Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1910, Page 1

lican State Committee SENIOR SENATOR TO RETIRE IN 1911 To Byron Boyd, Chairman of the Maine Repub- ‘Declim to Engage in Conflict for the Senatorship— Makes no Mention of Health Conditions—Makes Pre- diction Regarding Free Trade Tariff Bi!l—Full Re- publican Delegation in Next Congress will be Needed Augusta, Me. April 19.—The letter, business prosperity. Should the dem- from Senator Eugene Hale to Byron | ocrats carry the next house of repre- Boyd. chairman of the republican state | sentatives, within ninety days after the <committee, in which he declines to|opening of the nef® coi a free “emgage in a conflict for the senator- | tariff bill will be sent to' the senate, ehip,” was recelved by Chairman Boyd | in which Maine’s principal tonight and interests will be for Five Unanimous Neminations for Con. | Slaughter. g:w!w-r ::d.I:“ the -mlfl; tinuous Terms. under the Gorman-Wilson ®ill will In the Jetter Senator Hale did mot|rfully ' realize this. And this disaster once refef to the condition of hisito ‘can only bé prevented by the Dealth, but instead called attention to retaining - control in the the fact that he had been given what | next of ropresentatives, To this Do other man in Maino has received, [end a'full republican delegation from five unanimous mominations for con- |Maine in the next _congress will be tinuous terms in the senate, and #t|needed more than ever before, and to abemed not Atting for him “to 'make a | secure thig result all my sympathy and Personal contest fo- the successlon.” | efforts are at the command of the par- 1f Democrats Carry the Next House. |t . . p Senator Hale took occasion to pre- 'cowz:l:fit Fou. Mr. Chatrman, @ict that “should the democrats carry | OF Your o g e fhe next house of representatives, | SA% %‘:‘m, R et within ninety devs after the opening | HOB® . - s coad 2% 1he ext Conetoms & fros trads tailh sy v - A g g ®ill will be sent to the senate in which <& Maine's principal industries and inter- ests will be marked for slaughter.” Senator's Term Ends March 3, 1911. “The senior senator from Afaine also deciined the invitation of the state |’ committee to accept the temporary chairmanship of the republican state fon to be held In this city June As far as kpown here, Senator will complete his term, which ~nds Merch 3, 1911 : Mr. Hale's Letter to Chairman Boyd. The letter, which was dated “Wash- ngton, April 18" was as follow: “Hon, Byron Boyd, Chairman Republi- an_State Committee: “My Diar Mr. Chairman—Your no- tice that the state committee Tequests e to preside at the June convention has been received, and I fully appreci- &te the honor and the confidence which the request implies. Bat it is not at all certaia that the session of _congress will erc before July,therefore the com- uittee should select souie other presid- ing officer. Besides this, it is not cer- fain tha: 1 will be in Maine at the time ®nd I take this occasion to say, through Fou, that I decline to engage in a con- Tict for the senatorship. _“Longer public gervice is not neces- war; for my peace of mnnd, and the 58-t of retirement hag little in it to me. The par- | health i also not of ‘what no other man in| Al day the Maine stor received, five unani—| subjeot of ol ‘solicitation am, “Yogrs sincerely, '‘BUGENE HALE.” Served Continuously Since 1881. Portlana, Me., April 19.—Etgene . whose retirement from the United States senate next March was announced formally tonight, has served continuously in that body since 1881 Senator Hale Talks Freely. ‘Washington, April 19.—While still far trom Voluabie on the subject, Sen- ator Hale talked tonight with more freedom than during the day concern- ing his @nnounced determination to retire from the senate. He admitted that he had sent a letter to Chairman Boyd of the Maine committes inform- ing him that he could not consent to make a contest for the senate, ['His particular reason was the unset- tled conaition. of oplitics in Maine, and the fact that for the first time he has encountered opposition. He told his friends' that. having been accorded the me ever ot | B s n. killing ten girls and & man. Eighteen' other girls were injured. Paris, April 19.—Halley’s comet was scen yesterday from the Paris obser- vatory. The officers of the observa- tory say that the comet seems to have a_conslderably ehlarged tail, which, being perpendiclilar to the earth, im- Dpedes observation of the body. Vienna, April 19.—A telegram from Belgrade’ reports the death of Colonel Maschin, who with a band of officers forced his way into the palace on the night of June 10, 1903, and killed King Alexander and Queen Draga and those Wwho sought to defend them. Maschin was the husband of the queen’s. sister and the promoter of the tragedy. SENATOR NELSON W. ALDRICH CALLS UPON THE PRESIDENT. Genuine Sorrow Over the Retirement of Rhode Island Senator. ‘Washington, April 19.