Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1911, Page 1

e — VOL. LIIIl—NO. 12 CAUTIONARY Locomotive Engineer Lydell Admits Hav- ing Passed Signal Set Against Him CRASHED INTO STANDING SPECIAL Five Passengers Killed and More Than a Score More or Less Injured at Batavia Station on the New York Central—Pullman Car and Day Coach Telescoped —Foggy, Rainy, Rails Ice Covered. Batavia, N. Y, Jan. 13.—Five men are dead, two probably fatally injured end mere than a score more or less reriously hurt as the result of the wreek of the western express and the Boston and Buffalo special, both west- bound, the New York Central here, early of the victims were killed one has since died in and two of the injured in the hospital are not expected to live Leough the nights Signals in Perfect Order. ntly, The Boston and Buffalo special train No. 49, was at a standstill in the station yards when, =0 railroad officlals charge, J. B. Lydell of Buffale, on the western express, train No. 23, ran t cautionary sig- nals and crashed into the rear of the standing train, 'The 1s, Superfn- ndent Everett declared, were in per- feet working order. The Dead. ‘The dead ar: Cassius C. Perrin of New York, as- eistant general manager of a detec- tive u-n{i instantly kflled. Robert cFarland, Detroit, Mich, @ied at hospital Fred J. Bpeakeral traveling for the Dodd-Meade company, New York. A. R. Brown, 609 Tallman street, Syracuse, a representative of George . Batchellor company, New York. Leon Doncot presentatives of Cary Brothers, delphia (identifi- cation not it Probably Fatally Injured. ¥, Van ° g of Pultonville, X, of ‘the Beston and Buftalo special; H. J. Cade, Chicago. Others Injured. Momte C. ¥risons, Indianapolis. leg ‘broken and body bruised; H. C. Stijes, Dorchester, Mass, Pullman conduc- g, out and bruised; R A. Smith, Ro- ooy Dback severe shock; Moore, o, back Injured; . L. H. Jones, N. Y., bruises and spvere shock; Mrs. Catherine Hig- gins amd her son, Thomas Higgins, johland, N. M., euts and bruises; ohn Bhaw, Teroato, Ont., leg broken; Mre. Johm ‘Shaw, siightly’ injured and from shock Cole, train porter, scelp wounds aa Walter Gildersieeve, Gildersleeve, Conn., bruised: C. D. Vansyer, Gold- ridge_ Nev., badly bruised; W. R. Bar- ber, Cleveland, Ohio, hurt; Edward Dobson, Terre slightly cut and _bruised; Edward Lorrin, Brooklyn, N. Y., slightly; John Duncan, Indianapolis, Ind., slightlq. Conditions Which Railroad Men Fear Conditions neaf dawn this morning were those which railroad men fear most and make the handling of trains difficult. A heavy fog prevailed and a drizzling rain, which at times in- creased to a smart shower, was turn- ed to ice the moment it touched aay- thing. The windows of engines and es were opague and the rails cov- ered with a coat of ice which re- formed almost immediately after each passing street. Engineer Lydell admits that he saw the station and, the railroad officials say, he also admits having passed a signal set against him. hen Lydell saw the tail lights of the express through the fog it was too late to pre- vent disaster. He jammed on the brakes, reversed, amd with a cry of warning to his fireman, leaped for his life. he flying train, with scarcely appreciable check, owing te the icy i rails, plowed into the Pullman coach, the last car on the standing train. The heavy coach was telescoped and tossed to one side, thet engine con- tinuing through wreckage to the next car, a day coach. Then it reared high in the air and toppled over on the wrecked Pullman. o Rescue Work Quickly Organized. Rescue work was quickly organized. Firemen and police, raiiroad men and volunteers, worked heroically amid the wreckage and hissing steam from the shattered engine to relesse those fin- ned in the debris, to whom te suecor meant life. Vans and cabs were used as ambulances to carry the in- jured to the hospital. Two hours after the wreck the first body was taken out. It had been jam- med in between the wreckage of the Pullman and the overturned engine. Three more *were found mnear the same spot. All four victims had been in . the rear coach. §200,000 APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Amendment te River and Harbor Bill by Mr. Brandegee. (Special to The Bulletin.) Jan. 13.—Senator Bran- in the senate biil, appropelating not to exoeed $200.- ment improvement of t piver - from Flartford to Saybrook, In aecordance with the report of the war department. This report has not as yet been transmitted to congresa, but i® mow under consid- ration at tho war department. To- day Is the st day for hearings before ee on commerce oOn L, ator Brandegee is in hopes that the report will %o oengress hefare the bl is acted upon in the sonate. ¥ie Wwill thes try to get the Connectiout river ftem on the bill as a committes amendment. It is understoed the war department report is favowsble to the project, but Wi the r has been delayed becauso the in the office of the chief of have not had time to go over the ariginal ‘repert of Colonel Taylor. HER ACTIVE CAREER ENDED. Mrs. Carrie Nation Suffers Breakdown. Nervous Kansas City, Jan. 12.