Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 5, 1911, Page 1

TRAGIC Prospective Bride an\d Bridegroom and Four Others Drowned in Utah Lake SQUALL CAPSIZES SAILING LAUNCH The Sixteen Passengers Aboard Thrown Into the Water —Couple in Whose Honor the Party Was Given Sink Together Clasped in Each Other’s Arms—Groom Drowns in Effort to Save His Fiancee. ke City, June 4.—Six persons wned in Utah lake today when the sailing launch Galilee, on which sixteen persons were attending a pariy given in honor of the approach- ing marriage of Miss Vera Brown. 21 years old, and Edward B. Holmes, capsized in a squall. Lovers Among the Drowned. Among the drowned were the pro- spective bride and _bridegroom and ank and Helen Brown, two ether children of Capt. Frederick Brown, tha owner of the-launch. Vain Attempt to Save Son. Benjamin W. Raymond seized his Ve year old son, sank. with him and drowned. All the victims of the accident lived in Salt Lake Cit Entire Party Thrown Into Water. All sixtesn passengers wepe“thrown into the water when the boat turned over. Pulled Down by Fiancee. . | Holmes, gulded by the gurgling cries of his fiancee, went to her aid. The struggling woman and the rough water ware too much for him and they we: to the bottom clasped in each other’t arms. Tried to Save Sister. Frank Brown tried to aid his sister, Helen, but both were Soon exhausted ‘and benumbed and sank together. Saved Ten of the Party. Some young peoble in a sailboat were attracted by the cries of the others, who succeeded in grasping the up- turned Galilee, and went to the rascue. They succeeded in saving ten persons who had been in the water an hour and a half. NON-SECTARIAN TRIBUTE TO CARDINAL GIBBONS Clergymean of Various Deno ations Identified with the Affair, Baltimore, June 4.—Ag a tribute to rdinal Gibbons for his public serv- jces as an American citizen a non- sectarian celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood and the twenty-fifth of his eievation to the cardinalate, will be helc_in the Fifth regiment armory here on Tuesday. Governor Crothers will ‘preside and the principal addresses will be made | Dby President Taft, Vice President | <iorman, ex-President Roosevelt, Speaker Clark of the house of repre sentatives, Chief Justice White of the | United States supreme court, Senator Root of New York and ex-Speaker Cannon. Magor Preston and the car- dinal also will make addresses,. Among others who have accepted invitations to be present are a num- ber of United States senators, con- sressmen and diplomatic representa- tives of foreign countries. Bishop John Gardner Murray of the Protestant Episcopal church 1 chair- man of the reception committee and associated with him are clergymen of arfous denominations. The general ecclesfastical celebration of the dual anniversary will be held next October. WORCESTER AUTOMOBILE DASHED INTO A POLE Catharine Ryan Instantly Killed and | Her Sister Fatally Injured. Worcester, Mass.,, June 4.—Miss Ca- therine Ryan of this city was instant- 1v killed and her sister, Miss Marga- ret Ryan, was fatally injured whgn a large touring car in which they were passengers dashed into a telephone gole on Quinsigamond avenue, in Shrewsbury, at an early hour today. “T'he driver of the car, J. F. Quarn, and three other persons, were cuit and bruised, but were able to go to their Thomes. The party were returning from an | outing at a club house near Lake | Quinsigamond when the driver lost control and the machine shot against a telephone pole. The pole was snap- ped off near the ground and the up- per part. suspended Dby the wires, struck Catherine Ryan in the head, crushing her skull and killing her in- stantly. Margaret Ryan was tarown from her seat and landed against a post with such force that her back was broken. FOUR DROWNED BY OVERCROWDING LAUNCH | Te Dodge a Wave All / All Aboard Rushed to the Stern. St. Lounis, Mo., June 4—Four men were drowned and three rescued from | measure. 2 similar fate today when a gasoline Jaunch capsized in the Mississippi riv- er. The dead are: John A. Dietrich, 16 years old; Au- gust Masterbrook, a grocer; Charles Totsch, a butcher, and an unidentified man. The accident is attributed to over- crowding of the launch. Seven men were seated in the stern and whtn it dipped under a wave all rushed for- ward and capsized it. TELL OF SEEING SEA SERPENT WITH WINGS Passengers and Crew of Ocean Liner Have Interesting Experience. Naw York, June 4—The passengers and crew of the White Star liner Cel- tie brought with them to New York today a revival of the sea serpent tales of other ) They reporied baving sizhted e esterda i midable looking going at high s=peed ‘in pursuit of a school of vounz whales thay said, The monster, hud wings, although it ap- eared to be an aquatic animal, and rose frequently ten feet.or more from the water. Whales and pursuer faded from sight within a few minutes. HOTTEST JUNE 4TH IN CHICAGO’'S HISTORY Mercury Droppel at Night from 95 to 65 Degrees. Chicago, June 1.