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‘SIX NEW HAVEN FIREMEN PERISHED) Trapped by Barred Windows and Metal Doors and Caught by a Back Draft . Paris, ‘April 13.—A sensation was caused in the Palace of Justice today when an anarchist, in revenge, fired four shots at M. Flory, the president of the court which found the man guil- .ty & year ago. ‘Flory was not hit by the bullets, and the anarchist was ar- res! St, Etienne, France, April A workman - named Duplanil, who ‘was arme with a brace of revolvers and a knife, and declared that he wished to- kill ‘Premier Briand, was arrested ‘today as he attempted to force his way Into the hotel where the premier is stopping. London, “April 13.—The British steamship Anglian, which left Boston on April 1 for London, broke her tail shaft when 840 miles west of Fastnet on last Saturday. She is reported as coming into port in tow of the Brit- ish steamship Englishman, which sail- ed from Portland, Me, March 31, for Bristol. 13- BURNING OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY JAIL . Five Cther Firemen Sent to Hospitals Fearfully Burned— 3 Thrilling Rescues of Others—Death List at 1 his Fire the Largest the City Has Ever Had—Prisoners Safely Removed— i hree Companies Militia on Duty. FIFTY PASSENGERS ON BOARD STEAMER SANTA CLARA ON BAR. Indications That Pacific Coast Steam- er is Sinking Off Eureka Harbor. Eureka, ‘Cal, bAz:ldl la.d—w'm: i ‘passengers on_ bo: and carrying a Ccrew of about 25 men, the steamer Senta Clara, bound from Portland for San , struck the bar in pass- ing out from Kureka harbor today and is in_distress six miles south of Eure- ka. In response to a wireless call for assistance, the er went out, and just before ss fell it could be seen from shore that passengers were ‘transferred to the tug. The Saenta Clara is believed to have chairs and in finishing them. blaze was not accompanied smoke until after the “=4 then the black, nauseat ed in all directions. Three-dws on the westerly side, in Hudson' street, were partly burned, and some. others damaged. Probable New Jail Will Be Built. The New England Chair company piaces its loss at $135,000, with ample insurance, while the county: will have a loss of about $35000. On the entire {3ail_the county an - insurance of $122,000. 1t is probable that a bill will go intG the next legislature for & Jail, as this one is usually over- crowded. To arrange for meeting the New Haven, Conn., April 13.—Trap- ped by metal doors and barred win- dows, six fremen who were fighting flames in a workshop were caught by @« Back draft and incinerated during the partial destruction of the New Haven county jail today. Three of thelr comrades “were almost miracu- lously saved through the heroism of | other firemen who were outside. The | Bodies of the six men were found this afternoon after the debris _cooled. Many other firemen were fearfully Burned. but aside from five sent to the hospitais all remained at work owing ‘€0 the great task before the fire fight- ng force of the city. The Dead. Captain . 1. Chapman of Truck 1 |expense of repairs, a meeting of the 8] et bar and ottt Sl 3. Doherty of | S3nty mance: somraiites Wil o cxlied | SoEInE & 18k iy croscing the bar and rl:ck 1 28 L oo at once, and this committee may de-|‘that the passengers are being trans- dderman John Buckley of Truck 1. | cide to have a county Sceting called. | ferreq while there is such a rough sea. g TR SRR Quiy s Scounty. SnsenE d2lis taken es an indication that the Mert. a Thomas J. Mo made up e county delegation | inking. Engine company No. 4 the last hos the power £o e Se: Laddermen A. E. Wilcox, Thomas J. appropriate money and to lay a tax. Senator Blakeslee is the chairman and the county committee is made up of Senator Stoles of North Haven, Sen- ator Shanley of this city and Repre- sentative Culver of Seymour. How Lieut. Doherty Met Death. DEPEW-POTTER WEDDING At the Bride’s Residence in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Col, April 13— Grace G: Depew and Capt. Ash- ton Potter were married at the bride's Tesidence here tomight. Mrs. Doticr, & daughter of Robert Goodyear of Bif- falo, was formerly the wife of G. A. Depew, nephew of Senator Depew, of New York, from whom she was @i- vorced in January, 1909. Captain ‘Potter is a nephew of the late Bishop Potter and on April 10, 1909, was divorced from his former wite, who was Miss Mary L. McNutt, of San Franctsco. Captain and Mrs. Potter left fmme- %h:.a!y after the ceremony for New ork. ously Injured. Waugh of Truck 1 ang Hosemen Jobn Hussey, Captain Charles H. O'Neil of Engine company No. 4 and Cornelius . Shugrue, ladderman of Truck No. 1. Policeman Doran Saw Three Men Die. The death of three men is accounted for by Policeman Doran. These were ©f the truck and were fighting their Feay through the cell room in the jail @Poper to the general workshop of the An explosion, possibly of a! of gasoline, caused a back draft which siammed behind the firemen the Sron doors eeparating the cells from the shop. Officer Doran had seen the firemen and then came the sheet of flame and the men were gone. Six Men Hemmed in a Corner. Six men in_the group were hemmed 5 a corner. Three made their way to & third story barred window. Captain O'Neil. Hussey