Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1910, Page 1

v 1. —NO FOR CHARLTON GONTINUES Not the Slightest Clue Discovered to Where- abouts of Missing Man. THE LAKE COMO TRUNK MURDER MYSTERY Still Baffles ‘tbe Italian Authorities—All Kinds of Stories Afloat, Many Proving to Be False — Traveler on Way to Switzerland Believes He Saw Charlton on the Same Train—Officers Looking For Traveler. L Como, Ttaly, June 14.—Although theton wrote on June 6 to the Russian police authorities have sent cut a re- | Ispolatoff, who is under arrest, that he quest to the authorities at the various | and Jhis wife weré leaving for the ports to watch for a man aaswerins | Riviera. On that afternoon he went tof the description of Porter Chariton, the | the postoffice and made inquiries with search of Lake Como, where the body ' reference to steamers leaving for of Charlton’s wife was found in a|America. . trunk a few days ago, has not been | It is thought he was greatly agitated, ebandoned. Nothing has been discov- | having mailed a Jetter without a stamp ered today, however, to give the slight- | on it to Ispolatoff. est clue to the whereabouts of meL Another Reported Clue. missing man or to &trengthen the the-{ , (raveler who left here for Basel, by THat B6 Ale e - Switzerland, on the day the crime was Chariton Wrote to Ispolatoff. discovered has reported to the police All kinds of stories have been|that a passenger in the carriage un brought to the police, but they lack | which he trafeled answered the de- confirmation, and investigation has | scription of Charlton. Efforts have shown many of them to be fabrica- | been made to locate this man, but so tions. It has been learned that Charl- | far without result. PROMINENT SUFFRAGETTES SPECTATORS EXPELLED DEFENDANTS PN $50,000 SUIT. FROM BRIBERY TRIAL Mrs. O. H: P. Belmont and Miss Mill- | No Possibility for Undue Influence to holland Among Ther Reach the Jury. New York, June 14.—Mrs O: H. P.| Chicago, June 14—The expulsion Melmont, Miss inez Millholland and | today of two spectators from the trial other well known suffragette leaders | of State Representative Lee O'Neil were made defendants in a suit filed | Browne, charged with paying $1,000 &n the United States circuit court to- |to Representative Charles A. White to day on behalf of John A. Sitminer, a | vote for William Lorimer for United hirtwaist manufsctureér, who claims | States henator, gave emphasis to State e was driven out of business by tic | Attorney Wayman's declaration that strike of the shirtwaist makers and de- | he would prevent any possibility for inands $50,000 from the suffragettes, | undue influence to reach the jury. mho gave moral and financial support. The men expelled were Ernest Kru- The Women’s Trades union and. the | lewich, a Chicago politician, and Hen- #Waistmakers’ union are named as co- |ry Wagner. The latter owes his em- Wefendants. ‘barrassment to having made audible It will be recalled that Mrs. Belmont | expression of a belief in the guilt of end Mies Millholland took a promi- | the defendant. Mr. Wayman said he ent part in the strike several months | had not seen Krulewich do anything g0. wrong; but that, during the trial of “Skinny” Madden, a labor leader, ATTEMPT TO BETTER HIS OWN charsed with extortion, Krulewich had . rought suspicion on imse! Yy sak- WORLD'S AEROPLANE RECORD. | {0t O Madden in front of the i ury. Brookins Met Strong Cross Current at ¥ o it . b of. wevisel wali- Height of 2,083 Feet. ticians indicted two vears ago. Kru- . i _ S oeige | 1eWich was served with a subpoena to Indianapolis, June 14.—Against a Stifft . o ind Wa? Bocins ot Davion 0 appear before a grand jury tomorrom. Mriving a Vi iplane, attempte: Saic. toany af AN Inmiasepolis spped-| o ION OF JURVIVORS way to better his own world's aero. GRRELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Jane record for altitude, which he se gmerdn' at 4,384 1-2 feet. Making a | Three Men Meet for First Time in Zew wide circles, he reached the height Twenty-five Years. of 1 feet in seven minuted. Contin- wing his upward ascent, he soared tof New York, June 14—A reunion of 2.083 feet in 12.45. At this height| ynusual and tragic interest which Brookins met a sirong cross curren’| prought together three men who for ®néd with a short turn he began a swift | three years together faced death in wescent to within 200 feet of the earth.