—Chicago sweltered ay in what was five degrees the bottest June 4th recorded in this city. The temperature rose to 95.3 degrees, more than one desree higher n the next hottest day of the vear, in which many heat records have been exceed- ed. One drowning and a mumber of heat prostrations were reported. Following a day of suffering, the mercury dropped suddenly tonight, falling “thirty degrees to 65 by nine oclock. i Want Marshall for President. Laporte, Ind., June 4.—A resolution Indorsing (overnor M.ra: U _for tl presidancy in 1912 was udopted vester- @ay by the Indiane Democratic Edi- tore’ assoclation. in sessien here, 93,000 Southford Conn., June 4—A ‘bvarn owned hy the mond Match com- VOTE CN RECIPROCITY MAY LAST SIX WEEKS Thirty Senators Expected Make Speeches Against to It Washington, June 4.—The senate findnce committee’s report on the Ca- madian reciprocity bill to the senate will mark the beginning of the third month of the extra session of con- gress, Executive Session Wednesday. The hearings, which have lasted al- most a month, will close tomorrow or Tuesday. and on Wednesday the com- mittee will zo inte executive session to determine the dispesition of the Once in the senate, the bill will run a gauntlet of speec! and amend- ments. At least thir nators expect to address the senate in opposition to it and if the democratic and insurgent republican sengtors fail to obtain ade- quate attention to amendments .in committee, they will seek the first opportunity to present their provisions in_ open senate. No one counts upon less than six | weeks of debate. Some, who predict much longer discussion, say the whole tariff fight will be wagzed in the con- sideration of reciprocity, ‘With the presidential contest only a vear off, there is a general disposition to play for position. Despite demo- cratic and insursent republican per- sistence, Mr. Penrose predicts passage of the bill and an adjournment of the extra session before August 1. Sen- ator Smoot recently joined in vhis pre- diction concerning adjournment. Tn committee the most serious cen- flict probably will occur over the amendment of Senator Root withhold- ing the application of the azreement to wood pulp imported from Canada so loug as local dr provincial restrictions are placed upon its exportation. The polls will bs open in the four city districts at nine o'clock this morning and remain open until 4 in the afternoon, for the city election. POLITICAL STRINGS FOR CIVIL SERVICE JOBS. Civil Service Reform Association Re- ceives Copies of Letters. Albany, N. Y., june 4.—In answer to recent statementis made by representa- tives of the Civil-Service Reform asso- ciation. that snecial agents «f his de- partment were appointed \without re- gard to politics. Sjare Commissioner of Excise Williad W. Farley .has transmitted to the state civil service commission copies of letters received at the department since inception from prominent republican leaders in the state, urging appointment of spe- cial agents and asking that they be assigned to certain localities for polit- ical service The correspondence showed that po- litical leaders became active in_behalt of the agents as soon as the depart ment started, in 1396. The late U ed Btates Senator Thomas C. Platt, ex- Governor B. B. Odeli, Jr.. State Sen- ator W, W. Armstrons, former Chair- man of the New York County Re publican Committee Lloyd C. Griscom, former wenator and now Chief Justice Alfred R. Page. former Chairman of the Republican State Committee Tim- othy L. Woodruff and others are among those who sought favors from the department. THREE PERILS OF THE AMERICAN HOME. Bryan Believes Pursuit of Pleasure and the Dollar is One. New York, home is triply imperiliec religion, failure to cultiv and the pursuit of plea dollar. according to Will Bryan. Mr. RBryan' songht by the Rey ner, who wrote the him “What endange home”’ Mr. B n's public tonight from the June 4.