Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 13, 1911, Page 1

wyd War Assigns“Pr&sing Business Sands today. The impact wah S0 te Affairs” as Reason for His Action Reports to That Effect -in Circulation—As a Democrat, "™ Washington, 12.—Secretary of facob McGavock Dickinson of ee, the democratic member of Pre it Taft's cabinet Tiemryt-L. Stimson of New York, re- cently defeated republican candidate ernor of that state, has been - the war porifolio. ~This. an- nt was made at the White tonight and occasioned great * “Private Affairs” Given as Reason. In the Jetters exchanged between the pre<ident and Mr. Dickinson no reason. ther than thet of pressing private af- is given for the secretary's To- The prasiden i New York to- morrow or Sunday, but the new see- not be sworn in the return of the president to the capital o Monday. Will Engage in Business. Dickinson will go to his Ten- messee home immoadiately aualification of his succes s to devote his attention to bu: and will not return to the practice w, in which he was engaged when Prosident Taft appointed him secretary ¢ war in March, 1909. nd member of President Taft's cab; net to retire to_private life, Secretary of he Interior Ballinger having sever ©d his connaction with the president's official family only a few months ago. New Assistant Treasurer. the snnouncement to_the Rooseveit-Parsons faction, Dbelieved here %o be & step im the d. rection of peace which will count. for mch in the future. apident were pleased tonight “political cutlook. 82 - " Mgt giving litfle alarm to his physicia: ¥ Biher : | giv e o clans, # m:fl’;nxm“:m‘?‘:"n’"‘.hufi,:!;‘ Who permitted the private audiences the secrstary of war. Unofficially, alsn, there were those who found other rea- sons than that given in his letter. Dickinson’s Democrasy Distasteful. Mr. Dickinson is a democrat. presence in the cabinot of a republican President h-s not been looked upem Ntionl Bdvinors. nes thousnt. the o¢- | , Bridgeport, Conn, May 13—Flights e aretary of ar Bhasld be haid | for altitude and the carrving of pas- Dy soma. one bt the. presilent’s own | Sengers were the features at the avia- e und ey ity Beimted out Mr. | tion meat here today. Weather cono Dickinson might prove a source of em- barrassment when campaign of 1912 begins. 3 the discus- e tame of marty measuss | figHts started. The air near the often & personal embarrassment. Friction Over Mexican Situation. Thers were others who thought that | was postponed. These parts of the Mr. Dickinson incurred some criticisins | programme will be carried out tomor- by his conduct of the department. cently there have been reports of fric- [ McCurdy was the first to make an tion over the Mexican _situation bs- | ascent apd—flew in a circle -about six tween the state department and the| miles over Long Island Sound reach- In some quarters it| ing an altitude of 3,000 feet. Beachey was asserted Secretary of State Knox | followed McCurdy and went to a was being overshadowed by Mr. Dick- ineon, and there Were reports that the | the sound on his return to the field, resigning, but | his landing being preceded by a series these met with official denials. Thecc | of spectacular dives to within a few had been no hint that Mr.Dickinson | feet of the ground and a sudden rise contemplated retirement. ' Taft Moved Quickly. The president moved swiftly wrer | § he found he had to select a new sec- On Wedncsday nignt | Tied on by a local newspaper. Weath- has_resigned. His | ry of war will PR dential | Satimated that fully six thousand peo- He is the sec- war department. Mr. Dickinsow's that of the appointment of C. S. Mil- lington of Herkimer, N. Y. sistant treasurer of ‘ths U, contemplated The New Secretary of War. Mr. Stimson was the Roosevelt can- e for governor, while Mr. Milling mer memiber of the house Twenty-seventli New York district and is a close friend of Vice Pregident Sherman and other leaders of the old ziard in the state. ceeded 3ir, Sherman fn the the iatter hecame ice president. May Unite New York Republicans. appointments ofeial Washirgon found food for. specuiation politicians thought they saw tharein the first effort by ihe adminis- tration to straighten out the tangisd #hen of New York politics 25 made by the president to concenl ie satisfaction with which he viewed the appointment of Mr. Stimson. only has ne the highast personal regard for the incoming member of his cabi- aware that the ap gointment will be acceptable to a iars publican party in Nuw ton was a fo retary of wi Secretary Hilles was - despatched to Dew Tork. poate-haste. tended’ fiight was not considered ad- Stimson the next wished to consult ot then an the: Atlantic, bownd for| 0L about 100 feet across the fleld At Mr: Bifles came - back they Washinston an o the wireless. Father Advised Stimson to Accept. His father's answer advising him 1o | series of- flights “by McCurdy and accept arrived todey afterncon he called House on the long distance tzlephone and said he would be glad