an exten- 11.—Girard Dean, Alfred B. Osgoodby, urer, and Thomas F. Wright, sécretary of the Home Corporation, a company | the Mediterranean sea in forty years, chartered to bulld home for persons of | the staunch French Trans-Atlant moderate means, were locked up at | Steamship company’s steamer General headquarters today after a raid on the | Chanzy dashed at headquarters, by | dead of night, on the near the Island of Minorca, and all but | one of the 177 souls on board perish- BUT ONE'SURVIVOR icans Were on Board. SRR treas- | ed. is for continuing contracts, are provid- €d Yor in the rivers and harbors appro- tion bill which was reported to the use today by the committee on rivers ana harbors. The bill will be called up n the house Monday in an effort to Ppress the measure to passage as ex- pecitionsly as possible. In the great haste with which the bill was prepared the totals in the report of the committes disclose 2 number of @screpancies which it was impossible to correct tonight. The discrepancies, however, were minor ones. Among the eastern projects of $25,000 end upward is Included: Comnecticut: New Haven breakwa- ters, $100.600: harbors at Five Mile River. Stamford, Southport, Greenwich and Saugatuck river and Westport har- bor, $40,000: Connecticut river below \ Hartford, $36.000; New Haven harbor and Morris Cove, $68,000: Duck Island harbor of ., $60,000. Rhode Island® Great Salt Pond, Block Jsland, $30.000; Providence river and harbor $75,000 cash d $249,000 au- thorized. a speech in tbe house career of the governor. the recent of Tennessee, and expls New York. than indebtedness, all the other deb the United States, of Hughes, he said, proved wealth. POSTOFFICES SHOW HEAVY INCREASE I CLARENCE F. GLOVER FEARED HIS WIFE Evidence Produced in Contest Over Murdered Man's Wi Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 11—Evi- dences of ill-feeling between members of the family of Clarence F. Glover, who was murdered in_his laundry in ‘Waltham and whose will is being con- tested, was produced in the probate court today. Additional evidence was introduced to substantiate the claim that Glover feared his wife and had remarked that she had threatened to shoot him. Atlorneys for the will, which leaves the greater part of the property to the | widow and Seymour Glover, brought out-evidence which reflected upon the reputation of ome of the protesting largest postoffices of the in receipts as compared | at Dayton, O.. to 27.81 | Hartford, Conn. | _The five pastoffices Hartford, cago, Il The general the same period of last Brothers. The case was adjourned tomight until next Wednesday after- | Der cent. noon. a decided improvement NEW HIGH RECORD FOR HOGS. « Several Carloads Sold at South Omaha at $875 a Hundredweight. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 11—The hog mar- ket at South Omaha established a new high record today, when several car- Ioads of heavy hogs sold at $8.75 per hundred pounds. The highest point | ever reached before the meat boycott was $5.70. ved at Cl Prta Arenas, Chile, has arrived here. not reach the south pole. The expedition under Sudden Death of Gen. John G. Bal- mer of 1908, Evidence of Decided Improvement Business Conditions. ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—An unusually heavy increase is reported at the fifty responding month of last vear. increases varied from 172 per: cents ‘because of his attitude toward the in- come tax amendment, Representative Bennet of New York today reviewed in the political Mr. Bennet said he spoke in view of attack upon _Governor Hughes, made by Representative Hull ained that it | was the duty of Governor Hughes to see that nothing was done that would jeopardize the credit of the state of The state, county and mu- nicipal bonds of New York, he said, aggergated about $1,000,000, he belleved, than 00 more that kind in Anything that would affect the value of these securi- ties and the ability of New York state to megotiate its bonds in the future, he said, would zreatly injure the state. But the political career of Governor that he was not subservient to wealth because of the many things he had done in op- position to many people of great N RECEIPTS country dur- ing the month of January. Forty-nine of the fifty offices reported an increase with the cor- The per cent. at showing the greatest per cent. of increase in re- ceipts over January of last year were Conn, Springfield, Mass. | Portland, Ore., Denver, Col, and Chi increase over year is 11.27 This is taken a3 evidence of in business conditions throughout the country. DID NOT REACH SOUTH POLE. French Antarctic Expedition Has Ar- Port. Feb. 11 The French Antarctic expedition steamer | Pourquois Pas, with Dr. Jean M. Char- | cot, head of the expedition, on board, The Frenchmen did | > Dr. Charcot | was fitted out in France in the sum-, left s a permanent fund, the interest and sailed from Punta lance. 