Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 27, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL.—NO. 125 - SENSATIONAL LETTERS WERE READ| Cevid Paragrapbs Berne, Switzerland, May 26. — earth shock was felt throughout Switzerland this morning. The move- Counsel for Defendant Charles R. Heike Fought | mer, ves, most pronouncea in _ tne furniture in some instances was over- Bitterly to Have the Documents Barred | Paris. May —The two soldiers, Graby and Michel, charged with the B b Elrderdolul\lr[le. Gnr!fin, widow of Jule: louard Gouin, a former governor o CHEATING AT SUGAR TRICK SCALES | ikt bas s sty sentenced to death and Michel to 20 years’ imprisonment. Punta Arenas, Chile, M 26.—The The Letters were Unexpectedly Introduced by the Gov- B”mhdb“kssw“hx“;u?a!g“ <l 5 £ a3 wreckes n taen Island, the south- ernment and were Read from Heike’s Private Letter| IS ol oniih 2o Mo ot i g and Captain Pyne, his wife ana thir- Book—Packages of “Technical Statements” Destroy-| tcen others nhave been drowned. The Swanhilda sailed from Cardick March rk. e’s Direction. 15 for_the west coast of South Amer- ed b’ Cle s at Helk ica. No details of the disaster have been received here. New York, May 26.—Charies R.| (Brookiyn) refinery. Gerbracht is one| DECIDES TO CARRY OUT ike, i T States circuit | of the defendants. The communication E?filr(e!;ga,\"f]i;:d‘eigenn' . Stimson, | mildly chided Gerbracht for not hav-| COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS for the government, read letters in|ing shown certain weight books as|g . o Toomes ~ hi ke ‘of the “liberal | requested by a clerk of the insurance g Telghts we redeive from the custom | ingpectors. ; tee for the Celebration With Power hous As secretarv-treasurer of the| “As there were no Quties on those| 4o Appoint Sub—Committees. American Sugar Reflning company, the | sugars,” wrote Heike, there could = so—called sugar trust, Helice 1 charged | under no circumstances be any harm | Thursday evening at the midweek with conspiracy to defraud the gov- | in showing the weights, as there could | meeting at the Second CBngregational ernment of customs dues on imports | be no comparison with the customs | church the recommendations presented of raw sugar. Five subordinates are | house weights. ey 'ths. commitiee’ Jank. werk wet @sing tricd with him and the prosecu- Dttiar Lipttors Houd: brousht up and adopted, so that the Wion has been endeavoring prove : 5 ignifi- | celebration of the 150th anniversary o That he thoush an executive, was cos- G T k. the Tounding of the church will be sigant of and instrumental in cheat- [ SENE DY, the TIOSCOMLon, Were AL | celebrated Sunday morming and even- fng at tho irick seales. o Beadsof the refneries a New Orleans, | i€ Sept. 25, and the evening follow- Coupsel for Heike fought bitterly i°| Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and < 3 SRS aEl ar the letters, but Judge Martin overs | Jersey City. = One leiter to Superin- L decifel Yo soluin e Suiv ruled the objections and they became | JSTSey Co¥, ORC 1ePor 10 SEDERR | comiittee, J. D. Haviland, Mrs. J.-M. part of the record. The first was Tefinery concained | this . state. | Huntington, Mrs, Lucy A. Forbes, Wal- gated Dec. 24, 1904, and addressed to lace S, Allis and Henry D. Johnson, to % G. Turner, superintendent of the % d) is|have charge of the celebration and Fran He (Mr. Havemeyer, now dead) is| 79y CUares of the i ey Do South Boston refinery. It read in = S yery much interested in the final Te- | FFEY Sut the plans, elving them power —— turns of each refinery. Letters Enexpectedly Introduced. T ochnioal Statoniente’ Destioyed: . | Soem mecemsary. “I_spoke to Mr. Thomas (Washing- | During the afternoon William A.| VETERAN MASONS fon B. Thomas, president of the Amer- | Bryan, a clerk in Heike's office, testi- TO MEET IN NORWICH. $can Sugar Refining company) the|fied that in March, 1909, he destroved er day in reference to a change we | a package marked “technical state- S 5 ks in s melting aceount | ments, 1306, at Heike's direction. This | Session to Be Held Here on June 23 at #n order to have it conform with the | was four days after the termination of Masonic Temple. Wnelting account of the other refineries. | the government suit for the recovery - “These affferences are due to two|of some $2,000,000 in duties from the| There was a meeting of the directors rauses. First, the desire of the super- | company. of the Masonic Temple corporation on #ntendents to make as