| the frozen north took place in Hobo- He alighted after manoeuvring OVer|ken N. J. today, when three survivors the automobile course. TUntoward|of the ill-fated Greely Arctic expedi- weather conditions curtailed the day’s| tion met for the first time in 25 years. programme. . Of the seven men who survived the 7 e e L e terrible experiences of that trip two THREE WEEKS’ OLD BABY BOY ;mv? lin]ce died and two others are in orelgn lands. ZRERD SN BUBSIED: The thres Who met teday to rencw 5 acquain! ce are Henry H. Biederbeck. TENE Noroton | secretary of the Aretic club of Ameri- Heights School Teacher. ca; Francis Long, emploved in the weather bureau here, and Maurice A baby | Connell, chief of the weather bmrea: Stamford. Conn., June 14. toy between two and three weeks old | ot San’ Jose Cal was found in the bushes near the Sol- e diers' home at Noroton Heights late | PROPOSED EXHIBITION FLIGHT tod - by Miss Rourke, a school teach- Medical Examiner S. House. The lat- ter placed the infant in the children's| Up Broadway from the Battery fo mome at Darien. The child is thought Harlem, Says Hamilton. t0 be ofgforeign parentage and was neatly dressed. It must have been ly- New York, June 14.—Speaking to- n the bushes for some hours un- | night of his proposed exhibition fi'lght it was hungry and was | for New Yorkers, Hamilton said 1 badly bitten by insects. At the home | guarantee to fly up Broadway from; the Battery to Hatlem at a height not, ex- B ——— seeding thirty feet except where I have Procpects of Anotl cr Big Fight an the | to go over the ‘L’ or some obstruption Hotas, Hile like that. There's plenty of Toorh be- >, tween the building lines of Brozidway lndimflcl:: :or my m;;x-n?, ;n::hrnn::fike the -wl_gn r e e ey caris. thé house probably next week. It | tmh Tivers mabe this eity almast ou is expected that the resolution of Rep- | jgeal place in which to fly, for it ien’t jesentative Hamilton Fish of New | much of a trick to strike wate'r when arge the rule committee b is only near ing seen, becanuse 4t is said that the child may die. Washington, June 14. :t to another big figsht on the "y York to di: from furth olution limising the time ~they mav P —— consider a bill, will be called up in the | CLOUDBURST IN BERLIN, house by its author next Tuesday. There will be a meeting of the insurg- ent republicans before that time and the Fish resolution and other matters _#ppertaining to the insurgent situation n the house will be discussed. consideration of his res- All Thousands of Dollars’ Dansage. Berlin, June 14—The worst cloud. Discharge of 10,000 Railroad Laborers | burst in many years caused hundreds 4 - of thousands of dollars’ damage to Berlin _ tonight. Cellars ewerywhere Paul. Minn,“June 14—The Pio- | were flooded and street curs, omni- neer Press tomorrow will say that the | buses and other traffic stopped. Tie yolicy of retrenchment, threatened by {subway was filled with watkr. The ta- ihe railroads because of federal ac- |bles and chairs of outdoor vestaurants in the Northwest. tivity in preventing a proposed in- | were swept away. crease in freight rates already is go- For a time the water wwas three feet ing into effect. Thus far. the policy | deep in most of the primcipal thor- has meant the discharge of about 10,- | oughfares. Twenty persons were struck 000 laborers in the northwest. . Orders | by lightning, but o far a8 is reported have been received from headquarters | none was fatally injured. to stop nearly all new censtruction CONVENTION ¥t 1911. work, while plans for extensions and betterments have been temporarily dropped. 3 in New York to Make Arran . Amerioan Ministaets Nebway in Aite]. © o ork to Make Arranugemtns Accident, Had Arm Broken. A meeting of the First Slovak ‘Wreath of the Free Eagles will be held c , N " —Her— bt e Ty Aume 14 Her-lat New York this wedk to make ar- ister to Norway, had his arm broken | Fangements for the nglmnl conven- and his wife and niece were slightly | tion of this order in injured in an automobile accident yes- | 30, 1911. This marks also the cele- rday. The driver of th bration of the 15th aianiversary of the 5 KGnpting tomw T OOle, [ordar, ani” Bridcepoit 1s. sclocted oe the machine into a boulder and it’ was | the place for holc/ing the mesting in attempting to'avoid & horse car, ran largely because a nvimber of the offi- - cers live there, This order has grown rapidly dur- troyers in Roosavelt Har® | 1. 1o Tact few scars and it is now overturned. Torpedo Dest torpedo division destroyers will sail | week’s meeting. Thursday under the command of Lieut. Commander George C. Day. They con- | Flag Day Exercises at Government sist of the Smith, Flusher, Lamson, Printimg Office. Preston ‘and Hek : ‘W]:.lhlmfl!.mliun- 14.