Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 21, 1910, Page 1

/VOL._LIL—NO. 277 HURRIED COUNSEL OF PHYSICIANS During the Anxious Hours of Saturday Night Gave No Ray of Hope—Parting Hours of Aged Patient Were Painless—Practically the Whole Population of Asta- pova Surrounded Hut Where the Count Lay Dying. Astapova, pathered around the hut where Tolstol Jay dying in the early Sunday morning hours awaited breatilessly the verdict of Dr. Thtchurovsky and Dr. Usoff, two of the leading speclalists of Moscow, who had been hurriedly called into con- sultation. The former had carried Tol- | stol safely through a similar crisis in 1901 in Crimea, and the hopes of the people rested on Iim. The examination was brief, lasting less than half an hour. Tolstoi failed to recognize either of the physicians, and asked: “Who are these strangers? When informed, he said: “What fine men.” 3 Died While Unconscious. Despite their natural reluctance .to spread discouraging reports, the con- sulting physicians could not sce their fiold out & ray of hope. How- ever, they helped to lessen the pain of the aged patient, whose parting l;nur, an- Jortly after he had issued from under the in- fluence of an injected stimulant. He died without regaining consciousness. Io the interval between the last two attacks of cardiac failure the patient seemed to he comfortable, and his face way to were mercifully ires from physk guish. Mis heart succumbed was clear of pain. Notley Crowd of Mourners About the Old Hut. Throughout a heart breaking night a motley crowd, made up of the most va- ried elements imaginable, pressed nd the low hut. There were dis- tant relatives of the aged author Tol- stolans, villagers and many churchmen, among them the A “urch. All allke stood spellbound, knowing that a matchless personality was de- parting as the Sunday dawn dispelled the damap, foggy November night. Vire tually the whole population of Asta- plova was there. Then came a quiet ¥bice from the hmi: “Leon Nicholae- Wich Is dead | Thers was a moment of silence. Then @ery head was bared and there was sobbing on all sides. One called ou @roup gathered there. No One Excluded from the Dcath‘ Chamber. Luter in the day all the peasants in the distriet flocked here. None was exciuded from the death chamber, through which there was a constant stream of visitors. Including many #chool ehildren. The chamber/is dec- orated with pine branches. The body fiss been embalmed and will e trans- forred to Yasrava Poliana. All v have been siven permission to @raph the body if they wish, M. Gunz- berg. the scuiptor, will take a death mask. Desired a Simple Funeral. It is said that Tolstol expresi ‘but ghat the funeral suould be one, without ceremonial or flowers. Pamlly however, has agreed not to in terfere with any honors that the public may desire to pay. Friends of the dead writer have started a movement for the acquisition of the house whero te died as a national memors Telegrams of Sympathy. Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovitch fas sent a message to Countess Tol- stol saying: “My whole soul is with you and your family at this sad mo- menh.” ‘umerous other telegrams of sympa- y have come from organizations anc dividuals, COUNT LEO TOLSTOI fo Sketch of the Great Russian- Nov- slist and Social Reforme Count Lyof Ickolalviteh Tolstol, wsually called Count Leon Tolstoi, nov- elist and social reformer, was born Aug. 28, 1828, at Yasnaya Poliana, in the provincs of Tula, Russia. When 23 years old Tolstoi entered the army znd served in the Caucasus and in the de- fense of Sebastopo! against the Dritish end French allied forces. He first made a raputation in literature by a series of vivid sketches written from Sebastopol end when he left the army soon after the Crimean war he devoted himself rety to literature. Tolstoi’s Writings. His “War and Peac a tale of the $uvasion of Russia by leon in 181 is regarded in Ruassi as Dbeing masterpiece. though Anna K » ppeared in 1576, found greater fay 4, where his “Kreutzer Sonata,” translations of which were published in 1890, attracted wide attention “Tolstoi also wrote much on cduca- tion and published a number of short stories and reminiscences of childhoad and vouth, but of recent vears he had devoted hi He made “Return Not Evil” the key- stone of the Christian faith and in- sisted that the literal-interpretation of the sermon on the mount was the oniy rule of ths Christian life. The relig- ious views of Tolgtoi were sct forth in his “Christ's Christianity” ana “My Re- Yigion " During 1893 ‘Tolstoi wrote “The Kingdom of God Within Us” an im- portant work on the social question, and in 1895 he wrote “The Fonr Gos- pels Harmonized and Transiaicd” 11z other works included “M- Conf, on Criticisms of Dogmatical Christianity “What I Belicve: What is to He Done “The Death of Ivgn Hvitch:” “The Fower of Darkness" (a drama); “On Vife:” “The Fruits of ghtenent” da comeds): “The Kingiow of God is ithin You:” “What s Art™ “The tian Teaching:" “The Resurrec- m:" “The Siavery of Our Times “What is Religion”" and mans other works on the most varied subjects. ted by the Holy Synod. In_1901 Tolstol ‘was excommunicated ‘the synod and in October 2 e ited his memoirs and diaties With the cpraior of the Rym- museum on the condition that they should not bé pubii=ied until den ewrs atler his death. amd in Novem- B or G i g, e legalls R ever his whule foptunc; including his NING | Cabid TOLSTOI DIED SUNDAY MORN Bfenthed His Last In The Hut At Astapova Where He Was Taken When Stricken cholera and one death vl ported during the past 24 Havana, Nov. 20.