good a showing | Arthur H. Wallin, & clerk in the au- evening, at which, among their working es possible; second, | diting department, also testified that | other things, there was considered the v the liberal weights and tares which | he destroyed some ‘technical statements | convention of the Masonic Veterans’ we receive from the customs house, | at Heike's request, association, which was invited to hold wnd which, of course, we do not under- | ‘“When was this?” asked Mr. Denison | its 1310 meeting in this cHy at the take to correct.” for the government. convention of last year. The associa- The foregoing was introduced unex- | “At the close of the first Spitzer | tion members will gather here June 23 pectedly by the government and was | trial at Masonic temple and some details ¥ead from Heike's private letter book, That was in 1908 7" regarding that were discussed. ~which_was identified in court by Wil- | “Yes.” —_— lur: Foster, auditor in the company’'s “How was the package marked?” THIRD COMPANY MEETING. Wall street office. “Technical statements, Taw Sugar, % — This was quickly followed by an- | 1008,” answered the witness. Committee Named to Arrange for other letter written by Heike in 1897 | The government did not rest its case| Campfire and Orders for Sunda. %o Ernest W. Gerbracht, formerly su- | today as had been expected. Adjourn-| poercorc S0€ O . gerintendent of the = Williamsburg ment was taken until tomorrow. e ) onday Rea Following the drill of the Third company at the armory on Thursday SULLET ENTERED EYE SCARCITY OF PAPER MONEY v ng there was a short company at which a committee of four OF FOUR YEAR OLD mOY B ALL R O AITIEING | weu neucd ie conier wih fhe PR i e Bhoo) %3 = company’s committee regarding a ysterious Killing Shocks Brownsvifte | Treasury Unable to Meet the Demand | Company’s commitice fexarding o Section of Brooklyn. —Suggestion for Relief. were Sergeant Ortman, Sergeant F. S. e Smith, : S York, May 26.—The muystorions | Washington, May 26.—Ther: is_a | pragn, Sorporal Mason and Musicgn Siling of a four year old boy by a |demand throughout the country for{ ™ (Grgers were/read directing the mem- ®uiict which entered his eye and |paper money of the smaller denomi- | perc'to be at the armors Sunday eve Wierccd his brain shocked the Browns- | nations which the treasury is unable | pno 0 P2 #5 T8 ATmers, Sanday eves Sille section of Brooklyn this after- | to meet. To relieve the situation the | (onl 2° (3" Chvist Eniscopal ehurch in moon and started the police of the | department will encourage banks hoi a body for a memorial service by Rev. entire district on an energetic hunt | ing silver certificates of the denomina- | Neilson Boe Carer. The cedore o ¥or the supposed slayer of the child. | tion of $10 and over to send part of | Memorial day directed the men to re- The boy, Peter Genetsky. was visit- | them to the treasury so they may be X S ke Sox & wWeman relative, who left hira | exchanged for those of smaller de- | POTt &t the armory at 1.30 o'clock mlone while she went into the yard | nominations. BANKERS’ CONVENTION. Jdearing a shot, the woman hastened | As a preliminary step a circular note hack and found the little fellow bleed- | has been addressed to the banks ask- | State Assoclation to Meet at Morris $ng from a wound in the eve which | ing for data as to the silver certificates s s ' ad Gestroved the sight of the organ |of the denomination of $10 and-over. ove June 8 and 9. end which resulted in the boy’s death |held by them on June 2, and whether = & Gefore surgical aid arrived. There | it would be asreeable to make the ex- | Announcement was Tade Thursday was no weapon In the house and no |change proposed. Silver certificates | D18 (e &QiuA mBe Siin g e! son= es of the presence of any intruder. | over the denomination of $10 issued | DECHiont Ftate s samae ;; on e police have been unable as yet | by the government include those for | ™!l be held at the Shoreham, at Mor- S = E s o ris Cove. June 8 and 9, and delegates ny motive for a wanton kill- | $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. BB B B i i that the child may have been |a scarcity of $5 notes, the department i - " | association, to eld at Los Angeles AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY thoush the expetiment was with &n- | in ‘October. wil take Dises at this other class at issue. It met with in- OF PASTORS BUT $663 | different success, however, for only a ek R limited proportion of the banks sec- In