to become Mr. Taft's second seerefary of wa: The appcintment took place at once | Tomorrow it is expected will be the who was walting | big day of the meet. The invited to g0 to a garden party in the Whis | guests from the various cities of the House grounds, gave a sigh of reli New York Has Two C The appointment of Mr. Stimson will | 1 glve New Yotk two members of the | Lontative arrangements have been Dinet, Attorney Generab Wickersham being a resident of that state. Stimson Prosecuted Sugar Trust. Mr. Stimson was born in New Yofk — .. He graduated from | AMERICANS ACCUSED OF Yale in 188 and from Harvard Law He was associated with Senator Root of New York in the prac- and in 1906 was appointsd | Several of Them Leave Rebel Army for the south- and Cross Border. ‘oric. He resign- He met Mr. 2 " but the latter | Visable and the two were taken about his father, who o Mr. Stimson rssorted iate this the White I/n‘r and Beachey just below him. The and the president, but he is well feciion of tha Moot Apureves, Roossvelt Expected To | While the selection of Mr. Stimson | only a few days’ con- | Senator Root feaders were consulted and gave Presider.t Roosevelt was not called 'n the confercnce, but there is no qu tlon hut he must approve the sel for such an fmportant post of,a man for whom hs worked tooth and nail in the recent gubernatorial campalgn. Step in Direction of Peace. The position of assistant treasurer at been given to the Sherman-Barnes-Woodrufl faction, while not so important s that given ‘school in 1890. United States attorn ern_district of New | ed that position after three years’ ser- | Juarez, Mexico, May 12.—Warrants vice, but becamie spacial counssl for| Were sworn out today before Mexican the government in the prosecution of | Provisional officers in Juarez for the As counsel in that | arrest of a number of members of the case he won the admiration of Attor- | American legion in the insurrecto ne7 Genzral Wickersham and Mr. Taft. | army, on the charge of looting and the sugar trust. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT THE AGE OF 65.| American force that made itself fam- WOONSOCKET BANKTELLER GUILTY OF $25,000 SHORTAGE. Bank by Which Consolidates With Another. Was Employed Sault Ste. Marie, For the second time within a weei a death sentence was pronounced to- dav in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Wil |*back of the accusation. lam Carroll, 65 years oid, tottared from the court after being sentenced Justice Britton to be hanged July 26. Carroil's crime was the murder of |men found 2,184 farms in Nevada; last William Theland last November in a |year they found-2,660. In the ten years Mrs. | the area under tillage grew from 573, May - 12.—Simul- taneously with the announcement to- day that the Woonsocket Institute for Savings had absarbed Favings bank ement was made by authority of Bank Commissioner William P. Good- win and the trustees of the People's bank ghat Hermengilde Bossette, teller of the People’s bank for the past ten yoars, hiad admitted that he was re- Sponsfbie for a met shortage of ap- Proximately Whether the merger of the institu- was determined upon after the overy of the shortage, or whether discovery was made during an ex- amination of the books of the People's to the decision to institutions, Woomsocket, R. 1 Woonsccket, lumber camp. near Blind river. Angzlina Neapolitana was sentenced o few days ago to be hanged Aug. 9 for {farm land grew from $13,276,000 to The | $34,876.000, of the farm buildings from dates of the twosexecutions fall jus: |$2.340,000 to $4,277,000, of the farm im- two weeks apart. killing her husband with an axe. NEW HAVEN WOMAN GETS POET POE’S ENGAGEMENT RING. |run 330; managers run Of the | farms run by the owners, 1,796 are free | It from |of incumbrance, and 359 are mort- | Bank preparatory merge the two known to the public. ALLEGED CROCKS FOLLOWED THE 101 RANCH SHOW. Saught in Act of Picking a Man’s Pocket at Hartfor Hartford, Comn., Bosen of Bridgeport, a suspected pici- et following 101 Ranch show,which aterday, was arraigned olice court today. His counsel adjournment, which was . an alleged accomplice rrested after court and Il be arraigned tomorrow morning. had his hand in the hip pockat Juljus Kohler of this city when he Mrs. Susan Mower Inherits Mrs. Eliza Poe Hayden. in the probate court here today. A Rhymester’s Prank. Walt Mason played a cruel joke on | part by the owners is 37.436: of these, e | 24,877 were unincumbered last year, doctor wanted Walt to write a poem 2 v - on “Swat the Fly* which he couly coe and 12,579 were mort; ed. The aver- in his monthly bulletin. Ths doctor | was 258 acres: the average value was ‘Walt | $39.01 per acre, as against $15.1i all right, but the |acre inpl\'ev.dl = AT dt the man who | Oklahoma and Utah farm for a liv- Walt's idea was that | ing, too, but they are not wholly agri- swat anything he | cu 2 = e 2 S | caligral states. " Year hafore lext Okis Jacket of some othar insect that had |representing $38,873,000 capital invest- His | ed and reporting a total output that ue's | year worth $53,682,000. The figures for Dr. Crumbine the is great on swatting the fly. ‘wrote the poel f it washto Steamship A At Copenhagen: &rom, New York. May 8, Lituania, from May 12, Potsdam, May §. Oscar 11, 55 Besiiagine: should swat a Mrom New York, ed Principal Resigns. et that could Mght back. poem will not, appear in Crumbs bulletin.