—The Havana base- ball team today defeated the Detroit American club by a score of 2 to 1. Paris, Nov. track today, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.’s Iakoutsk won the Prix Le Torpilleur, a three-year-old event , at one mile, 7 1-2 furlongs, stake $300. le Hon, a steeplechase, Nash Turner's Mon Cauctivis finished second. Berlin, Noy. 20.—Emsnuel Lasker of New York won the fifth game of the championship chess match against D. Janowski of Paris, nere today. ker selected a queen’s pawn opening, to which Janowski could offer scarce- Present score: Las- the Auteuil In the Prix 1y any resistance. ker 3, drawn 3, janowski 0. having ended so quickly, the players decided to devote four hours to the sSixth contest of the series, which will be ¢oncluded Tuesda: Cherbourg, Nov. 20.—The funeral of H. G. Weidlich, 2 sailor from the Am- erican battleship Louisiana, who was drowned in the harbor Friday, After a religious cere- money on the Louisiana, the coffin was taken ashore under an escort of offi- The mayor ané rep- resentatives of the civic departments, 4 detachment of French sailors and many civilians followed the body to where it was in- terred. Weidlich was a native of Al- ov. 20.—The crowd that|real and personal estate, to his wifs and children. Vindication of the Dukhobor Sect. In 1895 Tolstol wrote a powerful vin- Qication of the Dukhobor sect, which during that vear had suffered great persecution for its religious profes- On the Russian censor refusing it its publication, Tolstoi ap- piied to the London Times, which print- ed the lengthy article in full. tinued from that time on to address his literary efforts to the British press. On March 17, 1896, the London Daily Chronicle published a long latter from Tolstol to a correspondent in England on the Venezuela dispute which had recently -arisen between States and Great Britain. strong indictment of war. Near Exile Several Tolstoi was several times threatened with expulsion from Russfa and was several times, according to report, up- on tha point of being exiled. He scems, however, to hava been treated with un- | usual leniency in view of his strongly | pronounced views, especially forth in a manifesto entitied “The P ple’s Rights,” his criticisms of imperial acts and his open letters to the em- He was, howaver, expelled Moscow in_July, 1901, and had since resided at Yasnaya Pollana. His health at that time was poor and for a time his life was in danger, but he regained his strength and resumed work. | ter he sufiered a relapse and in Febru- ary, 1902, he was reported to be dying. Once more he railied and in June his | recovery was pronounced complete. Denounced Russo-Japanese War. In July, 1504, Tolstoi wrote a strong |article denouncing the Russo-Japanese | war which caused the seizurz of the | Novosti of St. Petersburg, which pub- |lishea it, and a revival of the reports of the government’s intention to take severe action against the author. In January, cers and saflors. the the cemetery, REALISM IN PRODUCTION OF TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM. Quart Bottle Thrown Struck “Simon Slade” in the Head. Connelisville, Pa., Nov. 20.—Realism production of “Ten ended disas- Nights in a Barroom” “bariender” nisht, and caused the abandonment of J. B. Hagadon, wio .d the part of “Simon Slade” the was cut about the head thrown by his performance. ‘when a quart bottle, erstwhile drunken son, “Frank Slade,” played by Arthur Cook, slipped from the latter’s hand and struck with much force. Hagadon fell stage, and a stitches in his scalp. THE .FIRST TR H DOUBLE ENGINES unconseious took several Now Being Constructed in Washing- ton—Experimental Flights Soon. bbot Varsofonius, who did not lose hope until the end of sseing Tolstoi and extending to him the olive branch on behalf of the ‘Washington, ment of the office —In_the base- flding of the house what is said to e the in the world equipped with double en- C. Flovd, a son of Represen- n C. Floyd of Yi obtained permis: superintendent of the capitol grounds chine constructed first triplane he published an open letter to the emperor regarding m from the throughont the world, and some time later he com- is _drama, “Behind the Scenes the production of which was prohibited in St. Petersburg. Tolstoi’s “A Great Iniqg The Tondon ‘Times, Sept. published x sev Tolstol entitled dealing with the Jand question and de- claring that Russia was going throu an important epoch destined to have enormous results, largely devoted to the theorles of the late Henry George and declared that the land question had reached a statc of ripeness such as fifty vears ago was reached by the question of serfdom. the house bui It is expected to be finished in a few weeks when a series of experimental flights will be attempted younger Floyd. ANCESTRAL HOME BURNED. Lees Court, at Faversham, Kent, Eng- land—Priceless Contents Destroyed. 