Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1911, Page 1

Ihe Bulletin's Circulation fn Norwich is Double That of Any THREE MORE AVIATORS MEET DEATH European Circ‘uit Race From Paris to Lon- * don Has Tragic Beginning TWO BURN TO DEATH IN MACHINES| A Third Has His Skull Crushed by Corner of Motor —A Fourth in a/Serious Condition—Ten of the Fifty Starters Abandon the Race—Some 200 Spectators In- | jured by Being Trampled Upon by Horses. Paris, June 15—Fifty aeropianisis took wing early today from the avia- tion field at Vincennes on the first stage of the European circuit raze, which calls for a flight to London and return, with stops at various places £oing and returning. Two Killed at Start. Two of the aviators almost immedi- ¥ after the start met with tragic deaths, and one was killed later and at least one was severely hurt. The Dead. Captain Princetau, whose motor ex- plodad in mid-air, flooding him with gasoline and hurning him to death. M. Le Martin, who dashed against 2 tree, the motor of his aeroplane crushing his head. M. Lendron was burned to death by benzine near C'hateau Thierry. The Injurad. M. Gaubert, a former lieutenant in the army, who was entered in the civilian race under the name “Dalger.” He was found lying senseiess near his machine in a wheat fleld four miles from Villars-Coterats. His injuries are e. M. Bille, not seriously. His aero- ane struck the earth within a mile%f start and was. wrecked. Three Others Fell. Three other birdmen fe - @an, near Charleville; Oscar Morison, close to Gagny, and M. Morin, at Chev- ron. within 22 miles of Liege. None of these men was badly hurt. though all of them were badly shaken up. Prizes Aggregate $34,000. Of the 50 aviators who (started in the race, 35 were civiliank and 12 offi- cers assigned to the contest for mili- tary duty. Hung up for the compei- itors are prizes amounting to $94.000, Race Started at 5.45 a. m. M. Lori- \ single gun fired at 5.45 o'clock eiznalled the commoencement of the reliminaries to the race. The Abbe Lerebourg was just finishing the mass which by the command of the arch- hishop of Paris, he was performing at an improvised altar in one of the aero- plane hangars for soma of the aviators who desired spiritual preparation for| the perils of the day. Le Martin Re: Le Martin, who within the hour ™as dving. was among those who was ling for blessing and consolation. Second Gun at 6 o'Clock. The s2cond gun sounded at 6 o and Maurice Tabuteau, Pierre Vedrine M. Bathiat, who aiready were in ion at the starting line, whirled thin a minute of each other, volume of cheering. The avia- tartad from three parallelograms “om one to three minutes apart. Le Martin's Machine Rocked at Start. he wind was rising at the start of contest, and Le Martin. who was of the most experienced aviators n France. rocked about a good deal as his machine cleared the ground and swent across the fi2ld. His aeroplane had reached the woos a quarter of a mile hevond the barriers when it wos bserved to pitch swiftly downward and into the trees. Skull Crushed by Motor. L.e Martin was using a biplane which was badly broken as it landed at the foot of an oak tree. A corner of the moter struck Le Martin's head. crush- inz his sk nd his right leg was fractured in two places. The aviator was bavely alive when he was taken ] away by Red Cross surgeons whose stations surrounded the field and died in a few minutes after he reached the hospital. Had Been Advised Not to Go Up. Something was wrons with the steer- ing gear of Le Martin's machine. It had acted badly earlier in the morning just the difficulty asked his frien: Roland Garros, to assist him. Garros advised him not to go up, but Le Mar- apparatus in order, decided to attempt tha flight. | Garros Has Trouble. Garros himself had trouble with his machine, which acted rather wildly, but after two ineffectual attempts at | starting got away safely. Day Set for Scouting Manoeuvres. General Goiran, the new war minis- ter, had selected today for comprehen- sive scouting manoeuvres by the army aeropianists. Twelve of them iwere detailed to work out certain problems in reconnoisance. One set forth from | Chalons, four from St. Cyr and saven from Issy Les Molineaux. One of Planes Takes Fire Among the latter was Captain Prinfetau. He had scarcely got weil into the air when one of the planes of his machine caught fire Pgincetau, it was seen by his fellow Jhat was holding him firmly in his seit S0 as 10 be free to jump as he glided toward earth. Before he could loosen the belt, however, the motor of machine exbloded and flaming benzine gushed over him. Body Fearfully