Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL—NO. 292 BURIED LAST NIGHT BY LAMPLIGHT| Cebled Beside the Body of His Wife in the West Point Military Reservation Cemetery BRIG. GEN. WESLEY MERRITT, U. S. A. Procession to the Grave Guided by Lanterns—Train Bearing the Body from Washington was Delayed by the Snowstorm, Not Reaching West Point Until Long After Dark—Dezceased was Six Times Brevetted for Gallant Conduct on the Field of Battle. West Point, N. Y., Dec General Wesley Merritt, U, A 14, twenty-first superintendent of (h “mited States Military Acaden was buried tonight by lamplight with t military honors of his rank, beside the | body of his wife in the military reser- | vation cemetery at West Point. Hour Too Late for Chapel Service. Thers was no service in the chapel of the academy, as planned, for the hour | 1 and the weather so cold | felt wisest to make the cer- emonies as brief as the due dignitie: would allow. Oficers who have attend- ed every military funeral within th iast thirty years could recall no othe Cuneral by lamplight. | Train Service Delayed by Storm. | The haevy snow storm of last night and today so delayed train service that the special car in which the body was brought from Washington missed its | connection In Weehawken and hafi to take on a locomotive for its individuail | wuse over the West Shore railroad. It was after § o'clock and pitch dark | when the special pulled into West Point station, and It w nearl 6 ‘clock when the full parade formed opposite the academy. Procession to the Grave. Ae the regulations provide, the fife and drum ocorps, followed by the full eadet corps, fell in at the front on t appearance of the coffin. The fifers’ | ‘Treath froze on thelr instruments as they shrilled thh slow measures of the dead march. Behind them clanked the escorting battery, then ¢ e the coffin draped In the colore, followed b Ne pall bearers, mourners and attenc evillans, while minute guns bo. Lanterns gulded the procession to the grave, and there, while the mourn- | ers stood bareheaded in the =now,. the eoffin was lowered Into its resting place | of green beughs. Three crashing vol- ed g Brigadier | retir- | | et leys echoed across the river; the bugle sounded the taps and again the minute guns ook up their iterated count. | Never Knew What It Was to be a Sub- altern. Wesley /Merritt was born in New York on June 16, 1826, and appointed to the mil academy from Ilinois in 18 He was graduated with the class of 1860, and almost immediately plunged into the civil war. For the ext five years his record is one con- tinuous series of promotions, so rapid that, as one older officer put it today: “Wesley Merritt never knew what it was to be a subaltern. He was a com- | manding officer from the time of his gruduation.” Served in Many Battles. General Merritt was six times brev- 21 in the volunteer service and the regular army for gallant and meritori- ous conduct on the field of battle. He served in_the Gettysburg,Cold Harbor, Five nd countless oth- ers: ride with S 1 on his famous raid, and was present at Appomatt Courthouse when General Lee tender: ed his sword to General Grant. He was mustered out in 1866 with the rank of major general, and took rank in the regular army as lieutenant colonel. In 1876 as & colonel he saw service in the Indian campaigns at Slim Buttes, Da- kota, and at Indian Creek, Wyoming. “rom 1582 to 1887 he was superintend. ent at West Point, when he was pro- moted to brigadier general, U. S. A. Leaves a Widow. General Merritt was married twice, ind a widow survives him. Among those who came on w. ngton in the special car, besides M Merritt, were Thomas Merritt, 2 brother; Mrs. Willlams of Chicago, a sister of the widow, and Major Swift, The post chaplain, Edward St. Travers, officiated. from TALKED SUPREME COURT WITH THE PRESIDENT. Benators Cummins, Penrose and Dick Callers at the White House. ‘Washington, Dec, 6.—Ssnator Cum- | mins of lowa, insurgent leader of the house of congress, called at the White House late today for ihe second time since his arrival in the city last ¥rodey. Mr. Cummina spent an hour or more with the president. He wait untll the end of a busy afternoon in | srder to see the president alone 1t was stated that tie senator a talked with the president regardini supreme court appointments. At t president’s request, it was sald, Sen. ator Cummins made a report eral ested candidates, Tow the th eircult, which is to be rep resonted in the supreme court appoint- ments, and the president i= znxious to | consult as many of the senators and congressinen from the circuit as possi- | ®le. | Senators Bacon and Terrell, Repr sentative Bartlett of Georgia were #he White House to urge the appoint ment of Judge Joseph R. Lamor of Avgusta, Ga, to the supreme court. | Judae Lamar 8 a democrat. ' Senators Penrose of Pennsyvivania | and Dick of Ohlo, and former Senator Spooner of Wisconsin all talked su- preme court with the president late | today. It can be authoritatively state whils the president's list of ly narrowing, he will not position to announce unt! be in a the new justices some time next weelk Political considerations, it is declar- ed, are not entering into his deliber: tions. