Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 27, 1911, Page 1

Star Witness in the * [Makes Complaint Two Spied on Him During of Them Divulged Name of His Employer—Detec- tive may be Produced before Committee—Funk Tes- tifies About $100,000 Corruption Fund. Washington, June \ 2 Funk of Chicago, chi Invostigation of Senator Pight (o his seat, complained today to the senate committee which trujled for weeks by hud been instructad poskible against him. Connects Hines With Detectives. The statement caused a sensation. use the contribute $10.000 toward “a to put Lorimer over at Spring- was mentioned regarding services of the detectives. Followed Him to Washington. Mr. Funk said that four detectives followzd him to Washington and two watched him during luncheon toda: One of them, he said, was compelied to give his name and that of his em- Ployer when caught in a tight place. Lorimer Did Not Hire Them. Mr. Funk declined to break his word to ths detective and reveal bis namec. He said the employer was not Sena- tor Lorimer. The committee ended t day's hearing by going into execut! gession Lo consider the situation. Detective to Be Produced. At the executive session Mr. Funk fe =ald to have revealed the detective’s name and promised to produce him be- fore the committse tomorrow if possi- hle. The committee then considered what steps to take to prevent detec- Hives interfering with witnessas before the committee. Funk’s Testimony. Mr. Funk said he was instructed to Benator Lorimer at a deep waterways convention In Washington about eigh- teen months ago “Mr. Hines came up to Mr. McCor- muck and myself in a hotel here.” ex- plained Mr. Funk. “We talked for a few moments, when Mr. Hines said that Senwtor Lorimer was in his room. ;| (Hines) wished us to meet o " What asked Mr. Mar- Ble. aid you do Int-oduced to Lorimer. “T Jooked at Mr, McCormick and Mr. MeCormick looked at me, and we both ooked out of the window. 1 waited for Mir. McCormick to say something. Finally we went upstairs and were in- troduced to the senator. He t0ld of another meeting with Mr. Lorimer. and added “The senator was very kind on both occasions His Conversation With Hing Do you reeall a certain c tlon with Mr. Bdward Hines?" Mr. Marble Yes, sir Mr. Funk then repeated his story ot the conversation with Mr. Hines in which the request for the $10,000 con- tribution fs said to have been made. Just as casual as the sale of a car of lumber.” was the way Mr. Funk re- ferred to the proposition. Met After Lorimer's Election. fhe witness said he met Hines at! the Union club shortly after Hello,” said Hines, according to Mr. Funk, “you are just the man I want to FOUR FOLLOW HIM TO WASHINGTON —Clarence S. witness in the Lorimer's is con- ducting the inquiry that he had been detectives who to get anything name of Edward Hines, Mr. Funk testifiad, asked him to $100,000 the Lorimer Investigation to the Committee Luncheon Yesterday, and one see” The witness explained that he Was not repeating the exact words nec- eassarily, but only giving his recollec- | tion of the conversation. Hines Said It Cost $100,000 to Elect Lorimer. Hines said: “Well, we put Lorimer over down at Springfield, but it cost $100,000 to do it.” : The witness added that Hines ‘ex- ned that they had to act quickly. ‘What else?” urged Mr. Marble. “He said: ‘Now we are seeing some of our friends to get the matter fixed o Got Ten to Contribute $100,000. Mr. Funk said he inquired how much he was getting. Well, we can only g0 to a few b people,” Funk said Hines replied, ‘an if we can get ten to contribute $10,000 we_can wipe it out.” “I asked him why he came to us,” said Mr. Funk. “He said: ‘You are as much interested in having the right kind of man at Washington as any of us.’ . P Not in That Kind of Business. “I said I was not in that kind of business. He began to argue about iorimer. 1 was anxious to terminte ;he conversation. 1 soon got up and eft.” A volley of questions was fired at the witness by members of the committee when he finished his story. “Did you shake hands and say good- bye?" inquired Senator Fletcher. “No; we just walked out.” No Personal Unfriendliness Since. ny personal unfriendliness fol- Tow 7" Vot that T am aware of.” “Was this talk after Hines introduc- ed you to Lorimer?’ asked Senator Hines’ Manner Casual. Witness said Edward Tilden's name was mentioned in the eonversation, but N0 _other names were- mentioned. “What was his ananner” inquired Chairman Diilingham. “As casual as a sale of a car of lum- ber.’ Had Not Been Drinking. “Had Hines been _indulging in liquor ?” asked Senator Kenyon. “No indications of it.” The Iowa senator wanted Mr. Funk’ impression of Hines’ reference to Lori- mer as the “right kind of man.” | ‘My impression,” replied the witness, was that he was the kind of man Hines regarded as the right kind.” Not Surprised at Hine: “Did not you regard Hines tient”” asked Senator Fletcher. Yes, but I was not surprised?” ‘Why not surprised?’ asked Chair- man Dillingham. “It comported with my general im- pression of the man.” “Did you regard it as loose talk?” in- quired Senator Fletcher. “T regarded it as an attempt to get $10,000 from the Harvester company.” | Hines Inclined to Boast. Mr. Funk expressed the opinion that Hines was inclined to boast of his achievements and to have people think he was a -reat factor in great mat- ters. imper- FRATERNAL INSURANCE IN NUTMEG STATE. | Report Shows Re- markabls Increase in 16 Years. New Haven, Conn, Juns 26.—The extent which fraternal insurance resches into the homes of the people of Comnecticut is illustrated by fig- ures given in the report on this de- partment of insurance by rance Commissic Theodore H. MacDonald, | which was made public tonight. Six teen years ago 28 societies reported the commiesion:r. In 1910 returns were made by 52 socleties. In 1895 the ansets of th societies were $3,978,- 1% of the 52 societies just reporting $34.292,962. The surplus in the former instance was 32,251,061, while last year it reached $72431,125. The commis- | sioner says thtt this ciass of insur- Ance has reached such large figures that further legislation should be con- sidered to saf-guard the interests and welfare of those affe Uniformity of legislation s also ad- vocated and the commissioner refers o a bill drawn up at a national con- wention of commissioners which has Been introduced in many legisiatures and has already passed 12 states. | During 19 our fraternal socie were admitted to do an insurane business. Two additional have been admitted this year. Death claims paid to mortuary assessments increased from 8442 to 8540 per cent. during ¥ the year, while the ratio of expense of management decrens>d from 9.93 per ent. to 9.80 per cent..and the death loss per 1000 average membership in- creased from 8.44 to 8.8, Tn 1910, as compared with the pravi- ous ¥ the total assets of fraternal societies increased by $10,385.354; the liabilities of $11%61,836 were an in- creage of £3.079,200, while the total bal- ancs to protect contracts of 431.1 Was increased $3.308.064, and the mem.- hership of 4,107,382 showed an inerease of 301,502, CONDUCTOR GETS 60 DAYS FOR KNOCKING DOWN FARES. Dozen Women Detectives Secured Evi- dence Against Him. Hartford, Conn., June 26— Harcld T Coughlee. a ¢ the Connecticut ‘ed to il for 60 days in today's police court or embezzlement of $i4 in fares. wghiee was trailed by 2 dozin wom- en detect/ves who secured Uie evidence against him. s Cobbler Heir to $250,000. Burlington, N. J, June 26.—Joseph Miller will quit’ his bench in a local Shoe factory this week, fallowing the Feceipt of news that he is the sole heir artune of more than $250.000, left Mrme. uclehul* a cousin, who died y A G w4 i ¥ in New York cit NO DRINKS ON THE HOUSE AT WORCESTER. Thirsty Ones imited to Two Drinks in One Saloon. | | Worcester, June 26.—Worcester, with | 2 population ‘of 168,000, is said to be | the oniy large city in the United States | where the bartender never treat | Once in so often the bartenders i | other cities are apt to ask everybody in a profitable crowd to “have some | thing on the house.” in | _ “Something on the house” is strictly | forbidden here by the local licensing | board. Even the proprietor of a saloox | ®n't permitted to give away a drink. Two drinks in ene saloon js the limit for one customer, although a person may leave the bar, go outdoors, return again and have more. Small talk be- tween the bartender and their cus- tomers is frowned on. Th2 day of the old-time strong- armed barkeeper has gone. In his place one finds a spruce youns man in_eyeglasses, usually with flaxen hair a la pompadour. LOBSTER CAUGHT IN FRESH WATER. Adirondack Fishermen Hook the First One on Record. Saranac Lake. N. Y., Jun> 26.—While angling for bullheads, J. R. Tait and Charfés Wendlekin hooked and landed a strange crawfish. which has been called a lobster by persons say they know what they are talking about. It has the claws, tail, lags and long smellers and is the color of a lobster. It is a young one and has attracted much attention because it is the firat of its kind_ever caught in the fresh waters of the Adirondacks. L. R. Bolton of Boston, formerly in- terested in Maine lobsters, says the fish is a lobster and the first he ever knew to be found In fresh water. He Cabled Paragraphs Sedan, France, June 26.—Lieutenant de Malherbe; a French military avia- tor, flew from Paris tos this town to- day. He covered the distance, 286 kilometres (177.6_miles), in one hour, 44 minutes and 35 seconds. Madrid, June 26.—A meeting of re- publicans and socialists today passed resolutions condemning Spain’s mili- tary operations in Morro and also pro- testing _ against the international cucharistic congress which is in ses- sion here. Helsingfor, Finland, June 26.—The Finnish-Swedish mail steamer Bor I, with four hundred stockholders’ ex- gursionists on board. was wrecked off orpo Island, in the out Skerries, to- day. All the passengers and crew were save Port au_Princefi Haiti, June 26— President Simon has started out again at the head of his troops to bring about peace in the northern district of Haiti. “He left today with a large force aboard the cruiser Antonie Simon for Cape Haitien. The cruiser will, how- gyer. all at, Bi- Marls snd Port-a- Kiel, Germany, June 26.