—Mrs. ‘Carrie Nation, temperance worker and saloon smasher,who suffered a nervous break- down at the home of a friend in Eure ke Springs. Ark. was brought here to- night for treatment. Overwork is be- {leved to be respensipie for Mrs. Na- tion's eondition. Bureka Springs, Ark., Jan, 13.—Mrs. ('arrie Nation suffered a nervous col- lapse in her home here today. Her condftion was such that Mrs. Nation expressed the fear that her career as temperance lecturer and active enemy of intoxicants was ended. Appointed Professor of Arabic at Har- vard. Mass., Jan. 13—Dr. Jewett, professor of ngwage and literature at the Untversity eof Chicago, has been appoiuted professor of Arabic at Har- vard university and will assume his duties next fall. He has been director of the criental exploration in Syria and Palestine conducted by the Tniversity of Chicago. Pleaded Guilty to Falsifying Bank Re- turne. Toronto, Ont., Jan. 13.—W. R. Trav- ers, general manager of the defunct Farmers' bank, today pleaded guilty to the falsifying of bank returns to the government, larceny of $40,000 and to the altert of an entry in a minute ook by which $60,000 wae substituted for an original entry. Me was remand- ed for sentence until Jan. 16. Bail was refused. Going teo Bridgeport. (8pecial to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 13.—Major Walter G. Penfleld of the ordnance depart- ment of the army has been ofdered to make four visits per month during January, F and March to the worke of the American and British Manufacturing company of Bridge- port, to inspest ordnance for the army. Miser Murdered in His Cabin. Wellesiay, Ont., Jan. 1 Frank So- bineki, 70 years old, repuled to be @ , was murdersd al his Lome in the wouds near Eerlin y. < He ekud was crushed with a hammer. The wraok of & cuiter and the footprints of @ team of horwes in the snow are clues whioh thie police beMeve will lead to the arrest of the murderer. It has heen ..W n;: women Sormg one-hall of 1. _gant. of the tatal Pimyner of the gommeraial drammers in the Unj 4 MEASURE REPORTED FAVORABLY TO THE SENATE For Limited Parcels Post for Rural Free Delivery Routes. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—A measure providing for a limited parcels post for rural free delivery routes today was reported favorably to the senate from the eommittee on postoffices and post- roads. TFhe report was presented by Senator Burrows and was the unani- mous action of the committee. The measure was that recommended by Postmaster General Hitcheock after an exhaustive study of the parcels post rroblem as applied to rural free de- ivery routes. It provides, in sub- stance, that for one year beginning April 1, 1911, the postmaster general may authorize postmasters and car- riers on such rural routes as he shall select to accept for dellvery by car- riers, at such rates of postage as he ahall determine, packages not exceed- ing eleven pounds in weight containing mail matter of the first ciass and no matter that js declared by law to be unmailable. The results of this ex- periment the postmaster general s di- rected te report to congress at its mext session. C—(;NG?ESS FRIDAY. Elsction of U. S. Senator by Direct Vote of the Poople. Washington, Jan. 13.—In spite of the effort of Senator Hale to prevent its consideration, the senate today voted down by a vote of 43 to 17 his motion to adfourn, and took up the Borah resolution amending the consti- tution o as to provide for the election of Tnited States senators by direct votes of the people. After an hour's debate the senate went into executi session, but Senator Borah dclared he would call up the resolution in the im- mediate future and would press it. During general discussion Senator Bailey effectually blocked one admin- istration bill providing for the en- largement of the Engineer corps of the army, and remarked significantly that he was prepared to eppose the admin- istration’s scheme for the creation of a tariff commission. The house devoted the entire day to consideration of the army appropria- tion bill. It carries approximately $92,000,000. The senate adjourned until Monday. The house meets at noon tomorrow. Shot Vernon Through the Spine. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Shot through the base of the spine, Police- man Robert Buffalo mastered paraly- sis tonight long enough to kill the prisoner, Artero Tiso, wlp wés escap- ing him, and mortally wounded the prisoner’s brother, who had attempted a delivery. Then he collapsed, and before he could be removed to the hospital, where he now lies eritically ill, complete paralysis set in. Plunged in Front of Moving “L” Train New York, Jan, 13.