Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1910, Page 1

every section of this eity here today. Passengers and crews were driven from the cars by infuri- ated mobs of strike sympathizers, and in mearly a score of instances the ebandoned cars were burned or other- ise destrored. At mighifail every car was withdrawn from service. Sive hundred persons were _arrested, chargea with inciting to riot. Two Women were hit by stray hullets and ractor of Police Clay to swear in 3 @dditional police and issued a proc! snation enforcing the riot act. #ral Labor unfon at @ meeting this mfternoon pledged both moral and fimancial support to the striking men. They also decided to call a sympathetic strike of every union man in the city §n case the authoritles put in effect Sheir threat to operate the cars with policemen and firemen. Fun on every line with little difficulty except in the mill district of Kensing- - gom, where cars were stoned by dis- orderly mobs. At 11 o'clock the transit wany officials aanounced that cars sehedule. ductor and motorman from their posts amste taken from a nearby freight car. The following car was also stopped and was being set on fire when a detach- ment of police and a chemical engine Teached the sceme. In this same sec- tion liary Devlin, aged 16 years, was shot in the leg when the police fired eheir revoivers in an effort to check the mob. Fire Hose Used on West Philadelphia tion of West Philadelphia mobs were formed which for a time baffled the po- Tice. Iron bars 2nd stones were plled on the tracks and several cars were mrecked. Mounted police were power- fess to disperse the mobs here and a fire hose was finally brought inte play. Opposing Forces Make Contradictory SALISBURY ESTATE LEGACY Result of a Recent Order of the Court gard to the legac from the Salisbur: Sanscrit and_comparative philology. will that the net income of certain realty of his widow should be used equally for additional endowment of the pro- fessorship and to establish a fund of $106,900. the income of which and its mccumulations should go for the gen- eral purposes of the university.- The Foston property was sold recently for $510.000. from which after the payment 360,000 which Mrs. Salisbur, @way will give the university about 3368000 aficr her death.. thus giving fhe professorship a high endowment Desides u large sum for general uni- versity purposes. ®9m court order is to shift the life frust from real estate to a fund $132000,000 Worth of Home Product SWashington, Feb. Being the value of silk imported into the country during the year. their highest record in the history {he nation in 1909, thein total having Deen $75,500,000, against 373 1-' the previous high value record, m thar of 1807 by over 10 per DAY RIOTS IN e s,ooo Additional Police Sworn In—-Procla.mat.lon Issued Enforcing Riot Acts. : MANY PERSONS TAKEN TO HOSPITALS. Women Hit by Stray Eullet—Street Cars Stoned and Eurned by Strike Sympathizers — Several Cars Wrecked in Unusually Quiet West Philadelphia— Mounted Folice Powerless—Fire Hose to Quiet Mob. Philadelphia, Feb. 20 —FRioting in followed the mttempt of the Philadelphia Rapig Transit company to operate its lines 500 Persons An‘!hd Stern measures were taken by the poiice tc quell the disorders and nearly meny people were removed to hospi- tals Riot Act Read. Mayor Heyburn tonight ordered D) The executive committee of the Cen- Morning Hours Comparatively Quiet. During the morning hours cars were ere running on their regular Sunday Shortly afterwards riots were report- of widely separated Cars Set on Fire. Twenty-sixth _and Wharton in the southern section of the mob of boys drove the con- after the four women passengers left the car set it on fire with Mob. In the usuaily guiet residential sec- Claims. claims are made by Contradictory the disturbances. Severe Rioting Expocch ‘roiny. the opposing forces as to the number of men on strike. The leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Hlectric Railway Employes say that 6,200 of the 7,000 employes of the transit company have left their cars. The officiels of the company say that 3,000 of their are loyal and: {iy edion oervice will be Fesumed at daybreak tomOrrow. Strikebreakers from New York. The importation of 175 strikebreak- ers from New York led to an attack on the barns and main offices of the company at Bighth and Dauphin streets today. Windows were broken by stones hurled by mob, which was finally dispersed after twenty-five arrests had been made. 297 Cars Were Wrecked. The transit officials say that 297 cars were wrecked, two were _completely burned and_one was.partially burned by the mebd today. Two thousand six hundred and elght car windows were smashed. The officials of the company charge that the rioting was | union men and was the résult of a plot to intimidate the loyal motormen and conductors. They &a3 |lines except those in = section of the city, where the rioting was the most severe, will be In opera- tion tomorrow. The union leaders say they will force the company to arbi- trate. They charge that the company has for months, by of petty persecutions, been to force the union 1o strike and