Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 17, 1911, Page 1

’ von.. LIIl.—NO. 145 The Bulletin's Ciroulation in Norwich is Double That of Auy Other Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Connectiout, in Py ortion to the Gity's Population MORRISON ADVISED TO ““KEEP STILL" | Cabled: Paragraphs |Tgng of Mud on London’s Gay Instructed to Say Nothing About Discovery of Long-Lost Government Voucher BY CHIEF OF THE CONSULAR BUREAU Latter Said it Would Not be Advisable to Mention it,: as Matter Was Being Investigated—Ex-Clerk Den- by Tells of System of Making Vouchers Cover Other | Expenses Than the One Indicated. Washington, June 16.—Thomas Mor- | voucher was discovered in 1906, when rison. disbursing clerk of the state de- | the department negotiated for a po partment, told the house committee on | trait of Secretary Hay, and that prior expe nditures in that department tod: | to the Root regime jt was cusiomary that he was instructed, when the miss- | to include in one voucher smaller sums ing voucher in the Day portrait casc, | paid for a number of expenses out of under investigation, was found on the | the appropriation allowed to the de- | loor of his office. 4 few days ago, to | partment to pe expended at the secre- keep still about the discovery tary’s discretion. Instructed by His Chief. | on, he said, was given Irregularities Under Hay. | As to the result of th: investigation | Senator him J. Carr, chief of the consular buresu. Hamlin Draws Out the Statement. conducted by the department in 1906, | which, Mr. Denby says, was never known outside of the department, the hief clerk reported: The disclosure was made when | former d <oy Chairman Hamlin asked him if he had | fow far the alleged irregularities made any further attempt since his ex- | in the use of the particular fund in amination a few days ago to discover| question were within the knowledge of | how the long missing voucher came to | Secretary Hay could not be ascertain- 1o on the floor of his office. ed, as he died in 1905, in which year I was instructed mot to say much|&iso Mr. Michael went as consul .to about it,” Mr. Morrison testifie | Calcutta. Such practices were mnot Wha instructel-yon net o muecp | continued under Secretary Root, but about it?" 5 reports were brought to my knowledge while chief clerk that the practice had “I_think it was Mr., Carr. | 3 Well, you must know who you The Incident Passed Over. taiked to about it?" In view of the entire lack of r Yes, Mr. Carr told me not to dis-| ble proof of misappropriation of funds cuss the matter. He said it was nmot| the inevitable unpleasant criticism of advisable to say much about it, as it| the administration of an honored man, would bz investigated.” which would result in,public action. Letter from Consul General Denby. | the incident was passed over and no The ser view of the matter by | official action was tak atate department officials was reflected | Paid $2450 to Michael. in a copy of a letter from Charles | 2 2 Denby, tonsul general at Vienna,| Mr. Morrison explained to the com- Austria, former chief clerk of the stats | Mittee further today that on the day department under Secretary Root w 'm. he paid the $2.450 in cash to ex-Chia! the first investigation of the $2.450) Clerk Michael, on June 18, 1904, he s Tor o SETE St v vl | ordered his clerk to insert the words Secretary Knox submitted this latter, | two hundred and fifty dollars’ in the dated nna, May 30, 1911, and a | printed voucher, and that half an hour cabl previously received. after he had paid the money to i i chael inquired what the paymen Matter Previoualy Investigated. | o’ sor Thb i lala. 1 \Mricndevs Answerine Mr. Knox's first cablel ! ol "3 P 00 (00 the Day por- gram for an explanation of the por-| tyajt trait payment, Mr. Denby cabizd from | Vienna on Miy 30 “No written report was made Notations Not on Voucher Then. Care- structed the ‘Then he immediately i £ul preliminury investigation failed 1o | oo . i A*: convinca department “that crimimal | G5 (02 VAE ORI Xoletions. on charges could be sustained the back whieh had later referred to Denby’s Explanation. {the emergency payments for diplomatic Reporting by mail, Mr. Demby ex- |business, Mr. Morrison said, were not plaimed that the discrepancy as to the on the voucher that _— YOUNG WOMEN’'S BAIL !JOHN O'NEIL'S SKULL REDUCED TO $10,000.i CRUSHED IN BY CLUE. Assallants of Millionaire Stokes Ars | Three Polanders Being Held for Mur- der at dietown. for the | Middletown, Conn., June | resuit of his attempts to peacemaker in a fight between se 3 Polish laborers at a brickyard at Naw fields about last midnight. John O’Neil New York June 16.