Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL—NO. 309 NORWICH, CONN.. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1910 PRICE TWO CENTS OVER TWO MILES UP INTO THE SKY| Cabled World’s Record-Breaking Feat at Los Angeles in a Forty-Mile Gale ARCH HOXSEY OF THE WRIGHT TEAM Paraded Up and Down Before the Grandstand On the Shoulders of His Enthusiastic Fellow-Aviators—Hox- sey’s Barograph Registered 11,474 Feet—Crowd of 75,000 Spectators Electrified by Whirling Dips Made by Parmalee in a “Baby” Wright—Latham’s An- toinette Machine Wrecked But He Escaped Unhurt. Tos Angeles, Cal. | -five thousand people | #aw Arch Hoxsey of the Wright team aviators break the world's record altitude here today. He sosred e than two miles up into th is barograph registering 11,474 feet, almost a thousand fest above the titude of 10,499 feet recently attained | lLegagneux at Pau, France. | This is the second time the existing world’s aititude record has been brok- en in Los Angeles, the first time being Jast January, when Louis Paulban rose by « little over 4,000 feet. More Cautious Aviators Kept to the Ground. Hoxsev aceompliehed his feat in a forty-mile gale that wrecked Hubert Yatham's Antoinette monoplane and more cautious aviators the Thrilling Spiral Glides. o'clo 5 grap the great reight while he er Venice, & seashore re an t niles from th omin e made intensely Cold Up There. | rowd was on feet cheerin P was lifted fro fellow lators who down hefore the grar the in- trepid flier upon their shoulder: insisted on making a They did not give | ) »ff his furs, but marched | fim back and forth before the grand- | stand 'Wne it windy up th he was) Paragraphs Amoy, China, Dec. 26.—Representa- tives of the Baitan mines are here ar- vanging a_market for Philippine coal in competition with the product of Ja- pan and Indo-China. Brest, Dec. 26.—Christmas day was celebrated by the sailors of the third divislon of the United States Atlantic fleet with elaborate festivities. They were the gue: at dinner of the sail- ors of the naval depot Brisbane, Australia, Dec. 26.—Ad- vices received here by steamer from Ponape, Carcline Islands, are to the effect that the natives in Ponape re- volted recently and murdered four Buropeans and five friendly natives. Manchuria, Dec. 26.—In the Chinese suburb of Fudziadian there were deaths from bubonic plague in houses and in the streets on Christ- mas day. Ninety-eight persons suffer- ing from the disease were taken to the hospital. Harbin, Cherbourg, Dec. 26.—The municipal- v of Cherbourg arranged an intere- esting entertainment for the American bluejackets Christmas day. This in- cluded a torchlight parade and a = Christmas tree, souvenirs being dis- It biew so hard,” replied Hoxsey, | triputed to each of the men. “that my machine hardly moved and rely held its own. It was so cold that more than once T thought my car- was about to freeze. the record because I deter- p on going up until I pass- s record or until the car- buretor “I made mined to k ed Legagne buretor froze. Latham’s Machine Wrecked. lee and Brookins, braved successfuily, wrecked Latham's Antoinette machine. 16 ¥Frenchman was among the avia- tors who answered the starting gun at 1 o'clock. For two hours and fifteen minutes he fought the wind, which blew directly off the ocean, six miles from the aviation field. Then an ad- urrent s h ped his aeroplane d it into a fence un- of the hill and threw the downw Antwerp, Belgium, Dec. 26—The Red Star line steamer Finland, which sank the Belgian freighter Baltique at the mouth of the river Escaut yesterday, suffered considerable damage to her bow and will be put in dry dock at Southampton for examination. : 3 St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.—Grand e Bl I X o Parma” [ Dukes Nicholas Nicholiaevich, Michacl ‘ Nicholiaevich and Serge Mikhailovich departed today for Skierniewice, Rus- sian Poland, where they will hunt with nine Austrian personages, among them Archduke Rudolphe, the crown prince of Australia. The highest importance is attached to the meeting. { | London, Dec. | cting edics who on the in- advi arrowiy structions of 1 Y Claude Grahame-White, T escaped us injury a week ago ani e bt Sk 1#, | whose aeroplane was burned Sunday The Frenchman was unhurt himself, - : " his machine was completely | s declded to forego further attempts jat flights across the English channcl d in_competing for the Baron DeFo Wright Electrified the Crowd. | prize of $20,000 for distance. driver dared titude San Domingo, Dec. 26.