All Denominations—Statistics Fur- | onded the government's efforts. nished to Census Director. meeting. About twenty banking men in this state have already booked for the trip to Los Angeles to take In the conven- tion. C. C. Barlow, cashier of the Yale National bank of New Haven and president of the State association, and FI. C. Warren, president of the Merctants bank, New Haven, are two Washington, May 26—The annual | MU ICIPAL JUDGE INDICTED svirage salory of a minister of the | ON CHARGE OF GRAND LARCENY pel was but $663 in all denomina- — e s representad in a special report on | Judge Cragen Pleaded Not Guilty, Re- the census of religious bodles for 1906, leased Under $7,200 Bail. h is now In press preparatory to - ion to Census Director Durand | New York, May 26.—John M. Cra- v Nagel of the department | gen, a municipal judge of Queens Bor- trip. delegations from other states and will d labor. ough, New oYrk city, was Indicted | n sacial tenin, - C T ocific coast in the first of the kind | today on the charge of grand larceny the government, were | in the second degree. Four indict- Hunt. chief statis- | ments were returned charging him PUNEHAES. L © . [ : 5o in the census bu- | with having appropriated for his own ; r e figures are from the cities [use, while serving as secretary to| ... c"'l";'ci' i gL the United States having & popula- | Lawrence Gesser, ypreandent _of|, The funeral of Charles Bdwin Hew- tion in 1960 of 25,000 and over. Queens Borough, 'various sums, ag- | it Neld at hishome in North Stonine- . [ 13 * denominations showing the | gregating $945, of public money, which crages_are the Unitarian, | he received for contingent expenses of [ ether a good number of neighbors and E et thes friends, notwithstanding the unpleas- the Protestant iscopal. | the office. 88 ant weather. The services were con- rusalem. $1.233, the Jewish con- | Garretson, pleaded not guilty and was | ducted by Mr. Hewitt's pastor, Rev. F. s $1.222 and the Presbyterian | releaseq under $7,200 bail. M. Hollister, assisted by Rev. Lucian The. indictment of Jadgs Cragen 15| DFury, who for the first three and one- neral ‘ntion of the Judge Cragen went before Justice an outzrowth of the work of the grand Stonington had his home at the Hew-. s ot erat ey P8 | 5t+ Inn, @s the Hewltt residence has| petments, ol GipeusHoringn. intimately acquainted with the fam- T e ily. The address was - made by Mr. - A PASSED JUPITER LIGHT, Hollister, and was a fifting recogni- New Haven, May 26.—The commit- 900 MILES DOWN THE COAST. | {ion of the character and worth of Mr. Hewitt. The body rested in a tee appointed by Mavor Rice of New 3 handsome black casket covered and several weeks ago to take raiaing n fand for the rame | Motor Boat Ilys Appears to Have the injured in the recent fire at the New Haven jall workhouse, met and [ Philadelphia, May 26.—Three of the| Rev. Mr. Hollister reading the com- tioned the mioney on Wednesday. | motor boats which are racing from | mittal service. The bearers were rel. Fach family will get slightly in ex- | this city to Havana were heard from | atives, Thomas D. Hewitt of Brook. ccss of $5000, including the $2,000 | today for the first time since they | yn, N. Y. Arthur E. Shedd of Pres. sich the New Haven fire commis- | pased out the Delaware capes last| ton, Cornelius B. Crandall of Stoning. eioners will vote them. Saturday. The Bernevo, Caliph and| ton’ and Dr. Williams A. Hillard of Iiys were reported as_passing Juplter | Westeriv. light, which is off the Florida keys and T IR Relmont Park, R T b e e i 0 Fiite, View of Comet. Kinz James, carrving 129 pound If the time Teported by Jupiter light| Thursday evening was the first eve- on the Van Cortland handi- | js"correct, the Ilys appeared to have| MIRE since the comet has been visible cap at Belmont park today in the re- | the race won. in the western sky ‘that the sky has markably fast time of 1.37 4-5, which been free from clouds, and the result snakes him a dangerous contender for e T WA T e was that everyone was gazing in that the Brooklyn handicap to be run next INSANE POLICMAN direction. The comet could be piai Huesday at Gravesend. —_— seen after eight o'clock, three how On the New York Fofce—Sent to| high, and the tail could be seen for a King James Shows Form. Wireless Station on 's Peak. Bellevue for Observation. number of degrees. It was not prom- Theie: - C0F, Mk 36, hovorat inent but could be made out eas:!y. enver, Col, y 26.