Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 28, 1910, Page 1

s VOL. LIL.—NO. 126 PRICE _TWO CENTS 1 NEW PUBLIC Adopted at Meeting of State Business Men’s Association BROAD POWERS GIVEN TO COMMISSION To Investigate All Compla Safety, Safety of Employes, Etc.—Other Provisions of the Eill—The New that Has Been Presente meeting of Hartford, May At the directors of the State Business Den’s association here today a new public utilities bill was adopted as recommended by the legislative com- mittee of the association, which will be presented to the next legisiature end its adoption will be urged by the business men of the state, Provisions of the New Bill. The bill provides for a commission ©f five adequately paid men to be ap- pointed by the governor for terms of five vears, subject to ramoval by the Euperior court for cause upon Writ- ten complaint filed by the attorney general. The bill provides that active participation in political managements or campaigns, as well as misconduct, anaterial neglect of duty or incompe- tency, shall constitute cause for re- mioval and requires the attorney gen- eral to file complaint when so directed »v the governor when requested in ~riting by 100 electors of the state, It requires al lorders of the commission to be in writing and to state the rea- €on therefor. The bill provides for UTILITIES BILL Directors of Connecticut ints as to Matter of Public Measure Said to be the Best d. the organization of public service cor- porations under the general law, the special powers which are neceSsarily required are to be granted in the fu- ture by this permanently small and expert commission instead of by spe- cial charter granted by the general as- sembly as heretofore. The bill gives broad powers to the commission to investigate. all complaints as to the matter of public safety, safety of em- ployes and requires ail public sm-vi(? companies to report accidents attend ed with personal injury or involvin public_safety, and connected with the operation of their plant or equipment, and requires the commission to inves tigate these accidents to ascertain their causes and to suggest means. if possible, whereby similar accidents may be avoided in future. Said to Be the Best Yet Presented. Representative George B. Chandl of Rocky Hill, one of the authors o the Chandler-Whiton bill, which was defeated in the last general assembly, said at the meeting today that the new bill was the best that had been pre- sented. VIRGINIA STUARTS CLASH WITH CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES Charged With Intention to Evade Pay- ment of Duties. New York, May 27.—Mr. and Mrs. Fenry S. Stuart of the well-known Etuart family of Virginia had a clash avith the customs authorities on their weturn from Europe on the Mauretania today. but both sides admitted tonight that there had been misunderstanding. ¥ight of Mrs. Stuart’s trunks, of a iot ©f twenty-five pieces of baggage, were weized and sent to the public stores as wontaining valuable goods not declar- ed. But as Mr. Stuart has expressed wilinlgness to pay duty in full they weill be released when he does so, and he may appeal for redress if he con- miders the appraisement unjust. George Smyth, a deputy survevor the port, talked with the Stuarts te today Afterwerd he explined #hat inasmuch as Mrs, Stuart had been #iving avroad for the last two years ®he thought she was a non-resident, ®nd this misaporehension caused ail the trouble. The fact that Mr. Stuart §= resident, however. Mr. Smyth sald, WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, ¢ PUBLIC SERVICE CHAIRMAN, Served with Order to Appear in Con- tempt Proceedings. New York, May 7.—Willlam R Willcox, chairman of the public serv- ice commission of this district, a state board with supervisory powers over certain public institutes, was served 'with an order this afternoon requiring him to appear before Justice Brady in the supreme court on Tues- day next to show cause Wwhy he should not be punished for contempt. Justice Brady recently dismissed a suit brought by _ the commission against the receiver of the Third Ave- nue Rallroad company and the Union Railway company. Prior to opening the case the justice said that “it may be proper for me to state that I am the unfortunate owner of stock in the Third Avenue Railroad company Last Wednesday night, in commeni- ing on the case, Mr. Willcox, among other things, was quoted as saving: “Unfortunately the suit was tried before a judge who admitted that he was the owner of stock in the com- pany, and the suit was dismissed on a Cabled Paragraphs Port Said, May 27.