finally by dis- charging a large number of union men practically declared a lockout. More Bitterness ‘Displaysd Than Dur- ing Last Summer. The strikers and their sympathizers are displaying more bitterness against the company than at any time during the strike of last summer. during the former strike was the riot- ing so widespread nor were there as many persons engaged in attacking the cars. Unlike the previous strike, men With union buttons were found in the | mobs everywhere and they are charged with being the ringleaders in many of More severs rioting, panied by loss of life, is INOrrow when he compaiayy open its lines again. Mayor Reyburn to nn-r tional police has also men and they denounce his action. Considerable mfi“& perienced by the _of those ar- rested in today's riots in tracing the prisoners and in_obtaining coples. of the charges against them. It is claim- ed that prisoners are being sent to sta tion houses far distant from the places where the arrests take place and that it is practically impossible to even find them. TO YALE UNIVERSITY at Boston. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 20.—In re- to Yale university estate under the er of the court at Boston, it recent o 3s authoritatively stated here that the university will receive nothing until the death of the widow of Prof. E. E. Salisbury, the class of 1532, who Defore his death in 1901 gave $50,000 directiy to endow a professorship of Professor Salisbury provided in his Boston after the life interest the mortgage and _subtraction of can_will Tnder the terms of the original en @owment the professorship is founded the instruction of advanced stu- and of stidents pursuing special hes of knowledge not profession— The immediate effect of the Bos- AMERICAN WOMEN PREFER 2 AMERICAN MADE SILK. Used Last Year. —Her imperial Bighness, ihe American woman, is more and more silk every year and more than ever is she wearing rican made siik in preference to manufactures of forcign lands. Jast vear it is estimated by the ¢t officials the value of silk the country was approximate- 000.006. Of this enormous sum 000 represents the ue of manufactured ik u in the States. the balance, $32,000,000, Unmanufactured imports made of 000,000 in #he quantity imported in 1909 ex- ire Paper Manufacturer Dead. m, Mass. Feb. 20 uel D Boston, m! = er. and formerly moted: as “attorney and also as a nolo-player """2.;‘5‘.:‘-’.2""’" X ‘here, His wife and six clflwen brother, Fiske Warrs fi‘w -fi Naugatuck Police Station. tuck. Conn.. Feb. 20.—A man o Be Andrew Reinhardt of died in the police station ADMINISTRATION MEASURES CUT DOWN TO FOUR. These Will Be Required of Present sion of Congress. Washington, Feb. 20.—The _ an: nouncement from the White House that President Taft had of his own volition cut down to four the number of administration measures he would require of the present session of con- gress is received by republican leaders with unmixed feelings of relief. = The administration programme was so for- midable that members who are warm- Iy supporting the Taft policies hardly Know where to begin. -A programme including only the bills to amend the interstate com- merce laws, provide for the regulation of issuance of jnjunctions, start Ari- zona and New Mexico on the road to statehood, and validate the withdraw- wis of public lands for conservation purposes is regarded as quite possible of attainment. Most of these meas- ures, it is believed, can be put through the senate while the house is still wrestling with appropriation bills, ‘When it was reported at the capitol yesterday that the president would be satisfied with the yenactment of the four measures named, steps were taken to bring all of these matters out of committess at the earliest possible late. EGYPTIAN PREMIER % SHOT BY A STUDENT Boutros Pacha Chali Seriously Wound- ed at Cairo—Shooter Arrested. Cairo, Feb. 20.—Boutros Pacha Cha- 1i, the Bgyptian premier and minister of forelen affairs, was shot and seri- ously wounded today by a student, who was arrested after the shooting, The student ‘fired five shots, three of the bullets lodging in the premier's body. Two of them, however. inflict- ed only superficial wounds. The bul- lets were extracted and it is practi- cally certain that the premier will re- cover. The crime was entirely of a political nature, the would-be assassin being. a nationalist, He declared that his mo- tive was a desire to avenge various acts of the government which the na- tionalists attmfbute personally to Bou- tros Pacha. Proposed $2,500,000 Georgé Washington Memorial Hall. @New York, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Henry F. Dimoclk, president of the George Was] ington Memorial association, tonight that contributions suffidient to practicaliy_assure the erection of the proposed $2.500,000 George Washing— ton memorial hall at Washington, D, C., have already been pledged. As a part of the celebration of Wash- ington's birthday the association on Tuesday will make public the names of several of the foremost financiers of the country who have promised substantial sums to the cause. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 20.