—Today. fourth time since the shooting of W. ¥. D. Stokss. the millionaire, oh June 7. Lilllan Graham and Ethel Conrad, the actress and the illustrator, charged With the shooting, were arraigned be- | i dead and fthree of the Polanders ar2 fore a magistrate. Their bail was re- | under arrest in connection with the Quced once more. Tt was orlginally | death. O'Neil was terribly beaten with 923,000, but in subsequent arraign- | & club, his skull being crushed in. Tha sents it was cut to $15,000, and today | dead man was about 50 vears old, un- to_$10,000. » far as known had no n. He had been bout two years Fven this amount Is prohibitive, the girie' counsel argued, and it appears h and it is pe- 1hat the giris will be kept prisoners at | lieved that previous to that time he st until the next hearing, set for | had livad at Chicopee, Mass. June 19 At the close of the inquest by Coi- AIr. Stokes !s under care of a physi- | oner Dav tonight he ordered William clan at his country home in Tong| Schowensky and Tony and Frank Rranch, N. J. His counsel emphatical- | Skrsecz held for the grand jury. The iy dented today that his client had in | men were locked un in the local police any wise altered his determination to | station. As near as could be ascer- press the charges against the young |tained the fight started over the own- women. ership of a mattre: THE PARCELS POST { OBSTACLES TO PROSECUTION OF BOSS COX MULTIPLY. Benefit Every Farmer | will in the | et Country and Working People. | Prosecuting Attorney at His Wit's End (Special to The Bulletin.) to Establish Perjury Charge. Washington, June 16.—L. H. Hea ci 6—U b L - incinnati, 0., June 16.—Unless master of the state grange of Con- | Brosecuting | Attainey” Henry. T. Hon ;ar‘( ut, was on of the lnfln('lwi w-ui -an devise some plan wr ow ap- esses hefore the committee on post- | jeave unknown sy 5 s th $Mices and postroads at the hearing on | beg' or i i t0 fegal aut ”@:,;';,.“ 3 #he Sulzer bill vesterday noon, and he | foS G0 (e c4se In which Geors threw 4 new light on the parcels post | charged with pery reached to- whan en behalf of the farm- e said: wituailon ers of the country On hearing a motion by the prose- The parcels post will benefit evers | ., R rural section and every farmer in the h;:.',r.‘n‘,guf.';muwl({a;:-' country. Not only will it bring bim | Dickson overruled the closer to the distributing centers, but |z quashed the lictment ill bring him closer fo his owh | against Cox, the prosce o e uting cent | nounced that he would elect that Cox ok Healey claimed the, farmer was | o tried on the frst indictment. Ons ton far away from the points of dis- | of two indictments had already ber ribution. He 18 too far away from the | auashed by Judge Dickson Sod it o hig stores. and he is tao far away from | secution’s purpose to bring Cox the point where his own product must bhe distributed. He said the effect of A paresls post w What the farmer will recaive by maihod of transpertation: ® a new avenus of 1 on the other indictment. RECEIVED A SHOCK I not he confined to that it will open | his distribution for o product. e said the 'armn coulll Newark Man Charges a Fellow Em- mend his butter and even his egy ploye With Assault whn properly packsd, by parcels po: ' Cfeese and oiher products could go the | 1, K, X e 16 : A - > Newark, N. J. June 16.—James M. fi-;-‘ oy !:v ‘;::"'1"-‘3\-':*-',{f!)r‘n“' Finnegan, amplove of an electric com- P . wi °ID | pany at Harrison, was charged today to molva the question of the high cost : | with long distance assault by electrici- of lvinz, he said. b g, 1 ectrici . De said ty upon Alfred Van Riper, a fellow s fr. Healey doss not place much | workman. Van Riper was Knsores aéth In the argument that the small| down by an electiic. shook jast T storekeeper would be injured. day when ‘he touched a brass water tigpught the parcels post would be used | feneor ond patached & br hospital gfincipaily in the distribution of those | until ‘today. e contends thet® the o eean i o pmall storekzeper did | faucet was connected with a wire and Ho said the people were clamoring | wosererin ool With whom he had quarreled, turned on the current when he began to wash his hands at th- faucet. Finnegan, who was arrested today on an assault complant brought by Van Riper, denies the charge. for a parcels post, had been clamoring for vears, and congress should not ig. | nore the demand. i Mr. Potter followed In a faw remarks in which he seconded the remarks of | Mr. Healey. | o Fon = Mr. Healey received and filed with | —~ACE FOR WOMAN the committes a telegrgm stating that | IS IN THE HOME.” the legislature of Connecticut had| passed a resolution endo eels post. The felegram part of the re Cardinal Glhbons Does Not Think Fair Sex Should Want to Vote. ng the var- was made 2 ord of tire hearing. — ——— »\‘nfl(inu M. June 16.