Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1911, Page 1

67 F KILLED WITH AXE- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fitzgibbons Found Skulls Crushed In With Their SON HEED FOR Was Seen in the Act of that Father Killed His THE DOUBLE MURDER Hacking His Father—Claims Mother and He Retaliated Upon His Father—House Set Afire and Corpse of -Man Badly Burned—H: Knsonfa, Conn., March 19.—Thomas tzgibbons, r.. and hie wife, Nora, ere found in their home on Divisio; mear the railroad way between this city and Derby, late today with their skulls crushed in with an axe and the house on fire. Son of Couple Accused: Their son, Thomas, Jr., is being held by the police, charged with the told by him to the police his father killed his mother and he in turn killed his fatier. Phe gon has two slight scalp wounds, which he said he received when he took the axe away from his father, but, aceording to the medical examin- . 'the wounds were probably self-in flicted. Neighbor Saw Boy Hacking Father. The tragedy was discovered by a neighbor, Edward Fogarty, living across the street from the Fitzgibbons liome, whose attention was attracted | by smoke issuing from the lower win- dews of the house. Entering the Fitzgibbons home through a back door leading into the kitchen, Fogarty said he found Thom- as, Jr., macking the head of his fath- | tr, who lay on the floor between a vouch and a stove, with an axe. He took young Fitzgibbons across the street to his home, where he was se- cured, and then turned in a fire alarm. Mother’s Head Pounded to a Pulp. ©On returning to the Fitsgibbons home | Fogarty found Mrs. Fitzgibbons lying en the floor of a front room. with her head pounded almost -to a pulp, the room on fire and an- overturned lamp and stove the floor.Her body was taken out of the room and placed in ®he street by the firemen, but before that of the elder Fitsgibbons could be taken out it was badly burned. Both bodies were later taken to @ local un- dertaker's, where they will be held wending the coroner’s imquest. 8on Was in Insane Hospital. According to the story told by the who was released from the state hospital for the insane at Middletown ut a_year ago, and who since then, $0 two weeks when he returned e, had been employed in Schenec- dy, N. Y., as a machinist, his father his mother and je in turn kill- his father. . » Frequent Family Quarrels. There have been frequeat quarrels, Ahe told the police, between his father nd mother, and there was one today, | violent. It enraged, threw a lighted p at his mother, and then seizing #n axe which stood in the Kitchen, and wehich had been used early fn the day by the mother to chop wood, attacked her, and before he could prevent it his father had struck her on the head sev- eral times. During the scuffie which emgied the stove in the front roem was knockad over. wed late today, when his father, Eom.n; s, half | double | murder, though according to the story | ad Been in Insane Hospital. . Went to Mother’s Assistance, ‘When he wenit to his mother’s assist- ance the fight was transterred to the kitchen, and in the struggle for the axe he said the two slight wounds on | his head were inflicted by the blade of | the weapon. He overcame his father | and struck him on the head with the | axe, inflicting the wounds which caus- ed his death. Victims Were Between 50 and 60. Titzgibbons was taken to the local police station, where he will be held to walt the coroner's finding in the two murders. % The murdered man was 38 years old and his wife a few years his junior. Blame Son for Both Murders. Despite the fact that the son per- sists that his father killed his mother | and he only killed his father because of the latter's actions, the police do not give credence to_his story. They are of the opinion that their prisoner killed both his father and mother in a fit_of insani h he was sent to the state ' ght he appears to be perfectly | calm and collected and does mot seem | to worry in the least over the situa- | tion he is in. The prisoner is thirty years oid and at times for several | Years his actions have been peculiar. | Overturned Stove May Have Caused Fire, he police are also not certain as to what caused the setting of the house | on fire, but hold to the belief that it | was caused by the upsetting of the | stove in the front room. i Neighbors Heard Screams. Tt stories told by neighbors of the Fitzgibbons late tonight are verified, it would seem to indicate that the son killed his father before killing ‘his mother. According to those people Mrs, Fitzgibbons left the house late this afternoon to