Burned. He did not utter a cry. and when the wreckage fell to the ground the. ca,- tain was dead. His body was fearfully burned. Captain Princetau probably of the benzine flames. Two Killed on Same Spot. A tragic coincidence of Princetau's death was that at the exact spot where he fell Laffort, the French avia- tor, and Poia. a_passenger, were killed last Deceniber in the competition for the automobile club’s prize for a flight from Paris to Brusséls, and only a few vards away the French minister of war met death four weeks ago. - Ten Abandon Flight. Ta2n of the compefitors in the rac today, although they started official never got bevond the limits of tha i manoeuvring field. Either on account of the gusty wind or because th machines developed eccentricitias they all came down and gave up th chances of winning the contest. feen Styles of Machines Used. Sixteén differsnt styles of mono- planes and biplanes were used. The troops angd police. hefore and during the starting of the contestants, had muech trouble in keeping the unruly, pushing crowds from storming the en- closures. They did invade the field at several places. once almost occupying the starting reservation. Cavalry Horses Trample on Mob. Mounted troops. however. slowlr forced the people back and 200 persons were more or less injured. chiefly by being trampled by the horses of the cavairy and by the feet of the mob when_they lost their footing and fell. | The Red Cross surgeons had a busy ing the wounds of those BRIDE ATTIRED, IN BOY'S CLOTHING Arrested at Schenectady While Work- ing with Husband as Carpenter. Schenectady, N. Y Adam Roth, twenty Grace Mae Roth, eighteen years who were married in Tarrytown May 22, were taken into custody the sheriff near here because bride was garbed in boy's clothes. Roth was building a shed and his wife was helping him. Their employer June 18.—Arthur old, on by ought he had two men working for | , and it was only by accident that woman's disguise was revealed. oth said he conducted a small hotel at Elmsford Westchg¢ster county, when he married. but lack of business com- pelled him to close the shop after los- ing everything he owned. He and his bride then started out seeking e ployment, and, Mrs. Roth donned boy's clothing to evade molestation while traveling. Roth said he had an uncle Uving at No, 254 West 25th sireet, New York, who would be willing to help him if he knew his present pre- dicament. He said that he met his wife in New York at a dance. Word has been, sent to their reiatives. WHITE SLAVERY A GREATER EVIL THAN BLACK SLAVERY. ident Hyde Toucl on Secial Evil in Baccalaureate Sermon. Brunswick, Me., June 18.—In a dis- course on “Th> Larger Righteousness, ahich: was the subject of his bacca- laureate sermon {o the graduates of Bowdoin college today, President Wil- Jiam De Witt Hyde dweit at some length on white slavery and the social evil. which he declared had reachefi greater proportions than did black glavery fifty years ago. “The social evil.” id President Hyde, “can never be rooted out by ap- peals to the individual. A\recent reli- @able report shows that the cost of that evil is five thousand women's lives a ear in a single city. with bitterness and shame gp thousands more of heart- broken fatffers and mothers, brothers nd sisters of both the five thousand giris who dis each yvear and the many mors who live on in disgrace and degradation. . That fact calls on every man who has a particle of hanor or chivalry to refuse to be a, partner in such wholesale human murder.” Petitions for the Recall of Judge John 8. Cooke of Oregon, alleging bias " in charging a jury, ng . circu- lated. g ne years old, and | the | AN ULCERATED TOOTH RESULTS IN DEATH Representative Moore Suffers Terrible | Agony Before Dying. Conn., June 18.—Erank C. Moore, a member of the legislature from this town. died today from the | effects of an ulcerated tooth. He suf- fered extreme agony prior to death, as the infection from the diseased tooth spreading to the jaw brought out a condition somewhat like lock- jaw. The tooth first troubled Mr. Moore to an appreciable extent last Sunday. Mr. Moore was unable to attend the sessions of the house the past week. Somers, | He was a republican in politics, a | | native of Ellington, and a farmer. He { was 42 years of age and is survived by a widow and three children. The | funeral will be held on Wednesday | afternoon at two o'clock from the { Somers_church. Mr. Moore's death is the fourth | among the house membership this ses- | sion, | | INVESTI GATION OF ' COLD STORAGE MEATS Committee to Have Demonstration of Its Effect Upon Human Beings. Washington, June 18.