Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1911, Page 1

[z ~ lowa Marshal and One of Robbers Meet Death in Fusilade of Bullets WOUNDED ROBBER IS UNDER ARREST Gave Himself Up After Leg Had Been Shattered—|&p. Desperados Fought Officers From a Schoolhouse, Using Body of Dead Marshal as a Breastwork at Open Window—Pair Believed to Have Robbed Postoffices. Jefterson, Ta., May 7—Marshal Bus- »s of Paton, lowa, ana & bank robber were killed and a highwayman seri- ously injured in a fight between a sheriff's posse and the bandits early today at a schoolhonse two miles from Paton. Blew Safe in Postoffice. The highwaymaen broke into the postoffice at Paton, blew open the safe wnd took Several hundred dollars in stamps and money. The noise of the explosion ‘was heard by a man who | was in the street at the ttme. Mershal Starts in Pursuit. Marghal ‘Husby was called and he and armed deputies started in purs it f the robbers, who fled south. A posse also was orsanized at Dana, A search was made of the whole neigh- horhood. Marsbal Busby and several men, after dividing the pursuers Into searching parties, with instructions to scour the country, started back to aton, belleving that some hiding place iad been overlooked. Shot Dead at Schoolhouse Deor. They came to a schoolhouse near Paton. Using no precaution what- ever, the marshal went to the deor and opened jt. The report of a_gun heard and the marshal fell dead. dragged the body Then a fusil- ! hegan between the robbers and the deputies. Body Used as Breastwork. "he lifeless body of Pusby was prop- sed up in the window as a breastwork from which the robbers fired on the deputies. ets Poured Into School Building. By this time Sheriff McBride Wilson and his assistant arrived on the scene. | Wilson called on the robbers to sur- render, but he received a volley in reply. The officers then poured bul- lets into the windows and doors of the schoolhouse, Wounded Robber Surrenders. Finally one of the robvers staggered through the front ‘deorway, wounded, | sayins “¥Bove, 1 surrender, but my pal Iz going to fight you until you get him!" Other Robber Shet Through Heart. Sheri ‘Wilson guve the injured bandit a charice to surrender, but he refused. The fight was renewed. All the time the marshal's body hung up against the window and the mobber s firing from behind it. The firing lasted thirty minutes. Finally the of- ficers saw the robber stagger and Busby's body fall from the window. | A rush was made for the door, The robber was found dead, with a bullet through his heart. Wounded Burglar Will Lose Leg. The wounded robber refused to give his name, His leg is shattered and will have to be ampurated. A hotel | key was found in his pocket. It came from a_hotel in Des Moines. Papers were also found, bearing the posi- marks Sing Sing and Chicage. Suspected of Another Mestoffice Break It is believed these men are the onos who blew the safe in the Bayard, To'va, postoffice, a few weeks age They are about 25 years old. The i jured bandit was taken to Sioux City. GALA DAY FOR INMATES OF RHODE ISLAND PRISON Some of Priseners Smoke in a Decade. ranston, R 1, May 7.—Five hun- red inmates of the state prison and nty jali—17 of them—doomed to imprisonment, have ‘received'a welcome respite by the inauguration of u series of Saturday half-holidays %y Warden James F. McCusker. At a basevall sdme vesterday and i other <ports held in the prison yard, thero met on equal footing and with out noticeable restrafnt, men conviet- ed of mourder. those serving time for lesser ®, and prison offcials. To | e orisoners, one of the best appre- clated featurés of tae day was o, dis- tribution of five hundred olay pipes ana_fifty ds of tobucco. Several of the “lif enjoved their first fresh air and their first smoke in more thar & score of ve Among them was Capt. Robert Crow, the oldest pri; he institution, ence for mur- der on the high seas. He is 65 years id amd was ihiprisonsd 48 vears ago. ay -haired stoop-shouldered, almost the shadow of a man, the old risoner sui on a settee and.smoked is first pipe of tobucco in decades, while he watched the ball game with an expressionless fac RADICAL TEMPERANCE BILL IN FLORIDA. Other Things That e Sold Under Seal. Tallauassee, Fla, Ma Following the dafuat of « comstitutional amend- ment for state-wide prohibition at a re-ent eieetion, the state senate passed rastic bill regulating the saloons of the state. The bill prohibits the sal of liguor to habitual drunkards, re- quirés saioons to close at 8 o'clock and 1ot to epen unti) 7 o'clock the follow- ing morning. anolishes all screens and forbids music or games in saloons. It further providesr that not more than ane-Tourth of a pint of any intoxicant shall be soid t ustomer, this to ba in & sealed pacl it is Delieved the mensure wi me a law SUMMER WEATHER SCHEDULED THIS WEEK No Rsin' Liksly for the Next Few Days Acéording to Predictions. Washington. Mdy 7—Summer weath- er will prevail throughout the country cudt of the Rocky mountains during the coming week, according to weath- er burenu calenlations. Indications are that there will be 1o rain in the next I-v;“am. fxcept local showers in the middle west and morthern Pacifie States J TS R, The Lorimer Case Again. (Special to The Buliletin.) Washington, May 6.