—Cardinal Steamship Arrivals. Gibbons ised woman suffrage in At Naples: June Moltke, from | 4R address yesterday at the commen N T | ment exercises at St. Joseph's college At Antwerp: June 16, Montreal, from | 200 academy at Emmetsburg,. He suid P gl | _“I think the place for woman is in At Cherbourg: June 16, Amerika, | the home. Women should not want to P8 L o *| vote, but if they took such interest in g T PN the affairs of their husbands ana prothers they could easily have th Woman Dies of Nosebleed. { cast- their: Hatiots n _the right e New Haven, June 18.—A nosebleed | ner. In doing this women will be the which yesterday_was thought to be of | champion 6f what is right.” an ordinary pature coiuld not be re- R T T AR T S lieved. and Mrs. John Van Hanwae.t| Meriden—The charter revision com- died in spite of murgical aid. She had "mittee has decided not to meet again ‘been to nosebleed. until the first week in September, FROM BRASS FAUCET | | spectacle presented, | years ugo, of the brazen efforts at cor- | ruption | asked at that time | meant by such a statement— i deaux was especially Trifste, Austria, June -16.—The re- ports enfanating from Vienna of fatal- ities here resulting from the recent hurricane, were greatly cxagsgerated. | So far as known not more than twen- ty-five lives were lost in this vieinity. —_— Villagarcia, Spain, June 16.—Ad- vices from Pontevedra state that the Spanish authorities stopped and seized at the railroad station there two cars filled with arms and ammunition and destined for the use of Portuguese monarchists, Vigo, Spain, June 16.—General Por- firio Diaz, former president of Mexico arrived in the harbor today on the steamer Ypiranga on which he sailed | | from Vera Cruz, Mexico on May 31. The steamer anchored in the bay at 6.30 o'clock this morning. Lisbon, June 16.—The government's efforts to crush. the reported royalist movement continues. Today Dr. Abel Campos, a retired general of the Portuguese army and Saldanha Gama, the Miguelist leader, were arrested charged with conspiracity against the republic. “EFFORTS AT CORRUPTION BY SHAMELESS LOBBY.” on Discu U Judson usses Action in Strong Language. Bridgeport, Conn, June 16.—In an interview Senator Judson said “Connecticut has once again had the as it deid two of a shameless lobby. Those | like myself who have hadelong legis- lative experience had never before wit- | nessed such a large number of lobby agents as have swarmed about the cor- | Mr. { Mellen made a statement to the press | ridors for the past few days. some months ago that the New Ha- ven road did not employ a lobby “People of fair degree of evperience what Mr. Mellen re so- expenses’ a convenient obligations? One cailed ‘legal cover for lobby week ago a large majority of the house | favored the minority bill and no such spucious - legislation as the Banks amendment could have pasesd. The people of Connecticut demand an hon- est Dbill. BIRTH OF BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. Henry T. Oxnard Tells of Selling His Refinery to Sugar Trust. Washington, June 16.—The story of the birth of the beet sugar industry in America. its trials and temptation aver since, and how the Oxnard broth- rere enriched by more than half a ers million dollar: profit by “the littie transaction’ f selling their cane sugar refinery in Brooklyngfo the first sugar “trust,’ n 1887. were the features in the tastimony whieh Henry T. Oxnard | house sugar investigat| gave to the on committee 10 7 5 2 Representative Madison tried to give the witness the tifle of “father of the beat sugar industry in America.,” but Mr. Oxnard modestly objected to an: further description of his accomplis ments other than that he his life in the industry MIXED SULPHURIC ACID W|TH HER FATHERS GIN. Child’s Muschne! May Rasult in Edward Jackson’s Death. June 16—Eight year old Ethel Jackson wanted water today io make mud pies, but fearing to ask her mother for it she stole into her father’s bedroom and took his bottle of gir from the bureau. When the ished playing it occurred to her thac her father might miss the bottle from the bureau, so she refilled it some white liquid which she found in the medicine closet and returned the bottle to her father’s room. The sub- stitute was sulphuric acid, and the fa- ther, Bdward Jackson, is dy'ng tonight at the Lincoln hospital from a draugiic of what he supposed was gin. His lit- tle daughter was heartbroken when the effects of her mischief was explained to her. ) New Yor! STARTS FOR BELGIUM WITH HIS 24 CHILDREN. Expert Glassworker’'s Famly Includes Twins and Triplets. Pittsburg, June 16.