—By the will of Charles Alfred -Hasbrouck, his old homestead at Forest Home, about a. mile from the campus, is given to Cor- nell university for use as a lodge for women students of S London, Féb. 20.—A . daughter was born Saturday to the Earl and Count- ess Granard. The mother before her was Miss Beatrice Mills of marriage New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ogden Mills. ; Paris, Feb. 20.—Marquis Campobello, the Spanish military. attache at Lon- don, fought & viclous'sword duel here yesterday with M. Paver, a well-known Paris merchant. The duel lasted an hour and a half., Payer finally ran the marquis ran through the arm. The adversaries were still unreconciled on leaving the fleld. The affair has caus- ed much -ossip in social circles, Plymouth, England, Feb. 20.—Miss Mabel Swenson, daughter of L. S. Swenson, the newly appolnted Ameri- can minister to ~Switzerland, died aboard the steamer Amerika on the voyage from New York Death was due to tuberculosis. The body was embalmed and will be landed at Cher- ‘bourg. Minister Swenson and his en- tire family were en route to Berne. Caracas, _Venezuela, Feb. 20.—The discovery of a new plot against the government and in the interest of for- mer President Castro, has cauved a sensation. Many arrests of prominent persons have been made. Disquieting rumors regarding the political inten- tions of Gen. Joseph Emanuel Hernan- dez, leader of the nationalist party and formerly minister at Washington, who is now in Paris, have alarmed his par- tisans here. FLAUNTING YELLOW BANNER POINTS WAY TO HEADQUARTERS Albany the Scene of Persistent Sufira- gette Activity Albany, N. Y. Feb. 20.—Although Albany has for many vears been the Mecca Of those interested in the cause of woman suffrage, it has never been the scene of such persistent ac- tivity as it has during the present legislative gession. The judiciary committees of the semate and assem- bly have promised to devote the aft- ernoon of Mareh 9 to & joint hear- ing on the Hill-Toombs promised con- stitutional amendment by which the suffragists hope to gain access to poll- ing booths and every effort is being put forth to make it the greatest field day the cause has ever known. A vig yellow banner flaunted In the ‘window of a State street store. almost under the shadow of the capitol, point- ing' the way to the headquarters of the New York State Woman Suffrage associatiton, in whieh Mrs. O, H. P. Belmont_is ively interested, while at the Ten Eyck hotel Mrs. Clarence Mackay has established a branch of | the Equal Franchise society, of which she is president Mrs. Mackay has ‘been particularly active in legislative circles this winter. It was she who ar- Temged the recent mass mecting at Harmanius Blegcker hall and after she had visited Senator Davis and Assemblyman Phillips, the judiciary committee chairman, the hearing of March 9 was fixed. “REMEMBER THE MAINE,” NEW YORK MEMORAL SERVICE Demonstration to Influence Congress “--to. Raise the Wreck. New York Feb 20.—Midway in its course the Maine memorial service held by_the United Spanish War Veterans, today, in Carnegie hall, was turned in- to a ‘demonstration to influence con- gress to raise the battleship Maine. By 2 rising vote, au audience which filed | the hall adopted a resolution condemn- ing the “spectacie of the rusted hulk of the ship and the rotting bones of its victims, abandoned without sepulchre in alien waters,” and during that con- gress enact legislation for the “Immedi- ate removal of the wreck to our own shores gnd the récovery of the remains of the unclaimed victims for interment in the national cemetery at Arlington.” A copy of the resolution will be sent to the president and vice president, the secretary of the navy, and the senate and the house. Representative William Sulzer of New York, who has ‘been trying to get a bill to raise the Maine through the house for several years. was the chief speaker. 4 ““Our dereliction in this matter,” he said, “is little better than a national disgrace. I have been often asked why congress refuses to pass this bill. I can only say I do not know, I have never been given an adequate reason for the delay.” Among the other speakers were Jo- seph H. Choate, Rear Admiral Sig: Dee, former captain of the Maine, and his chaplain at the time of the d aster, Father John P. Chidwick In his address, Mr. Choate declared that the United States must maintain and strengthen the navy, the “cheap- est defence of our greai nation.” MANY HEARD MEDIUM. Spiritual Academy Crowded Sunday Morning and Evening. The tioted medium, May Pepper Vanderbilt, had two crowded houses to ‘hear her at the Spiritual academy on Sundey morning and evening, and her messages won the enthusiastic ap- pladse of her hearers. One of the best ‘was the last one giyen in the evening, ‘when .the interest of the audience was stirred to the highest pitch by the rev- elations of the personal history of a woman in the audience. To the med; um’s question, the” woman acknowl- edged that her marriage had ‘never ‘pleased anybody,” and then Mrs. Pep- per-Vanderbilt went on to tell her of a relative whom she had not heard from for years. This