Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 4, 1911, Page 1

et tration wil " ernment Can Now Make Another Attempt to En- join the Lehigh Valley from Moving Its Own Coal. : e } l’.’«muuo.. reconsideration of foda¥ took the “lower court erred in the government to n. He re- “an_absolute ." He said, how- Scasitnsd by s missonception of the a onception of the character of the action of this court O e o 1he mandate” Gecision wag summed up by the Justice In wor “Chisf Justice’s Summing Up. “I¢ must be held that while the right raliroad company as a stock- o use its stock ownership for of a bona fide separate tion of the rs of a cor- in which it has a stock’ in- may mot be denied, the use of ‘atock ownership in = substances the purpose of destroying the en- ueing _corporation and ite aftairs in adminis- affairs of the raflroad company 0 as to make the two cor- ly one, brings - the company so voluntarily acting ete., corporation - the prohibition of the commod.- Sties clause. ¢ Cannet Abuse Its ¢8tock Power. ° In. other words, that by “operation of the clause, & stock’ interest, o w be lated by the un- €0~} g of the affairs the producing company with ewn 50 as to cause them to be inseparable.” Amend Lehigh Valley Petiiton. As & result of the decisions, the not to g.m Sat ik 1ha. ool 3 h-:mroimu-- an‘l"y vflh mi its RATE REGULATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Opecial Legislative Committes - Intro- duces a Sweeping Bill. Concord; N. H., ‘April 3.—The Boston and Maine raflroad may continue its Nt passenger and freight rates in lew Hampshire until July 1, 191 subject to change by order of the pub- le service commdission; but if the rates, after investigation, as found un- reasonable, another person may sue for and recover any excess over such maximum paid by hin, according to recommendations i the long expected Teport of the special house committee on railread rates, to the legislature to- "g‘.‘mmnm Jias been investigar- ing. alleged ng ot ana Tt In ihis ‘stute by {ho 1 Maine railroad in excess of the Wy statute, and oy ail fi . _except AEYTER MAILED 73 YEARS AGO JUST DELIVERED. its means o h ‘s cl#r she has tried to gef, 40, in the past. | EMIEAGG POLICE OFFICER % N LABOR FIGHT. Factions Start Trouble Which Culmi- p e April 8—Patrolman J. J. ‘was shot probably fatally e attempting to ‘dnion lubor fac- naw office huild- er. A ucore the police lower court will now aliow: the .gov- ernment to amend its petition in the Lehigh Valley railroad case, A dif- aituation arises in to the rie the Central of New Jersey’ and the Pemngylvania. In these cases the government did not ask for leave to :&.gnd, wn-merinxutm ‘Lehigh v\u{.vdd t'n ‘test case, The government ask the court to dismiss the Cen- tral /and - Pennsylvania cases without prejudice, but this>was refused and ‘the ¢ it court dismissed the-cases. Dismiissal of Three Cased Approved. This" dismissal -was Today -x;mvoa Ly the supreme court. Ordinarily this weuld preclude the-government bring- ing new suits against these railroads. Government officials tonight express- ed doubt as to whether further pro- ceedings could be taken against the Erie, Central and Pennsylvania, but an investigation will be made with'a view to reflewing the action against them, if possible. . The Commaedities Clause. The “commodities” clause made it unlawful for & railroad to transport in interstate commerce any commod- fi produced by it, or in which it ight own or have any interest, with certain exceptions. The government sought 10 reach under the law a num- ber of raflroads carrying anthracite coal from Pennsylvania. - Denounced as Unconstitutional. The circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania denounced the law. as unconstitutional. - The supreme colirt of the United States reversed the low- er court, holding the Jaw constitutio: al as censtrued, The cases were re- manded for further proceedings. Mere Devices to Evade the Law.' The . gavernment then took . the po- tion that the supreme court had de- ided ‘merely that ownership by stock in a coal company was not such an interest In coal as was prohibited by the law. fore it sought to amend fts original petition for injunction so g to ‘allege that the coal companies Wi devices of the railroads to " law and that the railroads le interest im ‘Refused Pérmission to Amend. ‘The lower t refused permission to_amend likewise, refused a re- quest to o suits' against the Efle Rallroad company, the Central Railrgad company of New. Jersey and the Pemnsylvanis Railroad company ‘without les, 80 that new suits could be instituted against the com- panies. From these rulings the gov- ernment appealed to ‘the supreme court. OKLAHOMA "MUST PADDLE IT8 OWN CANOE N il Federal Gevernment Will Not Enforce Laws For New State. ‘Washington, April 3.