—J. Pierpont Morgan today presented Emperor Wil- liam with the autograph letter written by Martin Luther in 1521 to Emperor Charles V and for which the American recently paid $25,500. His majesty was pleased and forthwith conferred the grand cross of the Order of the Re Eagle on Mr. Morgan. - PRETTY GIRL GETS LEPROSY AT A BALL. Contracts Disease Through Agency of a Wig Which She Wore. London, June 26.—A tragedy has suc- ceeded a fancy dress ball which was held in North London the other even- ing. One of the participants has been stricken with leprosy, but through fear of creating a panic neither her name nor the names of her companions have been given to the public. About a week after a ball a strange mark appeared on the forehead of the girl. She consulted her physician, wha treated her for eczema. The mark, however, showed no signs of improve- ment, and the physician called in a specialist, who declared that it was a case of leprosy. Leprosy is such a rare disease ‘n London that the laws pertaining to it have to be conformed to by physicians, even though they realize that these regulations are needlessly cruel and out of date. Investigation showed that the girl, who is extremely pretty, had attended a fancy dress ball disguised as a man- darin’s wife. To make the disguise more perfzct, she had purchased in a Whitechapel shop a genuine Chinese wig, and it is believed that throush this wig she contracted the disease. The girl has been removed to the leper_colony and diligent inquiries are beinz mads by the health authorities to discover the antecedents of the wig, as it is believed that it must have been worn'at one time by a leper. Bf- forts are also being made to trace all those who came in contact with the girl at the ball or since then, with a view to keeping them under strict ob- servation and preventing the disease from spreadins. A RAILROAD LINE UNDER BOSTON HARBOR. Physical Connection Between New Ha- ven and B. & M. Proposed. Boston, June 26.—A physical connec- tion beneath the harbor between the Boston and Maine railroad terminal at East Boston and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, just out- side the South Station, is provided for in a bill reported to the lower branch of the legislature today. The petition of the Baston and Maine road for per- ion to acquire the Boston, Revere and Lynn railroad as one of the dents in_connection with the tun- nel is not referred to by the committee reporting the bill. B Provisions for the electrification ot the Boston and Maine as far as Bev- erly and the New Haven as far as Readville, and also that the state may take the tunnel after twenty years, are contained in the bill. CATALEPTIC SLEEP MAY SOON BE BROKEN. Miss Hazel Schmidt of Vandalia, IIl,, is Having Conscious Moments, Vandalia, Tl June 26.—The con- scious periods of Miss Hazel Schmidt, whose cataleptic sleep has excited widespread scientific comment, are be- coming more frequent. She was awgke for two hours this morning before a member of her family was aware of | the fact. When told that she had been asleep for seeral days, she replied that she was quite unconscious of it. Her mind was not clouded in the least and the attending physicians believe she will soon be restored to normal health. NEW HAVEN REVENUES SHOW BIG DECREASE Total Net Revenue for May Was $271,- 750.08 Under Last Year. New Haven, June 26.—According to the monthly financial report of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company enue for May was $5,179,665.69, crease over a vear ago of $211 Tke net operhting revenue was $1 212.24, a decrease of $277,660.80 over May of last year. The tofal net rev- erue_was $1,656,503.05. a decrease of $271,750.08 over May, 1910. The oper- ating income was $1,411,803.03 a de- crease of $196,750.03 over the corre- sponding month in 1910. Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: June 21, Re D'talia, from New York. At Barcelona: June 23, Antonio Lo- pez, from New York. At Gibraltar: June 24, Alice, from New York. At London: June 26, Minnetonka, from New York. says there must be others in the upper Saranae, and the catch will be brought to th2 attention of the state culturist. SPEED bF THE UTAH EXCEEDS REQUIREMENT. New Battiaship Makes 21.637 Miles an; Hour in Trial Trip. : Rocklaifd, Me. June 26.—A ma mum speed of 21637 miles, $§7 greater than the contract requiremert, ws ed by the new United Stutes bat- tleship Utah, the latest addition to the nation's Dreadnoughts, during her standardization triais over the official course here todgy. During the top speed runs the Utah made an averag: of 21.258 knots. Her contract requires 20.75. The engines developed 28477 At Glasgow: June 25, Columbia, from New York. At Southampton: June 25, St. Louis. from New York. At Liverpool New York. At Piymouth: June 26, Kaiser Wil- helm der Grosse, from New Ydrk. At Bremen: June 26, Grosser. Kur- from New York via Plymouth and Cherbours. June 25, Arabic, from Moran to Succeed Syke: New Haven, June 26.