an, said the medium, would never be heard from, for he had been lost in the Chicazo fire, and she gave an address in Chi- cago to which the inquirer mizht write, as there was a woman there who had known the man before the fir The medium also revealed the inter- esting information that the man had disappeared for some particular rea- son, and the woman in the audience told ‘her that was so, for he had changed his name. ACADEMY GYM CLASS. Ladies’- Night Was a Big Success at the Y. M. C. A. Al R e Aceteny gymnasium class of the Y. M. C. A. made a delghtful evening for about sixty young: men and young misses at the assoclation gym and parlors on Saturdav evening and was successful- ly carried out by Richard Youns and Leroy Storms of the junior devart cabinet, esisted by Physical Di- Tector Lessing Bandlow and Assistant George F. Hyde. Mrs, Her- Dert W. Gallup was chapcrone. Tho programme opencd with sames in the gymnasium at 8 o'clock and there was a violin dust by Irankiyn Lord and Russell Kinney, accompanied’ W Ricketts at the piano. . Piano Jamaica, is in Birming] Their Terms for were also given by Richard Founs. After an our in the gym, the social _was continued on’ the floor, where ice cream and wafers ere served. At tHe Diocesan Congress, Leld in Paris, Cardinal Amiette, archbishop of s, declared the Catholics would be M united in the gom- HAS STIRRED POLITICAL AND BUSINESS CIRCLES, & WILL THERE BE A WAR Between the Three Great Systems In- terested?—Talk of Cutting OFf the C. V. Outlet to Boston. Boston, Feb. 20 —Will there be a war between the New Y%‘v Ha- ven & Hartford-Boston & e sys- tem, and the. Grand Trunk-Central Vermont alliance? This is a question -of intense interest to shij and iness men of the New Englahd and Canada. Notable Legislative Contest Pending? The application for a charter per- mitting the Central Vermont line at Palmer, Mass., to be extended to Prov- idence.'R. 1. recently submitted to the Rhode Isiand legislature by the Grand Trunk people, has already stirred pol- itical and business circles in Rhode Islund, and it is believed a notable leg- islative contest over the issue is im- pending. Charles S. Mellen, president of the New Haven road, in Boston, last week, referred to ‘“unprovoked attacks by Canadian_lines upon the business of the New England railroads” as endan- gering long-established relations, Later President Charles W. Hayes, 0f the Grand Trunk, declared that his com- pany was applying for the charter “at the request of the people of Rhode Is- land, who need this further outl€t for their business.” ~ In freight traffic, the New Haven system bas an alllance with the Ca- nadian Pacific, a competitor of the Grand Trunk. A Possibility Discussed by Providence People. Providence people are discussing the possibility that the Central Vermont's existing orrangement with the Boston & Maine for an exchange of traffic at White River Junction may be termi- nated, thus cutting off the Central Vermont outlet to Boston, if hostilities ‘became acute, MRS. CLAUDIA VESTER FOUND IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA. She is Heiress to $235,000 Estate—Re- markable Romance is Unearthed. Birmingham, Alg., Feb. 20.—A re- markable romance was unearthed her: today by the finding of Mrs. Claudie Vester, formerly of Nashville, Tenn., Who is the heiress to an estate of about $285,000. The estate was left by E. D. Ennis, who once lived in Birmingham and was once “a sweetheart of Mrs. Vester, then Miss Clark. Ennis shot 2 man here in 1892 and fod to. Jigigha, Whers Io amamsed = fortune. . About three years ago he was. Tatally injured in a fight with a Span- fara. Betore nis death he willed his entire estate to Miss Clark, and the Jamaica authorities have since been trying to find her. Daniel Jones, alcalde of fhe island of and it was due to his efforts that she was found today. The governor of Jamaica has offered a reward of $1,000 to the per- son who would give information as her whereabouts, and this money will be equally divided between Mary Lytle and J. B, Smiley, a former suitor of Mrs, Vester, both of Birmingham. “TYPHOID MARY” IS AGAIN A FREE WOMAN. Had Been Confined Three Years as a Public Menace. « New York, Feb. 20—“Typhoid Mary,” whose real name is withheld for hu- manitarian reasons at the request of the New York health authorities, is a free woman again today, after having been confined in charity hospitals off and on for three years because physi- cians said that she was a living Te- ceptacle for typhold germs and a men- ace to public health. She was former- ly a cook, and was considered partic- ularly dahgerous in that capacity as likely to transmit that disease. But with' the understanding that she is to cook no more, Health Commissioner Lederle announced today that the de- partment had decided to release her. WINSTED HERMIT'S HUT DESTROYED- BY FIRE. “Bill” Woodruff, Its Owner, Severely Burned—Had Lived There 60 Years vinsted, Conn., Feb. 20.