—Fvery wheel n the “‘mammot/y. government printing Boy Burned to Death at Bonfire. office stopped af noon today, while the Meriden, Conn., June 14—While|thousands of eyaployes filed down into playing néar @ onfire this afterncon, | the street and _participated in 1lax nk Tose, the three and a half year [day exercises. ‘Public Printer Donnelly old son of Pasquale Tose, received | presided. Flag; day exercises at the burns which caused “his death. “An | printing office ‘have been observed in Jtalian woman wis Badly burned about | that way for several years the hands and arms in her efforts to — beat out the fire. Pennsylvania Democratic State Con- B PO T G T vention. What Impresses Most. It isn't that e who tool the child to the home of " FOR NEW YORKERS First Slovak Wreath of Eagles Meets idgeport May bot. Parade. - proposed to raise the amount to be Newport, R. I, June 14—To attend | pasd beneficiaries %o $1,500. Pians for the welcoming home of Colonel Roose . | building a home fior the order in East wvelt in New Yoré( harbor, the seventh | Bridgeport will be discussed at this Allentown, Pa.. June 15.—At 1.30 a. the colonel m. the probebilities are that the demn- Mis might what his hands find to do [ cratic statel convention will nominats that stirs our in t 80 | Govs Webster Grim, Paris, June 14—The government has decided that It will Biggimposaible to apply the workmen’s ofd age pen- sion law, which will cost the treasury more than $25,000,000 annually, until the last guarter of 191l. 2 eEie Paris, June 14—The governor of French West Indies reports a fight between the French troops and -Arabs at Hguigmi on May 31, during which the Arabs lost 120 killed and _the French 9 killed and 20 wounded. Berlin, June 14—Advices received by the German cablegram company from Rio de Janeiro states that in- surgents in the prefecture of Jurua in the Acre Wdistrict of western Brazil have driven out the governor and de- clared their independence. Willemstad. Curacao, June 14.—The government schooner Van Herdt has been wrecked on the northeast cost of Curacao. The captain, crew and passengers, with the exception of. four sailors and one passenger. were drowned. The list includes the gov- ernor of Buen Agyre. JUDGE GREENE NAMED AS LAY DELEGATE. Chosen by Diocesan Convention in Ses- “dion at New Haven. Many from this part of the state were at the state diocesan convention of the Episcopalians at Ngw Haven on Tuesday. The fund for aged and infirm clergy was reported to be $122,121, with total receipts for the year of $26,466. The clergymen’s retiring fund had received $5,594, and the total is $28,566. Rev. Dr. Hart read the report of the register of the diocese. Among the notices of new business was one pro- viding for the Australian ballot for choosing future delegates to the con- vention, and that each parish be as- sessed 1 per vent. for convention ex- penses. 3 were $1,000 to the Mar, - fund of Trinity church, * Bristol; funds in New Havem: $10,000 to the Lucy H. Boardman ; $17120.58 to the Mary P. Wade fund, $5,000 to the Mary F. Ives fund, and $1,009 for the benefit of Christ church parish. The report of the infirm clergymen’s fund showed that $7,500 had been re- ceived and $6,800 paid out. The fund now amounts'to over $125,000. An ad- dition was made to the fund of the Missionary society of $11,750 for use the coming year. The following were selected as the standing comanittee of the diocese for the coming year: Rev. S. O. Seymour, Dr. Samuel Hart, Rev. George T.. ley, Rev. Dr. Stuart Means and-Rev. M. G. Thompton. A resolution appropriating $1,500 for the salary of the secretary to the bish- op and to which an amendment was offered raising the sum to $3,000 was referred to the financial committee to be reported upon at today’s session. The question of permitting the conse- cration of suffragan bishops in the state was tabled by a vote of 171 to 61. The lay delegates to the convention to be held in Cincinnati were selected as follows: Burton Mansfield, New Ha- ven; Judge Gardiner Greene, Norwich; William Ferguson, Stamford, and H. B. Reese, Hartford. Two clerical dele- sales were chosen, Rey. F. W. Harri- man of Windsor and Rev. Ernest DeF. Miel of Hartford. The others will be chosen today, when the convention will peopen at 9 o’clock. JUNE FESTIVAL AT CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH Given by La Benevolent Union With Many Present. TUnder the auspices of the Ladies’ Benevolent union of the Central Bap- tist church a June festival was given { on Tuesday evening in hnell chap- .el. comprising a_supper and musical entertainment which made an espe- clally enjoyable programme for the 200 patrons. In Tecognition of Flag day, the supper room had flag decora- tions and the tables floral centerpieces while at each plate was e small flag souvenir. 