Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 27, 1911, Page 1

‘SOMEBODY IS CRIMINALLY LIABL 2 thct Attoney Says He Will Fix the Rupmbiluy —Mass Meeting tG be Held to Demand- Better. Pro- tection—Heartrending Scenes When Relatives Find Their Loved Ones in Long Row of Dead at Morgue. New York March 26.—What will' go @own in history as the fire disaster of Washinglon squatp entered upon its aftermal m.t ‘with $2 out of near- L‘“ victims® identified. The official has Dbeen lessened rather w “.. Casualties Will Number 180, revised count showed 141 dead to- nlfll with lwdfl Wm oor in the hosp! o A totd, g prol ably cover the casualties when thoee whose tcm-m. hufte and burns s Joined. their toliow vo.-xm pow in iha colius 96 fhe pao- dend. Careful enumeratfon still Tmakes the femalo vietms. voung and «ld, approximately ten to every mal Mostly Jows Italians, / Broadly speaking, they were Jews nd Itallans, living either on the Bast Bide or in a gmall Jtalian quarter near the scene of the fire. With all the dead removed from the building, the cbroner began an inves- tigation of the disaster-apne of several inquiries which will be conducted by ity departments—aided by _agents Stom the district attorney’s office. - Grand Jury to Have Inquest Report. An_inquestwill be heid and its re- t will be placed before the grand jury. Many grand jury men vufled he scene and District Attorney Whit- man announced that those responsi- ble for ‘the loss of life would be vig- srously prosecuted. Agitation for Better Pretection, On Thursday night a mass meeting will be held at Cooper Union to agi- tate for more lduule protection of #o-called fireproof buildings, the United Hebrew Charitles nnd the He- brew Free Burial socleties announced tonight that they were ready to re- lieve any distress caused by the fire. Subscriptioh List Opened. s o] a sul throughot New York, Mastackusetts, Rhode Island and & of ors of ll- da for the sufferers. babene pare etropolitan tha _building formance. List of Factories Given Out. ° gate and_remedy unsanitary and tective conditions affeetin huildings which he says fail to eomply with fire regulations. “The Ex Happened.” protection in the ew York long ago gicted such a disastor a3 oeeurrad E ‘ashington place. 1f, howe this fiding was the only one of those unprotected the situation would not be so terrible. But the fact is, there is hardly a large loft bullding in New Y“ which is better protected against 3,500 Buildings Without Fire Eseapes. in a lllt.mtn( which he issued to the press Borough President MeAneny I‘ld at five hundred fire- men, recently detailed by Fire Com- missioer Waldo for the purpose, re- ported 3.500 building: lacking adequate | fire escape: The building department Bas llrfldv investigated 700 of these 8,500 cames and reported that only ten B Sihlaing e Ty Memion ot Ing e bullding in which Saturday’s - reported by the fire department. Urges Reyision of the Code. ¥ a thorough re. . Jeaving the provie Ire escapes to a com- g and fire experts to -mnud by the eity. a crowd of morbid thousands Bk by the palice, firemen ing lrons and fite hooks ! 'nh @ought fl" in. the " Doraing and the fremen hen they rested at the din- mer Hour that they would fl;d no.n‘::c Cause of Fire Net Known. Tenight. however. they carried out another hody. thres récovered | Sal during the duv.’ The overcount last ‘was probably lue to checking off rred portion a body as a The work of the day shed no light npon the cause of the blaze. This wifl probably never be known, Bury u..nnmm.:“ in cldvnmn Grave The Charities plér with _the dead the streets surrounds 3 ulu were some - some _si- l mly munching peanuts. Bu unindentified m ke, sbl; lie in a comfnan gtv‘.l-l number fl ll‘lll mm P e Pplanned by the W Makers' union to ha'e eyery nmwun mm in the city stop work for a few min- thy forms are ald toniuhs (i | uHding Seemed to- Comply with Law.|. an lnve - disaster oecurred | Bad not been reached among the cases | blackened limbs, they will ‘@l in a single grave of unknown ‘deat “@irl Identified by Signet Ring.’ A signet, ring, found el g to-a shred of ffesh on a girl's finger, made. iden tion . possible wheres “ali other ‘means would have :&fl;d A man. who had in line ours wandered the bodies, soekis sought to kll! himself, but Ica prevented him and he con- the search for his wife, also ing. Girf Discovers Her Swestheart. X pale_girl bent over a missha 7 13 -ml Jonbtlnll 7 Ath, Which nruru.d o ensath. o ca: and fell with a shriek of hor- ‘The blackened mass, she sobbed, Was hetgweatheart, fo whom she be came e?md 7“ ight before the di aste; told her of his identity. She asked | dead man had ‘a watch. They tmmgm it to her and BNo Spatied. 1t and sased at her ows eatures. ldentified by Engagement JRing. Twenty Sicilian women becdme hys- terical at once upon recognizing their kin in thy pine cofins. - A man whose face had. been seared by flame, found his brother among the dead. The two worked side by side pouring water up- on the fire. A cuiter identified his dead sweethéart. by -their engagement d-her purse. It contained her 3, Robbed of Every. Relative. Two. sisters’ bodies, -horribly man- gled, sat propped up in thelr \cofins while a sobbing brother left them to sedreh for his- ol ‘mother who. hofers thousht, also perishe e fire le him without a relativ A Blackened ‘Hand Found, A fireman picked up on the eighth fln'r Ap‘»cknw m-'l‘"h still flc::nc'g; ing a pititul 6y ps fingers urse. 4 dway arid releascd the bag. Dot Tat blqclned e 1ng acroes. the coffin. " Hospital for: Hysterical Wemen. Wonien became 30 overcome that an lmmvlua hospital ward was fitted sthe pler. manned by nurses from Bellevis Bospital. Hysterin ran riot and murses were busy tending the grief stric] All day !h.u rumbled a steady stream of dead wagons along the ap- proach to the pier, taking away those who had been claimed. air went atale with an odor of burnt flesh_and for s time the pler was cleared. Dur- ing the brief recess heavy-eved at- tendants rearranged the (baskets of personal effects belonging to the vic- tims. There was more than $4,500 cash in purses and pockets of tha ead. One woman had $300 in her stocking. Parents of Victim on the Sea. H ital doors were stormed- by hundreds during the day and night. A cutter whose sister worked a few feet ‘away from him. in the -doomed factory, inqyired for her every haif- hosr at St. Vincent's hospital. She died between his visits and he bacame 80 vidlent that the police had to re- Steain bim. Ho and she had planned to welcome their u:d parents from Russia this week. The parents are on the sea now. Dying Victims Chat With Nurse. A woman and a‘girl who lay dying side by side whispered to sympathetic nurses their stories of the disaster, talking rapidly ae if fearful that death would check their recif f‘ell faint- ‘her. “Why am I here?’ she moaned as she sank back into a troubled sleep which the surgeons said would be her last. “What have I done? Blame Will Be- Fixed. The - coroner and the grand jury Degan their inyestigation today "be- the embers.dled in the burned | &ist, bulldln‘ They touched’ shoulders with the aistrict attorney’s mien, building department’s agents, Fire Chief Cro- ker, Commissioner Waldo and .their ‘helper; ‘There will be a thorough probing and a fxing of the blame, if blame there be, and it can be fixed. Sald District Attnm.y ‘Whitman: “If what Chief Croker tells me is correct, then _sorne is eriminally liable and whoever it 13, whether it be one or 4 dozen, be prosecuted. I never I’Q'W' lnylhln' more herrible in my Other Buildings in Worse Condition. There are many . buildings in this city ‘in meh ‘en worse conditions On t Ther: roof stairs, onltv -;-r- one person to de- time and’ with winding he turns. - Entrances to the stairs PAT3 'blocked w ur'm!on. ications. gates and doo: pean to have been' locked at the time of ,the fire, The bulldly itself, said Commis- sioner Waldo, -mu to comply with the law. the erection of fire. ‘The _owner of the h of South Norwalk, had