Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 13, 1911, Page 1

i i VOL. Lill.—NO. CLERKS AND CUSTOMERS IN RUINS Five Persons Dead and @ Dozen Others More or Less Seriously Hurt 5 AND 10 CENT STORE WRECKED By Natural Gas Explosion, While Nine Other Structures Were Damaged—Thrilling Experiences in a Con- nellsville Place of Business—Hundreds in Street Unable to Render Aid—One Girl Clerk Goes Mad. 1 ‘Cabled Paragraphs London, Jan. 12.—A gale of hurricane force, accompanied at many points by a heavy snowfall, broke over the British isles today. Much damage was done, both on land and at sea. Loqdon/.!nz 12.—Baron Swaythling, the banker, died here today. ie was 78 years of age. The baron took a great interest in advancing Jewish and other institutions and in founding new syna- gogues. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 12—The reign of martial law which was instituted in disturbed sections after the recent re- volt in the navy had been crushed was ended by government decree today. The censorship of the newspapers and of outgoing telegraph and cable messages remains in force. BUSINESS MEN REPLY TO PRESIDENT MELLEN. Court of Commerce Ineffective—Rem- edy by Injunction Undesirable— Blisiness Men’s Bill Conservative, But Efficient. Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 12.—Five dead y explosion camg.. The porter has not s end twelve more or less seriously in- | been seen since and it is thought it js | New Haven, Jan. 12.—The State jured is the toll ne of the worst | his body that lics unidentified at the | Business Men's assoclation has re- explosions ever recorded in the natural s fields of the middie states, which wday wrecked a well filled five and ten cent store here, setting fire to and de- stroying the building and damaging Bine other structures. Fallen Wires Hamper Rescue Work. The explosion blew out the front of the building, tearing down tele- morgue. No one remembers the exact sensa- tions following the explosion. ~ Miss Mitchell sat at a plano playing & music score for a customer. Both were hurled through a side door into an al- ley, while screams ' and crashing sounds came from ywithin. Manager Poft said he was standing in an aisle when the floor rose quickly plied to Mr. Mellen’s suggestion that unsafe and inadequate service or ex- cessive railroad rates should be rem- edied by injunction; Mr. Mellen’s let- ter also seemed to suggest that the proposed public utilities commission ‘was designed to manage all the public service corporations. President Jones of the Business Men's association de- nfes this. Mr. Jones' letter is as fol- e, telegraph and electric Tight | 0 4% O t k3 gave way, tossing him among | lows: ks .rv‘s_h which hnn;:" -Nmt‘ '-v-l\gtlllerms a wreck of boxes and counters in the “Danbury, Conn., Jan. 11, 1911. @nd hissing fire, hampering all at-| .cjjar, He felt no pain and hurried | “Messrs. Everett G. Hill, President, fempiy &t vesvus work , Clevks 8ud{srom the pisce. and Arthur S. Barnes, Sec customens were buried in the collaps The victims were those whose duties Connecticut Editorial = Asociation, of the bullding and those that gvere| oy them behind the counters. The New Haven, Conm.: ahle o et out report thrilling €x- | cries of Miss Smith, Miss Wagner and | “Dear Sirs—I bave read Mr. Perience Mise Mulac could be heard for a time. | len’s very interestig letter of the 2 One Young Woman Goes Mad. Fire Fol/owed Explosion. wherein he further enlarges upon One young woman, whose burned | pundreds of persons stood in the | NiS SuSgestion of a court of commerce body was later found, went mad In the | rout helpless 1o answer. their cries | INstead of a public utilities commis- eiore immediately after the crash and | for help. I = | s Dit the hand of a man who tried to res- | [or heiP, Iive minutes after the ex Mellen's suggestion thit it is plosion flames enveloped the building, an was | p yman Was | yringing death to those imprisoned in- rable for the state to secure a I board or administrative com- 1 to manage the business of service corporations seems t0 The business men staie have not desired, and do cue her. Another young wo Sdentified only by her shoes, #idé futher recognized, and two others, o | man and a woman, were en from the ruins tonight so badly burned that | they have yet been identified, Sickening Scenes. 1 could be seen running fran- back and forth behind a coun- public me entirely sound. One g ticaily of the ter, the flames playing near her and ‘not now ask for, any such managerial The Dead. the smoke stifling her. Several men | commission; and the bill which- thay Mabel Grace Wasner, ran in a side door, but the heat and | have drafted for presentation to the Christ h \n th clerk smoke forced two of them back. One| geperal assembly does not provide for Minnte c, 16 yea uniden- | man groped his way to where the girl | any suel: board. tified woman; wnidentified min. | was ‘crouching. Her clothing was then n general. the administrative dom- Sortount) Igfured | burning. “As he grasped her by the|mission suggested-by that bill could . 