3 Young ladies from the Sunday school served the attractive menu which in- cluded cold meat, potato salad, rolls, and strawberry shortcake. The com- mittee in general charge of the sup- per and entertainment comprised Mrs. Eva W. Caulkins, chairman, Mrs, H. J. Adams, Mrs. E. W. Phillips, Mrs. John Turner, Mrs. E. H. Purvis, Miss Maria S. Briggs, Mrs. W. J. Tefft, Mrs, Hagberg, Mrs. W. S. Allen and Mrs. James Parker. A feature of the entertainment pro gramme which closed the supper was the appearance of the Broadway school orchestra under the direction of Prof. J. Herbert George. Their four num- bers were all received with great en- thusiasm and all the other numbers on the programme were encored. The STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS. programme included solos by Mrs. Traffic Stopped—Hundrads of Reuben P. Potter, Miss Bertha Wood- mansee, Mrs. A. T. Sullivan and George A. Turner, readings by Mrs. ‘W. B. Manning, and selections by the orchestra or 18 members. The an- nouncements were by’ Mrs. P. C. ‘Wright, president of the society. FIFTH COMPANY MEETING. Badges Were Distributed fo the Men by Captain Tarbox. The regular weekly drill of the Fifth company, C. A. C, was held at the armory on Tuesday evening. Oony rou- tine work was done with the exception that the badges from the government for the last year's rifle practice scores were distributed. Sergeant Williams in addition to the decoration received from the Coast Ar- tillery corps a ten years® silver badge. It is a handsome medal and wel de- served. STREET COMMISSIONER FELLOWS Fell Down Stairs at juring Thigh and Back. About 5.30 o’clock Tuesday evening Street Commissioner George E. Fel- lows fell down the stairs in the city barn leading from his office on the second floor. He was severely injured, the ligaments in his thigh and back being badly wrenched and torn, and it is possible he will be confined to his home some time. No bones were broken. OBITUARY. g i Glynn. On Monday Francis Glynn died at No. 138 Washington street from indi- gestion and apoplexy, and on Tuesday the remains were sent to Farmington for buridl by Shea & Burke. Mr. Glynn was born in Winchester 51 yvears ago and for many years lved in Farming- ton. He was a grinder in cutlery works. He leaves a brother, John Glynn of this city and a sister in Fanmington Flag Day Exercises. Tn most of the schools in the town of Flag day by the singing of patriotic PRICE_TWO CENTS ed for License|Pe Yet Remains RESULT OF DECISION OF CON- NECTICUT SUPREME COURT., THE-NEW HARTFORD CASE Superior Court the Court of Last Re- sort in the Matter of License Ques- tion—Decision Yesterday. Cabled Paragrapis_ [ 0f Steeplejack, RESCUED BY FIREMEN FROM CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS. SUSPENDED BY HIS TEETH ' | On Wire 125 Feet Above the River on Which He Had Undertaken a Trip Across the Gorge. Niagara Falls, agara’s first nearly came to a sad end early tonight when' Oscar Williams, a local steepie- Jack, who had essayed a trip across the gorge on.a wire, hanging by his teeth, came to a stop when above the middle of the river and hung there forty-five minutes until rescued by the Maid of the Mist. Apparatus Balked. apparatus began to balk soon after he left the American shore and whea it struck the up grade to the Canada side he came to a stop and then swung back to the middle of the wire, which cleared the river by 125 feet, just over the swift power tunnel e 14.—The supreme 0 handed down here today declared that the superior court was the court of last resort in the matter of the license question in New Hartford. At the time of the voting on the licenge question on October 4, 1909, it was contended that but four days® notice had been given, five days was required by selectmen of the question to the superior court, Judge George W. Wheeler decided that the proper notice had not been given and that the vote was not legal, as the Statutes had not been complied The matter was then taken to the supreme court, who today decided that the case could not properly be brought to the supreme court accord- ing to the acts of 1909, as the supe:ior court was the court of last resort. The town of New Hartford will remain dry though the vote taken last October was in favor of license. MASONS HAD BIG TIME AT WILLIMANTIC. Franklin Council Worked Degree for Olive Branch Council. New Haven, J court by a decisi N. Y., June 14—N international carried the How He Was Rescued. Firemen from this city rigged a pul- ley with rope and sent it out to him and hand over hand he made his way downward to the deck of the Maid of the Mist, which had taken position be- neath, him. : de During Carnival Festi At the height of the festivities at noon today an unknown man.jumped into the river from Luna Island bridge before the eyes of thousands of peo- ple and was swept in a twinkling over the brink of Luna Fall, which never gives up its dead. The man was about 50 years old and weighed about 200 (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, June 14.