—The burden of statehood was brought home to the state. of Okishoma today when the supreme court of the United States in substance told the state that it was to look hereafter to-its own law for the regulation of the liquor traffic and freight rates and not to.the federal government, The state about a year ago filed an original petitfon in the supreme court asking it to enjoin the railroads en- tering. the old Indian territory from carrying IIM into that secttion of the state. request was based on the requirement that the state of Ok- lahoma pfovides in its constitution that liquof shUuld not be sold there. The supreme court sald today that the state should go info the state court to the railroads under thie stite 18w, if it desired. RAILWAY MAIL CLERK ‘ PROPPED FROM SERVICE. 8 to Be Penalty fer His Political Activity. Boston, April 3.—By the.direction ot Postmaster General Hitcheook,the local postofice_authorities have ~dropped Charles H. Quackenbush, a railway iclork Hving in Stamford, Conn., and a candidate for president of the first di- vision of the Rallway Mail association, from tho government roils. The re- tirement _of enbush from the vernment iée “will not prevent is _contiiuing o camdidate against A. C. Waitor kenbush was appoint- €d to the raflway mail service in 1895 and has served between this city and New York. s Rallway miail clerks in this city were conmiderably surprived today at the Wropping of Quackenbush, and some ot fhem ascribed it to his political activ- B VALUABLE DOCUMENT FOUND IN ALBANY FIRE RUINS Governor's Letter of 1760 Was Only Partially Burned. Albuny, N. Y. April 3.—State His- torian Paltsits reeovered today a val- uable document in the lbrary ruins It the appeal, by Gov. Thomas Pownall of chusetts, to New York's governor, asking a con- tribution for the relief of the. sufferers the Boston fire of 1760, message s partly burned, but portions of many pages ave legibie. Baren Josegh Theeders ' Peter. von Caneliton, Ind., April 8.—Baro; el , n_ Jo- seph fore Fater von Niemczyk of the Anfia-wn smebility, who has been u resi ot this county for forty vears, dléd here toda; 'mn-.uf S m@-“ Al E?.f proaced with - dfinmnflifi: w"w‘-‘n %".z‘.fl«m tor M , April 3.—The constitution- ‘Teslinke, won in the bye-election for the seat in the duma made vacant by the retirement of Feodor A. Golevine, a constitutional-democrat, and former president of that body. X Alx-La-Chapelle, Rhenishi Prussia, April 3.—The aviator Lescartes and paséenger, who left , Hasselt, -Belgium, in an aeroplane on . has land- ed here. The, aviators crossed three frontiers, the Belgian, Dutch and Ger- man, in a single fight, although the distance traversed was only 44 miles. London, April 3.—Manuel de Ma- cona E. Inclan, who retires from the post of Mexican - financial agent at London to succeed Francisco L. de la Barra as Mexican ambassador at ‘Washington, is a- passenger - on the steamer : Caronia, which - sailed yes- t;rd,:y from Queenstown for New ‘or] Haiti, April 3.—The lawyers of the twenty-two men con- demned to death for political offenses have been led to hope that execufive clemency will be exercised. Replying to an appeal made by them, President Simon states that he will-await the Téceipt of ‘the papers embodying the decisfon'of the military tribunal be- fore definitely concluding to interfere. CLAIMS TO BE WIDOW OF GENERAL ECKERT. Gray Haired Lady Says He Married Her for Protection. New York, April 3.—A gray haired woman of 68 years appeared today un- der subpoena. before Surrogate .Coha— lan and asserted sho was the widow of General Thomas E. Eckert, who was one time president of the Western Union Telegraph company. For pos- session of General Eckert's 33,000,600 estate two sons have been contesting since hi5 death last November. Witness was married to General Eck= ert, she declared, in the fall of 1908, and had the marriage certificate with 4 deed giver her by General Eckert to his houss in East Eighty-sixth street, “in a safe place in Washington, D. C.