—The Amer by neglect opinion Christian F. T ebraskan as! Wi reply, pulpit, was as Allowing business and pleasure to | consume all the time. so that none is left for the cultivation of the home life. We are too busy making mone: and hunting for a good time. Home religion s also neglected.” PENNSYLVANIA WINS THE BALLOON RACE Covered 115 Miles in a Little Over Seven Hours. Peabody, Mass., June 4 —University of Pennsylvania, it was learned today, Is the winner of tha first intercollegi- ate balloon race in the history of aero- nuntics, " having defeated Dartmouth and Willlams for disiunce and for du- ration in the race that began at North Adams yesterday afternoon. The Pennsylvania balloon, Philadelphia, lended ‘at West Peubody at 10.36 last night, after covering u dfstance of 115 miles in a little over sefen hours, Postal Savings at New Canaan. ‘Washington, June 4—Following are among the posteffices designated to. day as pestal savings depositories: Lyndonviile, ¥t; New Capaan. Conn. ks % and B¢ ridg: b not to appoint young women as staif Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 4.—Gen- cral Saint Just, a native of Marie Barboux, is at the héad of the. revolu- tion which has been in progress for ihe last month in the department of the north. 2oy A Charleroi, Belgium, June 4.—Another earthquake was felt at Gosseli a town four miles north-of this city, at 2.40 o'clock this afternoon. Many houses were damaged. The streets are littered with debris, There were no casualties. g ‘Berlin, June 4.—Prince Joachim, the voungest son. of Emperor _William, whose knee was badly injured during sham battle exercise of the Second Guard brigade on May 29, was operat- ed on yesterday to let out the blood from under the kneecap. Toulor, France, June 4—The tor- pedo-hoat destroyer Pertuisane, which was despatched yesterday to search for a derelict aeroplane which was re- ported to be floating about fifty miles ovt to sea, returned here today and reported that her search was fruit- less. Tokio, June 4.—Baron Takahashi, who is well known in the United States, has resigned the presidency of the Yokohama Specie bank and has been appointed governor of the Bank of Japan. Viscount Mishima has been elected president of the Yokohama Specie bank. DECLARES MRS. SCHEIB \ DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS. Attorney for Her Husband Scouts the Murder Theory. New York, June 4.—Alexander Kaz- lin, attorney for Henry A. Scheib, made public tonight Scheib’s defense to th2 charge of slaying his wife, Lillian, whose body was found in a bathtan last Tuesday. Karlin admits most of the contentfons of the police, but d: clares that Mrs. Scheib died of tubel culosis and that Scheib had not visited the flat since March 25. He scouts the statement that the body had been in the bathtub four months, and declares ithat he can produce an alibi to meet the evidence of any witness claiming to have seen Scheib leave the flat last Sunday. < “Scheib slept in the flat_for seven prior to March 25, Karlin said. “His wife was missing all that time, having left her husband on Feb. 2, after a quarrel. He kept up the pa ment of rent because he believed he would hear from her. She left him in 1010, but came back after severnl months’ absence, during which he had pajd the rent. “When Mrs. Scheib met him last February she was suffering from tu- herculosis. Scheib knew this and de- termin>d to have evervthing ready to nurse her should she return. He lived waiting for her for the alone there, seven weeks, and then, tiring of his lonely life, took a room mear his work.” Karlin added that the warm weather since May 1 was responsible for the condition of the bodv when found. It was his conviction, he said, that Mrs. Scheib died while taking a bath, LAST LEG OF RACE MAY BE ABANDONED. Aviator Beaumont Promises to Finish It, Regardless of Decision. Rome, June 4.—There is some talk of abandonment of the last leg of the Paris-Rome-Turin race, owing to the difficulty of finding appropriate land- ing places in the Awmpenines. Beau. mont, however,shays that he will make the flizght to Turin,whether that portion of the race is officially eliminated or not. According to the rulcs, the start from Rome may be made any time be- fore June 10 for the Rome-Turin sec- tion of the contest. Beaumont is in good conditoin for this fiight, but Gar- ros is still suffering severely from the injuries to his right shoulder. Ved- rine, the winner of the Paris-Madrid race, has seni 2 message from the Frenche capital saying that he hopes to fly to Rome and that he expects to ac- complish this flight in one day. He would then be ready to take part in the contest frcm Rome to Turin. FARMERS “BUNCOED,” SAYS THE PRESIDENT Opposition to Reciorocity from Lum- ber Trust and Print Paper Makers. Chicago, June 4 —President Taft, in a speach before the Western Economic society here last night, declared that the principai opposition to the Cana- dian reciproci agreement came nnti from the farmer but from the lumber “trust” and from American manufac- turers of print paper. In one of the most comprehensive gddresses that he has made on the sgubject, the president outlined some of the methods employed by the op- | ponents of reciprocity, practically told the farmers that they were being bun- coed hy special interesis and said that the fete of the agreement rested not so much with the United States senate as with the people of the country. If the farmer and the country at large, he said, could be brought to un- derstand that this treaty was in the interests of the majority of the peopie he would no longer fear the coming vote ir the senate. WARRIORS OPPOSE RIDING ASTRADDLE Confederate Veterans Object to Girls’ Actions in Parade. June 4.