—August Clon- deaux, aged 42, an expert glassworker, of Ford City. near here, left for New York today, en route to Belgium, his native land. accompanied by his wif and 24 children. Incidentally he a takes with him a comfortable fortune made in the glass industry in the legheny valley. Clondeaux and wife came to this country 21 ¥ £0, & short time after their marr he family was happy 3 and de- departure as great admirer of scribed his family follows: “Tha score is 24 to 0” (h2 meant that none of the children had died)—"13 singles, four two-baggers and a triple, Now we make a home rur and Prof. Brandelle’s Body Found. Lewiston, Me., June 16.—The death drowning of Prof. David W. Bran- lie of Baies c who had been ng sonce Thursday afternoon, was disclosed today when search of the Androscoggin river resulted in the dis- covery of his body. Professor Bran- delle had been suffering from a merv- ous hreakdown. Will Pay Usual Dividend. Mexico City, Mexico, June 16.—Not- ithstanding the losses incurred by the National Railways of Maxico during the revolution, a dividend of four per cent. in preferred stock will be paid as usual, Ernesto Madero. the new minister of finance, said today. For Jewish Chaplains in Army. ‘Washington, June 16.—There mhould be some Je h chaplaifis in the arm in the opinion of Representative Sul- zer of New York, who introduced a bill today providing for two additional chaplain Evetry Employe a Deputy Sheriff. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 16, ing up on « Judge Mc 8 made every employe now working in the Grand Rapids furniiure factories deputy shedifr, Trains Collide, Nobody Hurt. - Pittsbure, June 15—Train No. 12, the Duguesnc limited. Baltimore and Ohio railroad, east bound, met with an accident tonight at Ohie Pyle, 75 miles east of this - It dashed into an extra frel Information here is to (he effect that the engine of the passenger train was derailed and de- molished, while four freight cars were wrecked. Not a passenger or member of the crew was hurt, it is said. “had spent | child fin- | witn | ' Deck of Maine! PREVENTS SATISFAETORY EX- AMINATION BEING MADE. > IS FIVE OR SIX FEET THICK Will Have to Be Removed by Streams of Water from Powerful Pumps— I Slight Leak in Coffer Dam. Havana, June 16.—“No further de- velopments of importance in the un covering of the wreck of the battleship Maine are probable within the next ten or twelve days,” said General W. H. Bixby this evening, after a circum- navigation of the wreck in a launch by the board of American officers who are supervising the work. These officers made a minute examination. of all p?rtiuns of the ship now exposed to view. Tons of Mud to Be Removed. | . This survey convinced the board that before further eexploration is possible it will be nacessary to remove masses Social Whir “EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY,” ROYALTY’S SLOGAN. LONG SERIES OF FUNCTIONS Two Mammoth Dinners in Prospect— Coronation Fancy Costume Ball Last Night—Stupendous Illuminations. London, June 16.—London presen an ever-changing pageant to tl sight-seeking populace. The - bright coloring of the street decorations is now hightened by the vivid garb of the coronation visitors who are arriving in quick succession. = Sultans, rajahs and Chinese and Abyssinian delegates with their ladies in picturesque, glittering, national c¢ostumes are everywhere to be seen. A Russian Wedding. Todav the wedding of a Russian competitor at the horse show was cei- ebrated in Russian style, the bridal party driving through the streets in a THE SCOPE OF It is strange that anyone in this of advertising—of its importance as men. American “Admen” topics will be— Advertising and- Public Needs! Advertising and Daily Bread! Advertising and Civilization! of life. Why, a live man's |} ers, ana those who pray well