—The senate | committee on manufactures is to have a demonstration of the effect of cold storage meat on human beings. Alfred R. Urion of Armour & company toid the committee that mot to exceed five per cent. of his firm's products goes into cold storage and that therefore cold storage is not used to effect a corner on meat. He said government inspection cost his establishment $500,000 annually, due to the rejection of meat from animals purchased as sound. Yale’s Baccalaureate Sermon. New Haven, June 18—To the grad- uating class of Yale university and to an audience made up in other re- spects by hundreds of alumni who have returned for their class reun- igns at this commencement, President Arthur T. Hadley delivered the bac- calaureate sermon today. World’s Record for Nine -Jumps. New York, June 18.—A world's rec ord of 103 feéet 7 inches for nine stan- ing jumps was hung up today at Celtic park by Platt Adams of the New York f\lmvtlc club. 2 . ’ Edgar S. Cooke Was Declared not guilty of embezzling $24.000 of the funds af tha Bix Four railsesd 3 and Le Martin in endeavoring to ad- | tin, after, as he believed, putting the Captain | cers, was struggling to undo a strap | had b2en asphyxiated by the first burst | Madrid, June 18.—Spain has sent to France a memorandum in which the military occupation of EI-Arish Alcazar by the Spanish troops in Mo- rocco is justified and explained from the Spanish point of view. > | Christiania, June i8It is announced | that Pedro Christophersen, a Norwe- | gian in business in the Argentice re- public, has agreed t6 finance Capt. Roald Amundsen’s Antarctic expedi- | tion to 'the extent of $50,000. Rome, June 18.—A bulletin _issued by the International Institute of \Agri- culture says the crop conditions in the northern hemisphere are generally good, in Spain excellent, but damage is reported from Russia. some Chateau-Thierry, France, June 18— Lendrofi_ a competitor in the European circuit race, was Kkilled near _here, Benzine in the. reservoir exploded and | the machine was consumed. The av- | iator was burned to death. | BASEBALL AND SAIL | FOR YALE OARSMEN. | Suiday Diversions at Gales = Ferry— | Morton Plant and Miss Plant Were Visitors. | Gales Ferry, Conn., June 18 ball game between the and the two fours, a sai land Seund and a church visit in the | evening made up the routine of the Yale crews today. With a big indoor | baseball the two fours team won from the ‘varsity eight 22 to 20 in an excit- ing game. The game was foliowed by |a visit from Captain Cutler of the Harvard 'varsity eight and Manager |Iselin, who talked race matters with | Captain Frost of the Yale eight. ATter | dinner the whele squad went out on the Sound on Walter Ferguson’ss vacht | Christabel for a three hours’ sail. To- | night many of the crew members at- tended service in a little church in the village. On- Tuesday the Harvard | squad will pay a call on the Yale men. | Among today’s visitors were Morton F. | Plant and Miss Plant. - . Quiet Sunday for Crews. Red Top, Conn.. June 18.—It was day of rest for the Harvard crews today. | They loafed around quarters all the morning, and in the afternoon the | freshman squad went out on Long Is- land Sound in R. F. Herrick's yacht, the Tautag, while the ‘varsity men went out in W. E. Iselin'’s Enchant- Tess. The blue and crimson flags were pul out on the courst today by Chairman of the Regatta Committee Chappell of New London. Tomorow the crews will De taken out on the river both morning and afternoon. BRISTOL CIGAR DEALER THROWN FROM MOTORCYCLE. William F. Porter Seriously, and- Pos- sibly Fatally, Injured. Westbrook, Conn., June 18.—William F. Porter of Bristol was seriousty, if not “fatally, injured here today when he was thrown from a motoreycle which he was riding. Portsr was ac- companied by two companions who were riding ahead of him when they slowed down. and before Porter could apply the brakes to his machine it ran into the rear wheel of the machine ahead, throwing him several feet into the air and onto the roadway. He was unconseious was picked up and taken to the home of Dr. Milo Ring. in Madison, where he did nof regain consciousness for several hours. At first it was thought that his skull was fractured, bat while there is no sign of a fracture, concussion of the brain is feared. He is in such a ‘con dition that he cannot be moved. H? family arrived this evening. He is 3. vyears old and conducts a cigar store in his home borough. AMERICAN MONOPOLIES WILL BE RESTRAINED. Governor Gonzales Announces Re- forms to Go Into Effect in Mexico. Chihuahua, Mexico, June 13.