—The Domini- can government is moving troops the frontier. This action is explained as due to the fact that F t officially o e sniral glide, went up. | has placed soldiers on the border line At the wind had attained a | beiween Santo Domi and Hay veloeity of forty miles an hour, but the | Diplomatic negotiat however, oon- Wright man went through spectacular | tinue between the republics. This gov- performances apparently with as much | ernment_is .confident that a reference ease as on the calmest day. of the boundary dispute to friendly legraph certifications of the baro- | arbitra is necessary graph reading of Hoxsey's record flight = Sero sent to Clifford B. Harmon and | PROSPEROUS LOOKING GUEST J. K. Dn v yresident and secretary of the Natlonal Federation of Aero clubs HELD UP HOTEL NIGHT CLERK of Atuer; At Point of Pistol Demanded Safe e ————————————————————————— e et et WIDOW’'S HOME WRECKED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS Twe Daughters Fatally Burned and Son Seriously Injured. Pittsburg. Dec, 26.—FEliza and ) garet Bryan, age 2z and 16 re- gpectively, daughters of Mrs. Mary Pryan, a widow, were fatally burned and their brother Andrew, 23, was serfously injured in an explosion of was early toc wvhich partially wrecked the Erys in Coraopo- Vis, & suburb, T rls died at the hospital. They were sleeping last night in a | front room on the first floor with a gas stove lighted In this room and another stove in the back room was connected by a long rubber tube. It is believed that the tube became de- tached and tha escaping gas filled the | front room, whers it was lzni oy | the lighted stov The brother, Andrew, who was @sieep in the rear room, was badly injured on the head when struck b & flying do He was also painfully | borned. { The people In the neighhorhood were | #0 touched with the Christmas tra edy that before noon a fund of $500 had been collected for the relief of the family. “SYDNEY FLYER” DITCHED. Narrow Escape of Hundreds of Holiday | Passengers, Truro, . €, Doo, 36—FHundreds of | boliday passengers had m narrow es- | eape from doath or injury todey when the Intercolonial Rallway express train | known as the “Sydney Flyer,” ditched at the Foundry crossing here. | The passenger ears did not leave the falls, and, elthough many of pas pengers were hurled from the ts | and some sustained painful bruises, | one were seriously hurt. Traffic was | layed and mawy Ohristmas packages | wers damaged or lost when gugs car tipped oven Ti was caused.by an open switcl. i Twe Members of the MHoly Ghost and Us Bect Drowned. Dec. 2 The X,_Va. or e ‘St. Clair and James O'Con nor, the Moly Ghost and Us @hoard the b Kingdom, drow Ccean View Satirday night turned over to members of @om’s crew to be carrie the vessel foh still #n Hampton roads. Wh #€ the bodies after the Pack tn the Kingdom is n n. | $nawests pesulted in verdicts acci- #entaly drowning in each case i Attempted to Dynamite a Bridgeport | House. | Eridasport, Conn., Dec. 25 In (ha | &higna was hound over to the superior | enurt under $1,000 bonds for att i ¥ng to arnamiie the hous $umnbus stresi, Marchigna, A 2t the leff &im pog thal would hinw up the place, #nd early today was detected a- #as preparing to st off a stick of A mamite which he had placed at the eoener of the house. He made no siatement when arrested Resort Romance Ends Marriag Chicago, Dee, 26— feading merchant of Sirs. nche Hart, a prominent and 3 ealthy widow of Cineinnati, in Chi- eago, today. The wedding was the | eulmination of a romantic meeting at summar resort in the White moun- ains, New Hampshire, August They will itve la Stoux Cit wit Approved by President Taft. | Washington, | 16. Fres 9 @PProved Lie report of ourd ©f @iy ehginaers fig s spportichuent of (he RV 00000 fund provided Ly congress | B mOng reclamation Projects th st $20 46 000 12 o be spent L uext five vears and the in Bewest ou L loan is to enay Sainsl the projeets Bummer in n Davidson, a Towa, married ident ¥ L Premier Asquith Had a Conference Gearge concerning the lor the new parliamens MAN’S HEAD SAWED OFF Contents—Got $40. Boston, Dec. )sperous ap- DURING A QUARREL |pearing man, we n. expensive sldiiida fur-lined coat, registered under the Victim's Twelve Year Old Son Wit- | name of Dr. R. B. Wiison, Portland, s B oy Me.,, at the Hofel Westminster, Cop- = ley square, early today. and an hour Bluefieid, V Va., Dec. 6.