—Ree: unted astr the recent confederate parade Little Rock reunion, the lecal bivoua of corfeder: veterans has adopted | this_resolution “Resolved, That pear in_the parades state divisions or the general associa- tion astraddle. und shouid any so ap- pear the officers in charge of said pa- rade shall politely request that they retire.” The » woman shall ap- of the camps, the resolution requested generals officers. Locusts Thick Pennsylvania. Stroudsburg, Pa., June 4—Seventeen vear locusts are troubling Monrge county farmers. They are coming uip out of the ground and scaling shrub- bery, leaving their outer skins hang- ing to the iimbs as they take their flight. A rural mail carrier who ran into a thick swarm yesterday was compelled to throw his. rubber blan#| ket over his head for protection. Horse “Barked Like Dog.” New York, June 4—A mad horse that had been “barking like a dog.” according to its owner, was shot and Killed yesterday by Patrolman Costin in the stable yard of John A Arm- strong, a contractor. The horse was bitten by a small dog six weeks ago. Killed ‘While Pace-Making. Berlin, June 4.—Theile, a well known German hicyelist, while" pave-making on a_motorcyeie at the international race here today, fell and was_ instantly ALLENTOWN MAN KILLED N THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. TEN OTHERS ARE INJURED |CUSTOMS COURT DECISION @ Horses Became Unmanageable on a Steep Grade and Driver Brought Ve- hicle up Against a Wall, Upsetting It Yosemite, Cal, June 4.—In a stage coach runaway in the Yosemite valley laie last evening a man was instantly killed ané three women were seriously injured. Seven Others injur: Seven other persons sustained mim:f ) injuries. The Dead: R. S. Leisenring Allentown, Pa. 3 Seriously * Injured: Miss Martha ‘Webber of ston, arm broken: Miss Diesehderfer. Boston, shoulder broken; Mrs. A. Jeckel, New York, gashed over eye. Occurred on Steep Grade. The injuries sustzined by the others e inconsiderablé. AN were tour- 4 The accident occurred on a steep grade between the Big Tree grove at ‘Wawona and the floor of the Yosemite wvalley Party Numkered Forty. The party, numbering foriy persons, and occupying four big mountain stage coaches, left mp Ahwamee early yesterday morning for the trip to Aw- ana, which was made safely. Horses Became Frightened. At a steep grade the horses on the front stage became frightened, and un- manageable. The brakes failed to hold, the team gailoped do the winding roadway with the stage swinging from side to side between a high bank and a sharp precipice, while the passengers screamed. The Stage Upset. ‘Convinced that he could not stop the animals, the driver finally turned them straight into the wall of the cliff. The stage turned over completely and several of the passengers were caught beneath it. 3 Leisenring Landed ‘on Head. Leisenring was thrown clear, but struck on his head and was instantly kilied. The stages foliowing carried the injured and Leisenring’s body to Camp Ahwamee. Leisenring a Real Estate Dealer. Allentown, June 4—Reuben S. Leis- enring of this city, who was killed at Yosemite, was a member of the real estate firm of lLeisenring & Walk and one of the leading business me of the city He was a native of Alien- town and was 70 years old. WORCESTER'S NEW UNION DEPOT OPENED YESTERDAY Structurs Is Elevated and Abolishes Dangerous Grade Crossings. Worcestér, June 4—Worces ter’s new million-dollar union railroad station was opened today, the first passenger train to use the structure being the Boston & Albany train from the west. which passed through Wor- cester on its wa ton just after eight o’clock this morning. The sta- tion is elevated and abolishes dan- gerous grade crossings. Just after the Sunday newspaper train passed throus this morning. a big gang of men was put at work cutting the rails at either end of the approach to the new ele- vated system and at eight o'clock all was in readiness for the western train. The new union station is used joint- ly. as was the, old, by the New York, New Haven & Hartford raiirpad, the Bosten & Albandy railroad, and the Boston & Maine railroad. The main structure is of iwhite granite, white terra cotta, marble and buff brick. Bridgeport Woman Siept ‘Outdoors. the city at 4.16 Waterbury, Conn, June 4.