3 | urmps she screamed and snapped at him | act only in specific cases brought “The most se ured are Mary | 1ike a rabid dog. She had gone mad. |fore it hy complaint: in matters es- Wagnor, itchell, piano | ickened by the sight and almost | sential to safety it could act on its player; 'C. <cr; lLloyd | overcome by the heat, the man Was|own initiative. It is given no man- carpenter: ret Reese, | unable to resist the struggles of the | agerial powers, and is not intended Mrs. Martha Wood Moyer; | insane woman and fled. to supplant the directors of public Fianche Miile Rose Muolac; Charles [ “She bit me” he cried, holding up | service corporations. or to usurp any Loomis, assistant ima . Walter [a bloody finger to eeveral who had | of their legitimate powers. It will be lehman and Howard Snyder, both of | faintly discgrned the struggle, through | afractive, however, in my opinion, 19 Pittsburg; Riley Smeak, a carpenter. | the smoke. Then, as if terrified procect the public in its dealings with the ghastliness of his encounter, stumbled away from the scene. Tonight torehes threw ghastly light upon the ruins while police, firemen and volunteers searched for other pos- sible victims. he | these quasi public corporations. “The difficulty with Mr. Mellen's court of commerce is that it will not e effective to this end. To attempt to_insure public safety, adequacy of service or reasonableness of rates by Cause of the Explosion. Workmen who had removed a nat- ural gas meter falled to cap the supply pipe, and just as a porter had been #ent to the cellar to stop the leak the & a broad extension of the present pow- ers of injunction seems to-me both unwise and “If Mr. THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES THE RESIDUARY CLAUSE OF MRS. EDDY’S WILL impracticable. Mellen's court of commerce -4 should find (as Sas, charged at the More A ts P G . ity assembly), that 20™Fents ore rgumca.n s Presented Before In- | Is Null and Void, in Opinion of Messrs. dasive traly, e Wetwee terstate Commerce Commission. Chandler and Othe Manchester and Hartford, then, under N. H., Jan. 12-That the clause of the will of Mrs. ker G. Eddy, founder of the tian Seience church, is null and 1Mr. Mellen's suggestion, it should cor- rect the abuse by an injunction. But what weuld be the form of this in- junction? It would not properly en- join the corporation from Washington, - Jan. 12.—“The ptate commerce commission is nc ver the law, the general wns the railroads of the United Conecord, un- | residuary ger of | Mary STates,” | Chr inter- 1y charging #eclared Walker D. Iiines, of the void. is the opinion of former United | over 10 cents: for that would be fix- ware & Hudson, and chairman of the | St s Senator William E. Chandler, ing the, rate, which involves the ex- executive board of the Santa Fe, in | Hannis Taylor of Washington, D. C. | creise of @a power which the courls resenting his argument before the in- ‘essor of constitutional and intes hold they do not poss and cdnnot erstate commerce commission tod: il law at George Washington | he given. If it enjoined the corpora- ot the eastern rate hearinz in behail as given out for | tion from continuing to charge an ‘ex of the railroads’ propused increase in | lon here tonight. The resi-|cessive’ rate, neither the corporation freight rates. Mr. Hio aintained | duary clause provides for a gift of [ nor the public would kuow what was about § thers always had been in this ¢ v 900,000 to the First Church of | meant until the question was deter- . flexibility of freight rates. G Christ, Scientist, of Boston, known as| mined upon a trial for contempt of iy this flexibility had been downy the “mother church.” 3 court, which seems to me an undesir- Congress, he urged, lad cvinced no| A statute of New Hampshire pro-|.ple xituation. If it enjoined the cor- ntention to interfere with that flexi- | hibiting a bequest to a church of poration from (umvtlnulu‘; to charge bility. over $5000 annually is the basis of cents. the centure corporation might the opinion which wes written by Pro- The limit of the increase of ra t to_charge 19 cents, although anything voad freight rates in this country | fessor Taylor. Referrhig to the resi-| over 10 cents might be exces: practically Bas teen reached my | duary clause as “null and void,” the n almost every conerct. opinion and I ask this commission to | Opinion says: i Mellen's suggested remedy by tuke that into consideration in this As to the vold gift the testatrix|ijon will be found to be impractica- case,” declares E. D. Robbins, counsel | 4ied intestate and its subject matter | ple to really cure the existing cvil passed on her death to her rext of kin under the New Hampshire statute of_-distribution.” In the closing paragraph the opin- ion advises the attorneys for the next for the New York, New Haven & Jiartford railroad. “We are carrying 1sday many articles of freight at point® below actual cost of the service,” he continued. Would it" not tend, on the contrary, to increase litigation, with its attendant delays and expense, and to greatly augment “judicial legislation” and the much criticised “government by in- He sald he could searcely undertake | ©f kin that such arrangements and| jupction?” to furmish a liet of the articlés, be- | CODIracts as they made with the tes-| " “T am fully in accord with MF. Mel- cause only in a general way were they | Hirix and her trustecs in her lifetime | jen’s high opinion of our _judiciary, sbtainable. He could say, however, | 00!y bind them “to recognize as valid| gyt why can we mot obtain men of that in.present conditions, the freight | $Uch provisions of her last will as are| the same character and ability to business of the New Hav Firsntiy yRis: ek serve on an efficient public ‘utilities being done at a loss. | jonlo, that extent” continues the opin- | commission as on an inefficient court made on