—Senator Nel- son W. Aldrich called unostentatiously at.the White House late today and per- sonally acquainted President Taft with his determination to retire from poli- tics March 3. ~Senator Aldrich came after all the attaches had departed for the day a ‘went direct to the White House proper rather than to the execu- tive offices. The call was officially for the purpose of consulting <with the president about pending legislation and particularly with reference to the sev- eral measures which the president has characterized as the redemption of sol- emn party promises. The greeting be— tweéen the president and the senator ‘was @ hearty one, but it is said there was no attempt on Mr. Taft's part to disguise the genuine sorrow he feels over the retirement of the Rhode Isi- and senator. The president has let it be known for some time past that he felt he had the genuine and sincere support of Senator Aldrich, regardless of what his critics may have said or ‘thought. % Formal Notification Sent to Rhode Isi- and’s Governor. Providence, R. L. April 19.—Formal notification of the intention of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich to retire from the senate 4t the close of his present term has been sent to Gov. A. J. Pothier in @ letter from the senator, who ‘says that he cannot - under any circum- stances be a candidate for re-election. The letter is as foliows: “Warwick, R. L, April 17, 1910. “His Excellency, Hon. Aram J. Pothiery Governar of Rhode Island: “My Dear Goverfior:— “I find that I shall not have an op- portunity to see you before my return to Washington tomorrow. My purpose in coming to Rhode Island at this time was to apprise you and other political friends in connection with the @p- proaching campaign of & decision, long since made, that I cannot under any circumstances be a candidate for re- election to the senate. At the earnest solicitation of friends, 1 have with- held- this annguncement, which is now | enforced by personal reasons which are | for-me smiperative. “It is @ source of satisfaction to me to know-that my succesgor is sure to ®e 3 Tepublican whose fidelity to the and governmental policies of cannot be questioned. 1 am | confident thet the important legisla- next congress, to | Mr. Hale is a member of the ical trial | commission, and will continue. his ser- and her ! vices in that comnection. > SON OF CYRUS W. FIELD PENNILESS AND SUFFERING. st | Taken to Bellevue Hospital by the Sal- Clifford B. Harmon. vation. Army. New York, April 19.—Damages in| New York, April 19.—Edward M. $15.060 were won and then lost by Miss | Field, son of Cyrus W. Field, of At- B. Freeman of Philadeiphia in | lantic cable fame, is in Bellevue hos- the supreme court today in her suit|pital, penniless and _suffering with Clifford B. Harmon, wealthy | nephritis. He was taken to the insti- balloonist, for | tution this afternoon im charge of & Salvation Army attache. Bdward M. Fleld was at one time a a 3100000 | rich man, heving -inherited a large ot promise suit. The mryfll;u:: amount from his father. but at the hos- ward. mmediat ve 3 e =3 gave his address DAMAGES IN $15,000 WERE WON AND THEN LOST By Miss Freeman in Suit A s PRESSED STEEL CAR CO. STRIKE 4,500 Men Refuse to Return to Work— Credit Refused Strikers. Pittsburg, April 19.—The wbandon- ment of street car traffic to Stowe township, 1 PITTSBURG GRAFTER GUILTY. With Recommendation of Extreme Mercy from the Court. Pittaburg, Pa. April 1 uilty as ndicted, with a recommegdation for extreme mercy from the court, was the verdict returned today in the case of former Councilman M. L. Switt, Jr. the first of the victims of the graft scandal to be put on trial He was charged with bribery. Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Seymour said tonight that Judge Frazer has signified his ntention to consider the recommen- @ation for mercy, and aiso that the ‘-tlelsulwmals office will not op- B New York. April 13.—Masx G. Leslle, avbose trial in Pittsburg for bribery Svas set for yesterday, is very ill, ac- b to physiclans who examined Fim ‘3',.1 at the otel at which he is | {00 o> araned. to wive coomt oD staying here District Attorney Blaksley of Pitts- | Stfikers until they return to work. ians 0| ECHO OF ROOSEVELT. IN ROME. burg accompanied the physi Abbot Lawrence Jan: Resigns All the hotel GHTING IN NICARAGUA. A SO Church ns. Rome, April 19.—The Giornale About to Be Resumed—Madriz Forces &italia says that because of his visit Streets, squads of police patroling the strike district, and surrounding the plant of the Pressed Steel Car com- pany, are the evidences tonight of the labor trouble in which 4,500 men have refused to return to work in the pilant. ‘There are frequent minor clashes be- tween workmen and pickets and an occasional display of firearms, but no violence such @s accompanied the of last July has yet oocurred. hants of McKees Rocks, Pres- Schoenville and Stowe township Moving Eastward. Washington. April 19.