and Wilkcox were the men. Outside the firemen Saw them mnd turned streams on to protect them. With faces pressed to the bars they <alled for heip, Captain O'Neil giving orders. Suddenly the roof overhead Wfted and the men saw the sky. Smoke &nd flame followed the-new outiet. Up wen: laddess on the outside and down avent laddens inside to the rescue of the men. All three were gotten out, ©O'Neil sending the others first. But 4n a far cormer three other men had no escape, and somewhere in _ thAt Foom yet three others died. Vaugh was rescued in another place through the bravery of Chief Fanchers chauf- feur, James Cronogue. He had been asprinkled with blazing varnish after a amall explosion of this liquid and Cro— mogue crawled into the buflding over a line of hose and put his helmet over Vaugh's face. This saved his life and = probabiy his sight, for Vaugh was Quickiy hauled out. Financial Losses $200,000. The @eath toli at this fire was the heavdest New Haven has ever had. The financial losses wil run to $200,000. Militia Called Out. Three companies of the Secomd in- fantry., Connecticut National _guard, were calied out at 11 o'clock by Colonel Geddes upon authority of the governor, @na Major isbell placed in command. . In effect martial ruies were applied to all the county property, the city police being used cutside. 246 Male and 42 Female Prisoners Marched Out. . _ During the fire, when it Jooked as it ! ghe enmtire jail was doomed, 246 male and 42 female prisoners were marched out in order and transpprted down- b the former to police precincts headquarters ang the latter to the @rmory. Judges, lawyers and insur- mBee men having access to the Jail Dielped to check Off the prisomers. Later in the day. when it was found that the eell room cowid be used, the male pris- oners were varted back again under military guard. Fire Started in Chair Factory. The county jail, like many penal in- stitutions of New England built years . had an imposing front section in Fhich the high sherift lives. On each wing are offices. The middle structure, extendine north, three stories in height, contained the cells in tiers. Behind these was an annex used as a general workstiop of the prison, nearly 100 feet sguare. 4 In the rear. and serving as wings, were wooden buildings used as chair offices and storehouses of the ew England Chair company. On the westerly side of the jail 2 row of small Bouses were clustersd. occupied by la- s and their families. A sioping 200 feet in depth on Whalley the institution the appear- k of Dead Fire- Shugrue, when found, was and was the only man who could give an account of how the dead men met £rue said that in an ordinary building it would have been easy for them to escape through the windows, but the bars prevented their getting out. When they saw that they the cellar and searched for a place to get out, but there was nome. They and Shugrue was the only one to get o i e e n by o2 | Republican Policy of High Protection the lieutenant’s wrists, but was so weak that he was obliged to let go, | Washington, April 13.—Vigorous at- tacks on the republican polcy of high Shugrue made his way to the of roof and jumped to the ground, Aldrich tariff law, which it was con_ tended was one of the principal causes was found. v .of _the. political principles of Thomas - g e g‘::*;:t 11| Jerersen and loudiy applauded predic- when ‘the fire broke o the pris- | ing. _elections were made oners. They no disturbance and | by the speakers the banquet here to Be taken | versary -of ‘Thomas Jefferson. Theso down into the city. The men were |declarations wers greoted with checrs aken Tonight they were brought back in large moving vans, the vans Sensational Feature at Washington Jefferson Day Dinner. When the prisoners were taken from the Jafl there were 24, and when they | Washington, . o Temple extra ten were sentenced in the police | President of the United States on the contt tis Do into the Jefferson day dinner here late tonight a sensational feature. Mr. New Haven, April 13.—Tonight elec- tri gramme, was juested @t a late hour ic lights wers strung “around the jail | T S TSt % o ta hour ing, which were still in flames. The party are; " the support of the Independence league men wiio had been on duty all day | the support of tho Indope e companies and the pouring of water 3 upon the rulns was kept up without | the (e chols Of fhe Tulle; returned and ‘housed, all but a small portion of members of the gompa o Utilities Bill. een on duty all day were sent rugnt nn, = back to the armory. The rematnder | Liosismm SGorermde Byerott 3 Taks pe s Tk ’Blgl:nd will e kept there during the :‘;’:fl.&\nn mfit‘h-e‘flsu&t‘hnfle:!any?:l; n associations of the state ought not to el Sy e elécted to the office of governor. He New Haven, April 13.—At a meeting | could end would have a public utilities Dill anq that there must be an inves- by Mayor Rice, and which was at- tended by Chief Fancher, the commis- | expended. vote to the families of the dead fire- | Again Mentioned as Promising Can men $2,000 each, and & formal meeting New York, April 13.