eobserved the bmminl immnant, ] "ltnm New Yflrk. with | P nand deaths from smalipox were . reported within the city during the last two weeks. London, March ure_trove to the value of 31250000 is- reported h'um Jersey, whers #t was uncovered Athelstan Riley, while he was pull- lllx‘ down the ruins of an old manor house built in the 13th century. > Berlin, M’n.rch l’(a—'fh\)t‘h the harem | skirt is expeoted appear in this country with the dafloalla. and in gl- moat a8 great numbers, nore of the re. ports of its having been seen out of' doors can so far be regarded as au- thentie. . Bacls, Macch 236 Brie nd, 1 has received it offer of $6 of ty-five lectu plme. /Tt is said that M. Tefused the offer. London, couragessuch as the leader of an army Ih‘o'-l'd display, General Booth has ‘been preparing caimly and methodical- 1y for the hll.dnf.- ‘which, it 18 lll’lllt overtake him unless the wonder- ful operation te be performed in 'the autumn- is_successful. ke T S DETECTIVE RECEIVES TWO BULLETS IN HEAD. Employe of Louisville and Nashville Road Shot from Ambush. . Middlesboro, Ky., March 26—Firing from ambuen. an wnidentified assallant probably fataily wounded Railroad De- tective Rose at Baxter Station, Harlan gounty, last night. Rose was brought re. Rose had been employed by the Louisville and Nashville road and it is believed the shyoting was done by one who bore him a grudge. He was near- ing the railroad station to board a train when he fell with two bullets in his head. TWO LIQUOR RA!BS His NAME TO GO BEFGRE DEM- mn‘;cmw.wmnnr. & IIENJIS TO IE sm Issues Lotter 'to Democratic Members | Ex. of Legislature—insurgents May Re- fuse to- Go- Into the Caucus. New York, March 26.—Willlam F. Sheehan wil E !Rfl'l'“‘rl OF THE ml. ‘G.BOW ERS WILL BE OF NO’AVAIL~ ‘NO IGEMX m mll”l !puk-r Doollm. Room .in Base- - ment Mlufl. of His Rh!\llnlthm— Fight f'r Minority Leader preparing_to march upon. Washington o1 | in force when the tariff question fs con- “Woen't Deviate One Hair’s Breadth.” ¥From hi; osition, that he who. and therefore that tie periy.and not he must release them thelr had reced: me hair’s Dreadth. Caucus Shall Be MADE AT BRISTOL.| Rerso Beer and Cider and Eleven Men Gath- ered in Police Dragnet. March 26.—Two liquo; e here todey, the fir:l ing to the local lookup Michael| by bringi; Ristork, the proprietor, and nine fre- uénters. and the second scooping im ;onvh Nescico. The latter's custom- e their escape. A quantity - of cider and bser was secured at_the two places. All those arrested were held for trial tomorrow. TOM A. JOHNSON SUFFERS ex-Mayeor Condition o clty.l-ud ing. 2 “Starch 36— s re 'In;; O.. ‘st of ‘Bis” exértions yesterday whem he sat up in an easy chair for hours, Tom L. Johnson, who suffered a relapse in his illiess ten dlyl ago, 1 ted be not tonight. celved many visitors todaq, but word from’ those who left the sickbed was not enco: LIFE OF SACRIFICE ENDS IN SUICIDE. Miss Alice H. Palmer, a Victim of Tuberculosis, Sheots Herself. New " York' Mareh 26.—Miss Alice H. Palmer, who contracted tuberculosis while devoting her energies as a settle- ment worker to the poor of the city, shot ‘and killed herself today at the home of her father, Walter Palme: Point Pleasant, N. J. She' asked the nurse fo get her a glass of water and during the attend- ant’s absence killed herself. How she procured the weapon is a mystery. OBITUARY. Prof. Henry Mitchell Whitney. New Haven, Conn., March 26.