—According to| . vou May 26—Altho it is| The rising moon dimmed the view 4nformation received here, a wireless ¢ : d » charged his mind is unbalanced Bruce | Somewhat. The telephone lines were useq as the midway transmitting and | Served @s & New York policeman,|ple of hours. = Teceiving point in an effort to send | SquiPped with a revolver and night- wireless messages from the Atlantic|Stick. “He is now in Bellevue fospital{ Old Lyme Boy Gets Second Prize. g e g o for observation. None of the men with| The navy department Thursday an- :;h?:: Mn-nfgn was associated suspect- | nounced that Harold T. Bartlett of Old To Help Hetty Green. . For some time, it 1s charged, Man- | L0Na%, & T P " (he naval Dallas, Tt _was an-|son has ben sendiug peculiar letters| prize, @ silver medal, in the competi- Bmounced today H. R. Green,|to Chief Wilkie of the United States| fion at the academy in revolver <hoot. president of the Texas Midland rail- | secret service, and this led to an in-| jng. The presentation of these medals Toad aud son of Mrs. Hetly Green of | vestigation, which resulted in his be-| ig one of the leading features of ihe New York, will make his residence in | ing sent to the hospital today. dress parades during June week, and th east to assist his mother in her the competitions are always very keen. Brancial matters. Sisenchin Aprivelt Bartlett was appointed to the academy A May 25, La Provence, | BY, Representative Higgins and will italian Miners Forcibly Deported. | from New York > - i sracunte thise Jane Durham, N. C., May 26—Twenty- | At Genoa: May 25, Luisiana, from Fve Italian miners, accused of intimi- | New York; May 23, Oceania, from v Gating the officials of the Durham | New York. The Harvard rowing squad will ar- ©Coke and Coal company’s mines here At Naples: May 23, Regina d'Italia, | Tive at Broadview on June 12, accord- arrested today by state troops|from New York. ing to word received at Gales Ferry Sareibly Crews to Report at Tham rown, were At Havre: May 24, La Gaacogne, ) The Yale oarsmen will be at Gales trial g New York. Ferry by next Thursdays __PRICE _CENTS nm ndelised Telegrams The Centennial Ex; tine was opened at The Melting of the Snow on the mountains of Norway caused serious |Sent to Bottom English Ghannel WITH ALL THE CREW, THREE Patten Comes Second Best WHEAT KING WORSTED IN CON- TEST WITH BEARS. tion of Argen- uenos Ayres, & The Railroad Bill A PREDICTION THAT THE VOTE WILL COME TODAY, M. B. Bates, Who prison in Missouri nine years ago, has been recaptured. Amendments to the Administration land withdrawal bill by the senate commitiee were authorized SENATE RUSHING WORK l:»s SAID TO BE $1,200,000 - Granting Tracts of land to a number of mountain towns in Col- More Accomplished in Closing Hours orado for park purposes Yesterday Than in Any One Previ- ©ous Week—Results of the Ball: Albany Millionaire Carried His Deal Through to Successful Conclusion— Forced Shorts to Settle at His Price. The National Packing Company, in attacks on lares that the in- to the rec the ‘corporation, « dictments are inv Chicago, May 26.—The private set- tlement of Theodore H. Waterman’ squeeze in May wheat today caused a remarkable decline in prices. The unloading of 8,000,000 bushels of September wheat by James A. and George H. Patten and the announce- ment of their withdrawal from the brokerage firm of been members for a generation, and their retirement, at least tempo- Iy, from business came coincident- ‘Washington, May 26.—Through the defeat in the senate today of a num- ber of amendments offered by republicans and democrats, the way was paved for an early vote on the administration railroad bill. It is expected this will come tomorrow, @nd that the senate then will adjourn over until Monday hood bill probably will be made the unfinighed business. egulars” M. n Wyeming and Utah were designated department for enlarged homest tion under the Interior has 31,588 acres ex land district Secrelary of th when the state- which they have | G'land in the Las Cry Robert A. Mil fessor of phy tain Firm Hold. 1 republicans _ main- tained a firm hold upon the situation the several votes on important features, notwithstanding the “insurg- ents” and democrats united their votes on several occasions. complished during the closing hours of the session today than in any o week during the three months the Las been the pending business. The Voting. Not until three o’clock was anything listening to discussion of . but when at that time Senator LaFollette concluded his days’ speech in opposition to the b:ll. the voting proceeded rapidly, with the following results: The Cummins amendment requiring of the ipterstate com- merce commission of all increases raijroad rates before they become ef- fective, was voted down. 29 to 43. The Martin amendment, the commission to reach a final deci.