20.—Lees Court, Kent, the ancestral home with its pxice- was_destroyed by fire The damage is es- no intransic “His heart was burst |, here by the 147 his umbounded love for humanity,” 1d this and similar phrases ran from mouth to mouth through the weeping 2 bookkeeper, on the grous column’ article by article was ot the Earl of Sondes, less contents Sunday morning. timated at $500,000 but value could be placed on many of the treasures with which the house was Lees Court was occupied bY Regtnald Halsey Laye, and a house party, awalk- ened by the smoke and flames, escaped ing scantily clad. Henry of Prussia recently was a guest | at the court. In 1007 he wrote a letter to Paul Sa- batier of Paris as a reply to the Iatie; on the dis-establishment of In this commun church in France. tion the Russian writer predicted the from the buil countries of the west to vassalage to the Japanes Oriental peoples, basing his prediction the ground that it Orient that religion and patriotism are ynonymous. ed a wrish to ba buried on the hill at Yasna.- ya Poliana, whhre he plaved as a chlld, Still Spreading at the Naval is only in the . —Notwith- standing the precautio Dbeen taken to stamp it out, typhoid continues to increase among the mid- shipmen at the naval academ; i additional cases were tak midshipmen’s sick 80th Birthday. On the occasion 7 extensive celebrations were held, though they were strongly disap- oved by the Russian government and were made the subject of an appeal by the holy synod to all believers to ab- stain from participation. Imprisonment “for Tolstoi’s Publishers. Several of the publishers of Tolstoi's ris have been sent to prison. sentenced to a 1909 for publish- “A Lefter to Tolstoi's S6th n from the of . midshipmen from the malady The cause of the outbreak remains a ing" the fotal and Lieutenant Col- onel of Hibernian Rifles. Elected Colonel term of six months s ohont: here?” | “If .you dom't take my cestion you'll Tieed something besiden & 1a and that bulldog. I am notified to tell {you that vou are forever barred from the Blackstone hotel, you and your friends. of Bridgeport was elected colonel and Captain P. H. Mur- phy of Torrington was elecied ant colonel at a meeting of represent- | atives from each company in the First battalion of Hibernian Rifles of Con- necticut here today. form another battalion in officers elected at a “Thou Shalt Not Kill” Liberals” and “Christianity and Patri- " The venerable writer of these pamphiets addressed a note court, challenging the prosecution himsélf instead of the publishor: the magistrate did not venture to in- itute proceedings against Tolstoi and the government took no notice of the It was voted to Was at Heart a Peasant in Best Sense and Motorman With Manslaughter. Northboro, Mass,, Nov. 20.—Charged with manslaughter, George H. Stewart and Fred C. Columbia, conductor and motorman respectively of a trolley car which figured in a collision last Thurs- in which James H. Mansfield, mo- torman of another car, was & arrested today Dy state officers. They were taken to Westboro and admitted to bail in bonds of $1,000. of the Word. Although Tolstoi came of an aristo- family. being a descendant of the friend and Count Peter_Tolstof, comrade of Pater the Great, and re- :d his education at Kazan univer- , entering the army as a lieutenant of artillery and commanding a battery opol, he was at heart a peas and in the best sense of the voted to the improvement of the con- dition of the Russian masses and eager to iead them in the right path. bjects in view, he, organized peasant schools on a educational improvement o2 cheap, popular publications; organized clief for the starving population of Funeral of Aviator Raiph Johnstone. ansas City, Mo., Nov. were held todzy Johnstone, the aviator who plunzed to ! death during a spectacular flizht at | Denver on Thursday were held at Trinity Episcopal church and were attended by meny who knew the aviator in life. bur Wright and Walter. Brookins attended the funeral )at the burial as early as 20.