Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 12, 1911, Page 1

ORWICH, CONN., WORST WRECK ON ROAD IN 58 Federal Express Goes Over Embankment at Bridgeport, Bringing Death to Twelve ONE OF THE VICTIMS A NORWICH MAN Forty-Four Injured in ’I“vo Bridgeport Hospitals—Dead Engineer Blamed For the Accident—Attempted to Make Cross-Over at 60 Milesan Hour, Contrary to Regulations—One Passenger Becomes Stark Mad. Bridgeport. Conn., July 1L—Twelve battered corpses in the morgue, 44 suffersrs in the hospitals and a moun- tain of junk at the foot of a 20-foof embankment at the western end of the eity tell the tale tonight of the worst wreck in 58 years' history of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road. Occurred Just Before Dawn. Although it occurred just before dawn, and the coroner's office has had one man ali day long doing nbthing but answering telephone and telegraph queries from all parts of the country, four of the dead, two men and two women, remain unidentified. The Identified Dead. ‘The others are: C. W. Christie. Philadelphia. rge E. Saunders, Norwich, Conn. Mrs. Gwendolin F. Rogers, wife of Sergeant George F. Rogers, coast ar- tillery, U. S, A May Louise Roaers, 7 months old, daughter of the above., Mrs. Helena B. Walcott, Washing- ton, D. wife of Charles D. Walcott, Hartman, years old, son Olf Mrs. Louis Hartman, ewfield, N. J., who is in a serious condition at the hospital, A. M. Curtiss, New York, engineer of the train. W. A. Ryan, New York, firsman. List of Injured. The injured include these: Reported from St. Vincent tal Mrs. Ada Grey, 25 Camden streer, Boston, minor injuries, sent home om the 7.20 train. W. H. Saunders, New London, burn- ed_about the hands. - Mrs. W. H. Saunders, leg fractured. Mrs. W. B. Clephane, Cherry Creek, Md.. bruises. Unknown Slavenian woman, broken. Unknewn woman, eve gouged out, face terribly bruised, leg fractured. Michael ;uny, conductor of train, Naw Rochelle, NX. Y., fracture of skull, fnternal injuries; will die. David Kissner, 304 Willis avenue, New York, brakeman, fracture of left leg, other injuries; will probably die. Mrs. James B. joyce, Maury, suburb | of Washington, D. C., 62, fracture of Jeft wrist, back imjured, shock, condi- tion serious. Sarah_Czalobre, 931 South Penn street, Philadelphia, head badly cut, body bruised. condition serious. Christie and Antony Czalobro, her two children. 5 and § years old; Chris tie bruised about head and body,. in- ternal injuries: may die. John F. Von Pfeiffer, McDonald street. Raidville, Mass., fracture of the skull, condition critical Frank Von Pfeiffer, cousin of John, East North street, Philadelphia, fracture of ribe, diglocation of shoul- der. condition seriode. Mary Sweeney, Phillipsburg, suffering from shock, serious. Lucy Nole, W: ington, D. C., inter- nal injuries, condition critical. George Rogers, Washington, D, C., fractured arm. severe bruises. His young son was killed and another sor, Frank, badly hurt. Mrs. Rogers is thought to be one of the women wno are dead. Mrs. Sarah McConnor, Chestnut Hill hospi- leg } 3, district, Philadelphia, injuries to body ard not serious. Charles Frazier, Navertree Green, Md.. scalded and ~internal injuries, condition critical. Mrs. Emily Wiison Philadelphia, fracture condition_ critical Miss Bertha Monroe, Lincoln ave- nue. Cliftondale, Mass.. right arm frac- 2221 Sears street, left rib and leg, tured, injuries to spine. condition erit- ica Mrs. Mary McCann, 3316 Watson street, Philadzlphia, scalp wound, frac- ture of the arm, condition critical Mrs. Mary Walker, 1125 Eleventh street. Washington, shock, not serious. Reported from the Bridgeport nos- pital: Mrs. Nellie Pit her_daughter, Baatrice. aged 13. and son. John, aged 11_months. of Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Mary Johnson, Tree Creek. S. going to 35 Bo¥lston street, Ja- maica Plaine Mass. shock and minor njuries, not serious. Edward M. Green, Muntington, Pa.. suffering from smoke, will recover. Frank A. Hovt, haggageman, Boston. Robert Henderson, 221 North 15th str2et. Philadelphia, shock. Henry Christman, Middleton, Joseph B. Sisson, New Haven. Edward M. Green, Huntington. Pa. Mrs. Isabeil Dorsey, Washington, D. Mrs. Mary Solsky, Philadelphia. Miss Bessie Boshm, Woodstock, Va. Miss Ca Holmes, Philadelphia. Miss Jessie Gray Nickens, 1922 New Hampshir: avenve Washington, D. C. ‘Miss Miidred Ernest. Washington. Miss Helen Gibbs. Washington. Miss Angeline Grimke, Washington. Hartman, Newfield, N. 1. e Meservy. Washington. Mrs. Sarah Clark. Washington. Miss Mattie Cornish, Philadelphia. Loretta McCrokan, 3316 Wharton street, Philadeiphia, internal hurts, se- condition. m H. Betz, Chadwick street. Philadeiphia. Mary E. bruises. Henry A. Wallace, Milibridge, Me., minor infuries. | i e alcott, Philadelphia. ®ruises. Day Coach Smashed to Matchwood. When _the Federal express, bound from = Washington to leaped morning. a day coach next the baggage car was caught at the bottom of the heap and _.Mh.i'd‘o matchwood, and not a person e escaped death or serious injury. Oceupants of Pullmars More