the passenger '-usm ss," he | lon, ‘you are bound and ure required | of gommerce? Respectfully yours, added. | to th the executors in request- TANDREW R. JONES, Mr. Robbins explained that robate court of New Hamp-| «president of State Business Men's Haven road had in contemplation © ndmit such will to probate in Association.” solificn fern, in_order that all its pro- expenditure of $37,000.000 in various n. in or¢ . lurge fmprovement | 4 ¥ prevail so far as they are | TAFT [N MESSAGE URGES “Do you expect to ps that amount | Dot forbidden by Iwe'iAfter vou have out of surplus or from funds raised en | 5 @ ted, and performed evéry parg of CANAL FORTIFICATION. Tacurities lseed ™ inquired Commis. | he agrecment you have enteréd intog e sioner Prouty it will remain for the courts of equi- | Favers an Appropriation by Congress We shall pay what we can out of | t¥, federal or state, to construe® the of $5,000,000 to Start the Work. will_in order to determine whether the residuary clause is valid or void.” late today a petition was filed the superior court here by former Sen- itor Chandler and other attorne; asking the court for a construction of Mre. Bddy's will, particularly the clause relating to the residuary es- pate ary Surpius we may eain, but the re- mainder we shall have te provide for tu some other hington, Jan. —President Taft today sent to congress a special mes- sage urging fortification of the Panama canal and recommending that an ap- propriation of $5.000,000 for the initia- tion of the work on the proposed de- fenses be made at the present session of congress. He forwarded w Legislative, Executive and Jus Passed House, Jan. | h the the message ton edblity the satire da S8 Naationts. Midstens. report of the special army and navy the house toduy passed the I | (Special to The Bulletin.) board recommending fortification of exocutive and judiclal bill, carrying | -.Washington, Jan. 12—GGeorge F. | the canal > proximately $35.000.000. The Gladstone, who ciaims to have been a o canal, when completed.” said measure was student at Yale, and also a ward ot | the president in his message, “will al- prid - ithe T6 criten 302 I%e McClung, the treasurer of the | ford the only convenient route for wa- rhe senate was in sess United' States, yesterday safternoon | ter communication between our At- lantic and Pacific coasts and virtually pleaded uilty to a char; f fal iy Gt o be a part of the coast line of the pretences in obtaining a camera ffom yinu adjourn the formal ng imme H deater o ted States. Colorado of Senator Charles 3 local dealer, by représenting himself = e e 8% Mir. MeCKrws ward: - The koy 1d ts assured possession and control ik semate und Bouse will meet at]only 19 vears old and he claims to | Will contribute to vur peace, safety and svon tomosrew be a grandson of the former premier | ProSPerity as a nation. In my judgment it ited Stat se capable of ¢efense the work that vital a relation to its wel- 1t is being created eolely penditure of enor- the right and of England. The prisoncr asked for the benefi of the probation system, and he told | a story of his efforis to secure an ed- ucation and of his downfall because of {a larceny charge made against him while at Yale. The judge remanded | him 1o jail for one week and directed | that the details of his stery be investi- gated in New Haven CAPTAIN PEARY'S CLAIM FORMALLY APPROVED fare and by it and nious stm “I bave authorized the submission to the secretary of the treasury of the re- vised estimates for the appropriation referred to in the accompanying let- ter of the secretary of war, which esti- mate is less than the original estimate by approximately one-third. Sought Congressional Recognition of His Arctic Exploration Washington, J -Capt F. Peary, the Arctic explorer, ay formally approved in his cluim f congressional recognition ot tie hands | of i sub-committee of the house mittes on naval affairs, sub-com- mittes, ut an executive n from which the two principal o Captain Peary, Messrs. F Macon, were absent, adopied a favora- ble report to the full committee on the Bates hill which extends the thanks ©f congress to Peary and retires him with the rank of a rear admiral in the engineer corps of the navy. aptain Peary now Is 53 years old, and the action, if approved by the house full committee, amd agreed to by’ the senate, will place him imme- diately on the retired list, wllfll about the Fr—u‘o.—u he Is recetv active list. a Teaches the Sulloway Pension Bill. (Special to the Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—The senate committee on pensions will in a few vlays take up the consideration of the Sulloway pension bill, which pass- ed the house on Tuesday. There is some opposition in the senate to the house bill, and it is intimated amend- ments will be added to the bill. The principal objéction seems to be that the Sulloway measure grants increases of pension to alf soldiers, whether they have private incomes or not. Some senators believe that there ought to e some limitation as to incomes. Death of Sir Thomas Brocklsbank, Bart m in Pittsburg, Jan, 1f=-Cable & s to this city anmounce the Liv 1 today of Sir Thomas Brock- Lebari, baroner, father of Mrs. George Westinghouse, Jr.. of this city. He was 63 yoirs old and was made @ bar- Victoria, He leaves a BUBONIC PLAGUE IS RAPIDLY SPREADING. Hundreds Are Dying Every Day in Manchuria, Peking, Jan. 12—Bubonic plague in Manchuria is spreading rapidly. Rb- ports received here state that hundreds of persons are dying every day and| that tho ntmber of fatalities is in- creasing. - : A French plagie s suc- cumbed 1o the Chinese government has appeaied to the for- elgn community for uaumnce in com- batting the and four mission- dOctors, one an American and the ers Britishers, have volunteered their _servic It s planned to quaraniine the rail- ways and the Great Wull in ihe hove of drresting the spread of the scourge xpert | Re- Thouse duvir: | Connecticut Leglslalure FAIR START IS MADE ON THE SESSION OF 1911, UTILITIES BILL PRESENTED Protest Against Senator Mahan's Ap- pointment on the Judi ary Commi tee Rosulkl in Personali Hartford, Conn., Jan. 12.