—DMrs. Elizabeth . Hart of Bridgeport was taken into custody late today after sleeping out of doors two nights at ‘Woodlawn terrace. She came here on a visit and while arrangements were being made for her accommodation, sht wandered away. She suffered greatly from expos and it is be- lieved that she was without food dur- ing her wanderings. She is thought by the police to be slightly demented. Taft's Brief Stay in Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., June 4—President Taft arrived here at 910 and was im- mediately driven an automobile to the residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Laughlin. He remained there until it was time to take the train scheduled to leave at 11.I%, to which his car was attached. The train is due in Washington at 8.45 tomorrow morning. Carnations from President. Washington, June 4—Each boy and girl participating in Childrer’s day ex- ercises at All Souls’ Unitarian church today received a carnation with Pr ident Taft's compliments. With the flowers the president seat a cordial te t he Sunday school, regretting ITig absence in' Chicago made it impossible for him to be present. Waterbury Boy Gets Bad Shock. Waterbur Conn., June 4.—John Smith, agec is in tion tonight t A baser roof of a building and the Dol vic light pole after it. Fle got and fell 35 feet, st ing on h ed, his s internall, He was badly burn- injured and he w. Windstorm Sweeps Michigan. Detroit, June 4—A wind storm, said have been the most severe in years, ccompanied by electricity, swept low- r Michigan tonight. Telegraph and telephone wires: are down throughout the state. At . Lennon, Shiawassee county, fourteen moving freight cars were swept off the track. No one Was injured. New Haven Schooner Ashore. Brooksville, ~ Me.,, June 4—Loaded with granite, from Brooksville for New York, the New Haven schooner Bessie C. Poach was repcrted ashore tonight on Marriman's ledge near Pumpkin light, She is said to be in a bad position. The Beach registers 284 tons met. Drowned Trying to Catch Ball. New York, June 4 —Six vear old Ludwig Pechas’ effort to catch a ball thrown over his head cost the lad his life today. He jumped backwards for the ball and toppled from the dock on which he was playing iuto the Fast river. His body was Dot recovered, s The.45 Labor Unions at Springfield are planning to erect a labor temple Coach, On all Animals PET = POODLES AND DRAFT HORSES ARE INCLUDED. Man Wito Drives Horse Across Cana- di Bring It Back—Pets Also Affected. Washington, June 4.—The customs court has given a decision which prom ises to make customs collectors e more uhpopuiar than now, Treasury officials declare it will ehtangle the sovernment in no end of disputes un- less congress amends it. v Poodles and Horses Affected. | Three words in onz section of the Payne-Aldrich law have been con- strued to mean that any American- bern animal, once taken out of this country, must pay Huty to return. It is held that the law applies to all ani- mals, from pet poodles to draft horses. Can No Longer Use Discretion. Heretoiore customs collectors have been allowed to exercise some discre- tion in enforcing.this provision. Here- after they will have no alternative, and the foliowing wiil be some of its ef- fects: Duty on Pet Dogs. “An American woman who takes h pet poodle to Europe will have to p duty on it when she returns.” Coi- lector Loeb at New York has begzed the treasury department to allow him to wink at thé law, but has bezn ad- ised that the government will allow no winks. Duty on Hackman's Horse A Niagara Falls hackman will no longer be allowed to drive his fare ross the forze to the Canadian side of tite waterfall unless he is prepa 0 pay fuil duty on his horse when ne comes back. There is no provision by rhich he might put up a bond guaran- nz his return. Hardship on American Vacationists. s Meny. Americans who have summer homes in Canada and usually take their horses and dogs with them be confronted with a duty when th return. Will Restrict Commerce. At some places along the border, customs officials say, the enfercement of the law will amount to a restriction of commerce between cities. Much leaming is done between Detroit and Windsor over the ferries. At oth border cities the situation is similar. Under the court's ruling an American merchant in Detroit who drives to Windsor must pay duty on his team before he can return to Detroit. Law Has Never Been Enforced. The jaw has been in effect since 1909, hut the customs officials enforced it. The customs court decision leaves no alternative for them. Several congressmen are threatening to introduce bills amend- ing it. ) CARRIAGE WRECKED BY RUNAWAY AUTOMOBILE White Sox Ballplayer Has an Exciting Experience at Meriden. Meriden, Conn., June 4.