—Ansonia Sentinel. e i Sherman W. “How would you like to be the ar- —_— mistice man.” said Navarro to Madero. ittleism both sides t for five days. “Pitisburg Chranicle Telograph, 1 TS, | TR o Bystanders Hurt. xicans know how to pull off a safe and sane celebration that must | - Maybe Lorimar thinks it is of Fourth of July com- |the -’:&:’. et 4 was read insted town uesday evening. It that Miss Minnie A. of “Eooperstown N succeed Mis Grace L. in fensizin aiso teach music in the Gil- school. exerts about two-thirds Z earth’ None But thi ver, . May i~ British s St g i Hu for m, off (30«']0 win rific ‘that the Spaniard sank two min- utes later. Her captain, chief officer and three sailors were drowned. ' London, May 12_—Queen Mother Al- | exandra, who returmed a week ago |from a cruise in the Mediterrancan, FRICTION OVER MEXICAN SITUATION it et e "sic Saisemets until after the coronation. During the | Cruise and since her return teh queen mother has - enjoyed good general Yexaterinoslov, Russia May 12.—The May Have Been Persona Non Grata to Some of Taft’s| provincial sovernor of ¥ekaterinoslov has given orders for the expulsion ‘from the villages of the province all Advisers—Henry L. Stimson, Who Succeeds Him, Jews who are not possessed of permits Won Admiration in Prosecution of Sugar Trust. of residence. He has also threatened | the police with severe punishment if | they fail to discover those subject to i expulsion. * Rome, May 12.—Popa Pius Y. of still fecling the effects of his recent attack of gout, and _the public audiences Frionds ot ihe | Plenned’ for this morning were sus- pended. Those who had obtained in- OVET|yitatlons were turned back when they |arrived at teh vatican. The general condition of his holiness is, however, set for today. BEACHEY ATTAINS A | HEIGHT OF 5000 FEET. | Young Woman a Passenger in Short Flight at Bridgeport. ditions Were threatening and many people were kept away aithough it was ple_yere in the aerodrome when the ground was gusty and the sending of wircless messages to a New York newspaper and the shooting at targets row if conditions are favorable. height of 5,000 feet, circling out over again into the air. McCurdy. carried the two passen- hea, winners in 2 veting contest car- er conditions were such that an ex ten feet up into the air for a distance flight Miss Shea was ted with a bouquet by Mayor Buckingham. the gift of her shopmates. ° 3 e day's exhibition closed” with a hay, the former flying high in the two passed and Tepassed each other and came to earth within a few sec- onds of each other. State are expected to be preaent and inst Members. | it is possible that Governor Baldwin, who has been invited, will attend. made to continue the flights over Sun- day and if weather conditions show signs of being propitiovk the plan will Pprobably be carried out. LOOTING IN MEXICO. robbing Chinese during teh recent fighting. Several have come to the American side. Twenty-two Americans composed the its desperate fighting in the Aged Man to Pay Penalty for Lumber | streets of Jaurez. Whether charges ot Camp Murder. looting have ben brought against all these is not known. Mich, May 12.—| The Americans vehementily deny the charges of looting, asserting that jeal- ousr among the insurrecto, leaders is oy Facts About Four States. ‘Whan the century began the census 000 acres to 745,000; the value of the plements from $889.000 to $1,558,000. ‘White men own 2,499 of the 2,660 Ne- the farms wholly or in part; tenants gaged. farm bulldings $43,622,000, of the farm implements ~$13,195,000. 'White men Own 44,511 of the 45,128%Oregon farms. The number of farms run wholly or in age size of the Oregdn farm last year homa had 2,310 manufacturing plants, Utah were: Number of manufactys plants, 749; capital Invested. $52.527.- 000: value of year's output, $61,989,000. —The Courant. Another Suggesti President might get together and start a tittle government of their own.—Chicago Jeurnal Certainly Looks That Way. business Low he got inis “the senate.—New Orleans Iu-?‘ P ers, Frank Arnold and Miss Margaref " UNREST CONTINUES. SO DECLARES LIMANTOUR United States Government to Permit Sale of Arms to Border Towns. Mexico City,-May 12.