—The hut of “Bill” Woodruff, a hermit, of Cole- brook river, was burned late Satur- day night, and its owner was severely ‘burned about the head. Woodruff, who is B0 years old, has lived in his hut in the woods for the past sixty years. Last night, on returning to his hut, he lay down ‘on a bed while smoking a pipe. Sparks from the pipe set the bedding and Woodruff’s whiskers on fire and before he could extinguish the biaze In the latter he received severs ‘burns about the face and head. In his stocking feet he walked to a neigh- Dbor's, two miles away, who is caring for him. N EIGHT PRISONERS START FOR ATLANTA PENITENTIARY. gregate 150 Years, York, Feb. New 20.—Lupo (The Wolf) and seven companions in crime, sentenced in the federal court on Sat- urday to terms aggregating 150 vears for counterfeiting were taken to At- lanta, Ga., In charge of stx deputies to- a; Monday evening. The prisoners are due in Atlanta “The Wolf” has thirty vears to serve, and Giuseppe Morello 35. The other sentences range from 18 to 15 years. Rev. Father James O'R. Sheridan of Naugatuck Slowly Sinking. Naugatuck, Conn., Feb, 20.—The phy- sycians attending Rev. Father James O'R. Sheridan, pastor of St. Franeis' church, who is 1l at his home, stated tonight that their patient was slowly sinking and that there was no chance for recovery. His condition last night e such That. destnlwas Emoetor ot any moment, but this morning he ral- lied, only to relapse tonight into a more critical than that of Satur- day night. Fierce Gale Sweeps the British Isles. London, Feb. 20.—A fierce gale has swept ofer the British Isles, doing an immense amount of damage. The har- bors are ail crowded with shipping secking shelter. Incoming vessels Te- port extremely rough passages. The Rdriatic and the Amerika, which ar- riged today at Plymouth, experienced a suceession of gales all mw m the Atlantic, FEELING STILL RUNS - HIGH Threats and Rumors of Further Dem- AGAINST THE BLACKS. £ d " MORE PURSE SNATCHING. ERNIN—SOHUM oui Aq Suopmaisuo Guard the Home of Sheriff Nellis. Cairo, Iil, Feb. 20.—Police _officers are 1!:. city tonight :ornz negro suspected of purse snatchi and another clash m the author- itles and the citizens is feared if the man is caught. Negroes Insult Funeral Procession. Feeling is still running high against the negroes and it was added to today ‘when negroes, it is_charged, made in- &-hodyvtiimn lled Thursday night tery. Nearly six hundred persons attended the funeral and accompanied the body to Mounds, IIl, in a special train. As the train was ‘through the ne— mmmumcd' It was here members of the fu- neral - charge an lz-nlfln' dem- onstration was made. Police After Another Purse “Snatcher. The negro the police are after to- night is believed to have been asso- ciated with John an the nearo who escaped lunching when Sheriff Nellis Qetendea the Jail 'If he ia caught an effort may be made to take him away from the police before the military has an_opportunity to interfere. The military continued to patrol the streets tonight. White Women Go Armed. The bitterness against the negro ele- ment is manifested in threats and ru- B8 ol T demonstrations. Women gene: are carrying revolvers an are urged by their husbands and male reiatives to ehoot to kill If attacked. special grand jury which oem Tebeatbd o Invastiears the probebly will be dissolved tomorrow when }t reconvenes. Judge W. M. But- ler, who instructed the jury, conferred with Sheriff Nellis today and later an nounced he would decide whether a new jury is necessary. There are four negroes on the jury. Popular Feeling Against Sheriff. ‘The home of Sheriff Nellis is guard- ed by the militia and he is given a military escort when he leaves the courthouge. Popular feeling is against him. for. S @ deputies and al- lowing. ay's body to Me in front of 113 Jail for three hours. Mrs. Nellis, wife of the sheriff, col- lapsed today under the strain and is now under a ph: care. She is ysician’ one of the women who are cierying revolvers. e Compatiy Hl Oetead < ogoits, Cairo, T, Feb. 20—Company H of Shelbyville, of the Illinois National guard, was tonight ordered to report hereby to Adjutant General Dickson. The company. will arrive here tomor- Tow on a speoial train. Merely a Precautionary Measure. Cairo, 1L, Feb. 20—Neither Adjutant ‘General Dickson or Sheriff Nellis would say that any particular trouble is ex- additional mili- pected. They sa; here as a pre- tiamen were or cautionary me It ‘the verdict Sf the coromer’s jury at the inquest swhich will be resumed tomorrow namnes a megro deputy sheriff @s being responsible for the death of Alexander Halliday, it is believed that an effort will be made to harm the deputy. ALLEGED BRIBE-TAKER Received Money from Metropolitan Street Railway Company. New York, Feb. 20—Col. Willlam N. Amory, former secretary of the Third Avenue railroad, said today at a meet- ing at the Church of the:Ascension that he would tomorrow divulge the name of an assemblyman or a former as- semblyman—he would not _ specify which—who recelved money from the Metropolitan Street Railway company prior to 1899 to see that bills favored by the company were passed and that legislation to which the company ob- Jjected was checked. Colonel Amory said he would send the name of the. alleged bribe-taker, with details of the case, to James W. Osborne, counsel for Senator Conger. LONGEST VERMIFORM APPENDIX Edwin Ross Beats the World’s Record with Seven-inch Length. Sharon, Pa., Feb. 20.