call on friends, and did not return until after 6 o'clock, and the neighbors say that soon after his ar- rival at the house they thought they heard screams. From the position of the father's body, which lay near a couch, it is thought that the son may have killed his father while he was asleep, and ai- tacked his mother as soon as she came home, killing her, and then turning his attention a Second time to his father. Coroner to Investigate Today. Coronér Mix dld not come here t night, but afier hearing the facts in the case over the telephone from the police ordered the prisomer held until iomorrow, when he will conduct Ris investigation. Many stories are being told of the prisoner’s peculiar actions, one ot them to the effect that the fore part of the week he jumped into the Nauga- river at night, and when pulled out.said he went into the water to stop the midnight boat. | PRESIDENT HADLEY ADDRESSES TRAINMEN Believes Schools Will Scon Teach the Value of O zed Activity. New Flaven, March 19.—TLabor or- anizations of this character,” said esident Hadley of Yale university, addressing Elm City lodge of Rallroad Trainmen at its quarter-centennial to- day, “have three functions—financial administrative and educational; and in the educational character Yale uni- versity gives you a hearty welcome as a coadjutor.” - President Hadley added that the time was not .far distant when every «chool would teach the values of or- zanized activity and fits co-operative principles. Of the other speakers, T . Dodge, assistant president of the Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen. urged a fair deal for the rallroad and contrasted their low average dividends wiith the large dividends of other cor- rations, P, H. Morrissey, who was roduced as “the grand old man of the brotherhood,” declared that any man who tried to set class against class and labor against capital must be regarded as a suspicious character. COUNTERFEIT GREENBACKS POUR INTO GERMAN BANKS. Thousand-Mark Notes Floated Five Years Ago Still in Circulation. Rerlip, Saturday, March 11.—"Gruen- enthal greenbacks.” the cant term ap- lied in Germany to counterfeit tho andimark bank not floated five years ago by Gruenenthal, an official in the govermment printing office, again figure in the annual report of the im- partal bunk, which shows a sum of 000 written off for these counter- feits turned in for redemption during 1910, bringing the loss on this account wp to mearly half a million dollars, with no end in sight. Gruenenthal, a trusted offici charged with the finishing of the thou- sand-mark notes, the highest denomi- hation issued by the bank, and through some fault in the checking system was able to help himself to hundreds of the otes, which he numbered and put in cireulation. No estimate of the total extent of the fraud can be given, as Gruenenthal scaled bis own lips by suicide. WEATHER THIS WEEK OF AVERAGE VARIETY. ANl Parts of the Ceuntry Will Get Rain—In the East by Thursday. ‘Washington, March 19~The indica- stions for the coming week, according to a bulletin today by Chief of the weather bureau, are that : will be one of ige temperature and well distribu ition over country. The rains in middle by a change to POSTAL SAVINGS BANG SYSTEM IS SUCCESSFUL. Now Established in 48 Loeal With Aggregate Deposits of $133,869. Washington, March 19.—“The postal savings bank aystem has been more successful than reasonably could have been expected. This was the comment made tonight by Postmaster General Hitchcock on the analysis of the returns from the 48 postal savings banks which have been in operation since Jan. 3d last. The reports from the 48 second class postoffices where the postal banks are located cover the period from the es- tablishment of the banks to Feb. 28, Tn that time 3,923 accounts were opened and 6,861 separate deposits were made, the average amount of each de- pasit ‘being $2 In the same period only 239 accounts were closed by the drawing out of deposits, the total num- ber of open accounts on Feb. 28 being 3.664. The net amount of deposit at the 48 banks after two months of op- eration was $133,56: RESIGNATION OF THE ITALIAN CABINET. Vigorous Debates Over Electoral Re- forms Have Created Friction. Rome, March 19.