—Senator Me- ¥ nam=d in the reso- lutions providing for another invosti- of the right of Senator Lorimer | seat ax a senator from Iilinois. The resolution is as follows John W. Kern and Atlee be. and they are hereby, appointed « special committe: and as such committes be and are heroby authorized and flirected (o investigate and report to the semate whether in the ion of WHlliam Lorimer as a ssator of the Unitod States from 114- mols there were unsed and employed corrupt _methods and practices; that #u4id committee be authorized to sit during the sessions of the senate and @uring any recess of the senate or of congress, to hold sessions at such place or.places as siall be most convenient for the purposes of the investization, to_employ stenographers, to send for persons and, papers, to administer @aths. and to report the results of all fts _investigations, inclodine all testi- mony taken by it, and that the ex- * of the inqu shall be paid ’. ‘E“t.‘h umnnlm‘zu of the sen- $2500 Trtter Perishes in Fir N. H, May 7 - Nineteen re urned to deais in a fire d the livery and be-rfln{ ‘h on Cou them 2,07 3-4, formerly a | mjoy Their First corgs | | destroyed a niture. The IFATHEI ACQUITTED ON “UNWRITTEN LAW." Killed Young Man in Defense of His Daughter’s Honor. Philadelphia, May 7.—Discharged from custody officially on grounds of seix defentse.'but really on the “unwritten law,” Frank McMahon of this city was | dismissed yesterday by Coroner Ford, hefore whom he appeared on a charge of having killed George Leary - last. ‘Thursday night. McMahon, when arrested jmmediate- ly after the shooting, which occurred {on a street corner in West Philadel- | phia, told the police that hie had killed Leary because the latter had wronged %is 18 year old dauhter, whom he had refused to marry. “I want to see Leary to ask him what he was going to do for my daugh- ter,” McMehon said at the inquest yes- terday. “We walked down the sireet together and he asked me what busi- nese it was of mine. Then a fight startad d we rolied around the =treet. 1 carry a revolver to protect my money going and coming from the ba consider thiz an fmportant case,” said the coroner to the jury. “You can't fre> a man when he xhoots down another for ruining his-home, what- ever our sympathies may be, but a man may shoot in self defense. e can protect hig own life. In freeing this man I do not ask you gentlemen to take any more responstbility than I am willing to shoulder. I am responsible for this act. The jury promptly rendered a ver- dict of killing in self defense, which provoked a_ storm of applause in the crowded office of the coroner. OVINGTON HAS A \ THRILLING MOMENT Monoplane Tilts at Sharp Angle While Over Long Island Sound. Bridgeport, Conn, May 7.—Earle Ovington, the aviator, today made an excellent flight over Long Island sound, starting from Svecprechase is- land and going out as far as Middle | Ground light, which is abour half way [ to the Long Tsiand shore. ' Thousands of spectators who had nssembled at points of vantage to witness the flight wore given e sudden: thrill“when on | his way out to the light the mono- plane ran into an alr pocket, and, tilt- ing to the left, fell rapidly at a sharp angle for ahout a hundred feet before it was gotten under control. During | the tlight Ovington attained an alti- | tude of 2,450 fee | REDUCTION IN HOURS AND PAY. Employes of Senator Crane’s Company to Feel Cu ment. Pittsficld, Mass., May 7.—Beginning Monday & new schedule of hours wiil g0 into offect et the Eaton, Crane & Pike plant. The employes in the shop | will work but five hours a day, while the hours of the office force will be re- duced two Lours a day and the em- ployes will work but five days a week. A reduction of 10 per cent. will be made in the salaries of the office force, while the reduced héurs of work are in Miss Sanford’s Return. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, May 6.—Miss Sarah Sanford of Derby, a member of the executive committee of the national congress, is in the city on her way home from an_eighteen months' trip through the northern Pacific coast and Alaska, where she has been studying conditions: On her way home by the Southern Pacific raiiroad she stopped at Bl Paso, Tex. and Douglas, Ariz. and was in the latter city when it was fired upon by Mexicans. < ‘or Murder of Cousin. Taunton, Mass, May 7.—After hav- ing beon given a hearing in the dis- trict worg here, Lukas Dereverian, charged With murder in the first de- gree for causing the death of his “ousin, John D. Dereverian, hers on the night of May 3. was held without bail for the grand jury. Bristol Tenement House ‘Afire. Bristol Conn, May 7.—Fire which started from ‘a defective chimney burned the upper floors of a_four- family house owned b.- W. E. Norton today and the families on the lower floors were driven aut by water, which reater part of their furs will be $2,500, i mhmy 7.—Queen Alexandre n for* festivities of the —— Glaslow, May 7.—Three stcamers safled_from the Clyde today carrying bfl‘\‘lnd for the 8,500 Scottish emigrants United States and ‘Canada. Amoy, six deaths from smallpox have occur- red here during the two waeks ended yesterday. |- Paris, May custody. Parfs, May 7.