5 5 SRSel ot Arenas December 17 of the same year. Peoria, 1. Feb. 1—News of the|jie purpose was to make scientific ob- #udden death'of Gen. Jonn G. Ballance, [ 103 DUTToSe wag So Faase Soientific ob- brigadier general, at Miami, Fla. l1ast | particularly in the almost unknown was recelved here today. ~He | jloxander Land, and to obtain speci- Peoria ten days ago for the south | In search of health. General Ballance’s rise in the army was rapid. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war Be ranked as major and shortiy after Amesfcan authority was firmly estab- | mens of rare fossils. was not the objective of this_task should be lished he was retired with the rank | gna pourquois Pas was sighted recently | of ®rigadier general. | ot ancior in the Straits of Magellan, | E It had not been expected that the ex- Woolen Mill Strike Ended. pedition would _return to civilization Clinton, Mass,, Feb, 1 ten days' | until next month strike at the woolen and worsted milis of the Victor Manufacturing company Bere was ended today when the strik- weavers accepted the company’s of a wage increase of one-fourth & mill per pick. The weavers who ‘been receiving one mill per pick, an additional mill. The com- nent il become effec- when the mill, which em- 11l be ‘re-opened. Suffrage in Rhode islation when that will be possible Mrs. o g SR e her licutenants to Feb. 16, Umbria, from r: ' Fep~11, Cincinnati, York. Feb. 8, Lazio, from New Feb. 9. Ancona, from dicitis, continue: and New York. in s n: a Stockholm, tave, Mrs. Belmont to Speak for Woman The south pole the explorers, Dr. Charcot has frequently said that erved for the Englishmen, Scott and Shackleton. As told in these despatches Thursday | Island. Newport, R. L. Feb. 11—Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and other prominent lead- ers of the movenient forewoman suf- frage will speak before:the Rhode Is- land senate committee on special leg- takes up the suffrage bill recently-introduced. The hearing will be set for a day when it ont and present. 7 King Gustave Constantly Gaining. Feb. 11.—The improve- ment in the condition of King Gus- who recently was operated on | mills of Olneyville, owned by the Am- 8. He‘ is con- h and recov- ‘temperature The commissioner recently discovered several cases of employes not ap- pointed under the civil service law who were working under the names of dead employes properly appointed. Spurred on by the knowledge that s tenure of office under tlie Gaynor administration depends upon his rec- ord of efficiency, the commissioner in- stituted an investigation which leads him to believe that there are & thou- sand such cases on his rolis. None of the resignations presented this week have been accepted. Government Greatly in Need of Men Stenographers. Washington, Feb. 11—Despite the general idea that government jobs are hard to obtain, Uncle Sam just now is having difficulty in finding men to fill | them. The civil service commission is | finding it especially difficult to get men stenographers. There are plenty of women candidates, but the commission wants men. The examinations have been pared down-to the limit in the hope of getting more applicants, but there is still a dearth of men for the | places, which pay well and offer good opportunities for promotion. Squandered Half a Mil Weeks. New Orleans, Feb. 11.—Lewis Tewks- ‘burg, who fell from @ bootblack’s stand here'two weeks ago and fractured his skull, died today. When he reached New Orleans the latter part of Janu- | he said he wanted to build a $3,- | 000,000 hotel in this city. Two day later he was a charity patient at a Tocal hospital. ~ Tewksbury, who was a native of New Hampshire, said he re- cently spent over half a million dol- lars in New York in less than two months: g n in a Few Officers Law Enforcement Fined. St. Paul, Minn,, Feb. 11.—Dr. C. W. -Young and Prof. J. A. Vye, officers of the Law Enforcement league, were fined $50 today or given the aiterna- tive of serving five days in jail by Judge Orr in the district court for criticizing a grand jury for failure to return indictments against alleged vio- latdrs of the Sunday liquor law. gue Left All to Charity, Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 11.