—The competi- tion which _recently developed for world’s records in the length of verm- iform appendixes disclosed & new win- ner today. The standing is now: First, Edwin Ross of Sharon, Pa., 7 inches: second, Howard Gould of Winthrop, Mass., 6 3-4 inches: third, George Goss, a former Yale athiete, six inches. Drs O'Brien, Reed and Kennedy—it took all three of them to remove the appendix from Ross at the Buhl hospital yes- terday—believe that the seven-inch record will stand for some time. Incorrigible Annie Brown Stole Watch and Money from Mother. Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 20. ~Ann\e Brown, 14 years of age, of Derby, arrested at the depot here lapg ol terday afernoon on @ charge Bf in- corrigilibily. Annie is alleged to have stolen $36 and a watch from her mother early yesterday. Shé came to this city and met a young man from New York, to whom she gave her money and a watch. He returned to her 25 cents and told her to take the nmext train for New York. She re- fuses to divulge his name. Street Car Accident, Two Passengers Killed. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 20.—Two peo- ple are dead, one seriously injured and several slightly hurt, as a result of a street car accident tonight caused by the blowing out of a fuse. Flames broke out and the people became pan- ic stricken. - A number jumped from the swiftly moving car. The dead are ASG ) smith and Miss Maggie Riley, Canada. I A s L Father and Daughter Killed by Train. Lancaster, O., Feb. 20.—W. B. Hen- ry, ex-county clerk, 5§ years old, and his Aaughter, Ellen, age 18, while driv- ing. were killed by a Hocking Valley passenger train tonight near their country home. Senator Smith c,uum-'u Improve. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—Senator, Will- lam Alden Staith o man_contin- ued te improv »::a‘ry following his ov%lonm- citis. He is stil) > ‘hospital, however, A Futile Movement Was 'Recently made by Italian anti-cleri A Letter Mailed in North Carolina is believed to have carried smalipox germs into Scranton, Pa. William Jackson, a Colored Janitor, of Kansas City, Mo., has confesscd to assaulting five young white girls. King Edward Approved the Speech to be made from the throne to parlia- ‘ment outlining the govermment's pro- James Chelles stretcher from Kansas City to Gre to see his mother before he dies of a Notwithstanding the Alliance be- France and Russia. srowing feeiing of Russian dislike to- ward the French, Aeronauts from England, Germany and Switzerland part in the international balloon race in St. Louis, Mo. Two Persons May D recelved when a two-horse sleigh over- turned and went over an embankment at Johnstown, Pa It Is Not Likely that the Crl the British parliament will lead to the resignation of the ministry or the dis- solution of ;that body. The Forsign Consuls at Managua of- fered their good offic: peace between the government and the insurgents of Nicaragua, Americans took a very active part In the battle between the insurgents and the Madriz forces at St. Vicente, and from injuries Is from Panama. clip_swung across his shoulder, n the heart, and was deflected, penetra ey ing the arm and leg. to mediate for William H. Conners, chairman of the democratic state central committee of New York, and Boss Murphy, of Tan have fallen ou declaring that Tammany hail sells all judgeships to the highest bidder. many hall, Herr Bowerman, leader of the na- tional liberal party during a debate, in which the social- ists caused a stir, declaréd that any attempt to overthrow universal frage would cause the wildest political in the reichstas, from where, this morning, they opened | mo a desultory artillery fire which ceased | termix entirely at 10 o'cloc tireme BROTHER OF WILLIAM SEYLER WILL TELL ALL HE KNOWS. Of the Murder of Jane Adams on At- Return of Spesch—Phys: Atlantic City, N. B police admitted tonight Seyler, brother ~f William Seyler. ac- cused ‘of the murder of Jane has promised to tell all he knows con- cerning the case Following this prom- ise. Orvis was taken to dollar pler. where he pointed out care- fully the ‘spot where he stood Alice Adams sister to leave William Sevler on pier on the night of February 4 also marked the spot where Willlam Seyler and Jane Adams stood he_saw her last. Detectives Miller and Malsced, Pros ecutor Goldenberg and Detective Cap- tain Whalen examined hi . The police have ment made by ture, which, dications appcared today in_the con. han ¢ tion of Senator Tillman. His partial | try, which is ap inc paralysis and loss of speech have abat- | least expects tf era ed and improvement has commenced, | safely through the ¢ according to a bulletin issued to- | minister day by the three atending physicians. | Benn and “Broest Jos the million- cer his signa- includes. con- ersations-held With his brother whils the two were being searched for by William Seyler defiantly .admit that he was even with the Ad- ams girl on the night of her disappear- ance. but the police hope to. make out a circumstantial Seyler appears anxious for trial