—The German steamship Verona, from Yokohama, March 18 via Colombo 30th for New Boston and New York, has arrived here with boilers leaking, and will make repairs before proceeding, erra Leone, Africa, May 27.—The Bemigian mail steamship Leopoldville. which went ashore on Sherboro island while on the way from Matadi to Ant- werp, arrived here today. She was floated without having sustained ap- parently any damage. Paris, May 27.—Sea Sick, owned by W. K. Vanderbilt, won the Prix Con- sul at Maison’s-Lafitte today. In #inning this event, which is worth $4.000 and_run over a distance of two and a half miles, Sea Sick duplicated his victory of a year ago. Lima, Peru, May 27.—Another large contingent of the army is proceeding to the northern frontier today. Not- withstanding official assurances from Washington that Peru and Kucador have accepted the arbitration of the United States, Brazil and Argentina in their boundary dispute, the popular opinion is that war is inevitable, ow- ing to the conditions which Ecuador imposes respecting mediation. MISS WORTH GRADUATES FROM BROOKLYN SCHOOL. Original Compositions Heard at Master School of Music. Mrs. J. C. Worth and Miss Ethel Worth were in Brooklyn, N. Y. Fri- ay evening attending the graduation concert at the Master School of Music, where Miss Clara Worth has been studying. She was one of the three graduates receiving diplomas this year, being a vocalist of much promise. The New York Tribune of last Sun- day contained a picture of Miss Worth and had the following to say about a concert last week and the one given last night: The attendance at the musicais be- ing given the Friday evenings in May by the pupils of the Master School of Music has taxed to its capacity the School at No. 96 Clinton street, and even the Adelphi college hall, where the second in the series took place, so the friends of the pupils who wish to be present at the final concert next Friday evening, when the diplomas are to be awarded, had better be on hand carly. The programme will include 0" French plays, “Yvonne Dine en Ville” (Coolers) ang “Un Crane Sous Une Tempete” (Dreyfus), and a group of French songs. The graduates\who e Miss Mabel Dunning, Miss Ror- ence Libby and Miss Clara Weorth, yill also present their original compdsi- tions. AH who have had the pleasure of listening to the pupils are warm in their praise of the splendid work done by them. Last Friday the programme was in German. PLEASING PROGAMME AT XENS’ MEETING. Profit from the Recent Concert Very Pleasing. The regular meetin&: the Xens was held Friday evening With Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Gray of Asylh street. Mrs. Herbert Willey, the president, presided and en interesting meeting Was heid. The several committee reports were Motor Boat Race|No Final Vote To Havana CONTESTANTS LEFT PHII;ADEL- PHIA LAST SATURDAY. THE CALIPH FIRST IR Crossed Finish Line Near Morro Cas- tle Lighthouse at 6.03 Last Evening ~—The Berneyo Second. Havana, May 27.—Running under the full capacity of her sixty-horse- power engine and with foresail and jib set, the Caliph, the first boat to reach Havana in the ocean motor boat race which started at Philadelphia last Sat- On Rgilf_nad Bill IN THE SENATE AS WAS ANTICI- PATED YESTERDAY. AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT Came Up Which the Senate Decided Required More Opportunity for Con- sideration Before Being Accepted. ‘Washington, May 27.—The senate failed today fo reach a final vote on the railroad bill as had been anticipat- ed. When there seemed a prospect of tion. Senator Dixon moved an amendment placing telegraph and tel- WHAT’S GOING ONY? This is one of the commonest questions asked among men, and it is most frequently answered by the readers of the daily papers. age the newspaper tells its readers earth. It is the herald of religion, In this what is going on in all parts of the science and art, govermment, finance and education, as well as of the humors and sensations in life. Its larger part Is devoted to learning, industry and sport and the pro- portion of events which are sensational are really less in the well con- ducted paper than they be in every day city life. The meg who make newspapers know this, and many scholars who condemn them could easily find it out if they desired to kmow the truth. The only way for any person to know “What's going on?” is to subscribe for a live journal ‘which will teil\them. in touch with every It costs event of importance occurring in this wide, wide but two cents a day to keep world of