—General Diaz country s in its present state of un- rest,, it wa s asserted tonight by Finance Minister Jose Yves Limantour, He also said that Diaz stood ready. if necessary. to state in more explicit WILL STICK WHILE STATE.OF |JURY OU % A &= ’ Rebels Will Benefit by Decision - of Returned at 948 for Additional In- will not quit the presi i SMrs. Florenice 3 Dodge of Lunenbure, Jult the presidency while fhe | 15 1o charged with tho - murder of ‘William A. Heath, is in the hands of a jul:y tonight. " Jury Retired-at 8 O'Clock. terms than those contained in his re- ' sided throughout the trial, started the IN THE VE RMONT | URDER CASE. RETIRED AT 8 0'CLOCK structions and Gave Little Hope of Agreement Before Morning. Guildball VE, May 12.—The fate of Judge Alfred A. Hall, who has pre- ness. you do mot take it,- subscribe now. daily for 12 cents"a week. Saturday. May 6 118 Monday. My 8 120 vada farms. The owners run 2,155 of | As a farming and fruit growing state | New Haven, Conn., May 12.—The en- | Or2gon is more impressive than Ne- ring of Edgar Allen Poe, the | ¥ad2; nature has been kinder. In.1300 poet, figured in the inventory wf the | there were 35,337 farms in Oregon: the estate of Mrs. Eliza Poe Hayden, fileq | area under tillage was 3,328,000 acres; The | the value of the farm land was $113, gave the ring to a Mrs. Sheldon | 138,000, of the farm buildings $19.200. Va., whom he was on |000, of the farm implemants $5,507,000. his way to visit when he died at Bal. | L:ast vear there were 45128 farms in Hayden was a secon. | Oregon: the surface under cultivation cousin of the poet. The inheritor of | WaS 4,238,000 acres; the value of the the ring is Mrs. Susan Mower of this | {Arm land was $409,949,000, . of the ‘and Senator Lorimer The Newspaper as a Salesman “The newspaper is the most successful salesman because it talks only when patrons are in a condition to be talked to. It is like any other salesman, aided by the goods proving up to the standard.To have the salesman saying ore thing and the goods another is poor form in any busimess. Home-folks support trade and a home paper like The Bulletin is welcome in the home and regarded with confidence and fav- or, so through it the merchant gets—to new customers in a respectful and respectable _way. If the goods offered square with the adver- tisement they talic loudest for future business. The house which in- vites!public confidence by its honor and integrity has no complaint to make about the zone og influence or earning capacity of its advertise- ments. Space in a newspaper handled with' honesty and candor talks 2l the time, and it never ceases to make a good impression. If well conducted, the business announcements of such a house are as con- stapily looked for as the score or batting average of the home team, and they bave the pull of an-electric motor. The newspaper as a. sales- mfl:fhm up mo hotel bills or incidentals—it does business at a fix- te. This is the Teason the greatest business men are the greatest, ! yers of mewspaper space, because they know it is the straightest, quickest and best way of reaching good customers. Send for The Bulletin rate card and by a little intelligent figuring you will find that i¥ is the way of economy as well as the way of bust- [} The Bulletin is a first-class daily and has a growing subscription zist, and subscribers stay with us becaus 1t will be delivered at your door Following is a summary of the news printed the past week: -Bullétin Telegraph Tuesday, Moy 9 148 Wednesday. May 10 140 Thursday. - May- 11 - 142 Friday, May 12 130 Tota. - - - - 798 876 1919 3593 > they get all the news. If Local General Total - 171 957 1246 123 218 461 145 193 486 122 160 422 196 222 ‘560 119 169 418 1 cent manifestor his attitude with ref- erence to his retirement. Diaz Wants Modero's Terms. The wresident, he said, demanded fromi his opponetts knowledge of the terms in which they expect him to announce his willingriess to resign, and | is waiting a reply from them. The Selling of Arms in United States. ‘The importance of the decision of the American government to permit arms and ammunition to cross the bor- der into Mexico through the regular channels of trade is fully appreciated by the government. Throughout the insurrection the greatest handicap to the robels has been the difficulty of Procuring rifies and ammunition. Will Greatly Help Maders, PHisd : ecision “will _greatly simpli Madero's task eof arming the recruits whom he expects to flock by teh thou- sands to hig standard on his propected march to the capital. The Provisional Government. The provisional government of Mex- ico made such progress with its work | of organization today that within a few days it is believed Chihuahua and Sonera will be administered by pro- visional ‘state and municipal officers. Garrisons Established. o The establishment of garrisons in various places in northern Mexico, the installation of local officers ani the direction of ' Provisional President Franci#cs, L Mefleso, Jr., and:his oab- net. Like Alphonse and Goston. Although nothing was done today by officers of ihe provisional .govern-, ment respecting peace negotiations, the fact that there is a dead'ock.over procedure became more pronounced. ‘The federal government and *‘he pro- visional government are keeping, their distance, each walting for the other to make the first move. Won't * Interfere With Legitimate - Commerce. Washington, May 12.