has asked that he be tsken Into court as soon as possible. The coroner’s inauest has heen set for Wednesday TROLLEY CAR WENT OVER 150-FOOT EMBANKMENT. Conductor tie Only Person on Board Not Severely Injured value of $112470 is place W. V. E. Jacobs of the re TPhetis on the birds’ f Seized by him in January on 1 waiian islands of Laysan sky, where they had b Japanese in violation of President [ portl 1l Roosevelt's proclamation designating | " A wyor the islands as a reserve and breeding | will crows the contr ground for birds of plum three Japanese were ai time and have been turned over Lo the | rain ar wnow. In the middle. and United States marshal at Honolulu for | ¢, trial. i was killed and the c only ome of twenty who were not severely injured in_the wreck of a Pittsbure. ler and Newcastle street car tonight. The car was descending Taylor street hill, when it left the rails and dashed down a 150-foot embankment. turning when it struck two cars load- ed with limestone on another at the foot of the embankment J. R. Barnhart, 25 years old, to be a resident of this place, was k 1da Murphy: perhaps fatally have broken arms and less. lacerations Percy Simpson wreck to find her baby missing. she found the infant safely another woman’s arms. SPIRITUALISTIC SEANCE BROKE UP IN RED-HOT PANIC. persons aboard injured and ) partment, about killed by ‘the plur TOOK $10 FROM MOTHER'S PURSE, | treme west Floor Gave Way, Depositing Audience and Coal Stove-in the Basement. Pattin, Pa., people who attended demonstration at the opera house last night are feeling toda fmpressed with the performance. About twenty-five of them bear marks of red hot coals and many ing trampled upon in a panic when the The audience was just old, of 30 Appleton street Mass., was turned over to the chil- dren’s soclety, after having for aid to a policeman on th She said that she left hom ing in search of work, after having | posed had bec 20 —Four hundred a_ spiritualistic considerably bruises from be- floor gave way. on the point of leaving when precipitated, with a red-hot stove, in- The floor had buckled Live coals scattered to the basement. without warning. among the wreckage stamped out police tonight were unable any of the girl's relatives. been much — — President Taft At Confederate Veteran Dead at Portland, Portland, Conn., a stroke of apoplexy, Gould died tonight at his home herc. Mr. Gould was prominent in fraternal here. and was a veteran of the civil w: in_General was 63 vears old and leaves a w son gnd daughter. confederate r, having sery- Died from Injury Received in Philip- Insurrection. Spreckels in here todax fects of a blow with a the Philippine insurrection. tor ataxia developed as a result of the minutes later the man died from loss of blood. Nelghbors Innumerable rush- ed to and fro, looking for a physician | Waco, T but none had the presence of mind to | Franks, bs tie a tourniquet to stop the flow of | gie Danovan, blood. derson_and 1 Memorial Service in Honor of ard Wattson Gi New York, Feb. 20. ganizations—civic, socl: political—of which Watson Gilder, was 4 member, Mendelssohn hall today ‘and held me- morial services in his honor. or Hughes was the priy /Winsted Merchant D.l‘. . Winsted, Conn Price, for thirty years a merchant of this place, died ai the county today from zeneral debllity. 59 years old, a = l.nd leaves his wife and Nineteen or- . literary and late Richard poet and magazaine howing Prank Fulso how (o operate o reyolver, Amtonio Comsario wus shot in the stomaech when t(he the former was holding was is =ald to be critical. An operation will | French coast s far as Finisteerre, be -performed late tonight with the |driven all shipping to seek hopes. of Sovicy: hl. life. Falvo and & | Wire communication hetween Begiand ipal speaker. veteran of the civil three PmCE TWO CENTS Afliflflflls TOOK ACTIVE PART. Were Under Capt Victor Gordon, With Ge Mena’s Division of Insurgents, IN BATTLE LAST WEEK IN NICARAGUA Two of the Scouts Wounded—One is William Wilkin Who Joined the Provisionals from Panama—Other G. . Eushby—Americansin Command of Nicaragus Turned Enemy’s Left Flank. Bluefieids, Nlcaragua, Feb, 20.— General Vasquez Beaten According to Captair ques was & n, t one of them at least was dred mon outnumbered the | wounded. They were under ¢ forces two 10 one. Vasque tor. Gordon; with General M celve no reinforcements ar contingent being known as the Matuty's = rive, and ican scouts, The wounded man is Wil- | Pected hourly, Gene fer lam Wilkins, who joined the provision- | TUe, “‘“‘\,;'-:f‘ix‘::;; e and ¥ The flerceness of the bat cated by the fact that t were disab 0 twice dismounted A steel bullet struck the cartrid Another ' scout, G. T. Bushby, was |Planted, doing efie bruised when a' stone from behind | Mena’s loss was twol which he was firing was shattere@ by | 4on 18 of the opinion t a cannonball. Bushb; wag _ thrown 1088 wis heavy, as the " twenty feet, but he came back to the | d¢livered a open ght. of -artiliery. Ten Hours of Attacks and Counter- | Desperate Hand-to-Hand F Attack: Once the Ame " In a despatch which he has sent he munition and be 1 Captain Gordon states that the battle [ came were compe ‘ ’ began on the 15th. “They reached |selves in a hanc Chinao on the lsth, when after te additiopal Amer i hours of desperate attacks and counter- | Seledon were place attacks the enemy under General Vas |forty Nicaragua quez retired to a wecol ry position, | turned the enem ment which ted in the enern SENATOR TILLMAN'S CONDITION, | ENGLISH MINISTRY COMPLETEL IMPROVEMENT NOTED. ABQUITH FILLS VAC/ ans Consider [ Government Expects to F This Most Favorable. Through Cr Washingtou, ¥eb, 20.