—A human head, dripping blood, fell at the feet of hor- rified pedestrians in Brooklyn tonight. Overhead an unidentified man had plunged in front of a mowing “L” train, either by accident or design, and was decapitated. The victim was about 35 years old and in his pockdts was found a letter signed “Your Cous- in, Rosa Gordon.” of 705 Geneva ave- nue, Dover, Mass. Interested in the Subject. The talk about Mrs. Eddy being able to come, back seems to have given some encouragement 1o Manuel.-- Washington Post, Training to Mest Johnson. Mount King Peter of Servia i3 veported to: have had a fist fight with one of his sons.—Detroit Free Prea A rear bumper for automoblles, to protect the gaseline tank, tail light and rear ;xle in event ef a col m, has devised. e Saw Tail Lights of Express Too Late a cautionary light, 4,000 feet east of Patis, Jan. 13.—A news ageucy des- patch says that a traveler arriving there five miles from the Portuguese frontier, declares that the soldiers in the fortress at El- vas, have mutinied for in- oreased pay. The Kilvas workingmen have struck-in sympathy. u::h)': i'l:n 13.—Surprise has been caus ndon by the marriage of the Earl of Cadogan to his cousin, the Coul Palagi, at Florence. The Earl of Cadogan is one of the wealthiest of London ground landlords and a great entertainer of royalty. Three heirs to the title have died during his lifetime. Konstadt, Russia, Jan. 13.—Martial iaw, which had been In force here since the mutiny of sailors on Nov. 7, 1905, ‘was ended b&:rder of the government today. At time of the mutiny a part of the town was destroyed by fire and there was much plundering. The mutineers suffered a heavy loss and did not eurrender until after a fight that lasted for two days. London, Jan. 13.—The unusual fea- ture of n“polmul slander suit is like- ly to enliven the coming session of parliament, for Winston Spencer Churchill, gecretary for home affairs. has issued a writ claiming damages for defamation of character against a unjonist orator, T. B. Spencer. The alleged slander was uttered in speech- es made by Mr. Spencer at Devon- sire during the recent ‘campaign. FRIDAY’S GOSSIP IN THE LOBBY OF THE WILLARD. National Tariff Commission—Roose- velt Elected Baldwin Governor of Connecticut—Taft the Logical Can- didate in 1912, (Special to The Builetin.) Washington, Jan. 13.—Most of the delegates to the convention of the Na- tional Tariff Commission association expeet to get out of Washington to- day. The Connecticut members will leave some time this afternoon. The convention was a great success, and the delegates seem to think they are almost sure of getting congress to adopt the commission idea. Bulkeley’s Successor Not a Rich Man. The Connecticut delegates were very much in evidence around the lobby of the Willard. Charles F. Brooker, as the Connecticut member of the repub- lican mational committee, is always in great demand by the newspaper men of Washington, and generally he has something to say to them. This is what he gave out this trip: “George nominated by the repub- lican caucus in Conmecticut on Tues- day to succeed Semator Morgan G. Bulkeley, is not a rich man, as report- ed in ?re-s despatches. Governor Me- Lean is not a millionaire. Some of the newspapers, I see, print stories that he is immensely rich. This is not true. He is comfortably well off, but is far from being a millionaire. He was governor of Cogneclicut and has long been promihent in republican politics. His sister is Sallie Pratt McLeaa, the nov- elist, and his family has been one of the most noted of New England. Had Roosevelt Kept Hands Off. “Had - former President Rooseveit kept his hands out of Connecticut pol- itics, I am eonfident we should have elected our candidate for governor. Tt was due entirely to Mr. Roosevelt’s in- terference that Judge Baldwin won. There are thousands of men who live in Connecticut and vote there who have business interests in New York, and who go every morning to New York and return to Connecticut in the evening. There is no doubt that manv of these men were influenced by what they heard and read in New York in the day, and cast their ballots accord- ingly. Governor Baldwin is one of t eminent men of New England, and wi make a good governor. fle is of higher class than been -accustomed to nominating for governor, and there is mo doubt that his personality won him votes, but I am sure the republicans would have v&;;)n had Mr. Roosevelt kept his hands off.” Pendulum Will Swing Back. “I do not see anything so ominous in the democratic victory throughout the country. There has been for a either party has e g % Mystery Solved FIVE YEAR OLD BOY FORCED TO DRINK CARBOLIC - ACID. ‘HIS MOTHER CONFESSED Widow' Edibh Melber, 23, of Schenec- tady, in Custody at Rochester—Un- able to Care for the Boy. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Arrested as she claimed her trunk at the New York Central station this afternoon, Mrs. Edith Melber, a widow who says she is 23 years old, of Schenectady, tonight confessed, according to the Rochester police, that in a swamp near Albany last Friday afternoon she gave her 5 year old son, George, car- : Standard 0il COURT PLEADS WITH SUPREME FOR DISSOLUTION. IS A THREATENING CLOUD Hanging Over the Country Today— Enormous Profits Good Evidence of Monopoly—How Independents - Exist. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Painting the Standard Oil organization as bred by opposing competitors and hanging to- day as a threatening cloud over the country, Frank B, Kellogg, special as- sistant attorney to the attorney general of the United States, today pleaded with the supreme court of the United States to dissolve the Standard Oil isfaction te a fariliar face on the ‘The smith brings the sold iron ergy—he hits it hard, and keeps hi hits hard enough, long enough, it persistent application. Try it. vear. Norwich folks have The Bul riers every morning for 12 cents a ontinuous Hard Hitting Reds the Hhtl' The advertiser who senses that it is an important part of his business sees. the necessity for continuous hammering at-the public mind. There is no doubt many. merchants fail to get all they might our of the money spent for advertising, because they do not appreci- ate the necessity and value of persistent repetition. good start with a liberal spread and large type, but the thing would have been more effective could the same money have been, split up into smaller and more regular advertisements, in which new ideas for each isswe were placed in the same space each day. an advertisement is repeated day after day, people become interestd in the way it is written, in the story of business enterprize that is told there. They turn to it with pleasure, just as you turn with sat- rents to their highest stage of efficiency—that is business, and if he munity to bargains, and then warming it up to trade takes closeand The first of the year is a splendid time to subscribe for The Bul- letin—it makes a first-class present, to greet a friend every day in the TheF;::fi:«;i:fdi:r:;:\:;‘:lem:gt :f.e';he news and miscellany ’printe\i in Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Jan. 7 84 142 902 1128 Honday, Jan. 9 79 112 249 440 Tuesday. Jan. 10 96 122~ 181 399 Wednesday. Jan. 11 106, 102 178 386 Thursday. Jan. 12 82 113 188 383: Friday, Jan. 13 96 110 167 373 Totat. - - - - 543 701 1865 3109 They make a Where such street. Tod to a red heat by sustained en- tting it to get the vibratory cur- spells success. Waking up a com- because it is like sending afriend ear, $1.50 a quarter, $6 for the lletin delivered at the door by car- week. bolic acid, from the effects of which he died. ' She was locked up on a charge of murder in the first degree, and will be taken to Albany tomorrow. Mother Explained the Crime. In explanation of the crome, the po- | lice say, Mrs. Melber asesrts that she | has been a widow four years, during i which time she had a struggle to care | for herself and her child, and that this battle for an existence drove her to take the boy’s life. She is an un- usually attractive young woman, and at the end of her examination was un- nerved and weeping hysterically. Cheap New Trunk Gave Police Clue. The police were able to make the arrest this afternoon by keeping watch at the New York Central depot over a cheap new trunk that had been check- months a feeling of dizcontent among the people. This disturbance has not been confined to the United States, but ig world-wide. In this country it has found its reflection in our elec- tions. 1 do not believe this discontent wili lJast, and look for a swinging back of the pendulum before the next na- tional election. No one, in my opin- ion, can analyze correctly the reasons that led to the upheaval.” President Taft in 1912 “President Taft will be renominat- ed in 1912, and I am confident will be re-elected. There is no reason for not nominating him. He is the logical candidate.” Surprised at Size of MclLean's Vote. The Connecticut delegates to the tariff convention, had little to say 5 about the senatorial caucus. All of them expressed themselves as surpris- ed at_the size of Governor McLean's vote, but not at the result. Some of them were classed as McLean men and others as Bulkeley men, but ali were apparently the best of friends. PRISONER MISS ANDERSON DEMANDED A WOMAN JURY. Arrested for Interfering With a Public Utilit] Device. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 13—When Mrs. Ida H. Anderson was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Brown today, charged with having interfered with a public utility dewvice, namely a gas meter, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miss Reah Whitenead appeared to conduct the case against her. Coun- sel for Miss Anderson demanded a woman jury and the request was granted. Among the six jurywomen - chosen were Mrs. Homer Hill, president of a state suffrage organization, Mrs. Sy via Hunsucker, another suffrage work- er, and Miss Alice Lord, a labor union organizer. ELLINGTON MEMBER in the House—Stephen L. John- son Was Born in 1826. Oldest The oldest member of the house of representatives is Representative Ste- phen 1. Johnson of. Ellington. He was born in Hereford, Canaca, October 23, 1826, but most of his boyhood was spent in South Vernon, Vt. From there he came to Warehouse Point in this state and later went to Fre- where he lived for 20 He was & contrictor and bullder in Fredolan, and left that place in 136% coming to Ellingtonu, where Lie became a tobacco grower but is now retired from active work His first presidential vote was ‘cast for Zachary Taylor in 1848, the candidate for the whigs While in Fredonia he voted for F mont, and he has never failed to vete at a presidential election. lle has held practically all the town offices in KIl- | ingtop, but this is his first term in the Seneral assemblv <7 z ed from Schehectady, which was be- lisved to be the property of Mrs. Mel- bear. When the woman appeared to get it she was placed under arrest. Mrs. Melber at first maintained con- siderable composure, and declared that she had given her child to an uncle, who was going to take him to Chica- go and care for him. When she made her confession, according to the po- lice, she said that she gave the child the acid when he asked for a drink. The police say there is @ burn; as. if by acid, on the woman's hand, amd that other stains are on the clothing which indicate, they allege, that the child did not take the acid without struggling. i Mrs. Melber Was Looking for Work. Mrs. Malber says she left Schenectady yesterday afternocon and came to Rochester to look for work. She stay- ed at the rooms of the Young Wom- en’s Christian association last night, | and says that she spent today looking for employment. In the woman's trunk were her clothing and that of her son. Defense Will Be Insanity. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 13.—That the defense of Mrs, Edith Melber will be insanity is the firm belief of her S cuse relatives. Her sister, Mrs. Wil- liam L. Simmons, said tonight that she has in her possession a number of let- | ters written by Mrs. Melber which in- dicate that she has not been in her right mind. Arrested on Charge of Perjuring Him- self. Chicago, Jan, 13.—John W. Rodgers. manager of a local brokerage firm, was ! & arrested today on a charge of perjuring | himself before a federal grand jury which is investigating the affairs of the Capital Investment company.which was searched a month ago. Rodgers gave a bond for $10,000. “Big Dutch” Arrested. Philadeiphia, Jan. 13—Frank Miller, alias “Big Dutch,” who was arrested here, charged with a number of bur glaries committed in Yonkers, N. ¥ was tonight identified by postal in- spectors as Frank Fisher, who, they say, is one of the most notorious safe breakers, postoffice robbers and Yegz- men in the country. Thoroughly Non-Partisan. The consensus of opinion: with ref- erence to Governor Baldwin's message as a whole is to the effect that it was a thoroughly non-partisan considera- tion of state affai n business prin- ciples. While there may be differences of opinton @< to the advisability of some - of the legislation squggested, there can be none as o the spirit in which it was conceived and put forth. It was for the greatest good of thel greitest number in every case—The Bridgeport Standerd. Against All Tradition. > Col. Watterson offers some hard counsel to the democratic party to follow when he pleads with it lo Do mistake maha Bee. - | can, company of New Jersey as violative of the Sherman anti-trust law. He gave the court the beginning of the government side of the controversy and will complete it probably by next Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Kellogg spoke for nearly four hours, . following the closing of the case by John G. Mil- burn for the Standard Oil company. * Early Years of the Standard Reviewed Mr. Keilogg went over the early years of the Standard's business, lead- .ing up to the central point of the pres- ent controversy, the reorganization of the Standard Oil company of W Jersey in 1899. He characterized this reorganization as amounting merely to the substitution of one illegal form of holding together the oil companies for another illegai form. The