* She said she was prepared to produce the documents on ‘short notice. She was siven until Thursdsy 5 do = n the day alloged marriage to General Eckert she iunched with the general, she said, at a New York Hotel. - General Eckert told her, sshe testifid, that “they were persecuting him and threatening to put him in an asylum and that some woman wanted to marry him.” He appealed to her for tection, she added, and they took a ong automobile ride—she did ot know erminating in g house where a man performed a.marriage ceremony and gave her-a_certificate. She Tunched with Gencral B sev. eral days thereafter, although she nev- er lived with hiim, sho said, and-on one occasion heigavo her a deed- to the SHOT -IN BATTL y WITH POLICE OFFICER Deckhand of rested for Disorderly Conduct. Fighkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., April 3.— In a desperate battle between Officer Theodore Moith of this village and an unknown man on the edge of the Hud- son river pler tonight the officer shot his assailant in the abdomen. The man was. taken to the Highland hos- Eml. where it was said he could not ve. The man was employed as a deck- hand on the steamer Homer sdell and was put off_the steamer wHen she landed here on her way to New York. After the boat left the officer appeared and had placed him under arrest for dsorderly conduct. The prisoner fought the officer, foreing him to the end of the pier. - The officer fired once in the air, but the assailant continued the fight until & secong shot dropped him upon the wharf. - SHERIFFS FIRED UPON BY MEN IN'AMBUSH. Had Adrested Two Brothers on Charge of “Retailing.” Asheville, N. C., April 3—Deputy steriffs who had in their custody Na- than and, Miller Gunter, brothers, and were on ftheir way to place them in jail at the county seaat on a charge of “retalling,” were fired upon by two brothers of the accused men late last night and were forced to liberate thelr prisoners Riley and lish« Gunter, who are ibelieved to have done the shooting, lay in ambush in a_dense patoh of wood- land and emptied several loads of iuckshot on the deputies, but inflicted no serious wounds. Al four Gunters tonight are thought to be in the vicin- ity of Newport, Tenn., just over the iboundary line. A posse and bloodhounds are in pur- sult. There are nine brothers. in the Gunter family, and a pitched battle is expected. ¢ OLD COINS WASHED T ASHORE. BY HIGH TIDE Ancient Relics Cast up by Sea on En- glish Coast. London, April 3.—The extraordinari- Iy high tide along the Suffolk coast foday washed up hundreds of gold, silver, and bronze coins of early Sax- on times in the neighborhood of Alde- burgh. Large quantities of antique bropze rings and ornaments, supposed to be relics of the submerged city of Dunwich, also were cast up by the sea. FORMER CLERGYMAN JAILED FOR BIGAMY. Third Wife Was a Pretty Organist at a Cape Haitien, TO-BE-'REPUBLICAN LEADER .IN | THE NATIONAL HOUSE. : < : NOMINATED . BY “UNCLE JOE" ‘A Dezen Insurgents Missing from Last Night's Caucus—A Lively Controver- _Over Selecting .Committees, Washiagton, April 3—Representa~ tive R. Mann of Hlinois was una; candidate for speaker. publicans in the house of representa- tives.at the caucus held in the house chamber tonight. His name was pro- posed to the caucus by ex-Speaker Jo- seph ‘G. Clu)r;m, and he ed the regulars and thosé in- ‘who were present. endorsement means that he will receive the .republican vote in the house “tomorrow, when a speaker is. elected, and that ‘he will. become the active head of the minority party in thie house in the next congress. _Dozen Insurgents Missing. More than a dozen_insurgents were Mot at tonight's. caucus. ~Many of thogse who are opposed to Mr. Mann did not atténd the caucus tonight. There wus no copcerted act- ion, however, _toward _disagreement with the general party programme. Split en Commites Appointments. ‘The - caucus ‘procéedings were har- monious on all points except the meth- od ‘of selecting the minority members of the atanding - committee of the house. On_ this question there was a clean cut difference of opinion between those who advocated- the appointment of the committees-by Mr. Mann and those>who wanted to follow the demo- "l'?:adabne over. the committee mat- tér fasted two hours and a. half. There Were:many besides the insurgents who | wére for a committee on committees. | “ Dwight Again the “Whip.” The. caucus selected Mr. Currier of New hire . as permanent chair- man Mr. Kendall of Towa, an in- surgent, as secretary. Mr. Dwight of New York was again nominated for republican “whip” in the house, though he announced in the last congress that he would not again be a candidate for the_position. ° The caucus finally voted to give Mr. Mamn authority to name the republi- can members of the standing commit- tees. > Two_ Attended Neither Caucus. Kansas City, Mo., April 3—Eugene Housemann, alias Hansmann, formerly a Methodist Episcopal _clergyman, Pleaded guilty today to bigamy and was sentenced to three years in prison. Housemann'’s first wife, who lives in Dixon, Mo., divorted him. Then he married’ wife No, 2. A few days later he ‘met a pretty organist in a local mission and twenty days later they were married. Steamehlp Arrivale. At New York: April 2, Noordan, from Rotterdam. 5 At Glasgow: April 2, Columbia, from New York. i 1.3, C P Two members of the house have the gnigus Alstiuotien of -kaving taken part in-neither the republican or dem- oératic caucuses. -One is Mr. Berger of Milwaukee, socialigt, and the - other irre in PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ELECTION FRAUDS. Watchers and Police in Every Chicago Precinct Taday. Chicago, April 3.—Extraordinary precautions will be taken: to prevent fraud tomarrow- at the municipal elec- tion at which a mayor will be chose; Charges-of fraudulent registration, es- pecially in the downtown wards, today, T in the issuance of speclal or- '{ ders: by the . election boards and the police .department to safeguard the polling places and to make arrests where suspieions of repeating ars aroused. Chief of Police Steward ordered ev- ery policeman to report for duty to- morrow. He. assigried one policaman to “each of the 12324 precincts. The election committee - tonight appointed 200 special officers to be detailed in the - downtown wards. .Each of the leading candidates, Carter H. Harrison, democrat, and Charles E, Merriam, re- publican, has arranged for watchers in each precinct. In support of Professor Merriam, re- publican candidate, most. of the ‘stu- dents of the University of Chicago will spend the day either at poiling places or aiding to get out a large vote. GOVERNMENT WEAK IN ALASKAN FRAUDS CASE. Believed- That* Prosscution. Will Have ; te Bo Dropped. Seattle, April 3.—The government today lost its first battle in the effort to punish the alleged fraudulent loca- tors of Alaska coal lands, Judge Cor- neltus H. Hanford in the United States court overruling the motion to instruct the jury to acquit Charles F. Munday, E. E. Sfegley and Archle Shiels, but he sustained all the vitzl points contend- ed for by the defendants. The ground .on-which the court re- fused tg grant the motion to acquit was not-raised by counsel for either side inthe suit, but by the judge him- self. It leaves the’government 5o lit- tle Toom to stand® on that it is said to be almost assured that the prosecution will be dropped. The lafhds in question are the Eng- lish, or Sir Edward Stracey group, They_ure said to be richer even than the Cunningham claims. Estimates of their value range from one hundred million dollars to a.much larger sum: The defendants were indicted at Ta. coma last fall, charged with conspira= ©y. to defraud the government. VICTORY FOR WOMEN IN SUPREME COURT | Wife Has_Veice in Disposal of Prop- > erty if She Has Community Right. a_victory today in the supreme, court of ‘the ‘United States when that tri- bunal decided that her right in com- munity property. recognized under the civil law in fote in the southwestern states, was something more “than u right that began when it ended.” The court -held-'in a -guit over the title to a tract of land’in Dona Ana county, N. M, that Adolph Lea.did not have the Mexico “statute, modifying the civil law, to convey his land to another com without his wife joining in the trans- fer. i = Denman Thempson May Recever. . TWO BADLY INJURED IN COLLI : ION AT STONINGTON. AUTO SMASHED TO PIECES . '&-pg. John Kennedy of Mystic Woolen Company and Mrs. Addie Hoimes of Old Mystic Sustain Painful Injuries. Stonington, Conn., April 3.