—Practical- 1y the whole of an estate valued at up- | wards of a quarter of a million is left to charity by the late Rev. Father J.1 | Healey of St. John's Roman Catholic church, who died this week. The be- quests include one of $50,000 which to be used to succor the poor of G cester, both Protestant and Cathol The Addison Gilbert hospital here, the | residuary legatee, will probably receive about $175,000. Former U. 8, Senator Snow Dead. New York, Feb. 11—Col. W. D. Snow, who was a United States senator from Arkansas a generation ago, died at his home in Hackensack, N. J. today, | aged 78. He settled in Pine Bluff. Ark. | in 1860, and five years later was elect- | ed a United States senator from that | state. He served as volunteer ald to { General Powell Clayton and Major General Steele during the civil war. shot- ana Bolivian consul here, was = is, killed today as he was entering automobile by an unkmown man. M. Dachot was on his way to the pler to make inquiries concerning the Wwrecked steamer General Chanzy, which he had two friends. ‘The shot which killed the consul was fired by his mistress, whose motive ‘was vengeance. Rhode Island Mills Shut Down. erican_Woolen Shut down today. It is understood a four | days a weel inie Will be adopls” " About L300 hands are aflected, company, were 101st. ANNIVERSARY ““The short and simple annals of the poor.”’ No gleam of sunshine anywhere, But the God in the man went forth to A hundred years! —Gray’s Elegy. ““That’s my life, and that’s all you, or any one else can make of it.”’— Lincoln to John Locke in 1860. ABRAHAM LINCOLN . A cabin bare; Poor ragged lad, uncouth, ill shod! And_up, and up, his heart prevailed, Till each grim fleld of tbat grim war, Whether his country won or failed, But marked him nobler-than before. So full of love, yet forced By fate o Doy i Thoassaol & forth to ‘ais ! So humble he, and yet so great, So yet scarred by calumny. - great, In the vast world beyond our ken Where awells the everlasting. soul, We know his spirit moves as when Splitter of rails ! We know our Lincoln. He lived and held e nation whole. Men may fling The tawdry wreath of passing fame On demagogue and money king; But ail the e ages bless his name. Divinely wrought, To greatest purposes he grew, ‘Whose life the glorious lesson taught— To love, to suffer and to do. ©One Hundred and Fifty-six Lives Were Lost—It Is Believed That No Amer- Padma, Isiand of Majorca, Feb. 11.— Swept helplessly from her course in one of the wildest storms that has visited tic the reets & trentherius Sole Survivor a Raving Maniac. The sole survivor is an Algerian | customs omeial, Marcel Rodel, who was Mr. Lincoln had no resentments. bitterly assailed him. TRIBUTES In the broad, common-sense way in which he did small things, he was larger. than any situation in which dife had placed him. —Benjamin Harrison. He had kind words for men who He joined in no outcry against men in civil or military life who went astray.—George W. Julian. sive scheme to defraud. Inspector Kin- caid said he had the names of persons who _alle; out of sums ranging from $445 to $10,- Advertised Extensively. The Home Corporation, which was organized a year ago with headquar- ! ters at Rahway, N. J., has been doing an immense business. clerks and advertised extensively, of- fering to build bungalows, cottages or elaborate dwellings at prices said to De less than the cost of the material. It was this offer that caused the postal 000. ged _the; — had been authorities to investigate. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND R. Rhode Island Publ vote of the members of the state leg- islature today showed that a large ma- jority of the assemblymen favor | Branting of rights of way to the South- ern New England rallway, to be or- ganized as a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk railroad in order to give the latter entrance into Rhode Island. Public opinion tends to favor the | at Algiers Th The board of trade | e = has placed itself on record as favoring the new project, and the city council named a special make manifest the municipality’s wel- new corporation. has Opinion the New Corporation. Providence, R. I, Feb. 11 coming attitude. GIRL MOTHER CONVICTED. Threw Her Newly Born Infant New Pasquale, York, Feb. a pretty born infant by the window, tremor. tence. her, Former of an Dbetween Gomez, four yéars him. the Window. 11.