—Sawing lulf‘r appeare ore Jerome C. Ca- away continuously” for- ten minutes, | Te¥: the nis =nd ‘with.a . laad. Hamilton Cook almost completely sev- | €1 Tévolver to emphasi s desire e ian Cook fimost complotely 2= | demanded that the clerk hand over to his body yesterday. at the home of the | 1im the money and v s in the latter at Lex, about fifty miles from |Dotel safe. Carey tossed him a small ot bundle of bills, containing about $40 g vho was a boarder at Ben. |In all, telling him that that was all nett's home, found his victim in bed. | that was in the safe, and the visitor Bennett’s twelve year old som, who |deParted. " Witnessed the operaiion, avonced some | - When the police hegan their inves- neighbors, who rushed to the house | tigations they found that in his haste only o nd that Goon had g 2uselthe thief had dropped behind him a was captured in the mountains nearby | PUndle of-wiss, false beards and other was brought te ihe Meadwell jail. | has been found The men are said to have quarreled before over domestic troubles, | HAYTIEN GOVERNMENT BRANDS GENERAL NAVARR’O SiFerHTER‘S GEN. FIRMIN AS A TRAITOR. Orders That He Be Prevented from Are a Sorry Looking Set, Says an ke American in Mexico. suciog on CemnansSoil > / PN 2 Port au Prince, Hayti, T A El Pa Tex., De —An Ameri- - e irey - 1 = 1 can, formerly an officer in the Spanish- | E3Yernment cireular issued today American r and now a mining engi- b l, - Srb i ”m:‘““‘ Lo g el sl gt e S ot diroer | the army and public officials, brands rom the scene :Y[v revoldtionary activi- General Antenor Firmin, the H en kg of Chihuahua. declares. that | minister to Great Britain, as a traitor Navarro's force is about 300 men and | G0 ¢ duties and his friends, and or- Thae he e ay hout, 800 men and | gers that he be prevented from landir “It is the poorest army I have ever seen,” he declared. He says ms of the fede Is killed on Haytien soil. Some time ago ¥ the revolt of 1902, left his post don on the pretext that was announced tl 1 in the ba f Malpaso w ill un- : had ey iSOt ete: SUIL am : not been paid for six mo and Iz £ 3 : | embarked at Bordeaux for Hayti. ¥ e rebels can i sl Sl Hayti. against thousand federals,” o Hien e alcthn 1o He e clared. “The advancing army of fed- | ;.00 the election for de; oy e pag W nlil s Toparatus | 18 place, and as soo sident e % = Simon bec e aware T ‘ t and, having alre; od & wire- | S.mon became awar 0S¢ er In Chil 12, hopes to re- o % | allowed to re-ente e cour store commmnication with the field if | > obable they set through Malpase onac ooif|time. It s probable that Firmin will Navarro,” B g | stop at St. Thomas, D. W. CREW OF 25 ALL LOST. Wreckage from Missing Steamer St. Denis Comes Ashore. Vietoria, B, C, Dec. 26.—Fears that | the 100 toh sieamer St. Denis was lost were confirmed today when news of the finding of wreckage marked S. st Denles,” near Capt Scott, on the north- west o of Vancouver Island, was received in a wireless message from the steamer Tees, off Cape Scott, T kage began coming ashore two Denis i= long overdue In Los Victoria and the sight- arge mass of wreckaga far At sea by the steamer Avmerie week led to the belief that the ister had gone dowr It is feared all of the twenty-five sthicers mnd men were lost Pittshurg Letter Carrier Will Spend Seasen in Hospital. | MASKED MOB APPEARED‘ | AT COUNTY JAIL And Shot to Death a Man Charged with Murder. St. Loufs, Mo., 1 26—Oscar Chitt- | wood, “charzed ' wi having killed Sheriff Jake Houpt in Hot Sprines Ark., last August, was taken from the | county jail at Hot Springs early this | morning and shot to death, according | to a telephone message from th f ay was riddled v |~ Chittwood was being spir {the county jail to the police station | when discovered by the mob. He wa recently granted a « ventie fand was to have bee to Ben- up of twenty men who wore handkor chiefs over their faces 15-Foot Launch Wrecked, Three Per- Pittsburg, Pa,, Dec. "26. Hurrying sons Drowned. fro Hf-‘p-'*'"fi’-r rv midnight with a Key West, Fla., Dec. 26.—A 45-foot pecial delivery Christmas . package. | [aunch with passengers, houti Raymond Clintor 4 carrier, was | from Fort AMvers to Havana -'nh-‘_ aught in the revolving door and his ruck the north jetties near here and leg was fractured. Other carriers whe | $ank shortly before midnight Sumdas ng ot 8t the kame time whirl- | A. J. Vincent. (. . Goehrisg and ot door just Clinton stepped | Matthew Baum, passengers. were res into it. He was to the Ho- |cued after being out all night. Mr. and 1eopathic hospits nd the holi- { Mrs. Stuart Bennett of New York and season. | Herman Harker were last seen cling SRS ing to the mast American Monoplane Run by an A searching party has found no American Machine. Suce ofiing Muinsing Mineolu, L. I., Dec. 26.