first was the “trust” of 1882, with its several trus- tees, and second, the “Standard of New Jersey.” “Take away the fear of prosecution by the government. and the Standard Oil would put every independent in his country out of business in five years,” Mr. KeHogg continued. “The independents can exist only under the protection of the law.” Great Wealth Induces Unfair Methods. In connection with this point Chief Justice White asked if the complaints against the Standard companies were based upon their methods and if objec- tion was made to the methods because illegal. “That, and size,” responded Mr. Kel- logg. “Great wealth enaples them to use methods, some unfair, which would be illegal or reprehensible in the hands of the corner groceryman.” “Suppose they are a giant, but do not use a giant’s strength,” suggested Jus- tice McKenna. “They would use that power were it not for the law,” was the reply. Evidence of Monopoly. Mr. Kellogg dwelt upon the “enor- mous profits” of the company as fur- ther evidence of monopoly. Large profits at home’ were argued as not justified to offset small profits in for- eign trade. “Build up_the foreign trade, if you said Mr. Kellogg, “but I deny the right to do so at the expense of American men and women.” Will Lose Nothing Through Closing of Carnegie Trust Co. Albany, N. ¥ n. 13.—The state of ew York will not lose a cent through the recent closing of the Carnesie Trust company of New York city. State Comptroller Sohmer said today that the state was protected by the ty company given to in the trust company of moneys paid into court in and. for the county of New York. By the terms of this_bond the comptrolier received today $34.198.20, the full amount of deposits with interest. The Opposition to Senater Lodge in His Own Party. Boston, Jan. 13.—Another confer- ence of members of the legislature this time by 60 of the 153 republican members, was held after the session today to discuss the senatorial situa- tion, and while no decision was reach- ed, other names than that of Senator Lodge were mentioned, and with their presentation forty members left the room. The oppouents of Senator Lodge stated tonighf that the twenty who re- mained to discuss the name of Speak- er Walker and Congressman = Butler Ames are the republican insurgents in the legislature, and their number 1s a Tair estinate of the opposition to Sen- ator Ledge in his ¢wn party Two Years in Wethersfleld Prison. New HMaven, Conn. Jan., 13—FHenry Lindsteadt was sentenced in the su- perior ecourt, criminnal side, today te from one to.twe years in’ mum,gmo. for burglary commit¢ed In this city. X! | e tatlen poidings. " Advices from Janeiro the revolt has been crushe at Trains on_the Utah divi- n_ of y Central Pacific railroad will have armed guards in the future. Sidney Joseph, a Millionaire of Cin- et _dropped from a cliff in the Herz mountains, Germany, and was killed. say that out. " John Parker, Who Had a. National reputation' as a trap shooter, died at Detroit yestérday of pneumonia, aged 50 years. William L. Brower, former vice pres- ident of the Northern bank of Ney York, was indicted by the grand jury for perjury. : The Steamer Abbey, from Hull fo: Rottrédam, is ashore in a dangerous ion in the entrance of the River , Holland. An Extensive Smuggling Conspiracy at Bluefields, Nicaragua, has resulted in the removal of Governor Fernandez of the province of Zelaya. The Trustees of Princeton univer- gity failed to take any action looking to a successor to Woodrow Wilson as wpresident at a meeting at Princeton. The Strike of the Commercial em- ployes in Portugal has ended and con- aitions are reported as improving, al- though the railroad workers are still out. The Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology may move from Boston if the legislature does not increase its ap- propriation from $25,000 to $100,000 a year. With a Safe Majority in _both pranches of the legislature the * Texas prohibitionists will pass a law prohib- iting the sale of liquor within ten miles of a schoolhouse, and may pass a state-wide measure before Tueséay, when this afiministration expires. Gov- ernor Campbell, about to reure, will sign these bills! Running Light at High Speed, Great Northern engine 1012, bound east from Spokane to the relief of trains snow- bound 4n the Rockies, left the track four miles east of Priest river, Idaho, Friday, and, plunging down a 25 foot embankment, crashed through the ica into.the river. Engineer W. F. Sum- walt and a fireman, Don Kiesler, botn met death. TO ESTABLISH QUARANTINE AT THE GREAT WALL. Efforts to Prevent Spread of Bubonic Plague in Manchuri Peking, Jan. 13.