—Mayor Gaynor D T ot e oa m end again mentioned as & promising benind the wall of the jall addition their death. In telling his story Shu- have made thetr ‘were hemmed in they went down into craiwlad upstairs to get on to the roof follow him and he had taxen hold of 3 Vigorously Attacked. and he dropped back into the flames, protection, condemnation of the Payne- ing at the base of the wall, where he of present high prices, spirited defense The coolest person tions of dembcratic victory at the com- ‘congressional at wers joking and avhen - were loking and laushing taken in honor of the birthday anni the women later on. | which made the big banquet hall ring. being sur- rounded by details of the state militia, Washinston, April 13.—John Temple weré returned there ‘wero 254, The Independence league ticket, injected Night Shift of Firemen on Duty. Graves, who was not on the pro- d i i = and in the ruins of the burning build o _offa 5 = lieved hift: from s o Byl oher | Hearst, if the party would recognize & break. When the prisoners had been Believe Connecticut Will Have Public companies of the Second regiment who B s o oThe nder | Lieutenant Governde Everatt J. Lako, wino “brought palltics Into any ‘of the $2,000 Each to Fami said that he believed that the state of fite commissioners tonight, calied tigation of how the state funds were sion decided that they had the mELt to will be held tomorrow for that pur- B e Py ) candidate for the presidency tonignt in for the benefit of the families of the dead, as has a local paper, and the mandgements of the local theaters have offered to open their bouses for benefit performances. At midnight the crowd around the jail was almost as great as at any time during the day, and the firemen received the additional help of 100 je— borers sent by Senator Blakesles and @ large part of the local atreet depare- ment. Waited for the Father Whe Would Never Return. Among the pathetic incidents con- nected with the fire was the waiting of the two lttle children of Hoseman Cullem at the engine house for his 295, and. o e been e Saviorn ot ago, and, as custom of The fire started | the children, they went to the engine the chair com-|house to wait for the return of their me 200 of the | father. No one had the courage to tell contract to work | them that their father would never re— turn and it was not until late tonight that they were taken care of by friends. GUILTY OF POISONING HER INVALID HUSBAND Life Imprisonment for Mrs. Newbert of Thomaston, Me. Roekland, Me., April 13.—Guilty of the murder of her invalid husband, Fremont Newbert, who died November 15 from the effects of strychnine poi- soning, was ths verdict found by the 3 n the supreme court late today agalnist Mrs. Sadle F. Newbert. a mid- dlezaked womba, who for Aftesn years had been her hiisband’s sole support. The condemnsd woman will be sen- tenced tomorrow morning. The pen- alty in this state for murder-is life state prison. This ted in, Thomaston ot ¥hg prisoher's home ‘before the National Demooratic club at a dinner celebrating the 187th anniver- sary of the birthday of Thomas Jef- ferson. Mr. Shea also suggested Rep- resentative William Sulzer for govern- or, on the ground that he wouid give “a good, clean and effective adminis- tration.” Struck Off From List of Candidat the Cardinalate. Rome, April 13.—It is ennouncecd that the Dope has struck off from the list of candidates for the cardinalate & Americane, Including the archbish- ops of New York, St. Paul, Chicago and New Orleans. The chancellory of the vatican confirms this without vol- unteering an explenation, Fined for Selling Liquor to Wesleyan University Minor: Middletown, Conn., April 13.—J. J. Curtain, a local liquor dealer. today Fludad ‘gullty on two counts to selling iquor to students of Wesleyan un versity who were minors. He was fined $20 and costs on each count, amounting in all to $57.20, for » gav of a hospital. st chairmaking. y clais gave no credence to 1 report that Soncr started the fire, They nold rossed electric wires theory. Prisoner Gave the Alarm. A T gave the alarm, and at ence 175 workmen were marched out the workshops and into the cell and the doors closed to protect - From the outset the with repidity until three there was no more mate- it. The new section of the iis iron girders and steel fit— fireproof ana the blaze died the wooden structures were Stampede in Paris Opera Comique. Paris, April 13.—During & perform- ance of “La Tosca” at the Opera Com- ique tonight, a person in & box threw several balis containing a2 noxious compound into the auditorium, caus- Ing part of the audience to stampede. A et progte e inciden: ind Seloves o Duich merchant of nis pocketbook, containing $1,200. Sev- eral arrests were made and it was said that the act was one of protest against the direction of the Opera Comique. it Sompictely wiped away and the middle section Of the Jail wrecked. ARhough fire went through everything but the sheriff's apartments, the only dam- the cell room was to clean off small fittings and to Shriners Meet at Rochester Next Year. New Orleans, La., April 13.