—As a re- sult of a colilsion between an automo- bile and a trolley car here tomight, ol ; 1 leader of the re- | John Kennedy, superintendent of the | Reccodomne, at Mystic Woolen company. of Old Mystic, is seriously and perhaps-internally in- jured and Mrs. Addie Holmes, also of Old Mystic, has a broken nose and slight bruises. g . Other Occupants Escaped. The_other occupants of “the car, Mrs. Holmes' two ‘sons, William and Clifford, escaped injury. Returning from Hope Valley. The party was going from Hope Valley, where some of the company’s mills are located, to Old Mystic. Turned Onto Trolley Tracks. In passing through here Willlam Holmes, who was driving, turned onto the troliey tracks to pass an oncoming automobile and before he could get into the roadway again ran into a trol- ley car head- Auto Overturned and Smashed. The automobile was overturned and smashed to pieces and the occupants thrown out. The trolley car was slightly damaged. Removed to Their Homes. Mrs, Holmes and Mr. Kennedy were attended by local physicians and then removed to their homes in Old Mystic. BOY MURDERER ‘DIES 2 IN- MAINE PRISON Sentenced for Life, He ‘Lived but Three' and One-Half Y Thomaston, Me, April 3. —Death brought to an early end today the life sentence which- 18-year-old Sidney Kennison Preble was serving in the statey prison ‘here for the murder of his chum, Norris W, Heath, at Bow- doinham, ‘in 1907. - Young Preble was’ but 15 years old, and weighed only 80 pounds, when committed to' prison on ‘September €, 190% His health failed during his imprisonment, and several weeks ago he became so ill that he was removéd to the prison hospital. It wag fear of a. bigger boy, Heath being 18 years old, that led young Preble, then 15 years old, and small for his age, to commit the crime, ac- cording fo the lad’s. confession. - “Be- cause I kicked- Norris dog he said be'd kill me. He was bigger than me, so I had to kil Bim,” was the sub- ce of the boy's statement. % ble,‘after:-shooting Heath with a gun, concealed the body in a swamp ‘where, covered with pine boughs, it was found by the victim's father. Pre- ble was accused of the, crime and. con- fessed, “SINBAD THE SAILOR" RETURNS TO PRISON. Out on Parole, He Fearsd He ‘Might Beo Led Into Temptation. Stillwater, Minn., April 3.—“Sinbad the Sailor,” whose real name s Charles Price and who has been out of the Stillwater state prison since Aug. 1, 1910, on parole, has voluntarily return- ed to prison. ' He was sent to,prison in 1898, hav- ing been convicted of murder in the second degree. ‘When he arrived here®a few days ago on ome of his regular visits he told the officers that he was afraid temptation would be too great for him and that he did not want to violate the conditions of his parole. the years he was in the prison. he worked in the greenhouse and developed great skill in producing freak plants, and grew mammoth lem- ons by grafting grape fruit on-lemon trees. One lemon ' measured 19 1-2 inches in circumference. OLD WEBSTER CLAIM TO BE ARBITRATED. Millions of Acres in New Zealand In- volved the Case. Vancouver, B. C., March 3.—Great Britain and’ the United States have asTeed to anbitrate the Webster claim, involving ownership of millions of acres of land in New Zealand. This was annouhced by Dr. J. G. Eindlay, attorney general of New Zealand, who, with Sir Joseph ‘Ward, premier of the commonwealth, arrived today from the Antipodes, en Toute to London. The personnel of the board has not been settled. The claimants are descendants ot Captain J. Webster, a New Bedford, Mass., whaler, who worked in the South Seas in'the early thirties, mak- ing his headguarters in New Zealand before Great Britain established a gov- ernment in the islands. HARVARD WINS IN THE INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE. Yale Has Second Place and Princeton Bings Up Rear. Cambridge, Mass., April 3.—Harvard won a three-cornered debate from Yale and Princeton tonight on the question, “Resolved, That all elective state offi- cers should be nominated by direct pri~ maries.” Harvard defeated Yale at Cambridge, having the negative side of the argu- ment, and,. upholding the affirmative, defeated Princeton at Princeton. Yale won from Princeton at New Haven, speaking on the negative side. DOGS DON'T BARK AFTER DARK AT MONTCLAIR, N. J. Argument Presented for Holding New- arlc Episcopal Conference There, Neéwark, N, J., April 3.—Montclair, place of the Newark Episcopal confer- ence today, upon the recommendation of the ‘Rev.. H. ¥. Randolph of the First church of Montclair. He sald the town was one in ‘which e b i More Dutoh Farers Atriva, 5 This ‘Washington, April 3.