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO EXHUME BODY OF LEWIS, Supposed Murderer for Whom New Yerk Officers Are Searching. Providence, R. 1, Dec. 6—N tempt was e today to exiiur body of Wil H. Lewis, re buried at Foster, ) fying It as whom the Ne in their Ned murder an artis 1 the vierim he police of New York vity were communication with the local depart- ment tday, however, and it is thought here that when the New York officers receive information which was led by Providence inspectcrs today they il start proceedings for identifica- tion of the body. The nature of this information was not en out here. hat he had worked ence restaurant, the n e did not te The in New York GOV.-ELECT BALDWIN ENTERTAINED AT DINNER Last Evening by Gecrge Pratt Inger- | soll of Bridgeport. New Haven, Conn., Deec. . wer- mor-elect Simeon E. Baldwin was en- tertained at dinner here tonight & Goorge Pratt Ingersoll of Bridgeport, nominee for congressman-at-large on the democratie ticket at the recent election. Among the other guests were the nominees on the democratic sta and congressional tickets and @ctive in the rh("en'l l:n'mr;ui' @peakers were Judge Haldwin, ® on The State of Connecticit; eaton Robertson of New Ha Connecticut Democracy or Thomas M. Waller of London, on The Natlon and tha Denn The Bar of Comnecticut; Homer Cummings of Stamford on The V eory; Congremsman-elect Thomas Reslly of Meriden, on The X C gress; Col. N. G. Osborne of New Ha- ven, on The Connecticut Pross, and Charles 8. Comstock. chalrman of the Ademoeratic state central committee, on Permancnt Organization. of Lands in Utah ap- mfl-n 4.614 acres as contain- Mu:'- coul deposits have been New State; Henry Wade Rogers of Yale, o | a ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, President Taft Presided—Six Million Christmas Seals Disposed Of. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—President Taft, in his capacity as prbeident of the American Red Cross, presided for a time at the annual meeting of thaf or- ganization in this city today. An- nouncement was made that New York city already had raised the $500.000 aliotted ‘as its share in the proposed Red Cross endowment fund of $2.000,- 000. President Taft predicted that the full amount of the fund soon wouid ba in hand and gave praise to Miss Mabel n, who is the active head of atton. Cross is preparing to bring suits rious of th federal courts to protect the in ia of the organiza- tion from use as trademarks and for rious advertising purposes. Charles D. Norton, secretary to the president, made his first report as treasurer of the Red Cross. The re- eipts the past yea ere $263,202 and the expenditures The so- ciety now has on hand $124,023. The membership is nearly millions of the Christmas seals heve been disposed of to dealers, the proceeds to go as veual to the fight st tuberculosis. his brief address President Taft In sadd: am going to break into the order l1aid down for this meeting by ventur- ing to expr to you my hearty and sincera congratuiations on the progress that the Red Cross has made. 'The contribution secured now of half a mil- lion dollars from New York city is an earnest that we | raise the whole | two millions—I say shall raise it -I mean_that Mise Boardman will ralse it he real usefulness that will be ziven to this assoclation by having a fund of two million dollars well in- ed from which we can count on ing eay at least $80,000 a vear, | everyone who has had anything to do with the organization of this assoc tion can understand. The opportunity to give quickly and be first on the ground is what makes this association more useful than any other, not only in the United States, but everywhere on this round be." HEROISM OF NOANK FISHERMAN SAVED LIFE OF CREW. Fought His Way Through Surf in Dory to Arouse Life Savers. Block Island, Dec. 6.