know answered. John Wanamaker, whi'e making { in connection with his busin»ss affai heart in your work. rates of any daily in this part or the add your name to the list now. daily for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the i\l Bullstin Saturday. Monday, June Tuesday. June Wednesday, June Thursday. June Friday. June June 138 160 155 143 137 138 10 12 13 14 15 i6 i | | | Total. { { self famous as a business proverb maker. Send for The Bulletin rate card, |l reasonable the ratss are—cheaper in proportion to circulation than the i If you have mot subscribed for The Bulletin, | Telegraph 871 ADVERTISING age should be ignorant of the value a factor in all of the relations of There will be 3,000 delegates present at thz great meet of to be held in Boston in August, and the leading These topics give an idea of th> reach of advertising in the affairs advertisements are his mercantile pray- how often these prayers are businass in this way, found” him- He uttered the living truth irs; and so can you, if you put your for it will reveal to vou how state. it is a good time to The Bulletin will be left at your door news printed the past week: Local General Total. 169 833 1140 149 176 485 156 206 517 105 206 454 137 203 477 108 170 416 824 1794 3489 | of mud, agaregating hundreds of to | on the spar deck and almost compl | 1y filling the interior spaces of the ill- | fated vessel. The greater portion of ! the mud is a tenacious, tar-like mass, | extremely difficult of disintegra and removal, and completely prevents any satisfactory examination made. Five or Six Feet Thick. In many places it is five or six feet thicksand can only be removed by tie | use of strzams of wat projected by | the most powerful pumps. This s es- pecially to be observed on the star- board side of the quarterdeck, which is completely buried under great banks of | the mud. Slight Leakage in Cofferdam. The water level in the cofferdam to- night stood at ten feet below nermal, which is somewhat higher than it was this morning. owing to a cessation of pumping and a consequent slight pe-- | colation of water. This leakage will necessitate the caulking of some sec- tions of the cofferdam. Won't Take Least Risk. General Bixby says that constant ob- servations by the most delicate instru- ments do not reveal the least indica- tion of the instability of the cofferdam, but that the hoard of officers is de termined not to take the 1 The board’s established poli: continue the work with the utmost deliberation regardless of the amount of time it may involve | | Many Visitors to Wreck. The board has been very much em- barrassed by the enormous number f e there mainly by curiesity and fere seriously with the workmen. is probabl: that access to the coff dam will be prohibited to all persons except the newspaper correspondents. Steel Structure Has Deteriorated The principal result of the investi- gation of the wreck today was the dis- covery that the .deterioration of the steel gtructure so great as gravely to imperil the project of placing bulk heads in and floating out the rear sec- tions of the Maine. It canuot. how- evear, be positively determined whether this task will be impossible until the water further lowered, which proh- ably will be a week hence M’STEA HELD TO AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND JURY. <in Court With Discolored Eye and Cheek. Albany, N. Y., June 16.—Charged with murder in the first degree, John V. McStea, the theatrical manager from New Orleans, who shot and kill- ed Arthur J. Brown, first baseman on the Albany State league baseball team, last night, was arraigned in police court today. His right eye and right cheek were bruised and discolored. He itors to the wreck who are drawn inter- It Appeared pleaded not suilty and was held to await the action of the grand jury. Mrs. MeSizs, who was with Brown at the time of the shooting, was ques- tioned today by the district attorney and is being detained as a witness. Sweethearts Drown W Boating. Daytona, Fla., June 16.—Paul Stef- fon, 21 and ristine Nichels, 1T, sweethearts, were drowned while heat I inz on the Great Miami river today | The couple. with Gladys Thirkield. 