—Legitimate | commerce between the United States and.the border towns of Mexizo now in the hands of insurrectos will not be interfered with by the American go ernment. The intricate problem of in- ternational law arising from the border situation was discussed by thecabinet today, and the general policy was laid down that there would be no interrup- tion of trade which did not violate the neutrality laws of the United States. Back to the Light. For a long time it has seemed as it 01d Bill White (who is neither old not Bill, but just young -and William Allen White) was wandering around the jungles of political thought with- out Tudder or compass. He has re- frained from moving in good political socie’y ard has emitted a vast out- pour _of incoherent sounds, -suggest- ing top his million friends ail sorts of horrid suspicions. But now there is hope. William has Jleft his cave of gloom and has swept the cobwebs from his angd-shaken the spiders from nis . “Hes is- now talking in the low, sweet tone of the man of sound mind and ~his honeved words mre strung on strands of good thought as Ting | well' as good rhetoric. Read what he says, in another column of this page, on' the subject of the so-called trusts and monopolies. Réhd his _eloquent plea for industrial union and industrial econemy. ‘Read ‘his demand that the only ‘tést should be the welfare of the peaple. Read his rebuke of the nar- row .statesmen who seem to believe that competitien is a. good thing, even if it costs the people more and gives delivery of his charge to the jury just | after the evening recess, and an hour later, just before $ o'clock; the jury re- tired to consider the evidence and pre- pare their verdict. Iy instructed the jury that they could not find Mrs. Dodge guilty df murder in the first degree, and called thelr at- | tention several times to ‘the fact that | they must be satisfied beyond reason- | able doubt if they were to find her ! guilty of murder in the second degree | or of manslaughter. structions, asking the court to repeat | that portion of the charge defining murder in the second degree and man- slaughter. Pleaded for Five Minutes to Speak, but journed today umtil Tuesday after a shcrt session. Former Speaker Can- non had a few words h: wanted to say about this effort to adjourn over Mon. day. on w cmmittees weuld ke in ordar, but N minutas’ time. giving all sorts of rea- | sens, but Mr. Underwood was obdurate. Mr. Cannon would not tell the demo cratic leader what he wanted to say, and %ol that it was a purely personal maiter. | The republicans forced a rollcall on the motien to adjourn for the day. but were defeated in both cases. The state- gcnd resolution will be taken up on 't esc: $1.45 a barrel in price today, closing at $16. s azainst $17.45 the corre- sponding time 24 hours previous. hid,” and when that city in addition to its elevated location calls attention to itself by its system of municipal management, and proceeds to show those who wish fo be shown, then does it become still more conspicuous and still more an object of interest and coucern to its neighbors. Ner- | wich has adopted a commission form | of, government and has thus become the foeal point of observation for all those cities in the state, including Bridgeport, which have been consider- ing or may yet come to consider some changes of the same sort. Bridgeport has an active and energetic body of citizens, the Taxpayers' league, banded together for any improvement that is improvement, and anxious te be shown. In the upheaval thet has been so wide- spread all over the country improve- ment has been secured, but it has also Been demonstrated that not all change is-improvement and that shifting the doss not make the burden any lighter, nor much ‘improve the status of the “The Judge’s Charge. In his charge, Judge Hall repeated- Jury Returns for Instructions. “The jury returned ‘at 9.48 for in- | Not Hopeful of Early Verdiot. i After he had given the information | desired, Judge Hall asked the jury as | to the prebability of a verdict tonight, | but the jurymen were not hopeful. The | court stated, however, that he would | be ready to receive their verdict when- | ever one should be reached. DEMOCRATS IN HOUSE GAG “UNCLE JOE” CANNON. Failed to Get It. ‘Washington, May 12.