—Commit- tees of both branches having been an- nounced, county meetings for organ- ization calle a democratic nomi for United States senator selected in the person of Homer S. Cummings, the general assembly today got fairly started on a session which the new members have an idea will be shor but which the veterans freely said will be as long as its many predecessors of Tecent years. Many Democrats Disappointed. After the house session members crowded around the clerks to ascertain their appointments. Many of the dem- ocrats were disappointed in not receiv- ing more general membership on the more important committees. Repre- sentative Banks of Fairfield becomes house leader by virtue of his appoint- ment to the judiciary committee, and Judge Tingier of Vernon will be the democratic floor leader. Protest Against Senator Mahan. In the senate Mr. Marsden of Madi- son takes the chairmanship of both the railroads and shell fisheries com- mittees and Mr. Judson goes to the Jjudiciary committee and becomes the republican leader. Senator Mahan of New London, also on the judiciary committee, assumes the responsibilities of the leadership of the democrats. Senator Donovan entered a protest against Mr. Mahan's appointment, de- claring that the latier had been iden- tified with “the railroad lobby.” (Com- Rmee: printed on Page 8 of this is- After the senate adjourned personal- ities were exchanged between the two democratic_senators. The public utilities bill of the State Business Men's association has gone into the senate. First Judicial Appointments by, the Governor. The governor made his first judicial appointments today, sending to the senate the names of two judges of common pleas courts, thosé of New Haven and Fairfield county, both re- appointments. SHORT SESSIONS BOTH HOUSES. Adjourned to Tuesday Next;When Real Business Will Begin. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Jan. 12.—The first week's business of the new legisiature was completed on Thursdss when both houses held short sessions, after which adjournment was taken until Tuesday of next week,when the business of first importance will be the election of a senator fo represent Connecticut in congress. It is apparently certain that the republican members will vote solid- Iy for McLean, while Cummings - will likewise receive the unanimous support members, which cir- insure the election of ernor McLean. There is no in- on of a break in the ranks of her party from the choice of the caucuses. There was little doing in the house Thursday, the announcement of the committee appointments receiving the closest attention. These, of course. had been fixed up on_information secured in advance as to the fitness and desires of members and was followed as close~ ly as possible, which circumstance made the assignments generally satis- factory to the members, if not wholly so0. SENATE. The senate was called to order at 11.30 by Lieutenant Governor Blakes- lee. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. Workmen’s Compensation Matters. Senator Spellacy presented the fol- lowing resolution: Resolved by this as- sembly, that a joint special committee consisting of iwo semators and five representatives be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house, respec- i to which committee shall be referred all bills introduced concern- ing workmen's compensation acts and which committee shall consider the subject of a workman’s compensation act and report to this general assem- bly. Tabled. Legislative Gratuities. Senator Judson offered the following resolution: Resolved by the senate, that the senate committee on contin- gent expenses be instructed to consider and report at an early date to the sen- ate a resohition defining the policy of this body upon the subject of so- legislative gratui The resolution was passed. Last Day for New Business. Senator Alsop offered a joint resolu- tion that the Jast day for the introduc- tion of new husiness he Thursday, Feb 2, 1911, Passed. For Agricultural Colleg By Senator Alsop—Making an ap- propriation of 35,000 for equipment of wiring of the Connecticut Agricultural college and $6,000 for electric lighting. Appropriations. Petition. By Senator Park—From the Nor- wich, Colchester and Hartford Traction company for an extension of time Railroads. Public Utilities Bill. Senator Fenn introduced a bill for the regulation of public service cor- porations. It is the bil prepared by the Business Men's association. Judi- clary. Employers’ Liability. Senator Fenn introduced an employ- ers’ liability bill. It is the bill which has been prepared by the- railway men’s union. Tabled on the motion of the senator pending action on the res- olution for a special committee for the consideration of labor bills. Adjourned to Tuesday at 11.15. HOUSE. In the house Speaker Scott ocalled order at 12.02. Prayer by the chap- lain. There was no roll call of mem- bers. There was the usual presenta- tion of resolutions, petitions and bills among them the following Petitions and Resolutians. | Peiitions of Beiwin,T. Hook, John F. Downey, ATthur A Blakesiée and ilhs . Cook for seats in the house ty the commities on contest- ecflmu tative J. Monroe Benjamic of Ca and Represemtative Burton D. Pofter of Himden were given the ovath of office by Speaker Seott. It t Was Woman Against Woman THURSDAY’S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCHENK TRIAL. MISS EVANS A WITNESS Professional Nurse Tells Why She Suspected John 0. Schenk Was Be. ing Poisoned. - ~ Wheeling, W. Va,, Jan. 12.