—Owing to the sperad of bubonic plague in Manchuria there was a conference today of physicians of the foreign legations and missions and a number of Chinese, who decid- ed to recommend to the government the institution of a five days’ quaran- tine of first-class passengers at the great wall until observation camps can be established at Harbin, Mukden and Shanhtkwan, and the immediate ces sation of second and third class pas senger traffic. All passes through the ‘wall will be closed and guarded by soldfers. The Chinese government will ade- uately compensate the family of the nch plague expert who recently succumbed to the disease, and also the families of any doctors who may die while ministering to plague stricken patients. The Chinese are fearful that the Russians may object to their interfer- ence with traffic in Menchuria owing to the injury that such action is like- 1y to cause the trans-Siberian railway. The foreigners in Pekin and Tien Tsin are not alarmed over the plague epidemic, though they are taking pre- cautionary measure to prevent possi- ble infection. There are almost no doctors among the afflicted in Manchuria, and large majority of the sick are dying unat- tended. Segregation is not beingéprac tived and to this fact is ascribed the rapidity in the sperad of the plague. T e TWO BIG GRAY WOLVES BETTER THAN CURFEW BELL To Get Woedbury Children Off the Streets at Seasonable Hour. Woodbury, €onn., Jan. 13.—There no need of a curfew bell in the town now to make the children get off the streets early and stay contentedly in their homes. cdTeely a youngster is now seen on the streets after dark, and it js all-due to the appearance, of two large ~gray wolves in the region of Benedict Swamp. Vildcats are seen now and then, but it has been a good meny vears since a wolf has made his appearance in these parts. The ani- mals were seen by Arthur N. Shilton as he was cutting wood in Benedict Swamp, and were evidently on the trail of deer who are thought to have come down from the Maine woods. It is expected that a hunting party wiil be formed for the purpose of Kkilling tHe animals. PANIC ON FERRYBOAT. Passenger Annihilates Himself With Stick of Dynamite. \ San Francisco, Jan. 13.—On board a Southern Pacific ferryboat, bound from this city to Oakland, carrying more than 2,000 passengers, an unidentified man blew himself to pieces with a! stick of dynamite tonight. Two other passengers were seriously injured. A panic which followed was subdued with great difffcult. Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Fav- or General Curtailment. Fall River, Mass., Jan. 13.—At the conclusion of a meeting of the Fall River Cotton Manufacturers’ associa- tion this afternoon, st which 16 treas- urers were present, President Tlills stated that no action had been taken, but that the discussion showed that the Fall River manufacturers were strongly in favor of a general curtail- ment throughout the country and would support such a movement. - He d that they did not propose, how- ever, to start the movement in this e ying Pan- German Opinion on Fo ama Canal. Berlin. Jan. 13.—Dealing with ques- tion of the fortification of the Panama canal by the United States govern- ment, the Post in an editoridl article today says America undoubtedly is e: titled to fortify under existing inter- national law, and that fortification is imperative becausé the canal would inevitably be the chief object of at- tack in the eveni of war. Violent Earthguake in Asiatic Aussia, Hundreds Killed. - St Petersburg, Jan. 13.—A despatch received here today Vyerry, cap- ital of the territory of iryetchensk Agiatic Russia, sayvs that a violent earthguake occurred last might in Ke- ba in the Pishpek district of the o that the bedies of 204 iave beon dug from the ruins hix Took Joy R With Mrs. Schenk EER, WINE AND SANDWICHES FOR REFRESHMENTS. AN INTIMATION OF SCANDA Develops in Testimony of Piana Sale: man—Technical Evidence in Alleged Poisoning Case Suddenly Jarred. ‘Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 13.—The tedi- um of hypothetical questions and tech- nical testimony was suddenly jarred in the Schenk case today when, toward the close of the session, the state brought into the court records the first intimation of scandal in its porsecution of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk on the charge of administering poison to her wealthy husband. John O. Schenk. Well Known Man of Wheeling Called. Ever since the arrest of Mrs. Schenk last November there have been intim: tions from the prosecuting attorn that a well known voung man of Wheeling would be called to show = probable motive for the alleged poison- ing. Daniel Phillips, a member of one of Wheeling's first families, was called today. In no plans of the prosecution that have been given out had @@is name been mentioned. Valuable Presents from Prisoner. Phillips, who is a piano salesman, told of long automobile rides with Mrs. Schenk at her