—The he- roism of one of the five men who made p the crew of the little fishing schooner W. Tal Dodge of Noank, Cor in fighting his way through ths surf in a dory after the vessel hed been driven hore in the bdlinding snowstorm _tonight, was all that saved the lives of the others., The Dodge had en fishing off Nan et Shoal and endeavoring make shelter when struck on Grove Point, at the east end of Block Island. lizing that their only hope lay in getting assistance from shore, one of the lors, whose name is not known, volunteered, and though the wind was blowing a fifty mile gale when he pulled away in the little boat and disappeared the darkness, he reached the beach after a herd strug- gle. When found the Sandy Point life saving station, a crew from the station went to the r the other men ashore, It 1s thought that the schooner can- not hold together more than a few hours. ue and brought Wendling Attorneys File Motion for New. Trial. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 6.—Attorney for Joseph Wendling, convicted D cember 3 for the murder of Aima well- ner and sentenced to life imprisonment, today filed & motion for » new trial. Judge Gregory set December 17 as the Qata for hearing arguments on the ac - o Steamship Arrivi At Giasgow, Dec, 5: Californts, from New York. At Christiansand, Dec. 6: Oscar 11, Dec. from New York. At from At {rom Liverpool, 6: Mauretania, New York. Queenstown, Dec. Friesland, dent Taft’ | Senator Clay, ; NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1910 ~_PRICE_TWO CENTS Paragraphs Rome, Dec. 6—Bleven new cases of cholera have been officially reported during the last twenty-four hours, with two deaths. ‘Cherbourg, France, Dec. 6.—Rear Admiral Vreeland, commander of the second division of the United States Atlantic fleet, today exchanged fare- well visits with Admiral Kiesel, mari- time prefect of Cherbourg. Auteuil, France, Dec. 6.—American- owned horses won two events of the racing card run off here today. Frank J. Gould’s Cavero won the Prix Perth and Moncauchois, owned by Nash Tur- ner, won the Prix Saint Bris. ‘Copenhagen, Dec. 6.—The agitation for the sale of the Danish West Indjes to the United StatesShas been renewed by the isianders, and today the govern- ment received an address in which the petitioners asked that negotiations to that end be opened. TRIAL OF HATTIE LEBLANC. PROSECUTION WINS POINT. First Important One Since Case Was Taken Up a Week Ago. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 6.—As the trial of Hattle LeBianc for the murder of Clarence F. Glover was drawing to a close today the prosecution won its first fmportant point since the case was token up, a week ago yesterday, in ob- taining permission to have introduced the evidence given by the little girl at her examination by the police immedi- ately after her arrest. Witness Brought from Canada. This evidence was given in French through the aid of Miss Zella Gallant, a nurse in Waltham at that time, who was brought in by the police to act as interpreter. Up to today the pro tion had been unable to introduce this evidence because Miss Gallant was in Cape Breton and had refused to come to Massachusetts. A special officer was sent to Canada and persuaded her to make the trip, and this afternoon she appeared in court. ‘With the jury the defense and reinforced by ut of the room, and the prosecution both native Frenchmen and women, Miss Gallant was asked a se- ries of questions in, English and order- ed to give the answers in French. Af- tor half an hour of this work, Judge Bond decided that she might testify provided that she kept close to the written evidence taken by a Stenogra- pher at the police station. Prisoner’s Counsel Protested. Melvin M. Johnson, counsel for Hat- tie LeBlanc, protested vehemently and took an exception to the ruling. Miss Gallant was excused after the decision. She will take the night to clear her mind from the fatigue of the journey and appear on the witness stand to- morrow. She may be the last witness for the government. Her testimony is regarded with great interest by ‘the district attorney, for it is said to con- tain much of the government's case against the girl. Brother of Murdered Man Testifies. Half a dozen witnesses were on the stand today and their evidence was partially contradictory as _compared with what they had testified before other tribunals. Seymour Glover, a heneficiary undet the will of his brother, admitted that he had heard his sister-in-law, Mrs Giover, express the wish that her hus- band would behave himself. She might have made serious threats. but he could not remember them. Fe said he had heard Clarence Glover say he feared someone would “plug” him if he continued going with other women. Another witness picked up a comb in the laundry where the shooting is said to have taken place and sald that he had seen Mrs. Glover wearing it. $20,000 Libel Suit Against Mrs. Glover. One of the incidents in the old court house today was the filing of a declara- tion in_a $20,000 ltbel suit of Captain Peter King of Cape Breton against Mrs, Glover in which he alleged defa- mation of character by Mrs. Glover in the course of her testimony in the probate court. PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE READ IN CONGRESS To the Practical Exclusion of Other Business. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Praotically all the time in hoth houses of comgress was occupied in the reading of Pres message. (Published in full on other pages.) In the eenate three new senators were sworn in: laude A. Swanson of Virginfa, who succeeds the late John W. aniel; Jos M. Terrell of Georgla, successor to the late . and lLafayette Young of Towa, who takes the seat made vacant by the death of Senator Dolliver. In the house the message command- ed the attention of the members to the exclusion of other business. Both houses adjourned early until noon tomorTow. NEW YORK GRAFT INQUIRY. Fire Ineurance Matters Up Yesterday— Racing Again Today. New York, T 6.—Only two wit- sses were heard by the legi ve raft investigating committee which esumed its sessions t 2 nd ed fire insurance matters e _touc upon. The witnesses were Willis O. Robb, present manager of the New York' Fire Insurance T , and Henry E. Hess., the first manager of the exchange. Their testimony was of iittle general interest. It up again tomorrow and that August Belmont and Frank K. Sturgis will called to the atand again. Funeral Services Over Body of Brig.- Gen. Eugene Carr. Washington, Dec. 6.—Funeral serv- ices were held here today over hody of Brig.-Gen. Eugene A. a retired officer of the army, renoy a sa civil war and Indian fighte er the funeral the body was taken to West Point for burial in the military academy cemetery. Military officers who acted as honorary pall bearers were Generals Miles, Bates, and Young, Major General Carter, Brigadier Gen- erals George B. Davis and William P. Hall, Colonel Brayton and Major Skin- ner of the arm: and Commander Straus of the navy. Five Hundred Persons Homeless. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 6.—Intense suffering is reported from Copper Hill in the Ducktown copper mining basin, where a disastrous conflgration raged last Friday and Saturday. Almost 500 peonle are homeless and the severa rain and snow have rendered very difficult the reconstruction of homes. Memphis Aviation Flights Postponed. Memphis. Tenn., Dec. 6.—On account of the continued inclemency of the weather, the aviation flights which had been arranged for today were again postponed. Two Alabama Negroes Lynched. Monroeville, Ala, Dec. 6.—Two ne- groes were found hanging to a tree at Double Branch, two mil from this city, today. They had been arrested on a charge of hurning a barn $70,000 Fire Loss At Hartford TWO ALARMS WERE RUNG IN EARLY LAST EVENING. CHARTER OAK PUBLIC SCHOOL Four Walls of the Four-Story Brick Structure About All That Is Left of the Building. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 6.—The Charter Oalk public school on Charter Oak ave- nue was gutted by @ire tonight, with a loss estimated at $70,000. The fire arted in the top floor of the building, Gov. Elect Baldwin And Roosevelt FRIENDS SEEKING TO EFFECT A RECONCILIATION. LETTERS HAVE. PASSED Between the Two It Is Reported—Will the Judge Be Present at New Ha- ven Chamber of Commerce Dinner? | | New Haven, Dec. 6.—The attendance of Gov.-elect’ Simeon E. Baldwin at the dinner of the New Haven cham- ber of commerce on December 13, at i which Col. Theodore Roosgevelt will be your aid. to buy, and where! promeme . D THE THREE R’S. Resolve to shop early and with system. Hespond to up-to-date merchants’ suggestions for Read The Bulletin’s advertisements to learn what N a four-story discovered by passing. Fire Spread Despite Efforts of Firemen Two alarms were rung in, but by the time the first of the fire apparatus ar- rived the entire top floor was ablaze and the flames were shooting th rick structure, and was a il girl who was the roof. Despite the efforts of the firemen, the fire spread to the lower stories, ‘and the four walls were about all that was left of the building when the fire was gotten under control. Accommodations for 450 Scholars. The structure, which con rooms, with accommodations for scholaTs, was erected in 1871 South school district, which ¢ the building up to ent time. The pupils of the be di tributed among the other schools of the district tomorrow. The cause of the fire is unknown. BATHTUB TRUST AFFAIRS SIXTEEN FIRMS INDICTED By Federal Grand Jury at Detroit— Secret Hearings Held.’ Detroit, Mich.,, Dec. 6.