—A telegram | to_ex-President Roosevelt in Rome, feceived at the state department from | Abbot Lawrence Janssens, /secretary Nicaragua indicates that hostilities | Of the congregation of the affairs of between the Madriz forces and the |religious. has resigned all the pos revolutionary army are.ahgut to be re- | tions held by him in the headquarters sumed. Captain«3ilmer of the United | Of the church. The paper adds that gunboat Paducah, now at Blue- | the pope has not yet taken any decis. reports that the Madriz forces [lon with reference to Abbot Janssens, &re now moving eastward and have | but it is learned the position of the reached a point only fifteen miles dis- | Benedictine ssems untenable. tant from Bluefields. > _ A conflict therefore, reasonably may | Wins Broadsword Championship of the United States Army. San Diego, Cal, April 19.—Corporal . D. Lohman, 115th company, Coast artillery, on duty mt Fort Rosecrans, e e ¥ of & sporting goods company P e army city, after having written his|and of the world by defeating Major ‘at Bath, Me, that he would go|Duncan C. Ross ina twenty-five min- pass Patriots’ day with | ute contest Hotel from - Mr. Clemens Grows Weaker. ‘ne‘rmymd kill- o 2 Red« , Conn., April’19.—Dr. Robert Sutcide bas vet|malecy of New Yok issued & site- Caill was 50 years | ment tonight as follows: + d to be_well to| “Mr. Clemens is very comfortable tonight and passed a quiet day, though he seems to have grown a little weak- er.” o 3 Dr. Halsey will ‘remain with Mr. 8—The passengers ot | Clamens. ere met by a tives and friends, | the Senate over Boston, April 19.—Warren B. Call, irited Discussion in 73 tion to which the party and the admin— istration -are . pledged, with one excep- tion, will ave been enacted into laws before Me close Of the present ses- n. “I do mot intend to resign my posi- ¢lon on the notional monetary com- mission nor 4o Telinguish my efforts to secure:ms woon as possibla the adoption of & wise banking and monetary sys- tem by the United States. On some proper occasion 1 shall express to the people of Rhode Island my apprecia- tion of the unfailing support and con- fldemmh they have accorded to me more than forty vears of public_service. “Very truly yours, (Signed) “NELSON W. ALDRICH.” SAFE WASHED OUT TO SEA, RECOVERED IN THE GULF. Filled ‘With Money, Diamonds and deelry Valued at $50,000. Galveston, Texas, April 19.—A cafe containing ' diamonds, jewelry and money estimated at more than $50.000 has been found in the Gulf, in twenty feet of water, buried deep in the sand. The safe has been identified as the property of J. Williams, a jeweler, which was washed away from the his- torlc seaport of Indianola when that town was destroyed by a Gulf hurri- cane and glant wave in 1875. The story of the safe is told by sur- viving relatives who assisted Williams in packing it. Williams and his daugh- | ter were drowned in the storm and the building containing the safe was washed to sea. Divers have examined the safe and find it intact. Arrange- ments are being made to lift the treas- ure and take it ashore. For many years there was a standing reward of $10,000 for any one locating the safe It was found nearly a mile from the site of the buildin OFFICERS ELECTED By Conndcticut Society of Founders and. Patriots of America. Hartford, April 19.—The annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Founders and Patriots of America was held here today. Forty members ere present among whom was ex- Gov. Rollin 8. Woodruff of New Ha- ven. After the annual reports of the retiring officers were read the follow- ing officers were elected Governor, Arthur Marvin, New Ha- ven; deputy governor, J. M. Parker, Jr.,' Hartford; chaplain, Rev. J. G. Davenpprt, Waterbury; secretary, F. A. Corbin, New Haven; treasurer, S. C. Parker. Bridgeport; state attorney, Sylvester 'C. Dunham, Hartford; regi trar, Eli Mix, New Haven; W. F. J. Boardman, rian, Dr. C. H, Smitn, ¥ew Ha- ven; councilors’ for one year, R. S. Woodruff, New Haven, W. C. Faxon, Hartford, A. J. Birdseye, Farmington. Four Year Old Boy Aceidentally Shot. Boston, April 19—The ill-judged en- thusiesm of a South End boy in cele- brating Patriots’ day by discharging a small rifle carelessly through a cellar window on_Albany street late today gaused the deaths of Frank Gately, aged four years, who was standing on the sid outside. ‘The police are look- ing for John Brown, aged seven years, who has disappeared, and who, the police claim, fired the rifie from his cellar window,, causing the death of his boy €riend. “Little Tim” Sullivan Left $15,000 Es- tate. New York, "April 19.