Fortunate The heavier Pullmans. five of them, that crashed down after it. held to- . and the sieeping passengers ide. although badly shaken, for the most part suffered no worse than broken hones and bruises. Brakeman Has Fractured Skull. xceptions, all those Pa. Harri Philadelphia, to recover. Several, however, are in critical condition. Among them are Daniel Kissner, head brakeman, whose home is at 104 Willis street, New York. His skull and several ribs are broken and he has internal injuries, Others May Not Survive. John F. Von Pfeiffer of Readyille, Mass., and Mary McSweeney and Mrs. Loretta McCrohan of Philadelphia may not survive. Mrs. McCrohan received several broken ribs and internal in- Juries. One Victim Enciente. The wreck will be responmsible for two more deaths if Mrs. Sarah Calabra, also of Philadelphia, succumbs, for she is about to give birth to a child. Three of her children, aged from two to five, are at th2 hospital with her, none of them badly hurt. Covered With Bruises and Cuts. All the patients are covered with bruises and cuts, showing the manner in which they were thrown about their cars when the train rolled down the embankment. Man Made ‘Stark Mad. In a private ward at St. Vincent's hospital is W. A. King, a young ma- chinist, who recently came ‘to Bridge- port from Kansas City, and who went to Philadelphia vesterday to meet George H. Kirby, who was coming from Kansas City to get employment in local factory. Although King shdWs hardly. a scratch, the accident drova him stark mad. Raves for His Pal. He raved and shouted continuously for his “pal” “When they were drag- ging me out I saw two legs under the wreckage,” he said in one of his lucid moments. ““The trousers wers the same kind George wore.” His Pal is ing. Kirby has not been found here, al- though Bridgeport was his destination, and it is-feared he may be one of the two dead men still unidentified. The other is & negro whose ticket read from Philadeiphia to Boston and whosz trunk was checked from West Chester, Pa. Worst Wreck Since May, 1853. On May 5, 1853, there was a wreck at South Norwalk, Conn.. in which &4 lives were lost. Since then until to- day the New Haven railroad line has been singularly free from _disasters. Automatic signals protected the “cross- over” which the express had to take here to enable it to make the stop at the local station, and the rules of the line prescribed a speed at this poiat of not more than 15 miles an hour. Train Running Mile a Minute. Storles that the engineer was a new man, not accustomed to a train of such importance, and that the towerman was not at his post. were denied by the company in official _statements. The fact remains, however, that when the express started across’ the trestle whera-the switch is located it was run- ning nearly 60 miles an hour. When it struck the “crossover” the engine leapea the rails, dragging all but three of its cars along. Engineer Tried to Slow Down. The towerman says that when Curtis’ locomotive whizzed by steam had been shut off and the brakes were grinding on sand. He believes the engineer realized his mistake and was trying to slow down, although too late. Mrs. Walcott Identified by Ring. Several hours elapsed before Mrs. Walcott, one of the dead, was identi- fied, first by the name on her clothmg and then by a ring marked “C. D. W. to P. B. L., June 22, 1888" She is the wife of Charles D. Walcott of Wash- ington, a director of the Smithsonian institute. Mr. Walcott telephoned that he had left Washington and would be here late tonight. One of Train Crew Missing. The bodies of the engineer and fire- man were identified by F. H. Barnas of New York, president of the Empire City lodge, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and James - M. Breen. a yardman in New York. Breen made anxious inquiries of W. H. Bovd cf New Yerk. a member of the train crew, who 1s still missing. Unidentified Man Were Blue Shirt. The unidentified white man at the morgue had on a blue shirt such as railroad men wear. His head was split and his face battered almost beyond recognition. Coroner to Investigate. Coroner Clifford B. Wilson said to- night that he would investigate the wreck at an early date. Engineer Curtis Blamed. New Ha Conn., July 11.—In a statement is: d by Vice President Horn of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company t evening the assertion is made that En- gineer Curtis disregarded both the dis- tance and home signalg, and confirma- tion is given of the earlier official statement to the offect that the Fed eral express was running on the cross- over at a rate of about 60 miles an hour, when the running card called for only ' 15, Had Run Federal Express Once Befors Mr. Horn savs that the engineer had once previously run the Federal ex- Press and was a man who was familiar with the operation of the line between New York and Bridgeport by general experience. Mr. Horn adds that there is no way of accounting for the “error made by the engineer.” Trainmen Worked All All night long the wreckers, the lo- cal police and trainmen worked over the mass of wreckage. but up to mid- night no more bodies had been discov- ered. Up to the same hour none of the wounded in the two hospitals has succumbed to their injuries, though the condition of at least four is considered serious. Anether Weman Injured. One name was added to the list of injurad, that of Mrs. May Walker of 1125 Eieventh street, Washington, D. C.. who is at St. Vincent's hospital, suffering with cuts and bruises, but her condition is not serious. Tomight the BASstatol i YEAHS Cabled Paragraphs Rotteroam, July 11.