—Sectlons of all arms will be equipped with the new uni- forms at the. autumn mangeuvies in order that commanding officers may judge of its utility in active service onditions.. The project of clothing the army in khakd, in a green approaching mignonette or in gray-biue, has not been received with great enthusiasm. WANTED TO TEST THE * CHURCH’S CHRISTIANITY Pastor ‘and Girl Made False Confes- sion of Wrongdoing. Tecoma, Ma: the superintendent, and Dr. C. Zeller, pres- ident of Puget Sound university, for the | sole purpose in the Methodist church, Rev. A. A. Metcalf, of his congregation with his sincerity that they are standing by him almost unanimously. Metcalf and a young woman who has since been betriended by his wife, had doubts as to whether there was true Christianity in the' church. Ac- cording to their statements, they “fak- e@” a confession, giving it in confi- dence to_FElliott and Zeller and thres others. Someone broke the confidence, oMot asked for MstebEs resigna- ton. verge of nervous collapse. Mrs. Met- alf hes faken ner into her home. Last Sunday Metcalf presented his resig- nation to the congregation, after bit- terly denourcing his denomination and Dr. Zeller. “When I made that confession,” he said, “I lied deliberately. 1 kngw it is not right to lie, and I plead guilty to that charge. We framed up the story to see if we would be treated with the mercy a Christian should bestow on a repentant sinmer. °~ We found that there is no Christian mercy either in the Methodist church’ or Puget Sound university.” RAZOR AND REVOLVER : USED AT THOMPSONVILLE s Shot and_One Stabbed at a Sunday Card Game. Thompsorville, Conn., May 7.—in & fight over the ownership of & ring dur- ing a game of cerds this afternoon, two Italians were shot, one perhaps fatally, and a third was cut on the face with a razor. Three of the card party are under arrest, Cardello Sar- no, Frank Buonno and Pasquale Auz- olotti, but the fourth player, Albano, made his escape. The four men were ai the home of Albano this afternoon and during a game of cards a fight started over the possession of a ring which Buonomo claimed belonged to him. In the gen- eral mixup which followed, it is al- leged that Auzolotti drew a razor and slashed Buonomo in the fice and that as the latter started to leave the house Sarno drew a revolver and shot him in the back-~the bullet, it is tiought, entering the lungs. It is also alleged that Albane drew a gun with the in- tention ‘of shoeting Buonemo, but the shots missed their mark and struck Sarno, one in the neck and the second in_the face. Buonomo was taken to His home, where his condition is said to be seri- ous. Sarno was driven.aine miles to a Springfield hospital by a brother of Albano, and the two were placed un- der arrest ¢n their arrival Albane disappeared after the fracas and has not Leen found. SERIES OF BRUSH FIRES KEPT BRANFORD MEN BUSY Conn,, May 7.—At Branford residents were fighting a se- ries of brush and woodland fires most of today. The most serious fire was on the property of John Harrison, where about thirty acres, a barn and several shanties, and a quantity of cordwood were ~ burned. Harrison’s loas is estimated to be $3,000. To- night there are several brush fires in the neighborhood of Pine Orchard. Democrats Bar the Minority. (Special to The Billetin.) Washington, May 6.—Some of the new members of the house were con- siderably surprised at the statement made by Representative Hill in his speech yesterday that the minority members of the ways and means com- mittee were excluded from the rcom during _the consideration of toriff measures, as it was on this point that several of them made their campaigns last fall, claiming that the Payne bill was considered behind closed doors. It is said that this matter was taken up at a meeting of the democratic mem- bers of the ways and means commit- y.in the extra session and ef- forts by some of the members were made to have the republican members invited to participate in the prapara- tion of tariff measures. This Droposi- tion might bave met with favor had it not been for the fact that the “tariff| for revenue” democrats were afraid of | some sort of a combination by mem- bers of their own party republican members. Tt is not likely that this question will again be a cam paign issue. Wethersfield Church Anniversary. ‘Wethersfield, Conn., May 7—The cel- ebration of the 275th anniversary of the forming of the Wethersfield Con- gregational church and the 150th an- niversary of the bullding of the pres-, ent church were brought. to a close. with services at the church tonight, at which there was special music_and an address by, @ev. Rockwell Har- At the morn- mon Potter of Hartford. ing service a memorial communion was celebrated: 3 American in French Prison, Rheims, Fraoce. May 7.—~The Amer- fean consul at Rheims, William Bar- dell, is investigating. t Amerirar, John Torrey, wha was re- cently sentenced to prison on the charge of being implicated in the pil- laging atthe wine riots in the cham- ct. The consul has enter- pagne distri d an a dgsicac kb pesioncs, is health endwith little heart ‘coronation China, May T7.—Thirty-eight deaths from the bubonic plague and 7.