—AL a meeting of the board of directors of the South- ern New Kngland Telephone company here today, Vice President James -7. Moran was elected general manager to succeed the late H. H. Svkes. Mr. Moran will fill both positions. The regular quarterly dividend of one and a per cent. was declared. | and pulled The Bulletiu's Girculation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total FUNK ‘snm_weu BY DETEGTIVES The Honeymoon Not Kissless! GAMBRIER TESTIFIES IN HIS yFE’B DIVORCE SUT. TELLS OF THE ENGAGEMENT N She Sat in His Lap and They Em- braced—Refused, However, ‘to Send the Engagement Ring by Express. New York, June 26.—FEdward Victor Gambier, thé banker, took the witness stand late today in the divorce suit brought against him by Edith Russell Gambler, a former Atlanta society girl, to .refute her charge that she spent a ‘kissless honeymoon. He had not gone far in his testimony, however, when adjournment was taken, and hs [vill resume his story tomorrow morn- ng. She Wrote on His Si “I went to Atlanta and she met me at the train with a kiss,” Gambier de- clared. She had rejected him in Jan- vary, 1909, he said, but accepted him by mail a year later. “At her homie we acted the usual newly-engaged act. She sat on my lap and we embraced. She wrote on my shirt bosom: T love you.” Ordered the Engagement Ring. Gambier said he returned to New York the next night and ordered an engagement ring. Mrs. Gambier came to New York later for /the wedding ceremony, he sald. Admitted She Didn’t Love Husband. Mrs. Anne P. Adams, who spent two days at Munich and Oberammergau with the Gambiers while they were ca their honeymoon, testified that Mrs. Gambier did not act like a newly mar- ried woman. ‘I told her,” Mrs. Adams said, “that she didnot seem to love her husband. She shfugged her shoulders and replied that she did not. I asked why under the sun she had married him, and she said because she wanted to live in New York” Solicitous of Her Comfort. Mr. Gambier, however, was “contin- ually solicitous regarding Mrs. Gam- ‘bier’s comfort,” she concluded. Forty of Gambier's Love Letters. A batch of forty lastters written by Gambler during their courtship was introduced. One dated Feb. 5, 1910, and addressed to her at Atlanta, Ga., expressed Gambier's unwillingness t5 send her an engagement ring by ex- press. Would Not Send Ring by Express. “Do you know, my precious. that to send an engagement ring to one's flancee by express seams like an aw- fully cold proposition,” the letter read, “one that zrows colder the more I think of it, and that I can’t reconcile myself to? No Express Driver as Cupid’s Messen- ger. “All the sweet and loving sentiment that must needs be a part of the cere- mony of a presentation and placing of the ring on the fair lady’s finger is ab- sent. You can’t come up here to me now, so the only other course open is for me to go to you. I see no way out of it and vet 1 will not see an ex- press driver—mavbe a nigger at that— be a Cupid's messensdr between me and my loved one. Now T must go out and_cool ‘my fevered brow.’ “With love and affecfion, thinest.” ED. LABOR LEADERS CITED INTO COURT AGAIN To Show Why They Should Not Be Punished for Contempt. June 26.—President Samuel Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morri- son of the American Federation ot iLabor, under rulings issued today by Justice Wright of the District of Co Jumbia supreme court, were cited to appear Monday, July 17, and show cause why they should not be punish ed for contempt of court. The court’s action followed the filing of the report by a committe of lawyers appointed to investigate the charge that an injunc- tion granted by ‘the court in favor of the Bucks Stove and Range company was violated. In case the labor lead- eers are adjudged guilty it is vet”an oper question whether the court will impose a jail sentence Mr., Gompers is dealt with as the chief cffender, 23 of the 27 typewritten pages of the réport being devoted to him. Tt is probable that the cases will not be heard before the fall in the event another trial becomes neces- sary. ‘Washington, ANGRY MAIDEN'S ‘ SHOTS WENT WILD. Wounded Three Innocent Men Instead | of One Who Deceived Her. New York, June linbe, 20, and comely, met Anthony Fiverone, an admirer, in the street to- night and upbraided him for not tell- ing her that he was married. Finally sha whipped from the folds of. her dress a pistol Fiverone had given her the trigger three times. Each bullet struck a_different man and all three will probably die. Fiverone is onz of the wounded. When Aleanta saw what she had done she dropped her weapon, fled in fright to the roof of a tenement, and, cornered there, fought off two police- men with hatpins. Sh> was finally overpowered and locked up on a charge of felonious assault and to await the outcome of ker victims’ injuries. HOMEOPATHS ASSEMBLE AT NARRAGANSETT PIER Addresses of Welcome by Congress- man Utter and Others. Narragansett Pier, R. L, June 26— With words of welcome from repre- sentatives of New England, the state and the Rhede Island practitioners of the teachings of Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of the homeopathic school of medicine, the 67th annual conven- tion of the American Institute of Homeopathy was formally opened here tonight. President W. F. Huntington of Boston ~university, Congressman George H. Utter and Frederick Roy Martin, editor of the Previdence Jour- nal, welcomed the visitors to Rhode Island, while Vice President Walter Nichols, M.D.. of Pasadena, Cal, re- sponded for the institute. President Galus J. Jones, M.D,, of Cleveland, de- livered his annual address. Avon.