—The resignation of the Italian cabinet has followed stormy debates in the chamber of deputies over the proposed electoral reforms. The ministry, of which Luigi Luzzatti wm; premier, was formed March 31, 1910. The action of the ministry is ragret- ted here, occurring as it does on the eve of the inauguration of the exhibi- tion, which is to take place March 27. The fear is expressed that the cele- bration will now have to be carried out not only without the premier, but without the mayor as well, alse the threat of a municipal crisis. TWO FATALITIES AMONG SOLDIERS IN TEXAS One Drowned While Bathing, Another Kicked by Mule. San Antonio, Texas, March 19—Two casualties have occurred in the ma- noeuvre camp in the last 36 hours. William B. Thatchard. a recruit as- signed to Company E. Fiffeenth in- fantry, was drowned while swimming yesterday. His body was recovered. Frank Say of Company F. Fourth artillery, probably was fatally injured by the kick of a mule. Semi-Centennial of Forsign: Missions. New Yerk, March 19.—As & climax of thirty-two similar celebrations held in’as many cities this winter in com- memoration of the first organized work of American women in the fleld of for- eign missions fifty yeams ;ago, thou- sands of New York women and as mamry more from the metropolitan environs are planning an. elaborate !em;:»(‘enhnnlll gathering hers next week. “I. A."?‘..rccmiy Tried Out the C\:r. o SufltvYC Kible Adbopiaahren «jloy L‘q State, War, and Navy south of building Cabled Memfelg e Do 5 lcano, en rou -om Manila from the Yangtse-Kiafig, 15 storm bound here. - 2 Paris, March 19.—J. E. Widener's Truok& today won the Prix Nuage at the Auteuil course. TEugene Fischof's Journaliste finished first for the Prix ?nbfl't Hennessy. London, March 19—During the month of February the deaths from the plague in India reached the enormous total of $8,498./ The disease has be- come such a fixture in that country that its ravages are little heard of, ex- cept through the occasion statistics. Paris, March 19.—The> French gov: ernment awarded a life saver gold medal of the second class to Fu- gene Higgins of the New York Yacht club for gallantry in saving two Frenc] n _at the time of the wreck of the yacht Varuna, which went ashore on the coast of Madeira island on November 16, 1909. BOOKER WASHINGTON ASSAULTED WITH CLUB Noted Colored Man Tackled by Big ‘German in -New York. New York, March 19.—Upon com- plaint of Booker ‘I'. Washington, the negro educator, a man was locked up by the police tonight, charged with assault upon . Dr. Washington. The latter received so severe a blow on his head with a club that he was at the Flower hospital over an hour late to- night, having the wound dressed. The trouble occurred in front of a Sixty-third street house at which Dr. ‘Washington called tonight to see a friend;- but no one answered his Te- peated calls on the doorbell. Think- ing that the man he wished to see might appear any minute, Mr. Wash- ington walked up and down in the vi- cinity more than half an hour. His wait was Interrupted by a man ‘having the appearance of a janitor, whe emerged with a big club in his md.'laccording to_the complainant, ruck Dr. Washington. Dr. igton said he defended himself th his fists and held the man until the police arrested him. The man act- ed, according te Dr. Washington, “as iough he thought I was a burglar.” The alleged assailant, who is a large gul:u-u, gave the name of Albert Ul- ich. 3 Ulrich told the police that he came up from the basement with his club when his wife complained that a negro had been hanging arqund the hallway, acting suspiciously. Fle asked the man what he wanted, and no answer being given, promptly grabbed the negro, ig- norant that he was attacking the edu- SaEL ; i n the mixup which followed. Ulrich wielded his club and received the blow which Dr. ‘Washington admits he struck, At the police station Ulfch demanded the colored, 'S arrest it was not unuil Dr.f \wushington had proved his identity by cards and let- ;31':. e‘::e “l:elilva fug exkph&“iml: of his ew York, allowed to go. Sy RAILROAD CLERKS HOLD MASS MEETING AT BOSTON. Assertion That Recent Rate Deoision Would Be Used as Club on Railroaa Employe: ; Boston, March 14.—Following con- ferences today of various committees of railway clerks emploved on New England roads, looking to better work- ing conditions, a mass meeting was held in Faneuil hall, at which a thou- sand or more clerks were addressed by officlals of their brotherhood and affiliated organirations. James J. Forrester of Columbus, O., first grand vice president of the clerks’ Drotherhood, declared the presidents and hoi:%hth o ::;nyh.nurosda had com] o dis: the organisation. H. M. Walker,of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen, said the re- cent decision of the interstate com- merge commission against the propos- ed freight rate inereases would be used a8 a club ever the heads of all railroad employes. Among the other speakers was J. J. Farnan of Albany, N. Y., third grand ;iced president of the clerks’ brother- 00d. OBITUARY. J. Deming Perkins. Litchfield, Conn., March 19.