invitation covering a period of more than eighteen n..nths before her arrest. During the last vear he said Mrs. Schenk had talked to him about plans to procure a divorce and later talked-almost constantly of the strong probabilities of her husband's death. Phillips admitted that Mrs. Schenk on various occasions had given him many presents, among them a diamond pin and a smoking jacket, but denled any kffowledge of the purchase for him of a $300 fur overcoat which, it has been alleged, he was to have received the very day she was arrested. The state attempted several times through adrdit questioning to estab- lish intimacy between the witness and the defendant, but to all questions along this line Phillips refused to an- swer on the ground that he would in- criminate himself. His position was sustained by the court. Her Visits Became Tiresome. Phillips testified that aft he be- came acquainted with Mrs nenk she visited his place of business so ofter that he was forced to ask her to stop coming. She then resorted to the tele- phone and he was called so often that this means of communication was finally abandoned. She then sent her chauffeur, Lundy Wilson, with notes, according to Phillips, or had the chauf- feur call up Phillips, to make arrange- ‘ments for automobi.e rides. He told of meeting the accused at Marlin's Ferry and other Ohio points. Beer, wine and sandwiches, he said, were also taken on these rides. Chauffeur Summoned by Signal. The witness sald further, under the raln of questions from the prosecutor. that on arriving at their destination, a point near Smithfield, O., the refresh- ments would be disposed of, the chauf- feur dismissed and that he and Mrs. Schenk would remain in the car. When they desired to return to the city WiI- son would he summoned by a certaln signal on the automobile horn. - witness exhibited much nervousness on the stand and hesitated in his reples Mrs. Schenk Agitated. Mrs. Schenk was agitated more thanm at any time during the trial. keepinz her head lowered and fumbling with papers on the table before her. The defense refused to cross examine the witness and he ‘hurried from the court room after his testimony had been given. Defense ought Bitterly Against This Witness. Throughout the direct examination the defense fought bitterly against al- lowing the witness to answer questione but was overruled on nearly every ob- jecticn. Judge Jordan safd that the full facts should be presented to the jury. Just before’leaving the stand the witness admitted that’immediatel: after Mrs. Schenk's arrest he called upon Prosecuting Attorney Handlan and offered to tell all he knew. PERFECT DRILL SAVED 225 DEAF AND DUMB CHILDREN. Fire Broke Out in New York Institu. tion—No Panic. New York, Jan, 13.—Perfect drill eaved 225 deaf and dumb children from fire tonight when flames broke out j» the upper stories of the institution for the improved instruction of deaf mutes while the thirty instructors were all at supper in the basement. There was no panic and there were no injuries, but the heat and smoke pressed the rear guard hard, and the police and by- standers vied with each other in help- ing the last comers to the street. All prders were given by sign. TEACHING AGRICULTURE. Courses of Lectures in Connection with the Hillyer Institute. The agricultural extension work un- dertaken by the Hillyer institute of the Hartford Young Men's Christlan nssociation in conjupction with the Connecticut Agrieult 1 eollege, the Connecticut Pomological society and the Conmecticut Poultry assocition has proved a popular and suwecessful conrse and has been the cause of much comment because being entirelv new work undertaken by the Young Men's Christian association. Poultry raising and fruit growing are the twe subjects ir which instruction is being given—a course of twelve lectures for each subject by men connected with the three different organizations corn- ducting the work. Many men have en- rolled for the entire course of lectures and many are taking the lectures indi- vidually, which ean be done, as each subject is eomplete in itself. Prof. F. H. Stoneborn of the Agri- cultural college will conclude his series of six lectures on pouliry raising. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 17, W. O. Rogers of Norwich will/deliver a lecture. On Tuesday even Jan. 24, the Connec- ticut Poultry ‘association will hold its annual meeting in the Young Men's Christian assoeiation bullding, at which time the poultry ctass will have the advantage of the various lectures 10 be given by the association Single lectiires are open 10 the publi A Texas Possibility. It_is figured ont by & contempocery in Texas that when that stite is as densely popnlated as Rho b will have something over inhabitants, - Texay seoms t® | ing forward quite Press.