— Frank Schn- e ez mack mechanic employed by Wal- | U- S. Seamen Grateful to Rockefeil u:‘u. ; ‘u‘d. i consulting engineer,| and Miss Gould for Kindnesses. made six short straightaway flights i orfol i 2. Tni S Mr. Fairchild'’s monoplane |.;&k‘.‘\|-5 at u\[m,’ e o nin Sl the aviation field. It is said to be the | to John . Rockorie Lolibe, Erateful first time that an American monoplane | Gould for Nadrroncy and Miss Helen un by an Anerican engine has been | sent e b sent Christmas gifts to both. A hand e 5 some flower stand was sent to = Rockefeller and a beautiful fer Five Women Found Dead in Bed. |to Miss (ould, ‘The latter in. vetmmn Philadelphia, Dec. %6.—Five women | ™ SeDding u shuffleboard with ten vere found dead i bed Christmas day | PN altuchment to the naval Y. M ity by other secupants of the (A here = vhere (hey lived. Death in e 5 cach inszlafice as due 1o heart dis- | Arabian Gun Runrners Esgage British case i Bl tizr e Bushipe, Feisia, Des. 26.—A landing Punch Centained Weod Alcohsl. | force from the hxl.'nsh fnn?e:‘ ‘ri‘_‘a% v York, Dec. Aftey drinking | cinth had a serious brush with Arabi punch last night bellevad to have con- [an zun runners on the southern coast tainad wood aleolwl, two Halians are | of Persin today. Fourteen of the Brit- r]-:awl at Nerth Hergen, N. I, and four were kil o younided. The Ar- otiiers are in a critical conditioa, abs lost forts | i | ! l | Feasts for the Poor and Needy GIFTS AND GOOD THINGS DIS- TRIBUTED BY CHARITY. TENEMENT CHILDREN HAPPY Through Efforts of the Salvation Army and City Institutions—The Benevo- lences of Christmas Monday Enjoyed New York, Dee, 26.—Although yes- terday was really Christmas, today as a weeke was more gen cele- brated throughout the sreater c There were feasts for the poor and needy by the score and distribution of gifts and other good things at chari- table institutions where services were not observed yesterday. 1,250 Little Mothers at Murray Hill Lyceum Dinner. Twelve hundred and mothers where only a been expected taxed the capacity of Murray Hill Lyceum at the annual dinner given by rank Tiford to the tenement children who have to care for fifty little thousand had their little brothers and sisters while their mothers work. Seats for 1,000 had been provided, but 250 uninvited guests came, and for their benefit an annex to the dinner was organized on a lower floor. After the children had eate: thing in sight, each Pro’ a school eatchel scontaining a dressed doll, a hox of candy, a pair of stock- ings and a picture boc The gue ranged in age from 4 to 12 vears represented nearly _all _nationali resident in cosmopolitan New York. Boston Benevolence. Boston, Dec. 26.—The benevolence of | many Bostonians carried out through public organizations brought a vision of Santa Claus to many thousands of children today who would not > have experienced any of the cheer which filled so many alvation Army headquarters monster Christmas trees were laden h thousands of gifts, and during the afternoon more than 3,000 little ones filed into reat hall of the People’s Palace and were made happy. At the Long Wharf immigration sta- tion Uncle Sam remembered the u fortunate ones detained there, and the Charlestown state prison a fare was provided On many of the ships in the harbor and at the navy vard there were gen- eral festivities. Monster Gathering of Meriden’s Poor Children at Town Hall. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 26.—A gathering of the poor children of den was held monster Meri- m Monday afternoon at Christ mas exercises were held 1 16 Tocal branch of the Salvation Army. The n of $500 was coniributed the ected In a fund handled by thes Record. A thousand bovs and ived zifts. There were over 1000 tovs given out. There Christmas’ trees and each fine entertainment was 1 number of the promi- he corps was in CHRISTMAS MONDAY AT NATIONAL CAPITAL Feasts at Various Mission Houses En- joyed by the Poor. nati 26 —Christmas Christmas ssor, Taft surprised I if at ¢ ces by appearing for an hour in the morning and s ma Secretary Nagel and Meyer, who has just re- a health resort in North | re he had been recuper- In the erncon the president and M e aro the ci s ping e r e o niral Dewey for a fe rinutes to congrat- ate him on the attainment of his 734 yirthda nniversary Mrs. Nage a dir hono Miss Helen of the diplomatic corps and Washing- ton's official set entertained at a num- »f informal dinners. The poor of national capital enjoved feasts at various mission houses. old and g gathering for the ristmas dinner Four Small Children Burned to Death Early Christmas Morning. Montreal, Que Dec. 26.