—Woman won Kiv:s Yale second place and Pflncotonf Four Thousand ' Ci Louls went on & strike in wages. The Postaffice Inspectors have a hand in the ¢rusade a: Hand operators. Ao The Transatimntic Liner Camillo was, six hours “ih ice floes off the New- foundland Ks. St. James’ Catholic Church of San neisco was destroyed by fire, caus- ing a loss of $100,000. 5 The Cathedral.of 8t. John the Divine, New York, will be thrown open for public worship April 19. The” Hotel Jefferson, formerly the) Coney ~Island, was! partly destroyed by, fire. Rev. Dr. Hastings; former president of Union Theological seminary, died £ New York at the age of 84. The Interstate Comnierce Commission decided ‘that- steam and electric road must exchange interstate trafic. Three Bombs Were Thrown at the homes of button workers in Muscatine, | Ta, who took the places of strikers. The Tobacco Shed of Winthrop Ham- ‘ilton in Wapping, Conn., was destroyed ?Zo Jlre vesterday, causing-a loss of Two French Officers and 12 ' Men wore killed and others wounded in a fight with ‘the natives in - French Guinea. ke A Son Has Besn Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsay, the latter being the daughter of the late B. H. Harriman. A Conference Was Held by Ambas- sador Bryce with Counsellor Anderson of the state department on the arbi- tration treaty. g The New Tariff Law of.ths Nether- lands, just introduced by the govern- ment in parliament, is moderately pro- tective in charactes John R. Wilson, Brother of Gover- nor Wilson of New Jersey. has ‘suc- ceeded M. H. Morgan as city editor of the Nashville Banner. _Prof. Frederick Law Olmstead of Harvard, the landscape _artist. Miss Sarah H. Sharples, Radcliffe, '95, were married fast Thursday. Thieves Cauaht at Work in Newark, N. J.. ovened fire on the police. wound- ing Policeman William -McGee and riddling an automobile with shot. Rov. R. K. Atkinson, Pasfor of a Davenport, Ta., Congregational church, has resigned fo become field secratary of the Playsrounds ~Association of America. The Maple Suaar Ssavon-is aifatiine thus . far, according to reports frbm the maple belt of Vermont. The weather has been unfavorable to the run of sap. Senator Elihu Root of New York vesterday moved and secured the ad- mission of his son, Elihu Root, Jr.. to practice before the supreme court of the United States. Clarence C. Hillman, the Seatile mil- lionaire, convicted of using the maila to defraud. was sentenced to two and a half years In prison and to pay a fine of $5,200 and costs. EXTRA COFFIN FOR THE FRAGMENTS OF BODIES. Will Be Interred With the Unidentified Fire Victims. _ New York, April 3—The eight un- identified victims of the Washington place firs of March 25, which: cost 144 lives, will be buried Wednesday as the big labor parade in their memory winds through the streets. it was. definitely announced tonight. A ninth coffin, con- taining fragments of incinerated bodios impossible of identification, will® also be interred. The city has purchased a lot_in non-sectarian cemetery in Brookiyn for burying the bodies, and funeral services of the Roman Catholic, He- brew and Protestant faiths will be held at ths grave: DECLARES INVESTIGATION WAS A “WHITEWASH” Senator Poindexter Wants a Real In- vestigation of Interior Department. | | _Spokane, Wash., April 3.—Declaring | that the recent Pinchot and Ballinger | investigation ~was a ‘“prearranged whitewash,” Senator Miles Poindexter |'predicted today an investigation of the | interior department by the coming i special session of congress, “The men who introduced the - vestigation resolutions at the last ses- sion said a vindication of Ballinger | was what they wanted, and they. got | it,” said Poindexter. *The people de- mand a thorough investigation and I have no doubt they will get it, now that the recent election has made It possible.” MEN AND WOMEN FIGHT BRUSH FIRE AT RIVERTON Congregational Charch and ‘Some | oHouses Threatened for a Time. | e "3/ SOLDIERS HAVING A D, £ 'émunflHuBeegWet'—i"hgeed&l’m'ré:b? ‘Manoeuvers Have Been in Progress—Force "‘A the Fighting at Ures and San Rafael. “San Antonio, Tex., April 3 —Rain to- ly again balked General Carter and thére were no manoeuvres at Fort Sam Houston camp. - Camp. has been estab- 1 lished almost a month, and for three weeks the ground has been wet. New Militia Officers Arrive ‘A number of the two-hundred militia ers who will participatc in = the. s Srten youie ey B . Report of Firing on:L'. §. Troops. A%ull reports on the firing on Ameri- can troops at Presidio, Tex.,-by Mexi- cans have been received by General Duncan. The investigation proved _conclusively that the shooting was un- intentional, Rebels Capture Cabaroa, Sonora. ( Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, April 3.