—J. Dem- ing Perkins, ome of the town’s oldest and most prominent citizens, died at his home here tonight from infirmities brought on by old age. Mr. Perkins was born here 81 years ago, and his early business career was in New York city, where he was an importer. He returned to this place in 1868 and since that time has taken an active interest in the business and political life of the town. He was one of the incorporators and the first president of the Chepaug rail- road, now the Litchfield branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford He was elected to the state senate in 1892, and was the senate chairman of th> committee on state prisons. In 1896 he was one of the state electors of the republican party to the nation: convention. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the state asylum for the insane at Norwich, his term ex- piring in July. One of his gifts to the town was a house of the fire department, which was erected at a cost of nearly $60,000. Besides a widow, he leaves one daughter, the wife of W. W. Rockhill, United States ambassador to Russia. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon from the Congregational church. Ernest Crofts, R. A. London, Maréh 19.—Frnest Crofts, . A., the noted painter and kaeper of the Hoyal academy, died today. Ernest Crofts was born in Yorkshire in 1847. His first picture, “A Retreat: Episode of the German-French Wa was exhibited in the Roval academy in 1874. His historical paintings range over a wide period and deal mainly with military subjeets. OLD MYSTERY CLEARED. Bones Tell of Bridegroom Murdered Forty-four Years Ago. Noblesville, Ind., .March .19.—The mystery surrounding the finding here a few weeks ago of a trunk filled with parts of a human skeleton and contain- ing a peculiarly carved ring was solved with the receipt of a letter from the widow of a brother of Fugene C. ‘Woodmansee of Danville, TlL.. identify ing the ring as one that had belonged to_Woodmansee, ‘Woodmansee came here forty-four years ago to wed Miss Sarah Wirt, and procured a license. A few hours before the ceremony he disappeared | Glazed Tile Plant on His Estate ICincinnali Man Weeps When He Gets WILL CONFINE HIMSELF TO RECI- PROCITY AND TARIFF BOARD. HE WOULD. DELAY REVISION Believes No Schedule Should Be * Changed Until Tariff Board Has Col- lected Data—Democratic Plans. Colunfbia, 8. C., March 19—(On Board President Taft’s Train).— President Taft, according to present plans, will confine his message to the extra- session ‘of congress to be con- vened on April 4 to Canadian reci- procity and to the establishment of a permanent tariff board. Wants Schedule K- Revised. The president is convinced that the country desires gnd ought to desire’a further reyision of the schedules on the Payne-Aldrich act. . He feels that the woolen schedule—schedule « K—is particularly indefensible. It is said that ‘he is anxious that it shall be re- vised at an early: date, ; Wants-Teriff Board as Guide. - The president is equally convinced, however, that the country desires that revisions: of the ‘future shall be made in the light of the seientific imforma- tion which it is.the .duty of a tariff board to collect. So at this time it is said he rather inclines to the idea that no schedule should be revised upon which the tariff ‘board is not ready with. its information. i Would Like Congress to Delay. The president has directed the tem- porary board to make a report on the woolen schedule by Dec. 1 next. Per. sonally he would very much like con- gress to wait until that time and not attempt to revise any of the schedules at the extra session. He will give the matter further consideration, howsver, after he reaches Washington. n for Reciprocity. It Mr. Taft's present wishes were met, the extra &ession would devote it- alf to reciprocity first, then to the permanent tariff board, and then speedily adjourn and postpone the re- ision’ of the textile schedules until the tariff board. completes its work on Dec. 1. The president and Mrs. Taft left Au- gusta this afternoon over the South- ern Railway and passed through here this evening. The train is due in ‘Washington at 8.53 tomorrow morning. The Democratic Programme. ‘Washington, March 19.