—The local ship-- ping strike was ended today, the men accepting the shipowners' offer of a ‘monthlyincrease of '$1.20. Constantinople, July 1L—Yekkibery, editor of the newspaper Shehra, was assassinatzd today. The Shehra re- cently suspended publication owing to the hostility of the extremists in the Young Turks party. No arrests have been made. St. Petersburg, July 11L—The fire that broke out among the cotton bales in the port section of the city last night was extinguished today, after damage aggregating $500,000 had been done. Some forty firms shared in the loss. B Tokio, July 11—A revision of the Anglo-Japanese alliance is regarded as the inevitable outcome of the An- glo-American arbitration treaty. There is reason to believe that negotiations for such a revision have heen going on for several weeks. Berlin, July 11L—W. J. Calhoun, American minister to China, and Mrs. Calhoun passed through here today en route for Paris, where the diplomat will discuss with the bankers certain matters in connection with the recent- ly arranged international loan to Chi- na. San Juan, Porto Rico, July 11.—South American advices received here today say that it is reported that former President Selaya is endeavoring to start a revolution in Nicaragua and has the support of a former ally of his now president of a South Ametrican republic. A FEARLESS WITNESS AGAINST CAMORRISTS. Captain of Naples Carabineers Handles Organization Without Gloves. Viterbo, July 11.—Captain Fabroai of the carabineers of Naples, who has been investigating the Camorra for years past, took the witness stand to- day and denounced the organization as the greatest of all criminal assocla- tions, He proved an exceptional ness, facing the prisoners in the cage without a tremor, and giving testimony which embraced the doings of the Ca- morra almost from the beginning of its history. The chief object of the organization, he declared, is biackmail and usury. A typical example was to be found in the Camorrist Danna, ostensibly a cobbler, who collected $160,000. Speclal members of the association, he said, introduced youths to women, who take them to gambling places, where they lose their money and rua into debt. Then the usurer completes the work. Erricone, the alleged leader of the Camorrists, continued the wit- ness, was on trial on such a charge. “But he was acquitted,” shouted Lawyer Bovio for the defense. “Everyone knows what acquittals mean in cases in which the Camorra is concerned,” retorted . Fabroni. “Be- sides, the lawyer defending Erriconc was the brother of the president of the court who acquitted him.” This was the signal for a great tu mult. Erricone within the cage leay ed to his feet and dashed at the bars, shrieking so wildly that it was impos- sible to understand him. The Mwyers, especially Bovio, protested against what they considered an insult to the Neopolitan judges and lawyers. Bovio, addressing Fabroni, accused him of a Yulgar insinuation end outrageous con- uct. ricane courageously, sprang towards Bovie. “After the documents you had forged in Paris, I rafuse to lower my- Self to your level” he cried. The excitement was intense. Police and carabineers rushed between Fa- broni and the lawyer, as a hand-to- hand fight seemed imminent. The president of the court tried to quell the clamor. He finally requested Fa- broni and Bovio to withdraw their words, which they both did. Fabroni iy Bkt o horouss explained that the documents to which he referred had to do with the defense of Rapi, the alleged treasurer of the Camorra, when he lived in Paris. The intarrogation being continye Fabroni_described the gambling con ducted by Rapi and Rapi's cleverness at cheating at cards. Rapi protested so violently that he was ordered re- moved from the court room. Fabroni continued his testimony un- til late in the day. He safd that noth- ing could escape the Camorra, which makes money out of everything and every person, including the poor emi- grants going to America. “SALOONLESS NATION BY JULY 4, 1920.” Resolution Adopted at Christian -En- deavor Convention. Atlantic City, July 11—*If Taft succeeds in winning his campaign for universal peace, he will win with it a place amongst the forsmost statesmen_in the world. It will be the crowning “glory of his achievements, declared former Vice President Fai banks before the Christian Endeavor- ers tonight. Further on in his address he said: “Our great nation, by its widespread influence in Chind, Corea and similar- ly situated countries, has downed ab- solutism and paved the way for gen- eral adoption