—It was Woman against woman at today’s ses- sion of the Schenk trial, when Alma J. Evans, a professional nurse, recited on the stand her story against Laura Furnsworth Schenk and the circum- stances that influenced her to suspect that John O. Schenk was being pois- oned. “Dutch Devils.’ Miss Evans attended Schenk during his illness, and the state brought out on direet ‘examination that time and again Mrs. Schenk bad instructed her, in case her husband died suddenly, to take from his pockets as soon as the breath left his body the keys to his safe deposit box in a local bank and notify her before his relatives knew of his’ death. “You don't know those ‘Dutch dev- ils' like I do,” the Witness said Mrs. Schenk said on various _occasions when referring to members of the Schenk family. Arsgenic in Mineral Water. The state also brought out through Dr. Charles Glaser of Johns Hopkins university that the first bottle of min- eral, water sent him for an analysis contained three and three-sixteenths grains of arsentic to the half gallon, and that the sample of hyomel qui- nine, which Schenk was also taking, contained seven grains of sugar of lead to the ounce. Dummy Bottles of Medicine. Miss Evans futher testified that “dummy” bottle of medicine were kept in the bathroom of the suite occupied by Schenk at the North Wheeling hos- pital, while the remedies given him were kept in another part of the building. The dummy bottles, she said, were placed there as a decoy, giving apportunity to “doctor” fhem. She ifled that Mrs. Schenk had gone to room, locked the door and re- mained inside for fifteen minutes. * Medicines Not Tampered With. The defense to offset this testi- mony drew from Dr. Hupp, who was put on the stand late in the after- noon, the statement that the medi- cines in_the room had not been tam- perea with. On_cross-examination Dr. Glaser also said that a_second bottls of mineral water, taken from the room in which Mrs. Schenk was locked for some time, had not been disturbed. Charges that the wife attempted to poigon her husband, after he had been removed to the hospital, the defense claims, ave shattered by the fact that althongh articles of food prepared by Mrs. Schenk and taken to the hos- pital were preserved and analyzed, no_trace of poison wae found in them, Miss Evans further testified that Mrs. Schenk had the undertaken ‘se- lected who was to have charge of her husband’s funeral. “I won't have any Dutch funeral” she quoted Mrs. Schenk as saying, naming the under- taker she had picked cut herself. John is Too Old for Me. At another time the witness testified Mrs. Schenk told her: “John is too oid for me. I want a young Society blood.” Ang had also said that “John was too much of a business men” to suit her, as she thought she was “en- titled to break into society” on aec- count of her wealth A detective-nurse, placed on the soon after Schenk's removal to the hospital to watch Mrs. Schenk, the defense de- clares, and Miss Evans stated that Mrs. Schenk became very friendly with Mrs. Klein at omce, not knowing her identity. Nurse’s Testimony Not Shaken. Miss Evons was subjected to a searching eross-examination, but her testimony was not shaken in any marked degree. Time after time she went further in her replies than the attorney for the defense anticipated, until Attormey O'Brien asserted that the witness was prejudiced against his client. During the testimony of Miss Evans repeated hostile glares passed between the accused and the witness, so ap- parent that it was marked by the spectators, and several times there s a_visible sneer in the expression of each woman. Another line followed by the defense on cross-examination was an attempt to show a conspiracy on the part of the Schenk family against the accus- ed, especially on the part of Albert Schenk, her brother-in-law. ~ Miss Evans declared if such conspiracy ex- isted she has never been aware of it. Noto Klein, |Condensed Telegmns sfm ml_ [m Proposed Dissolution of New fifiaeys "Argued Before Supreme &m CHARACTER OF JOHN D.ROCKE] United States Ambassador Wilson reports that the Mexican revolution is practically ended. Twenty-Three Anarc s Were Ar- Introduced to the Court During Tlmndiy'l —Mr. Milburn of New York Presents the “Fa in the Case—The Government’s Side of the C ‘troversy Will Be Given Today. b rested while holding a meeting in Munich, Bavaria. Two Institutes for Scientific Research are to be opened in Berlin upon a foundation secured by Bmperor W ., The Forty-First Annual Mesting of the National Board of Trade will con- vene in Washington Jan. 17 and con- tinue in sesgion for three days! President John Hanan of the Na- tional Boot and Shoe associafion de- clares the business world needs a rest ‘from demagogism, theorism and fad- dism. James A. Farrell, the new presldent of the United States Steel corporation, was once a day laborer at $4.50 a weel and is now to receive a salary of $100,000. Charles 8. Holt, attorney for minor- ity stookholders, declares the Baltimora and Ohlo railroad obtained control of the Chicago Terminal Transfer pany by the manipulation of finance.” ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—Vighting for its life, Standard Oil attorneys today argued before the supreme court of the United States against the proposed dissolution of the Standard Oil com- pany of New Jersey as violative of the Sherman anti-trust law. ¥or three hours John G. Milburn of New York addressed the court. Tomorrow Frank /B. Kellogg of Minnesota will present the government’s side of the controver- &y. The arguments will not be con- cluded until next Tuesday. Mr. Milburn’s “Facts.” Mr, Milburn’s task was to present to the Gourt the “facts” in the case, but he departeq from the facts, now and then, to show alleged wrongs the af- firmance of the dissolution decree of the'lower court would Incur. 5 In his history of chaotic conditions in_the oil business between 1560 and 1870, due, he said, to an overproduction of refining capacity, Mr. Milburn intro- duced_to_the court the character of John D. Rockefeller. “There was out there in Cleveland, said he, “a young man in the early 60's with a small amount of money which he had saved, who possessed the gift of genius, He had genius for bus- iness and there is a genius for business just as there is a gonius for war, or poetry, or pasnting. That man was John D. Rockefeller. He saw that this overproduction of refinéries was to be met by volume of business so as o withstand the lower profits.” He then told how Rockefeller allicd himself with Andrews, a practical oil refiner, and with the exereise of Rock: feller's genius for business and theit consequent good standing among finan- olers, they grew rapidly. Mr. Milburn dwelt particularly upon the period of acquisition which he said cloged in 1879, the &rust agreement of 1892 and the new arrangement of own- ership in 1899. Acquisitions never had been made, Mr. Milburn toid the court, with an intent to restrain or to monop- olize interstate trade. Most of the ir;x_'mhue.’ were made, he “ “We thousht it was oniy the @ thing to do if a man came to Mr. Milburn, “with a p seli out to buy his plant af praised value. Often it was e worthless and we could have it to go to dry rot in his b e Not in Iluu-int-!‘rv-b o He denied the charges of the go ment that the Standard Ol advantages of such prefe the railroads during the m quisition _that it should now be ished. The contracts between roads and the Standard were restraint of trade, he con viewed in the Mght of the which they were made.” Even the history of the South provement compaay, which Mr. burn referred to as embodying Tomance of times,” was not & straint of trade. The trust agreement of 1892, W by trustees exchanged their for the stock of the various owners” of Standard Ofl came in for much attention. Small Stockholders Would Be rassed. One objection to the decres Mr. Milburn volced was that by, peliing the Standard of New to give to each of its proportionate share in each of porations whose stock it heid the. holdersl of atosk wouid B For instance, the who owned one share of stock Standard of New Jersey -J script for twenty-eight cents” worth stock in one company and $2.50 '-‘ in another. This would not be mar- ketable, he suggested. he mado the statement that ould b ruinous to mwch of the SESES erties, because the companies had mo Independent existence. Then as At~ sorfbbled w Governor Carroll in his inaugural address Thursday made a plea for the cessation of political and factional feuds in Iowa, declaring that they had an unwholesome effect on business nditions of. the varlous communities. “Nothing better could come to our state than that there should be an end of these matters,” he said. Two Gifts Amounting to $25,000 were announced yesterday as having heen received by the prudential committee of Yale university. One is for $10.000 from the Pierce N. Welch estate of New Haven for alterations in Welch hall and the other of $15.000 from George H. Myers of Washington, D. C., to the Yale Forest school. Charles F. Carroll, About 40 Years Old, died at the New Haven hospital Thursday as a result of drinking car- bolic acid. He was found lying on the floor of his room by his wife, with a bottle, apparently having contiined the acid, beside him. He lived but a short time after reaching the hospitel. Tt is thought he may have become despon- dent by Teason of lack of work. Gov. Francis E. McGovern of Wi oonsin in his message to the legisla- ture yesterday assalled the special in- terests, which, he says, “have entered political life, not from patrietic or dis- interested motives, but for private gain at whatever cost to free institu- tions.” In urging a corrupt practices act the governor said: “The influence of money in political campaigns must be removed The Effort of the Democratic Mem- bers of the Massachusetts legisiature to agree upon some candidate in 0ppo- sition to tor Henry Cabot Lodge failed at a conference yesterday, but the members were enabled through an informal ballot to give their personal preferences.. Former Congre John R. Thayer of Worcester réceived the moet votes, although his total was only 19 out of 96 ballots cast: The conference decided that it was useless to proceetl further on these lines, and a regular party caucus was cailed for next Monday evening, at the same time as that of the republican caueu: NEGRO HUSBAND'S BRUTAL TREATMENT OF WHITE WIFE Chained Her to Wall—Made Her Stay in Coal Bin. Boston, Jan. 12.