—It is the ex- pectation of Chairman Underwood that the democratic members of the house committee on ways and means ‘will begin work on tariff questions some time during the ‘week, and that by the time the extraordinary session of congress is' convened. on April 4, some plan ‘will have been mapped ‘out to govern- the - commitiees’ " nadian after the bill to carry out the reciprocity agreement has been framed. The most complex question that will come before the committee is whether. any tariff -questions “shall be placed upon the Canadian bill as riders, or whether such schedules as the commit- tee decides shall be revised shall be treated as separate measures. Kesp Reciprocity and Tariff Separate. The certainty that the hearings would be demanded snd that interests {affectzd by any proposed revision of the tariff may determine the ways and means committee not te complicate the Canadian question with considera- tion of such schedules as - wool and woolens, cotton or agricultural imple- ments. The majority of the committee is 'a unit in favor of the Canadian’ agreement, and it is believed that the decision will be to keep it.separate from other tariff mattérs and take up schedules after the Canadian bill has ‘been sent to the senate. Underwoed to . Introduce Reciprocity Bill. Contrary to the general report, Rep- resentative Peters of Massachusetts will not introducs the Canadian bill, whi¢h will be presented almost imme- diately upon the convening of the spe- cial session to carry out the terms of the agreement. That honor will fall to Chairman Underwood, following the practice of having revenue matters pre- sented by the chairman of the ways and nteans committee. The bill, how- ever, will be the one framed the committee and will be known as a committes measure. Go Farther Than McCall Bill. Although the prospects are that the Canadian bill will not carry general! tariff revision as a rider, it is not im that it.may go a great deal r than the MeCall bill which passed the house in the last session. At-the same time the McCall bill will be followed so far as it was designed to ‘carry out the terms of the agre ment with Canada. The difference between that measure and the one which -will come from the democratic committee probably will be in the nature of an additional pro- vision_which would give to the presi dent the power to enter into freer com- mercial relations with Canada in re- spect to articles not named by the agreement. KAISER A SUCCESS AS A MANUFACTURER. Germany to Be Enlarged. Berlin, March 1 The emperor's succegs as. a manufacturer of glazed tile on his estate at Kadinen has been so marked that he has found it neces- sary to have the plant enlarged. The work on the additional equipment is now nearly completed, and will go into operation early in ADril. The stations of a new line of the Berlin underground railway, completed several years ago,-are ornamented with tile from the emperor's vard. PHILANTHROPIST BY DAY, HOUSEBREAKER AT NIGHT. a Four Year Térm. Cincinnati, March 19.—Antheny Gahl, conf>ssed thief, who posed as a philan- thropist by day and robbed his neigh- bors by nigiit, vleaded guilty to two arges of housebreaking and one of petit larceny in the police court amd wept {hroughout the ceedings. He received sentences thit -will keep him in the workhouse for four vears. (Fah] has heen identifled by & picture In the rogues’ gallery as a former pris. and was never heard of again. The ‘bones were found on the site of an old roadhouse that flourished near White River about the time of the civil war. and it is supposed he was murdered for the 3500 which it is known that he ad i Miss Wirt. after waiting ten years for her lover to return. was married to Daniel Jones of Westfield, Ind., and died in 1888, . 2 oner in the Kentucky' penitentlary. Yorkshire Weavers Coming Over. New, York, Mareh. 19.—Of the 385 sécond cabin passengers arriving here today on the White Star liner Lauren- tine, from' Liverpeol, it is said a ma- 1ofln"are"v.vuv'er;on xh]:ll: ay10 ‘the woolen mills of hods ind, Massa. chusetts ..._‘1 ‘Canads. The Eagine] | TWO KILLED AND FOUR INJURED IN.ACOIbENT AT l\:lFFAI:D. CAR BEING RUN BY NEW MAN Failed to Stop at Grade Crossing and Car Was Cut in Two by a Lackawan- na Express—New Metorman Killed: Buffalo, N. Y., March 19.