—“Little - Tim' Sullivan, for years one of -the most prominent men in the Tammany or- ks SeRt an sitate Of only M5 - . according to ement an -rplluskm for letters.of inistra- on made by his widow today. He was supposed to be.a millionaire. e = % for th = been inted gove ‘wers most affec. m 65,000 n—.’ me?l “nmfi ‘has ,.w‘o.mw“f_mem;r GUARDED, ALL DAY LONG BY A FORCE OF DETECTIVES. - Cementing on All.livl;-n lm—n Twe of the Weathiest Families in the Land—Description of Swell Affair. v New York, April 19.—Miss- Marjo- rie Gwynne Gould, z’dal( dan ter of George J. Gould, and one of rich- est and most attractive girls in Amer- ica, was married at four o'clock this afternoon to Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia, thus ferming an’ alli- 253 most evistocratic. familics " the and most ai e e land. " St. Bartholomew's 'Episcopal chureh at Forty-fourth street and Madison = avenue, .was thronged and outside police..reserves kept back & crowd of hundreds who, wet to the skin from the heavy downpour, stood on sidewalks for mearly an hour, hoping to catch a glimpse of the bride, Mad Rush for. Seuvenirs. Two houm ‘before. e weddi the chuton: was atoril o o cron women, and.before the blossoms were ferns were torm -3 souvenirs. A fu - in the chapel a the church at noon, and many women went to the funeral, it is sald. as a ruse to gain admittance to the church for tie wad- ding ceremony. The sexton’s assist- gnts tried in uv;l-m”‘ ve and finally the. ed to act and.the uninvited were w ceremoniously 'ejected. Outside, how e:er;_:uver fem: :k spirits nlno'g‘ in the rain, regardlés of soaked clothing end ruined hats. * i ¢ Simple Caremony Performed. , ceremony, which was performed by shop Scarborough of New Jer- 2iwas & simple.ong. It was preced- ed ‘a snusical -programme. The bri- passed down _ the central een two rowp of twenty-four )ped- and festooned with garlanda of pink #ibbons and _sur- mounted by bouquets of roses. The al- tar was banked with calla lilies and boughs _of apple blossoms. Daisies were dlstributed about the steps of the altar and the chancel rail. The pillars in the church were entwined with smi iax and hung with sheafs of zalia mol- lis. The sides of the church and the organ loft were festooned with daisies and smilax. g Springtime Flowers Pradominated. Flowers of springtime predominated at the Gould home in Fifth avenue, | where. a reception was held after. the wedding. There was & large.arch. of. forsythia over the landing of - grand staircase and the on_the first floor” was dec ! The large apartment . on = the E Tloor, where the ion “‘was 3 had decorations of-callé lilies and pink -and white apple blossoms. ‘Detéctives Guard Wedding Presents. A force of detectives stood on guard all day over. the wedding presents. Various, estimates wera made of thelr value, some as high as $2,000,000. The Bridesmaids and Flower Girls.’ Miss _Vivian Gould, sister of the bride, who makes her debut next sea- son, was maid of honor. Miss Marga- retta Drexel, sister of the bridegroom, came from England with her aad her. fiance, Guy Montague bH':s:.m Viscouht dstone, to act as maid. The other bridesmaids’ were Miss Hope Hamflton, a cousin of Miss Gould; Miss Marforie A. Curtis, Miss Beatrice Claflin and Miss Elsie Nicoll. of New York, and Miss Eilln Mackay, daughter of Clarence H. Mac- kay, and Miss Bdith Gould, third. were flower girls. The bridesmaids all wore gowns of pale blue satin, veiled in blue and pink chiffon. Mr. Drexel was attended by his brother, Armstrong Drexel. The ushers were Viscount Maldstone and Noel Griffith of London, Craig Biddle, John Fell, Willlam Rhineland- er Stewart, Julius W. Noyes and Jay and Kingdon Gould. Honeymoon Plans a Secret. The_honeymoon plans of Mr. and Mrs. Drexel were kept secret. It is known, however, that they will be in London inJune to attend the wedding of Margaretta Drexel and Viscount Mai@stone. BOSTON THIRD. PORT IN U. S. Only New York and New Orieans Have Mobe Exports and Imports. . o s Boston, April 19.—Boston is now the third port in the United States in amount of exports and imports, and is a close. competitor of New Orleans for scoond, according to the annual report of the chamber of .commerce jssued to- day. A year ago the city was in the fourth piace, but since then the im- port trade has increased 42.5 per cent. For 1309.the total imports and ex- ports amounted to $199,968,548, an in- crease of $26,493,081, or 15.2 per cent., over 1908. New York, of course, holds first place with $1,519,397.445, and New Ovleans second with $200,426,077. Dur- ing the vear me se valued at $13,563,329 sent from Canada was ship. ped via this port. m A. Brady and the Shuberts Form an Alliance. New York, April 19.