—Clarinda mother. was charged with killing her newly | throwing him out of was_convicted today of manslaughter in the second degree. The girl heard the verdict without a |licved that three American vaudeville She was remanded for sen- Her story was the old ome of infatuation for a man who decelved and- subsequent girl, who is only eighteen,, will prob- ably be committed to an instead of belng sent.to prison. il in; Cuban Nodarso, Postmaster Begins Serving Prison Sentencs Havana, Feb. 11.—Former Postmas- ter General guilty to shooting Senor Torriente, ed- itor of the Politica Comica, on account offen: having e cartoon published his paper reflecting upon the relations. enora Nodarso and President gan serving his sentence of today. It is believed, how- ever, that President Gomez will pardon Loss of Entire Family Wi Louisv} Overton . man, himself Schulte, died’ suddenly death of his son, Mr. Schulte. who is ille, Ky. Schulte, 1, has sul Feb. 11.—Dr. Batts only ‘son’ of the 'widely known horse- today. red the los ntire family within a week. ' His wife died several days. ego, : despair. swindled count of the disaster. Thirty Passengers passengers, first cabin. 1t employed ten the liner. ful officers of thé line. an accident. tired from the service. But Two Anglo-Saxon Nam. senger List. Favors | A straw | and one priest. the | and Stakely. | Algiers. iy afternoon. Cohsternation in Mars. out of | fia? De who marine, for Algiers. | “Marseinés, Feb. |players hailing from San were on board the steamer. names are Eisic Henry The | Drenda and _Delymm. stitution | atithorities say that they Gene: of Minorca. Evidences of an Expl pleaded F st n possible their recovery. “Ghe hull of the steamer is ;ably of the boilers, occurred. a Week. R:‘I:xm and P William In the of his rescued by a fisnerman and lies tonight in the hospital at Coudadela, raving @ result of the tortures through w) Ne pased, ard unable to give an ac- fi!:;: rst Cabin. Of the ship’s company there were 87 of whom 30 were in the 1 The crew numbered 70. is believed no Americans were aboard The ship was in command of Captain Cayol, one of the most care- In his long ex- perience he never before had met with He was soon to have re- It on P The passengers of the Chanzy wer mostly French officers and officials re. turning to their post in Algeria, accom- panied by their wives and chfldren; a few soldiers, some Italians and Turl The only Anglo-Saxon names on the passenger list were Green They were members of an opera troupe of eleven which had | been engaged to sing at the Casino in | The General Chanzy sailed from Mar- | seilles Wedneldlillt noon and was due illes. Marseilles. Feb. 11.—The news of the committee to | Wreck of the Gemeral Chanzy caused | consternation in this city, whence the | vessel salled Wednesday’ for Algiers. | Relatives and friends of the passengers | and crew rushed toe the steamshi fice, imporing detalls of the accident. Pathetic scenes were enacted when were informed that except one passenger all on board had perished. The government already is arrans- ing to assist the families of the crew, Who all were members of the merchant The Chanzy carried 200 sacks of mail 11—It is now be: Francisco “Their and Mess: Hopes That Some Escaped. Marsellles, Feb. 11.—The French line that some 38 passengers have cscap and landed on other parts of the island | Palma, Feb. 11.—The French consul at Ciudadela reports that large num- bers of bodies are floating at sea, but ihat the storm contifues, making im- id 10 bear evidence that an explosion, prob- Earth Tremers Felt in Mexico. Mexico City, Feb. 11.—A light earth- quake shock:” lasti erai seconds Baracter, was felt Tel- uake T l:-t quake was stronzest at in the state of Guercer). aj<o felt the “t other sion of @ boile Rich, o R - m, mn the Bank of Mem: currency. Jfi; Langley Medal of the Smithson- ns L e ‘m.l presented to the Immi during A Japanese Exclusion orably reported to the house by the committee on immigration. A Number of Shippin, fore the sepate committee to urge a government owned line to Panama. The Assumption of the premiership of Spain by Jose y Mendez, radical and anticlerical, has caused surprise in ltl'fm-: escaped with $2,700 in Capta e orantain Alexander Sharp, president the naval hospital, The Belgian Government has a num- ber of schemes for reforms in th ministration of the Congo. The Agricultural Department report shows the livestock receipts for 1908 to have been mare than since 1904. Mrs. Russell Sage, who was in San Antonio, divided 32,500 among local charities. Spain. The Military Committee reported to the house the miltary academy bill, which carries an approyriation of $1 The House Pasesd a Bill to estab- lish an art commission to pass upon posed monuments and buildings.in e Fire Caused by an Explosion in a hardware store destroyed several