—Prof, Henry Mitchell Whitney, librarian of the Blackstone Memorial library at Branford, died suddenly today at the home of avcousin, Mrs. Willlam Dwight ‘Whitney, 227 Church street. Professor ‘Whitney came to New Haven Saurday on business and was taken ill wif acute indigestion while walking on th street. He was taken to the Nome of ils cousin, where he seemingly_recov- ered from his sudden illness, only to have a recurrence of the attack later in the day. His condition was so seri- ous that Mrs. Whitney was summoned and was with him when he died today from heart failure. He was the last of four brothers, of whom the other three were Prof. Wil- liam Dwight Whitney. the Yale philolo- Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney, the Harvard geologist, and James Lyman Whitney, for some years head of the Boston public library. Born in Northampton, Mass., in 1843, Professor ‘Whitney graduatad from Yale in 1864. After serving in the Civil war he attended Princeton and An- dover Theological seminaries and for 28 years he was professor of Engiish literature in Belott collsge, Beloit, Wis. Since 1899 he had been head of the Blackstone Memorial Nbrary in Bran- ford, Conn. He leaves a widow, three sons—Prof. Albert Wurts ‘Whitney and Josiah Dwight Whitney of New_ York and Dr. James Lyman Whitney 3¢ San Francisco—and & daughter, Mrs. Louis R. Moore, of Branford. Marcus D. Crain. St Louls March 26—dfarcus D. died today of apoplexy. He s in.teh employment of the telegraj Company ffty years. During the cf ctvfl war he was chief of the tel e e eah o e ety with Colonel R. Clowry, former president of the Western Union Telegraph com- pany. * Shooting .‘n” at Wallingford. Wallingford, Ce 2 ing a quarrel herg i den, 17 seriously woun an Ttaliah, 22 has lived in Wl.tlt'\lry and New Ha- ven, made his escape. Steamship Arrivals. Al - Napies: A RELAPSE} that Mflafi In thia & ithe perso: mcphnkn.wfihowbu y men, ru&- insurmu and then %o Totce tiom. to accept @ candidate who i3 close to the CHILD’S HEAD CUT OFF ; BY TROLLEY CAR. Horrible_Acidént on Main_Street in Bridgeport Yesterday. (2 Bridgeport, Conn., March 26.—ik Main street trofley oar late tod#y decapit tated two year old Filomena Saccone after the car fender liffed and allowed ‘her to roll ufider the wheels. The child stufibled as she was crossing the street in_front of the car and fel 'he fender_rolled 'her along for -a short distance and then:lifted and let the body- go under the wheel, which ran over her neck. car were arrested, but the understanding that they pear in court when wanted. RUMOR OF COLLAPSE OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE. O — Unfounded Report 'in’ Circulation Italy nnd Greece. ew York, March 36.—Customs om- 7o boarding the Cunard liner Saxonia, from Mediterranean ports, at quaran- tine today, were besieged by the pas- sengers with anxious inguiries con- cerning the collapse of the Brookiyn bridge and the consequent loss of 20,- 000" lives. The ‘passengers explained that such a report was current through Greece and Naples and that it caused mich gxcitement. nying up the harber the ap- pfi:nnen ot the bridge still standing red the pn-en"rs' fears. I'I'ATE TUINVEREIN N HAS 693 MEMBERS Waterbury Selected as Headguarte for the” Coming Year. New_Britain, Conn., March 26.—The state - Turnverein ' in ' convention here today selected. Waterbury as the loca- tion for itg. headquarters for the com- + year-and rners of, that city 1 elect) the. staté officers. 'The next o l'fll be ll:.h‘l in Hartford. 1 and Lahor days, ‘annual at will be held 1n Hock villa June. 17 ayd 18 The, s Feport showed 683 members, of. Which Bumber 105 were active, ~'There ‘are 230 in the boys' lasses. cl NUOUS TIME ~ FOUR BALLOONISTS Ran Afoul a Hurricans While Flying Across Nor!h Sea. March 26.—Feur s previous p bears no enntuctu-l Felation o those | 3 have supported fm “No.Use,” Says Underweod. . “While I have no -authority. to say that wool growers will not be given a ‘hearing,” lfld Mr. Underwood, that they ‘might jus © an assault upon Gibraltar as upon the house. We know now all the arguments that will be-ad against the revision of schedule K, 3 juestion about what tha 0 be seen.” l-nflmnt of Democratic Leaders. The comment made by Mr. Under- wood reflects the attitude of the entire majority of the ways and means com- mittae and the leaders in. the new jemocratic, house. Bassment Room for “Uncle Joe. ‘When democratic leaders heard that D the room in the basement Tormorty. sotupieq by Champ. Clark, ‘who is to be speaker. ¢ Near lcebex,” Says ex-Speaker. le ~ Jo n “Why, it_is right up against the icebox, and I'd have riieumatice in all my joints in less than a week.” Room on-Main Floor for ain floor-convenient to the chamber. May Net Be Minority Leader. - ‘This actien was intended as 4. 