—The house ad- ch motions to discharge | de the democratic leader, de- d to Tet him say them and insisteg/| acjournment. ncle Jce” pleaded for just five e would not assure Mr. Under- | PBrk Price Takes a Drop. Chicago, Ma: —May pork fal Watching Nerwich. A city set upon a hill cannot be ‘den_from one shoulder-to the other |past 26 vears pastor was Miss Eva The couple were 1906. Professor Chicago, graduated : from @ghe Yale Sheffield Scientific_school | was given his Ph.D. in 1903. past few years he has been mrofessor of organic chemistry in the Sheffield scientific cirel ‘both in this country Scientfiic . school H eis i in scientific circles both in this country and abroad. The familywas promi- | inent socially. DIED IN PREFERENCE TO JOINING A UNION. Suicide Deoclares His Fellow Workmen traction over the efferts workmen to force him into joining a union, Ernest Hebleb, 23 years old, Di: they wers r thought they pt: dent because of her health, Miss Nell o0ld, committed last night. H by her maid whe Bre: tendent of bank: ties in_the May at $1,084,630 it made that deci tation. the statute. tion is said to be im a very condition as the compa matters are factory condition. _-Since Gov. Cruce took office 2 new banking board has been appointed, and_this assessment is one of the first acts” The 1 per cent. will just about square accounts, but any further treu- ble will necessitate additional de- The first result of this action has been the scuttling of a number of state banks to cover with applications the natlonal charters and withdrawal from participation in the fund. Byen should they receive theni, it ‘Is 00 late to escape the present assessment. mands. Shacion 'yestarany voted. 1913 convention: in Denver. Rev.’ William ~ W.. Wolcott, Wa itional chi "'aed yes- torans apea 5h veers, of angie en: & 0 ears, of toris. - Z » @E,{fii( James L. Dexter, Well Known - to, thousands of summer visitors during the thirty vears that he was Dpolice at Oak Bluifs, died at hi gartown, Mass., vesterday. ' The City' of Keene, N. H., vesterda; was covered by dense clouds of smoke from fires raging in the forests of ‘the towns of Marlboro apd Roxbary, ad- joining Keene on east. 2 east and south- Resolutions Urging a Closer rela- tionsh p_between the Primitive Meth- odist - church - a3 church were adopted at yesterday’s session of the eastern conferen the Primitive Methodists. - After 17 Months in the.Juangles of _Asia, whither he -was sent to study the pheasant, - Prof. Charles William Beebe, . curator of ornithology :of the New York Zoelogical society, ed with his wife on the Chiyo Maru, Arbor Day Wae Made More signifi- cant in Providence yveésterday by -the distribution of 30,000 young catalpa trees to the school ch Idren for plant- ing. The trees were - given by John ghepard, Jr., of Boston and ' Provi- | dence. NEW HAVEN WOMAN GETS $100,000 ALIMONY.. She Accused. Prof. Wheeler of Yale of the = Préshyterian Intolerable Cruelty. New Haven, Conn., May 12.—On re- celving the referee’s report today, Judge Edwin B Gager, in the superior court, granted Mrs. Eva Wheeler, wife of Prof. Henry Lord Wheeler of Yale, a divorce and $190,000 alimony, largest ever granted by the courts. The hearings were conducted Dby Referee H. C. White, and intoler- able cruelty was given as the ground for the complaint. The complaint al- leged -that last winter - Professor Wheeler struck his wife several times at their home, 45 Trumbull street, in- Juring her so that she was obliged- to place herself under physicians’ care in a sanitarfum. Since that time . Mrs. Wheeler has remained at the Wheeler home and the professor has lived in bachelor quarters. Before her ma: t of New York. ed .in - March, Drove Him to It. Philadelphia, May 12.—Driven to dis- of the Beldwin Locéme hot and killa1 Fimsaif toda: ng man’s reason for his Dear Wife: I can no longer en- afforts of my fellow workm. te force me into joining the union. I do not beiieve in unionism and they are making my life S0 miserable that 1 cannot bear it any longer. So, good- bye.” e AR AR THREE SPOTTED FEVER CASES AT BRIDGEPORT. se at First Thought to Ptomaine Poisoning. Bridgeport Conn.. May 12.—Three Galluzzo died at the Bridgeport hospital early today of in- fectious spottad fever. the hospital last evening by the father. The mether and a seven rother are alse at the hospital, critically ill of the same malac ved at the hespital, two or thres days ago, it was at first were suffering - from old Jame: aine poisoning. 11l Health Causes Su Providence, R. .. May 12.—Despon- tin's Bakersfield Bank Closed. San_Francisco. May 12.—The Kern Valley bank of Bakersfield was closed toflay by ‘order of the stateé superin- Assets and. liabtli- sment were given ntal stock, $100,000. Bank Guaranty Law. Col. William Jennings Bryan ex- prossed his ‘warm approval of the de- ision of the supreme court validating the law gnarantecing bank deposits, which he had made one of his many issues. Tt is doubtfol whether that tribunal had Col. Bryan in mind when ion, and it expressed no opinion of the merits of the law, but only performed what it regarded its duty with respect to its interpre- There seems to be some rocks ahead for the successful operation of In Oklahoma the situa- ticklish sult of the action of the state banking board in levying an assessment of 1 per cent. on the|. doposits of state banks to replenish the state guaranty fund. ¢ is preparing a report on the administration of this fund under .the Haskell regime, and it is stated that und. in a very unsatis- : ome 1 i} ice of the state e Mrs. Wheeler who- is. from 1890, and For the of fellow