Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1911, Page 1

— VOL. LIL—NO. 21 ALBANY AIR HEAVY WITH RUMORS Sixth Daily Ballot Showed No Change in Strength of Leading Candidates SHEEHAN GIVEN UNTIL FRIDAY NEXT Tammany Leaders Tell Him to Gain the Necessary Thirteen Votes on Next Two Ballots, or Another Candidate Will Be Look That Both Sheehan and Albany, N. Y., Jan. 24—The sixth daily baliot for United States senator showed no change in the strength of the leading candidates bu the air to- night teemed with rumors. In the ab- sence of surface developments under- ground news was exceptionally plenti- ful. Hero are some of the reports that circulated at various times during the day. None of the Rumors Verified. William F. Sheehan was about to withdraw; Edward M. Shepard was about to withdraw; an emissary from ‘fammany hail had visited the “insur- gents” with the proposal of the long Tooged-for “compromise candidat the “insurgents” themselves had agreéd upon such a candidate. The bost persistent report was that the Tammany leaders had let Mr. Sheehan know that they would stand by him only until Friday and that if ho did not gain the mnecessary twelve or thirteen votes on the next two ballots they would begin to_look for another eandidate. Some of Mr. Shee- han’s friends said this was too ridicu- | lous to discuss. There was some alarm in the “insurgent camp” when it be- came known that Assemblyman Fried- man of New York, one of their num- ed Up—Another Report Was Shepard Would Withdraw. ber, had conferred with Mr. Sheehan. Mr. Sheehan said he had sent for Mr. Friedman but would not say what they had discussed. Mr. Friedman insisted that his attitude was unchanged. None of these could be traced to a reliable source, however, and some to no source at all. Sheehan Now 13 Votes Shy. Mr. Sheehan received 85 votes on the sixth ballot today, 13 less than the number required for election. All the other candidates got at least one vote and a newcomer, Curtis N. Douglas of Albany, a brother-in-law of Govermor Dix and a former state senator, re- ceived three. The list of democratic | candidates now numbers eleven. Insurgents Declare that They are Shadowed, The demécrats who bolted the party caucus still insist that the fust ad- vances toward a compromise should come from the majority now voting for | Sheehan Several of the more prominent “in- surgents” declare that their every | movement is watched. Senator Roose- | velt declared that he was being shadowed” wherever he went. BETTING ON SCHENK VERDICT, BOOKS BEING MADE ON RESULT. of Prisoner’s Attorney Draws Tears from Jurymen. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 24.—Appar- ently unmoved by the bitter Invective of Assistant Prosecuting _Attorne: ¥red L. Maury, in his opening argu ment yesterday before the jury which is trying her on & charge of adminis- tering polson to her husband, John ©. Schenk, Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk droke down today and sobbed almost continuously while her own & torneys presented Ler case to the Jury. “The first emotion came when Attor- ney Frank A, O'Brien, who opened the srguments in her behalf, mentioned the two ehildren, of whose company wshe has been deprived sinte her arrest. Jt was while her chlef attorney, J. P. O’Brien, was making his plea, how- ever, that she showed the most mark- ed emotion. The jurymen, too, shed tears and thers were many tear dim- | med eyes in the crowded court room | a8 Mr. O'Brien drew a vivid picture of the lomely prisoner in the jail on the three real ~hollidays of the year— Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. She had not even been per- mitted, he said, to send her two chil- dren the little presents she had made | for them with her own hands. i Mr. Handlan will complete the ar- gument for the state tomorrow after- noon, and the case is expected to go to the jury not later than 3 o'clock. Shortly before court opened today deputy sheriffs were sent out to clear the street before the court house,where &roups of men were making bets on the outcome of the trial. For severai | committed JEWELRY AND GEMS STOLEN { FROM MRS. THAW’S HOME. | Thisves Secured Plunder Valued $35,000 and Escaped. at Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 24.—Thirty- three city detectives, a score or more of special officers and the entire oper- ating force of a private detective agency are scattered about this city tonight, endeavoring to ferret out the purloiner of $35,000 worth of jewelry and gems from the home of Mrs. Will- jam Thaw, Jr., on the North Side last night. Every pawnbroker in the city has been furnished a description of the goods also has been sent to every city in the count The list of articles i{s headed by a two-strand pearl necklace, one-strand of 54 and the other of 56 pearls, the value of which is given as $17,000. No value is named for the other articles individually but the whole is estimat- ed at $35,000. - The jewels were kept in a casket in Mrs, Thaw's room, and the closet. in which the casket was kept was opened with & skeleton key. The robbery was while the family was at dinner late last night between 6 and 7 o'clock, and while it was reported at once to the police, it was not madc | public until today through a friena of the Thaw famil No clue had been admitted by the police up to a late hour tonight. The four household esr- were exonerated by the officers. Willilam Thaw, Jr., is a daug- ter-in-law of Mrs.” William Thaw. mother of Harry Kendall Thaw. The Jatter is @ balf brother of William Thaw, Jr. Mrs. Willlam Thaw, Jr.a son, William Thaw, 3d, recently was married in the east to a sister or one days the betting fraternity has taken mdvantage of the publicity of the trial and books are being made on the re sult like a horse rac, NO OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL, INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, A Number of Conn-e(‘icut Claimants Will Be Sorely Disappointed. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 24—The house committes on elaims this morning vot- e to indefinitely postpone further ac- tion on the omnibus claims bill that passed the senate some time ago. This action came as a great surprise, as it has heen generally understood this bill would be reported and passed by the liouse. The claims, which are French spoliation claims and other old o have all been favorably acted upon b the court of claims, and are acknowl- wdged to be legal and equitable clai President Taft in his message thi session urged favorable action on thi bill, i i The vote of the committes came aft- er conslderable diseussion, 1n which the republican members of the com- mittee urged action on the ball, while the democratic members set forth that the bills were too old and the benefits accruing would go to heirs or assi end claims agents, and not to who originally held the claims. jor Tilson, who is & member of the com- mittee, argued that as long as the court of claims had passed th claims favorably, congress ought appropria but when the vote came the democr @nd on or two republicans voted postpons all action, which means that the committee will not report the bill, and it dles with the expiration of the present session. There are quite a number of Connec- tieut claims in the bill, and they iwill he sorely disappointed at the action of the house committee. GAGGED A SERVANT GIRL. Two Thousand Policemen Searching for a Cincinnati Negr to the monaey and pay them, ats t Cineinnati, O, Jan. 24—Two thou- ®and policemen are ssarching tonight for a negro who after binding and gagging Miss Alma Lammers, a ser- vant, who after being discovered in the hiome of her employer, stuffed her nto a cedar chest, clampsd on the lid and left her to smother to death. That the lid did not fit tightly and that passersby notlced the open door #nd an overturned water bucket caused her rescue In time to save he . The girl is in a hospital, vever, unconscious. AVIATCR J. A. D. M'CURDY Starts This Morning on Flight from Key West to Havana. Key West, Fla., Jan. 24—IJ. A, D. McCurdy, the aviator, who will at- tempt tomorrow to fly from here to Havana, Cuba, did not take his ma- ehine out today, as h2 expected, to take trial fights. The wind was blowing twenty miles an hour and he did not wish to risk having hig aeroplane damaged. He expects to start on lis Might about daylight temorrow, of the Mrs, Drexels. CAPT. CHARLIE BARR DEAD. A Noted Yachting Skipper—Sailed Many American’s Cup Defenders. uthampton, England, Jan. 24. Capt. Charles Barr, the noted yachts- man, died suddently of heart trouble here toda Capt, Barr had been in this country gince last spring. when he brought over his last command, the schooner West- ward, built gv the Herreshoffs for A. S. Cochran of the New York Yacht ub. With Westward Capt. Barr won many trophies at the regattas at Kiel and Cowes last summer. Captain Barr had appeared to be in perfect health this morning. He was bavi breakfast with his family when suddenly he placed a hand upon his heart and with a cry of pain fell for- ward into the arms of his wife, dead. Confessed to Burning East Hartford Blacksmith Shop. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24.—While the blacksmith~ shop Michael Hyland was burning in Bast Hartford tonight Fred Cooper, colored, of this ecity, walked into the local police station and said that he set the shop on fire. He had walked from Manchester, he d, and stopped in the shop to get warm and while in there lit a cigar- ette and threw the lighted match on the and the whole building start- ed 2 at once. Cooper is being held by the police on a robbery eharge for which he was wanted and his story will be investigated. The blacksmith shop was totally de- stroyed with a loss of $1,500. Episcopal Bishop of Western Missouri De: Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 24.— The Right Rev. Fdw: F. Atwill, present Episcopal bishop of western Misouri, died here tonight after an illness of several months. Suicide in a New Haven Hotel. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24.