'cour- orly. Ciiinon Not-Anxisus to Lead. " ‘Mr. Canuon fias tiu a x:umb«r of !u- he will be a candidate. the event he should not be elected, it is likely that the contest will be between Mann of Tllinois. and Weeks of Massachu- setts. Both would be sure of large followings should they become rival candidates. PORTSMOUTH MARINE PUMMELLED TO DEATH Man Who Left Navy Yard With Him Under Detention. Portsmouth, N. H., March 26.—The body of Private Louis A. Rasmussen, 28, of Superior Wis., a marine attach- ed to the prison ship Southery at the Portsmouth navy yard, was found to day_in the Kittery baseball e with the face and head badly battered by some blunt instrument. ‘While it was said here today that the, mavy yord officials have placed under detention a man who left the navy yard with Private Rasmussen on twenty-four houry’ liberty at 1 p. m., yesterday, it was impossible to make any official $tatement on the matter. It was learned, however, that the officials believe more than one person to have been concerned in Rasmuasen’s death. Lying near.the body was found a ‘woman's necklace. =This has been re- garded as a likely clue to the prabable cause of the murder, end the investi- gation thus far has’ been devozgfi o finding the girl or woman Wwho oWned the trinket. WASHINGTON HAS A SUIT CASE MYSTERY Receptacle Contained Limbs of White Human Being. ‘Washington, March 26.-—A suit case containing the two lower limbs of a human -body was found today on the Virginia shore of the Potomac river, about fifteen miles from this city. The discovery was: made by Frank B, La- ney .of the United States geological survey, while strolling along the river bank. The suit case had been par- tially concealed among bushes. An investigation by the Fairfax county authoritfes thus har has-re- vealed no clue. The limbs Were those of a white person. SISTERS DROW},ED WHILE GATHERING PUSSY WILLOWS. Two_Little Woburn Girls Venture on Thin loe, With Tragic Result. ‘Woburn, - Mass, March ' 26.—Their hands grasping wprays of puse. wil- ws, which they had ventured on thin ice to gather the bodies of Francisand Grace Weberg, aged 4 and 6 years, re- spectively, were found today in Cum- mings d. pon: The mother, Mrs. “Anton Webers, lives in North Woburn, near the pond. Big Brush Fire at Windsor. ‘Windsor, Conn., March 26.—Fire this aft umed over several acres of valuable :timber land. on Cook's Hill, together with several acres of b land;" a total of between 25 and ‘30 ‘acres_being destroyed before the .fire was gotten under control by the local fire depaxtment. The loss. han-not heen ce efllm‘ted 59 March ‘26, ‘Franconia;| : Fiine Natiofial Red Cross would collest | 1 ‘funds tor «Catfl. Raisers Duel to D‘nh. ¥ M. . mmym . m LT p of some o ‘Rockri ".lWG“m‘ hoflrd “nflm boys, nen?zm ."lbfll‘nfifl s;tur_d-v The Grand Jur{ of Floyd l‘.umtz Kentueky, which .’ n; vote selling, has ot uo n- dictments. Tfic lerkmnnt Otmflllltory com- pensation law, passed last year, was declared unconstitutional by the 'court of appeals. W n_the Hdl Gah lrldlo. in which tha Pennsylvi d New Ha- ven reads are joint pnrtnm, has been commenced. Ambassador D. J. Hill, to Germany, had ‘a conferénce with Acting Secre- tary of State Wilson on the potash controversy. yl zfllubmm The Premi immigrant - traffic s. sl to the United Stl The Chly'hbout the Ja a secret cable between ‘Guam Japan is an old one circulated in Philippines a year ago. Secretary of the Tunub Macs Veagh has invited 34 American archi- tects to compete in furnishing plans for the new $800,000 postoffice at New | iplomatic_corps wix Dr. Lee of the Ui just returned from presses the opinion-that Diaz request- ;g l;tuxdem. Taft to send troops to the rder. rorsity of Texai exico ' City, ox‘: 'I"u Anmul Dinner of the New York alumni