of constitutional gov- ernment.” Among the several resolutions intros duced in the convention tonight and adopted was one which provides for a country-wide anti-saloon _campaign, the slogan of which will be “Saloonless natien by the Fourth of July, 1920.” search of two of the Pullmans and took away all jewelry and personal belong- ings found, and the same will be kept at the police station until identifica- tion is made. The police and many of the trainmen are of the opinion that there are still one or more bodies in’ the wreck of the first Pullman that went off, the forward end of which was poked into the ground, and of which a thorough search has not as yet been made, owing to the inability of getting an account of the other wreckage. It will probably be late tomorrow morn- ing or in the afternoon before a search of the car can be made. - Crowds Around Wreck. People flocked to the sceme of the wreck tonight in hundreds and watch- ed the wreckers working by the light of lanterns and torches. The pile of wreckage was gone over carefully wita the thought that there might possibly be a body as yet not found. Two of ths cars were ‘taken out of the street into which they fell and late tomorrow | atternoon it is thought that the tracks Will be relaid and traffic resumed. Two of Injured Taken by Relatives. Two of the passengers were taken to the homes of relatives tonight. Robert Henderson, an elderly man, of Philadelphia, and his daughter, Caro- line. Their names were Tecognized m a paper bv a cousin who took them to his home. Mr. Henderson is severely brulsed and -“eken up His daughter escaped injury. { [} . : Testimony of | . - Miss Abbun AWAITED WITH GREAT INTEREST IN WASHINGTON. WILL TELL HER STORY Y Only Person Who Claims to Hawe Seen “Charlie Taft” Letter—Cabingt Has Matter Under Discussian, ‘Washington, July 11—Althoughimany denials have been made that - ment officials_intend to ~permit the Guggenheim interests control Alaskan transporation through a monopely on the water front of Controller bay in that territory, the administration has decided to let congress reach its own conclusions and every scrap of infor- mation relaling to the matter will be sent to the senate as soon as possible. Taft Wants Situation Cleared. While President Taft and the mem- Dbers of his cabinet have voiced the opinion that investigattion will show nothing even remotely resembling such an attempt to favor the Guggenheim interests—an attempt in which the names of 'C. P. Taft, the president’s brother, and former Secretary of the Interior Ballinger have been coupled, they are determined that every effort should be made to clear the situation. Cau.net Discusses Matter. At the regular session of the cabi- net today the Controlier bay affair was discussed at length. It was decided that all the departments interested,” war, agriculture, irterior and commerce and labor, should be urged to make their reports on the case as quickly as pos- sible. All the documentary evidence in the case probaply will be in the president’s hands early next week and that it then will be sent immediately to the senate in answer to a resofi- tion adopted late in June calling for all such information Much Interest in Miss Abbott’s Testi- mony. Washipgton is awaiting with much interest the story to be told tomorrow befere the house committee on-expen- ditures in the - interior department. which has started an investigation of its own, by Miss M. F. Abbott, who claims to have copied from the files of the interior department a letter from Richard S. Ryan to the then Secretary Richard A. Ballinger, show- ing that Ryan sought the aid of Charles P_ Taft In_securing Presidegt Taft's approval of the opening of the water front on Controller bay, Alaska. Only Person Who Saw Letter. Up to this time Miss Abbott ap- pears to have been the only person to have seen the mysterious letter. Secretary Fisher has said that a_ thor- ough search of the department files failed to reveal such a letter. Presi- dent Taft has stated that he had never talked with his brother about Ryan or Controller bay, and it is announced that neither the files at the White house nor those in the office of Charles P. Taft show any correspondence on the subject. Brown Denies All Knowledge of It. Ashmun Brown, former secretary to Captain Fabroni, who faced the hur- \ Mr. Ballinger, from whom Miss Abbott claims to have secured the letter, has denied absolutely any knowledge of it. According to rublished accounts, Miss ‘Abbott will testify that she found at- tached to a typewritten letter from R. S. Ryan to R. A. Ballinger, dated July 18, 1910, this note or postscript: Text of Alleged Note. “Dear Dick: I went to see the pres- ident the other day about this Con- troller bay affair. The president asked me whom it was I represented. I told him, according to our agreement, that I represented myself. But that did not seem to satisfy him. So I sent for Charlie Taft and asked him to tell his brother who it was I really represent- ed. The president made no further ob- jection to my claim. Yours, “DICK.” TWO MICHIGAN TOWNS ARE SWEPT BY FIRE Oscoda Has Been Wiped Out and Au Sable Is Now Burning. Bay City, Mich,, July 11.