17, | in passing under a bridge. waved te friends above, upsetting the boat. Mirs Thirkield caught hold of scaffolding around a mew pier and saved her life. droshkey with a typical Russian coach- man padded to an enormous size. King and Queen Arrive Today. King George and Queen Ma return to London from Windsor to- morrow and will remain here until July 1. Asquith to Give Dinner. The intervening pariod will be filled with a strenuous round of engage- ments. Premier Asquith and Mrs. As- quith will give a dinner to their ma- jesties in Downing street on June 30. The entertainment will include _the presentation of two plavs, George Ber- nard Shaw's “The Man of Destiny” and James M. Barrie’s “The Twelve Pound Both will be presented by le Barker. Another Dinner at Foreign Office. The Asquith residence is too smail to accommodate a large party and therefore Sir Edward Grey, the foreiga minister, will give a dinner in honor of the king and queen at the foreign office June 23 which will be one of the most brilliant functions of the season. There probably will be 150 guests at this function, including all the foreign princes and envoys to the coronation. Dinner of Regal Magnificence. The foreign office has the range of apartments the preparations for the dinner there indicate an entertainment of regal magnificence. Coronation Fancy Costume Ball. The leading social event of tonight was a coronation fancy costume ball at the Botanic Gardens arranged by Lord Lonsdale in aid of charity. Thousands of persons attended, but the brilliancy of the affair was speiled by a heavy rain. Stupendous Illuminations. The illuminations in TLondon coronation night and the Frid: i following will be on such a dous scale that the electric on lighting companizs have given notice that they will be unable te supply any more currert than already has been arranged for. HANGED FOR MURDER OF 15 YEAR OLD GIRL. “l Bid You All Goodbye,” Said Convist from the Gallows. June 16.—Edwar Benjamin Jardine, aged 22, was hang- ed here this morning for the muarder of 15 vear old Lizzie Anderson on Sept 20 of last year. Her dead body he had stripped and concealed in the cellar of a vacant house on th2 outskirts of the town after he had assaulted and kill=d her. The young man had been given a hypodermic injection and walked bravely to the scaffold. As he mount- ed the gallows, Jardine said: “T bid you all goodby MANY HEAT RECORDS BROKEN IN SOUTHWEST. Mercury Reached 105 and 106 at Mus- kogee and Okizhoma City. Goderich, Ont. Kansas City, Mo, “June 16. —Mauy Condensed Telegrams A Bumper Wheat Crop is Predicted in Brmah India. William J. Barclay Has Resigned the postmastership at Pawtucket, R. L Charles D, Sheldon was Found guil- ty of theft a} Montreal yesterday and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The Submarine Torpedo Boat Stur- geon, one of the largest and fastest afloat, was launched at Quincy, Mass. Women Suffragists made a plea for the parcels past before the house com- mittee. It Reported in 'Madrid that the Portuguese garrison at Chaves mutin- ied and killed its commander finest | in London, and ! Two Bands at Silver Wedding BIGGEST FUNCTION EVER HELD AT WHITE HOUSE. MONDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAM President and Mrs, Taft Will Receive | on the Lawn—Relatives of All the Presidents Invited. Charles L. Hopp-r of Omaha was elected president of the Travelers’ Pro- tective association. OMr. Ellsworth P. Bathoif was made | captain commandant of the revenue cutter service. The Federal Council of Churches in ‘America is seeking to have July 2 ob- | served as peace Sunday. J. W. Duryea Was Suspended from the New York Stovk Exchange for ac- cepting a speculative acceunt from an | employe. President Taft Has Accepted life membership in the honorary vice pres- idency of the American Flag associa- tion of New York. Representative Taylor of Colorado has introduced a joint resolution pro- viding for a commission on the estab- lishment of a summer capital. The National pany, involved “Electric Lamp Com- in the alleged trust ment’s suit for dissolution. Despatches to R. G. Dun & Co. in- dicate that business i the right direction, although improve- | ment is still slow. Speaker Champ Clark and Governor | Woodrow Wilson addressed a meeting of democratic clubs at Harrisburs, | 5 3 The Canal Diggers on the Isthmus expect to explode 10,000,000 pounds of dynamite during the next year in ex- cavation work. N | Hundred Soldiers taken to Fort Liberte, Haiti, on the steamer Cale- donia, to reinforce the government troops in that vicinity, recently tacked the rebels and were repu Harrington, a Resident of Me.. but recently returned gfrom California, committed suicide by | hanging. The City of New York may acquire | the ruins of Dreamland and adjacent | property