assoclation of Johins Hopkins university was held in the Phi Gam- ma Delta club, thet city Mits Grace Baucom and Miss Wilma Davis were burned to death in a fire ‘which destroyed the residence nf E. L. Baucom at Olive Brapch, N. - President Taft Has Accepted the in- vitation to make the principal addresy before the Church -congress on Ap: 35, A i opens. iin 391 asmim] meeting in Washington. \ The Railroads of the Country in the future will not be permitted to give one shipper, as against another ship- per, any preference in the matter’ of Tatés n interstate shipments. Wilbur Wright Was a Witnase in French court in the suit of French owners of the Wright brothers’ ‘seroplane patents against Farman, lot and others for lntrh\.emanu. Judge R M. Landie, of the United Statey’ district court at Chicago, re- ceived a letter signed “Black' Hand.” It threatened his life uhless. he re- leased ;a man appearing for trial in court, ' All Records for nl.xy Excavaf in the central division of the Panama canal were broken on Saturday, March 11, On that day the amount of ma- terial excavated in that division was 80,341 cubic y: Miss Helen Taft, daughter of Pres- ident Taft, has written her accept- ance of \an honovary membership in the Helen club of {Northwestern uni- versity. The club is composed ex- clusively of young women named Hel- en. Dramas Like '“The Passing of the Third Floor. Back” “The Servant the House,” and “The Passion Play, would_be barred from the’ stage of New York state by the passage of a " bill introduced at Albany. The bill prohibits the impersonation ~of the Deity. RELIEVED CHINESE PRINCE OF TOOTHACHE Philadelphia Dgntist Has :New Had Decoration Conferred Upon Him. Phua.dellfiflfl. Much 25 —Prince Tsai Suun, uncle of the Chinese smperor, o Tar tocitanhe: wills Be et hatd last September, and went to Dr. E. Druitt_Crawford, who stopped the im- perial pain. Dr. Crawford has now Teceived word, .through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco,-that Tsai Suun has conferred a decorationegn him. STRENGTH OF BRITISH ARMY. Annual’ Report Shows 733,782 of ‘All Ranks Under Arms. London, March 26.—The British ar- my on October 1 last consisted of 733, 782 of all ranks. This total, accord- ing to the general annual report just issued as a war office bjue book, is made up as follows: Regular army (British) Regular army (Indian) ... Staff, ete. < Army reserve . Bpecial reserve Territorials Territorial permanent, staft . Territorial, Teserve Militia Teserv Channel islands, Maita and Ber- muda_militia Bermuda: volunieers . Totals TWENTY FAIR LASSIES FROM LAND-O’-CAKES Arrived Yestorday to Wed “Braw Lads” Who Came en in Adv-n“e. Scotchmen who- came to this country at various times §o, better their - for- tunes and, succeeding, sent for their ‘brides-to-be. 7 Blizzard in lowa and Nebrasks. | | Omaha, Neb,, March 26. mor, i a ook o AT weskhor: % o enuflnlonl prwafled’ lonilht ln ‘Irl."- ks a and_western wina. mvmmt dm-hc lier hours, " New York, Mareh increase of Aufiq{n the tdie cars in This Somntry frgut 3 W00 || numerous letters urging him.to 'Discordant Note- Comeo From Revoluntionary However—Declare New Cabiret is Unbiqfllf . forms—Father and Brother of Madero Leave ‘ ington to Join Revolutionary Leader. Washington, March 26.—With the de- Pparture, for Mexico City tonight of| Francisco Leon De La Barra the Mex- 4cgn ambassador to the Unflefl States, -wiho vesterday- was appointed minister of foreign affairs in the new cabinet of President Diaz, Washington believes the initial stage of an era of peace in Mexico has begun. * Taft and Knox See Peace. President Taft and Secretary of State Knox, as well as the members of the have - evinced knen interest on behalf of their coun- és in the’ developments of the Mex- un lituallun,‘ it is known, share this ‘beller, Many"messagos of congratula. today from persons. in various s of the world to Senor De La Bar- ra ‘express this sentiment De La Barra’s Son Critically Ill. Diplomats and high officials of the -government