—Re- forms immediately affecting millions | of dollars’ worth of American property }in Mexico have been announced. Gov. Abraham Gonzales said that u.- der the new regime foreign concessions which might be regarded as monopolies would not be extanded or renewed and | that every legal effort would be made to restrict foreign monopolies now ex- isting in Chihuahua, one of the richest states in minerals and timber. The properties are largely controlled by American, British and German inter- ests. The Americans are the largest holders. - S FORM MEDICAL SOCIETY. { Manchester Doctors Fix Minimum Price for Services. The doctors of Manchester have or- ganized the Manchester Medical asso- tion, ostensibly to wage a campaizn against tubercnlosis and to promote hygiens, but really to fix a_common minimum price for services. The seale of secured from a mem- ber association follows: t. £1; house visit, $1.50. (Office and house visits in sections removed from ordinary limits of popu- lation to cost 30 cents 2xtra for every mile or fraction thereof.) Night visits, 10 p. m. to 6 a. m., and i double: confinement $15: twins, $5 extra; amputa tions, one finger or toe. $10; each ad- ditional finger or toe. $5: trolley or railroad cases, $5. minimum; fractures reduced, $10: fractursd finger or toe. $5: dislocation case. $10: dislocated finger or toe, $5: stitched wounds, $2. No free treatment of the poor. Every doctor in the city joined the association. They elected thzse offi- cers: President, president, George treasurer, V. Rare Flower Shown. President John F. Huss of tha Con- necticut Horticultural society at the meeting last week .in_ the county building at Hartford exhibited a plant known as the Gloriosa Rothschildiana, which originally was found on_the Rothschild estate in France. Mr. Huss said that he believad Friday evening was the first time the species had ever been exhibited in this state. It is a very rare fiower here and is much liks the passion flower. He had seen it ex hibited in_Boston some years ago. The Gloriosa Rothschildiana is grown to some extent in England and is used for conservatory dgcorations. ' Everybody Knew It. Mr. Gates says that -the steel trust gobblad the Tennessee company to kill competition. And a lot of papers put big headlines on it as if it were news. hiladelphia North American, Got Wise Early. If the Sunny Jim boomlet was start- ed as a feeler it accomplished its mis- sion. Encountering nothing but frosts, it was mafled in —Chicasxo Tribiina, ALL IN READINESS FOR ~TAFT CELEBRATION. = ALMOST 4000 ‘INVITATIONS Details All Arranged and Success of Occasion Now Depends on Weath- -er—President Well Remembered. Washington, June ‘18.—With the ar= rival in Washington today of Miss Helen Taft, the plans for the siiver wadding celebration of the president | and Mrs. Taft tomorrow assumed finsl rorm. Everybody Has Hustled. Electricians and florists,'caterers and musicians, dressmakers and jewelers have dome their part. The White House office staff has worked nignt and day to put out g¥most 4,000 invi- tations. % Al Depends on Weather. Col. Spencer Cosby, superintendent of public buildings and grounds. -and Misy Catherine Letterman, Mrs. Taft's ‘social secretary, haye mapped out the smallest details, and now the president and those of his family and of Mrs. Taft's family -gathered under ihe White ‘House roof hope only that the weather man will be good to them. Yale Class Sends Fern Dish. The president’s class, Yale '78, has| given a solid silver fern dish twenty | inches in diameter, marked with ihe initials of the -president and Mrs. Taft and bearing tke inscription “From Yale 1878." -+ A Solid Silver Platter. The Psi Upsilon fraternity. to which the president belongs, sent a solid sil- ver platter inscribed “William H. Tafc, Beat '78,” and “From Psi Upsilon fra- ternity, June 19, 1911.” Solid Silver Grecian Ewers. The Philippine party called “The Tafters” have given two solid silver Grecian ewers; the officers of the pres- idential yacht, the Mayflower, solid silver platter, and thz officers of the Dolphin, the flagship of Secretary of the Navy Meyer, a solid silver center- piece. Present from Cabinet Members. Each member of tha presidents’ cabi- met has given present. BIG LAWYERS' FEES - FOR “TRUST BUSTING.” Present Secretary of War Received)" $83,320 for Tackling Sugar Trust. i Washington, June 18— Trust bust- | ing” cost the government $45.184 in| disbursements to special assistants to | the attorney general and to district| attorneys between March 5, 1909, and | May 31, 1911, according to a_report| which the deépartment of justice has | transmitted to Chairman Beill of ;he} ‘house commiittee on expenditures in | that depariment. i ] The largest individual dfsburesemnt was to Henry L. Stimson, at present of war, who received $83,320 | services 'in the sugar fraud cases. Others who received large spe- cial fees were Frank B. Kelloge, $48.