- fon on increases within six months, was defeated, 18 to 54. An amendment of Mr. Clarke of Ar- kansas, to defer increased rates uniil passed upon by the commission, but into effect after months pending a final decision, was W ot Aol s at the University of from 4 1-2 cents in September to more in May wheat, Altogether the day in wheat was one destined to take rank with other mo- mentous periods of the history of the Chicago board of trade. Patten’s Losses Reported Heavy. Patten left his office to- In his limou- prices ranged measured an “atom of electricity.” than five cent: A New Fad'rllr strict Judge for More was ac- provided by by the housa committee on jucsemiy. A Bill Providing That a Pauper bring either a criminal or civil action or defend one without cost was favorably reported to night wearing a smile. sine he had leisure to read the head- lines estimating his losses at anywhere between $640,000 to Asked by a reporter if he hand any- thing to say about the market, speculator laughed and said: “Just say I don’t know anything about the market.” In this jovial admitted that he had come out secon: best in a contest with the bears. men could take remarked an admiring junior as its most pi federal court $1,200,000 for the the measur of Land in Idaho About 79,000 Acr which hae been reserved in connecti with irrigation projects have been re- stored to the public domain by tm- sec- retary of the Interior. An Area of About 606,086 Acre: withdrawn temporarily in 1901 for for- est purposes, has been restored to the domain by the secretary of the the approval manner Mr. and ancl had gon two a wrecking vessel was lying n the destroyer and her crew were mak— ing hasty preparations to send down divers to locate the ill-fated subh marine, entombed in which are three offic “Not ‘many partner of the firm, turesque member left the office for his automobile. Millionaire Waterman THE Dl;APPEARlNG COMET DISTINCTLY SEEN LAST NIGHT. is Again Normal—Will Exhibition Until June 10. May 26 —After 3 weather, the res dents of Waterbury were gratified to- izht by an excellent view of the dis- Carried His Traders are assured that Theodore H. Waterman, the Albany millionaive, the leading long in May, has carried his deal through to a successful con- clusion and forced the leading short interest to settle with him at his own price, generally believed to have Leca Any_effort to gauge I putting them rejected 35 to 40. MOTHER DRCWNS DAUGHTER AND HERSELF AT LEBANON Also Tried~to End Son’s Life but He around 1.14. prodits, however, PRISONER ESCAPED AFTER western skv, tinetly visible shortly before 9 o'clock. attracted attention the city, and crowds stood at var & it _came forth fr head was as hem From House to Pond at the ed at nightfall and heard rappimgs in the interior. BEING BOUND OVER. Ernest Whitford, Aged 20, Leaped Out of Pen and Hiked Out Room Hotly Pursued, but Got Away. points to see it behind the ciouds. large as a_star of the first magnitude, not nearly so splendent as when in the eastern sky. 30 Degrees Long. Some time after midnight, Wednes- , 33 years ol 14-year-old Florence M. pond, after having attempted also to ear-old son George L., . "he tragedy was not | knon until Thutday morninz, when | Mrs. Benjamin Tucker, aged 93, with Wilcox had been and who is the grandmother of the dead woman, arose as usual, and find- ing no fire in the stove and the honse quiet, made an found the bed empty but made up in her granddaughter’s room_ and found the young boy asleep in_his own bed in his wet clothes. From him the story of the murder and suicide was leain- Haywood's | There tvas something out of the ordi- in the city court on Thursday morning after a lengthy session lasting until about 11.30 o'clock. Five young men aged from 15 to 20 had been pre- sented charged with breaking into a Central Vermont freight car in Janu- William Kremskie, Ernest Whit- ford, Frederick Murra sell 'and Henry Barry were the quin- told a strakghtforward story of how the break was made and the things taken from the stated that they went up the track, some of the party cro: cove on the ice and meeting the others in the Falls. trying to get into a store kept man named Silverman