—The Shuberts and William A. Brady have formed an alliance, according to anmouncement made in New York _tonight. They have incorporated joimtly a company with $1,000.000 capial stock, with Mr. Brady &s president, Lee Shubert vice president and J. J. Shubert secretary- treasurer. The articles of incorpora- tion were filed at Trenton, N. J., today. The bulMing of two mnew theaters in New York and_theaters in Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston are project- od by the new enterprise, which wil ‘maintedn the.open door policy in oppo- sition to the theatrical syndicate. Claime the Wright Aeroplane Infringes On His Patent, Cincinnatl, 0., April 19.—Charles Lamson of Pasadena, Cal., today filed suit in the United States district court X e kel engaging. further in the manufacture eng . sale . of aeroplanes. Lamson e Weikht maching niringse o of the » - l‘ten: box kite which he invented. Left All to Wifs. New Haven, April. 19.—The will Prof. Willam Wil Todge resolution | Ligutenant General S. B. M. Young, | 'FORECASTED STORM IN NATION- CONGRESS BREAKS. — a crowd of |, arrived This was a signal for further pande- monjum. Miss Wilcox endeavored to read a statement defending her course but was interrupted and declared out of order because she was discussing the ‘matter of the board's reso- Mrs. Ames’ motion. All on Their Fest at Once. A parliamentary wrangle ensued and the convention was thrown mto con- fusion. - Leaders of both factions were on their feet and motions and counter- motions came from all sections of the ball. When order was restored Miss Wilcox said if she had offendea the president general personally or the so- clety she was very sérry but she had only tried t0 right what she believed o be wrong. Motion of Cemsure Passed. For the st part of the remark she wes again declared owt of order. By a distinctive vive voce vote the motion of censure then was passed. Mrs. Scott Not Candidate for Re-elec- v tion. - 3 In her réport as chairman of the ent Mrs. Scott an- for. re-election Hecause of the -'ha_.‘,-l;fl Wy the quties of the The congress was_op by praye Bisiop Harding c?’gm‘ ln:(un.’n‘; usiness transacted, askde from the msure of Miss Wilcox, related larg to the reading of reports of officers committeas. report of the treasurer general, lpa ‘William D. Hoover, showed that the soclety had March 31 of ¥ a balance on hand NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL CHIEF WITNESS IN MURDER CASE She Is Daughter of Irving J. Nelssn, New York, April 19.—A girl of mine years is to be one of the chief wit- daughter. Nelson was shot to death just be- fore one morning last sum- mer while ‘driving near his home at Central Istip. He had been to a dance that night with Miss Gertrude Lupke, 2 nurse, who has since died, and it supposed he shot while on_his way home, Miss Lupke told her story at the coroner’s inquest and the pros- ecution will endeavor to get this tes- timony in evidence, Nelson’s daughter has told the pros- ecutor that her mother and Schwartz were friendly and that Schwartz was at her home on the morning of the murder. MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY ENDURANCE “HIKE.” Record Made by British Troops 135 Years Ago Broken. Lowell, Mass, April Middlesex county military marching record, es- tablished 135 years ago by a detach- ment of British troops under Lord Percy and Major- Pitcairn, in an ex- pedition from Boston to Concord, was broken today by & squad of eight men from Company. F of the Fifth regiment of infantry, of Waltham, who covered the 26 milés from Boston to this eity in five hours and 48 minutes. No ef- fort was made to rob the red coats of the running record made the same day from Concord to Boston. The military endurance “hike” was the first ever attempted by Massa- chusetts troops. Twenty-nine squads started from the ~ State house and nearly a dozen finished in good con- dition, although each man carried ‘a full equipment with the exception of blanket roil. BRYAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Chats With the President for More Than an Hour. ‘Washington, Aprfl 19.—William Jen- nings Bryan and Prewident Taft spent more than an hour closeted together &t the, White House late today. The travelers exchanged remi- mlL | R + “The call was purely a social one.” sald Mr. Bryan as he left the executive Mr. Bryan left at 7.56 tonight for Neb. New Haven Road Track Feremen Get ~ thoresse in Pay. ' New Haven,' Conn.. April u.