- , in the Unien Pacific and Standard 2oy Oil’ cases; J. C. Reynolds, $35,016, in | anti-trust cases, especfally the tobac- | co case; C. A. Severance, Kellogg's partner, $28,2 in the anti-trust! casés; Winifred T. Denison, $25,025, in the sugar fraud cases, and B. D. Tewnsend, $24,018.32. | e L { | i COCK FIGHT WAS NOT PULLED OFF. Officers Arrive on ~ Scene and Will Prosecute Several of the Sports. North Haven, Conn., June 18.—Just as a cock fight between the New Ha- ven and Bridgeport birds was about to | start heret oday, a constable and- a deputy sheric descended uppn the | crowd of one hundred sports assem- ! bled, and arrested P. A. Brainard and | George Perry, both of whom said they lived in New Haven. Warrants were issued for seven of the spectators who were recognized by the officers, and arrests 4ill be made in the morning. For Memorial to Grover Cleveland. Néwark, N. J.. "June 18—Former Sen- ator John F. Dryden has oujlined to the trustees of the Cleveland me- morial fund the result of the canvass for popular subscriptions toward pro- viding a fund of $100,000 for a memo- rial tower to be erected at Princeton to the late Grover Cleveland. The fund has been oversubscribed nearly | 37,000, | Modesty gf Montreal. A seat on the Montreal stock ex- change has been sold for $30.000, and Montreal feels as proud and happy as a lady with a new morris chair.—Bos- ton Globe. Earning His Salary. At any rate, the press agent for King Georze's coronation is earning his salary and deserves a place in the eircus business.—Grand Rapids Press. Busy Buying ent. Andy Carnegie has been reading the report -from Mexico every day, but we baven't heard him order an extra sup- ply of hero medals.—Washington Post. Same’s True of the People. Members of consress will soon b2 looking forward to adjournment day as a bigger holiday than the Fourth of July or Christmas—Washington Star. Cause and Effect. Statistics show that only one Naw Yorker,in three dies leaving an estate. ‘Well, dont’ they have to tip the wait- ers?—Louisville Courier-Journal. s Nor the Dove of.,Peace. Money can accomplish a good deal, but Mr. Carnegie has discovered that monev won't put simple spelling thru. —Boston Globe. Might Snub Them. King George will have to make a special speech to his loyal American subjects.—Atlanta Constitution. But We'll Worry Along. Mr. Roosevelt has ‘made it clear, at any rate, that no arbitration treaty can include him.—Providence Journal. I e N Truth Often Hurts. It does seem sarcastic to speak of a young physician's service as “practice.” ‘Wishinghen eiia 3 ¢ Total tal Circulation is the Largest ; in Connecticut, in Proportion mthe(}}ty’s Population S Las is customarily distributed about the | of portions of the roof of the after- In the Wreck INTERESTING DISCOVERIES ON BATTLESHIP MAINE. A DINNER SERVICE INTACT Found Nicely Piled Up in Officers’ Quarters — Bayonets and Sword Blades Masses of Rust. Havana, June 18.—As the remains of the battleship Maine gradually rise, | like a grim gray ghost above the slow- Iy lowering level of the turbid waters | within the coffer dam, the fifirst dis- | coveries are most interesting. A curi- ous relic of the great disaster has been found. z Dinner. Service Found Intact. The explorers last night and this morning recovered plates - and other chinaware in the officers’ quarters. Some were identified later as parts. of hte dinner service of the captain and ward mess room. All were in a good state of preservation, and were found piled up as they had been left by the stewards after the last dinner. Ammunition Box Found. This afternoon the searchers found on the spar deck, adjacent to the port turret, a small ammunition box, such decks. This contained a conglomerat- ed mass of six millimetre cartridge clips for the naval sefvice rifle and a number of short knife bayonts in me- tallic leather covered scabbards. Steel Bayonets Masses of Rust. The clips of the catridges were well preserved, but the steel bayonets were reduced to almost unidentifiable mass- es of rust, around which were cling- ing shreds of leaher sackings. > Due to Galvanic Action. | The distintegration of the bayoents | is believed to have been the result of | galvanic action between the steel and | the brass cartridge cases in the me- dium of sea water. t Can the Hul!l Be Floated? This gives rise