ours, and the attainment of knowledge was never so cheap as today. The Bulletin has the full United Press service, a variety of special services and as completely a covered local field as any paper in New England. To know what is going subscribe for The Bulletin. It n will be left at your door for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the Bulietin . Soturdapy. ™~ May 21 Monday. May 23 Tuesday, May 24 Wednesday. May 25 Thursday. May 26 Friday, / May 27 Total, Telegrap 128 135 140 146 101 125 775 news printed during the past week: oty 1165 498 463 466 445 566 3603 Geners 886 236 213 206 237 264 2042, foex 151 127 110 114 107 §177 786 urday, whizzed across the finish line between Morro Castle liguthouse and a buoy across the mouth of the harbor | at 6.03.14 this evening. Going at the rate of twelve miles an ephone lines under the jurisdiction of the inters commerce commission. ‘This provision had no sconer been adofted, though in different form, than Senator Brown of Nebraska offered an | convicted in the “white slave” trial | for placing two girls for immoral pur- | poses, was sentenced to the Auburn | causing a loss estimated Condensed Telegrams The E. ulsion of Jewish Families Rusia, has begun. A Woman Educator of Lincoln, Neb. wag indicted for refusing to tell a cen~ sus taker her age, orary degree of doctor laws from Cam- bridge university. Conferences Are in Progress be- tween officlals of the Southern and employes looking to higher wages. Charges of Extravagance brouglt against the geodetic survey are to be nvestigated by a senate committee. President Taft Will Not Attend the home-coming celebration in New York xn"honor of former President Roose- velt. daughter of was qui- Rumsey of o Miss Mary Harriman, the late railiroad nasnate, etly married to Charles C Buffalo, the sculpt t Arden, ew York tch, a burglar, with a holling pin until he fell from the third story to the yard, killing himself in- stantly. eman of The Interstate Cottonseed Crushers association convention at Little Rock, | Ask.,, requested the executive commit- tee to select New York as the next meeting place. Miss Elinor Wickham of St. Louls has received a solid gold dinner s vice valued at $50,000 as a wedding Eift from the father of her flance, Jo- seph Pulitzer, Jr. The Brokerage Firm of 1. Hutton | & Co., was suspended from the privil- eges of the New York stock exchanze for the period of one year for violating exchange regulations. Belle Moore, the Negress who was state prison for women. An Explosion in the Dolores Mine | in the state of Chihuahua, -Mexico, | started a fire which destroyed 100 horses and rendercd 500 persons home- | less. One life was-lost. | Practically the Entire Business por- tion of Wister, Oklahoma stroyed by two distinct fire eight business houses were burne at. $100,000 LESLIE DUDLEY CARTER'S SUIT DISMISSED IN CIRCUIT COURT. Estranged from Mother Get Part of Father’ in Order to Estata. . Chicago, May 27.—The suit of los- lie Dudley rter, the wil of whose | father, the late Leaiie Carter, deprived him of participation in the estate while he lived with his mother, Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, was dismissed in the cireuit court here today The e is valued at $75,000. i Ca was not represented in vt dismissal of the suit being re queésted by Attorney L. L. Loesch, representing the estate. s vo ter hecome estranged 12 from The Capture of Bluefields Bluff THIS PROBABLY ENDS THE NICA- RAGUAN REVOLUTION. AIDED BY GUNBOAT FIRE Early Friday Insurgents The Government Forc Merning Routed the Details of the Fight Unobtainabl Blueflelds, Nicaragua, May 27.—Phe government forces under cover of the fire of the gunboat San Jacinto todny routed the Insurgents and ocaptured Bluefields Bluff. This loss to the Es trada forces probably ends the revo- lution. Early Morning Bombardment. This morning at three o'clock 'he Madriz gunboat San Jaciuto began bombarding the bluff, and the trecps landed under cover of the guns, Thore was only slight fighting, however, un til six o'clock when the Madriz forces ucceeded in taking the position of th enemy and the bluff. The Estrada forces were under command of Gen eral Zeledon. The troops of Madriz in the engagement is estimated at H00 and those of the Estrada army at 300, Communication with the bluff at thix time is impossible and further detaiis of the fight are unobtainable, The Istrada gunboats Blanca and Ome tepo escaped up the Esondio river Estrada Takes His Defeat Calmly. ( The river generals, Lara and Cha varra, have not yet attacked Raina which s in the