in a letter addressed to his The letter in substance was as He was taken ar . When tinued -ill- sphyxiation ct was discovered she went to Miss room today. Miss Breslin was afflicted with heart trouble. An auditing ACAT'S LIFE Steamer Merida Ram ng Five Hours Later THE ONLY ONE LOST Pnungm and Crew Transferred to O1d Dominion Steam- er, Many of the Former in Scanty Attire—Mexican Refugees Among the Passengers, One of Whom Was Badly Injured—Worman Ldst $1000. - Norfolk, Vi 1da, with A Me mediatel and _crew By wireless telegraphy, the Old Do- minton Steamship company Hamilton, bound from New York to Norfolk, was summoned by the Farra- gut, and took aboard the rescued pas- sengers and crew and landéd them in Norfolk at seven o'clock tonight, ‘Admiral Farragut, breakwa tleship Towa, wireless_appeals for assistance. Iowa- was standing by the Farragut When ‘he steamer Hamilton left with the rescued passengers and crew for Norfolk, Farragut Alse in Danger of Sinking. After ramming the Was several times her size, the Farra- gut staggered away with a bad hole n her rort bow, and it was feared she toe would sink. The collision disabled the Merida’s engines, wrecked her dy- namo ‘awd wireless apparatus and left her helpiess and in total darkness. ‘Engineer Benton Hero of the Hour. Wireless Operator Leach of the Far- ragut tried to call found his appeal could not be heard. Meanwhile passe being transferred of the passengers ton, an expert engineer, and he was the hero of the hour. through Benton's assistance that the Farragut's wireless was repaired and Operator Leach’s first call for ald at 5.30 o'cleck was made responsible. The Race to Save Lives. From the Hamilton and the Towa, both 5% came quick re- spaonses, o'clock,” sage. ton raced to save lives. Just a few minutes after eight | o’cleck the Hamilton sighted the Far- | ragut and in half an hour she had her | Within two hours, three hundred and twenty-nine passengors were transferred from steamer to the Hamilton. won. lifeboats out. May 12—An at sea which came near being a trag- edy and was filled’ with many thrilling narratives of human rescue and es- (eape; occurred oft this cost early to- 8ay when the Ward line steamer Mer- d from Havana for New York | oard, was rammed by the fruit steamer Admiral Farra- ‘guet, bound frbm Philadelphia for Port ‘Antonlo, and sank in 35 fathoms, 55 miles northeast of Cape Charles. an Woman Injured. Every person aboard the Merida was Tescued, and but one was seriously in- .jured, the wife of A. Peon, a landed proprietor of Progreso, and his family were bound for Paris to await the end of Mexican troubles. Mrs, Peon, occupying a stateroom im- ly mext to where the Farragut struck ‘the Merida, was hu internally. Was Struck During Fog. The Merida was struck by the Ad- miral ‘Farraguet during a dense fog at 12.30 a. m. after the Merida had had & delightful trip from Havana with fine weather and a smooth sea. Sank Five, Hours Later. In five hours she was at the bot- tom- of the ocean, but her passengers were Safely small destroyer, the Farragut. Steamer Summoned to Take Passen- rt, perhaps which carried but oOne passenger, an unknown Philadel- phian, proceeded for ', under convoy of the bat- Merida, which ers dnd crew 7 'the Farragu It was largely miles away, read the Hamilton's Then the Iowa and the Hamil- The Hamilton | Passengers Thrown from Beds. The Merida's lights were extin« guished ten, mimutes after the ion. . Passengers wero thrown from. their beds in_ staterooms and Wunks belgw. Ship officers quicted the wo- mah passengers, .three or four of ‘whom infanis in thefr arms rdshed on deck in their night dresses, E Mexican Refugess Among Passengers. Two-score Mexican refugees were among the Merida’s passengers, bound for the United States and Europe, One passenger {s sald to have been 3 Ro- man Catholic archbishop en route to Rome, One Woman Lost $1,000. One woman said she lost $1.000 fm gold, deposited with the Merida’s purs- er ahd half a car-load of tropical birds which ghe was importing. The secre- tary to the Italian legation in Mexico lost eight trunks and there wers mamy other losses equally as great. One Man Left With Only a Bath Rebe Some of the passengers were left ‘very scantily attired. ~ Semor Peom, whose wife was injured, escaped omiy in his bathrobe, He said he was, with his wife, five children and two malds, | on the way to visit five other children by a former marriage. His wife was 30 badly hurt that she had to be low- ered trom the da in & chair and 3gain from the Farragut to the Ham- ilton in ltke fashion; She was berne to a local hotel for medical examina- tion. Women Save Red Biankets. All" that one ‘party of New York women were able to save were red blankets taken from the Merida. Boy Falls from Lifeboat. As one lifebodt was being lowered from the Merida with 25 people in her a davit rove broke and it descended at an angle of 25 degrees, A mecessary plug to keep her from simking had been forgotten and this had to be aaited. Women