to speculation re- garding the effect of galvanic action on portims of the hull still under the wa- ter, on which depends greatly the pos- | sibilitv that the hull may not retain | sufficient strength to warrant the ex- | pectation of floating out any portion. Officer’s Dress Sword Found. | Most pathetically interesting was the | discovery of an officer’s dress sword, | found behind the worward port side| door leading from the officers’ quarters to the spar deck. This door _was found closed, but on being forced open | th esword was seen upright in the cor- ner. The inference is that some offi- cer, hastening to the deck on the first ! alarm and buckling on his sword as he ran, was compelled to abandon it and escape in the rush of water over the spar deck. Blade a Ribbon of Rust. The bronze sword hilt was in a good | state of preservation, but onmly attach- ed by shreds of the sword knot to the | blade, which was merely-a ribbon of rust enclosed in a black leather scab- bard. The only possibility of identi- fying the sword is the chance that some officer may recollect having abandoned the weapon in flight. Electric Light Bulb Intact. A curious indication of the slight force of the explosion felt in the after- part of the shi pwas an electric light bulb hanging intact from the roof of the superstructure. Deck Planks Charred. Exploration of the interior contin- ues to be interrupted by massses of mud and rubbish. Only the clearing superstructure has™ been completed, showing the effects of the fire on the charred deck planks. Other Indications of Fire. Other indications of fire are observ- ed ralnd the combing of the spar deck, supposed to be adjacent to the gallery on the port side, in which some cookink utensils are visible. BOB FITZSIMMONS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.]| Formér Champion Severely Cut and Bruised at Batavia, N. Y. Batavia, Y., June 18.—Robert Fitzsimmons, th: former heavyweight champion of the prize ring, was se- verely bruised and cut in an automo- bile accident near here today and will be unable to leave here for a day or two. Fitzsimmons and his wife and a chauffeur wers en route from Clev. land to New York. The chauffeur tried to pass an automobile going in the op- posite direction and the wheels of the car went into a ditch, causing the big car to turn over. Mrs. Fitzsimmons and the chauffeur wera thrown clear of the machine, but Fitzsimmons was pinned under the rear seats. Notes from Hawai Nearly every sugar plantation on this island will run above its crop estimate this vear. The first shipment of Hawaiian sisal fiber for Japan is being secured by the Japanese censul The lowest bidders for the amended Cernegie library building plans were the Lord-Young Engineer Co., at $80,- 000, concrete to be used instead of lava stone. % An’ expert small-farm promoter is to be sccured from California for car- rying out the plans incorporated in tiwo hills passed by the last Hawaiian legislature. The government hopes to secure N. T. Starrett of Los Angeles. Plans have been drawn by Architect H. L. Kerr for what will be the finest laboratory in the territory, for the Ha- waiian Sugar Planters’ association. The laboratory will cost $18,000, and is to be used for the delicate and im- portant work carried on at the present experiment station. The approaching advent of the Ja- va-Asiatic line into San Francisco has awakened interest among coast ship- ping. Flood Bros, San Francisco managers for the Java-Asiatic com- pany, have announced guarterly steamings of large tramps from the former port and Puget sound to Mon- tevideo, Buenos Ayres and Rosario. The first vessel to be despatched in’ the new service will be the Strath- berg, which will leave San Francisco about June 10.—Honolulu Bulietin. Would Make Money. 1f King George ever suffers a crimp in his exchequer he can make a whole lot of moneéy by puttihg the coronation tunt on the vaudeville ciréuit.