and They used a bent button- hook, but it broke while in the lock ana they gave up the attem; Probable cause was cases against the four except Murray and they were bound over to the su- r court under $300 bonds. ray was placed In charge of the pro- E. T. Burke was ap- | pointed guardian for Mussell. ford and Kremsk! injuring property Mussell was able to get a bondsman but the others drown her 11-; tions of Halley's ‘comet made tomight by Prof. David Todd at the Amherst college observatory Indicated that comet’s head is agdln normal. No trace could be scen of the projection from the head reported by Prof: dell of Harva r head_announc The tail tonight grees long. Thousands of Comet Gazers. 26.—Halley's comet{ its westward flight whom Mrs. ald Mus— : Sa division of the Arizon observ- was thirty de- investigation. Provdence, be visible on He also told . The Boy's Story. According to the story told by the boy, his mother woke him and his ter in the middle of | made them dress them seve nouncement made tonight by Frs the astronomer, t computed accurately comet’s ephemeris, or time of appear- ance in the e: who is said Front store. astern sky. nderer more brilliant to- t. al times that Founa in the ing to drown them, and after she made up the bed she took them out to The two children appareatly | went along cording to the boy’s story. tried to drown him first, pushing nim down under the walter, but he held his *tting away bank when she let go of him. the bank he saw her first drown his sister by holding her under the water. Then she compieted the awful deed by lying down' and drowning herself by the side of the girl. found face downward about two feet of feet from shore. Found the Bodies. The boy found his way home from is about half a mile from his home, but could not tell how ent to bed without telling When his great-grandmother story she at once notified night than ¥ Brown stud cred_on College or. et _any. corroboration of . Several years ago, when there was | 5.\ " Fne’annual electin of officers] and election of delegates to the annual | throughout the thousands of His mother | bation officer. were fined $3 = Demented Tailor Plays the Part of a Human Ostrich. 26—Patrick Ceciele, and up on went to_jail He took French leave wherf the opportunity among the miss he will be human ostrich probable th: d repeatedly in a pile of but the police s y stay out of this nd state it will be the best thing that could happen. Following the business of the cou Judge Brown Clerk Tibbits and Chief Murony into his room and preparations being made to take the men back i1- Henderson, Both bodies were thrust his he in the mud water about four encouraged from New Haven who will make the | as hiding from He was taken to Belleyue hospital for exami the man said h The Connecticut party will join the | the pond which Wesleyan Puts Dartmouth Out. —Dartmouth’s chance Boston, May ! of obtaining Albany, N. Y., May 26. more work must go Into the assem- bling of this machine before I am ready to fly,” sald Glemn H. Curtiss tonight, as he helped wheel his aero- plane into the tent that will hola It until he_attempts a flight from Al- bany to New York. Kennan, and nell being there. to dinner. seats with one and sat next to where Policeman ually sits in the courtroom. As Pi- liceman Henderson went out into the office and DeVito went for some wna- ter for the prisoners, Whitford ca the railing and the prisoners’ trance to the courtroom. up the ba stairway to the Union street entrance Policeman Irish RGOt agTATe. Lo~ went to the pond about 8 o'clock with several others and easily located -he They were taken to the sh.ie was sent to Dr. the medical examiner, Coroner Franklin H. The latter said Thursday nizht nsidered it a case of sui and he had given permission for the removal of the bodies, which had been taken in charge by an undertaker. well known and the residents of Lebanon and the only explanation for her unaccountable deed By those who know her is said that she has appeared trounted about something fer some days but she appeared all right in the at- of the other of doubles the Wesleyan pair in a hard fought | The score was 6- meet Wil- liams in the finals and doubles tomor- NORWICH BRANCH DIOCESAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, ting Addressed by Rev. G. Davenport at Trinity Church. half years of his residence in North! and up Union street. hubbub at once and the police were after him, but he ran like a deer soon was out of sight. Wilcox was regarded