—Several arrests of rioters 'have been made at Ay and nay because of cinematograph pictures taken of the Tiots. They were 8hown to a number of police, for whom a special performance was given. Sev- eral men who had proved alibis were betrayed by the films and taken into Declaring he made a false confession of wrong-doing to Rev, Thomag E. Elliott, -district of ascertaining whether there was any Christianity,| pastor of Mialand church here, has so impressed the members The young woman is on_the Frank with some leanings towards 'protection with the case’ of an HIS EXCELLENCY ~ADDRESSES THE NEW HAVEN GRAYS. WAS. ONE OF CORPORALS Governer Wore Double Chevrons When Company Started for Front— 50th Anniversary at New Haven. New Haven, May 7—The fiftieth an- niversary of the departure for the front to take part in the civil war by the New Haven Grays, Company F, Second regiment, Connecticug Nation- al gnard, was celebrated in of the Redeemer with a memorial ser- vice today. The Grays left New Ha- ven-May 10, 1861, as Company A, Twenty. seventh - Connecticut Volun. teers, under the command ©f - Capt. Frank D" Sloat, now General Sloat, of the treasury department of the Unit- ed States. Speeches by Gen. Sloat and Governor. Among the speakers were General Sloat and Governor Baldwin, who went with the company as corporal and sec~ refary. In his speech Governor Bald- win said in part: ‘The Governor's Address. The church and the military power of the state in time of stress have al- ways stood close together. 1t was for cathedral worship / that the stately march of the Te Deum was composed, for those gathering to thank God for viGtories of arms. It is in churches, in hours of national ‘perfl, when ar- imies are contending, that prayer has gome up for national preservation. Pulpit Appeals to Patriotism. In the early churches of New Eng- land men brought their guns to church on Sundays and each sat at the head of his pew, armed and prepared to rush out and Tepel any sudden attack of hostile Indians, It was from the pulpits that came many of the most glowing appeals to patriotism and mil- itary duty, in the days when the Am- erican revolution ‘was impending and again when the civil war broke eut. Nation’s Salvation Depended Upon Citizen Soldiery. 4 There is, then, & fitness in our as- sembling thus on Sunday in'a house of God, after this half-century has rolled by, t> commsmorate the valor and the 'sacrifices which Jit up the e Chureh | MAINE IS WORST SUFFERER Necessary to_ Call;Out Militia at Bid- _ deford—$20,000 Worth of Prepared * Lumber Burned in Bangor Suburb. Boston ,May 7—Fires.in timber: dis- tricts .whore the undergrowth has be- come unusually dry from lack of rain, caused damage at many ts in New. England today,, sweeping over thou- sands of acrés of vatuable woodland {and burning thousands of feet of pre- | pared . lumber. In esevral instances the flames’ spread to dweiling houses and other public buildings. Most Serious Fires in Mai ‘The most gerious fires were at Bid- deford and “Sanford, Me. At Bidde- ford the militia. was’ called out, 50 se- rious was the situation. Three square miles of timber land was burned over and a hoyse and a barn destroyed before fire was. controlied. Banford Surrounded by Flames. -Sanford, Me,, twenty miles from Biddeford, wus completely surrounded by forest' fires tomght, and buildings in the outskirts of teh village were reported in serious danger. % Burned Up Into Dooryards. In some instances the flames burnea right up into the dooryards and wom- en and children joined with the men in carrying water to extinguish them. Two ice houses were destroyed. g $20,000 in East Hampton.y In East Hampton, a village near Bangor, Me. fire this afternoon caus- ed a loss of $20,000 by the burning of & large quaantity of cpruce and pine hoards belonging to ‘the Stearns Lum- ber company. Fires on Cape Cod. There were fires in- Massachusetts near Chatham,, on Caue Cod, and Ux- bridge, in Worcester county. The Cape fire burned over two square miles of forest and_farm land and the resi- dence of Joseph Clark at Pleasant Lave. 7 $10000 Fire at Uxbridge. In Uxbridge a loss estimated at $10,- 000 was cansed by the burning of six bhundred acres of woodland with: a house and outbuildings. story. of that story with a sad but novle splendor and to reeall the glo- rious triumph for civil liberty, with which, under the favor of Almighty God, the long struggle was brought fo its final close. The salvation of the nation, at the outset, depended upon. its citizen soldiery. Military ‘Establishment Merely a Skel- ot It was, Cheiedoit 8 0w, bedie—tr tinctive feature of our nation, as com- pared with every other of the great powers; that its military establishment is the mere sieleton of one. It can be soon expanded, in case of need, into a great body Oof men, and trained offi- cers are ready to gulde their move- ments; but jts normal condition is in- effective except to preserve civil or- der, and as a nucleus of something greater. Fifty Years Ago Yesterday. Fifty years ago this day, a com- pany formed by the efforts of the Grays, was ready for the three months' service and when that expired, an- other, ‘under like auspices, was or- ganized for a longer term. ~The com- mander of that, Capt. Frank D. Sloat now ef Washington, we are proud te welcome here tonight. The town of New Haven rent more than one company, more than one bril- liant_commander, into the field. She has_forgotten none. “Here Fought Her Sons.” “Here fought her sons, a hundred years ago Their hearthstones to British_foe, And hence they marched to show, at Linceln’s call, Ours was a land of liberty for all, Ang nefis needfear lost she Emindtul o 2 Of those brave deeds, when they look up and see High over all the column crown Her fallen heroes by the mother town.” We Feel Proud of Our Citizens On an occasion like this, we of New England feel the pride of citizenship in.each of three political communi- ties; in our town; in our state; in our npation. The civil war did not threaten the existence of town or state but town and state were from the first identified with the cause of the nation. What We Owe