—Favorble London, Yeb 20, ) the Until today the sena d_wpoken | njor lords of the . bag. o fwerde Aince The cwas Steioken | Bomue Sonten un luat Thursday: but today when the | tnain. and Ceell Wi family physician _entered, hix ace | sixtant postmaster brightened up and he said Hello, doc- | ton suc ds & tor.” A little later a physici whom | fajled of election he had seen but once before sald to th. the minfstry senator: “1 don't sUDPORE YOU remen- | jords by ber me.” “Yes, 1 do.” replied My. Thi- | pi% PHEsil man, “you are Dr. White.” The doctors | month {here stele considér this return aperch HToaina thetr nes favarble and they entertain no doul Dhe ir 1 1 ' of his speech. The senator passed & | raire will be sontned 1o ( comfortable night. of finance and the 1 T prema Following ‘ig the bulletin issued by two 1 the_physicians take; of SO ‘he senator’s condition is s favor e, Of 8 -3 able as can be expect Tho - inftiml | TaTers Wil b - symptoms have abated ‘and improve- | i, KOPCIOICTE ‘ ment has commenced. The disturbance [ (G505, POWET 0F ¥Ei0 Wil of speech is less marked, pulse 72, tem- perature normal, and he 15 resting com- fortably. There are no indications s pointing ‘to_the probability of unfave orable developments at this time.” YNUBUALLY STORMY 2 i s, AND COLD WEATHER COMING $112470 WORTH OF PLUMAGE. | g, Weather Bureau Says—Two Storme 300,000 Birds. Killed by Japanese Hunt- This Week With Cold Wave ors in. Hawaii. Washington, Feb. 2 Washington, Feb, 20.—An estimated | Souts and fucs will be in L Capt cutter week, according to night by the weather bu wings | gually stormy mnd cold w e Ha- | indication in purticularly all nd TAsian- | trictg from the Rockies to the athered bY | coagt and from the F ific states. 2 area tomorro e, Twenty rested at the s and the Atlantio we ded by heavy s southern parts of t weather will T hing the Atlantic 1ght with ¢ i From statements made Ly Captain | to the treasury de 0,000 Dirds wore | o hunters A secoud storm, also t the Atlartic const by Ir LOST IT ON TRAIN. chusetts Girl Appi AULD-ROBNETT COURTMARTI Ma; Is to New York Police for Aid. CASE MAY BE REOPE r New York, Feb. 20 —A Arguments to Show That the Young says she is Ethel Prowse, Officer Was Illegally Punished Washington, ¥eb i uncomfortable e opening of the fa this morn- | Courtmartial can taken $10 from her mother's purse. | approval of t ! tir The money, che added, was stolen from | the findings courtmart her when she fell asicep on the train. | appears no 1 The Everett police were notified éon Robnett have 1thortz Everett, Mass., Feb, 20.—There is no | pregent to the dep [ ) Prowse family at 30 Appleton street, | {5 show that th ng_offic and the people at that address do nof | jilegally punished in the fmpositior know Ethel Prowse. Several families | the courtmartial sentence of H of that name live in this city, but the [ numpers ofter ad received & 0 locate | ter from the department wh . opinfon of hix ri and therefore a pu ends Friends’ Church | r - for First Time. 3 Weatilngtin; For the first | Governor Weeks Favors a Sane and time since heé scted the chi afe Fourth exceutive, President Taft to ford, Feb. 30:-Gov. Frap tended meeting at the Friends' clmre ks has sent to the mayors r on T street, Northwest, Some time ago | geveral citlcs of the state a lotie he promisad to join members of the | which he calls their attention t Friends' socicty at weekly worship in| pumber of desths and accidents due to thelr modest church and when it was | the celebration of the Fourth of J learned: that Henry W. Wilbur _of | He asks the mayors to take the e Swarthmore, Pa.. would speak today, | ter of saner and safer Fourth inea the president was urged particulariy | considerafion to come over from the White hous Capt. Archibald Butt, the pres s | Death of One of the Last Lincoln E military aide, went with him %ors in.Ohlo None Had Presence of Mind-to Tie |, Wiiiliion, (iov a Tourniquet. Sreasman . Bridgefort, Conn.. ¥ 0.—A v es of the falut y cose vein i the Tight leg of night. He ' Borsch burst this afternoon and 25 | electors ir Shot and Rilled by Bartender Feb. 20.—Charles shot and killed J ally wounded Roy A lu Holt and then killed himself, in & rooming house t Accidentally Shot in the Stomach. Franks en the bulldir and " .New Britain, Conn.. Feb. 20.—While| Anderson tilking to the Holt woman and mistaking him for another man, opencd fire. Howling Gale in Engl discharged. Comsario wus taken Parin, Feb, 20.—A howling o In 2 local hospital, his condit the _ Bnghisn channel, wweeping the nra‘m when the|and Frange has beew cut off. All d are being held, but | steamers have been considermbly de-