—Ed Walsh, the White Sox pitcher, figured in an automobile zccident here this evening when an automaobile smashed into a carriage in which were Mr. Walsh and his family. The car, cwned and driven R of Waterb: got | away from the driver when he crank ed the engine with the clutch at high speed. Mr. Harder was run over, the wheels crossing the abdomen, but was not seriously injured. The driverless car came down Col- ony street headed for the double horse team driven by Mr. Walsh and the latter, perceiving his danger, attempt- ed te avert it by beating out the au- tomobile, but the latter overtook him and the carriage was wrecked. The ! machine terminated its wild dash by hitting a telegraph pole head on. Ne: ther Mr. Walsh nor his family were injured and r. Harder was able to make the trip to his home by troliey later in the evening. VERMONT PLANNING GREAT WELCOME FOR ROOSEVELT Ex-President to Address Na the Advantages of Co-operation. White River Junetion, Vt., June 4.— Representatives of Vermont will con- gregafe at White River Junction on Wednesday to welcome to the state former President Theodore Rooseveit, who comes up from New York by spe- cial irain and particuldrly to talk to Vermonters on the advantages of “co- operation among community institu- tions. It will be a “get together dinner” for Vermoniers. At the banquet in Gates opera house will be seated distin- ished guests from Washington, the culty of Dartmouth college and rominent officials from New Hamp- | shire as well as Vermont, including overnors Robert D, A. Mead respectively. Bass and John | | MONEY GIVES OUT. i Travel to Be at | State Military Men’ | Expense of State. i al to The Bulletin.) , June 3.—The fact that | the appropriation for' transportation of militia officers to take part in the army maneuvers on the Mexican bor- der had become exhausted was given | out by the war department today, and having officers they wish must pay their travel ex- . The names of officers should nt to the war department and the wiil be detailed, but his ex- penses will have to be paid by the state that makes the request. SCHOOLBOY HANGED HIMSELF AFTER REPROOF, Said to Have Been Discouraged Over Progress in School. . N. J., June 4.—Charles Me- ¢ Christian, ‘a 14 vear old school- boy, was found hanging dead to a clothesline tied to a steampive in the cellar at the home of his ur “harles Wilson, today. He had been missing since Saturday afternoen, following a reprimand by bis aunt for s failure in studi Mr. and AMrs. Vilson, who came here from_ Tro; N three years ago, said that they believed the discouragement over his schooky rk drove him to suicide. Incendiary Blaze at Oxford. Oxford, Conn. June 4.—Fire today destroved a barn ewned by Jacob Schafber with a loss of $2,000. It is thought to have been incemidary op- g‘ 3 ! wise would have been Governor Redo cf the state of Sin- aloa, Mexico, has been assassinated. in the Mangel narrows on the Alaskan coasts ¥ - z ‘Four Hundred Freight Carriers on Lake. Erie are ticd up for want of cargoes, 7 A Reduction Telephone Rates is g0 into effect in Greater New York ugust 1. The Wool Tariff Revision Bill will be ‘reported fayorably to.the house when n Line Will Have to Pay Duty o it ~convenes " - President Taft Left for Chicago feel- ing confident that the reciprocity bill will pass the senate. Tuesday, Minnesota Has Not Given Up the fight to have a summer White house on Lake Minneto: “Foundry Chills” Is a New Ailment wmounced himself a candidate for lieu- sachusetts foundrymen. Will'am Randolph Hearst Has Sued Collier's, a weekly publication, for $500,000 for alleged libel, There Have Been Seven recent cases of spotted fever in Bridgeport, four of which have resulted in death. Crossed Wires Are Supposed to have causad a fire which partially destroyed the Hotel Waiton at Cincinnati, O. A Decrease of infant Mortality in New Haven during May is attributed to the more rigid inspection of milk. Owing to the lliness of One of the jurors, the sittings of the Camorra trial have been postponed until June 7. e a ate of York The Yale Law School will rec $10,000 &cholarship from the e the late Joseph Parker of New city. William «Stuart Reyburn of Phila- delphia, son of the mayor of that city, was sworn in,as a memper of con- Arthur Tappén Pierson, the t~. Pre: jan clergyman and died at his residence in Brook- Iyn Satord: The