—Mil. waukes Sentinel. ! transferred to C Condensed Telegrams The New Battleship Florida will_ placed in commission September 15. United - States Senator -Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin is a candidate for the presidency. » With a Death Rate of 13 in 1,000, Rome' has been declared the health- iest city in Europe. James Reilly, One of New Haven's oldest and best-known contractors, died Saturday, aged 73, Canadian Soldiers in British uni- form took part in the Bunker Hill day parade at Charlestown. The British- Imperial Conference at London has been productive of great- er results than were expected. A Mammoth Wedding Cake _has come for the silver wedding anniver- sary of Presidefit ahd Mrs, Taft. Seréno E. Payne, from New York, made the principal speech in the house against the revised wool schedule. Eighty-three Deaths from Bubonic plague occurred in the vicinity of Amoy, China, the last two weeks. The Government's $50,000,000 issue | of 3 per cent, Panama bonds has been at least three times oversubscribed. The Campaign Publicity Bill, with several drastic amendments, was act- ed on favorably by the semate commit- tee. James L. Cowlés, Secretary of the Postal Progress league, urged the par- cels post be/ore the house commit- tee. ‘Rear Admiral Badger Gave a recep- tion on the battleship Kansas to_offi- cers of the Russian navy at Cron- stadt. That William R. Hearst Is to Buy the London Morning Leader is the re- port in circulation at the English capital. The Recount of the Votes Cast in the recent special election for com- misgion government in’ Bayonne, has'begun, Chemist Richardson of the Armour company told the senate committee that frozen meat can be preserved at least six years. .John F. Fahey Committed Suicide | at St. Louls by taking carbolic acid, explaining that he had been hounded by “loan sharks.” Every Member of the Ohio legisla- ture is to be summoned before the senate committee investgating the election of Lorimer. Pavilion at the Inter- industries and opened The America national exhibition of labor at Turin was formal with a fine exhibit. Chief Jultiu.f-.llmot Pennewill of Delaware, in opposing the recall, de- clares it might have been used against ‘Washington and Lincoln. Eight Thousand Delegates Are ex- pected to attend the World Alliance of Baptists, which has opened in Grace Baptist temple, Philadelphia. The Czar Received United States Ambassador Rockhill, who presented his letter of recall, he having been nstantinople. Chicago Has Barred a Suffragist float from its Fourth of July parade as a violation of the rule against political and religious subjects, Judge Williams Will Make Known today his decision on the petition for an injunction to prevent the payment of 3300 to eleven state house report- ers. The Philadelphia Locomotive’ Works which was recently chartered with a capital stock of $50,000, has voted.to increase its capital stock’to $40,000,- 000. : The Baltimore Bridge Company was the lowest bidder for the construc- tion of the steel towers at Arlington, Va., for the use of the naval wireless station. Jennie Pelliceari, Proprietress of the Rat’s Nest, a notorious resort off Cha- tham square, New York, was strangled to death and her diamonds torn from her ears. Miss Christie MacDonald, star of The Spring Maid, is married again, and has sailed for Europe. H. L. Gil- lespie, a Pittsburg contractor, is the bridegroom. General , the Exiled President of Mexico, at Corunna, Spain, in a statement justifies his administration and reproaches his countrymen for their ingratitude. Fifty Railroads of Ohio Secured an injunction against the state railroad commission from enforcing orders on car demurrage. Detectives W. J. Burns and James Hassick were indicted g5 Indianapolis on a charge of kidnapping James J. McNamara, of the Strucutral Iron Workers, accused of dynamiting. It Is Estimated that 400,000 Pieces) of print cloth will be taken ont of the market this week by the closing of mills owned by twenty-six IFall River corporations until June 26, After Lying in the Tomb of an Egyptian mummy for probably more than two thousand years, ten greins of wheat sent to a Greeley, Col., farm- er and planted, have germinated. Miss Florence Sheedy, Heiress of one of the richest estates in Colorado, and J. Townsend Burden of New Yo were married, the bride receiving a check of $100,000 to furnish a hgme. Five Thousand Suffragettes Paraded in the coronation suffrage demonstra- tion in London, headed by Anna Bryce, a niéce of the British ambassador ‘Washington, garbed as Joan of Arc. The ~ Fortnightly Bulletin of the American Raflway association shows that the net surplus of idle cars on the lines of the United States and Canada roads was 428 less than that on May 24. Connection with {he street car ticket counterfeit- ing plot was made when Ira William- eveland conductor, was tak- stody on the charge of using the mail to defraud. 3 Wilfred Jay, Formerly Editor of Whip and Spur, and C. J. Roms, pho- LOADED WEAPON WAS ACCI- DENTALLY DISCHARGED. AR ; GUN WAS LEFT ON THE BED Boy of Thirteen Picked It Up and Discharge Followed—Little Vietim Left in Care of Grandparents. Stratford, Conn., June 13.