to Soldiers of Civil War. To soldiers of the civil war we owe the place which the United States now eccupy in world affairs, or rather we owe to them the possibility of our country’s assuming such a place. I am not sure that, in all Tespects, it has been wise for nation to concern itself so intimately with world poli- tics, and in so many ways; but. in one way we may, in this sacred place, especiaily felicitate ourselves that the TUnited States have led the nations, that is, towards arbitration and courts as a substitute for war. The Hague Tribunal. Fifty years ago he would have been thought ‘a dreamer who predicted the erection, by the close of the nineteenth century,” of an international tribunal of Justice, Such as has now for a dozen years existed at The Hague. It sits in a splendid courthouse, which was the gift of an American. K is an Am- erican president who has proposed to the greatest of maritime pow negotiation of a treaty fo: ery controversy ths tween the Unitex the decision of Entering on a Haly Let us thank God and take cour- age, as, entering Low on a new half~ century, we have such reason to think | that its close will be marked by cele- ‘rations not of days of military pro ess but of days of national and inter- national peace. defend from raised to Mrs. Schenk May Not Be Tried Again. Wheeling, W. Va., May 7.—The sec- ond trial of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, charged with attempting to murder her husband by administering poison, was continued yvesterday until the September term on motion ‘of Dis- trict Attorney J. Bernard Handlan. It was reported that the indictments vers | land has given_the property as a m | morial to her husband, the late Gen. 800 Acres Burn in Rhode Island. Rhode Island had fires at Pascoag, Masonville and Glendale. About 800 acres of woodland was burned over. NEWSPAPERS SHOULD PUBLISH THE TRUTH. iBut Not Abridged or Exaggerated; Says Bishop MoFaul, New ork, May 7.—Journalism must returYn to Christ and the Ten Com- mandments, if the doily mnewspaper would remedy its defects. Newspaper men should get together and form a code of ethics similar to theos adopt- ed by physicians and lawyers, and bind themselves to adhere to them, upon their honor as journalists. Pub- lish the truth only, all the truth if it is necessary, neither abridged nor ex- agrerated, and all the truth is second- arily useful or legitimately interesting without the invasion of public or pri- vate rights. % Ift all this were done, the daily press would have gone far toward purging itself, in the opinion of ¢ heRt. Rey. James A. McFaul, bishop of the Ro- man _Catholic diocese of Trenton, N. J., who addressed newspaper men and night workers in St Patrick’s cathe- dral here at 2.45 o'clock this morning. The occasion 'was the celebration of the tenth anmiversary of thc estab- lishment in New York of early morn- ing mass for newspaper men and dral night workers. Today's celebra tion was in the form of a high pon- tifical mass, at which Arshbishop Far- ley officiated. Bishop McFaul preach- ed the sermon. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL. ition to’ Have Inauguration Last Tuesday of Same Month. ‘Washington, May 7.—A change of the date of the inauguration of the pres dent is assured of ratification by the 62d congress, and it is not improbabie that similar’ action will e taken to change the date of holding the national elections. This assurance has been given by a two-thirds majority of both houses of conmgress to Representative Henry of Texas, chairman of the house committee on’rules, who recently in- treduced a joint resolution providig for the submission of this proposal to the legislatures of the states. The proposed amendment of the constitution of the United States changes the date of the inauguration from March 4, usually an inciement day in Washington, to the last Thurs- day in April. The date of holding na- tional elections would b2 changed from the first Tuesday in November to the first Tuesday in April preceding the ex- piration of the terms of the president and members of congress. Provision is made for extending the term of office of these officials after the ratification from March 4 until the April dates. BY A NEWPORT WOMAN Offers Estate of 225 Acres for Sum- mer Home for East Side Children. New York, May was made here today that Mrs. Elf Woolsey Howland of Newport had given to the- Universit; ment her estate. i Hudson, consisti aud and the bul tlement is Announcem to until mmer home for fiv summer tenements. Mrs montirs How eral Joseph Howland, and the settle- ment has_appealed for funds to equip and maintain it. AN ANARCHIST PLOT UNEARTHED AT PARIS. Dynamite Outrage Planned Against Three Public Buildings. . papers publish a repopf that the po. probavly will be drop, Safe Blowers Get $50 at Adam Adams, Mass, May 7.