hands of the revolu tionists, General Estrada takes his defeat at Bluefields camly, e says he intends to make further resistance. No Damage to American Property. , dama. has yet been dome American property here, to AEROPLANE FLIGHT FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK. Curtiss May Launch Out This Merning —Brief Flight Last Night, Albany, N. Y., May The Curtiee aecroplane soared for few brlef mo ments tonight after all tho attendant spoctators on Van Renssalaer's Islan were confident that no trip Might would be attempted, The behavio the machine was exoellont and Curtiss ioped that sie might launch out tomor row on his $10,000 journey. I the morming the air was favorable but the aeroplane was not assembled 1n the afternoon the aeroplane was as | sembled but the wind blew a gale from the north. He will rise tomorrow morning at 4 o'clock to test the wind, Northerly winds are what he wishes REGARDING SOLDIERS’ HOMES, House Rejects Canteen Amendments— Sundry Civi! Appropriation Bill. The house to. M Waslrington, May 27. ording to the rulings of the treas- il | ¢ o C):id ‘n en mde‘hi.s wife also a | technicality.” approved. The Teport of the concert, | hour the Berneyo crossed at . m. | amendment prohibiting railroads from his mother?”’ asked Jud ost, | day twice rejected amendments by epartment, 5 : ., | read by the chairman of the eommit- ;A E r fne. con 7 h : . simer of M o a . Ol OF st srew AodaY's The Caroltae ang the Iys not | acquiring control of competing linss i don't know,” responded the law- | Keliher of Massachusetis to authorize e g i ; | tee, Mrs. John B. Oat, to the offect that | yer 3 a | uncer a penalty of $5,000 f h 4 anteens at soldiers’ home where such “But T am sure” he added, “that |contempt proceedings. Justice Brady |ine society realized more than $50 was| Y% Deen reported. : @ penalty of $5,000 for each day's | ver. \ . s Re sliiped B Mty sush the declaration was made out in good | in his order repeats that he is an own- | o0t gratifying. A new member was The Handicaps. tion of the proposed law It is believed that a compromise has | institutions are within five miles . o faith and that there was no intentien | er of the stock in question, but adds | uoi% SIEF NS S8 T While the Callpn led the Bernevo | aniilling to accept so important an | br reached whereby an estrange- | & town or ety in which the ssle of on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart to | that Mr. Willcox’s statoment intimat. | YoNowing the moeting an amusing | by one hour fourteen seconds thé race | for- coneiferation the somace’ tash wn | ment sufliciont to satisty Al require- | S1500,000 for continuing aid. to. state evade the pavment of duties.” Mr. |ed that his decision was influenced | programme consisting of Monogram's | thus far is to the advantage, by rea- | aajourmment until - e R mente. WY Y estate mne e e | and territorial homes for disabled sol Einart, he concluded, was ready to pay | thereby because of personal interest. | ircloss Telegraphy was given. Iifts | son of handican. of the Bormero j Samsmant Iutil voniotrow when $be | & Portion of the e Pit ajeovdel| Q. (eritonial Twnes for dissbled sol @] the duty neceseary. —_— questions were given, and graphophone | four hours 22 minutes 27 seconds. The | Kion and possible aetion o 0 S0l [azayl twents O O e 1R TomaTWne T, Naw Yok Mr. Stuart said: < BOARD OF TRADE selections were much enjoyed. The en- | Caliph had a time allowance of sev SELeh TN A e WAS uUn- | City to Washington or anywhere e “I do mot charge that there is am tertainment committee consisted of | hours ten minutes forty second,s a SR T T ooy sie e ok ovml et tng the &t- | e headquarters of the board of men Iniention on the part ?z’ the customs TAKES NEW QUARTERS. | yrs. John B. Oat, Mrs, Frank Tuttle, | the Berneyo ome of eleven hours 25 | SUICIDE OF ECCENTRIC tantiop T thegeniine niva LN | ngern of the mational homes fer dis officials to do me an injustice ai e Mrs. Minnie Amburn, Mrs. Hezekiah | minutes 7 seconds. The B i Bl - Y BE IC nd - )16 y o &elieve that thers has been some mis- | Has Secured Large Room on Second | bericing and Walter M. Cowan. ever, ‘cannot yat. be. procanmed. the | JOBNNV- A RHORDES. | 15000 MEN MAY BEUDLE. . | £0led po i i o - The ander mpprehension. But T do claim non- Floor SHannon Building, Where x inner, 2 e 11 5 and car- | = e 3 X e T e Bl which sooue Jaw and I am going to stand by my s L e 1 g WOMANS’' MiSSION CIRCLE Tenriar 218 oth B e iites: 7 Beronds Private Sa Trades Vote to Quit Work. SEREE < bt vl 3 T s. 1 am sorry that this whole o —¢ nge July 1. 