—After completely undressing and removing all possible marks of idemtification from his clothing, a young man com- mitted suicide at the Virginia hotel on Water street tonight by shooting himsalf through the heart. The hote ster gives the name of Jack Ha cago, but the police do not be! to be correct Steamship Arrivals. At Marscilles, Jan. 21: Germania, from New York. At Genoa, Jan, 24: Cedrie, from New York. At Hamburg, Jan. 23: President Lin- coln, from New York. At Liverpool, Jan. 24: Lusitania, from New York. Probably Deposited His Card. In Indianapolis one of the first de- positors in the Postal Savings bank was a newspaper man. We knew tha experiment would justify itself.— Washington Herald. A Difference. There is just this difference between them: town people ask “How much does he get?’ Country people ask: “How much does he save? —Topeka Capital, NORWICH, Cabled Paragraph Tokio, Jan. 24.—Twelve anarchists, convicted of conspiracy against the throne and the lives of the Imperial family, were executed in the prison here today. London, Jan., 24.—Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, first Baron of- Kilverstone, ad- miral of the fleet, will ratire from the navy tomorrow under the age limit. He was born in 1841 and has beén admiral of the fleet since 1895. ‘Vienna, Austria, Jan. 24.—An extr ordinary credit of $11,000.000 as a fii instalment toward the construction of new warships appears in the Austro- Hungarian budget, which was pre- sented to the delegations by Baron Burian vno Rajecz, minister of finance, today. LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS REVERT TO JOHN BOLLES’ HEIRS If Government Abandons Navy Yard on the Thames—This is Fully Under- stood By Committee. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 24—The chief clerk of the bureau of yards and docks of the pavy department was asked to- day if it were true that in case the department abandoned the navy at New London, the land and all the buildings on it would revert to the original owners, and the reply was: ‘Without a doubt, if the department abandons the New London naval sta- tion, it will revert to the original owner or his heirs. Some years ago when the yard was first used for a coaling station, suit was brought by the heirs of John R. Bolles to recover the land from the government. This suit was brought before the U. S. dis- trict court of Connecticut. The favy department won the suit, and the court decided that as long as the property was used by the navy department for any purpose it could hold the property. but it could not be transferred or sold.” The department officials looked into the question before it was recommend- ed to abandon the yard, and notified the naval committes of the house that there was a “string” to the title of the government. The committee today however, acknowledged that they knew the property would revert to the state of Connecticut for distribution to the heirs of Mr. Bolles, but nevertheless the commiitee would recommend in the appropriation bill the discontinu- ance of the station. The vote has been taken on this proposition in the com- mittee. and five yards are to be dis- continued, New London among the number. Unless this item in the bill is changed on the floor of the house or in the senate, the heirs of John R. Bolles will get the land back with all improvements. It is estimated that the property is now worth a great deal of money, but unless the navy depart- ment has use for the station, it is worth nothing to the government. Stonington Park Proposition. Representative Higgins today ap- peared befors the house committee on interstate commerce, in behalf of the bill introduced by him June 15, 1910, authorizing the transfer of govern- ment land known as Stonington Point to the borough of Stonington, provid- ed the borough maintain the property as a park. Originally the lighthouse board favored this proposition, as the board had no further use for the land in question, but the department of commerce and labor is now opposing the bill. Mr.” Higgins explained to the com- mittes that if the department wanted to keep the land, he had no objection, but if it was to be sold or disposed of in any other way, Stonington wanted thé land for a park. The peo- ple of Stonington, Mr. Higgins ex- plained, did not want manufacturers to get hold of this property. Just why the lighthouse board have reversed themselves is not known, but if the government will continue to use the land, congress will take no further ac- tion in the matter. Washington Notes. Mrs. Edwin W. Higgins arrived in Washington today, and will remain yard { CONN., WEDNESDAY, J Senate and House SHOW DISPOSITION TO MAKE SESSION OF 1911 SHORT. STACKS OF NEW BUSINESS Inciuding Some Freaks—Four Day Session Agitation Resumed—Hear- ing on Removal of Damage Limit. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Jan. 24.