by long been known, and consequently is | is temporary into service, The spring meeting of the of the Diocesan Sunday was held in this city auto was pressed geant Connell and Policeman DeVit being taken. while Policemen K and Henderson went on foot. Whitford went down Otis street, local branch School union Thursday evening, representing Andrew’s’churches of Poquetanuck the rectors of the churches being included in the del- Prinity and St this city, St. t of Pomfret, census was taken by Town Clerk C. was her mative town, her maiden name being Minnie deceased husband, George L. Wilcox, was a prosperous farmer of Lebanon. avenue, and s lieved went into Rockwell's woods. The automobile continued along about *hat track and those on foot surrounded by a profusion of beantiful | f the firemen killed or serious- Race Won. flowers. Burial was made In the Hew- | itt cemetery. near Hewitt's station, the | fully to see that he was not Supper was served at He died sbout vears ago of scarlet fever zrd since then Mrs. Wilcox has lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Tucker. were only the two children in the fam- having been a sufferer from hip disease all her life. could be foand. but no trace of him This is the second time he The former time he was he. iken to the prisoners’ he made a dash and went over same route as on Thursday. It is believed that Whitford will be taken in time, but it will probanly be not right away, as he will get away from this vicinity as soon as possible. He is a fast runner and could easily outdistance anyone on the force. For the theft of whiskey and clocks ven thirty days menu served by the delegates met church for tneir busires was opened w - Christ church, and after matters had been discussed there was instructive address upon Sunday School Methods by Rev. George W. Davenport Danbu:y, who is secretary of the Sun- commission. out the value of the graded school =y tem as modeled very much after the This was follow by discussion in khich the speaker an- points suggested SUPERIOR COURT. Case Over Land Near New London Heard and De ion Reserved. He brought W. Davis was jail and fined $6 and costs. MAY PARTY Given by G. T. Club in T. A. B. Hall With Many Present. A New London case was on in superfor court here Thursday, ing the suit of Lord & Johnson (Reu- ben Lord and Wallace R. Johnson), . John C. Beckwith, over a piece of public day his hearers. The next meeting will be in October in this city, but the place of meeting dis not vet decided. It is claimed that some time ago purchased a 0x100, or rather agreed to it, from Mr. Beckwith. A party by the Norwich G. T. club given in T. A. B. hall on Thurs- day evening made a delighiful auftair couples attending, The price was mes was to pay One More C: It was reported to Health O B, Lewls on Thursday that a sev in_two months. He erected a barm-at about $500, and for a house. arrangeme: ung men in ¢ tarted a fonndation Then L. J. represented present were Danielson, adway wiis and expressed a the entire tract of about and Wauregan. From 9 to 12 Professor Smith’ chestra played for gramme, which contained novelty humbers and a nice selection of two-steps and waltzes. ments were served. Kitchener Next Viceroy of India. May 27.—Accordinz to the Western Morning News of Plyvmouth it is practically the Gorton far Even Moderate Drinking the health ot return 1o the dance pro- to whom M. < the latest E . children who e e v, o B school without doctor's ¢ unable. The suit followed. thinks he should be compensated for the barn and foundation if he is n -t to_secure deed for the lot. . The case was finished and the judsge took the papers. as the.other cases had heen excused for the day court was ai- journed until this merning for shert tchener will be the next viceroy of 79 1-2 Inches Down. week Fairview When measured thi; reservoir was found to be 7 below high there has been much foggy and ra weather this month, &‘Io mlnn&v&. not heen very total " thus 197 inckes. OFFICERS, 24 MEN. FRENCH SUBMARINE PLUVIOSE Struck by a Cross-Channel Steamer— Preparations Made to Send Down Divers to Locate the Wreck. Calais, May 26-—Another French submarine, the Pluvoise, with ail her crew aboard, lies tonight In thirty fathoms of water. She was sent to the bottom of the English channel this afternoon by the cross-channel steam - er Pas de Calais, which, crowded with passengers bound for Dover, struck the partly submerged Pluvoise when about twi Different Views as to Cause of Acoi- miles from