—&: agreement was signed Sesbian bR of the Toed he foremen an in- ‘crease_In ‘twenty cents a cauivaient 15 about six “five of the road. Arst the e R0 Three Mail Clerks Were Crema in a wreck on the Illinois Central. Frem Twe. to Four Inches of Snow, accompanied by a blizgard, visited In- diana. o _The Great Lakes Steamer- Maryla: had a hole stove in her bow during collision in a fog. Forty-six rs of Atlantis CONGRESSMA PRICE TWO CENTS ALDRIDGE DEFEATED By James 8. Havens, a Democrat, Running on ‘a Tariff Reform Platform. gl Ve e ST ot | COUNTY BOSS BEATEN BY 5,900 VOTES A Boat Containing 17 was capsized while crossing the River Bodrog, iu Hungary, and 14 were drowned. | James S. Clari formerly osian Of e - repepiican mwHone] committee, resignied as collector of the port of New York. The International Congress for tie suppression of the white slave traffic was opened in Paris, with M. Picon, minister of foreign affairs, presiding. in the House of Commons William O'Brien repeated liis statement that the chancellor of the exchequer had agreed make concessions and the chancellor &5 emphatically contradicted bim. The Delegates to the National Am- erican_Suffrage as: ion descended upon senate and house and pre- sented 6,000 petitions, containing 400,- 000 namets, demanding votes for wom- en, Corporation Lawyers Are Mystified over the action of the supremeé court in setting for argument at the begin ning of the October term two cases questining the constitutionality of the corporation tax law. One Thouand Employes in. the erect: ing department of the Pressed Steel ‘ar company, Schoenville, Pa., struck in a riot which followed one man was shot and Captain Smith of the company’s police was badly beaten. The Stock Books of the United States Steel corporation were thrown open for' public inspection at the annual meeting of the stockholders in Hoboken, N. J., and disclosed that the Dutch syndicate, holding stocks for individual investors in_Holland, has holdings ugeregating 216,870 shares. 7 ROOSEVELT AND SON LEAVE BUDAPEST FOR PARIS, Popular Enthusiasm for the American Visitor Continues Unbounded. Budepest, April 19.—Theodore Roose- velt and his son Kermit left here to. night by the Orient express for Pari where they will arrive Thursday morn- ing. Inetead of crossing Switzerland, the ronte runs north through the Aus- trian Alps and southern Germauy, en- tering France at Avricourt. Colonel Roosevelt’s last day in Hun- gary only furnished additional proof ofthe deep impresston his personality ‘made upon the of the peo— high and low. e pitch of en- usiasm_increased to the moment of his depanture. Hundreds cheered in front of the hotel when he left this norning for a visit to the goverpment Stocare: W < iDalaing. SWkers-fhe breeding rab horses s carried on, fi "’3.'.‘."‘"‘ were massed ut the station when he. returned at 7 o'elock tonight. They greeted him with Hun- @arian criés equivalent to the Ameri- can “Hurrah for Roosevelt!” which the ex-president, with his ability to grasp the meaning of things, seemed to un- derstand and thoroushiy appreciate. The same popular enthusiasm was displayeg seventy mtiles from Budapest, on the drive from the railroad to Babolna. Carriages drawn by _six horses, with drivers in picturesque Hungarian costumes, conveyed the party through thatch roofed villages decorated with crude American fags, under hastily constructed triumphal arches, amid the shouts of the entire lation. In each village the schools been dismissed in order that the children might join In the acclamation of the American visitor. MEETING OF NEW HAVEN BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS. R Rudolph Steinert Refused to R When Reguested to Do S: New Haven, Conn.. April 19. meeting of the board of fire comnis- stoners tonight Commissioner Rudglph Steinert, who at a previvus meeiing offered a_resolution to the effect that the board investigate the loss of in_the recent fire at the county jail, in which six firemen were killed, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any member of the fire department we guilty of criminal negligence, asked to resign. The 3 ho was present, refused o Tesign, and the matter. i now in the hands of Mayor Rice. Steinert is a republi can appointed by former Mayor Ma tin, a democrat The resolution follows “Resolved, That the resolution fn- troduced by Commissioner Steinert was actuated by malice toward the chief of the fire department, and in the opinion of this board Commissioner Steinert is not capable of working in harmony with the board and adminis- tering the duties of his office in the best interest of the department, we, the board of fire commissioners, re- spectfully request his resignation, and also be it resolved that ijs resolution be stricken from the records of the . Brockton, Mass., April j9.—The hand tub Hancock of this city rirted to a mew world's record in a local musier today, throwing a stream 263 feet § 1 inches. CIVIL SUPERIOR COURT. Cases Adsigned for Tuesday Were Set- tled. Out of Court. 