—When the office of “the Renfrew Manufacturing company was opened yesterday it was discovered that one of the two large safes in-the office had been dynamited during the night and that about $30 Mheenaecunq-#y)tho cracksmen, Paris, May 7.8The ?ernonn news- lice have discovesed afi anarchist plot to commit dvnamite outrages azainst the prefecture of police, the Hotel De Ville or town hall, and #he ministry of the interi In veply’to inquiries the authorities have refused to make a statement. They expressed great anmoyance, ho ever, at the publication of the inf mation, which would warn the crim- inals and enable their escapa THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF WOOD-, LAND DESTROYED, with apoplexy in Londof, Baron - de -Constant tod dept Taft . medal m In- tional Concillation society. A main’ Aimed st the ;u-;% machinery company was in the house by Representative Petérs. [Eugens Ely, the Aviafor, has been notified by the war department that ho has been commissioned a major in the regular army, Frank Knox, owner of the Tvening News of Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich,, was appointed a member of the board of Indian commissioners Silver Life-Saving Medals were pre- sented by the treasury department to two New York policemen and a pri- vate inthe army signal corps. | Preparations for Opening: the Erie canal on May 15 were begun when the 4 feeding of water was started at the i Kendleton guard gate, West of Lock- port. ¥ Mariana De Gennaro, charged by Abbatemaggio, the Camorrist inform- er, with stabbing Cuoccolo, confront- ed e accuser in court and denfod the story. . The Existing Curtailment of about 25 per cent. in the cotton goods in- dustry will be increasea during ihe ne}{utl few months, according to mill of- ficials. The Jufy in the Case of.Dr. F. C. Blessing, president of the Pittshurg common council, chargea with accept- ing a bribe, disagreed and was dis- charged. Rufus D. Everett, formerly of Kan- sas City, Mo, for many years treas- urer of the American Smelting ‘and Refining company, died at Perth Am- boy, N. J. Nearly a Third of .the Property left by Clarence F. Glover, the Waltham man who was shot.in his laundry, has been consumed in paying the cost of litigation in defending the wilk Another Woman’s Franchise Bill was introduced in the British parlia- ment.. Simultaneously a petition op- posing it and signed by 53,000 persons, 31,000 of whom ‘are women, was pre- sented. o Capt. William Devan, 63 vears old, in charge of the United States (life- saving station on the Onato riydr, is dead. He has a record of having saved six thousand persons from drowning in thirty years. Frederick Townsend Martin, a well- known society man and philanthrovist, has been robbed of jewels valued at $5,000 and 1,000 fran in curreney, in Seville, Spain, accordms to from him recéived by frichds. J. D, Taylor, Conservative Member from British Colambia, in the Capada parliament, in_a speech, declared the United States had.committed a breach of international honor in failing to enact the boundary water fishery reg- ulations. DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR TROLLEY CAR VICTIMS Remains of Mrs, Frost and Mrs. Ray- mond Removed to New York. South Norwalk, Conn, May 7.—A double funeral was held here today for Mrs. Russell Frost; wife of General Frost, former brigadier general of the State national suard, and her sister, Mrs. Dudline Raymond, who were killed in a collision between the car- riage in which they were riding and a trolley car on Tuesday last. The services were held in the South Congregational church and were con- ducted by the pastor, Rev. Charles S. ‘MacFarland, At the close of the sery. ices the bodies were taken in a special train to Woodlawn cemetery, New York, for interment. The floral trib- utes were many and over each casket was a blanket of orchics. THIRD DEGREE WORKED ON FORTY CANDIDATES Opening Feature of Session of State Council, Knights of Columbus. Torrington, Conn., May 7. As a'sort of the state, which opens here May 9, forty candidates wers given the (hird desree this afternoon. The exer fication_was under the direction of State Deputy Mulligan of Thompson- ville, and the viork done by the Hart- ford degree team. Many of the dele- gates to the convention and state of- ficers were prusent. The convention will be formally opened Tuesday morning with a solemn high mass at St, Francis' church, FIRE DESTROYS FIVE HOUSES AT BRPOKLyN. Cigarette Dropped by a Workmen Cause of the Blaze. L] Ma; vire Testroyed brick buildings between Mapl] street nd Nostrand avenwe, Brooklyn, early last evening. The blaze started on the rpof of No. 825 Maple street, which was recently tan papered, and we's believed to have been caused by one of -the workmen dropping a cigarette. So rapidly did the flames spread that by the time the firemen arrived three of the _buildings had burned to the ground. When Battalion Chief Murray arrived on the scene he =ent in A second alarm. New York, five two-story FOREST FIRES STILL Greatest Loss Amounting to About $2,000, New Have fires still purned scverdl par the state today, the greatest loss be- inz reported at Windsor, where about | 109 acres were hurned over, as well as fifty cords of wood ready for ship- ment. The loss i3 estimated at $3,000 and the cause unknown. In West Suffield abcut the same number of acres were burned on which the loss has not been estimated. Steamship Arrivals. Liverpool: May 6, Cedric, from May 7, Carapthia, At New At i from New Yo B 5 At Southampton: May 7, St. Paul, from New Yorl Old Veteran Burned to Death. Ipswich, Mass., May 7.—Hemmed in by flames while fighting a-forest fire,| three milas south of here. Charles Wait, a Civil wer veteran, was burned to deith om @ railroad track to. be ‘the judge. letters’; 1its official promulgation, of preliminary to the 18th annual con- | vention of the Knights of Columbus ! pli- | BURN IN THIS STATE| Reported at Windser, | manifesto B the Mexico City, May 7.