2 i - ) - & i Saie i Ihing has attracted so much attention . Will Conduct Sunday Evening Service | 214 the latter 18 hours 12 minutes 40 | oy York, May 27.—John V. A.| Philadelphia, May 271t was learn 35 MILE BALLOON TRIP. and the superfluous vigilance of the | ‘The membership of the Norwich | at First Baptist Church. ch E Entire P Rhoades, of New York, the eccentric | y that the demands of the Unit : . customs officers has put me in this | board of trade has increased very rap- oppy Eeas Entire Passage. son of Dr. Archibald Rhoades. at one | ot d of Curpenter a William J. Kelly, Worcester Nenwspa queer light.” idly in the past two or three years, Phoks Wil e B Seraice of uanenad On her arrival the Caliph was gree:- | time a surgeon in the Umifed States 1ilied trades of this city | per Man, a P nger. Mr. Stuart is a nephew of Gen. J. |and is now about 325, the largest in|interest at the First Baptist church|ed by a great fleet of steam vachts, | navy, committed suicide yeeterday in|and vieinite for an Increase In wase £ B. Stuart, the confederate cavalry | the state for an organization called a | Sunday evening, under the auspices of | launches, tugs and government craft |a private sanitarium near Flushing, L.| will not be granted by the employers | Springfield, May 27.—Safing througs icader, and is a candidate for congress. | board of trade, although the chamber | the Woman's Mission circle of that|which escorted her fo an anchorage by cutting his throat with a safety | and as a result about 12,000 workmen | thiek clouds which causel their bnl- His home is at Elk Garden, Va. of commerce, which is about the same | ohurch. Miss Elizabeth Gorton of New | near the wreck of= the battleship | razor. No report of the case was made | « coed 1d the men have | loon, the Pittsficld, to frequently dip kind of an organization, of New Ha- | London and Mrs. William T. Thayer, | Maine. The Caliph reported havinz | until today | vorea * June 1, if their demands | and ‘rise, J. W. Flagg, pilot, and Wil STATE HUMANE AGENT ven has a membership of about one | who were delegates of the state society | encountered choppy seas and head Rhoades had an eccentric career and | are not ted Ham J. Kelly, a Worcesser newspapor INVESTIGATES PRESTON CASES ; [Pousand, and Hartford and other cit|at the convention of the organization | winds almost the entire passage. labored under the impression that he | The emplovers held a meeting | man, made a balloon journey from ::.::d:nfl;.‘r:iehfifig&a:g:ot;ma;fizno; of the eastern states at Brooklyn, N.| One of the Racers Believed to Be Lost ;\' s ; m!”d unlrr»_ \nhA‘r} a-»? matter of | became known today, and decide’ | Pittsflely to West Springfield this aft prove Conditions for a Woman and | ~ For some time the executive com- | conference for eastern Connectiout held | G0 Nop Lotk tonisht from Boston that | confinea in Bellevue for examination s = { The distance, 36 miles abr line, was for Several Horses. mittee of the Norwich board has feltat Stonington a few weeks ago and | gic PhindelphiscHanava. race whieh | 25 t0 his sanity and in the summer of OBITUARY. made In two and a half hours, ' The -l that the room occupled for the past six | received many words of commendation. ended tonight is believed to have been | L)€ Same year he gained notoriety In | highest elevation wreached was 8,000 On Friday morning State Agent | vears, in the Boswell building, Was not Mrs. Frank T. Roath has consented o | fracs toagnt s believed to have beet | London by throwing a revolver at an Prof. Robert Koch. feet. Thrall of the humane society came | large enough to accommodate the com- | give an address dealing with her trip [ \ea menin® Nacooehee which arrived | Orchestra leader who ignored his com- | paden Baden. May Prof. Robert | —— — ere and with Local Agent G. H. Stan- | mittee and other meetings which are | around the world and perhaps espe- | Soatoh tom s ceparien orven | mand io play The Star Spangled Ban- | Roch.sthe famous basteriologist 0100 | RAILWAY CLERKS' PENSIONS %on went to Preston, where they vis- | held in the boad room, so a large room | cfally with her visit to mission sta- | 1, UOTR €098 reported W having | ner. He was 45 years old. here today from a discase of the heart drd 2kl 4ted the home of Oliver H. Rudd, who | has been engaged on the second floor | tions. The meeting will be held at the | {8V 00 (18 (BVE 00 O 2 0 T T I e Sy : was born at Klausthal, Hanover, | Appeal to Congre in Favor of These Is also known s “Doc” Rudd, foimer_ |.of the Shamuon bullding which it 18| reguler -hour of the evening service |5 %, of May 24. 