—W. Fre- |land Kendrick, potentate of Lalu tem- le, Philadelphia, was eiected dmperial oufer guard today by the imperial council of the Nobles of the Mystic in annual conclave in this city. s the only elective position in the New York, April Swift and Elizabeth Maria Hurry got their license to marry. today in just Mr, Swift's split-sec~ tor. The bride’s father cani stock from 37,500,000 to $12,500,000. One-balf of this amount will be dis- » tributed to the ers, one share is fo_eviey dhwse thares pow el e the remainder will be in ar ‘meas- ury stacy a apeech by John W. Shea of Syracuse TO SERVE INDETERMINATE SEN- ‘TENCE.ONE TO TWO YEARS. ASSIGNED TO "IDLE GANG” - Until Suitable Work Is Found—Search Reveals Knife in Furiong’s Pocket— Sheriff Quinn - Notified, - New York, April 13.—Ex-Magistrate Henry J. of was taken to Sing Sing this afternoon to begin an leterminate semtence of from one to two years. Keeyers at the Raymond street jail found Furlong depressed this\morning and wishing “it was all over.” They decided that they had better search him, and discovered a pocket knife. The warden, on hearing of this, im- mediately notified Sheriff wha | had a consultatiton with District At= torney John F. Clarke, after whioh they appeared before Justice Staplef in is. supreme -court, with a proj that the prisoner be taken to 8i Sing at once. Fears that Furk might do himself harm had been en- tertained. Ossining, N. Y., April 13.—Ex-Mag- istrate Furlong arrived here this aft- ernoon to serve his sentence at Sing Sing prison. He seemed in good spir- its. He was assigned to the “idle gang” until the warden decldes what work he is best fitted for. COMMITTED SUICIDE AT BRIDGEPORT HOTEL. H. A. Dickinson, President of Federal Silverware Co, New York. * Bridgeport, Conn.,, April 13.—Henry A. Dickinson, about 63 years of age and e widower, & suicide at e g;utflalgl hotel o &‘ Monday evening an i g hotel by a bellboy with a bullet in his right tem; Dr. Federal rare company of New York, with offices at 169 Chambers street, and came to this city last week o transact some business. He was suffering from headache and insomni and was prescribed for by the hot physician Monday evening. He was not seen again until last night, when his partner called for him at the hotel 2nd a bellboy entered the room with a passkey and found the dead body, which had already begun to decompose. The remains were removed to the morgue and F. B, Miller, partner of the dead man, returned to New York to look up his relatives. TWO MORE EFFIGIES BURNED IN FRONT OF RUSSELL ESTATE. Promises Guarded Night by Reg- ular and Specfal Police. Boston, 13.—A repetition of last even! formance was given tonight by a crowd of Melrose people sympathizing with the Dickinson, N. D., man whose claim to heirship in the Russell estate was denied Tuesday in the probate court. Tonight's demon— stration was a Mttle less riotous than that of last night, but there was some stone throwing by which two police- men were bruised and the mob again paraded the streets of Melrose, cheer- ing for the Dickinson claimant and hissing and. sons promiment on the respondent’s side in the recent trial. In front of the Russell estate, which tonight was guarded by lar and special police, a_crowd of one thousand burned “two effigies. Mayor E. H. Moore was personally in charge of the police at that point. Aside from the burning of the effigies there was little demonstration. Troubles of the Standard Cordage Company. New York, April 13.—An application by ten of the twelve directors of the Standard Cordage compeny asking that the company be ordered to show cause why it should not be voluntarily dis- solved was granted today in the su- preme court by Justice Greenbaum. The company’s balance sheet of Sep- tember, 1909, showed a loss for the year of $231,334, which, added to the deficit then outstanding, brought the total deficit to $622,526. The company ‘was incorporated in New Jersey in 1908 and 1s capitalized at $2,800,000, of which $2,769,785 has been issued, and has & ‘bonded indebtedness of $5,277,089. Indiana Demoorats Celebrate Jefferson Day. Indianapolis. Ind,, April 13.—Demo- crate of Indiana tonight entertained party leaders of national distinction at a banquet in celebration of the birth- day anniversary of Thomas Jefferson. John W. Kern. democratic candidate for vice president in 1905, was toast- master. Many addresses’ were made by party leaders, extolling Jefferson as the founder of ‘the democratic party and prophesying that the party two years hence would win control of the nation. Mr. Kern read a letter from William J. Bryan. Weston Delayed, Food Auto Breaks Down. Painesville, O., April 13.—A break- down in Edward P. Weston's provision train at noon today kept him iinger- ing at the roadNde not far outside.of Cleveland, all the afternoon. The au- tomobile in which the pedegtriam's simple fare is transported e in- volved in tire trouble, and Weston de- clined to proceed until assured of & food supply. In consequence he is stopping at Willoughby, tonight, hav- ing made only twenty miles since isaving Cleveland at 9.30 this morn- ing. George E. Romanes Released from EIl- lis Island. New York, April 13.—George H. Ro- manes, son of the late George Jorn Romanes, a noted British sclentist, vas released late today from Ellis island, where he was detained on his arrival Monday, on a medical certifi- cate saying hé was a tuberculosis sufferer. Bond was furnished for Ro- manes. ‘who is wealthy, to jnsure that he wiil not become a public charge, and with his wife and children he started for Colorado Springs, where he wili be treated for his health. Efforts to Procure New Trial for Capt. Peter Hains, Jr. New York, April 13.