—The legislators came back to the capitol Tuesday with a manifest spirit for speeding up the business of the general assembly and making the session as short as the impression is they want it to be. Both house and senate were called to order at noon. Both sittings were short and busy ones, occupied principally with the introduction of new business, of which there were stacks and then some more. However short the session may be made, there are going to be just as mafiy” matters.considered as ever. Members eame in Tuesday loaded with measures of greater and lesser import- ance and of exceeding variety, som of ‘such a unique character to cause a laugh when introduced—these latter of the characteristically freak ty But the members got down to bu: nes: During the sessions there were many announcements for committee meetings immediately after adjourn- ment. At these meetings matters re- ferred were taken up and dates assign- ed for hearings, which will be in tull ving next week, the judiciary com- mittee, which already has a heap of ‘business before it, commencing at once. was resumed in the house Tuesday. The outlock is that after February 2, when the time for filing new busines: expires, that it will be four days a week at the capital. Leaders on both sides are strongly urging this. The | house was not ready Tuesday to com- mit itself to the policy, however, Mr. Banks, although hearti the plan and even urging it, making it clear that nothing can be gained by introducing the policy while business is_coming in. Representative Dunn of Windham precipitated the discussion by moving that his resolution calling for sessions four days each weelk be taken from the table. This action was not taken, though, and settlement of the matter was deferred until a later date. Limitation of Damages—Final Hearing Febuary 7. The first hearing during the present legislature w commenced after ad- journment of the house for the day, the committee on the judiciary meeting in the old supreme court room to hear arguments on the removal of the §$5,- 00Gdeath damage limit. There was a large attendance at the hearing. On the surface there was no opposition, ‘but one man requested that the committee not close its hearing on this subject until some time in March, in order that the Manufacturers’' asso- ciation might be able to formulate its views and present them to the com- mittee. The speaker did not represent the manufacturers, but he said he felt that employers of labor ought to have the opportunity to say something be- fore anything as radical as proposed w3 dacided. TUp till this time the hearing had shown that those who spoke were in favor of the removal of the limit of $5,000. Not all were agreed that there should be no limit, but ail did wish to believe the present law changed. The committee did not as- sent to delay until March, but fixed February 7th as the time for the clos- ing arguments. The committee at a in favor of for the rest of the session. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have returned to their former appartments at the Portland. Frederick DePeyster and Oliver Gil- dersleeve, of Portland, are in Wash- ington looking after the interests of the Connecticut river, and incidentally attending the meetings of the Nation- al_Merchant Marine congress. Representative Hill returned from Norwallc last night after a brief visit to Connecticut on private busine: Young Man Jumped from New Man- hattan Bridge. New York, Jan. 24.—From the para- pet of the new Manhattan bridge, 150 feet above tha East river, a man came somersaulting down late today just as a police patrol boat passed under the great structure. The man struck the water less than a hundred feet from the boat, but when hauled aboard by the police ha was dead. Papers in the clothes indicated that the victim was E. W. Heaton, Plainfield, N. J. He was about 28 years old and well dressed. It was apparently a case of Yale Alumni Dinner. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, _Jan. 24.—All arang ments for the Yale Alumni dinner, to b held February 4th, have practically been completed. The banquet w given at the Raleigh, and the spe ers will be President Taft, Pr Hadley, former Justice Brown Secreta MacVeagh. Trez Clung will be the toastmaster. A large attendance of Yale graduates is ex- pected. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Projected by Organizations in Hart- ford. The joint committee, representing the Hartford board of trade the Hart- ford business men’s association, the Landlords and Taxpayers' =ociation and the Employers' association. for| the purpose of forming a chamber of | commerce, has issued in circular form | the tentative agreement under which the new organization is likely to be! created. WATER METERS Advocated by Superintendent Walker of Waterbury. Notwithstanding the fact that there is an abundance of water at the Wigwam and that within another vear the new storage reservoir will be | ready, John R. Walker, superintendent of the water department, is talking about metering the city and about the excessive waste of water because of leaks. He sent a lengthy communica- tion to the board of works on the sub- ject Wednesday evening. The One Thing Lacking. Everybody advises Senator Lorimer to resign. One more vote—his own— would make the decislon unanimous.