—Funeral | r-operated in The services | his property in copyright, land money, and during disturbances actually ainly invited the peasants to plunder his estate at Yasnaya Poliana. There he lived the life of a peasant, in a partaking only of the simplz peasant's food and wearing the peasant’'s costume—rough blouse, broad leather belt. fur cap, long beard, wide trousers tucked self to rligious teachings. |v and_were also in Mount Washington days ago to find solitude, in the belief that the hand of death was already up- True to his unswerving and uncompromising search for truth, he died as he had lived, without recon-ili- ation with the church, his dying words breathing sympathy for afficted hu- But although Tolstoi chose the exist- ence of a peasant, his family occupied the substantial family mansion on the Poliana 2state, not far from | In the monsion and there he Tolstol’s peasant hut. was the author’s library went whenever he desired to dirtate-to ry, after which he returre prasant occupatio ed a countryman’s lif was a great reader and amonz h recreations were chess, cycling, law tennis and swi MAY BE BURIED ¥ WITHOUT RITES OF CHURCH. Popular Fesling iny millions In the world are suf- emperor and he rites of th 1 be buried emieror commands otherw!se. Popular feeling is universally for & réligious funeral_ and never before was there such confrision and hewilderment over the body of a great man who was recelved by the work as o cs}‘es; of é?h:k!ri e t is understood that the family may Apply to the Old Believers, or the Prot- perform the burial authoritics st Moscow may the public_transter of froj Rigian to Crus! in fear of a collisior with Tols wirers and the Bluck Hundred. s Universally for mie of the sin- Religicus Flneral. i i Astapova; Nov. aeeurred peacefully at 6 o'clock Sun- 4t was due directly to inflammation af the lungs. Thus the most impressive fignre of Lig age finds his soul's poace. He quitted his bome and fapily ten ¥ estant -clergy to ¥ morning. possibly forhi TR e T Ak JUMPED THROUGH WINDOW; Animal Wrecked Interior of = Fruit Stand Before He Was Captured— Several Officers Received Kicks. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 20.—The fruit store of J. D’Atro & Co., at 1001 Main street, was invaded by a deer tonight, lassooed and before the.creature was. the interior was wrecked. The deer. came from Bast Hartford, crossing on the new bridge, and rtan up Talcott I street to Main, and there, frightened by street traffic, jumped through the & window of the fruit store. The noise of the breaking glass at- tracted a policeman, who supposed someone had broken the store. He looked ‘inside and seeing no one there, entered, only to be almost kicked out of the door again by the animal. Sev- to subdue it. Animal Badly Cut. ‘The animal whs so badly cut by brok: en glass that it was killed by a game warden. {ALLEGED HUSBAND POISONER WILL BE ARRAIGNED.‘:{ODAV. —— 3 pated When Mstion is Contest Anti Made for Bail. Wheeling, ‘W. Ve, Nov. s 20—Mrs.| Laura Farnsworth Schenk, who was indicted by the grand jury on Friday, charsea with attempting to polson her ! minionaire’ husband, Join O, -Sehenk, will be arraigned in the criminal court of Ohio’ county today, and the case will be est for trial. A” conflict between attorneys for the state and defense is anticipated when a mcotion is made by the latter to-admit the woman to bail | This action will be bitterly fought by | the state, as will also another motion tc be made by the defense, ssking for a long continuance of the trial. The jail life is wearing on the woman charged with the crime, and she has eaten but little for days. WENT BLIND IN HIS SLEEP." Doctors Unable to Account for Book- keeper’s Sudden Affliction, New York, Nov. 20.—The boarders in the house of Mrs. Anma Meersheim, at 1,503 Commonwealth ayenue, the Bronx,were awakened soon before day- break Friday morning by, e terrified yell from the room of Aw eral of them rushing they sroving wildly about the' Walls. “I cannot see!” he moaned again and again. They. lighted the gas, but still he Srop broke he groped in darkness still. The Dogrders summoned Dr. L. O’Grady who lives nearby, but he could not dispel Soppf's blindness, The day brightened to noon, but for Soppt the dark night was unbroken. Then he was removed to the Fordham hospital and put into a dark: room in the hope that his sight might sradually come back to him night, and the physicians could not ac- count for it: COUNT BARRED FROM HOTEL. stone in_Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 20.—Count Jacques Alexander von Mourik de Beaufort and his bulldog were efected Saturday aft- ernoon from the Blackstone hotel by P. J. Wheeler, a house detective, Wheeler, who ‘is-broad shouldered and diplomatic only when not carry- out orders, entered the dining room and, motioning to the count, told him to leave tife hotel. “The ‘management of the hotel de- sires that you make your business ap- pointments at some other hotel here- after,” said Wheeler. “Isn’t this a public place? inquired wyer FLYING DISTRESS SIGNALS. Steamship Lukenbach Suppli ican Bark With Provisions. New York, Nov. 20.—A wireless mes- same - received: here tonizht from the steamship Lukenbach reports that she ieted the Matanzas fivine distress signals in lati‘ude 36.48. longitude 72 W., and supvlied her with provisions. A1l on board swere well, and the Ma- tanzas continued her course for New York. The only Matanzas in the shipping records that would be likely to run out of £00d 18 the' American bark Matnzas, which cleared from Brunswick, Ga., for Philadelphia_on October 31 and _was spoken on November 7 in latitude 38.08, longitude 70.43 W.. near the laatitude and longitude of fhe Lukenbach's re- port. PITTSBURG SHY OF SUNSHINE. Less Than Two Minutes of It a Day for Seven Daye. Pittsburs, Nov. 20.