—The federal grand jury here today indicted 32 in- dividuals and sixteen firms alleged to put Of bathtubs in the United States. The principal defendant is the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co of Pittsburg, and the individual in- dictments ine! the president, first and second vice presidents and treas- urer of this concern. Against each firm and eac. ‘ndivid- val there are two indictments contain- ing six and four counts representively under the Sherman anti-trust law, charging in substance that the defend- ants’ control 85 per cent. of the out- put of enameled lronwa lavatories, etc. and that conspired to restrain trade and prices. It is alleged that the conspiracy was hatched at Mt Clemens, Mich, last April, and the criminal cases zrew out of a civil suit brought in the federal court at Baltimore. Secret hearings have been held here for two days. All the defendants against whom in- dictments were found today will be r quired to appear at once in the United States court here and give bonds for their appearance. Archbishop of Milwaukes Denounces “Salome.” waukee, W Messmer of Mil nounces the com city of the grand op subject with its sur Iutely repulsive to says the archbishop in a letter to priests of his diocese. “You will pl request the members of ¥ rish to sty away from this production, and thus to express their emphatic protes against the public production of opera. in our cit FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE RETURNING TO NEW YORK 6.—Archbishop de- diocese tion i lome. From Naples, in Charge of Three Am- erican Detectives. s, Dec. f.—Alexander Holland- er, wanted hy the federal authorit at’ New York in connection with leged custom house frauds, left here ay aboard the steamship Cincinna in charge of three American detectives. Extradition proceeding: taken against him on the cha forgery. Hollander, who was president of the kerage corporation of Al- Hollander & Co., 82 Wall appeared from New York last y. He was arrested at ples under the 1 James E PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE OF KILLING SHERIFF Defense Files Affidavit of Against the Judge. Prejudice Hayward, W s., Dec. ‘The case of wife, Hattie Dietz, and John' Dietz, hi som, Le Di came up before Judge Wickham in the circuit court today. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of ki Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp on October 8, The defense then filed an of prejudice against Judge idavit Wickham and all of the other jud Wis- consin, except those in the Fishlang, Thirteenth_district. Judge Wickham accepted the affi- davit as far it re d to hims , and ordered it filed. It is expected that the court will later designate some other judge to try the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Found Dead in Bath Room. Pittsburg, Dec. 6. > L. v aged 35 a Methodist Episcopal -dea- coness, was found dead in the bath- Toom of the Methodist Episcopal dea- coness’ home here today, and the cc oner reported death from heart dis- ease. Miss Haney formerly lived in Bangor,” Me., where she leaves lher mother and ‘a brother. She was en- gaged in deachness work here and pr viously had attended the dcaconess training school at Washington, D. C. gontgol 85 per cent. of the annual out- | the chief guest and speaker, depends, it is understood, upon an understand- ing being reached between them bear- ing upon the controversy which had its beginning in the recent campaign through Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at SConcord, N. H. At the dinner Col- onel Rooseveit will make his first po- litical utterance since the recent elec- tion. Judge Baldwin, although a member of the body. has been invited as a guest and speaker. Judge Baldwin Maintains Same Re- serve. Today it was reported that Judge Baldwin had received letters within the past few days from Colonel Roose- velt, but pending a formal statement from the latter, these were returned to the sender. Judge Baldwin, who has declined to make any reference whatever to the incident except that he announced his intention of suing the colonel, maintains the same re- serve tonight. It is learned, however, that there has been an exchange of correspondence between Judge Bald- win and Colonel Roosevelt. Reconciliation Efforts. Col. Isaac M. Ullman, president of the chamber of commerce, and other influential friends of the judge and colonel, are endeavoring to have a reconciliation so that the judege and ! the colonel and President Hadley of Yale university may be the guests and speakers at the dinner. Colonel Ull- man especially has been in correspon- dence with Colonel Roosevelt. NO CURTAILMENT OF STEEL OPERATIONS. Chairman Elbert H. Gary Denies Pub- lished