—Twe per- sons were killed and four were injured today when a Lackawannh passenger frain running at high speed crashed into a street car at a grade crossing on Clinton street. = The Dead. Mrs. John McCormack. . Robert W. Hoehn, motorman. The Injured. John Fay, vaudeville actor, may die. Frederick Gottman, motorman. Thomsgs Uhl, conducter, slightly, Unknown man, hurried away in an automobfle. before the police could learn his name. New Man at Controller. The s car, being near the end of the I had only three passengers aboard. Gottman, an experienced mo- torman, was coaching Hoehn, who was handling ‘the controller. Failed to Slew Up for Train. Conductor Uhl was standing on tile rear platform, prepared to run ahead L 0] WA Thames. flver?u :'lxe 'y for Philadelphia. Admiral Fournier - of the Fre ‘navy predicts war between 1 States and Japan before the: canal is' completed. i The New Jersey Methodist . conference has pledged xuemm up the state by getting into active pol- itics and electing legislators; = - The Interstate Commerce Commission announced certain holdings concern- ing the lohg and short haul provision of the Interstate commerce act. The Battleship San Marces Left Norfolk for Tangier ' Island ¢light; where she will be used as a target by :he‘ New . Hampshire in actual battle ests. 5 Jose Boveda, a Spaniard, shot and killed Mies Iva Réed, a stenographer, and then committed suicide in an office in New York where they were. em- ployed. ¢ . Anton Ehrier, Known for 50 Years to the Bowery. New York, as “ steak John,” died of old-age; restaurant ‘is closed tonight for 'the first time since the death of a relative 35 years ago. 3 None of the Officers of the various state militias who are to join the army in Texas for the purpose of receiving instructions in military manosuvres, are to report to the instruction camps before April 1. WEEK President Diaz and. Senor Limanteur to Meet, and President Taft to Con- fer With Ambassador from Mexite. CONFERENCES THIS ‘Washington, March 19.—Peace is as- sured in the republic of M hin :‘hs p!etpent. ;v‘eek if certain infiifences 0w at work to th - £l oL that end prove ef. Diaz and Limantour to Confer. ‘With the arrival in the Mexico City toniglit of Senor Jose Yves tour, minister of finance, President will begin a series of conferences which it is expected will result in the ahnounc ment within three or four days of reorganized cabinet. Minister tour will present an explanation of demands of the revolutionists and the changes in the official family of Presi- dent Diaz as well as the institution of certain reforms are confidentially ex- Dected to appease the insurgents. Taft te Confer With Mexican AmWas- sador. In the meantime President Taft, who will arrive here tomorrow morning with from Augusta, Ga., will confer Ambassador De La Barra, and tl throw the derajling switch at the tracks. As the.car neared the crossing the gates went down for the passage of the express train, which was then in plain view, but the strest car failed to slow down. Old Motorman Tried to Avert Accident Gottman was seen to jump forward and wrench the controller from Hoehn's hands. It was too late. The street car struck the derailing switch and, leaving the rails, bumped along ‘the pavement until it was stopped by the rails of the steam road. Just then the locomotive of the pas= senger train struck it, cutting it com- pletely in two and carrying debris five hundred feet down the tracks. Mrs. McCormack was instantly kill- ed. Floehn died at the hospital an hour later. PATHETIC MESSAGE FEROM A MISSIONARY. Says 1,000,000 PEOPLE Will Starve in China Unless Aid is" Sent. ) New York, March 19.—Pathetic de- tails of the sufferings from famine in Anwhei and other provinces in China the mission boards here. in every mafl. Today a leiter came to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Pres- t byterian church from Rev. Thomas Crrter, a missionary stationed at Hway Yuen, in Anwhel province. “]. never really knew" what the Lord's. prayer meant until' today,” he writes. “We came to a village where some Christions gathered for worship. To hear that company of men gav ‘Give us this day our daily bread” had a strange sound, when we kunow that not one of them had s mpch as seen bread for many a day, unless you call pressed sweet potato vines Somehow that prayer must be answer- ed. We canmnot fet these people starve. A milllon people in the regiom just north of his station, Rev. Mr. Carter says, are to die of starvation before summer unless help comes from out- side. MRS. MELBER TAKEN TO AUBURN PRISON. Crowd Qathered and Gave Yell of De- ion as She Bearded Train. Clad . in ‘ black 4 to foot, her face hidden by ¢ veil, Mrs. Edith Melber, con- victed of murdering her own child, was taken to Auburn prisom yesterday af- ternoon to begin a minimum sentence of twenty vears’ imprisonment, which may not end until her death. A prison guard and a matren, with Mrs. Melber in charge, léft JAlbany on the 4.15 train. The prisoner’s face, pale and almost expraesionless, was reveal- ed for a mement in the station as she lifted a veil. In her hand she carried a prayer book whick the chaplaiii- of the Albany penitentiary gave her. Hundreds gathered at tha station to get a glimpse of the woman, and a platoon of police was nécessary to force a passageway to the train for the prisener and her guards. As they boarded the train there was a yell of derision from thke crowd, but mo fur- ther demonstration was made. OUGHT AND SOLD STOLEN STAMPS nk President Convicted at Wichita, Kan. ‘Wichita, w., Merch 19.