—Twelve minutes of sunshine in seven and one-half days is all that Pittsbure enjoved from mid- nicht, Noy. 10, until noon Friday. ac- cording to an announcement of the weather bureau. This is less than two minutes a dav. OFgervers declare that the snn has broken the record for bashfniness in part of the country during that for . Prominent Na- Grange - Membars, N Verc e crange here today, with C. F. Smith vorthy master, of Vérmont ‘in charee. Srand Master N. J. Batchelder made the chief address. Racord for Thre £ Aliwanikée © Wig, s hariase mesting at Washing- e fat e Twala wora 4 dnd the third in ~ {1ard in the capitol. 'DURING. DEDICATION OF STATUE| SCARED BY STREET NOISE, HE N TO JULES FERRY. LASSO0ED BY POLICEMAN | STRUCK TWICE IN FACE By a Royalist Named Lacour—The Latter Badly Beatén Before Being Rescued by the Rdpublican Guards. Paris, Nov. 20.—Imposing national ceremonies in the Tuileries garden to- day in the dedication of a Statue erect- ed to the memory of Jules Ferry, the French statesman, were marred by an assault upon Premier Briand, who, while walking with President Falli- was struck twice in the face by royalist. The premier was not seri- % flg‘y n-;rt!. '{:e vntd crewd which kgd i ! gathered in the garden sot upon the Policoman:Attencted by Fallifia.Glass: | 28 e i o e s o orais ed_intervention by the t‘:‘rd’ saved from being beaten Friends Rushed to Premier’s Aid. ; The incident occurred at the con- eral other policemen came ¢o his as- | clusion of the exercises, which were sistance, but the deer treated them in a like manner, and it was enly after it | had been lassooed that they were able thousands. President Fal- iand and the other min- isters were walking towards (% gate- way when a man broke {hrough the republican guards who lined the road, leaped to M. Briand's side, and rais- ing his clenched fist high in the air brought it down with full force upon the premiers face. M. Briand reeled under the blows, but did not fall. As friends rushed up to assist him, he cried: ‘We must protect my assail- Shouts of “Kill Him!” The audacity of the assault ren- dered the crowd momentarily speech- iess, but a shout of anger and criefs .of “Kill him!!” arose quickly from all sides, as men fought to lay hands up- He was kicked and beaten and badly injured before the republican guards, premier, succeeded in The man was taken before a masgis- trate and gave ile name of Lacour. He was a member of the exscutive commlttes of the “Camelots du Roi,” an organiation of voung royalists, and said he wished to strike at the repub- lic in the person of Briand. The Cam- elots du Rol met tonight and unania| mously elected Lacour vice president ‘of the assoclation in token of their sympathy and admiration for his act. M. Ferry Statue Dedicated. The statue to M. Ferry was erect- ed. by the public school children France and the colonles; two of whom each contributed one cent. The ceremonies, while Ferry. as a statesman and upbullder of the colonles. especially henored. him |as father of the public France. A golden book, conaining fhe names of the two million subscrib- evs, -was_placed in a receptacle be- neath the statue. There was a great Dprocession of school children and ora- tions were delivered by Premier Bri- and, Maurice: Faure, minister of public instruction, and other ailed Ferry as a great patriot, like Gambetta and Wal- deck-Roussedu. BURGLARS WERE LOOKING FOR WEDDING GIFTS Of Suffield Girl Who is to Be Married This Week. Sufleld, Conn., Nov was made early this morning to_bur- glarize the home of Mrs. Fila W Sweet, the evident purpose of the thieves be- ing to secure a portion of the wedding gifts of her daughter, Amy, who i# to be married this coming week. Entrance “4o the house was gainca throush - kitchen window, the noise of tho splin- tering of a window glass arousing Mrs. Street’s son, Russell, who went down to the kitchen from his bedroom and e r ot Doy te UT- | Bfain 1381, and afterwards was ad- ing him unconscious, and in the ensu- ing exoitement made good his escape. Nothing was taken from the houss, and there is no clue to the identity of the on the assailant. urged on by rescuing him. honoring M. S Hoor, dor: found him d blindly, and when morning He was still blind Saturday 20.—An attempt Beaufort Ordered from the Black- : WIFE’S VAIN VIGIL IN CAMP. “Am I not allowed to come Husband and Guide Left for Supplies in Far North and Never Came Back. Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 20.—3lrs. F. X. SBammer,who ‘has just returned from Crooked Lake, north of Prince Albert,” tells of the disappearance of her hus- band and his guide while she waited alone for eighteen days in the wilder- The Sammers came to Canada from d Amer- | Spirit Lake, Towa. They have traveled all over the world, hunting. crossed Crooked Lake, about 250 miles north of Prince Albert, and established Sammers was left charge while the men set out to get their supplies. A week passed and they failed to re- Mrs. Sammers was compelled to shoot a moose and prairie chickens for subsistence, trapper appeared and joined her in the search for the men. Traveling a con- siderable distance, they found an ove: turned canoe, which told the story. CONGRESSMAN IN FIST FIGHT. Attacked by Savannah Editor, He Gets the Better of It. . 