3 —— The April additional session of the civil superior court was to have started trying cases here Tuesday morming but did not. All three cases down for trial were settled out of court. Two were damage suits and one an appeal !rovx probate, all being from the south en of the county. John T. Sullivan, administrator of the estate of Joseph J. Jerome of New. London, sued the New Haven road for $5,000. ' Jerome was killed April 10, 1907, in Groton, while riding on the cars. Richard P. Freeman as administrater of the estate of Wilkam Page of New London, sued the Connecticut conipuny for $5,000. Page was struck by & trol- ley in' Main street, New London, Sept. 27, 1907. He lived but & few honrs, Hverett Spicer appealed from : the probate court of Grotou. Spicers mother, Clarissa Spicer, died in Grotom, leaving approximatel cmw e A ! A White, of Groton. falled ‘to coliect o gltiod ‘of 42,000 die ¢rom anoeber” ex; e : I Shumway will be en the bench (day to hear the cases of Jeremiah J. ‘administrator, First' Democra RoChester, N. ¥, April 19.—Between | eve: 10,000 and 15,000 "voters county changed from the republican to the democratic column todsy and Siected the fiwt democratic congrems- at has represented the Thirty- secgnd district in twenty years. James S, Havens, a_democrat, rur ning on a tarift reform platform, de- featea George W. Aldridge, for a score of years the ru of Monroe Special Election to Fill Vacancy. Monroe county. which comprises the is normaily re- \rh] n by ebout six thousand. James g'rbek Perkine, whose death in the mid- dle of his third congressional term ne ce & special eleetion tod: car. ried the district in 1905 by 10,167 vote Havens had arrayed uinst him one Of the strongest political organizations in the state. Yet in a campalgn law- Ing but seventeen d and with hast!- ly “conmructed machinery, he acoom- plished one of the most remarkable aventurne in political history. Ths it of this election takes its plac glde the democratic vietory in urteenth Massachusetts where Eugene N. Ioms wus congress from a district su be @ rook-ribbed republica one. Personal Issue Raised by Aldrid Record. democrats acknowledge, The PRISONER ALBERT WOLTER APPARENTLY UNCONCERNED During Prosecutor's Horrible Recital of Ruth Whesler's Murder. New York, April 19.—Albert Wolter sat In court this afternoon and faced the mother of Ruth Wheeler, the 15- year-old stenographer with whose murder he stands charged. He did not wince, but his eyes evaded the mother’s and his glances roamed about the ‘courtroom from jury box to press tgble, thence to the spectators: but a no time during Mrs. Wheeler's testi- mony did he openly evince emotion. Opening Address for Prosecution. Mrs, Wheeler wastcalled as the third witness.by the state. The jury box hag been filled shortly witer the open- ing of the afternoon session, and Frank Moss i nt district attor- ney, had delivered the opening address for " the prosecution. r. Moss spoke calmly and in a low, even tone which made more grewsome harrowing details of the murder. He admitted that the state would depend largely on circumstantial evidence, shall show that her how- ic Congressman from the Thirty-Second New York District in Fwenty Years—Special Election \in Monroe County, which i " About Six Thousand—Remarkable Cverturn. Normally Republican by hat one of the m reversal of poMtical wentime perwonal issue ruised by Ald record as party bows and e dence presented &t the recent inm ance investigdtion conducted Ly Hia Superintendent of Insurance Hotchkis Mr. Aldridge acknowledged that he celved a $1,000 aheck from Klijah nedy, an agent of the fire inm :lmuni-,ubul denied thut he bene personally by the transfer. e de clared that he t the mor the treasury. of the ropublican ization. Clergymen Deserted Aldridge. This so-called “mornl inwue taken up by the churches and no than / twenty clergymen announce themeelves in Havens' favor. Mr. Ald Tiige's defenwe was thut his rece #lood for itself, Outhide h trict Aldridge recetved littlc sistance, Havens an “Old School” De: James S. Havens i u lawy former partner of the late man Jamew B, Perkins, ceeds. He was born in in 18 He was sradu in 1884 and ocame Roches: 1886 and since. Alth iic office. e ix re democrat of the * rded as 1a school STATEMENT TO TOWN AND CITY AUTHORITIES Concerning Animals Supposed Suffering from Rabies te Be Hartford, Apri 19 —Commiseione of Domestic Animals Heman O. A ill tonight issued a statement to tows and city authorities, in which he owlls attention to the fact that when a do or other animal Is supposed o be suf fering frem rabies, the animal sho by ined until the © in assured. 1f the animul killed, the head should be sent mediately to the state bacteriolog department at Middletown. He the case of a town in the wouthe part of the state where a strange dog sugposed to have rables, bit 26 other dogw, olght cows and 4 man, ‘And wes shot and the body buried without examination being made, In view o the fact that there has not been, s ding to the commissioner, & gor ine case In the state in twe years town offielals should, he says, &ssur themselves of the nature of the dis ease, certainty of tr death was caused by strangulation. 