—Gen. Porfirio Diaz tonight issued a manifesto to the People of Mexico, declaring his inten-' tion to resign the presidency as soon as peace is restored. In this manner the president has virtually acceded to the demands of Francisco 1. Madero, that he make announcement of such intention. The President’s Qualificat As to when peade is actually re- stored, General Diaz reserves the right In the words of the ‘manifesto, it will be “when, according to the dictates of my conscience, I am sure that my resignation will not be Aollowed by anarchy.” To Serwe Best Interests of Country. The /president declares that his de- termination to relinquish the presi- dency at this time is not due to van- ity or love of power, because, as he points out, power now had no_attrac- tien, accompanied as it is by tremen- dous responsibilities and worry. He says he is prompted solely by a de- sire to conserve the best interests of his country. Will Not Resign Under Compulsion. The president makes it clear that he docs mot propose o abandon the Dpresidency while his couniry is at war and that he will not do so zt any time under compulsion. Wil Be Made Public Today. President Diaz's manifesto will be made public tomorrow morning, but it Will mot be sent officially to Judge Ca- rabajal foriformal transmission to Dr. Vasquez Gomez The promise of the president is made to the people of Mexico and its receipt by the revolu- tionists will be incidental. That it will be sent to them immediately, however, by private individuals, and that it will be regarded as entirely satisfactory by them is, taken for granted. At a cab- inet meeting this atrernoon, General Diaz announced to his ministers his intention. sters Discuss Manifesto. For’ two hours and a half they dis- cussed the terms of the manifesto and at, the conclusicn of the meeting there remained nothing te do but to secure Only in a gengral way does the manifesto refer 1o the revolution. . President Diaz's Career. Porforio Diaz was ‘born September 15, 1830, the anniversary of Mexican independence, In the city of Oaxaca. His father was 2 Spaniard and his mother was of Indian extraction. His mother, a woman of much character, intended_that he should enter the church, but finally vielded to his de- sives, so that he pursued the studies then required for a lawyer's career. While thus engaged, the invasion of Mexico by the American troops oc- curred and young Diaz, with other fellow students, offered his services to the governor of the sla(e»of Oaxaca, The governor accepted tieir patriot offer, but did not require the students to go into the battlefield Served in Revolution Against Santa Anna. Diaz served in the revolt against ‘Santa Anna, and supported Juarez in bis_war of reform, which began in 1885 and ended in 1858. At the age of 29 he was a general of brigade, and | fought the French when Napoleon L tried to place Maximilian on the Mex- ican throne. Maximilian and his gen- erals were captured by him in 1867, and soon after Mexico City capitulat- ed. First Elected President in 1577, Diaz was resularly elected president of Mexico for the first time in 1877. He was succeeded at the end of his | term by Gen. Manuel Gonzales. His crowning achievement during the Gon- zales administration was the abroga- tion of the law against presidential re-slection, and in 1884 he was elec ed president for the second time. There has been no other president in Mexico but Diaz since then, and until last summer the opposition to him never attained serious proportions. He iected president for the eighth President Diaz's first wife, a Saugh- ter of Dr. Ortega Reyes, died during his first administration, In 1882 he married Carmen Romero Rubio, daugh- ter of Manuel Romero Rubio a noted lawyer and statesman, He ' has no children by his second marriage, His children by his first wite are: Amada (Mrs. Ignacio De La 'Torre); Lieut.- Col. Porforio- Diaz and Luz (Mrs. F. Rincon Gallardo). Madero Accused of Breach of Faith. The government's position is that General Diaz could not have made a puplic statement at an earlier moment and it is indicated that the revblution- ists ‘failed to observe the amenities of the peace negotiations by making them publfe. Ofefaily it said, tonight that Madero and_his adviser ware guilty of betraying an agreement by injecting into the conference either secretly or openly the question of the president's resignation. It is declared that it had becn agreed in confidence that this point should not be permitted to be- conte an is Disz Calls Attention to Reforms. Proftering the d ingness to retire, esl al the laration of his wi the nd or t have beex | made by the governmew (o establish peace. He calls attention to the progs ress ‘already made in the direction of adopting the anti-re-election law and declares that the projscted reform the electoral laws and.of the judiciary ‘are being studied. } To Conform to Public Demands. He shows further that the govern- ment in all ite acts wishes to con?