United Irish League of America have sent a remittance of $5,000 to the trustees of the Irish National fund in Ireland. According to -Government Experts, prasent indications point to this year's cotton cron as the larg the country ever produced. Fire of Unknown Origin Destroyed a large wooden icehouse at Staffor pond, Tiverton, owned by the I River Tce company While Playing on the Bank of the canal in Lewiston, Me., nine year old lL.ouis Lagasse lost his footing, fell in and was drowned. Although the Wheat Will Not Be ready to cut for two or three weeks, Kansas farmers already have called for 12,000 harvest hands, Miss Laura M. Meilson, the fourth jctim, died from injuri received hen an automobile ded off a bridge at Harrisbur; Rear Admiral Murdock of the United States Asiatic fleet gave a dinner on the flagship at Yokohama to Japanese army and navy officers. Robert Luce, Author.of the TLuce caucus law in M. :husetts, .has an- nounctd himself a candidate for lieu- tenant zovernor of that state. The British Imperial Conference ap- provéd the declaration of London on Trules of prizes in naval warfare and Zor an international prize court. Insects and Caterpillars of all kind in unusual force this vear in achusetts according to the state board of agriculture. The Police Believe That They Have at last captured the firebug who has been terrorizing the North End of Bos- ton during the past three months. A Second Heir to the Estate of Ty Cobb, champion batter of the Ameri- can league, has arrived at the Cobb home, The last addition is a: nine- pound girl. Worms, J. D. Bren, Cashier of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, WHo reported that he had been robbed by thrce men of $14,000, was arrested, charged with embezzlement. ecause of the Unusual Number of holidays in _Canada this vear, the birthday of King George was not widely observed Saturday as it other- Dick Ferris, Who Was Chosen pres- idant of the so-called republic of Low- er California, states that he will insist thef the red Sag come down today and in its place a new flag hoisted. Dr. Emma W. Mooers and Dr. Elm- -uthard of Harvard medical ool are victims of tonsilitis in Bos- the former having lost her life. during an ~pgra- ton, Both were indculated tion. ~ Senator William Lorimer, whose \election to the senate is to be rein- Vestigated, has requested that he be permitted to appear before the new investizating committee to testify in his own behalf. Edith L. Bowen Testi she nvested in the Redecmabla vestment company of Boston vice of her fastor, Rev. Spencer Voorhis, and that she was unable fto have the stock redeemed. Safeon Men From All Parts of Ta- coraa, Wash., were Booked at the po- lice station “when seven detectives made 21 arrests for alleged violation anti-treating ordinance, its treating in saloons. President Taft Saturday Cabled his congratulations to King Geprge V. of Great Britaip and - King Frederick VITL of Denmark. The English mon- arch is 46 vears old, while the ruler of Denmark was born 68 year: g0. The Defense in the Case of Judse Michael Donnelly, former president-of the Ohio-German Fire Insurance com- pany, charged with embezzling funds of the company, may decide not to place the ju on the stand in his own Lehalf, . The New York, New Haven & 1ia ford railroad secured control of a third independent railroad in this state within a week, when it obtained, a iong lease of the Narragansett Pier railroad, running Dbetween West Kingston and the Pier. The polls wiii be open ;l. the four ‘The British Steamer Amur is ashore i - ITALY'S MAGNIFICENT TRISUTE TO A DEAD KING. DEDICATION YESTERDAY Royalty Out in Force at the Cersme- nies—Most Colossal Structure ef the Kind in the World—Statue 40 Feet. Rome, June 4.—Nearly a miilion per- ple witnessed the dedication today of @ magnificent monument to King Vic- tor Emmanuel II. Interest was added t;; the occasion by the celebration of te granting of the comstitution by King Charles Albert in 1848, the sama constitution by which United Italy is still ruled. Queen Mother Present. King ‘Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena, the queen mother, Margherits, who appeared for the first time at as official functidn since the death of King Humbert, Dowager Quezn Maria Pia of Portugal, the surviving daugh- ter of King \ Victor, the Dowager Duchess of Genoa, the Duke 3 Duchess of Aosta, the Duke and Duchess of Genoa, Duchess Letitia, the Count of Turin, 'the Duke of the Abruzzi and other members of the royal house were present. 