—Four small en of Ovid Barill of Arthabas ¥ were burn to death a which destroyed the store and home o father early Christmas morn The fire followed an explosion of and spread s that Barill had me to save only and voung- est child. Both of the parents were severely burned. Found Her Home in Ashes and Chil- dren All Dead. Glaszow, Ky., Dec On returnin me from an errand-today Mrs. Rob- ert Boles of Wisdom, Ky.. found her home in ashes and in corner of g children an 2y ad the doors. The children had tried to escape, hut wers Bloody Christmas at Waycross. Nayvcross, Ga De 26.—Two per- =ons are dead, a third is wounc and fourth is reported to be mortaiiy hurt s a result of fights in and about Bachlett, southeast of Waycross, yes- terday d twodayv. The dead are Wal- te Allen and Dener Crews Allen s wrough eurt by Walt Berries a Fatal Diet. Dec. 26.—Eating mis- here today caused the of children. Two were of Francis Wright and the Benjamin Wright. Several ldren were ill from the same Mistletoe tletoe deaths children other « other cf canse. berries Balloonist Fell 100 Feet. Dee. 26—k performer. ng to 10day ng. H Hay na Brown N. ¥ L projec 106 Bulfta make sUr tion of & buil the ground and was feet 16 $765,000 Fire at Bath, N. Y. Bath, N. Y., 26.—Fire destr the Nichols here early with the hotel's entire contents, were no casualties. The lo: with §40,000 insurance Dec house ved by her £50.000 1in the town hall auditori- | Forgetfulness 0f a Sig_llal Man RAILROAD COMPANY ACCEPTS FULL RESPONSIBILITY. CAUSED HORRIBLE WRECK To Befall Scotch-English Express Crowded with Home-Comers for the Christmas Festivities—Inquest Held. Kirkby-Stephen, England, Dec. 26.— An inquest into the disaster which be- fell the Scotch express near Hawes Junction, was held today in a tiny inn near the spot where the train was ditched and burned. So gruesome was the inquest that it had to be suspend- ed for an hour to enable the relatives of the dead to recover from their emotion. Company Expressed Regret. The solicitor for the railroad com- pany expressed the companjy regret for the accident and accepted full re- sponsibility for it. e said it was due to the momentary forgetfulness of a signal man. Twenty Persons Missing. By the aid of scraps of charred clothing, buttons. ke; etc., seven bodies of victims have been identified. ated that ence adduced today indi twenty other persons are missing and probably were utterly consumed by the fire which broke out in the wreck- age after the train v s derailed, WEST VIiRGINIA NEGRO A CANDIDATE FOR LYNCHING. Trouble Expected from Mob Gathering | in Town of Weston. Weston, W Dec. 2 Hiam Furby, the negro who wwas arrested vesterd rged withassaulting Miss Flora was brought before > this afternoon at an unexpected hour, through the back al- ley and rear entrance to the justice's office. Squire Hughes e trou- bie, and took this means of bringing | the negro before him to answer the | charge of the warrant. Mis condition is such that the postponed until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 6 oc’lock train tonight, but he was not put aboard. All day long the assault has been the | topic_of conversation, and a leader is in.H that is required to form a lynching NO TRACE OF INSURRECTOS, REBELS WERE WOODCHOPPERS. Report That Battle Was Imminent in Mexico Denied. hundred. citizens of 11 recting 1 Paso, Tex., Dec. 26.—Antonio | Ponce, chicf of nolice of Juarez, re- | tnrned from the hills near Juarez at 3 | o'clock and denied a report that the | battle with the rebels was imminent in { the outskirts of Juarez, opposite Kl | Paso. He said there were no rebels, a number of woodchoppers with bur- ros evidently aving been mistaken | tor insurrectors 1 The soldiers returned to Juarez at 5 { o’clock and reported that there had | been no trace of insurrectos, the sup- | | posed “rebels” having been woodchop- { pers. El Paso wed the soldiers into the to see a fight returned isappointed, It was the most excit- rmoon experienced by Juarez Paso for many year ADMIRAL DEWEY 73, Most of Official Washington Tendered Birthday Congratulations. Several who had hills ex d nd El Washington, Dec. ¢ 26. — Admiral el Dewey, who was 73 years old apparently did ot expect that { most of official Washington would call { on to tender congratulations. He | we iving during <the afternoon, | missing the president and Mre. Taft, | | Chief Justice White, cabinet members of high offici diplomatic coros the Dewey residence. Imiral, accompanied by his son drove into the country for sev- Is and mem- who left host eral hours, arriving home at nightfall | He found scores of telegrams of con- | gratulations there from friends in all | parts of the world. A constant stream of callers poured into the Dewey home during the day Mr Dewey, who is indisposed, was unable to receive any of the guests. Earle Peterson and Miss Lila Paul Drowned While Skating. Boston, Dec. 26.