20.—Congress- W. C. T. U. Members held memorial services at the statue of Frances Wil- The English Suffragettes Made an’ attack upon parliament, and a num- ber of them were arrested. In Case the British House of Lord: rejects .the veto bill, pariiament will be dissolved November 28. " The American Ornithologists’ asso- ciation daecided hold the next an- nual meeting i hiladelphia. William Phillips, secretary of the Amerlcan embassy in London, under- ;went an operation for appendicitis. - The Department of Justice has de- cided that the bids of trusts cammot be thrown out when they are the lowest. Robert Sinex, a Civil War Veteran, who witnessed the assassination of Kts!dent Lincoln, died at Hazleton, Inventor Ishom Claims that naval officials have unfairly judged his mew explosive which sani the monitor Pu- ritan. The Pilgrims’ Scciety of London gave 2 luncheon in honor of the offi- cers of the third division of the Am- erican fleet. A New York Company Bought 30.000 bags of coffee from New Orleans brok- ers. the deal costing more than haif a million doJlars. - Fifty-three Children, all ill with m nor contagious diseases, were taken from the steerage of the Carpathfa, when it reached New York. The Indicted Meat Packers Appearbd before Judge Tandis, at Chicago, and asked that their case be confined to the United States circuit court. An Attempt Was Mad: Ucon the iife of Acting Gov. William Fauj Guadaloupe.~ Marines from a cruiser have been landed at Poinie-u- Pitre to preserve order. Barbara and Margaret Rutherford, daughters of Mrs. William K. Van bilt, were slightly injured when their auto dashed into a fence at Oakda L. I, throwing th, out. OBITUARY. Henry Martyn Hoyt. ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—Herry Martyn Hoyt, counseller for the department of state, died ot his home here this morn- ing from peritonitis r. Hoyt was taken ill in Canada while thers relative to the reciprocity negotiations between the United States | and that country. Sines his return to | ‘Washington last Monday he had been | confined to his home, and phygicians called into consulation with tie Yamily physiclan considered the case extreme- | 1y serious from the Dbeginminz. ‘The condicition of the sick man was such last night that the attending phy- | sician, Dr. R. M. Baker of this city, and Mr. HoyUs family doctor it advis- | able to remain at his bedside through- out fhe night. Shortly after midnight a perceptible weakening of - the pulse heats beear le and from then on Ar. Hovt sapk rapidly until his death at 3.20 o'clock. - et My Hoyt had been suffering from in- testinal trouble for more than a year. Hi= las* ilincss was perforating uice of the stomach, resuliing in periton In the death chamber when he died besides the physician, were Mrs. Fen; Foyt, Henry M. Hoyt J) lip Hichhone, respective and dauzhter of the deccs. 3 ‘The body of Mr. Ho will be taken to his home city of Wilkesbarre, Pa., i for interment, whis will be private. A short funeral service will Ge held at the residence here tomorrow. Henry Martyn Hoyt was the strong right arm of Philander C. Kiox when the latter was attorney general and +later secretary of state. Mr. Hoyt was assigned August 21, 1909, to & new of- fice, that of counsellor of the state de- partment. Mr. Hoyt was horn in Wilkesbarr Po., December 2. 1856, being the son ¢ General H, M. Hoyt, once governor of the commonwealth. (e was educated in the public schools graduated from Yale in 1878, took post_graduat course in the Unitersity of Penn mitted to the bar and practiced Inw in YPittsburg. In 1383 he married Anna, daughter of Colonel Morton McMichael, one of the foremost citizens of Phjla-l delphia. He moved that year to New York to Dbecome assistant cashier of the United States National bank, but after three | years there he returned to Penmsylva- nia to become treasurer and after- wards president of the Investment company in Philadelphia. In 1894 he re- sumed the practice of law in Philadel- phia, but ~ame to Washington in 1597 to accept an appointment as assistant attorney general. This post he filled until 1903, when he was made solicitor general. MIDNIGHT TRiP % 4 OF BALLOON PITTSFIELD. sfield, Landed on Out- dsor Locks. Ascended at skirts of Pittsfleld, Mass., 20.