4 moment later sig- The Amateur Gardener. ! Dec. 11, 1843 Employed in Mail Service 1y of this city. They found Mrs. Rudd | thought will be large enough for all [ and is public. A R e N s Gapdenar . ol ploy fsbed, aick, and het ctndiion and Hed | mEstings of committosce, ang el i Nacoochee and the steamer put back |to be ultimately less than forty feet| Professor Koch became distinzuish-| gapsas City, Mo, May 2T.—A res o gt e Pk e nin s T Tald tn FUNERALS. to render assistance. The lights dis- [apart. Most of the better shade trees | £ 23 un Investigator of micro orenn- | olution was adopted at the annual con 5 3 : or signs o bane 5 = s, nroba ed most renow & " 5 ; g ~ill be seen that she has proper care. | the Buckingham Memorial. The change L o~ D B o muhe of Is fare slow of Srowlls Ii o sUVISENIG IO | o) e dincoverer of the bacill of.w- | [Yamon of the Reilwy Mall Clerke The old bed will be burned. Mr. Rudd | will be made on July 1st. g . Le S Dy gmosyercd. plant quicker growing trees between | 12 the fiscoverch of the pactlt of th- | seciation of America y, Appeating weig he could get no one to take care — The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth B.| The Caroline is the only one L th |them for immediate effect, to be cut | Zvctiqe, Soet R S WA to congress in the Interest of a retir i i Vi s e s . e Ct vhic 3 vhe v - 'p g REYSRNLY. &% b4 scale o hiay (0] v of bis wite and e had o lock her in ST. ANNE'S MAY SOCIAL. o o Bt ithy Sternons 452 | ncither been sighted nor heard from. | and_imjure cach sther. = (0 TOW4| Gocttingen Hix frat writings, cover- | Ml fbiution “urged the house when he came to the city. £ SC & ok arl I e D e kT A b Do ole of e | Duze each off: ing investigations of anthrax and the | (0 | TN, JCEGUCOR, | JNESE - LUS et S N g " chureh. After reading selec- | F- Day, owner of The Rudder: Wal- |larger and finer that the owner's| A58 marked a Lty :""““;h‘]’" u‘“‘.““r mervice, and be allowed to three state road in Preston. Bad sores were found under the ccllars. Mr. Benedict was ordered to put his horses in the barn until they are well and give them care. Others had poor fitting collars and he was ordere@ to get new ones. Tt is said he has been before the state egent before. MRS. HASKELL HAS SAILED FOR GERMANY. After Studying at Heidelberg Univer- ity She Will Be Instructor at Bar- - rard] _On Thursday of this week Mrs. Wil- lfiam . Shields and her sister, Miss Jessie E. Millon, were guests of Mrs. Juliana C. Haskell Mrs.Shields’ augh- ter. at the Faculty club of Columbia university. in New York city. On Fri- day Mrs. Haskell safled from Philadel- phia for Germany, where she is to take up post-graduate work and study in Heidelberg university. Mrs. Dr. Haskell upon her return to the United States, in the fall, becomes &y appointment instructor and lecturer in the Germanic languages and litera- ture in Barnard collage. Dr. L. F. LaPierre Chosen. At the 118th annual meeting of. the Btate Medical association in New Ha- ven, on Thursday, Dr. E. P. Douglass ©f Groton was made vice president and Dr. L. F. LaPierre of this city was chosen a member of the committee on public policy and legislation. “Nothing Heard from Whitford. Chief Murphy stated on Friday that nothing had been learned from Whit- ford. wlo escaped on Thuraday. As might be expected, the fleet Indian runner sent back no tidings of how he 4id a Marathon, but it is believed that te is still running. Home from Nova Scotia. Alderman Grosvenor Ely has return- ed from a fishing trip in_ Nova Scotia, where he had excellent luck and saw whany the woods. Many Were Present. A May social on Friday evening in T. A. B. hall was largely attended and conducted with the success that fol- lows the society’s affairs, both finan- cially and socially. From 9 till mid- night an entertaining programme was enjoyed, for which the Norwich Con- cert orchestra played. The St. Anne’s committee in charge was Miss Nellie Sheridan, chairman, Miss Kate Donohue, Miss Jjulla Barry, Miss Helene O’Connell and Mies Mary Connell. The young men assisting at the dance were Lewis A. Andrews, floor director, and_ William Murphy, Joseph Sheridan, John Slattery, as aids. Many Quail Heard. 