the harbor. dent, Accounts differ as to the cause of the accldent, Admiral Fournlier has ex- pressed the opinion that the submarine attempted to pass beneath the steame while other officials think that th Pluviose, after a long dive, came up by chance directly under the paddie- wheels. The whock of the contact breught the passengers to the stewmer's ralls, and they saw almost instantly the hull the submarine rolling about as though trying to right herself. A bost wae hastily launched, but the founder- ing craft, which scemed to have been hard hi appears turned partly over and dis- Divers to Search fqr Bodi Signals of distress from the Pas de Calais, which was malking water rapid- brought two tuge to the scene, and a torpedo boat destroyer put out rod near where the Phiviose down. Within an hour or ar rs and twenty-four men. The chances of rescue are very slim ecause, in the opinion of experts | either the naphtha resefvoirs of the Pluviose burst or the craft was so bad- Iy damaged that she filled. Diver Heard Rappings. Paris, May 27.—A epecial to the Matin from Calais says that chams have been attached to the submerged Pluviose., A despatch to the Journal says that pedo boat destroyer has report- t a diver reached the Pluviose th CATHOLIC MEXICO SUPERIOR TO PROTESTANT AMERICA. So Declares Delogate Falconio to As- rtion That Bible Mexican Catholics, Washington, May 26. Prohibited te Diomede Fal- conio, papal delegate to the United St Cerrettl, auditor of the apostolic lega- tion, has taken cognizance of an at- tack made upon Mexican Catholics by the Rev. John W. Butler, president of the Mexican National Sunday School association, in a paper the ‘Methodist missionary presented before the world’s Sunday school convention last Monday, in which he charges that the Bible In Mexico was a prohibited book among Catholics. tes, through his counsel, Mgr. B “Dr. Butler is incorrect,” says Mgr. Cerrettl. “I readily concede that there are defects in the Catholic church in Mexico among bishops, priests and people, but this 1y true of everything humar. tween America, x;;r:dm by point, and in every instance periority of Catholic Mexico. More- over, I maintain that Catholicdsm in Mexico compares favorably with Cath- olicism In the United States . I challenge comparison be- “atholic Mexico and Protestant unreservedly clahm the su- “Dr. Butler's statement that it is difficult to obtain coples of the Holy Seripture in Mexico is ridiculous in the extreme.” AVIATOR GLENN CURTISS DISAPPOINTS BIG CROWD. Albany to New York Flight Not At- tempted, Even, in Ideal Weather. “Blight hours’ The weather conditions today were ideal, despite official predictions. The sky was clear and there was almost no wind. What lttle air stirred was m the north, a favorable direction. Nevertheless, Curtiss made a lelsurely day of it and gave the details of su- pervision only the attention of a pro- prietor. It iz positive that he will not fly tomorrow morning, although it the weather holds good he may attempt an exhibition flight tomorrow afternoon. A large crowd watched him set up the engine this afternoon, and was greatly Aisappointed even a trial flight. that he did not essay Alabama Negro Taken from Officers and Lynoched. Montgomery, Ala., May 26, Reports of the lynching of Jeff Mateon, negro Who murdered Deputy Sheriff Scoit Taylor at Acton mine yesterday, were received today. Matson was captured by Deputy Sh of Shelby county, between Birmingham and Acton, today. The deputies were intercepted near Pelham by a mob from Acton. The negro was taken from the officers. The mob with the prisoner disappeared into the woods. The negro’s body has not been found. fte Henley and Poler How New York City is Given a Bad Name. New York, May 26—Mayor Gaynor, over-zealous of New York’s good name, wrost @ characteristic letter to the commissioner of police today, request- ing that the term “pool room” be eliminated from police reports of raids on betting resorts. The use of this term, he says, has created general jmpression that there are pool reoms in are none although, he avers there n this way,’ he writes, he city is undeservedly given a bad the city name.” Inexpedi- ent. Boston, May 26.—While it s wrong to ¢ « moderate drinking a_ sin sl moderate drinking is inexpedient, declared President (emeritus) Charles W. Eliot af Harvard: college, the prin- Sipal spealker dontpi at the Usitarien Temperance s ¢ Dr. Fliot believed that total wbatinenre was increasing, greater ulLfltvol. in King's ohapel