build- ings at Lancaster, Pa.the loss amount- ing to $400,000. German Socialists are greatly agitat- ed over the question of the Prussian election reform bill now under discus- sion in the diet. only papers instead of treasures. The Position general soon to The First Meeti istry since the Prmier Asquith’; Dissension in the cabinet is apparent. hou sal of l 876,332, Four Inch New have, around the state. morning about four inches had fallen, with no signs of the Driven by a strong wind. drifted in many places to the depth of a foot, and trolley lines were only kept | COURTMARTIAL SENTENCES open by the use of plows and sweep- ers. Up to an early hour this morn- ing steam traffic had not been affected and because of the dryness of snow telephone and did not suffer. - - an_ena. shington. Fire Following an Explosion de- stroved the four story building occu- pled bythe G." W. Miller Wall Paper company in St. Louis. L. A. Sears of Oh ident and Frank E, Coirell of Maryland H. ihme A. Fowler of Knoxville, Tenn. secretary of the Canners’ assoclation, in session at Atlantic City The Heirs of Karl Joseph Spech! t were disappointed when they opened a casket in Memphis, Tenn., and found Ellis of Ohia has been offered to “In' Connection With the Reorgani. tion of the French navy it is proposed to revive the deep waterways canal project to connect the Atlantic with the Mediterranean. In the States Gene) lands the foreign- m report ~that threatened to occupy Holland unless it was placed in a state of defense against Englan Tex. fspection board, died at on Into the United State: 909 was twice as great as dur- ing the previous year. fay- d- Men were be- en- route to California, was eiected pres- Assistant attorney e vacated by Wade of the British min- election was_beld at restdence In London. I of the Nether- ister denied - the Emperor William _had SNOW STORM IN CONNECTICUT. in New Haven Up to One O'clock This Morning. Haven, which began to fall soon after dsrk |acquitted and Dr. Hendrick con last night began carly this morning to|but he later secured a new its effect Conn., Feh. 12.—Snow upon trolley traffc Up to 1 o'clock this storm abating, the snow the telegraph wires No Let-Up for Next 24 Hours, Pittsburs, sylvania was visited by another big snowstorm today. 10 o'clock tonight eight.inches fallen. its stopping for the next according to the weather urs, reau, more than a oot may be expect- ed by tomorrow. Fears prevail that the usual spring thaws will develop floods of unsual proportions. Trolley cars were stalled in many outlying districts, but since the snow was very dry there was no effect upon wire communication, Diplomatic and Consular Bill Pasesd— Also the “White Slave” ‘Washington, Feb, 11.—The diplomatic and consular bill was passed by the house today. . tion of more than $3.760,000. While this measure was before the house resentatives Harrison and Fitzgerald New York attacked the ment, suggesting that the activity of the department in the interest of Am erican trade involved agercion of w er governments and resulted in favored bankers obtaining the directed toward this The senate today passed the Bennet | “white slave” bill, which had previous- Iy received the sanction of the housc. | The measure was so amended & climinate the originally contained in the bill, the ob- ject of the senate being to divorce the | immigration feature of the from all others. Neither house will meet again until Monday. New Germ Distributor Discovered. New York, Feb. 11. against the the New Yor gan today to deltver all postage =tamps face down on the copnicr. ure is taken because of plaints from physicians and boards of health that stamps when pushell across the counter with down pick up germs which are taken up by the tongue whe nthe murcilage] is moistened in affixing the stamp. Ten Inches in Upper Ohio Valley. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb, 11.—The up= per Obio valley is under ten inches of Snow tonight, and the storm not yet ar Reports from northern West Virginia tell of & snow- fall varying in depth from six inches at Fairmont to twenty inches in the ‘mountains. ~ Trolley at a standstill badly han German ich will Since Feb. 11.—Western Penn- Between noon and had no prospect -of twenty-four bu- there i CONGRESS. It carried an appropria- Rep- or state depart- penefits of loans | ountry. to | tions interstate regu question | As 2 precaution Qiseage germs, Toyes be- pread of postoffice emp! The meas- many com- ‘the adhesive side all _parts. of traffic is uearly PRICE. TWO CENTS ‘comma' DISAPPOINTMENT FOR PEARY Six Men Were Killed ‘Washington, Feb, 11.