—Allegations of un- usually cruel and brutal treatment by her negro husband, Willlam H. Tay- lor, were made by Mrs. Margaret Tay lor, a 22 year old white woman, on the witness stand in the trial of her husband in the superfor court today. = > Taylor is belng tried on indictments The ‘Public Service Commission at| charging assault and battery on his Albany yesterday continued. to hear| wife, having cocaine in his posees- the opposition regarding the appiica- | gion, dertving support from ‘“white tion of the Buffalo, Rochester and|glave” trafic and carrying a danger- Eastern railroad to construct a line| ous weapon. Mrs. Tayior testified that from Buffalo to Trov. W. S. Kalman, | soon after she came here from Nova assistant freignt traffic manager of the | Scotia last year and married Taylor New York Central lines, said that the|he began to treat her brutally. Sie existing lines were capable of handling | declared that her husband had forced all the trans-state freight traffic. He|per to maintain improper relations declared that the proposed line would | with other men and to sell cocaine. have no eastern and western traffic | Frequently, she said, he womld cha connections and that it would be to|her to the wall in their home in the the advantage of the Boston and Maine | South Fnd and would then kick and road to continue existing arrange-|peat her. At other times, she said, ments at Troy for the exchange of}he would tie her arms and legs, throw freight. her on the floor and jump on her = chest. Once, the woman testified, Tay- REPORT FROM MANAGUA lor made her remain all night in a ON GROCE AND CANNON. coalbin in cold weather, without cloth- Memanded by American State Depart- ing, and threw cold water on her, On another occasion she said he put h ment Through Consul at Nicaragua. in a bathtub filled with ice water. Mr. Taylor said that her husband alwaps ‘Washington, Jan. 12—Actuated by the determination that those responsi- carried a loaded revolver and threat- ened to kill her if she failed to do as Vle for the execution of the Americans, @roce and Cannon, during the Nicara- he wished, or tried to escape. guan revolution, shall be prosecuted, | EVERY FOOT OF THE WAY the state department today asked Consul Moffatt at Managua for a re- 19 A FOIL AL SNEUSOADE porbon thmsois Difficulties That Beset Mexican Troops PAY FOR NATIONAL GUARD. Fomiwity (he o Mifitia Officers Appeal Before Commit- | ., Minica, . Mexico, Jan. 1lL—(Via EI ACTION TAKEN ON MERIDEN 3 PASTOR'S RESIGNATION. Veted That mm“. 4 Vacte, at Once. 1. __ Meriden, Conn,, Jan. 12—At & meet- ng of the members of the Ceater Cami- gregational clnuch tonight Rev. Dr. Bored nis. resignatio take effect ler 9 n, to o April 1, was asked to allow. nation, so far as preachin; pulpit was coneerned, to - once. Dr. Loux is out of his return tomorrow will be tonight's action. When the members of the tion fitst came together maiter of his resignation as last Sunday was taken up only four or five dlassating accepted. The matter of a series of sermons, the titles of he had given to the which were on soclalistic subjects, brought up and after much action was taken to have hjm the pulpit at onece. The following resolution n fhe matter we passed: - it is the sense of i meeting would be better that Dr. Loux's and pastorai service should once, and that he be given his and the use of the parsonage April 1" In his resignation read last Dr. Loux, who has embraced the trine of socialism, said that Christianity today is pleying fast ang loose with les for which died. Tt e true. For this reason, to be. my ministry, I must stand gelo ot the SeSmere that I may my protest purely.” ‘A committee wio also nirm to amangs for & until the first of April. Paso, Texas, Jan. 12).—The main body tee of Congre: of the Insurrectos under Pasqual Orozco 18 about fourteen miles west of here, in the foothills along the Kan- has City, Mexico & Orient line. There are 200 federal troops here t the main body, under General Navarro, numbering over 1,000, is at Guererro, nine miles dstant. Navarro appar- RELIGIOUS CLEBRATION RIOT IN Troops Fire Into the cnvd—“ “Persons Killed, Many Wounded. ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—Militia officers from.various parts of the United States appeared Dbefore the house committee on militia today to advocate the adop- tion of the bill putting the national guard upon a pay basis. pointing Lewis Crandall assistant judge of the citv and police;court of New London, Tabled for calendi. resolution introduced appouting n B. Coit judge of the city eourt ew London, A resolution willi of introduced appointing Stanley T. Jennings deputy judge of the city court of Stamford. Resolutions appointing William T Malons judge of the town court of Bristol and Edward A. Peck deputy judge of same court. A resolution appointing Alfred - FL. Kelty deputy judge of Dorby eity court. All 'the ahov for calendar _Drawing for Seats. ction on a resolution by Represen- tative Hotchkiss of New Haven that the G. A. R. members in the house be allowed to select their seats with- out drawing was indefinitely post- poned. Representative Peck of Strat- ford was in favor of leaving this mat- ter with the committee on rules. Acts Introduced. Acts