Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 10, 1911, Page 1

“ The Bulletin's Cireulation in-Norwich is Double That of Any Other Baper, and Its ACTOR PERISHES IN A LONDON FIRE Chgrred Body of Jameson Leo Finney Found in Bathroom of Carlton Hotel MAJORITY OF GUESTS AMERICANS All Had Narrow Escapes But Only One Death Report- ed—John Wanamaker, Jr., and Companions Flee to Street in Pajamas—Guests Were Dressing For Din- ner When Blaze Was Discovered in Shaft. London, August 9.-—Jameson Lee Finney, the American actor, is be- lieved to have perished tonight in a fire which destroyed a portion of the Cariton hotel, where he was a guest. He has not been seen since the fire and a roll call of the hotel staff_shows that none of its members is missing. Charred Body Found in Bathroom. The body was found in the bathroom adjoining Mr. Flnney's room on the 1ifih floor of the annex. The face was so badly charred that the features were unrecognizable, Apparently Mr. Finney went into the bathroom to Dbathe before dressing and was asphyx- iated, Positively Identified as Finney. The body was removed to the morgue later in the evening. Late tonight the police positively Identified it as that of Mr. Finney. This death was the only one result- ing from the fire. Many American Guests at Hotel. The Carlton is one of London’s most famous resorts and many Americans are among its guests. Of the two hundred persons stopping at the hotel when the fire broke out, many were from the United States, and while all of them had narrow escapes, none, ex- cept Finney, suffered any injury. Fire Burned Two and Half Hours. The fire burned for two and a half hours, but was confined mainly to that end of the hotel adjoining' His Ma- jesty's theater and the fifth and sixth floors, the interior of which were gut- ted Three Firemen Overcome. Most of the interior of the building was thoroughly soaked. Three fire- men were overcome by the heat and emoke and taken to hospitals. The | manager says the hotel is not badly damaged, and that business will be resumed immediately. Startad in Elevator Shaft. The alarm was sounded at 7 o'clack this evening while most of the gues were dressing for dinner. The. blaze siarted in the elevator smaft from the fusing of an electric wire and roared &0 threateningly that the people pour- «d out into the street, leaving all their baggage behind them. Men in their underclothes with overcoats over them and women half-dressed, their hair hanging down their backs, fled the Butlding. Firemen Make Many Rescues. The firemen arrived quickly on the £cene and ran up their ladders and res- | in 1881 cued a number of servants who, from the upper windows, were shrieking to the excited crowds below for help. They also carried out two invalid guests, wrapped in blankets. General Alarm Sent Out. general 3 Carlton house is well alight, and lives are supposed to be in danger.” Thie brought out a great force of en- alarm sent out said: las Carroll Dempsey gines and hook and ladder gompanies from all the stations within’a radius of three miles of the hotel. Few Guests Lost Baggage. The upper floors, where most of the damage by fire was done, was given over mostly to servants’ quarters. Comparatively few of the guests lost their baggage. The salvage corps re- moved trunks and bags from the hotel and piled them in the streets. Theaters Farced to Close. Thousands of persons a-foot and in motor cars filled the adjoining streets and watched the flames as they burst through the upper windows of the building. The Haymarket, acrcgs the street from the hotel, was compelled to cancel its performance on account of the fire. His Majesty’s theater is closed, Majority of Guests Are Americans. A majority of the two hundred in the hotel were Americans. After the warmest day in London in some years most of the guests had returned to the hotel after a round of sight seeing ,to dress for dinner. The alarm caught them in all styles of undress. James R. Keene a Cool Victim. James R. Keene, the New York financier and horseman, was one of the coolest victims of the fire. He Wwas sitting in his room when the alarm rang and calmly walked downstairs, lighting a cigar and then stood on the sidewalk and watched the flames. Afterwards he went to the Berkeley hotel, where he spoke of his experi- ences as a mtre incident. He did not even inquire whether his baggage had been saved. Wanamaker Escapes in Pajamas. John Wanamaker, Jr., Roland Hunt- er and J. P. McFadden, Jr., had just taken off their street clothes and were sitting in Mr. Wanamaker's room, talking over the day's” experignces, when a rush of footsteps through the hallwvays warned them of danger. They escaped to the sidewalk in their pajemas -and drove to another hotel, leaving their baggage to suffer from fire and water. Played With Booth-Barrett Company. New York, Aug. 9.