came in-a steady stream today to bid farewell to the new min- ister, but a pathetic sidelight of the ddy was the fact that Senor De La Barra was reguired to remain in al- most. constant attendance by the bed- side of his 13 year old son, Francisco, who lay critically ill. De La Barra’s Mission cant. Minister De La Barrashxlmon to Mexico, in the face of present condi- tions in that country, is regarded here as the most significant occurrence in the Mexican situation since Senor Li- r, minister of finance, conferred New'_York with Francisco Madero, Sr., and Gustavo A. Modero, father and ‘brother, respectévely, of the revolution- ist leader. It turned out today that though Senor Do La Batra was in New York with Senor Limantour, he re- ifrained from panticipution in the peace cés, but was fully acquainted With what’ passed at thoss. confer- ves Leave to. Joir Him. ences. Mades Rel Coincident with the departure of Ministor e Ta, Barra came the mews from-a/ trustworthy source that Fran cisco Madero, Sr., and Gustayo Made #0, who passed through here last night DOCTOR ACCUSED OF = HAVING THREE WIVES Fainted at Polics Station When Con- fronted by Most Recent One. Baltimore, Md., March 26—Dr. A, Pleasant Bush, 30 years old, fainted in a police ‘station here today, when his bride of a month, Mrs. Lillian Ak- ers Bush, of this city, charged him with having three wives living, only one of whom had been divorced, and with being engaged to Lkinr & oty Bush's statement to the magistrate, she was deserted fifteen days after her marriage and coincident with her husband's, depart- ure for Washington most of the wed- ding presents and the wedding ring disappeared. hen he revived Dr. Bush denied the charges, but said that he was a widower when he married Miss Akers. In default of bail e was committed to jail for a court trial. Dr. Bush js alleged to have deserted a wife in_Steubenville, Ohio, and an- other in Huntington, W. Va. TERRYVILLE LAD LOSES LIFE AT RESERVO‘R: Also Had Narrow Escape by Ven- turing on Thin lce. Terryville, Conn, March, 26—Six year old Silas Brennan was drowned today in’ the Eagle Lock company’s reservoir, and Annie Duke, six years old, would have suffered a similar fate but for her five year old brother, Har- ry, who pulled her out of the water. Ther3 was a thin coating of ice on the reservoir and the Brennan boy and the little Duke girl attempted to walk on it The boy was about 25 feet from shore when he broke through and went to_the boitom. The little girl was nearer shore when the ice broke' nd was pulled out by her brother. Brénnan's body was recovered to- night. PEACE CONGRESS AT ROME. Provisional Programme Prepared by | Permanent Peace Bureau. Boston, March 26. — Annesncement that the permanent international peace bureau located at Berne, Switzerland, had issued a prowisional programme for the nineteenth universal peaca con- gress, which will be held at Rome Oct, 20’ next, was made at the office of world's peace foundation here to- e provisional order of the day will be decided upon by the executive com= mittee of the permanent bureau at Its regular session next M MAGAZINES TO GO AS FAST FREIGHT Postoffice Department to Make: Change for - Economy’s Sake. Washington. March 26.—Magazines and other bulky' periodicals after July next will be transported by the posts | office department in carloads as tut t. Postmaster General Hifchcock 1Is developing as rapidly as possible plans -which he decided uvon last. De- cember to: utilize fast freight in the transportation of magazines when practicable, and in instances where a. amviagto; the government in trans- nfim eharges may be effected. ENCOURAGING LETTEK. # FOR ABBATEMAGGIO vitors- Urge Him to Continye Expas: ure of Carmot 8. iterbo. March 76— Abbatem €amorrist informer iwho ‘ex) _workings of the terrorists.on stand on Friday, Das received $o; e als: revelations n: th § nnm-m? l'tller-u b en route to San Antonio, Texas, really on the way t M" the den of the dl,:filv ment in his stronghol As these two men GIM 1y with Senor Limamntour lll m Fe the prospects. ct peace, and tius Delloved to be fully cosnizant of extent the government jntends io in_its proposed, policy of belleved that they will piay am ant part in the negotiations ¢ to_restore_tranqualiity in the Prolp.fll of Peace Bright. From a person in the I n e from the leaders of the rev party, it was leapned tonight nu prospect of peace is so bright that paramount question now is to upon the mode of the negotiationss - . - Junta Says War Will Continue. El Paso, Tex., March 26.