3 The hunter is always on the alert to get indications of the coming game seasoms, and one of the clever woods- men of this vicinity states that there are many quail to be heard this spring. On several trips between Backus Cor- ner and Leffingwell he has heard from ‘eight to ten quail whistling, which is an unusual thing. This indicates that the coming hunting season will doubt- less prove @ good onme. There were many grouse left ovr from last season, which will furnish additional hunt- ing. \ 3 ‘West Thames Street School. At the West Thames street school Friday the Third and Fourth grades united with the Fifth and Sixth with the following programme: Salutation to the Flag; song, Star Spangled Ban- ‘| ner; addresses by Capt. George Crock— er and Captain Saunders of Montville were much enjoyed by the pupils. The programme closed with America, Will Take Body to New London. The remedns of Mrs. Juist Fiske will be taken from the tomb in the City cemetery this morning by Funeral Di- rector Gager ang transferred to New London on the 10.40 train for burial in the Gardner cemetery there. Mrs. Fiske died at Fiskeville, R. L, some time ago. tional tions of scripture, he said: “The gathering of so many friends here today is a clear testimony to the excellence of Mrs. Lewis’ character and also a clear testimony that the heritage of her life has become a part of our Hyes. Through trjals and sorrows and disappointments she has kept herself close to the heart of God. The world can never be the same to us because of the beautiful testimony of her true life.” Prayer followed. Miss Louise Fuller gave a beautiful rendering of There is a Blessed Home and Jesus, Lover of My Soul. The tribute of flowers from relatives and friends included a harp, clusters of carnations, choice roses, ascension lilies, a wreath and other forms. Burial was in Yantic ceme- tery, where a committal service was read at the grave. The bearers were A. W. Dickev, Albie Hale, Burrill La- throp and . L. Yerrington. Henry Allen & Son had charge of the ar- rangements. Among the relatives from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis of Gardner, Mass., and Mrs. Ada Cos- ter of Brookiyn, N. Y. Alma M. Smith. _ On Friday afternoon the funeral of Alma M. Smith, daughter of George P. Smith and Phoebe Bogue Smith, was held from the home of the parents, No, 66 McKinley avenue. Burial was in Yantic cemetery. Funeral Director Gager was in charge. Town and West Town Street School. At the West Town street school in the morning and the ~Town street school in the afterncon special exer- cises were held on Friday for Memorial day. Charles F. Geer and Orrin Price addressed the schools and told of the eniistment for ¢he Civil war in Nor- wich and of thelr experiences in AMobile and in Virginis. The musket carried through the war was shkown, also a pistol taken from a southerner, am- munition and the cartridge box, some confederate money, a bullet mould and parts of a flag that had been shot to pieces. ter M. Bieling, secretary of the Moto~ Boat Club of America, Frederick Thurber and Joseph Keer Closing of Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry. Washington, May 27.—With the at- torneys on one side scoring Secretary Ballinger as a man unfit to be at the head of the interior department and with the leading attorney on the other side defending him and denouncing his accusers, whom he termed the “Glavis- Garfield-Gifford group,” the Ballinger- Pinchot investigating committee lis- tened to summing up arguments by- counsel today. The argumeints prob- ably will be concluded tomorrow. Special Speakers. Under the direction of Patriotic In- structor J. Herbert George these men spoke in the several schools, which have not been mentioned elsewhere, 6n Friday: Laurel Hill, Bast Great Plain, | Falls, Boswell Avenue, and County | home, Prof. J. H. George and Dr. Kauf man; Greeneville and St. Mary’s, Com- mander Hovey and_Dr. Shahan; St Patrick’s, General Aiken and Dr. P. H. Harriman: Yantic, Bean Hill and Nor- wich Town, O. M. Price, C. C. Geer; Academy, H. A. Tirrell At Broadway School. At the Broadway school special me- morial exercises were held Friday. Relics of the war were shown by the veterans, who psopke, while a brass quartette, Masters Sauter and Cor- coran, Miss Elliott and Prof. George gave Tenting Tonight and the Soldier's Farewell. Fight at Falls. On_Friday evening a gang of men who had ben drinking got inte a fight in the woods betwen the Falls and the almshouse, and several were arrested @during the evening. It is said that a woman In the party was one of the causes of the trouble. \ appiest Place on Earth, ppiest place on earth is the of a bargain.