—Mr. and Mrs. Emery F. Mil- ler sailed on Saturday on two months’ European tour A’Si_ngle Man HéNWOOD ADMITS ON STAND HE IS MARRIED. NOW ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Bitter Enmity Between Him and Von Phul Because of Mrs. Springer— “Woman in the Case” Testifies. Denver, Col, June 26.—District At- torney Eiliott gavé Frank H. Henwood of New York, on trial for the murder of George E. Copeland, every oppor- tunity today to “justify his act” by withdrawing the objection to testi- mony_concerning threats by S. Louis Von Phul, the St. Louis balloonist, but later the prosecutor turned the tables on Henwood by compelling him to ad- mit that he was married. Had Passed as Single Man. Henwood, who had been received 'n a certain social cirele in Denver as a single man, admitted that he had a wife and two children “somewhere in New York state.” Not Asked if Divorced. The prosecuting attorney did not reach the question whether Henwood had been divorced. Lawyers in Wrangle. A heated colloquy occurred between i Prosecutor Elliott and Attorney Bot- tom for the defense over the use of the | word “intimacy” in questioning Mrs. John W. Springer concarning her re- lations with Henwood. Mrs. Springer’s Admission Qualified. Mrs. Springer hastily responded in the affirmative when asked if she and Henwood were intimate, but Attorney Bottom inserted the question: “You mean that you were good friends?” “Certainly; nothing more,” was the reply. Copeland Killed by Accident. The defense took advantage of the changz of front by the prosecution and through Mrs. Springer and Hen- wood himself brought out testimony as 1o the enmity between Henwood and Von Phul, whom Henwood shot after a succession of quarrels. It was a bul- let aimed at Von Phul which went witl and killed Copeland. Mrs. Springer Quasrelled With Von Phul. Mrs. Springer iestified of her rela- tions with Von Bhul, of several of their quarrels, In_two of which struck her in the face: of Von Phul's threats to kill Henwood if he ever saw him going to the Springer apartments; ©of Von Phuls renting a room adjacent o the apartments so that he could avateh for Henwood's coming, and final- 1y of her warning Henwood to avoid Von Phul because as the balloonirt was “desperate” he would kill him. Asked Henwood to Keep Out of Her Affairs. Mrs. Springer also testified that she asked Henwood to keep out of her “af- fairs” with Von Phul; that it was. her Dbusiness and she must handie it alonc. This referrsd particularly to the re- covery of certain letters from her to Von Phul, which, it was explgined, % threatened to use against her. Famous “Blue Note.” The famous “blue notz” written, ‘t is said, by Von Phul on the stationery of Mrs. Springer and sent from her apartments by Von Phul, was brought prominently into the case today. Thec note was written, according to Mrs. Springer's testimony, after she had destroyed a photograph of Von Phul at the request of Henwood. Note Addressed to Henwood. The note was addressed to Henwood and contained a fragment of one Henwood's pictures, which ha had pre- sented to Mrs. Springer, and_ which Von Phul had torn into bits. The note read: “Frankie Dear: You destroyed my picture, and here is part of yours.” The note was unsigned. Bought Gun After Receiving Note. Henwood testified today that after receiving the note he bought the gun with which he killed Von Phul and Copeland. WEYMOUTH NOT FOUND, EITHER DEAD OR ALIVE. Cannot Be Located Canada, and Grave Undiscovered. Biddeford, Me,, June 26.—The search of the woods and swamps in the vi- cinity of the home of Mrs. Maude Snow at Dayton was continued by the county authomities today in the hope of find- ing some trace of the hody of Charles I Weymouth, who Mrs. Snow's two young daughiers told the officers last week was murdered at the Snow homw nearly three years ago and buried near by. The children today repeated thair story without variation and Sheriff Charles O. Bmery at once set about to employ 25 men to make a more thor- ough search than that of last week The authorities arz making evers fort to substantiate the declaraticn made last week by Henry A. Hewes, a rural mail carrier, that Wermouth is alive and in Canada. No trace of Weymouth in_any Canadian locality has yet been found, howaver. Meanwhile the three persons under arrest. Joseph Buzzell and Oiney Mer- ill. charged with the murder of Wey- outh, and Mre. Snow. charged with being an accessory after the fact, are being held in the jail at Alfre NEVER KNOW CAUSE OF EXPLOSION. wiLL Destruction cf Maine So Complete It Will Be Impossible to Tell. Tampa, Jla., June 