clung to the sides to prevent falling out as the bew swung at an agle. One boy fell ou but was rescued. Woman With Babe Fainted. A womas with a babs fainted snd .dropped her child, which was picked up by a stewardess. A. D, Guerre of Brooklyn and a Mr. Jones hiad to jump from the Merida te a iife raft. The former was slightly injured. Both were on the life raft for several hours be- fore rescued. Passengers at Norfolk Hetel, There were brought from the Merida 181 first class passengers, 33 second class passengers, 24 stcerage, and 131 crew. The crew, steerage and eight first class passengers left tomight fow New York. The others were {": | hotel accommodations and wii given tickets tomorrow to their des- tinations. “Nine Lives” Lest. The only death resviting from t accident was that of caf, the mas cot of the ship, which was overleok- ed. Left Havana Tuesday. The Merida left Havana last Tues day #nd was due in New York earl this afternoon. She started Vera Cruz. where she took on most of her passengers, and stopped at Pro- greso before touching Havana. The collision occurred 168 miles north of Dfdmond shoals. Captain Stood by Ship. Capt. A. Robertson stayed om the ship until fifteen minutes before she went to the bottom. TEN MEAT PACKERS 3 MUST GO TO TRIAL Anti-Trust | g Meat Prices. Charged with Violating Law in Controil Chicago, May 12. packers must go te trial on federal in- | |Mictments charging them with spiracy te control the prices of lresh} meat in violation of the Sherman an- | ti-trust law. This was decided toda by Judge George A. Carpenter of the | United States overruled a demurrer in packers held that the Sherman failed sufficiently to define tAe offense | it sought to prohibit. the government declare the decision is a tremendous ‘blow to the packers’ defense and the prosecution had scored at every point. Suicide of Princeten Student. Princeton, N. J, May 12. Brown et New York oity, ber of the junior class ef Princeton Shot himself in his roem Death was probably in- university lato today. stantaneous. The Norwich Bulletin pathetically remarks anent March winds ot May: Prettiest streets these days, it is sur- prising how much dirt one can comb The only alleviation that We can suggest is to cut the hair short and keep the hat on. Then dne will’ enly have to dig the dirt out of griaiioars 6a& nose, wniesk one inean- tiously wears his mouth open,—! - port Standard. ./ Value of Insurgency. Tnsprgents in the United States sen- ate have decided that they value their pringiples at one-fourth of the commit- e places—Albany Argu: out of his hair.” them less. It is indeed a comfort to have William ence more back 4n the sunlight of soynd -legic and horse semte s We bog him to stay—Kansas s & bearer in the end. We shall watch Norwich and in a mood to approve and appropiifte whatever she demonstrates o b wrth appropriation. Standar, € S —RBostow” Transcript. - A Chicag 83 ke diu)l“-uc-ltm. for a ear. Nevermore ‘hieago brag verish hustle.—Pittsburg Dis- 1Sk K ‘en Chicago meat Attorneys for Will Remain at Princeton. Princeton, N. J., May 12.—Dr. Hen ry Van Dyke, who resigned last No- vemaer as the Murray professor of English, literature at Princeton uni- versity, has recalled resignation and will retain the chair. Hustle in Chicage. TO PUT ARMY ON STRONGER WAR BASIS General Wood Proposes a Permanent Reserve Corps of 270,000 Men. Washingten, May 12.—By spending from six (o ten miliion dellars & year the United States can have perma- nent reserve corps of 0,000 trained soldiers, thus puiting the regular ar- my on a strong war basis, according to Major General Wood, chief of stafr. | Before the houge committce on mili- which the | changing the term of enlistment from tary affairs today he opposed a bill three years to five years. General Wood said his plan would, i put the full reserve 0 men within call of the war department. He characteriz- ed disarmament as “a dream of dreamers,” and. urged adoption of some practical schems of putting the country’s military establizhment om % stronger war basls, notwilhstazding the persistent movement for disarm - ament and permanent peace by arbi- tration, CHINAMAN WHO MARRIED % WHITE GIRL IN JAIL Charged ,With Violation of Chinese Exclusion Act. New York, May 11—Dr, Jin Fuey Moy, a Boston Chinamaxn, who has an American wife, was neid n 35,000 beil by United States Commissioner James W. Carpenter in Jersey ity today t5 answer to.a fedsral 'ndietment in Massachusetts, charging violation of the Chinese exclusion act. Miss Anna M. Dodd of Newark, who gave bomd for Dr. Moy when heWas arrested re- cently would not renew tie bend aud the man was locked wp m the Hudson county As ha let for the Jail his wife embraced and Wissed hfon Oystor Sloop Grounded. New York, May 11—Tha oyster slocp Claud L., Todded with seed oyster from Milford, Conn., for Sav: L. I unded on 4 sand var off Firs Js- Captain_Ravnor and crew threw. overboard the Geoks eas and life severs from the Oak HIL b, witere see Jmmea,