—Skating out the close of the holiday on the Charles river basin, Earle B. Peterson, aged 's, and Miss Tila Paul, aged 20 ice tonight bodies were broke through re drowned. 1 thin i The md v e i Ir. Peterson was assistant secretary of religious work at the Young Men's Christian_association in Boston. He | c > to Boston from Oshkosh, Wis. Paul was studying to become 1t the Deaconness hospital Committed Suicide Because There Was No Gold Watch in Her Stocking. Pittsburg, Dec. 26.—Disappointed be cause she did not receive a gold watch she had been expecting for Christmas. Michaelena Siopek, aged 24, of ees Rocks, drank poison and died | just as a physician who had been call ed stepped in the door. Mrs. Slopek after taking the poison ran to the apartment of a neighbor and explained what had done. and the reason for her act, and then returned to her own nent and died. ap: Cyanide of Water. Con Drank Potassium for 2 a glass c whiskey. Ines Rudeviecz, sged 3 took what sbe supposed was a glass of wa- | ter and <ropped dead. The second potion was cyanide of potassium which her husband had & moment before put on the table white preparing to clean some jewelr She leaves besides her small children D three hushand Beware Petting a Strange Cat. Ye¢ Deé i — F'or iwenty min uies frenzied .cat. clung to William Butier's righr hand this afternoon, its teethi imbedded in his palm Unable to shake the animal off, Butler's terror grew untll he shrieked for bystanders 10 come (o his aid at's il until ¢ Fail was taken to s hospital. While in X aurant he had siooped to pet the animal ax ® passed. i i | | | { | broke its hold and It had been announced that the hear- |ing was io take place this morning, and the word was given out then that it wo he rostponed on account of the important witness being absent. This was a ruse to keep the crowd | away A rumor was out that Furby would be taken to Clarksburg on the A man twisted the | | | { { | | | i ! the United States s Condensed Telegrams _ The Ravages of the Bubonic Plague in Mongolia are terrible. Armat Stoddart, a Prominent G. A. R. man, died in Washington. William Stump, a Dishwasher of a;)lgvelxmd, O., has fallen heir to $25,- Orders Were Issued for the court- mafgtial of Major Henry C. Davis of the marine corps. Three Hundred Miners lives in an_explosion in colliery in England. The Street Railway Strike and Riots in Winnipeg, Man..” continue: Cars have been smashed and men injured. lost their the Hulton President and Mrs. Taft and other notables attended the funeral of Min- ister Don Anibal Cruz in St. Patrick's church. A Number of Unpublished Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier have been found by his biographer, Samuel Pickard. An Investigation by Treasury De- partment Experts has shown that the government has been defrauded by an abuse of “drawback” privileges. Emperor William Has Decorated the young German diplomat, Dr. Von Schmidthals, for bravery at the time of the revolution in Portugal A Barrel Supposed to Contain Poul- try when opened in a cold storage warchouse in Montreal was found to contain the body of an old man. The North Wing of Ryland Hall, the main building of Richmond college, Richmond, Va., erected in 1854, was gutted by fire of unknown origin at an early hour Sunday. Lose $60,000. The “Count” de Gatigny, on trial at Tours on the charge of swinfling the former Mrs. Charles Hamilton Paine of Boston. has put up the defense that he acted in good faith as her confidential gent. Adams Sherman Hill, Professor Em- eritus of rhetoric and oratory at Har- university and the author of no- table text hooks on rhetoric, died at his | home, 17 Brimmer street, Boston, on Sunday-. T years John D. Rockefeller’'s Donation of 00,060 to the University of Chicago fic request that 1,150,000 at least be expended on a chapel to dominate the architecture of the group of buildings and make re- ligion the center of life at the univ sity. Thomas James, Formerly President of the National Association of Shoe Manufacturers, but recently retired from business, died vesterday in his suburban home at Fort T Ky. 1 Cornwall, England, 60 came to Cincinnati in He was born i ars ago, and his youth. The Steamship Koerigin Luise of the North German Lloyd line, leaving New York