Reports. ~—Blbert H. Gar; ited States Stes New York, De rman of the U tion, today authorized a denial reports recefved here from Pittsburg and other industrial centers which intimated that curtailment of opcrations and the discharge of thon- sands of employes is contemplated by the corporation. “There is no reason to look for the mber of men,” he “Tn my opinion the trade outlook better than it was last Au- gust.” Judge Gary added that the United States Steel corporation is now work- {Ing to the extent of 55 to 60 per cent. of ite total capacity. The number of men in the employ of the corporati has averaged from 215,000 to 2 and the working force today, according to Judge Ga not more than 20 per cent, below this average. Bookings of new orders for Novem 1 ed, aged over 24,000 as 22,7 ko st 2: tons in TRUDGED TEN MILES THROUGH BLINDING SNOW STORM Young New York Mother Dispossessed of a Squalid Tenement Room. New man, York, Dec. irs. Ida Gold- a young mother of only twenty rs, trudged ten miles through the | blinding snow storra today, pushing by her in a dilapidated baby carriage. Exhausted and numb with cold she applied for relief a muni ng house. When warm food nulants were administer- ed she told how she was dispossess of a squalid room in the upper. p of the city because she was unable to pay the rent. Her husband, a cabinet i vietim of tuberculosis and vital. 1 SUPREME LODGE, A. O. U. W. to Membership. Touisville, Ky., Dec. 6.—Th {10dze. opened its annual meeting here At the afternoon session a resolution as introduced instructing the com- mittee on 1 to draft an amendment Widely Known Railroad Man Resigns from N. Y. Central. : 6—J. C. nger agent of the New in this city for the last t nd a widely known ra. gnation, effect bfleisch’ has been New York Central ¢ for thirty-four y. the service to engage {nes tendered his ars and in private busi- Forty Track Laborers Injured in Train | Collision. | Warren. 0., Dec. 6.—Forty track la- borers ail forelgners, were _injured, none seriousiy. today wher vania short line loca) freight train a a work train on which the infured mes were riding collided o curve near Lordstown. The injured were iaken to Youngstown, where most of them reside. g a Pennsyl- Resolution Admitting Women the Righti P i | a few newspape i 2 Anctent Order or United \\nrk-i 3 onal Count of Berlin shows that, including suburbs, it has a population of 3,400,000, The Million Dollar Will of James P. ‘Wallace has been upset and the money will go to nephews and nieces. H. A. Franklin, the Male Suffragist, who attacked Home Secretary Church- ill in London, was sentenced to two weeks in jail. A Furious Gale Struck a Balloon which started from London for Switz- erland, and one of the three aeronauts was drowned. A Movement to Organize all the re- ligious denominations in the world in a great war against war was started by the Cleveland Peace soclety. It Was Announced That Chicago is to have the biggest office building in the world, in point of area. The building to be known as the Insur- ance exchange. The Position of Dean of the Crane Theological School has been offered to the Rev. Dr. John Hunter, minister of Trinity church, Glasgow, Scotland, by the trustees of Tufts ecollege. Fire at Auburn, N. Y. which de: stroyed the Lincoln apartment house, causing a loss estimated at $40,000, for a time threatened the local plant of the International Harvester com- pany. George Fong, a Chinese resident of Oakland, Cal, who attempted to & sassinate Prince Tsai Hsun of China on October 6, was denied release on a writ of habeas corpus and remanded to the custody of the sheri That an Alleged Opium Outfit found in his home wae his private property, that he had the right to use it, and that the police were overstepping their suthority in trying to prevent him from using the poppy product, w the contention set up by George V Stimson, when arraigned before a Pittsburs police magistrate. Descendants of the Calhouns, for- mer owners of the “Calhoun lands” in Greenwood county, South Carolina, lost the chance of coming into possession of the old plantation when the su- preme court of the United States de- clared it was without jurisdiction to review a decision of the South Caro- lina courts, adverse to them. On the Eve of the Annual Meeting to be held in Washington of the Amer- ican Red Cross, President Taft, who is lent of the organization, received 4 that New York city has com- leted its subscription of §500,000, ap- portioned to it on the basis of 10 cents per capita population, for the $2.000,- 000 endowment fund of the society. The Stephen L. Baldwin Memorial school for girls at Nanchang, China, has been destroyed by fire. Information to this effect was cabled Tuesday to the Woman’s Foreign Missionary soci- Tethodist Bpiscopal church, which has headquarters in New York The building was erected by the New York branch of the society eight years report showed that il. No information loss of life or in- to pupils or workers of the school, which was in charge of Miss W. B, Honsinger and Mis Winifred Muir, ONE OF THE KANSAS CREW SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS Walker Convicted of Having Killed Fitzsimmons of the Louisiana in a Free Fight. nce, Dec. 6.