—The town of Oscoda, 75 miles north of Bay City, has been completely wiped out by fire the town of Au Sable, opposite it, across the Au Sable river, is now on fire, and the 1,300 inhabitants of the two towns are being taken on board a big steamer that arrived at Au Sable and a train made up of freight cars picked up in the Au Sable and Oscoda freight vards, while another train is being sent from East Tawas to take away refugees. Notning further has been heard from Alpena, 31 miles north of Oscoda, but a message has just been recelved, saving that the re- Wef train with fire apparatus sent there from this city was wrecked some where north of East Tawas. JOHN P. SULLIVAN CHOSE GRAND EXALTED RULER New Orleans Man Received 814 of 1,602 Votes Cast by Elks. Atlantic City, N. J., July 11.—Termi- mating one of the.closest campaigns in the history of the order, the grand iodge of Elks this afternoon elected John Patrick Sullivan of New Orleans grand exaited ruler. Sullivan received 8§14 of the 1,602 votes cast. Frank A. King of Providence was elected es teemed loval knight. Other officers elected include grand esteened leading knight, L. M. Level of Florida; grand esteemed lecturing knight, Frank B. Kingsley of Kansas: grand secretary, Fred C. Robinson of Dubuque, and grand_treasurer, Ed- mond Leach of New York. Steamship Arrivals. At Liverpool: July 11, Mauretania, from New York via Fishguard. At Glasgow: July 11, Furnessia, from New York via Moville. At London: July 11, from New York. At Marseilles: July 9, Madonna, from New York via Naples. At Bremen: July 10, Barbarossa, from New York; July 11, Kronprinz ‘Wilhelm, from New York. Minnewaska, Drowned While Bathing. Wallingford, Conn., July 11—Seeking relief from the heat, Meto Yarenko, 38 years old, went in swimming in Com- munity lake tonight and drowned. He leaves a wife and several children in Poland. Italian Drowned at Westbrook. Westbrook, Conn., July 1L.—An Ital ian was drowned while bathing in the river here today. The body was re- covered. 3 Tthe two voung No Clue to the Stokes Letiers DETECTIVES SWEAR THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND THEM. GOT THE. WRONG PACKAGE Read Forty Letters, but None Was Signed by Stokes—Girls Held $5,000 for the Stokes Shooting. New York, July 11.—The spotlight shifted ffequently today in the inquiry into the shooting of W. E. D. Stokes, the millionaire hotel man. After it had rested upon Ethel Conrad aud Lil- lian Graham until these two show girl principals in the case were bound over in $5,000 bail each, for a grand jury investigation, it was focussed for a\ while upon James Cummings, Stokes’ Private detective. Cummings Summoned Into Court. Cummings had been summoned be- fore Magistrate Freschi to participate in the investigation of the manner in ich fmportant letters from Stokes to Miss Graham had disappeared and _he court took up his case immediately up- on disposition” of the youns women's preliminary examination. Court Could Not Hold Him. Cummings Gld not remain long in the limelight, however. After listen- ing all afternoon to witnesses who said at least half a dozen persons had access to the apartments where the letters were, after the shooting, Mag- istrate Freschi geclared he could not hold Cummings upon such evidence and dismissed the proceedings. Two Bundles of Stokes Letters. The testimony adduced at this hear- ing was to the effect that there had been, originally, two ‘bundles of the Stokes letters. 'One of these bundles, tied with a wice red ribbon, was pro- duced in court. The other package, tied with narrow pink ribbon, is the one which Robert W. Moore, the young women's counsel, declares contained the important letters. It is missing. Detectives Read 40 Letters. Among the forty or more letters tak- en by detectives from Miss Graham's apartments to police headquarters, the detectives said there was none signed by Stokes. These forty letters, inci- dentally, were found and read by three detectives who rummaged through Miss Graham’s trunk while she was in jail, it develored from testimony to- day. | Detectives Saw No Trace of Package ‘The bundle of letters tied with pink ribbon was picked up, handled and- tossed back into Miss Graham’s trunk by detectives and even by Mr. Moore on the day following the shooting, ac- cording to the testimony of John Bloom, superintendent of the apart- ment house where Miss Graham lived. ‘The datectives took the forty letters away the next day, but said they saw no trace of the package. Charges Against Detectives. Charges were made today against Detectives Sullivan, Walsh, Devoy and Flynn; and their trial set for next ‘Thursday. At the invitation of Police Commissioner Waldo, District Attor- ney Whitman announced that he would have a representative at the trial to determine from the evidence if a fel- ony had been committed. GIRLS HELD IN $5,000 FOR SHOOTING STOKES. Their Attorney Intimates That Witness Was Tampered With. New York, July 11.—Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham, who on June 6 [shot W. . D. Stokes, the mililonaire hotel man, in their apartment, were held in $5,000 bail today for the grand jury on a charge of felonious assault. Magistrate. Freschi, in deciding to hold the two girls for the grand jury, stated at the outset that he would ig- nore the element of scandal in the case. He called attention to the fact that 2 prima facie case had been made out and that no defense had been offerzd and therefore there was nothing left for him to do but to hold the young women. : Robert W. Moore, of counsel for the girls, had indicated that he 2xpected the case to go to the grand jury, and for this reason refuged to put either of his clients on the stand. During the hearings of the case he has con- tented himself with trying to shosw that Stok2s went to the apartments of the girls to get possession of certain letters and that the girls shot in self- defense. Following this lime, he drew from A. H. Gleason, Stokes' personal counsei, this morning the admission that Gle son had had thz letters in his posse sion and had made copies of them be- fore turning them over to the district attorney. Gleason, however. denied that he had withheld any ofe the let- ters. ‘Wilford Hart. boy, called by disappointment. to testify that Stokes had asked to "e taken to the girls apartment unan- nounced. On the contrary, he said that earlier in the evening Mise Gra- ‘ham had told him she expected a call- er. Attorney Moore broadly intimated that the witness had been tampered with. The same bondsman. a_builder, who had previously secured the release of women. pisned thelr $3.000 bonds. again this afternoon and they were released. elevator proved a the negro the defense, DCMESTIC QUARREL ENDS IN A MURDER Pearl Hopkins of New Haven Shoots Her Husband. New Haven, July 11.—Mrs. Pearl Hopkins, 33 years old, who has been Separated from her husband, Jesse, for the past three days. late today shot him three times with a revolver, in- flicting wounds which later caused his death. The two, who have lived at 262 Ashmun street for the past three years, are alleged to have quarreled three days ago and Mrs. Hopkins left home, going to an aunt’s. Late today she called at the Rubert Brewing company, where her husband was employed, and was admitted to where he was working. ~ When she saw him she pulled a revolver and fired, the shot striking him in the side. He ran into the ice room, followed by his wife, where he slipped to the floor, and as he felk Mrs. Hopkins fired two more shots, both sfriking him in the arm. 'He was taken to a local hospital, ‘where he died late tonight. Mrs. - kins was placed under arrest and = en to the New Haven county Jjail. Mrs, He had been expect=A | Former Congressman N. D. of New Monday. Five Distinct Shocks of Earthquake occurred in Messina, Italy, within & few hours. Sperry Haven was 84 years old on The Salaries of the Teachers in the Colt High school at Bristol, R. L, have been raised. The President Nominated Samuel W, Backus as commissioner of immigra- tion at San Francisco. High Winds Yesterday Started with renewed energy all the forest fires in the Moosehead lake region. Governor, Deneen of _lilinois may take the stand when the Lorimer hear. ings afe resumed on Thursday. Three Thousand Bales of Cotton, the prouct of 40 farms, were destroved by fire at™the docks in St. Petersburg. _Representative Lewis of Maryldnd dicussed with President Taft his bill to nationalize“the express business. Russia and England Side with France and view the interventibn of Germany in Morocco as unjustified. Four German Aviators Crossed the Hartz Mountains, the worst peril en- _countered being the irregular winds. John Seraenich, 2 miner af Greens= burg, Pa., was blown to pieces while driving a keg of powder with a friend. Judge Frank A, Hooper of the su- preme court of Michigan dropped dead in the New York Central station, New York. The Next Battleship of the American navy may have either turbines or re- ciprocating engines, or a combination of both. Lieut. Milling, carrying Lieut. Kirt- land ag a passenger, flew from College Park, Md., to the Washington barracks and back. Governor Foss of Massachusetts yesterday broke the record for vetces in a single day, by sending in six veto messages. While Bathing at Oakland Beach, R. I, yesterday morning before go- ing to work, James Carberry, aged 38, was drowned. Governor Baldwin Yesterday Signed the public utilities bill recently passed by the general assembly and the same now becomes a law. The Stret Car Men's Strike in Mex- ico City has been called off, the men deciding to accept the three cents an hour advance in wages. Directors of the Chemical Co. met vesterday and re- duced the dividend on the common stock from 5 to 3 per cent. Importers in New York complained to a house committee Of unreasonable delays in securing release of goods held in storage in that port. Troops Suddenly Called Out to sur- round the president's palace in_ Ha- vana, Cuba, caused a sensation. There have been fears of an uprising. The Fight Betwen the Interstate commerce commission arid many east- ern rallroads over rates on railroad fuel coal raeched the supreme court. Chairman Stanley of the Steel Trust investigating committee has gone to Pittsbug to seek evidence relating to the United States Steel corporation. Caught in a Belt at the McLaurin paper mill at Brookfield, Mass., ves- terday, Ralph H. Bellows was so badly Injured that he died within a short time, Fire Yesterday Destroyed the three- story wooden factory of the Woon- socket ‘Wagon Mfg. Co. on Worrall street, causing a loss estimated at $20,000. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Magee denounced before the house committee on rules the charges made against the administration of Ellis Island. Crazed by the Heat, Bert Freeman, an emplove in a Lynn, Mass., soap fac- tory, had to be taken to a hospital sterday. It took five men to re- move him, Charles S. Huntress of South Ber- wick, Me., 55, died vesterday of sun- stroke. He collapsed after reaching his stable at noon and died half an hour later. The High Schools of the United States were held up as the world's | greatest factors for democratic living at yesterday’s session of the National Education association. — The Election of Gov. Hoke Smith as United States senator to succeed Joseph M. Terrell is assured by the separate ballots taken in the Georgia house and senate yesterday. Miss Nellie Dow of Auburn, Me., 45 vears old, died yesterday afternoon of burns received while trying to extin- | guish a flaming oil lamp and protect | her three vear old niece from the fire. Fannie Jordan Oakes, 26 years old, wife of Ravmond S. Oakes, a law stu- | dent in_ George Washinzton university, dizd_at Lewiston, Me., vesterday from the heat. She leaves a four days old son. William McCarthy, Aged 10, son of James McCarthy of Madison, Me., was drowned in the Kennebeg river, and John Murray, a companion, nearly lost his own life in atterpting to save Mc- Carthy. The Protests of the People of Pen- sacola and New Orleans, made through their congressmen against the gradual cessation of naval work jn the navy yards at those places, havé been with- out avail. \ Catherine Mary Winslow, wife of Erving Wirslow, and long known on the stage as Kate Reggnolds, died yesterday at the Winslow home in Concord, Mass., from the effects of a sunstroke. i Pleading Guilty to a Chargs of forg- ing checks, Fred Johnson, alias Will- iam_Hardy, of Boston, was sentenced to from two to three years’ imprison- ment by Judge E. L. Waterman in ‘the county court at Burlington, Vt. | | Augustus G. Grimes, Aged 70, and Mrs. Ruth B. Vallantine, 69, of Pitts- field, Mass., who made a romantic de- parture from that city la# Thursday and went to Keene, N. H., to be mar- ried, are obliged to postpone the cere- mony several days because of the new Jaw obliging couples to file their mar- riage intentions five days before: the uy is to occur . Ev‘eiling Temperature in Many Connecticfit Towns Reached Record. Figures A VAIN QUEST FOR A MILK SUPPLY Men From Massachusetts and Rhode Island Come to This State For Lacteal Fluid—Weather Men Predict Showers Today and Cooler Weather Tomorrow—Falls Village Man Cut His Throat to Escap= Heat. New Haven, July 1lL—Just like the ays gone pefore, today was hot in all sections of the state, and tonight, instead of the cooling breezes thai some places have been favored with at sundown, there was calmness and heat that broke all records. Evening Temperature Highest in Hi tory. In the inland towns and cities the temperature in the middle evening was highest in their history. with no sign: of its abating. The heat again toda claimed its victims, fifteen in all, with numerous prostrations that are seri- ous, Five Drownings. Of the dead, five of them were by the drowning of those who had sought at least temporary relief in cool wa- ters. Showers Today; Cooler Tomorrow. The weather report says that per- haps there may be Showers tomorrow and that it will be cooler Thursday. Vain Search for Milk. There is a scarcity of water in many placed and men from Rhode Island and Massachusetts are going through the northeastern part of the state looking for milk, but thus far have been un- able to find any but a much dimin- ished supply. All New England Sweltered. Boston, July 11—All New England suffered again today from a continu- ance of abmormally high temperature and the toll of deaths and prostra- tions already exceed that of any sum- mer on record was considerably swell- 2d. In Boston the mercury climbed to Virginia-Carolina |- 99.8 degrees in the cfficial thermom- eter on the top of the federal building. Boston’s Hottest Nignt. At eight o'clock tomight the official thermemeter showed 91.2 degrees, which was the hottest ever known at that hour in Boston, exceedling last night's reading by two-tenths of a de- grec. Heat Causes Fall River Suicide. The heat drove Thomas O'Hare of Fall River to suicide, resulted in a strike at Woonsocket and caused scores of deaths in Boston and other New England cities. Two Deaths at New Haven. New Haven, July 11.