—L. S. Naftzger, fofmerly president of the Fourth National bank of Wichita, was found guilty by a jury in the federal court today of buyi ng and selling stol- en postage stamps. The offense is pun- ishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $5,000. Naftzger purchased stamps frem Frank S. Burt, formerly chief of pe- lice ‘here. The stamps were stolen from Kansas postoffice and sold Burt by John Callahan of Wichita, w! under sentence for robbing the Kansas City posioffice, and has also been convicted of buying and selling stolen postage stamps. ; The former banker's defense Was that he did not know the stamps had been stolen. He admitted purchasing them at a discount. ORDINANCE AGAINST THE HAREM SKIRT. Atlanta Alderman Introduces It and It Has Good Chance to Pass. Atlanta, March 19.—Holding that the skirt is “violative of con- ventien” in women’s dress and that it is “provocative of riot,” Alderman Ev- erett introduced in_ council an ordi- nance barring the skirt from Atlanta. The ordinance hae an excellent chance to_pas: “This garmen s Kverett, “is modeled on linés entirely at variance with the tradif ~and time-honored ideas of what a woman's skirt should be. Atianta hasi-always enjoyved the reputation of being a town whers the delicate sensibilftfes of the women on the streets are nevsar offended. It the duty of the city (e faintain thi -reputation.” ~ Pgace Sunday in Londen. . London, March 19.—Toduy has been observed as Peace Sunday. The 4rch- bishopof York preached at Shefeld and from practically every pulpit the kingdom the sermon was devotod to an eulogium of President Tafi and Sir Edward Grey for: their arbitration ! Forme: 0 There Is No General Antagonism the American excavating - expedition at Cyrene, northern Africa, a member of which, H. F. DeCou, was"killed on March 11, is the information to the state department at ‘Washington. Government Prosecution of seven Shreve brothers and five co-defendants was settled in the federal court at Montgomery, Ala., when five of the Shreve brothers, and thres others, charged witk conspiracy to, conceal bankrupt assets and with fraudulent use of the mails, pleaded guilty. Eighteen Strange Appearing Men, wearing “drum major” hats, quilted blouses and trousers, and high leather boots, are being. detained at the immi- gration station at Boston, because the government interpreters are not able to classify them or to understand their language. MERChANDIBE HELD UP S BY THE EXPRESS STRIKE. Nearly 5,000 Now Out, and the Outlask for - Settlement is Uncertain, New York, March 19.—Although de- velopments of the‘last or two have made it appear unlikely -that a _general strike of teamstefs in New York and vicinity, in sympathy Wwith the striking 4 mediate prospect, the sif weeks' strike which ended in a set- tlement, still remains for at least three of the companies. Nearly five thou- sand of the men of compar the Adams, United States and Wells- Fargo—are now en strike here, In consequence there is congestion of merchandise, and d&isorders are [Fre- quent. Agreement of a Year Ago. By virtue of the agreement reached after the strike last year, the compan- ies advanced the men’s pay as a rule frem 5 to 8 per cemt. from date, and agreed not to diseriminate union men. There has been more or less talk ever since of alleged disorim- ination against participants in the for- mer strike, and & week age yesterday the Adams empioyes struck again be- cause of that grievanes. The sympathetic respomse was mot 80 1 as_in last fall's st e, and only the Wells-Fasgo ahd United States employes joined the Adams men. 3 Accuse Mayor of ,Being Unfair." Officials of tivese companies insist that a large proportion of their men ‘want te werk, but are deterred by the alleged threatening attitude of the malcontents in the ranks and by of physical violence. On the efher hand, the leaders of the strike among the Adams company men charge May- or Gaymor with unfair treatment, and the company with persecution for triv- ial reasons of union men of whom it wishes to rid. ifseif. & ¥ CORNELL MEN STUDENTS NEED TO WAKE UP. Girls to Get 15 Out of the 27 Phi Beta Kappa Keys. Ithaca, N. Y. March 19.