— Chicago Record-Herald. Fenee posts in Argentina are made of auebracho wood. which is exceed- ingly hard; they last 40 years, conference seemed to believe that there should be no delay in getting to worlk on_the proposed blil for enactment. Representative Chandler of Rocky Hill first inquired if it were practical to have some law passed which would place an estimate upon the value of human life, basing the estimate upon a scientific finding of a rule of law. Senator Judson said that there were statutory linitations. Representative Meltzer of Bridgeport, upon whose bill the hearing in effect was being held, explained why he fav- ored a limitation of $20,000 as a max- imum. He did not believe human life could be valued in the market sense of the word. There were two ways of placing a maximum limit on damages, one on a fictitious basis and the other on the idea of compensating those who are left in need by reason of the bread rnel death, through negligenc: Dependency in’this case might mean 1 widow and several chiliren. A limit of $20,000 would provide an interest account of about $800 or $900 a year. The ward of damages should not be left to judges, in his opinion. E. C. Terry of repre senting trainmen, suid he did not be juries should have the right ay what damages should be paid in ‘nt of the death through megligence employe of a railroad companv the present law $5.000 can ba| overed. He did not believe $10,000 enough, but $15,000 might be a reasonable amount. ahy M. Crowley of the Hart- ford Central Labor union committes told of polling the legislative members f'ind finding them in favor of a new v Peter O'Hearn of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen gaid that as the prices of commodities have advanced, the value of human life Should be raised. e Lelieved in placing & max- imum figu Rev. G. . Turner said that the Fed- eration of Churches favored the re- moval of the $5,000 limit. but he hoped that all the burden of fixing the amount should be taken from the jur- ies. He had served on juries and liop- ed that some of the spectators could finish their legal education by serv- inz on a jury. Several others spoke N b SENATE. The senate { iock by slee, v Lieutenant Prayer by Bills. enator Avery— superior court of New $1,000 for clerical lied to order at 12 Governor D. [t A, viain Sexton. owing clerk of sondon county assistance. Judi- ARY 25, 1911 $ 1. By Senator Park—Allowing veterans of the Civil war employed in police buildings to be pensioned out of police benefit_funds. Cities and boroughs. By Senator Peck—Providing for a vote on consolidating town and city governments on the application of 23 . of the voters. ('ities and bor- “ Resolutions By Senator Hooksr—Reimbursin, Sheriif Edward W. Dewey for rewar paid for the capture of Timothy A. Sheedy. Clainms. By Senator Park—Appointing Alber- ti Stillman judge and Lorenzo D. Iair. (Continued eon page eight) The Gonnecticut |Japan’s 'Oréign Pnli_tl I]efined BY COUNT KOMURA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPEECH IN JAPANESE DIET Made Public in Washington Last Night by with Other Powers Growing Cordial. Japanese Embassy—Relations terest attaches to the speech made to- day in the lower house of the Japanese diet by Count Komura, minister of for- eign affair: The Japanese embassy made public tonight a transcript of the address, which defines the foreizn policy of Japan with especial refer- ence to the Japan-Russian arrange- ment with regard to Manchuria, the annexation of Korea and the comtem- piated revision of the taroff treaties of Japan with foreign powers. Ccrdial Relations Unhampered. “The relations of Japan with foreign powers,” said Count Komura, “have been steadily growing in cordiality, unhampered by any incidents stand- ing in the way of international friend- ship. Above all, it will be noted with the highest gratification that the An- glo-Japanese allianca which has been constantly gaining additional strength and soiidity, continues to be & power- fud factor in the preservation of gen- eeal peace in the east. Agz-eement With Ru Speaking of the agreement of July 4, last, between Japan and Russia in ad- justment of their respective interests in Manchuria, Count Komura said: “It appears that in some quarters this last understanding has been look- ed upon with a sense of suspicion and misgiving. I have no hesitation in positively declaring that it has for its sole object the maintenance of status quo in Manchuris ing peace in the far east by conflrm- ing {he principles and supplementing the provisions laid down in the con- vention of 1907.” He added that both governments had been dealing with questions in “the spirit of harmonious co-operation and mutual accommedation. Annexation of Korea. With regard to tire annexalion of Korea, Count Komura said: “I am happy to be able to state that the powers recognize the inevitable mature of the act of annexation in view of the special position of Japen,. as well as the general situation in the ex- treme east. “In consequence of the act of annex- ation, the treaties concluded by Korea with foreign powers ceased to be bind ing and Japan's existing treaties hav: heen extenced to Korea. At the same time the right of extra-territoriality which foreigners formerly enjoyed in Iorea came gdefinitely to an end. The imperial government felt justified in regarding such- right as ended upon the termination of Korea’s treaties, by which it was called into existence,con- sidering that the continuance of the system would have been prejudicial to the satisfactory working and unifica- tion of administration in Korea. More- over, it seemed natural that foreigners being allowed on the one hand to en- joy in Korea the same rights and prov- ileges in Japan proper, should, on the other #hand, swrrender the right of extra-territoriality which is not gant- ed to them in any other parts of the empire.” NEW HAVEN ROAD FIREMEN HAVE MADE A DEMAND. They Object to Cleaning the Engine Above the Footboard. New Haven. Conn.. Jan. 24.