—On tons from Francisco I, Madero, given out today that th Eresident Didss new Jsmc girded as entively wnteiondiy 1o the forms for which the insurrection is ing waged, and as a conssquence we;r lp'wlab[lgyd will contlnuc. 't is poin out that a |l iy 2o 8 activity in the reform A rather pessimistic view i Dby the junta, although hope for auguration of great reforms, ' the removal of governors of states and the division of land ings, has.not been entirsly aband . _No News from Federal Cavalry. Del Rio, Tex., March 27.—The of cavalry sent from Las Vacas, ico, yesterday morning to San P whero revolutionists were said to e making a threutening has not been heard from, as wires have been cut. For unusual activity has been noted the Mexicay federal soldiers' at Vacus. Apprehensive of an they have Kept sentinels on the fortifications surrounding the racks. BLACK DOLL BABIES FOR NEGRO CHILDRER Colored Pastor Urges Urges Reform in Southern Nurseries. New York, March 26—Members of the Collegiate Baptist Ghm!.l a resolution today lnvl er T. Washington to from the pulpit and mmmnc i s representative_audience, Dr.. Oscar Haywood, the praised the negro educator, but added: “One thing has Dr. Wi ington neglected, ona thing he must speedily do, and’ that I3 to make the negro understand he must have & Fa= cial art, » “In_the negro homes of nu are pictures of white women, and. ored children play with white bables,” he sald. “Let thers be black doll bables and train the f colored mother not o despise black child.” CHINA WILL ACCEDE TO RUSSIA'S DEMANDS Only Course Left Open to Hen, as She Ia Unprepared for War. i - Peking, March 26.~China is not pared to antagonize Russia Iy, and as a resuit of prolonged ferences the Chinese foreign today assured the Russian minister, M. Korostovetz, that China will ae~ quiesce unreservedly on )(and-y to the demands made in the Russian ul um concerning the provisions of Russja insisted upon an answes Bee fore Tuesday. It is generally considered that was no alternative course, in view China's uiter ~unpreparedness for' war. Intense interest is being mani- fested in the attitude of Japan, 18 obviously holding _entirejy though more powerful tham ever . Pekin, FURIOUS GALE IN- ENGLISH CHANNEL, Telephone and Telegraph Wires*Dewn Between London and Kentish Coast. London, March 26.—A furlous gale has been blowing for tha last 43 hours in tho English channel. with enotw= squalls. t has complétely di e mail Servics and caubéd 5 NumBOE of minor casualties, The steamer Finland, which arrived at Dover Sgiurddy evéning, was wme abla to proceed to Southamapton umtit 10 o’clock this morning. \uv)y all the telophone and telegrapii lines hetweer London and the Kentish coast ng. been blown down. T'he Spanish steamer Seticmbre, Porman, Spain, is on the rocksy Sicily. CHILD KILLED BY MILLIONAIRE’S Am Little One Passed Away After Being Removed to Her Home. Middletown, N. Y., March 26.-=] Goslet of the millioriaire tamily af ‘ name, driving through Chest automobilo today with a chaufleurs down little Marle Potter, who in front of the machine. As the little girl, who was only ltfi ears of age, was breathing. her last, r. Gqelét lifted her into the- ‘mobile and rushed her to home, where she died. the testimony of eyewitnesses the oner exonerated Mr. Goelet and motored away toward New York, Man Mangled at New Milford. New Milford, Conns, March fed i tracks here early tere. nothi; the it leud to dentineation i nen B TS W"‘A‘%" Y L i =