—Alhough there are bui 400 wemen among the 5,000 students at Cornell university, the former have won -a majority of the Phi Beta Kappa keys which signify the highest schotastic standing. The young womeén wen 15 out of a total of 27 keys this year. Twenty-one of the class are residents of New York and 1Z_are members of the junjer class. President Schurman of Cornell an- nounced teday the establishment of a degree of bachelor of chemistry at the university. The ocourse will remain undar the direction of the College of Arts and Sciences. INBANE MAN SHOOTS AT WIFE AND BABIES. Fatally injures Former and Then Shoots Himself. - New York, March 19.—Frank Batch, @ brush maker, entered his fiat in Brooklyn late tonight, whipped & re- volver from hilp}pclet and fired at his sleeping wife, tie, and bahies. A bullet entered the woman's head and she sprang to'her feet to see her hus- band fire a bullet into - his brain. Neither has much chancs to recover. The chiliren were unharmed. Batch was discharged from the Kings ceunty hospital six weeks ago after Lhe had been under observation for insanity. He is a brother of Emil Batch of the Rochester Bastern league ‘baseball team. ; Hammend Brief But Curt: Scranton, Pa., March 19.—John Hays Hammond, the mining engineer, who is made a co-defendant in- a 31,500,000 sult brought by Daniel J. ;, the former cotton king, said T did not know -that Mr. Sully had a million and a half's worth of reputa. tion left. I do not care to discuss the matter further at this tim Tucker Now President. Emeritue. Hanover, N. H, March 1 1 J. Tucker, who upon his ’mm two yvears ago had been ot | Dartmouth college for sixteen has been formally made emeritus ol the trustees, - | nate, whi the 1] » 4 Ao neTS S hie ood ground for the assumption the troops now concentrated in Texa: will immediately bagin _a series manoedyres and return shortly to their posts. “In addition to this, when com. ditions are normal in Mexico, & com- plete statement of things which tuated the mobilization of the tre will be issued from the White House. Insurgents Look for Results. ‘The coming of peace in Mexico al§e is strengthened by the manner i4n which the revolutionists have megted on the magazine article By Ambassador De La Barra ana the l‘g- nificant spirit of expectaney w! which the results of Senor Limantour's conferences in Mexico City this week are awaited by organs of insurgent sentiment.” Not a single adverse com- ment was recorded in Mexioan news- ‘papers to the proposal by the Mexican ambassador that all classes im- Mexico should unite for the promotion of na tiondl unity. According to private adviess here, anticipation is manifest in the circles of bath the insurgents and sup- porters of ths general goverament. Limantour Nearing Mexice City. Mexico City, March 19.—Jose Liman. tour,-in his private war, special, will arrive here The car was from Teg- ular mmw‘c‘.’g'-‘m 1&0 at Monterey late last and left that city at 7.30 a. m. 2.-nf Tu the south. journey reached here in delayed d tches tod: z ay. Mrs. Limeattor timve was sai@ ?efltlll:' ;M‘ -hwoil‘lfl stay i or the finance g stay in France, not having been gully p ed, was -Mmunhmmn%e strain of the econtinuous run New York without & brief rest. Secrecy About His Movements. imformation regare the mov. ments of the myinister and his was forthicoming from any o souce. In some quarters, uswaly worthy of # was advanced as part of Senor demonstration of welceme whick ‘been prepareds REAL SHIR TARGET FOR 12-INCH RIFLES. Secretary Meyer Will See the Olid TFex- as Battered by Medern Guns, Mwwhivl:f'!hm. ‘Mfl'ul 19.—Secretasy eyer, & fe el Weihington on the Dolptia teutet Sor Tangier sound, im w to witness am attaok n ip San Marcos (formerly the U. S. as) by the big tWelve- h&,filefl New periments, which were adopted to secracy. 0 "herefs ecretary mfl the reoow;ncnfiinn of_the &en e that the o SRR Blvier some ‘obsolete in typs ye carrping enough armor to afford basis for judgment as to what e expect - ed to follow an attfock upen & medern ‘battleship. < e i S “DOLLAR DINNER® FOR WILLIAR 3. BRYAN. Prominent Democrats to Help Him Celebrate His 51st Bisthday, urym,mom'w::b' was 51 ’-ua—u toax, 3. B oM to will participate w might in anniversary “d tendered in _his honor. er, seats have already been enguged by nine hundred people, will bring to Lin- siyes o 3 i8 Eiven it is not ftended as f&i@ a beom for any possible e 'RUSSIA" STILL AWAITS ¥ A REPLY FROM CHINA No Answer Yet Made to Ultimatum Regarding Treaty of 1881, . St 'ntu-um} not yet !::Hl o insisting upon w closer to ‘provisions :.fin years, | the Jpresident | an between the