—The Masons certainly had a big time in this city Tuesday evening, when the members of Olive Branch council, No. 10, R. and S. M., entertained a big delegation_from Franklin council, No. 3, R. and S. M., of Norwich. Thrice Illustrious Master Richard L. Wiggins and a_ delegation from the local council met the Norwich delegation, 75 strong, that arrived here on the trolley via special at 7 o'clock. The Norwich council brought it famous band, and the line was formed and the march was to_the First Congregation- al church, up Main street and through Walnut to the church, where 110 Mas~ ons sat down to an excellent supper, served by the Ladies’ Aid society of the church. After supper the line was reformed and the march was taken up to Masonic hall, in the bank bnilding on Main street. Work was exemplified upon a class of four candidates in the super excel- lent degree by the Norwich council, Justin Holden being T. L master. most enjovable evening was reported by those in attendance. The Norwich party left at a seasonable hour for its homie city by special trolley. NEW TRIAL GRANTED NAPOLEON BISSONETTE Of Bridgeport Convicted of Killing H New Haven, June 14—A new trial was granted by a down by the suprem here today to Napoleon Bissonett of Bridgeport, who was convicted by a jury in the superior court of. killing law, Rome P. Demery, at the former’s home October 14 last. Demery claimed that Bissonett was not wife properly and went to his home to remonstrate with him The two quarreled and after it was over and Demery house Bissonett pulled a gun from his pocket and shot him, court found an court in session his” brother- mending him for treating his overboi leaving the The supreme error in the former trial and instead of going to prison for life on a conviction of murder in the second degree, Bissonett will be tried a second time! JUROR N. F. HUFFMAN WEIGHS 435 POUNDS. Has Great Difficulty Stowing Himsél Away in Jury Box—Jui EXPERT OPENED BANK SAFE, SHORTAGE OF $18,000. aiding George W. bridge of $309,000. F. Huffman, ting in the Pittsburg, June 14. 30 years old, a juror present term of oriminal having a most uncomfortable sessio Huffman weighs 435 pounds and h great difficulty stowing away his bulk The chairs are too Mount Holly, N, J., June 14.—Af‘er having defied the efforts of six lick experts, who since Monday mornin had been endeavoring to open it, tie door of the vault of the Mount Holly National bank of this place was drili- ed and the safe opened tonight. sistant Cashier C. S, Heller has besn absent since last Saturday. safe was opened Cashier Frederick H. Lee is alleged to have discovered a shortage in the bank’s funds of over He immediately had a warrant issued for Heller's arrest. holds Heller's bond for $15,000. in the jury box. small for him so he has to edge of two placed side by side. passing in and out of the jury box the gateway is so small for him that he can just squeeze through. Huffman takes the g0od nature and causes even the judge to smile at his struggles to and from the jury room. Mrs. Ford Free of All Indictments i ORDERLY HEIR TO $500,000. English Boy in Philadelphia Hospital Cincinnati, 14.—Formal Jeanette Stewart Ford, in the case” L. Warriner, defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four railroad, was entered in the probate court county toda: against Mrs. “the woman i Philadelphia, June 14.—A letter re- L ot ol ceived from his father. who lives in ly“! Albert Wright, derly at the Presbyterian that his uncle, Mincing lane, London, has died, and left him $500,000, given up his place at the hospital and will sail for England Last January he mar- whom he had Wright has of Charles importer of al of the lunacy charges Ford free of all formal indictments growing out She is under the leaves Mrs. of the Warriner case. care of an alienist selected by ried an English girl county prosecutor. known since boyhood. been: making his home at 43 North Philadelphia. He is the son of Alfred Wright, a Lon- don hotel owner and is the only boy He was a great fa- Oliver Spitzer Before Federal New York, June 14.—Oliver Spitzer, former superintendent iamsburg dock of the Amerlcan Sugnr convicted of com- ity in the sugar frauds, but recent- ly pardoned by President Taft, was a witness before the federal grand ‘ury This gave rise to reports that the government was planning a new line of prosecution than $1,000,000 alleged to have paid the company as drawback money sugar refined here and ex- of ten children. vorite with his uncle, who had family of his own. British army’ ddring ‘was twice wounded and was present at the siege .of Ladysmith. Refining compan He served in the STEEPLECHASE CLOSED.. to recover more Rumor of Opening on July 4 Withou§ Foundation. Two Mature Romance: Steeplechase Island, Bridgeport, will not be opened for July 4, not even for the day or probably ever again is the opinion of Capt. Paul Bovton, who has been the manager of this resort for the past Capt. Boyton said that he Runaway Horse Jumped Into Erie Ca- amusement June 14.