26—“The secrat of the deStruction of the battleshir Maine will never be known,” sald Gen- eral W. H. Bixby, chief of engineers in charge of the work of raising th2 Maine, upon his arrival here yesterday from Havana. The destruction of the vessel was such, savs General Bixby, and the deterioration has been =0 graat that it will be impossible to teli whether the ship was blown up from a force within or without. The greatest force, however, was from the inside. indicating that the forward magazine had exploded. Whether this was from a sympathetic explosion caused b, torpedo from the outside may forev remain a mystery. eneral Bixby says that unless the fragment of a torpedo is found there ‘s no way of conmecting some outside a agency with the blowing up of tha vessel. Easton—The grange desree team was invited to Newtown grance to give the fourth degree to a class of candi- dates Saturday evenins |Had Passed as |Condensed Telegrams| | Syden Thompson, Aged 75, of Rock- :';fi_’ N. J., hak just cut two eye- Two_Mormon Elders Are in Seuth- b"rr[yg,, Conn., endeavoring to make con- - ve Juiy 2 Being “Peace Sunday,” 30,000 pzace services are planned throughoui the country. Miss Anna Kees and Albert J. Handt. man were drowned in the Ohio river near Cincinnati. ' Louis Lamaroff Was Accidentally Killed in a shooting snll;y near New Brunswick, N. J. Lieutenant General Sir Soymour John Blane died at London last night. He was born in 1833 No Decision Has Yet Beer Taken with refersnce to the formation of a new French cabinet. _A Western and a New York Million- aire are to be arrested for their part in a smuggling scheme. Mrs. Thomas Leach, Wire of the Pittsburg center fielder, died of kidney trouble in a hospital at/ Pittsburg. A Boom for Governor Foss of Massa- chusetts for the democratic momina- tion for president has been launched. Arne Lerum, Aged 31, Once Star football player of the University of ‘Wisconsin, died from intestinal cancer. The Rail Mill Plant of the Carnegie Steel company has resumed operations after being idle for a year and a half. Wil Fitzgerald of New York knocked out Dick Doyle of Boston ‘n the first round at Trop, N. Y., lest night. 7 Madero, the Mexican Liberator, in a manifesto_declares the taxes are to be distributed equally among the rich and the poor. John H. King, Aged 17, Died as the result of being hit in the temple by u pitchad ball while playing baseball at Bridgeport Sunday. According to the Census Bureau, thz world’s crop of cotton last year was short of the quantity needed for the annual consumption. A Hotel, Three Residences and a barn were destroyed by fire at Bath, a small town 30 miles north of Wood- stock, N. B., yesterday. Andrew Fisher, a Scotchman, no: prime minister of Australia, has caus a sensation in England by his almost anarchistic utterance There Was a Fire in a Dance Hall in New York, caused by cigarettes smoked by two women. Half a Billion Dollars Would Be Saved annually in the United States i7 every state would jmprove its main highways in point of efficiency. The Trial of Edmund Duez in Paris on the charge of embezzling over §1,- 000,000 belonging to the French gov- ernment has ended in convic Ex-Senator Smith of New Jersey s to be conciliated if Gove expects tha New Jerhey G the democratic nati on_ at convention. R. L. Borden, Leader of the Canadian conservatives! is not meeting with much sue in his campaign in the farming districts against reciprocity. Lorado Taft's Colossal Statue of an Indian which stands on a biuff above Rock river, near Oregon, IIl, has been completzd ‘and will be unveiled nex: Saturda Daniel Duncan, Aged 36 Years, an official of the American Security and Trust company of Washington, D. C., died at Colorado Springs, Col, of tu- berculosis. A Mass Meeting of New England Farmers at Boston yesterday decided that a_price on milk could be agreed upon despite interpretations of the Sherman law. A Civil Anti-Trust Suit Against the Periodical Publishers’ association, commonly called the magazine trust, will be filzd in the United S at New York today. tates court The Forest Fires in Connecticut th2 past spring swept over 55,000 acres of woodland and brought a loss of $200,- 000 to the owners, according to the r port made by State Forester Spring. A Man Whom the New York Police describe as yer of Greenwich, by detectives last nigh on a bench warrant larceny. charging That Matthew McDonough, ihe cight vear old South Boston bov, who wis badgered into drinking unknown liquid, died of acuté alc poisoninz, is the opinion of the Boston Cit an | Fital ‘physicians. Prefacing His Sermon With a R tation of ey at the the Rov. Franklin Baker Unitarian chu spoke to a h at Sacramento, congregation in de- hasehall. hy A Disagreemert Was Reportsd the v that deliberated for nearly hours on evidence in th> cases of three men tried for allezed cons to defraud the city o rence, in connection with contracts for paving stone. / Explosions on the Submarine Pike erday at San Diego, C: back fire” in the gasoline engine, severely burned F. W. Biliott, a_chief machinist: J. O. Jeffries, machinist's mate, and L. B. Walker, electrician. Long Stan Rt. Rev. Louis olic_bishop of French Canadis sermon on the subje: by Rev. Father Lor at St. Therese, Que. the bishop. g Differences Botween R. Walsh, Roman Catii- Portiand, Me.. and ns. have resulted in a ct being preached a Jesuit priest in which he defies Mrs. Ortie McManigal, Whose Hus: band is in Jail at Los Angeles, Cal under a charge of murder in connec- tion with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building, appeared Be- for: the grand ju sterday, but on advice el for John Namara brother/ James. who are under s ndictments, she re- fused to te Milford.