—Following 2 midnight trip from here. the ballopn Pittsfield descended lichtly in a va- cant lot off Eagy street on th2 out- skirts of Windsor Locks, Conn., while that town was elecping this morning. The trip qualified J. J. Van Valkenburg of Framingham, Mas: as an interna- tional balloon pilot. In the balloon with Mr. Van Valken- burg were J. B. Benton of Boston and William leet of Pittsfield, both aeponant ts. The ascent was i at 11.22 Saturday night and the land. ing w effected at 1.22 this morning, 2d> from Pittsfiel man Charles D. Bdwards and Pleasant Stovell, editor ot Press, had a fist fight Saturday afte; | noon in front of Congresman Edwards' {office, where Stovell Lad waited hour. They fought until city officials | rushed from the City hall across -the street and scparated them. They had Dbeen at it for ten minutes, and when separated were on the ground. Both were badly cut up, but Edwards had the better of it. The trouble grew out of the publica- tion in the Press of Thomas L. Wat- son's attock on Edwards in the recent conzressional wrote a #ronz letter to Stovell, and he Savanneh | air line. in St. Mary's ri ile Grown and Reginald men of Sault > Joba Soer- ward, night ferryman, who used e rowbost after the. st | caamed for the @ay.. TAIEe ) 2boazd, ife boat, Wers seac ot b Mo ) Dynamite Postotice Safs. ez, Ls. Nov. 20~ Burglirs dynamited the safe in Thé postoffice st abdut $500 in cas leidore and 2 quani TLevi, all prominent youn; Marie, Ontario, anc | Tarrific Stgrm OF Washington Coast afd secured veral registeral 'y of stamps. There the balloon having covered fifty miles, New Britain Italian Probably Fatally Shot by Countryman. New Britain, Conn., Nov. 260.—Frank Alloci of 235 South Main street v shot and probably fatally wounded to- day by Frank L. ¥ John Fuchillo, a friends of theirs, and | had been put into the street, where it is allegnd Alloci “struck Felconieri in the face, and the latier drew a revolver and shot his assailant, the bullet enter- ing and picrcine the right lung. The wonrnde? man wos taken to the hos- i i his seeaflant escaped. It is ne expected tt AT n. 825 East Windsor Man Killed at Railroad Crossing. | __Windsor Locks, Conn.,, Nov. 20.—Rd- ward Osborne of East Windsor was road crossing here late Saturday night He was 60 vears cid and single 5 Seattle 'ash, Nov. S¢—A T i1 storm 1 Taging of tne Washingtoh coast and in the Strait of Sam Juan De Fuca. At 9 oclock this mofning thi marine ebserver on Tatoosh Island at the eatrance of the stra reporte 42 mile gale, hortly after this repor the wiés went dowa, |- 'REVOLT FAILED TO MATERIALIZE " Yesterday Passed Without Unusual Inci- dents, Yet Vigilance Is Not Relaxed SUNDAY WAS THE DATE DECIDED ON- For a General Insurrection Against the Government of = Mexico—Minor Disturbances Reported From One or Two Towns—Soldiers and Police Patrolled Streets s of City of Mexico All Day—No Large Gatherings. Mexico City, Nov. 2 which was said to planned for tods, ment of Mexi Sunday passed without unusua uthorities have not relaxcd their, vigilance. it is be- lieved that no further troubies will oc. —The insurrec- | Santa Cruz, but soldiers quickly reach- ed the bridge and prevented the act. No Bullfights Allowed Sunda; Later reports say that no further disturbance was anticpiated there. bullfights were allowed in Mexico City today and there were no large gather- ings of any kind in any part of the Soldiers and police patrolled ay, but not an act oc- curred, so far as can be learned, that required their services. Revolutionist Leader Missing. The whereabouts of Francisco I Ma- deiro, said to be the leader in the plot agalnst the constituted authorities of the republic, is not known here, but prevails that he will not return to this country from San where he has been since he was released from custodq. is known here of his reported depart- ure from San Antonio to some point along the border. to take placs Special despatches received tonight including Vera Pachuca and stated that everything had been quiel all day in those cities. Suspects Arrested. occupaiions mine bosses, were arrested in Pachuca It is believed that they are suspectcd of having heen im- plicated in the plot aga the streets all S brought here. the impression nst the gov- A despatch from Pachuca said the children of three women now in jail, charged with firing on the soldiers” during the Puebla fight, cared for by a G man woman. = MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS IN OUTBREAK AT GUERRERO. Troops in Control Last Night, Exercising Martial Law. investigation showed that she did not participate in Many Victims of Stray Bullets at Pu- Laredo, Tex., Nov. 20.—Fighting ac- curred at Guerrero, Mexico, today. Re- ports reaching Laredo are {hat an out- break occurred in that v staie of Coahuils eral troops ar ercising martial laws, can be obtained were any casuaities. A newspaper corre tonight from more than forty age, in the and fhat the fed- in’ control tonight, ex- No_information as to whether there occurred at the house of Aquile Cev- 8 he dead were Dévo- re members of the poiice force, sol- s and spectators, it estimated the number of wounded ng them were a The corresp 20.