—A runaway horse which jumped the railing of an Erie canal bridge tonight created such | the water that body of a man was brought to the sur- Documents found indicated that he Edward Martin of Schenectady few years. had been spending cently with Timothy Tilyou, the own- er of the resort, and that he had de- clared he was holding the place sim{ ply for a real estate deal plating cutting it up into lots and sell- ing the leases for them. a commotion Miss Emma Gl: ceremony will be performed in the new cadet is _probably | 11 he contem- Steamship Arrivals. At Antwerp, June 14: Finland, from New York. ‘At Rotterdam, June 13: Birma, from New York. At Liverpool, from New York. At Trieste, June 9: Martha Wash- ington, from New York. At Bremen, June 14: Kalser Wilhelm 11, from New York. SWATZBURG DISCHARGED ON SECOND COUNT. Judge Barnes Did Not Desire to H. Arguments After Testimony. Washington, June 14 Taft, accompanied ton and his militar midnight_over the Baltimore & Onio railroad for Marietta. Obio, where he will -attend tomorrow afternoon thie seventy-fifth anniversary of Marietta college. The president will be hack in Washington early Thursday mora- In the city court on Tuesday morn- the second count against Josepi Swatzburg, Jr., charged with getting money under false pretenses from Ber- tha Levine, was_continued. mother, Mrs. B. Levipe, through an in- terpreter, stated that the accused has done well for her other daughter, now Mrs, Arthur Swatzburg, in getting her a husband and he thought he could do Bertha Levine was also callel. Both stated the matters the same as Mrs. Arthur Swatzburg had on Monday. . This concluded the evidence for the state and the defense did not Introduce not wish to Westinghouse Air Brake Dividend. June 14.—The board of ‘Westinghouse Air Brake company today declared a reg- ular guarterly dividend of two and a an_ extra dividend of one and a half, and a special dividend of two per cent. OLDEST GRADUATE. 38, to Attend Yale Commencement. directors of " the half per cent, as well for Bertha. Henry P. Hedges, have been New Haven Furniture De: An interesting feature of commence- ment week at Yale will be the pres- ence of the oldest living P. Hedges, in the matter. Hall started to make an argument. b the judge stated that he did not desire and discharged the ac- The third count was continued, as Mrs. F. T. Maples is sic Deputy Coroner. ‘While he is in Providence attending the 35th reunion of his class at Brown, on Tuesday there was an observance |which took phc'o. there Tuesday I;;'hnt. rapresented . H. ass of 1838, Judge and surrogate of Suffolk county, New York, was n member of the legis- He is noted as a bril- liant converser and an excellent public His remarkable memory is quite unimpaired cences of college experiences and ad- ventures are narrated and gueto of the men of yester leaves & daughter and son. lature fn 1852 with all the | lynched. Coroner Brown "fl'll's Pflsmflfl Condensed Telegrams Miss Minnie Wentz, a governess, of New York, hus been missing since last Thursday. Aviators Now Regard the New York Washngton flight as the next test their abilities, > President Taft Will Make a Tour of the middie west next October, to last ten days or mgr The New York Chamber of com- merce urgeg congri ens bill of lading. s to pass the Stev- Ptesident A| M. Harris of the North- western university _favors the higher education of women. Mrs. Eliza Virginia beauty, is suing Peter Keville, a millionaire, for a divorce. h Lee Keville, o noted A Ruling by the Court in the lllinois legislative bribery trial will exclude testimony against the accused. The Federal Government filed a poti- tion asking for the dissolution of the Chicago butter and eggs board, alleg- ing that quotations are juggled. The Senate Sub-committ hearing those opposed to Mr. confirmation, notified his friends they need not present any witness A Committee of the Chicago conven- tion of shippers called on the inter. state commerce commission and Presi- dent Taft regarding increased rates filed by the railroads. William H. Flynn, for many years warden of the Tombs prison, New York, who has had control over mo famous prisoners than almost any oth- er man of his time, is dead, Representatives O'Connell of Masa- chusetts and Estopinal of Loulsiana, whose seats were contested, were de. clared regularly elected members o congress by a house committee on elec- tions. Lord Kitchener's Declination of the post of inspector general of the Medit- erranean forces was officially commu-~ nicated to the house of commons. Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati was eceived in private by the pope. Briefs Were Filed by the Attorneys for the “prosecution” and “defense with the Ballinger-Pinchot investigat- ing committee. The committee did not meet, but will assemble next Saturday to prepare for its deliberations. The Secretary of the Navy has writ- ten a letter to Herman Miiler of Bal- timore, firsi-class fireman on the re- ceiving “ship Fra heartily com- antry in jumping d at Norfallk and attempting to resche Urban J. Baure, an appren- tice seaman. CASE OF “BIG BILL' KELIHER MAY GO TO JURY TODAY. Trial Ended—Defendant Not Called to Witness Stand, Boston, June 14.—No effort was made to have “Big Bill” Keliher testify in his own behalf when the trial ended today, in which he Is charged with ‘oleman in defraud- ing the National y bank or Cam- The burly friend of the defaulting bookkeeper sat stoleally beside nis attorneys while half a doz en witnesses, including a woman d from New 'York, testified regarding Coleman’s relations with Keliher, Yel even Keliher was forced to smile when his lawyers dieconcerted the district rney by producing a hidden wit- to the last interview betwee Kellher and Coleman at the former’: house in Winthrop last April. In the early stages of the trial Cole- man had testified that he was urged to fter the bank Atwood or Ar- that Keliher wanted to settle the cas and offered from $5,000 to $100,000 for Colemans’ silence, The government did not produce Mrs. Atwood, but the de- fense did today, and her story of the interview varied considerably from She sald that It was Coleman who suggested the visit to Keliher's house and that Coleman told her that Keliher did not know the money Coleman gave him for vari- ous dealings came from, he argu- ments will be made tomorrow and it is expected that the jury will receive the case either late tomorrow after- noon or Thursday morning. MOB OF WHITES DRIVE OUT JAPANESE LABORERS Unceremoniously Ordered Out of a Washington Town. Dirrington. Washington, June 14.— A mob of 100 white men yesterday or- dered -all the Japanese laborers em- ployed in the plant of the United States Lumber company to town, and after giving the foreigners time ‘to get together their effe companied them to the station and saw them board a train for Seattle. in West Point ts ac- 1910 Graduating Cla: West Point, N, Y., June 14.o-There are at least two mature romahces in the 1910 graduating class at West Point. Immediately after graduation tomorrow Cadet Robert W. Barr, ap- pointed from the Sixth Missouri dis- trict, will be united in marriage with srow, also of Missouri After gr President Taft Starts for Ohio. —President Secretary Nor- ing. Montreal Fire Death Roll 34, Montreal, June 14.—The addition of five names to the list of those missing who were in the H. 4 building terday when the sprinkler tank lapsed now makes it “tically e tain that the death list n up thirty-four, So far only bodies vered r Dead. ew Haven, June 14.—George R Chamberiain, one of the oldest furni- derlers in the city and state, ! tonight fre 61 years bome her e wa Arkansas Negro Lynched. where cave and upon his ar- rival in Washington, D. C.. tomorrow Cadet D. H. Torre wed to Miss Buckley, the daughter of an army officer. of Utah will be aide, left here at Ark.,, June 14, —Wiil €gro. was taken from the officers’ hy a moh here last night and The negro had been arrested for entering the room of a white wom- an near Garnett, « & few daye ago. A G o o i Boy Aeronaut Thrills New York SUDDENLY APPEARS IN LOWER PART OF THE CITY. PLAYS ABOUT SKYSCRAPERS Dodging In and Out, Like a Wasp— Strikes Court House Roof—Dirig Finally Disabled. New York, June 14,—Fred L. Owens, a youthful aeronaut, of Bellevilis, N J.,‘gave Maphattan a rew thrill toda by suddenly appearing in a dirigible balloon in the lower part of the cit He had flown nine miles from Belle ville and crossed the Hudson without mishap, but on reaching the ¢ity hall district his troubles began, Drifted Helpless Over East River. Over-zealous volunteers st the roof of the courthouse drag rope, ocausing the craft to veer and strike the bullding, twisting the framework and putting the propeiler out of commission. Thus helpless the wind caught the balloon and bore It erratically over the East river, where it Janded among a group of troes and trolley wires. Firemen rescued Owens uninjured. Cheering Crowds Showered With Sand. Still discissing Hamilton's