8,000 Mayors in Assemblage. Not only the people, but thousands from the provinces joined in making the event one of nafional importance. The mayors of various towns and cities throughout the kingdom were in at- tendance, numbering eight thousand. Priest Arouses Enthusiasm. One of the incidents of the day was cheers for a. priest who climbed ths steps of the monument. Senators and deputies surrounded him with as much enthusiasm as the populace. Opening his gown, the priest showed a tri- color sash, the emblem of ths mayor alty, saying: am Canon Paolucel, mayor of Goriano Abruzzi. As mayor 1 took the oath of loyalty to the king and the constitution, and I thought it my duty to come here and pay a tris- ute of homage to the father of our country.” A Colossal Structure. The monument is the most colossal structure of the kind in the world. occuples tha left section of the Capi toline Hill and opens into the very heart of Rome on the plaza where the palac. of Venice stands which Paul 1II erected. In front is the Corso, the leading thoroughfare of tha eity, s that the equestrian a‘atue of the king liberator in gilded bronze can be seen from the distance shining against the while marble of the colonnade form- ing its background, Stands Forty Feet High. The statue s forty feet high and weighs fifty tons. It was cast in 13 pieces, which occupied two and eme- half years. When the work was fin- ished a banquet was served in ths body of the house for 20 people. Base Set Off by Flags. The so-called altar of the fath land, the massive base on which the statue stands, was durrounded tods: by flags of all the Italian regiments and by the delagations of the army and #ll the veterans of the war of Inde- pendence, the picturesque uniforms and the red shirts of the Garibaldians giv- ing a brilliant note to the scene. Great Portico of White Marble, The monument is composed of a sreat portico in white marble with 16 Immense columns surmounted by a frieze, and at the ends quadrigae in bronze. In front of the colonads stands the gigantlc equestrian status of the father of the country on a rich- ly decorated pedestal. Grand stair- cases lead up to this, decorated with fountains, status, growps and antenae with gilded figures. The entirs length of the monument is 500 feet, its dep:h 450 feet and its hefght 250 fest. Will Cost About $20,000,000. Notwithstanding the relative cheap- ness of marble and labor in Italy, the monumant when completed will cost about $20,000,000 and will have rep- resented 30 vears’ work. The plans for the structure were drawn by the young architect Giuseppe Saccen! and were selected from hundreds of others tn June, 1884, King Humbert Lald Cornerstone. King Humbert laid the cornerstoae of the great structure on March 23, 1885. Sacconi devoted all his energi>s to the work and finally died. Three other architects were placed in charge Koch, Manfiredi and Piacentine, the first of whom also has dled. No more fortunate was tha sculptor of ths equestrian statue, Signor Chiaradia, who @id not survive to see his mag- nificent work completed. EmiHo Gal- lori, the sculptor of the momument ts Garibaldi on the Jamiculum, took up the work where Chiaradia had dreppsd it. Interior to Be a. Museum. Thz interior of the monument will be occupled by the Museum of the Risorgimento, in which will be gath ered all the mementoes of the strug which led Jtaly to unity and inde- pendence. It will be saveral years yet before. the structure is completed. Connecticut Militia Matters, (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, June 3—The programms for the annual maneuvers of the pa- val militia was given out last night at the navy department. - The Con- necticut reserve on board the Macidas will join the Atlantic fleet and pre- ceed for maneuvers to Gardiners %ay, between the 15th and 25th o(n?l . For the first time a record ba kept of the results of target practice of the militia along the same lines as with the regular fleet. Also records of individual practice and the depart- ment expects at the end of the sea- son to be able to show the records of each ship and man. If the Machias will not accommo- date all the Connecticut militia the surplus will be divided among the ships of the fleet. he flest will he under the com- mand of Commander A. H. Davis, the new chief of the naval milftia, and every effort is to be made to conform to regular battle practice as near as possible, Maj. G. H. Sands of the Tenth cav- alrv, U. S. A, now at the War coliege, this city, has been detailed for duty ‘with the Connecticut Natlonal guard at Niantie between July 10 and 22. Plants Damaged by Hail. Toledo, O., June 4—An electric storm followed by a deluge of raln struck this city just at noon today, delng much damage to telephone and tele- graph lines. The rain lasted eleven inutes and in that 1.54 inches