—Proceedings to procure a new trial for Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., sentenced to Sing Sing for from eight to sixteen years for killing WiHiam 1. Annis. will be begun to- morrow by Eugene L. Young, his ai- torney. This announcement made tondght after a talk between Mr. Young and Gen. Pater C. Haina, the prison- or's father. On what grounds the ap- Plication will be bawed was not re- vealed. Dr. Cook mountain. terl; in the a long Fairbanks Party Took Photographs— Summits Unlike.Those Pictured Mountain 20,500 Feet High. Aneroid mepsurem men place the helght of the mountaifn at 30,500 feet. Ten Men in the Party. Ten men were in the that left Fairbanks with e Planted an American Flag. The party did not set out to disprove but to climb the It found the summits ut- unlike those pictured in Cook's book. On_the rock peak it left an American flag six by twelve feet, at- tached to the 14-foot staff buttressed “The flag was visible for stance on the north side of the mountain. The view from the sum- mit was obscured by clouds at lower levels. The building of the monu- ment about the flagstaft was difficult Dbecause of the rarefied atmosphere. Snow Was Generally Firm. The snow was generally firm and the crevasses that were filled were now easy to cross. except in a few i k. stances. Later lanches and - treacherous would have impeded progress. New 8hort Pass Discovered. The -expiorers discovered a magni- ficent unnamed peak 16,000 feet high, 2 e Ueoug the monntain . shortens the distance-to 75 miles. The and a new range. coast the story, in ents taken by the teams in Decem- the season crevasses pass is flanked by majestic perpendicular Lloyd’s Story Verified. Daniel Patterson, W. and /Charles McGonigle remained at Kalishna and only Liloyd Fairbanks. The pioneers’ committee took steps to verify Lloyd's story be- fore stamping it as genuine. now the committee is disinciined to surrender Lloyd's notes, although sat- isfied that they amply prove the story. The return of Lloyd from the mountain in nine days was due to the excel- lence of the trail made by the party while ascending the mountain. PLANS FOR BIG RECEPTION TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Participation, Even by thé Far West, Be General. New York, April 13.—A reception to Theodore Rocsevelt by a committee representing every section of the coun- try, which will go down the bay to meet him, and a parade of some sort through the city is the tentative plan for the ex-president’s welcome home on June 18 as outdned at a meeting of the executive commitiee Roosevelt reception committee today. that participation, wil Indécations are even by the far west, will be general. Arthur F. committee, said today that many re- Croay, R. Taylor, came to Even of the secretary of the quests have been received from dele- gations and individuals all over the country for A‘ohhumu!l ‘t::“ rocevfl:n programme. intention of the committee to allow those who wish, irrespective of focality, to join In the ceremonies, as it desire is that the reception shall be as national as pos- sivle in character. $40,000 FOR MIS8 BRODERICK in an Undefended Breach of Promise Suit. New York, April 13.—Miss Alma Broderick was awarded 340,000 dam- ages by a jury today In an undefended breach of promise sult brought by her against Jerome Probst, a lawyer of this cit: alleged that when she met Probst in Chicago in 1906 he called himself James Banning and said he lived at the Chicago Athletic club. 8tock Exchange Makes Another Re- form Movement. New York, April 13.—Another move in the direction of reform was made by the New York stock excahnge to- day when an amendment to the con- stitution was adopted, authorizing the lw committee to represent the ex- change “In_conferences with other in- The committee is also au “to examine Into the dea ings of any member of the exchange. terests.” thorized Glidden Tour Pathfiinder Car at Lou- isville. Louisville, Ky.. April 18.—The Glid- den tour pathfinder car rode to Louis- ville today from Lexington. The car left Cincinnati yesterday. Tomorrow the pathfinders will leave for Nashville, going by way of Bowl- Scout Lewis said that 80 far he has been much pleased with the travel on the roads. ing Green, Ky. Contractor and Carpenter Ki Boston, April 13—Joseph Karinsky, a contractor, end Max Coben, a car- penter, were killed today by the col- lapse of a house under reconstruction on Temple sireet in the West End. Teh workmen were on the second floor floor fell upon them. All but Karinske and Cohen escaped by jtinping _through when the third for $50,000, Miss Broderick d. the windows. were crushed to i 4 4 PRICE _TWO CENTS GOL. GuNCAN B. COOPER PARDONED He Killed Ex-U. S Senator Carmack Nov. 9, 1908, in a Nashville Street - Condensed Telegrams | Journal- 8ir Robert Giffen, . English ist, is dead nflha‘m of 73. The Will of Millionaire Walsh lcaves his estate in equal shares to his wife and daughter. Mrs. Josephine Weldon of Jersey City, after paying in advance for her funeral, ended her life. - Justice Moody of the United States Supreme court, will return to Wash- ington within 4 month. The State of South Carolina jre- sented a silver service to the battle- ship named after the state. ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE Situation in Nachville Tense Over the Action of Gov. Fatterson—Case of Robin Cooper, the Colonel’s Son, Remanded for Re-Trial—Both Men had been Sen- tenced to Twenty Years’ Imprisonment. Mrs. Rosa Marquardt, declaring that the spirits were bothering her, clubbed to death her two year old child. According to Observations Made at the Yerkes observatory, Halley's com- et appears to have lost its tail William M. Gold, who worked on a Texas farm for his board, owued sev- eral farms in Kentucky and was worth $250,000. A Hearing Was Held Before th house committee on the bill pending in congress to prevent desercation of the flag. 13.—While | fair and fmpartial trial, but were con« Nashviile, Tenn., April to the law and evie the supreme court of Tennessee today | victed contrary was confirming the convietion of Col. | dence.” Runcan I Cooper for the siaying on | Friends Congratulate the Colonsl. ex-United Siates Senator 1. W. Car- | Colonel Cooper was still at the eapi mack, Governor Patterson was writing | to1 When the pardon was entered in the 2 tull pardon for the” Astendant det | socretary of state's office. He was at once surrounded bv a crfowd of friends Miss Frances D. Clark, daughier of | claring that in his belief Colonel Coop- | 9ce @t Senator Claric of Wyoming, Was mar- | er was not guilty. seeking (o Congratulate bim, The re- DL SICERR X - COapRIy0 Politics in the Case? please him to the exclusion of his owe anston, Wyo. : C freedom. Mhe supreme court remanded for re- I the case of Robin Cooper, con- ctea of the same crdme as his fa- The Colonel R od “I wanted Robin’s vindication The Federal Court of Appeals Missouri has decided that the pro: testing of a check does not damage |ther. The situation is\tense tomight|than I wanted a pardon,” was his re one’s reputation. Decaune of Allesations by frisnds of [mark when told of the governors ac s Carmack that politics entered into the [¢ion. Leaving the crowd, he entered & Emperor Francis Josech Received |case. It i probable Robin Cooper | carrage and was driven to the county Richard C. Kerens, who Will never be retried, it is sald. Both | sail, where formalities relative to the credentials as American assador | Coopers had been sentenced to twenty rdon were gone through with. Then years' imprisonment. e was released. Robin is under a to Austria-Hungary. e $26,000 bond Close Poli Friend of the Governor. ‘Colonel Cooper is the closs personal Governor Patterson’s Opinion. The court was divided both fn con- firming the sentence of Colonel Cooper The Secretary of the Navy « manded the order for for Commander Hill a inkte: and in remanding the case of his son. |@nd political friend of Governor Pat S, ox Induiry iaRLenl It was while Chief Justice Beard" was '“wm‘l ’:Mrin the leader of the anti 3 , | reading| a dissenting opinion in _the prohibition forces in Tenmessee. Car _n’;"gof,;',';",;;;mf';:;,"r forSinessee | case of ‘Colonel Cooper that Gov. Mal- | mack was the chief of the prohibiifon Ayres to participate in the cele Im R, Patterson pardoned the de- | movement. Patterson was an impo 1 e g e g sndant, declaring In the document: |tant witness for the defense at the trial ? o n my opinion, neither of the defend- | of the Coppers for the kilMng of Car- s ants is guilty, and they have not had 4 ' mack. The Japanese New Land Ownership law restricting ownership to such for- eighers as come from a country tending similar privileges to Japane residents is promuigated BELLEVUE PHYSICIANS MAY RESIGN IN A BODY. Result of Complajnt About Quality ef PITTSBURG, BRIBERY CASES, EXTRADITION OF HOFFSTOT. District Attorney Blakeley on Way to Plans Are Afoot to Carve the Fa and figure of the late Thopias F Albany to Get Paper Food Served. “the Silv »who died — i O hietom o h monsain Cuft ove | Pittsburg. April 13.—Though District | New _York, “April 13.—Thors wam erlooking the famous Camp - Bird | Attorney Wilkam A. Blakeley did not | much unrest today among thé sixty mine. proceed with the trlal of the weven [physicians of Bellevue hospital, and 3 e e = councilmen whose names were on the | Bome ::nk olr ;:l::nmu in a l‘;lu“v e o criminal court list today, charged with | protest again o action of Medios. EETFER OF BHOBENT grafting, the hands of the prosecutor | Superintendent W, H. Smith in sus~ TO PRESIDENT TAFT.|or Pittsburg’s gigantic scandal were | pending, pending further inquiry, two e strengthened all along the line and |of their number for complaining to the presg about the quality of food server The two suspended physicians-— Dr ¥. Grath, house surgeon in the gynece “Antis” Aroused by His Promise to Address Woman Suffragists. further efforts to defeat the course of the law mot with rebuffs. Three ex-councilmen who have been New York, April 13.