—The firemen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company have mada a demand through General Man- ager Higgins that they be relieved hereafter of the duty of cleaning the engines above the footboard. The duty was specifically placed uvon them ané agreed to last June, when the wages ot the firemen were raised, but the fire- men claim that the pracjice of the New Haven company should conform to that on some other roads in this particular. The company, it is understood, agreed to make the change if the overtime pay of the road was made to conform to that of other companies, but this the men would not accept, and their de- mand in the matter of the cleaning of the engines was refused. The firemen upon the road number about 1,400 and it is understood that they are mow be- ing polled upon the question of their insisting upon the demand. which is assentad to will compel the company to employ an additional force of men to clean the engines. BIG CORN. The Kind They Raise on Farms at Reynolds Bridge. wa @ bauner year for es a Reynolds Bridge correspond: The corn yield in par- ticular was so far ahead of the ordi nary and proved such a money maker for the farmer that without doubt this cereal will receive especial attention the coming season. Much is being done through New England to inspire ambition in those engaged in ralsing corn with a view to reviving the old- time idea of raising our own products. People have studied experimental farming in all its branches and nat- urally are taking advantage of the benefits derived therefrom. The last year's crop of corn, for instance, raised about Reynolds Bridge, is prov- ing a saving of hundreds of dollars to the farmers. Starr Sutliff has a va- riety of yellow corn which has fol- lowed him down many decades and is a very nutritious product. Thomas Mott has raised many hundreds of bushels of the same variety. The ears are so long that thev are piled up ke cordwood in his eorn crib. J. €. Newell of the Branch road, who is | spending the winter in Thomaston, recently sent a card here bearing the picture of an exhibit where one ear of corn reaches the entire length of a wagon, Greater results can now be accomplished along these lines, as most enterprising farmers have their mills for grinding grain and sawing wood and these are operated with gasoline engines. As a result farming is 10 longer regarded as drudgery and more practical methods are fast com- ing into general use. A Sympathetic Sight. There iz no doubt that, figurative- speaking, Black Horse Cavalryman Grady wept on Black Horse Cavalry- man Barnes' shoulder. — Rochester Herald. Roads Would Like to Collect It. Tawyer Brandels goes on saving tha railroads a niflion a day, just as easy! —~Chivegy Tribune. Washington, Jan. 24.—Significant in- | and of the endur-} Condensed Telegrams The Joint Ballot of the United States senators by the lowa legislature Tues- day resulted as follow ung 35, Funk 27, Kenyon 34, Garst 8, Ported (demp ) 5. Abent 1. No election. The Fifteen Republican State sena- tors returning from Cincinnati arriv- ed at Charleston, W. Va., at 2.25 Tues- day morning, and at onc tels for res Negotiations were open- ed looking foward a settlement of all differences with the democratic mem- bers of the upper house. . A Permanent Tariff Board of five imembars to investizate all questions for the henefit of congress is provid- led for in_a bill unanimously agreed wpon by the Louse committee on ways and means. The bill, effective July 1, contains substantially the provisions of tiie Longworth and the Dalzell iitl “Guilty of Murder in the first de- gree” w th verdict. returned at 11.28 Tuesday by the jury s the case of Walter A. Dipley and Goldie Smith, charged with the —murder of Stanley Ketehel at Marshfield, Mo. Sentenced of life imprisonment were recommend - ed for the defendants, The jury was out 17 hou The Inland Navigation Company has made an ofter of $1,250,000 for the North gation company’s fleet of ten steamers, including the Hamon- {ic, Hurcnic and Saronic. This offer | will Be censidered at a meeting to ba | held in Toront wuary 31, All as- gets and franchises of the Northern covered by Navigation the offer. company are President Taft, when he learned of the death at Kansas City, Kan, of Bishop Abraham Grant of the A. AL church, sent a telegram in_which he said: “Bishop Grant and T hay s assoclated in the been for some yea work of promoting the education of ! negroes in the south, and I came to | know his high and sturdy qualities. { His death is « real loss to his peo- ple. The World's Biggest _Airship was built by Siemens and Schuckert Berlin. Monda trial flight was shorr. ‘but it demonstrated tha the airshin was satisfacto) in ev way. The snip non-rigid and feet lonw. The gas bag has a capacity of 13,000 cubic feet. Suspemnded from it ar: three cars, the central oume of which can Ccan fifty passengers. Tiie others are occupied by the machinery. Twelve persons made the fight Monday and expresesd enthusiasm. Special Officers and Patroimen hur- riedly summoned to the scene stood guard Tuesday on Madison avenue, ed to the street from an American Ex- Ppress company wagon when' the vehi- cle was wrecked by a collision with a trolley car. A crowd quickly gather- ed, but both the driver of the wagon, John Coffey, and_the special guardian of the treasure, Peter Salg, who were injured in the crash, stood by to pro- test the gold. The police kept the crowd back until a second wagon ar- rived and picked up the treasure. OBITUARY. Wiiliam Qscar Seymour. Rridgefield, Conn., Jan, 24.