— Francisco Mornieau, - presidente of Caboroa, Sonora, 75 miles southwest of Nogales, arrived today by automo- bile and reported that about 200 rebels captured that place yesterday. He sajd he had orders to defend the town with conscripts, but was ,unable to raise a force. Mo beghn looking for a house in Nogd@® Arizona. The Peace Prospects. 1} Paso, Tex., April $.—On the sur- face, proposed peace negotiations did not appear to makée much progress to- day” between the insurrectos and ths Mexican federals, but evelopments came to light that promise much in the next few days. Madero Not Yet Heard From. 1i is known that Francisco 1. Ma- dero, Jr, has not been heard from re- garding ‘the proposals of the: Mexican government, and until he can be heard from negotiations are impossible. All efforts now are belng dirccted towards arranging a meetins in this city be- tween Francisco I Madero, Jr, and others and representatives of the Mex- iean governments Battles at Ures and San Rafa Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, April 3. —An official report by General Luis Torres, military commander of the firat zone, including all of Sonora, was re- ived today, . . details o LBy Uy e L the first encounter on March up to today: continued in 2 report says. Later they recaived | hundred reinforcements. added force they ” & e fank oF the redera) fores Severs Fighting Followed. . The fighting which ensued vere, with heavy losses on The' official report piacer dead at this poimt at 70 and 2ral killed at 16, with 20 we A Running Fighte On the night of March 30 the was renewed. Colonel Ofeda the offensive and attempted to the rebel forces from ambush, faderals came across many surrectos and_small bands 1 ards Ures. A long running fig) lowed. During this fighting 16 were reported kHied. Rebels M: At Ures the rebels mads a in the fighting they were scatt small_groups which went in d directions. % A report reached Agua that Barron was among at Ures, but this report has not Be confirmed. 2 Corral Wants Leave of Mexico City, April 3.—Ramon ral, vice president of Mexico, petis tioned congress today for am nite leave of absence.. He said he considered it advisable for Mim leave the country for a time ol count of bad health. Germsnj iven as his destination. It is t he expects to spend some t! Carisbad. - The petition Srees will grant the reancat ie & fet ess will grant the req: " Eono conelusion. T GRAND . JURORS TO INSPECT “SQUEAL BOOK.” Investigation of “Wide Open” Condi- _ tions in New York Begun. New York, April 3.—In an effort to get a really intelligent idea of how wide the “crime wave”, is, the grand jury, which is fuvestigating the ques- tion, subpoenaed today the officials of half a dozen burglary insurance com- panies to testify as to the number of burglarfes reported in the city sincs January 1. In addition the hospitals have been asked to furnish figures as to the number of persons blackjacked or otherwise assaulted that have come under their care since January 1. The “squeal®book,” a regord which the police keep of complaints of crime and ‘which Magistrate Corrigan has charged will show countless cases that have been képt from the public, is also to be inspected by the grand jurors. “If there is any laxity on the part of the police, it is because they are unable to ledarn what is required of them.” This was the view of William E. Murphy, a former police sergeant, before he testified in the grand jury today. Police Commissioner Cropsey was the last witnesy of the day, but the nature of his testimony was not dis- closed. FOURTEEN STRIKERS FINED AT HARTFORD, Charged with Breaches of Peace and Intimidation. Hartford, April 3.