—President Taft, | declaring that they would fight to a |logical depurtment, and Dr, L. I1. Rok by promising to address the woman |finish pleaded no. defense and were | €8, senior surgeon in the mime de suffrage convention which will open in | granted immunity. Efforts at- techni- | partment—are both much lied per Washington tomorrow, has arouscd the | cal obstacles in the case of another | Sonally and highly esteemed. profes- wrath of the “antis,” who have sent|ex-councilman were foiled. An at- | slonally U him a letter of protest. The com- |tachment was 4ssued for yel anoiber( Superintendent Smih said tonight nication- 4w sigued by wine-repre- | who pvas delinquent in. wppearance, | that If there was any) dissatisfaction sentative members. of the New York | while'two others were given a fugther | At his uction he haq yet to hear it He state association opposed to woman |Tespite to decide whether they wauld | could not concelvp that any bedy of suffrage, and says in part: stand, trial. intelligent _professional men would re- “Tt Is_with great regret that the| Disfrict Attorney Blakeley will leave fign.intx butt aod Teave 1005 patienis women belonging to. the New York | Pittsburg at midnight on his way to and A e ameoiiion, opposed to woman.| ATbang © Ho will stop At Horrisburg | TWO waske ago-s report was print- suffrage have heard that you are 1o [to obtain the extradition papers from |ed that the staff physicians might address the advocates of woman suf- | Governor Stuart, who received them complain to the mayor aguinst the frage at their opening mceling thig| this morning, and will be at Albany on gty %!m{md‘::kr\ua ;?:er'v'nwr:u'xhn":n; week. ~Although you have public de- | Friday, for which time the hearing on | tendent Smith took the position that the extradition of Frank N. Hoffstot has been set by Governor Hughes. NEW PENSION BILL clared that this action is not to be taken s indorsing the movement, it is impossible to disabuse the minds of the general public from accepting you of it first and not the press, and when he learned today the names of the of fenders suspended them immedately presence there as your sanctlon, at OF SWEEPING PROVISIONS | CONSECRATION OF The letter says that the woman's S— i THE REV. JOHN J. NILAN suffragists “are enabled to appear be- “m".d,‘a "h.. House by Répresents fore the public as having secured your tive Prinos of filinoi As Bishop of Hartford Diocess Tak: (the president’s) sympathy, and so to advertise it, and we ask that you speak clearly Place April 28 ‘Washington, April 13.—A pension bill on this point in your | of i . oy ona underiwhlgl a2l Hartford, April 13.—It was announe~ - surviving volunteer officers of the o United States army who served six |ed here tonight that the eonsecration WHO MADE THE CASTINGS? months or more would receive retired ;’erlf:J.nl o Bl w’:\r:”:l ':l:-m:‘vln"r-l ‘- pay, according to length of service, and e e 3 e nrged enlisted’ men | St. Joseph’s cathedral here on Thurs Report on the Recent Explosion on | all honorably discharged enfeted Wew | qoy morning, April 25, the foast Bewird Osuisey: Churiggion. certain degree of disability, would re- | 8t. Paul of the Cross. Rev. W. T e Soive & stralght pension of $30 per | O'Connell, archblshop of Boston, will Washington, April 13.—How the dis- | ;nonuh was reported to the house to- [ be consecrator, and the assistant con astrous explosion occurred aboard the | gay by Reprosentative Prince of Ii-|secrators will be Rt. Rev. Louls Walsh, cruiser Charleston in Philippine Wa- | jinois’ from the committeo on military [ bishop of Portland, Me, and Rt Re ters recently, and who were responsi- | afroire. D, ., Seehan, bishop of I'ail River ble for the manufacture of the gun | he report of the committee includes [ The sermon will be delivered by Tt forgings and castings was reported | an estimate from the secretary of the |Rev. M. J. Lavelle of St Patriek upon to the house today by Secretary | interfor which fixes the cost of the | cathedral, w York, At the vesper of the Navy ver, in response to 2 | Gret year's operation of the proposed | services, Rt. Rey, Thomas J. Shahan resolution calling for de law at $9,264,012 rector of Jthe Cathollc university « Mr. Mever set forth inquiry o ‘America, in Washington, D. C., will be board’s findings that the accident in COLD STORAGE PROBLEM. the predcher, which eight men were killed was due — — to premature discharge of a three-|genate May Undertake an Investiga- | SOPHIE KRITCHMAN'S CASE inch gun during target practice. He tion Within an Investigation. advised the house that the forgings of May Be Appealed to Supreme Court ool eompany, of Americar at Hars. |, Waehington, April 13.—The nenato Egrors. e D O T aetings for | ey enter upon an investigation with- - the breech mechanism at the Nation- iR an investigation. 7The proposed in: | Waterbury, Conp., Apetl 131t was al gun factory in this city, where the | Quiry grows out of the ge select | announced tonight that connmel for arts were assembled, 2 cost of Hving committee's proposal to | Sophie Kritchman would ask Judge 3 < T - prohibit food being heid In cold stor- | Williams for a finding of facts ant ago more than a year. that the glrl's case would be appesled MISSISSIRRE BRIBERY/CARE, The bill was relm.n;our.ll'lcu:umn» fo the supramo court of errors of the i tee on manufactures a: s chairman, | gstate on the ground (h er had Rosalution Expeliing. Mr. from | evbutn, offered a resolution to the | twice been pldcad in jeopar Sophi Senate Members! senate permitting that committee £0 | who was convicted of manslaught == ; Investigate the general subject of cold | for her part in the kiling of Bronis i Jockson, Mies. April 1n_That &|gisees™tor uec in coneidering he |[ow KuVinskus at Uhion ity ln now Memvership In the senate of Misste~ | 098 DIl ' 1y copotitien the |SC55inK Out her entonce in Wothers sippi will be introduced In the senate | committee would he directed to ascer- | Waterbury, April 15.