introduced included One concerning an amendment to section 3637 of the general statutes, another concerning public service cor- porations, referred to judiciary: also a_resolution for an amendment to the charter of the New Departure Mfg. Co. Business received from the senate and acted upon under suspension of the rules included a resolution limit- ing the time for introduction of new business to February 2. On motion of Representative Chandler of Rocky Hill this resolution was tabled How Many Legislative Days a Week. Represeéntative Hotchkiss of New precipitated anather discussion N Y e ok Bk loaiet resolutions were tabled shall meet, when he safd t the members should re- solve that when the house gets down to business that they should meet four L days a week, xo {Hat when May. and. g«n; weather sions could n Bombay, Jan. 1_4—'m- called d today to quell & several leys into the crowds, killing eleves and wounding fourtecen persons. Each year riots mark the of the Muharram, the first the Mohammedan year, is bound to aries botwesn nites, or orthodox section, Shiahs, the second great di Mohammedans, A great was arranged for today to mark close of the !l‘qhmrnm teatival, this was proh! Rioting begac Snd mobg: large force. Thoe police were and found themselves unable to the fighting. Then troops wers to the scene of the flercest orders were given to fire on the It is probable that many nor wourds, In addition to the teen unaccounted for. The the killed lay in the streets for g Hidorable time after the eloters dispersed. Pension Fund for Philadelphia Fire men’s Families Passed $100,000 Ma Philadelphia, Jan. 12.~The fusd ing raised to pay families of the thh one policeman killed the. factory here on 21, tod The. smount eft passed $100,000. were uked to wn& was 3 Strike Throws 1,000 Men Out of Troy, N. Y., Jan. llv—(ho men are thrown out of a strike at the phnt ¢ the A. Wood company at this county, demana m,% cent. in wuu the directors met. dered a cessatis departmeant, ently is awaiting orders. Arrivals through the revolutionary camp sey the rebels are well fod, and are in_excellent spirits and look for nothing but victorier. When the sov- ernment forces enter the monntains, men famillar with the territory say they have a task before them at which the bravest of troops might well hes) tate. Hvery foot of the way is a po- tential ambuscade. Other insurrectos are reported in the wveighborhood of Santo Thomas above San Isidro. Both sides are behaving with exem- plary forbearance toward fereigners and non-combatants. Reports that the jefes of Moris and Ocampo have been’ executed are not confirmed. Ohio Vote Selling, 1,749 to Dat West ‘Unlon, Ohio, Jan. 12.—In con- necticut with the Investigation of wholesale selling of votes in Adams county 82 new indictments were Te- turned today, bringing the grand total up to 1,749." It was rumored that some prominent persons had been in- dicted. Representative Kimble ap- peared before the grand jury this aft- ernoon, The nature of this testimony was not made public. Jesse Dryden and Charles Wilson testified yesterday that an official had biven them $10 each last election day for their votes. Connectiout Nominations. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 12.—~The president has sent to the senate for confirma- tion the name of J. Rice Winchell to De collector of gustoms at New Haven. ‘The names of Asa E. S. Bush. post- master at Niantic. and James Graham, postmaster at Taftville, have also been forwarded to the semate for confirma- tion. All-are reappointments, days a week; then the members will get a month or twe off in summer. In the meantime Representative Dunn put the matter squarely up to the members for decision by introduc- ing a resolution calling for sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week. Mayor Dunn said he believed that the members shiould meet at least four days each k. “As soon as spring arrives,” sd!d the mayor, “we realize we have a lot of work at home. We should start now and endeavor to live up to what Governor Baldwin and Speaker Scott have said about short sessions —we should zet busy.” On motion of Representative Hatmaker of Sulis- bury. however, the matter was laid on the table for the time being, which action was satisfactory to = Mayor Dunn. In conmection with the- subject, Representative Hutchinson of Essev, he who was excluded from the repub- lican caucus on Tuesday, took occasion to say that his ideas were in har- mony with Mayor Dunn's. “Qur mem- bership here largely of farmers,” said Uncle John, “a class that has not much to do at this time of year but a”emck ity deiule Jeie feny smoke & pipe” This is a good tim: for them (o come down heie -nd at- R ok e get. n time 1o, p The members were. not ri to do. ‘anything definite with the prap for ',tuhu's § Indictments Courtmartial of Surgeon Munsen. Vallejo, Cal,Jan. 12—Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, Past Assistant Surgeon Francis M. Munsen was brought be- fore a courtmartiul here today. The charges arose‘in connection with Mun- sen’s. actions in Honolulu while the navel auxiliary cruiser Buffalo was en Toute hither from Manilu six weeks ago. Munsen, wWho is & son-in-law of €ha' late Feks Adatrad Gidss, I e Asiatic station for several ’2&" before his transfer (o toe Buf- a’.. of however, and it remains consideration. On_motion 'y Nagel Has Promised Defare the - Middlesex club ston on Feb. 14 and to address Akron (Ohiv) chamber of commerce of Representut