—Guerrero is about fiffy miles west of Cotulls, Tex., and is in the district to which Fram- cisco I Madeiro, the alleged revol- was making his way when he was last scen in Texas. The Madelro estates lie 2t about 12 lurge number of *lany wrong doing. at the time and were victims of stray in that part ef word has been had of is presumed Small Demonstration at Santa No_ further himself and that he slipped through the cordon of American officers which, it is Teported, had been thrown out to effect his ar- rest, and was somewhere in the neigh- borliood of Guerrero when the affray Quiet has prevailed today around ere and Pueb! said that the demonstr night was of revolutionists te a revolt, | attemnied to were driven to the Attempt to Burn Railway Bridge. An attempt was made bridge on the Mexicanj railway near OLD TAMMANY LEADER RICHARD CROKER ARRIVES. Says Republican sponsible for High Prices. THE CORNELL ERA CREATES A SENSATION Under the Canti ion “The Crime of a Boarding House.” —Under the| New York, Nov. 20.—Richard Croker, the ol Tammany leadpr, landed here from-Ireland today for his annual visit He_will spend but a New York and take no part in politics, but he was less taci- turn than ueual and vouchsafed a fow comments on the election results. sevelt cost the republican party he said, “but I don’t think & re- publican _tariff is responsible for the high cost of living. more today of everything that makes They have rapid transit, schools, telephones, gas and electriclf automobiles, who's going to pay for it? The peopls themselves, T say. “Home rule for Ireland? are confident they'll get it, and I thimk T'm not in politics my- self, but I have seven race horses in training now and I expect to have & | Gozen next season. sired by Orby and promises well. be back there to look aftor him in For the winter I'm going where to Palm Beach, ttracted a gre few days in :x that con- boarding: houses have ince the typhoid publication, h of attention here by s ditions in man epidemic in 190 Tt asks the t they are zoin istees of Cornell what g to do with the recom- de In many of the uni- publications dining rooms and s nishes an excellen: more than one ‘dos, The people have for comfort. ining a lunch prictor threatened to o specific ref- proprietor was crossed nd the sale of the paper of the Era are selling ium, and hoarding house pro- ) sue the publica erence to thi; continued. Issu with reason. their kitchns. One of them is 125TH ANNIVERSARY | Of CId St. Peter’s Church in New York it’s warm.” i BODY OF RETIRED FARMER FOUND IN WOODS. Skull Crushed In — Son Arrested on New York, Nov. 20.—0ld St Peter's hureh street earliest cradles of Cathol- n_the United States, anniversary of i today with a_pontificial mass, at which Rev. Father Owen Tiill of the So- ciety of Jesus preached a sermon deal- of the historic struc- church at B its founding Digby, N. S, Nov. 20.—The disap- pearance a month ago of Edward Me- Gregor, 58 years old, a retired farmer, with about $500 on his person, was ex- the finding of his n the woods near his His skull had been crushed in, as if by some heavy weapon. Tonight the police took into custody John Tebo, 19 years old, whom they charge with the crime. Tebo will be arraigned A close search had been made for | McGregor's body since his disappear- ance and the had offered a reward of $200 for the ing with the ! plained today by Many of the old members of St. Pet- P00, CEAT er's, who are scattered all over the city and its environs, made it a point to at- tend the service. C cuous among these was Mother Elizabs ton founder of the She first became church in 1823. government geport Man Arrested for Assault on Girl Five Years Ago. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 2 Rockman. 24 years, married, and em- ployed in a local factory, ed tonight .and Lampman a: her five yea HORSE SHOW CLOSED. Judge Moore’s Entries Took Twenty- Seven Blue Ribbons. New York, Nov. 20.—The official sums= v of the 26th annual horse show, which closed at Madison Square Gar- , gives Judge Willlam R. Moore of Chicago even greater hon- glance indicated. Him entries took 27 blue ribbons, 20 ahead of his nearest rival, William Foster, ith only seven blues. . T. Stotesbury and H. R. Rea came third with five blues each Sorz has only four, C. W. Watson of Baltimora only three, and Walter Wi= Alfred Vanderbilt: comes third from the ond with a single first prize. The Moore horses, besides the 27 blues, took 11 red ribbons, five who -assaulted Rockman will held for the assault on the Lampman ) and also until the rccc ears oid Florenc ton, who w: den last nigl ground that he Y oys than first Trying to Make the Northwest Passage in Gasoline Schooner. George Watson, from Toint Dariow, heading eastw ace the route followed by Amundsen four year: overed the northwest passage. tconieri- of Berlin, | R: The two men quareled at the home of | h fourth, and seven cup: brought to Seatile today Knaftich of the power schooner Ben- der Brothers. American in Mexico Killed from Am- Demands That Lodoe Withdraw from Field for Re-s's>tion. cernirelect Mexico City. Nov. 20.—The body of John R. Lockbart, an American mine found near Palmarit: 1aich rec:ive the roi'ce that dead a wesk No arrests b is generally belle.( some person holding against Lockhart fired on him from Foss declared he commonweaith in 2 campaisn to defeat struck and instantiy killed at o rail- | th Peacemaker Kilisd of peacemaker Steamship Arrivals, Sragch 4 1908l v 20t St Pau) fn @ quict 0 i