—“Commander” Robert E. Peary, disco er of the North pole, will not be given the rank of rear admiral in the navy & pro- | posed, fn recognition of iy services | as an explorer, If congress appro the action of the sub- ¢ naval affairs, which v report adversely the bills Senator Hale and Represen len, The committee of six voted unanimously again the honor upon Mr. Pear A letter from Seeretar; received by the naval committee, giv- ing Mr. Peary's naval record and stat- ng that he should bhe desig: “Civil Engineer,” and not “C iad No Military or Naval Says Secr: Secretary Meyer said that Mr. Peary enlisted in the nayy on October 26, 1881, and that he had had a total of over ten years in various leaves of ab- sence, The secretary spoke of Mr. Peary’s discovery of the pole us “n self-imposed” but most commendable task, having no military or naval sig- nificance, and recommended that Mr, Peary be retired as a civil engineer with the pay of a rea iral Members of the com: expressed o inereased congr i antagonism to any id ing” Mr. Peary with though they thought favor the idea of, glving medal, Has Done Nothing to Entitle Him to This Honor. Representative Roberts chusetts, a m@nber of the sy mittee, said that he saw no reason whatever for conferring such an honor as_was contemplated upon Mr. F “His discovery of the North Mussa- P Outspoken Opposition to Femig Arctic Explor- £ er the Ran* ."Rear Admiral DISCOVERY OF POLE OF NO BENEFIT T'o the United States, Civilization, or the Navy—Secretary Meyer Says Peary Should be Designated as “Ciyil Engineer” and Not “Commander”—Antagonism to Pensioning the Explorer, but Congress Might Favor Idea of Eestowing a Gold Medal. sald Mr, Robert of no benefit to the lviltzation, or to th T can see from duty in most of the nected with it to him t has been United State tim and han ne not ke fayor Kiving of recognition friends wantod him o would be in favor of But I am ne in favor of giving Mr. Peary & pe sion for what he has do think he is entitled to It The sub-commliten which t tion today consisted of Messrs. I Roberts, Bates, Knglebright, Cire and Macon. Representative D was absent Secretary Meyer's Letter Secretury Meyer's lotter referr bill Introduced by F at 2 i as follow would _appear t question i framed for th ok rewarding Civil Engin Pe having reached the Nort o, and his having -successt plished this self-imposcd commendable and refl at not only upon himself, but upon - th entire nation, his va expeditions Bon it fer upon hin i vious education, have not_ fitted him. The salary which hav eived 8. N, retired life ‘would have year. M the been $75,000 VERDICT RENDERED IN AN ALIENATION SUIT. Awarded Mrs, Hendrick Against For- mer Actress, Laura Biggar. New York, Feb. 11—A verdict of $75,000, said’ to be the largest ever, rendered in an alienation sult, was awarded today to Mrs. Charies C Hendrick of Brooklyn against Laurs Biggar, the former actreks, for aliena ing the affections of Mrs, Hendrick's Mvorced husband, Dr. Charles C. Hen- drick. Mrs. Hendrdek sued for $100,000 and was 80 overcome when the jurs unexpectedly awarded her three- fourths of that amount that she faint- 'od_in court. Neither the defendant, who is sald to be in California, or 'Dr. Hendrick appeared at the trial, but were ropre- sented by counsel. Both were indicted several years ago for conspiracy in conneption with the sensational con- test to win control of the 31,000,000 estate of Henry M. Bennett, Pittsburg theatrical manager. Laura Bigg trial was freed. Mrs. Hendrick then secur vorce, naming Laura Biggar, ai- nd Jater brought the atienation suit decided to- day. IN CASES OF AULD AND ROBNETT Who Were Charged With Unbecoming Conduct at Recent Naval Ball. Washington, Feb. 11.—Assistant Scc- retary Winthrop of the navy depart- ment_ has passed upon the cases Auld, U, §. N Paymaster George P and Past Assistant Surgeon Auzey H Robnett, who were charged by a navai officer with conduct unbecoming offi- cers and gentlemen at a_rocent bail in Boston| In assaulting Dr. Cowles, a civflian. In the case of Auld, the loxs of numbers adjudged by urt remitted and he Is ordered rele from arrest and restored to duty. The findings of the court and sentence, however, are appro In the case of Robnett, the sentenc ed is. mitigated to a loss of two numbers in his grade, and he is ordered re- leased from arrest and restored 1o duty. The sentence of the court was that each officer should lose five num- bers in his grade. Prominent Cincinnati Contractors In- dicted. Cincinnati, 0., Feb, 11.