1 shall show you the cord that was wound around her neck and sank intq the tissue. I shall show you that strar gulation and incineration were not th only injuries inflicted on that poor girl's body, and the person who killed her, T shall prove, is Albert Wolter. Prisoner Scanned Faces of Jurymen. During this recital Wolter showed me evidence of emotion. His breath '‘ame short and fast and he Intently scannéd the' faces of the jurymen as if noting the effect of the prosecutor's words. When Mr. Moss had closed, however, the prisoner quickly regained his composure. Tuesday’s Testimony. er testified, after an ar- dentified a diagram of Wolter's room, where the body was found, and after John Taggert, o waiter who lived In an adjoining apart- ment, had described how he and his wife found the bundle in whic the upper part of Ruth Wheeler body was wrapped in bundle was pushed from-a fire pe d subsequently epened in the rd below Tagwert ghve a horrible description of the opening of the sack, but Wolter apparently was unconcerned. Pear] and Adelaide Wheeler accom- panied their mother to court today. Mr, Moss announced that only two da more would be needed to com- plete the prosecution’s case. 125-MILE FLIGHT ACROSS COUNTRY Mons. Paulhan Makes Record Trip in His Aeroplane frdm Orleans. Paris, April 19.—Mons. Louis Paul- han, who returned recently from the United States, made a sensational eross country flight Monday, exceed- ing ‘all previous records. He started in his maehine from Orleans and made a clean flight to Arcis-sur-Aube, a dis- tance of 190 kilometres, or about 125 miles. The time occupied in the flight was- theee and one-half hours. The best previous cross country rec- ord was the forty-seven and one-half mile flight made by Mons, Paulhan cently in_California. On Sunday at Orleans Henry Farmsn flew forty miles aorass country, carrying a pas- senger. 7 CONGRESS TUESDAY. Railroad Bill in House—Senate Rivers and Harbors Bill. ‘Washington, April 19.—The rivers and ‘harbors bill carrying appropria tions of 852,600,000, was passed by the senate toda: In the hou: taken up by a discussion of the rail- road bill. ‘Toward the close of the sesion_there was %o little demand for time to discirss the measure that a plan previously made for a night ses- on’ was abandoned. “Hoth houses will m tomorrow. Conducter Loses a Leg. Middletown, Conn., April 1%, —Henry Miller, & conductor of u switching the Valley division -of the New Hiven & Iartford iis coupling Sars Nare it i expected will prove fatal %ne leg was cut oft above the knee andMin- ternal injuries sustained. He lives at 66 Allyn street, Hartford. ! Montans, Karthquaks. Mont., April 1 o shock was fel Anaconda at 130 ociock No damage is reported. A slight 200,000 IN BEQUESTS TO CHARITY AND RELI Under the Will of Mr r Margarst J, P New Yor! ceoding $201 relief institutions under the will Mrs, Margaret J. P, Graves were u nounced today with the filing of appraisers’ report showing her to be worth $6,491.700. The persona property is vaiued at $5,941,700 vested largely in rallroad seeurities Mrs. Graves was the widow of Mol ert Graves, whom she married about a year before her death on May 30, 1908 Her first husband was Henry B. Pla founder of the Plant rafiroad and steamship lines, She i from him about $6,600,000 afte ting his will, which sought to léave her an income ‘of on 000 o year ri HEAVY SNOWSTORM SWEEPS OMHIC Telephone and Telegraph Wires Down —Fruit Crop Damaged Cleveland, O, April 10.—A wtorm which broke down telepho parts of the telegraph wires in man state, and is belleved to have caused Reavy damage 10 the frult crop, swe, over Ohlo last night and today Toledo, Sandusky and Akron practics iy @il wires were put £ commia slon_and street traf. fored with. Similar celved from other ITALIANS FEAR THE COMET Authorities Means. Government Instructs Adopt R 19.—The al ties In weveral of the provinoes clally In the south the have notified the government th Rome, April e sister and ended by kickin the entire session was people ure showing great mnxiet garding Halley's comet e ment in response has introctoed thorities to adopt some mown sure the people. the n Charged With Kicking His Sister Death. Boston, . AprH 19, —Charge Kicking his sister to death, Jo Downey of Jumajca Plain was pla under arrest by the police tonight Ide home, 15 Meehun street. The of the dead girl, Agnes Downe . taken In charge by the o Downey is 21 years of and sister was 22, The police sy that young man had been drinking and quarrel started in which he beat Steamship Arriv Rotterdam, April 18 LAtya New York Liverpool, April New York. Naples, April New York Teiente, April 16 York Naples, April 16 Yl)rr. Antwerp, April 19 York, At from’ At from At from At New 19: Maurstar 19: Tombara Argenting Italia, f Finland, Berea, Ky., April 19, his druk store and taking his t the clgar counter, Samuel Welc president of the Berea Nattonal basi n Helena, | was asesssinated tonight by his wen in-law, Grover Fish. i surrender