—After an illness which extended over but a few days William Oscar Seymour, a mem- ber of the state board -of railroad com- raissioners and a member of the house of revresentatives, of the state general assembly, died at his home here to- night of heart disease. Mr. Seymour, who has been prom- inent in local republican and state politics for many years, was bern in this place October 16, 1833, and was of one the descendants of Thomas S ir, one of the twenty-five per- sons who purchased the site for the town of Ridgefield from the Indians. He was barn and brought up on his farm and educated in the lo- schools _and in a seminary at Amenia, N. Y. He taught school in New Canaan in 1849, and six ars l?lt- er established a private boardin school for boys and girls in this pla ! which he maintained until his health him in 1869. On relinquishing 0! work he engaged in civil en- ng. and in 1873 _was_appointe ngineer of the New York, Ne nd Hartford raiiroad, a po: Haven tion which he held until 1881, when he was appointed chlef engineer of the Boston o Ly and Western railroad. ced in charge of the location and construc tlon of extensions to the Wisconsin Ceneral railway and other western roads. In 1868 and 1869 he was a represent- ative from Ridgefield in the general assembly, and in 1887 was appointed a member of the raiiroad commisgion by Governor ILounsbur: also of dge- field, and has been a member of the commission up to the time of his death today. From 1892 to 1903 he was judge of probate for the Ridgefield district and at the recent elsctions was elected & member of the house of representi- tiyes. Fe was placed on the commit- tze on cities and boroughs. In 1902 he was a member of the comstitutional convention. He was @ member of the Congrega- tional church and prominent in loc Masonic circles. In 1885 he was mar ried to Rebecca Sproul, daughter Solonel Thomas Sproul of Warwick, He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Howard D. Smith, living here. Representative Seymour attended the opening of the general assembly and was present for the last time 2 week sgo today. when former Governor Me- Lean was formally elected to the United States senate to suceceed Sen- ator Morgan G. Bulkeley by the joint vote of the senate and house. He was not fzeling well enough to attend Wed- nesday’s session and on Saturduy wis have not vet been completad. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24.—The death tonight in Ridgefiald of Railroad Com- missioner William O. Seymour mel a vacancy on the commission which will have to be filled by an_appoint- ment by Governor Baldwin, if there is a railroad commission in the future. Mr. Seymour's death is the second to occur in the commission within a year, the other being that of O. R. Fyler. None of the members who constituted the commission at the beginning of Governor Wesks' term are now con- nected with it. Death removed Com- missioners Fyler and Seymour, and Andrew Gates of Hartford resizned to engage in law practice. The two re- maining membars are Richard T. Hig- gins of Winsted, appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Gates, which Tuns to 1913, and Bdgar J. Doolittle of Meriden, appointed b Governor Weeks, the latter appointment to xun until the rising of the progent general assembly Erom Missouri ‘Chere sre Some congressmen who *will never vote honors to Explerer Peary until be takes them 1o the Pole and points it out ro them.—Galveston | | News. Curing Financial lls. Swal s oand trust eom- pianias of relieving them of | their ills sought ho- | New York, over $50,000 in gold dump- |- %0 ill that he was not able to sttend | 10 his duties, and from that time ou gradually grew worse until death came tonight. The funeral sarrangements CE " TWO _CENTS Novelist Phillip Died Last Night SISTER, BROTHER AND DOCTOR AT HOSPITAL BEDSIDE, HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT LUNG Which Had Been Pierced by One of Goldshorough’s Steel-Clad Bullets the Immediate Cause of Death, New York, Jan. 24-—David Graham Phillips has lost his brave fight for life. He died In Bellevue bospital late tonight, a victin of Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough, an eccentric and emno- tional musician, who shot the novalist down yesterday for a fancied grudge and then killed himself, Philllps tought valiantly to live, but eix bullet holas were too much. even for Mis grit and sturdy constitution, and _as 11 o'clock came and passed he died. Hemorrhage of Bullet-Pierced Lung. He was conscious up to within i quarter of an hour of his death, which ocenrred at exactly 