for a ¢ and beach. ¥ owned public park After arresting Joseph Ploof on a warrant charging some minor offens Policeman Christopher Miles of Bur- lington, Vt., was shot by his captiv } = | Joseph Busto of Butte. Mont., was | killed ‘and three men were probably | fatally injured by an explosion in the | Valvalde iunnel of the Pittshurg Silver | Peak mine at Blair, Nev. | Miss Emma L. Fundis, head nurse at the Columbia hospital, Pennsy vania, and J. W. Murray were drown- ed while canoeing on the Allegheny river. The White Star Line and the Sea men’s union arranged a settlement of their differences, the men accepting a compromise, one-half the amount de- manded. The New Haven Railroad Company | has sent a circular letter to every member of the Massachusetts legisla- ture, opposing the bill for compulsory electrification. A Certificate of Reasonable Doubt was granted to Daniel O'Reill; ew York lawyer recently convicted of compounding a felony, and sentenc- ed to five months in the penitentiary. Being Satisfied That She Approved of her b 's thieving, Judge Clark of Hartford yesterday fined the mother of ‘Walter Reynolds $10 and placed the boy on probation. Dr. J. M. Eager, the United States quarantine officer at Portland, Me,, has been ordeved to leave for Palermo, Sicily, owing to the appearance of cholera among passengers arriving in this country from Italy. The Imperial Conference in London discussed plans for providing for cheaper cable rates throughout the empire and the laying of a state own- ed cable between England and Can- ada. Lamenting That it was Impossible for him to visit Cleveland without at- tracting newspaper men to the rail- road station, John D. Rockefeller ar- rived vesterday for his annual sum mer stay at his estate in East Clev land. A Pension for a Real the Revolution is sought by ~Repre- sentative Walter Henaley of Missou who .ntreduced a bill asking congre: to provide for Mrs. Sarah Springer of Elvins, Mo., aged 91, whose father served throughout the revolution. Because Mrs. Carmelia De Gruccia, 20 vears old, refused to elope with him, John Omega walked into th ew York restaurant where she is employed, pushed aside the infant she held at her breast, and shot her through the heart. President Taft Has Been Unable to complete { the uncertainty of the date on which CONZTEss W adjorrn., bul Mrs. Taft and their children will go to the sum mer White House at Beverly, Mas July 1. STATESMEN DRINK THE BEST MINERAL WATER. Senator Lodge Introduct Resolution to Cut Down the Expense. Washington, June 16.—Apparenily uneasy over the growing habit of min- eral water drinking by senators and their office staffs, Senator Lodge ves- terday introduced and had adopted a a resolution which is expected to check the practice. The resolution invests in theé committee on audit and co trol of contingent expense control of all expenditures for running expenses heat records were broken by a sudden | Of the senate. rise in temperature in the southwest| The bills for mineral water for sen- today, but tonight rain expected. | ators’ offices are said to have been un- Ne wmaximum heat recerds for Jume | usually heavy, for the senafors de- Were established at Muskoges and ot | mand and get the most expensive Oklahoma City. The mercury touched | brands. 105 and 106 degrees, respectively. A % high temperature of 100 was registered | A moisture. gas and even explosion and in Topeka uioueotnhx-mlm proof telephone for use in the mines has been inventes case, filed an answer to the govern- | sprogressing in | the | Daughter of | his summer plans, owing to! Washington, July 16.—Descendants | of every president of the United States, since 1861, have been invited to the celebration of thair silver wed | which the president and Mre. Taf: will give at the White House June 19, White House Records Searched. The records of the White House and state department have been carefully searched to find the names of living | blood relations of all former president | and the list is now believed to be com- | plete except as to the relatives of | President McKinley. | Cortelyou Appealed To. The White House has appealed to George B. Cortelyou, former secretars to Mr. McKinley, for the names <f members of that family who are stiil | living and invitations will be for- warded to them with all possible ex- | pedition. | Roosevelts Wiil Be Missing. How many invitations will be ac- | cepted is’' not known at the White House. (Colonel and Mrs. Rooseveit | will be unable to be