quarantine shortly after her ar- rival from Naples, collided with the French line steamship Florida, from Havre. The bridge of the Florida was broken and some of the deck rails were smashed. Dr, Albert Reeder, a Practicing Phy- sician in the fashionable Back Bay sction, Boston, was found dead in his apartments on Ma "husetts avenue Christmas da from the etfects of in- haling illuminating gs The medical examiner said it wasz a case of suicide. Dr. Reeder v 5 yvears old. 1S Following Official Announcement of the resignation of J. D. Harris as gen- eral superintendent of motive power of all Baltimore and Olio railroad lin information was reccived Sun that the trouble between the company and its machinists had been settled and that the men would return to work by Jan. 1. Standing on the Step of His Father's Motorcycle, 12 year old Frederick Schufort of New York was hurled headlong when the machine struck a pedestrian, turned a complete somer- sault in thie air and landed on his feet unhure with a Christmas present under his arm. His father was perhaps f: tally injured, as was the man struck. Attracted by Flames Pouring Out of His Camp on Monroe's Island, near South Thomaston, Me. neighbo of Alexander McGuinne: found ead body lying n tove with the face badly burned. It is thought that he attempted to light his fire with erosene and was killed by the explo- He was a former Gloucester fish- An. sion. A Christmas Holly Wreath, swing- ing from a chandelier, forced open a zas cock early Sunday and caused th vxiation of Mrs. Eda May Simr of Toronto, Ont. Before retiring Mrs. Simpson hung the son Saturday night holly on a_chandelier near her bed. While she slept the wind from an open window swung the wreath against the gas cock. It was loosely adjusted and readily turned open Britisn Steamship Scottish Captain Hodson, which _left Sunday morning for South returned and anchored off at night because Thomas a fireman, fell out of his sustained internal injuries prove fatal. Although the south of the Am- brose Channel lightship, the captain ordered her back to obtain surgical treatment for the injured man. ntine son, and berth which may «hip was eight mile Notwithstanding a Recent Redistrict- ing of the staie, the general ussembly of Rhode Island, which convenes on Jan. 3d, will be sirongly republican. and' the party is expected to dictate the jegislative policy. especiaily in the selection of a successor to the seat in nate made vacant by the declination of Nelson W. Ald- rich to be a candidate for another term. The grand committee of the legislature will he compoged of ST re- publicans and 51 democrats GENERAL LEE CHRISTMAS AGAIN ON WARPATH. American Soldier to Lear a Revolution in Honduras. 30 5 Manuel former president of Hondur General Lee Christmas, an- Ame: soldier of fortune, hoth of whom mysterion after the Hornet left New Orieans several days ago. have sailed for Honduras aboard a passenger stenmer to lead a revolu tion that ntry, according to pr advices received and ican disappeared vate here today. Wright Co. Remembers Family of Cssd Aviator. Dayten, O, Dec 26—Tie Wright company will setile @i annuity of approximately $1600 upon the widow and cruldren of Raiph Johnsione. the aviator killed in & Wright Biplane at Denver, according 10 4 slatement made by H. Russel anager of ihe esnmipany. tonight, The ameount will be plac with an ingura e con- pany in New Yo | Liquor Shipped To Mining Camps THREE MURDERS RESULT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. IN MOST DISTRESSING SITUATION In the Strike-Ridden Coal Fields of Westmoreland County, Pa—Hurry Calls fer the State Polic _Greensburg, Pa., Dec. 26.—The strike ridden coal flelds of Westmoreland county are in the throes of rioting, the result of large quanties of liquor that have been shipped into the varioua mining camps. The third murder in twenty-four hours was reported to the coroner io- day, in the death of Tony Carcino, a striker who was formerly employed at Osborne, a small mining town of the ! Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal company. Mike Calcerski and John Nathan are being sought by the state police. General Outbreak Feared. Carcino was living in a strikers’ camp, and was shot to death last night when there was an assault upon the camp. About 75 shots were fired, and Carcino was found later with three bullet holes in his back. There has been repeated demands for the state police all day from vari- ous sections of the coal fields in this section. The anthorities fear there will he a general outbreak all over the coal ficlds, because of liquor the menm have obtained. SAID TO BE A COMPROMISE, SENATOR ALSOP, A M'LEAN MAN, To Be President Pro Tem. of Next Senate—Stiles Judson Chairman of Committee on Judiciary. Hartford, Dec According to re- publican senators-elect who have heen in conference the presidency pro teni. of the next senate will go to Senator Jeseph Alsop of Avon, a Mclean man, and the chairmanship of the commit- tee on the judiciary will go to Stiles Judson, Jr., of the Tweatyv-fifth dis tri It is stated that the arrange- ment is a compromise and appears to be satisfactory to all | OBITUARY. Gen. W. H. H. Davi Doylestown, Pa.. Dec. —Gen. W H. H. Davis. a veteran of the Mexi- can and civil wars,_ died at his home here tonight, aged 90 years. On December 5, 1846, he enlisted i the First Massachusetts infantry and fought in the Mexican war. Tn 1847, he was made an adjutant and in 1848 he was mustered out. In 1861 General Davis organired the 104th regiment, Pennsylvania volun teers and alsco Durrels battery. In 1865 he was made brigadier general of United States volunteers for meritor- ious service. He was editor of tne Doylestown Democrat until 1900. Judge James E. Walsh. Danbury. Conn.. Dec. —Judge James E. Waish, formerly of the city court, died tovlay of heart trouble afi er an illness which had extended | through a year. He was one of the well-krown attorneys of the Connec- ticut bar. had been active in demo- cratic politics, a former member of that party’s state central committee, {and the holder of local offices. He was a native of Pittsfleld, Mass., and a graduate of Yale, class of 1580. Aft- er taking a law course, at Yale he be- gan practice here and continued until his death. He was in his 524 vear A widow survives, and a brother is Attorney Walter J. Walsh of New Haven. Mrs. Elizabeth Gilder Kellogg. Waterbury, Conn., = Dec. 26.—Mrs, Elizabeth Gilder Kellogg, wldow of Edward Simeon Hayden, late secretary anc treasurer of the Holes, Booth & Hayden company, was found dead in bed this morning at her heme her She was a native of Brookiyn and one | o2 the most widely known and highly esteemed women in this part of the state. HBright's disease was t canse of her demise. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. Shirley ¥nl- ton, Miss Pauline Havden and 1Miss Margery Hayden, and a brother, Sam uel Castle Kellogg of New York cit | Mrs. Hayden was one of Waterbury's wealthiest women, her husband having | made a modest fortune in brass and copper industries and patents on the electrolysis of copper. William Coutie. Troy. .N. Y., Dec. 26.—Wiliam Cou- tie, 2 member of the American Chem- ical soelety and one of the best known | scientists in this country, died at his i home in this city to v at the age of 41 years. Fle was the first man in the world to eompound engines for factory purposes. Celd Water Took Away His Suieidal Ideas. Chippewa Falls, Wis,, Dec. 26.—John Christianson jumped ' forty feet from a wagon bridge into the Chippewa T er today with suicidal intent. He went under the ice and came up 200 feet down stream at an air hole, where he grabbed the ice ana crowled out. He said that cold water had taken away the desire to dle, and made him feel happier than he did before the plunge. Ciara D. Swain, M. D. Rochester, N. Y. Deec. 26.—Clara A. Swain, M. D., the first woman phys- missionary society te cian _sent by a A the Orient, died at Castile today. Dr. Swain was born in Elmira 76 vears ago, and went to India forty years ago Sbs s R i Woman Shot While Preparing Christ- mas Dinner. Greeley, Col, Dec. 26.—Bending over the kitchen stove. preparing Christmas dinner, yesterday. Mrs. Maggie Rob- erts was fatally wounded by a shot fired through the kitchen door at her home in Frederick, a neighboring coal mining camp, where a strike is ir | progress, The shot is believed to have been intended for her husband, who is foreman of the Xvans mine and who, t is said, has had irequent clashes with the cers. Five miners are under arrest. Distilling Plant Damaged $75,000. Pittsburg, Dec. 26.—Fire of unde- termined origin today destroyed the main building of the Sunnyside Dis- tilling company’s plant at Elrama, Washington county. The loss is §75 000, covered by insprance. The plant is controlled oy Howe Erothers of Cineinnati, © $130,000 Fire Loss at Bangor. Bangor, Me., Dec. ¥6.—A loss of §ise, 000. we'l coversd DY Insuredce, Was caused tonight Ly & fire of umknows origin that demaged the four stoey brick bulkding at 21 to 36 Oshgmebis istreet. The losses were distsiduted ameug several hiusillags Several firenjen were hurt, hone fatalig