—There were two deaths from the heat here today. Anne Ely, 66 vears old, died in a local charitable institution, and Charles Jurnecka, 46 vears, died in a bakery where he was employed. 25 Deaths in New York. New York, July 11—Twenty-five deaths in the metropolitan district to- day were attributed to the heat. There were more than two hundred prostra- tions, Two Deaths in Baltimore. Baltimore, July 11.—Two deaths and ten prostrations from the heat were reported here today, 26 Deaths in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 11.—Twent: mete deaths were added to the list of neat victims in this city today, mak- ing the The max same 45 3 Waterbu 47 vears effects o o'clock. 1 ward on b onds, Dr medical e due to the New and thre man by ¢ Two Middle n pany, died Stow, 86 yea fects’ of the wa in advanced ing from potaro, 1% while bat ovarheated come whil lay down Too Niantic, was 8o gre work was under Ma. by roads In the lat mount. come by who was ren, train suicide by captured police, un given med! from Gr Rock and asked w he replied was so Bridgene prostratio ported he from the are Ge ing house, mestic. Merider Casey brewery straet talion arili Wanted to Falls Vil an road men s Dropped Died of the H panion whe Haven Death own de: ite Two Heat V Shelton claimed tive ing and one j und Hot tha Jor The hike of thr ica it hot One Death or ns re re was the Waterbury. n Cray, m the ng at 7 com= for- ting 4 death from = Middietown > 2 carn New com- and aria the ef- Hor ecovers ns at Shelten T Hartford, Thers deaths The deed $200,000 LOSS IN FACTORY FIRE AT BROOKLYN. Girl Employes All Escape, But a Dozen Faint the Rush. New York, Jul 11.—While Deputy Fire Chief Thomas J. Lally of Brook- Iyn was knitting his brows this after- noon at the cvil service examinati-n of eligibles for chlef of thz New York fire department,Someone whispered 1o him that a big fire was raging in his territory in Brooklyn. Lally had been relieved of duty in order to take the 2xaminations, but this did not deter him from hastily excusing himself ani rushing to the blaze. THe fire was near the waterfront, in the factory of the Diamond Cork cor- pany, where 250 girls were employ=d. The young women escaped by narrow margins down fire escapes, but not un til 12 of them had fainted. Fireme | rescued these. The building, which is a five-story structure occupying nearly a block cn Van Brunt street. is laft tonight with little more than its four walls standing. The loss, consisting mainly of machin ery and stock. is estimated at $200,000. The proprietors of the Diamond Cork company are L. Munzet & Sons. ST. LOUIS PILOTS WIN THE BALLOON RACE. Defend James Gorden Bennett Cup for United States. will Kansas City, July 11.—To St. Louis balloon pilots falls the right of join- ing Alan R. Hawley in defending for the United States the James Gordon Bennett cup, the race for which starts from here Oct. 5. This was decided to- night when six of the balloons whicn started from here yesterday in al elim- ination race to select two entrants for the Bennett contest were reported landed. The two leaders in the race now are the St. Louis IV and the Miss Sofia, both of St. Louis. The only balloon still in the air is the Million Popula- tion Club, and it, too, is from that city. The race now seftles down to a contest of the three St. Louis balloons for the first two places. Esperanto Endorsed. Atlantic City, N. J., July 11.—Espe- ranto as a world language was en- dorsed today by speakers at the Chris- tian Endeavor convention who declared that the language would do more for universal peace than any number of peace treaties or resolutions of Hague conferences. - Evangelist Griff of Injuries. Joliet, 111, July 11.—Merritt Griff, an evangelist, and former national cham- pion discus thrower, who took second at the Olympic games in New London in lgdoli dled today of injuries sus- taine n a runaway two weeks ago. His official record was 132 feet & 1.3 fnches e s AT s | Parie, American critical Alarming the m physician, | proved. F |to the p | atternoon, moned | Part of will devel | and he st | of puiling Los Ange! tablish the tion wher cils shoul Potentate geles at the cou; that it w any city 1 the coune Canaan. 1y on the days ago, between ( suffering. perhaps 1 theory is heat, " dev. rabies in | semi-comat STILL HOPE { Crisis of Disease Next | Mr. Gates' « who reached from 11 cor the FIVE THOUSAN FOR A MYSTIC les Suggestion d suggestion ¥ the for making s n n N {1 and CAT’S BITE MAY CA LOSS toms M na fre o: that eloped Moultrie, Ga., a_negro, ‘Washington, 2 ed two other mer ficers at Bacc 2 mob. Fardo, 23 Barlow’s pond ing. who Student Drowne: ‘Watertown, years ¢ here [ do_was. prings Startling Rochester tn mme rganizas al coun- startling Imperiat Los An on of ¢ tis reasons £ A [<] of Rabies. ivan Falls Negro Murderer Lynched. Iy 11.—Wil and kil was taken on today and killed by July was onn., d, 2 student 88 Ivanis Viliage, o medical man, and wound= 4 Whils Bathing. tonight while tion was aitin 0w are fog FINGER, Feline Affected by Heat Showed Symp+ Aseps several #ho Nyew is and gias 4 by the McGrife, wirl from of« = ach- -