—Bristol Press. ‘The better side s heart fails him and he compromises by hacking the branches off a¥ the row, ruining them all, and affording only temporary relief. In a few years the quicker growing varieties begin to die and soon a stragsly row of melancholy cripples exists where might have been nobie specimens od for generations to come. Trees should never be planted so as to shade too denselv a building where | humans or animals abide. THe sun must reach every part of the ling at least part of the day, or ti or will be a frequent visitor. 3 Trees must not be plant the center of a lawn. At the side jpri the rear is the place for them, A ing apple tree or two in the is good for shade and frui sprayed to kill insects 4 diseases. if the house is too densely ed use the axe ruthlessly and open up a place to admit air and light. I two | trees crowd each nther select the best, or the best located, and cut down the )ther unless It i esmall enough to re- move. Don’t trim. Cut down. One perfect tree is of more value than a vard full of crippled or stunted speci- mens. The six towns which have heretofore been commonly known as the Potter- ies, viz.: Burslem, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Longton, Tunstall and Fenton, will become one town, to be known as Stoks on, Trent, on Mérch 31, 1910, and the Potteries Electric Traction com- pany, limited, operating the whole sur- face car system which serves these towns and a portion of the adjacent country, has recently put into opera- tion a new system of fures on 11 of its 15 lines or routes. Borus (strugghing awthor)—Say, Nagews, why did you make h & mer. clless, cutting analysis of that last book of mine? I tell you, it hurt. Naggus (literary edftor)—Certainly: vivisection always hurts. But look at the benefit it confers upon humanity.—Chicago Tribune. s placd bacterioic Tt was in 1882 that Prof first_announced his dsicov f the | bacilli of tuberculosis, thes following | year he was sent by the German gov- | | or Koach ernment to India and Egypt to study cholera ana discovered the comm: bacillus, the presence of which is re- garded as an _infallible test in diagnos- | ing Astatic cholera Tt was in 1890 at the internatfonal medican congress Professor Koch announced the disc ery of a specific for tuberculosis, but while his announcement created a sen- sation, the medical profession erally 'did not accept It and subsequent experience did not fully substantiate the claims of Koch in this direction, | He visited the United States in 1808 eting of the ! that Honeymoon on Lon October Moun- tain. Lenox; Mass. May 27.—The honey- moon of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Carey Rumsey, nee Miss Mary Harriman.who were married yesterday at Arden, N Y., will be passed in the Whitney tage on the summit of Lonely mountain, where the couple late toda T Steamship Arriva am: May 27, Noordam, ork. May 27, Estonia, from May 24, Oceania, from At Genoa: May 24, Regina d'Italia, from New York: 2ith, Manuel Calvo, from New York. At Marseifjes: May Maswilia, from New Y At Naples: May 27, Koenl Alberl, from New York Mussuchasetts had 147,029 srrests for drunkenness last yesr, 1286 per- sous were committed four time 4% five times, 3625 from wsix to ffteen times, 1.042 from sixteen to thirty times, 176 from thirty to fifty times, and 44 over fifty times. The lo lnfl!r[ is the greater burden. 10| pinocle and 1 d1dn’t know any gam fourths of their former calary DEATH OF JESSE OVERSTREET Ex-Representative from the Seventh District of Indiana, Indianapolls, Ind., May Ex-Rey psentative Jewse Oversireel, who rep resented this the Seventh ®strict of Indiana, from 1896 to 1908, dled today at his home in this ety after a long illness, He leaves a widow $400,000 CHEMICALS FIRE Destruction of the Hooker Develop- ment Co’s Plant at Niagara Falls, Nisgara Falls, N, Y., May plant of the Hooker Development one of the largest chemioal concerns in the country was burned early to- day. The loss Is $400,000. The Flight Across English Channel Post- poned. Dover, May 27.—Charles Stoart Rolls started this evening In an aereplann in an attempt to fly across the English channel from Dover to Calais, e had gone only a few yards, however, who the motor broke down and he wae compelled to postpone the gight A Revolution Impending. The legislature would better not make it misdemeanor to bet on the weather or there will he a politieal revelution in this state as sure as the Lord made little green apples—New York Press. Going With the Crowd. People are always euger to heap honors on the honored, without stoy piug to And oul why they should do it Chicage Record Herald you lost Jour job ss a plisbers Yen” © URor whet ree- Incompetence. The mam they put me to work with liked to pla ‘but seven-up.”"—Washinglon Star,