—The Women's Relief corps of Georze Van Horn post hes received an invitdtion to visit the Relief corps home at Cromwell on Wednesday, June e Its Advocates Win First Blood by Ow ~ whelmingly Defeating Root Amendment MORE AMENDMENTS TO BE OFFERED Field Now Open For a General Tariff Revision Fight —Penrose to Press For Unanimous Consent to Fixa thoGity's Po 48 Date For a Vote on Reciprocity Bill—This Pros gramme Will Meet Opposition From the Insurgents, Washington, June 26.—The Canadian reciprocity bill emerged from its first ordeal in the senate tonight unscathed. Debated for Seven Hours. The Root amendment, proposing a modification of the wood pulp and print paper section of the agreement, was defeated after seven hours of de- bate, by an overwhelming vote. No Roll Call Demanded. The friends of the amendment were so satisficd of its defeat that a roll call on the vote was not demanded. Now Open to General Fight. This leaves the reciprocity measure open to the general fight which is to follow for amendment of important provisions of the Payne tariff law. LaFollette’s Announcement. Senator LaFollette announced in a speech opposing the Root zmendment that he would give the senate a chance to pass on general tariff amendments for free paper, free lumber and lum- ber products, and for reductions in many other schedules. A Free Paper Amendment. Senator Clapp announced his inten- tion of offering a free paper amend ment later: and other senators evi- denced their purpose to force, from now on, consideration of tariff revision on the widest plane. . Effort to Have Date Set for Vote. A _persistent effort, beginming o= morrow, to advance the Canadian seee iprocity bill In the senate by getting unanimous consent for a date upem which to vote for it, and for sepasmte dates for voting on the house wook free list bills, will be made by c: ” man Penrose of the senate fnanes committee. :{c does not count om - mediate success, however. Penrose Greatly Encouraged. ‘With the Root amondment wood pul er schedule of the bill disposed o is satisfacti Mr. Penrose said, after & canvass the senate, that his pian had met with more encouragement than he had afe ticipated. Insurgents Want Time, The standpat republicans made Wt tle or no objections and the democrats and print none, but generally the insurgent fe= publicans were not favorabie to the propesal. Tiiey want time to presemt the issues fully to the country and o the senate. Penrose Will Bs Persistant. Even these objections Mr. Penross hopes to overcome In time and if hie first request tomorrow is not acceded to he will repeat it day after day. SEVEN AVIATORS FINISH FOURTH LEG OF RACE. All the Birdmen Presented to the an King. B —The huge crowds 1 gathered at the acrodrome here Tot in the least discouraged by the disappointments of the two previ- ous days, when the contestants in the international circuit aviation race fail- ed to appear, broke into cheers as Beaumont, winner of the fourth stage of the race, arrived at 5.30 o'clock this evening. He was soon followed by Vedrines, Kimmerling and Garros. All the aviators told of exceptional difficulties ntered in the flight, They were buffeted by violent winds and drenched by the rain. They were presentad to the king, who warmly tulated them on their achie ines was the object of special ovation and was presented with a lau- rel wreath inscribed “To the victor of the Paris-Madrid race.” Up to 9 o'clock tonight, when the official records were closed, seven of the contestants had reached here, BOILER EXPLOSION SPREADS DISASTER AT PORT ARTHUR. Two Lives Lost and Damage to Property Reaching $300,000. Arthur, Texas, June 26.—Two lost, half a dozen men were injured, some seriously, three ol barges and one tug were burned to the water's cdge, and about 10,000 barrels of oil, two large warehou: and over 500 feet of wharves were destroyed by an explosion followed by a fire on the Port Arthur water front The loss is about $300,000. n Frank Weber of the barge Gumble and an unidentified man lost their lives in an_explosion aboard the Gumble, where the fire started. The flares spread rapidly over sev- eral small vessels belonging to the Texas and swept to two large ware- houses of that concern, These, with the wharves, were soon a mass of ruins. Other were slightly damaged. MILK CONTRACTORS REFUSE TO MEET THE PRODUCERS. buildings Former Profess to Be in Fear of Anti-Trust Laws. Foston, June 20.