achieve ment of yesterday, lower New York || Bazed upwand and cheered framtically s Owenes cut capers and dodged ke a wasp among the skyscrapers. Those who happened to be directly under him were showered with sand as he threw overboard ballast, but everybody took it good naturedly. WELL KNOWN ILLUSTRATOR SHOOTS HIMSELF IN 8TUDIO. Leon Gupon of New York Found Dead on the Fleor, New York, June 14—Leon Gupen well known as an artist and illustrator shot himself through the head in his studio here today and wes found dead on the floor, revolver by his side. H Merrill, 'a close friend, explained tragedy tonight, saying that Gupon had been engaged to Miss Agnes ¥os ter, daughter of a_Boston banker, but had broken the engagement because of ill health, He suffered with heart trouble and had been told by physl clans that he might die at any time Warned by an hysterical letter, Mer rill hastened to the studio this afier- noon, hoping that he would be In time to dissuade Gupon from dolng any thing rash. But when he threw open the studio door he saw it was too late Gupon was dead, and on & table near the body was a large envelope contaln ing his last will and testament. It has not heen read. New York, June 14.—Before killing himself the young artist eent to his former fiancee in Boston & check for $7,212, 11 the pennies I had saved.” as he expressed it in a letter to his friend Merrill. In his letter to Merrl he wrote “Since I came back to New York for no apparent reason my heart went all to pleces again. I told you it was m throat and my stomach. I suffer more than words can describe. No doctor can help me and I fully reaMze that [ am doomed. “I do not want to polson her bright happy life, yet 1 cannot live without her. I have fought manfully, but I am beaten. So there ie but one honorabie path open to me, @nd I shall ealmly step into it because my consclence Is clear.” When a heavy envelope on a table near the body was opened the artist's will, written in his own hand, was found. It said in part: “This is my last will “I am an orphan and have no bleod relatives. After my death do not look for my money, as I have already dis posed of it. “All my plotures and all my belong inge 1 give to Agnes Foster of 41 Win throp street, Boston, Mas., and to Mr Hiram C. Merrill, New York. T may divide them amdably between them or mell them or give them to friends, or do whatever they wish with them. “T ‘desire to be cremated and my ashes thrown to the four winds. CONGRESS TUESDAY. Raillroad Bill Conferenee Report Pre- sented to Both Branch Washington, June 14.—The confer ence report on the railroad bill was presented to both the senate and house today. During its eession today the senate devoted its attention between the public land withdrawal bill and Sénator Owens’ motion dischanging the committee on privileges and elections from the further consideration of the resolution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Action was taken upon neither of these measures. The session of the house was agal devoted to political speeches under the guise of debate upon the deficiency bill. Representative Randall of Texas caused a sensation by meving that the house recall from the committes on the judiciary a bill to prohibit sens tors, representatives and judges from acceptin gifts, compensasion, etc from railroad, telegraph and other sim ilar corporations, on the ground that Representative Parker of New Jersey chatrman, and ether members of -the committee were accepting such gifts, and by so doing were disqualified trom action on such a committee, Mr. Ran dall_seeking action on his motion as privileged, met opposition, and the spenker sustained a point of erder which prevented action upon it. This action was upheld by the house, 121 to_20. Both houses will be in session to- morrow. Wright Brothers Lose a Point in Their Court Fight. New York, June 14.—Orville and Wilbur Wright lost 4 point today in their court fight to protect the patents covering their aeroplane from alleged infringements by Glenn H. Curtlss and TLouis Paulhan, the French avia r. By unanimous decision, the United States court of appeals vacaled the tempornr injunetions obtained Ly the Wright company against Paulban and the Herving-Curtiss company, pending trial of suits which will determine whether there Is any Infringement in fact Bighty=Two Cadets te Be Secend Lisu- tenants, West Point, N, Y, June 14.—Eighty. 1wo cadets will recelve comminsions as second lleutenants tomorrow at the gradusting exercises of the United States Milltary academy. Frederick 8. Strong, Jr., of Trey, . Y., heads the class. S A Kansas City cempany is e Terteresd Biar or eiigs: " ory for. Ing cemant . in-u blocks in Mexico. od i