—FErnest eman of the battleship n convicted by a court s cau. the death of 15, be al of hav c J. Fitzsimmons, a water tend- er of the Louisiana, and sentenced to ears' imprisonment. The court found that the crime was not pre- meditated. g amons was a participant in a fight between white and negro bluejackets from the second division of the United States Atlantic fieet, on November 18, and received wounds fr at a hospital on q d; m which he > following da The courtmartial was held on board Rear Admiral Vreeland's flagshi: Louisiana, on dict became BODY OF MRS. MARY BABER EDDY TO REST IN RECEIVING TOMB Until Mausoieum in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, is Built. The north shore of utiful little sheet of water in an exclusive section of Mount Auburn cemetery, in Cambridge, will become the last resting place of Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder and late head of the Christian Science church. Three lots, the only ones remaining in the circle about the fake, have been purchased by the frie”ds of Mrs. Eddy charged with that duty, and plans wiil be made at once and work bezun in the spring on a suitable tomb to con- tain the bod The site Boston, Dec. on lake, s in the northeast corner of the cemetery. Directly across the little lake may be seen the tombs of James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wen- dell Holmes, while many other names the ers and on le us in American nal life ma ts of mearby The funeral servi will be held at 11 o'cl hur y the Chestnut Hill hon Besides im- mediate members of the Glover family 1estnut Hill household, lea als of the r Mr r a very brief s 1 he taken to Mount will be placed in the general recef until the mauso- ing tomb to remain leum is erected on T FUNERAL OF FRANCIS H. BURR. . constitution extending (o wom- IS ey tosheniberatily ! Captain cf Harvard "Varsity Football {iary > of | Team 1908. | ot « ble. The | : bod its sessions tod ) R With Mrs, Buell Oleson, superi- | neral of . Burr, Harvard, 10, or chief of honor, in the cha | n of the 'varsity football teain in — i‘ who died in Boston Sund. w in Appleton chapel toda The E 5 were attended by the relatives of the deceased, the members of the faculty, prominent alum nd man students and friends. As a marl respect all recitations at the unive were suspended from n¢ to one o'clock. re services were eimple, Bishop William Lawrence officlating. The body of Captain Burr was cremat- ed late today, and tomorrow will be sent to New Ipswich, N. H., for burial, to Continue His Fight Against Lodge. Foss Boston, Dec Following Lis return from Washington, Governor-elect Foss today declaved himself fit and in fight- ing trim to continue his contest against the re-clection of Senator Lodge. I have nothing to do in Washington.” said Mr. F “and I may be of use to my stute here. T find there widespread demand for me o speal im various parts of the state Baby Blizzard First of Season PREDICTION OF CONTINUANCE UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN, SNOW, AND WIND Swept New England, Creating Condi- tions of Discomfort—Five Inches of Snow in New York City—No Tieups Boston, Dec. 6.—A northwest storm, accompanied by rain and snow, swept over New England today and tonight, holding vessels in port and creating conditions of discomfort on _shore. Wind velocities of from 28 to 48 miles an hour were reported along the coast, the maximum velocity being recorded at Nantucleot. Weather bureau officials in this city said the storm probably would not spend itself until some time tomorrow afternoon, until which time increasing winds with intermittent snow and rain would probably prevail. Connecticut Conditions. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6.