—Stating their ra- luctance to make any move which might be interpreted to constitute a contempt of cou Boston milk con- tractors late today refused to meet a committee from the on Co-opera- tive Milk Producers’ union to talk over prices for the coming summer. A guarantec of 35 cents a can after July 1st was desired by the producers. The recent indictment of W. A, Hunt- cretary of the union, with several Boston actors for alleged to fix milk prices e of the actfon of 15 stated. was the the cont OBITUARY. Lieut. Col. Daniel Reed Larned. 5. T Washington. June Lient. Col. Daniel Reed Larned. A.. ratired. died here today. a yvears. He was a native of Hampton, Conn. Dur- i the Civil war (Colonel Larnel ed on the staff of General Burn- , afterward engaging in_business with the general. He entered the pay depaftment of the army in 1879, serv- ing until his retirement in 1894, Prof. Julian W. Baird, Boston, June 26.—The Massachuseits College of Pharmacy lost the dean of its facult yin the death today of Prof. Juilen W, Baird at his home in this city. He had held the position since 1897, Professor Baird, who was a nu- tive of Battle Creek, Mich,, was 52 years old. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Samuel Henry Jey London. June 26.—Samuel Henry Jeyes, chief assistant editor of the Standard, died today His wife was Genevieve Frances MacGragor, daugh- ter of the late Charles Edward Sher- man, of New York. Kaiser Toasts American Jacki Kiel, June has béen g officers of the sec United States Atlantic. fleet and the visiting yachtsmen the past few day made a speech at the state dinner at the Tmperial Yacht club tonight. After a graceful reference to the Americaa naval visitors and yachtsmen, a toast’“To all trué sailors.” i~ nd division of th l’f gave PROMINENT PITTSBURGERS ARRESTED FOR THEFT. Charged With Larceny of $10000 in Bonds from Brokers. Pittsburg, June 26.—A. L. Pearson, an attorney and president of the Union Realty company of this city, and Sem- uel M. Carnahan. a clerk employed in the office of Holmes, ardrop & com- pany, brokers, were arrestsd here - day, charged wi the theft of bonds valtied at $10,000 belonging to e brokerage firm Pearson is a member of a prominent family His father, Gen. A. L. Pese- son, commandad the state troops hews during the railroad riots of 1977 1t is,said that 35,000 worth of the bonds have been recovered ané the balance have been traced. Charges of larceny and receiving stolen goods were made against Pearson and Carnahan by Joseph H. Hoimes, senlor member of the brokerage firm The bonds disappeared from the company’s office_on 13, 1903 Pearson tonight said that he pur- chased the bonds fro John D. Hite, He says he did know they had been stolen and that he fully expects to_be cleared. Who “John D. Hite made _clear, Both Pearson and released on $12.000 will be given a p next Thursday. s has not been -~ JURY LOCKED UP IN “ABSOLUTE LIFE” CASE, Judge Fears They Might Be Influsneed by Cartoons and Reports. Judge Honors, 118 Arthur Ses found- Chicago, June whose cotirt B n er of “Absolute Life” is on trfal for the abduction of Miidred Eridges, 17 years old, ordered today that the Jur¥ be locked up the remainder of the trial, on representation by the defenss t be influenced that the jurymen mi hy cartocns and reporis appearing m newspapers. Mona_ Rees, one of the leaders of the cult, the wWitness stand was on most of the dz 4 ccutor Rurnham was unable to get froi * an admie- sion that there ever was anything morally irregular in the life at See's temple, although sne admitted Hying in the same flat with See “Do_you still belie n ‘Azsotute Life? " Mr Burnham asked “Yes, indeed, 1 dc = “Is Absolute Life a revelation “Yes, 1 suppose s0.” replied the wits nese, after the meaning of the word “revelat had been explained to her, Did you get any revelations yom self 3 “Yes, lots of them. Asked who, hesides herself, got vave elations, the witness named her mo er, Mrs. Bridges, Mildred Pridges and See. REIGN OF COALHOD HATS NEARLY OVER, Smaller Headgear t> Bs Worn by Women Next Winter. ne 26 —Smait women's heads Indianapolis, Ind., J hats will be the rule in gear next winter, accordiog to dels- gates attending the convention of the Millinery Travelfng Men's National an- Roclation, which opened today. The salesmen, however, d i the smail hats v n_vogue forever, for they ad resolations protesting against the osals by railway companies to trunks to 45 Inches in b Baptists Call on Taft. ‘Washington, June 26 —Delegates ta the convention of the World's Paptist Alliance, which has closed in Philadelphia, were reccived by Presie dent Taft at the White House today. Earlier in the day the delegates vise ited the capitol and wers greeted by Speaker Clark Station Agent Struck by Traim. Danbury, Conn., June 25 —Jeroms Beardsley, assistant station agent for the New Haven road here, dled at & locgl hospital tonight from internal injuries received by being struck by & train at Newtown today. He was 28 years old. Hammond Won't Hurry Home. , June 26.—John Hays Ham- mond, thé special American r ative ‘a tthe coronation, bas remain in London for the c of July 4. He will then go continent or = the U - R