—The first tein and that an effort would be made 0ltain the quantity of meat, eggs and lof Sophic stopped by Judge Cer pass it was announced today by Sen- | other food held in cold storage and to | Uius, following the bublication of a lot ator Anderson. who. with Senator| gefermine whether cold storage f00d | tar n which her life was threatened, Lettwich, bhas’ bebn conducting theli’injurious to heakth. The committee [ Tie casg wis thrown out of court aft OO O e Ty i oatigh” | would be authorized to send for per-|er the state had presented its e tlon. The announcement was the ¢ul’ | gons and papers, etc. and to contract | donce and the major portion of the T hen o datide how Co Close Lhe ins | ANy expense mecasary to the inauiry.|Kritchman defense kad been put in R The second trial was held in New Ha- e Tnited 8 ¢ gether, o vote.for Mr. Persy for United Sates | poiy Headway Being Made in the X i o A Prosecution. Jack Johnson Not Guilty of Over- WEDNESDAY. speeding. conanres oE Washington, April 13.—A conference | chicago, April 18.—A jury in Judge Railroad Bill ‘Stil Holds Semate— |at the White house late (oday showed | gqing's Branch of the munieipal surs House Passes Land Laws Bills. to the evident satisfaction of Fwes'- | ioqay acquitted Jack Johnaon, the pu dent Taft that suclently rapid head- [ L966Y &CQUILE0 FECK Sorreon. Che pu- Washington, April 13.—The senate | WAY is being made in the prosecution | yiomonile speed limits. A policeman proceeded with the consideration of | O the soccalled Sugar trust for cus- | w1, made the arrest a fortnlght e - 4 toms frauds and that there is little | Whe 3 & fortuight. ap the railroad bill today. An amendment a of . fonal investi- alleged that the negr namplon pu was agreed upon, permitting complain- | fkelthood of a congressio & gilist was motoring at the rate of 13 ants to appear as parties to a sult up- | Eation at present, (e, that the |miles an hour. The defendant de on the proposed commeree court, this mll:“‘“‘"l::’lr;:. i1 e usn | clared ‘he waa' going only half thet action being taken in accordance’ with | AARIISCRIGNE, INICnee WIS 00 VIE | speed. The sury was out only a few R . consent of the president there is no Various bilis of local interest s L the: presiaeqt thers | T throughout ihe country, especially in | W&¥ lnuft:fl‘u‘y;“:;‘n;“n‘ se can et e | Midshipman Wilson Gradually Sinking relation to the land laws, were passed | {R(OTATER SEE 12 DOME FEL TR LIS 17 Annapolis, Md., April (8.—That Mid- by the house. Both the senate and | AeBORMERE of JFICE IR Selty eh | shipman Bari D Wilson, who was Ine ARl W i SR e B are pending and in turther suits which an 10 Wiison an s ————— it 1s belleved will be entered into J\‘f 5 l’" ‘KI:‘““-‘ ‘-“:"” “' D ;““ l‘”: Not « Benciciary of Carnegie Fund for | shortly upon &u extensive scale Nova Toothall tine somy uix monihe uperannuat refesscre, Nours, s reported possibie hut nos Totedo, Ohis, ADril 10.—The univers | ACQUitted on Charge of Crusity “40uyropaile. It was said at (hé iiaval liow sity of Wooster will not be made’ & Animale. i pital tonignt that he was grudusily peneficiary of the Carnegie pension | Litenfleld, Coun, April 18— jufy | sinking and tey had stopped taking fund for superannuated professors. | in the suUperior court here Lo - | nourishment, Hut would probably live This nas been decided by the preby- | quitted James Mazsh of New Miltord, | through tonigh: = His sister, Mrs L. tery of Daytou, representing all Prés- | who was tried on & charge of cruelty | C. Calvin, and her husband r Cc byteriaa churches L five counties in |to animals preferred by the Btate Hu- | ington, Kv. were talegraped (o come Oho. | mane soctety. . Who 18 & mem- |10 Atinapolis fonight. 50 near |s the southwestern ai — ber of the firm’ of Ackley, Hatch & |end throught to be. Massachusetts Bar and Bottle Bill. death as they tried to run through a | Marsh, grocers, was alleged to have e door. Both are survived by families.| pooion April 13.—The temperance @bused ‘a horse which balked. 7The Marine Killed by & Shark. 3 3 advocates of the state carried fheir | Jury was out ten minutes. Vallejo, « April 13—Letters res Forest Fire Burned 75 Acres. Successes in the upper branch of the celyed here from Cristobal, Panam “hester, Cemn.. April 1 A forest | legislature into the lower branch today, Steamship Arrival wtated that o March 31 Samus! fire hurned over 75 acres of land here | where the so-called bhar and hoctle bill | At Antwerp: Apeil 13, Kroonland, | Barnes, a marine on the cenisar Ta today owned by R. G. Storer. The | was passed 1o be engrossed hy a voice | fyom. New York, comu, Tell averbosrd and was oarrisd vote, all amendments heing by wide| At Bremen: 13, Kaiser Wil- [under hy a whark. The bodv wes no helm

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