—Natalie Donaldson, aged four years, was im- stantly killed by the discharge of a shotgun in the hands of her half- uncéé, Wiliie C. Smith, aged 13, this afternoon. Result of an Accident. Medical Examiner Willlam B. Cog: well, who viewed the body. gave an opinion that death was the result of an accident. Child Left with Grandparents. Natalie was the child of Fred L. Donaldson of North avenue. Whils he and Mrs.. Donaldson went down town to view the Sunday school parade, Natalie was left with her grandpar- ents at their home in King street ex- tension, Grandparents Went Out Calling. The grandparents went out to maks calls, taking two other children of the Donaldsons’ with them, leaving &t home Willie and Viola Smith, latter aged 15, who are brother and sister of Mrs. Donaldson, with little Natalie, Went Upstairs With Aunt. Viola went upstairs to fix her halr, taking Natalie with her. Willie fol- lowed and on a bed found a shotgun which earlier his mother had takes down from its usual place and put on the bed so as to be out of the ohil- dren’s way. Story of Little One’s Aunt. To the medical examiner, Viola said that she saw Willie standing on the bed with the gun in his hands. She heard a noise and felt something wet strike her. The noise had heen the discharge of the gun and the moistu: was blood and brains from little Na alie’s head, which = bespattered the wall, the bureau and Viola. Willie ran ‘downstairs, Denied Pulling the Trigger. To the doctor he said that he did not pull the trigger. But the weapom showed that the single shell in it had been discharged and the finding was that Willfe accidentally pulled the trigger. Parents Have Two Other Children. The grandparents of Natalie heard the report and rushed in to find the little child dead. The Donaldsons have two other children. TWO PERISH IN A STEAMBOAT FIRE. and Her Assistant Caught Between Decks. Boston, June 18.—Asleep in cabin betwesn decks, Harrlett Kelle: the stewardess, and Lizzie McNeil, a1 assistant, were burned to death this morning when fire destroyed the Bou- ton and Nahant passenger steamer Govarnor Andrew, Iying at Goves wharf, East Beston. Five deckhands who were caught in their berths suf- fered severe burns about the face ari hands in making their escape through the blazing superstructure. The firz is supposed to have started in the engine room of the steamer and an explosion wrapped the entire heat in fire before the sleeping crew eould be warnad of the danger. BROTHER AND SISTER DIE IN SAME HOUR. One Exp in Bridgeport Hospital, the Other at Milford. Waterbury, Conn., June 18.—~Mrs. Eugene Gully, aged 61 yvears, died n a Bridgeport hospital Saturday night af- ter a long iliness, and William Henrs Nelson, aged 67 vears, a brothar of Mrs. Gully and a veteran of the Civil war, was found dead in bed in Milfera this morning, death occurring, as near as could be estimated, at about the same hour as that of his sister in Bridgeport, Mr. Nelson was a resi- dent of Waterbury and had gene to Milford for the benefit of his health. Mrs. Gully formerly lived here, FOUND DEAD AT HIS FRONT GATE. Sherman Farmer Stricken Suddenly by Heart Disease. Sherman, Conn., June 18.—Andrew Hetterick, a German farmer living in the south part of the town, was found dead near his front gate early today. Death was due to heart disease. Hs was 60 years old and leaves a widuw and four children. By the death of Mr. Hetterick the state will lose one of its chief wit- nesees in the case against Selectman Barnes,.who 15 to be tried for the al- leged false swearing in of a som of Hetterick as a voter. Several other cases grew out of the Barnes eass, in all of which Hetterick was a witness. Bullpen Collapses, Four Kifled. Waynesville, N. C., June 18—Four convicis were killed, 12 mortally in- jured and 17 other men, comprisinz guards and convicts, more or less me- riously hurt by the collapse of the bullpen in which they were housed in a mountain pass in this county today. et el bai When He Shoots the Chutes. It might be wise for Senator Lorimer tographer for the Meadowbrook Hunt' club. were killed by the collision of to g0 out and view the front steps of the capitol and consider how it will seem to be projectzd violently down them.—Boston Globe. —— e their automobile and a Long TIsland railroad train at Westbury. Sarah Bernhardt's American Tour to date has totalled $892,000. The Seamen’s Strike Tied Up five ships of the Morgan and Southern Pacific lines in New Yorks Sterling Price of Winchester, Ky., shot himself in the head and ended his life in Central Park. Judge Martin of New York Ruled that the government is not entitled to judgment against the mdi-x Deposit, of Maryland, on of $50.000 given by Charles F. A formerly of the postofies of Havana,