&m to_the-demand of the public so’far as it is wise and for the best interests of the country. Events leading to the beginning of negotiations for peace aro taken up and it is indicated that the government is disposed to take into consideration propé ists have to make. Immediate Resignati £ Anarchy. % Regarding the point ‘upon which the | rupture of tiations occurred, acctares hat complisne] His Retirement Will Come When He Feels Assured That Such “Action Will Not be Followed by Anarchy— Madero kStops Movement of Troops Upon Hearing ‘the News—Diaz Continuously in Office Since 1884, | peace, but only in accordance with the his fmmediate resignation wowkd doubtless precipitate anarchy through~ out the country, whils if his retirement was fixed for @ future date the gove ernment would no: have sufficient sta- bility to assure tile return of mommak conditions pending the selection of new exacutive. Appeals to Patriotism of People. In concluding, General Dias appeals to, the patriotism of the people, caliing upon them to act together for the peace and progress of the nation, and eulogizes the army. ; No Mention of New Election. At no place in tie manifesto is thers made mention of a new election. Ae~ cording to the constitution resignation is equivalent to political death wo far as it affects the succession. The vice president would assume the executive chair, and he in turn would be fol- lowed by ths minister of foreign affairs, In this case the vice president is ser ously sick and is in Jurope on am elght months’ leave of absence in an endeayor to regain his health. Vice Prasident Corral not be back fn the country at the time the president leaves ‘his_post, the new Incumbent would be Minfster De La Barra, the choice of the rebeis themseives for provisional president. What course af fairs would take once the president om the minister was in power, remains to be seen. Expect Madero to Stop Hostilities. Although the announcement of Press ident Diaz that he would resign omes hiz country was at peace will net reach the rebels through official chan- nels, it can be ragarded by them as nothing less than compliance with thelr chief demand. Officials and cfvfijans in the capital believe that Madero will not quibble over the method and If he is sincare in his desire to end the war he will at once order the cessation of hostilities. Will Do as Madere Says. 1t ds no longer denied that a gresé many of the revolutionists in all parte of the republic are acting eithar i~ rectly or indirectly umder the orders of Madero and it is o fact well estab~ lishie@l that numerous bands, suspected of fighting independently, have during the past week signified a desire for decision reached at Juarer. The lead- ars of these bands have annoumeed they would continue the rebellion or would stop as Madero instructed. Mexico City Cheered by News. Tew in Mexico knew of the rasult of tha cabinet meeting untl the news was published in extras tonight. Shoeked by the news of yesterday, the cltizens of the capital spent Sunday in de- spondency. The usual crowds at tha band concerts wers lacking and throughout the city sloom and pes- slmism were reflected om every coun< tenance. The reaction was immediate upon tha receint of the news that Gen- eral Diaz had opened the way fod peace even while the publle was awafts ing news of a battle. Document Shows Sincerity. “The decument is clear, stmple and concise, and shows the utmost_sine said Minister De La Barrs tonight. “It is bound to produes & ereat impression in this ceuntry, % the United States and fn Europe. All the world may now know whers lies the responsibility for the futurs of th country.” Madero Wants Another Armistice. Bl Paso, Tex., May 7.—General Mas dero announced late tonight that We would agrse to another armistice durs ing which peace negotiations might bé resumed. Madero to Congratulate Diaz. 1 Paso, Tex. May 7.1 naturaliy am very glad to hear that President Diaz has made the announcement. said General Madero to an Asseeinted Press representative. T am soing 45 sond a telegram to him ai omes com~ gratulating him on his pairiotism, for it certainly was an act that required the highest kind of personal saerifice and patriosism.” Rebels Ordered frem Frontier. El Paso, Tex., May T.—Fearh plications’ with the TUnited Staten. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., has glv ders to all the revolutionists on the Mexican border to withdraw from the frontier. FHe himef, with all the fn- surrectos before Ciudad Juarez, proceed southward, his objective point being the City of Mexico. Attack on Juarez Abandoned. General Madsro in a manifesto to his army today cited the Douglas, Ariz, incidents and declared that while the taking of Juarez might be an immenss military advantage it would bring about complications with a natiors “which has aiways given us proofs of its friendship” and with whom an fn< ternational conflict would bs probas ble. Taft Learns of Developments. Washington, May 7.—Presiient Tatt and official Washington generalls quickll learned of the sudden changs in_the Mexlcan situation, namely, the announcement by President Diaz that he would rasizn in the interest of peace and the previous order by Franeisco L. Madero that the insurrecto forces pro= ceed southward from the border iow= ard. the capital News Brings Great Relief, “ The news of the withdrawal of fm= sutrectionary for-es {rom a posiom 50 close to American towns as o €Ofi- stitute a_constant source of friction and a menaace o the good feeling be< tween the two peoples was viswed hers with relief, and the later aamoumce= ment from Mexico of the self-effacemient to effect tranquiity in his troubled country was in line the Washington administration’s and Mexican Ambassador Za recent prediction that peace soon e restored. 3 Iresident Taft and his family wers spending the evening at home when ha was_unofficially adyised of the sucCes~ sion of events in Mexico. He bad cv‘%mml to make public. A, Za ad not been advised X as to any of these p sole official advices a statem