—The fall of snow which was prevalent through- out the state today contfnued until to- night with increased force. In the ear- Iy evening the fall of snow was not great, but as the night wore on it in- creased, and the velocity of the wind became’ greater. The maximum tem- perature here was £2 and the minimum 17. The increased wind and snow mads navigation on the Sound particularly hazardous tonight. Five Inches of Snow in New York, But No Tie-Up of Traffio. New Yorlk, Dec. Nearly five inchea » snow—4.7 to be exact—have fallen in New Yorlk since 1.30 o'clock vester day afternoon, and it was still snowing intermittently’ tonight, with predictio of continued snow ~ tomorrow. The storm brought about the usual delay in suburban train and stret car trans- portation, but there was nothing near a tie-up. Through trains from Buffalo were on an average of an hour late at Jersey City: those from Chicago and Iid-west points from an hour to two hours late. The new Pennsylvania tun- nel under the Hudson greatly aided that road by the elimination of con- gested switch points from the Jersey City terminal. The minimum temperature for the day in the Greater City was 23, the maximum 27, STAIRWAY DOOR LOCKED, GIRLS MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED. Inquiry Into the Recent Disastrous Factory Fire in Newark. Newark, N. J., Dec. 6.—W. Irving ‘Wolf, president of the Wolf Undergar- ment Manufacturing company, 25 of whose women and girl employes per- ished In the disactrous factory fire on Saturday, November 26, took the stani today before a coroner’s jury which is condueting an officlal imquiry into the tragedy, and swore that Miss Anna Haag, one of the victims. was in entire charge of the plant. Responsibilities Left With Forewoman. Wolf said he knew little or nothing of the physical condition of the build- ing, and that Miss Haag was responsi- ble for working ocond'tions and the comfort of employes. As forewoman, he added, it was her duty promptly to report to him or the firm any necessary changes. He admitted,under question- ing by Prosecutor Nott, that there had never been any fire drill of employes and that thee door at the foot of the stairs, leading from his place to the third floor, was sometimes kept locked. Tears came to Mr. Wolf's eyes as he testifled, and he sald he had mnever thought that the building was not properly protected. He could concetve of no reason why the girls In his fac- tory did not rush to the stairs when the fire broke out and malke good their escape. Found Door Locked at Time of Fire. Eugene McQuat, superintenodent of the Anchor Lamp company, where the fir started, said that when he ran into the hallway to give the alarm to the employes of the Wolf factory on the floor above, he found the door leadng up the stairway locked. “T pounded on the doon” he testified, “and pretty soon a firemam came along and helped me. Finally the dor was opened by Miss Haag. who at once rushed back upstalirs. Employes Might Have Street. “In your judgment,” asked a juror, “do yom think that if that door had not heen locked more of the employes he floor above could have got Reached the “I think the etire floor could have been emtied,” replied the witness. “In your judgment, if there had been a fire escape at the south end of the building, could all have gotten out?* “1 think they could,” replied the wit- ness. The hearing will be resumed tomor- TOW. CHANGES IN OFFICIALS ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER. Reorganization of the Immigration System Will Result. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—The firat of what promises to be a serles of changes in the immigration officials along the Mexican border became known today, when Charles T. Connell, an inspector at Tucson, Ariz., was appointed to take charge of the district with headquar- ters et Los Angeles, Cal, in place of A. C. Ridgeway. Assistant Secretary Cable of the de- | partment of commerce and abor, who has been giving personal attention to the aliegations of smuggling of Chi- nese across the Mexican border, has come to the conclusion that an illicit traffic_exists there and a reorganiza- tion of the system in that territory will result. Cabie declared today that Ridge- resignation was because of {lt- health and purely coincidental to the reorganization. There will be some changes in the personnel of the force, and many changes in the method of administration. Visiting Shoe Merchant Commits Sui- . cide in South Norwalk, Sowth Norwalk, Conn., Dec. culs Ry Bouten, s shos merchant, of Bimira, Y., suietded _tonight by shoot! ms6lf in the heart with a revolver at the hoine of hiswister here with whom he was vis ng., Bouten has been in voor. Health o 1s sup- posad to have been despondent. 6.—Tau- He was 50 years old and leaves his widgw and one daughter. Special Legislation looking to the consolidation of the Boston & North- ern and Old Colony Street Rallway systems, which (n[;ra(e on the morth and the south of Bostor, respeetivel will be asked of the next Msssachu. “setts legislature AR i