11.05. At tha bed side were his sister, Mrs. Carolym Frevert; his brother, Haerison W. Phillips, of w York, and the physi- cians. The immadiate cause of death was hemorrhage of the right lune. which has been pierced by one of the steal-clad bullets from CGoldeborough's automatic revolver. Had Been Conscious All Day. Up to 9 o'clock 4he novelist was resting quietly and hoth physicians and relatives were hope{ul of the out- oome. He had baen conscious ail day and had received visitors, amoug them his sister, his brother, United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana and sev- eral writers of note. Their visits wers extremely brief, but all who ¢ame away appeared otpimistic. About 9 o'clock tonight the patiemt took a turn for the worse and although the surkeons did everything in tiwir power the end was inevitable. The physicians concerned met directly afier the death and decided to request the coroner to dispense with an autopsy. It is believed this request will be granted, although an autopsy is the nsual thing in all homicide cases. Benator Beveridge to Make Funerst Arrangements. Harrison Phillips. announced that Senator Beveridge will have charge of the funeral arrangements. The sena tor returned to Washington this after- noon, but will probably coma back te New York in the morning. In the meantime it is thought that Philiips’ body will be taken either to the Prince- ton club or the National Arts club. When it was scen that Phillips was sinking it was decifed to infuse into his veins a warm salt water solution, ba he falled so rapidly that $he sug- gestion was abandoned. The eoroner issued a permit late to- night for the removal of ths body without the formality of am autopsy. Senator Beveridge sald over the tele- phone from Washington thet ha would be in New York early Wednesday morning. Goldsborough Family May Make Statement Later. Miss Frances Goldsbol arrived from Washington today with her cousin, John Farr, took charge of her brother’s body. It was sent to Wash- ington at midnight. Miss Goldsborough will leave for Washington tomorrow morning. She declined to discuss the tragedy, but said that ther family would malte public & statement within the nsxt few days. No information as to the nature of this statement could be obtained. “Miss Goldsborough is the enly mem- ber of the Goldsborough family who has come to New York® said Mr. Farr. “She does not wish to discuss her brother's death or the ciroum- stances surrounding it at this time. So far as I can learn, neither nhqh:g Yy other member of the family aver been acquainted with Mr. Phillips. Later, when the first effects of thet bereavement have od emay, the Goldsborough family ay meke a statement to the publio. HEROIC MARBLE FIGURES TWENTY FEET IN HEIGHT. The Barnard Group of Statues fer the Pennsylvania Capitel Front. 4 Farrigburg, Pa., Jan, 24—The first of the heroic marble figures of ths George Gray Barnard group of statues was put into place and stripped of its covering today and was found to de draped with plaster of paris. The treatment is in line with what Barnard, who is in Paris, fs reported to have promised when his attention was onll- ed to the protests asainst the nudity of the migures. The men in charge of the groups say the plaster will remain until orders are received from Barnard or state offlcials for §ts removal. The matter of the draping of the nude figures, some of which are twenty feet in height, has been widely dls- cussed in the state and the general body of artists has protested vigor- ously againet marring tha beautifw! white marble statues by the addition of so-salled @ erv. On the other hand. letters and resolutions of pro- test have beem pouring fu, eslling upon the state authoritles to vefraim from placing the statuary in position alonz the capitol front in its present aond!- tion of wudity. The Right to Order Abatoment of Publio Nuisances. Albany, N. Y., Jan. $4.—The pight tn order the abatement of looal publh: nniéantss maintained by publis eer- vice corporations rests with the locai health departments, and not with the state public service comm! n, 8c- cording to a deocision today by the court of appeals. The court reversed the determination of the lower eourt, which held that the New York city public service eommission was within its power in ordering the abatement of an allexed nulsance maintained by the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Ralilroad company at On2 Hum- dred and Thirtv-first street, New York. Suicide of New York Policeman. New York, Jan. 24.—"There 18 anly one way for me to get rid of my sins, and that is_to kill myself,” exclaimed Patrolman William J. Fairbrother in the dormitory of the Amity street po- lice station, Brooklym, this afternoon. A moment later he fired a bLullet Mto his abdomen. He probably will die. Fairbrother returned te duty only yes- terday safter & lomg illness, during which he complained of pains in hix Liead, Reasons for Success. A man who started at $4.85 & sveel instead of witha silver spoon Nas Dee:. selected to head the Steel corporation. But he had his Beart in his work.— Washingten Poat. s Tt is ostimated ihat an an avemee each qenny in glrer > hands 11 times 3 wesk, <