present but it is | probable that members of the Roose- | velt family will attend the reception Monday night. Hundreds of Electric Lamps. | Elaborate preparations have been made for the entertainment of prob- ably the largest crowd that has ever been at a fnction in the White Hous~. | The mansion itself will be lighted throughout with hundreds of electric lamps; the grounds in the rear will be made as nearly like day as artificlal light can make them. Music by Twe Bands. Two bands will furnish music and the fountain in the rear of the house will be played upon by a big search- light erected on the east front of the State, War and Navy building just across Execiitive avenua Will Receive On the Lawn. Unless bad weather interferes with the plans the president and Mrs. Taft will receiva on the lawn { | White Hous the main staircase of the mansion be- hind the six.aides of the presidemt shortly after nine o'clock. Just be- hind them will come ths members of the cabinet. They will walk slewly out through' the house to the rear pe:- tico and down on the lawn. 1 Will Stand Close to the Fountain. Close to the fountain thev will take their stand at the head of th> receiv- ing line. ar them will be station- | ed the marine band, probably anm two sections, which wil play quickateps alternately. Major A. W | Butt, the president’'s aide, who makes tha presentations expects to find eve: his well trained voice a bit husky afte the lime passes if the estimates held good. Helen Taft Will Receive. divided It is probable that more than 5 persons_will shake the president’s hand. Mrs. Taft will not stand while that many people pass by but Miss Helen Taft will step into the recelving line after her mother has walcomed |a few of the principal guasts | Dancing In East Reom. The White House lawn will not bs the only attractive point during the evening. The Engineers band will be stationed in the east roem where danc- ing will be just as soen as the guests arrive. In the state dining reom and on the east terrace a buffe lHuncheon sufficient for thousands o people will ba served. Members of Taft Family Arriving. Members of the president's famliy anc of the family, of Mrs, Taft ars ai- ready baginning to reach Washington. Mrs. Anderson. a sister of Mrs. Taft, arrived yesterday, and “Aunt” Delia Torrey is expected tomorrow. Robert Taft, the president's eidest som, wii: accompany her from Milbury, Mass. Horace D. Taft and Henry W. Tar brothars of the president, will reach the White House either tomorrow or Sunday, and Miss Helen and Charlie Taft, the youngest son, are looked for by Sunday night at the latest. Pittsburg, June 16.—Miss Helen Taft, daughter of President Taft, who s a guest here of her aunt, Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlin, will leave for Washing- ton tomorrow to prepare for her duties | at the celebration of the siiver wed- | ding of her parents. Miss Taft*made her debut in Pittsburg society tonight at an appointed dinner dance given in her honor at the Pittshurg Golf club by Mr. and Mrs. George M. Laughlin, I | | S | |DERBY MAN HELD IN | FATAL ASSAULT CASE. Alleged to Have Struck Blow Whieh Caused Companion's Death. Derby, Conn., June 16.—Joseph Ja- dack of this place is being held with- out bail, by the police pending the in- quiry into the death of George Bafor, |who died at a local hospital tonight {from a fracture of the skull. Accord- |ing te the police the two men became involved in a quarrel at the home of adack and that the dead man was {hit on the head with a blunt instru- ment which fractured his skull and it is alezed that Jack 10k the fatal ner Mix nvestigation. is now conducting am MYSTIC WOMAN SUED. Chauffeur Miss Carrie E. Rogers Failed to Employ Wants $300 Damages. Mystic, Conn., June 16.—Maurice Clark, who arrived in town from Bath, Me., expecting to work for Miss Carris E. Rogers as chauffeur and helper on the place, was disappointed te find that she did not want him, and has brought suit for $300. The papers were served on Miss Rogers by Constable William Foley on Thursday evening. The suir is returnable before the court in tha town of Stonington on the first Tues- day in July, before Jjudge Bresed. Fifteen Chloroformed and Robbed. Erie, Pa., June 16.—Fifteen Itallan laborers on the Bessemer railroad were chloreformed in their camp at Alblon. near here, early today and robbed of their savines. The workmen were asleep in a shanty when the robbars entered, administered the drug and escaped with $2,000