—After an all-day session of the city court here today, Judge W. H. Clark found fourteen of the fifteen striking cloakmakers who .were charged, some with -breach cf the peace and others with breach of the peace and intimidation, guilty, and fined them sums ranging from $5 1o $25, and costs. The cases of each of the fourteen were appealed and the accused released on bonds. Today’s trial was the outcome of a strike of the \méun cloak makers em- ‘ployed by department stores and dry- goods houses and the importing of the latter of men to take the strikers’ places. The strike breakers, on their arrival at the union station, were met by delegations of the strikers and a near-riot ensued, according to the tes- timony given by the police today. Two Girls Among Prisoners. Among the accused were two girls, Laura Pechepper and Lena Hirshfield, and the national organiger of the La- dies’ Garment Workers’ union, Abra- ham Janow, of New York. Janow, for his activity both at the depot and on Riverton, Conn.. April 3.—dMen und women_ of this viilage fought:for two ihreatened to burn the Congregad church, The fire started about anm cighth of a mile from the village and was fanned by a strong northeast wind | that threatened to carry ‘the flames | into town. When the fire was finally gotten u der control it had burned to within & | few_rods of the church and several t houses. The origin of the fire is not - | known. COHOES WOMAN ONE OF HEIRS TO $€0,000,000 ESTATE | 18 Cousin of the Widow ef the British General Hustt, ' right,’ in view of a New|N. J, kas chosen as the next meeting | & Mrs. Philos ‘Troy, N. Y. April N. ¥. Wi mene’ Normandin of Coh cousig of Madam Huef W of late British General Huett, has receiva ed word: that she fs-one ‘of ths heirs to_an estate worth'$60,000,000, 3 the streets at various times, was fined 25 and costs. FASHIONABLE WOMAN HELD AS SHOPLIFTER, Says Sha Has Not Been Herself Since Her, Daughter’s Naath.* New York, April 3.—An- attractive woman, wearing five dlamond _ringi valued at not less than $1,500, a with checks and considarable cash in her purse, was locked up tonisht, dharged with shop! i say they recovered from hec muff thi teen shirtwaists, o silk dress and & gostly ‘table cover, alleged to have been stolen -irom a Broadway depart- fent store. The articles were valued | at_pearly $200. woman gave her name as Mrs. air of Brooklyn. She broke ‘and wept during the examina- jat police station aud declared d taken the articles it : slie was not. herself since the idh Moy i yeane Tereruy b ran: ce; @ held without bail, Dimock. Cri ar ly (1L WATERBURY TO BECOME - ... A FREIGHT CEl ¥ s Is on New Route to Be By New Haven Rosd. New Haven, April 3.—With completion of the double track tween Hawleyville and Botsford from Botsford to Shelton, which New York, New Haven & M Railroad Co. s actively through, there will be & very. ant change in the freight business the New Haven system. Freight which now comes over thie POI%IKM" systern 501 3 bridge from the Erle and the & Western, which has to a e able extent gome eastward by New Haven, ‘Will be transferred. Derby Junction northward te bury, Hartford and the east. fonger route between H Derby and Waterbury will be used stead of the more direct line bet Hawleyville and Waterbury Hhighland _division because much steeper grades and curves of the latter route. The practical effect of this ? to put the city of Waterbury of the main frefght routes of the Haven system from the southwest as west to Boston and northern England. NORTHFIELD SELECTMAN HELD FOR EMBEZZL! s Acoused of Drawing Larger Amounts Than Bills Required. , Greenfield, Mass,, April 3—R from a sick bed and driven miles over the country roads te o A o ‘was given & Gistrict ccurt here today om & of embezzling from $2,500 to - from that town. Proctor, who. served as selectman at N ten years, pleaded not gullty and held for a on_April 13, was fixed at $6,000, but late Proctor had been unable to ‘bondsmen. !fl:&hnl? fioch‘r conducted & eral store in the village and being only member of the board who . available at all times to care business of the town, he was sives authority as clerk o sign_orders the town tréasurer for the boa: authorities allege that he took tage of this suthority to draw o of the 1odge of Red Men in this town and i prominent in Masonic circles. BISHOP CONDEMNS THE HAREM Threatens to immmm ioders Who Wear It. FHavana, ril 3. —The P e s vt o et ing the harem skirt as imu ar persistence in its use will result in ex« '8 action_has caused surprise, 18 only cne skirt of this which. was worn by an . becn deen on the streets up present. CARDINAL LOST SEVERAL TEETH IN ACCH Auto in Which He: Was Riding C With b Tree.