—Two promi- nent contractors were indicted today by the Hamilton eounty grand jury in an inquiry wihich it is believed " in- volves millions of dollars and includes city contracts for the last eight years. A number of husiness men, city offi- clals and others have been subpoaencd to appear before the grand jury, and it is predicted that further indictments will be returned. Considerable Sameness. Knoxville, Ter Feb, 11.—B. R Ricketts, aged 73, ana W. Price, aged 67, veterans of the Civil war, were buried side by side today in the N tional cemetery. Both men enlisted on the same day, in the same regiment the Fifth Tennessee, were discharged together, on the same day, died on the same day, and were buried together to- day. SHACKLETON COMING IN MARCH British Antartic Explorer to Make Lecture Tour and Hunting Trip. Loudon, Feb, 1. — Lieut. E. il Shackleton, the South Polar_explorer. will ‘sail for the United States on March 19, and afte lecture toug will make an extended hunting tr in northern Alaska. He will be ac- to companied by five friends. Tho party Tas no intention of exploring the N Polar regions, s hax been rep 1rom =ome quarters. y Senicr Class Elects Officers. Hartford, Conni., Feb. 11,—At & meet- ing of the senior class of Trinity col- lege leretoday the following officers were o President, George O. Trini and the railroads are dicapped. inventor has mude-a boat run_along the roads. It d to deveiap u good deal has 1 bicyele wheels and a8 _queer . wi i Caten, Bloomfield; vice president, . . Bassford, Newark, > secretary- treasurer, H. C. Gree) torfan, W. A. Smith, Syracu; The carfbon of Alaska travels north T large herds. droves number 1, PRESIDENT SCHWAB AND MEN AS FAR APART AS EVER Bothlehem Stesl Works , Stoike—N Signs of Yislding. South Bethlehem, Pn., Vob, 1 close of the first week of the the Bethlehem Steel works finds ident Schwa 1 the men as fa apart as ever. The « shown no signs of yleldi mands of the strikers part are determined struggle until this is done The demands so far made clude time and half time work by the machinists; 20 hour instead of 12 1-2 for riggers and other structura; * an incrense of from 12 1-2 cente cents an hour for the prentic id the foreign labore en hour day for the lafte The molders ave taking a nght to decide whether or not the will strike tomorrow despite the f that they deelare th have % granted an increase in w they rema worl “MADAME PERIWINKLE" DIED AT CINCINNATI mps » 1o the who on prolong ae thel machin vote to Conceived the Idea That She Wa Great Actress flgure the Amer stage. “Madame Poriwinkle od away, convinced to th Jeering audlences which generation ago really greatest of her time Tweny years ago Mr tin (Madame Periwinkle), he balanced by the of her h conceived the idea that she actrons, A synical munagor, fore @ unique featuro for bis ho aged the belief, and Madame I winkle appeared In vaudeville She could neither sing nor dn her custume was made Up Of we fittg odds and ends, but a again she appeared bef houses and received the joer its as genuine appreciation. n olty at 1 wore brain gave way entirel years old DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE IN BLINDING SNOWSTORN Cincinnati, O. 11.—Dea day removed and pathetic accluime st Took Meriden Party of Seven Refu in Hercoop. Maridon, Conn,, ¥ ing snowstorm, {he fim mother, were dri tonight by fire tha dwelling With al thelr hor 1oas is $3,000, purtly Liedtke's mother rly years old, fell apartments on the second floor of t house and her clothing caugl Bhe was not injured. Her son o her from the. ropm, which was ® afire from the burning garments th were torn from her body, and mpre apidly. The family was housed in chic coop for two Tours um nelghbors came to their aid and them to their ho Massachusetts Public Administratoer Charged with Malfeasance. Feb. 11.—Oscar Batems one of the dn I the state remov o today Drape charge of malfeasance in hand 500 funds placed In his care b f the courts. Bateman has not his office for 1 Boston Somervilie tors from o on a ling § order ar public hy Governor Senate Printing Clerk His Posi Resigns n. 11.—Willlm ) printing oler senate, lias reslgned Uit pos to take effect today. It Was brous ont Auring i0VestigAtion of postimdast ers' clatmy for extra allows b tween the years 1504 and 1874 that M Turner was active in promoting ther Washingtc er of Oregen, former Governor of Arizena Injured Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 11.-—Lewis Wolflay, 70 yeurs old, a former : nor-of 'Arizona and prominess I the mining affairs of thal territory, was | strucic and. perbups fatally injarcd by an electric ¢ar hers toda; PR 3