—Jameson Lee Finney was a widely known charaeter actor who appeared in many of the recent successful plays on the metro- politan stage and in cities throughout the country. He was born 47 years ago in St. Louis, and made his_ first stage appearance in Syracuse, N. Y., He appeared for a time in various parts with the Booth-Barrett company. Character Acting of High Quality. One of his best remembered appear- ances was as a reporter in “The Stol- en Story.” Subsequently he appeared in_“The Man in the Case,” and as Mr. Rollett in “The Blue Mouse.’ His character acting was generally regarded of a higk quality. POPE RESTS EASIER IN A COOLER ROOM. Temperaturs Falls from 101 to 100, | After Perspiring Freely. Rome, Aug. 9.—Pope Plus enjoyed | eeveral hours of rest early tonight in Eis new room on the third floor of the vatican, to which he was moved today | | | from his small bed chamber on the fourth floor. The new room is more spacious and airy and the change | seems to have revived - the pope's | strength somewhat and Epirits. When Drs. Petacci and Marchfafava | visited his holiness in the early even- jug_his temperature was 101, but at midnight, after he had perspired pro- fusely, it fell below 100. The pains in the knee also diminished, and his holi- ness was able to obtain some refresh- ing_sleep. The efforts of the physicians will now be directed toward restoring fully the pope's strength. They fear that otherwise there may be a fresh com- plication of the throat and bronchial trouble. Eight years ago today great throngs gathered at the vatican to greet and venerate the newly elected pope at the cheered his | moment of his coronation. Today, Wowever, owing to his illness, only a | few of ‘the cardinals, the diplomatic corps and members of society were in the Sistine chapel, where a mass was said in honor of the anniversary. Prostrate on a bed of sickness, the pope Is reported to have said that though absent he was there in Spirit. M'CABE CHANGED WORD IN PURE FOOD JUDGMENT. Damaging Faet Brought Out Against Enemy of Dr. Wiley. Washington, Aug. 9.—The investiga- n of the “Wiley incident” in the partment of agriculture, revolving @Pound the charges that Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as chief chemist emplpyad ax expert scientist at an illegal rate of ayment, reached an acute stage in the Moss committee of inquiry in the house of reprasentatives today. Evidence showing that Solicitor Me- Cabe removed the words “benozic acid” and substituted the word “caffein” be- fore circulating a judgment render>d inst a food manufacturer in a issouri court was only one incident in a sesslon full of lively clashes be- tween members of the committee and the committes and attorneys. Rubber Factori Naugatuck, Con Ang. 9Tt was engounced tonight. that, the factories of the two local rubber companies wounld resume operations Aug, 21st, afte shutdown of several weeks. Several hundred hlndsrfll benefit by the open- ing of the mills. ; to Resume. Trolley Kills New Haven Man. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 3%—Joe Sandy of this eity, a laborer, was struck by a troliey car near Momau- guin late today and received injuries w caused his death. He was 52 ald i 4 HOUSE VOTES $225,000 FOR HADDAM BRIDGE New Structure Expected to Develop Eastern Connecticut. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, August 9.—A bill carrying an appropriation of $225,000 for the construction of a bridge across the Connecticut river between the towns of Haddam and Fast Haddam passed the house at Wednesday's session, when the matter came up at 11.30 as the order of the day. The greater part Cabled Paragraphs Marseilles, Aug. 9.—It is officially confirmed that there have been 37 cases of cholera with 20 deaths from the disease in this city. Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 9.—In az- cordance with the wish of Emperor ‘William, aeroplanes will participate for the first tima in the army manoeuvras to be held near Altona beginning Au- gust 26, Paris, Aug. 9.—A despatch to the Paris Midi from Marseillou quotes Dr. Dopfer, correspondent there of the Pasteur institute, as saying that there have been 37 cases and 20 deaths from cholera in Marseilles. Paris, Aug. 9.—Jules Vedrines, the French aviator, broke the record for a single long distance flight today competing for the Michelin cup. ‘e covered 800 kilometres (496.8 miles) in 7 hours, 56 minutes and 36 seconds, beating Loridan’s mark of 702 kilome- tres (436 miles). Madrid, Aug. 9.—The Spanish gov- 2rnment afirms an explanation of the summary courtmartial and execution of 26 men of the battleship Numanica, who mutinied while the vessel was at Tangier Saturday; that the revolt was a republican plot in which about 109 sailors were implicated. WATERFORD ANNEXATION BILL BEATEN IN HOUSE. First New London Project to En- counter Adverse Action. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Aug. 9.—The first ona of New London’s big measures to go tu smash this session met with an over- whelming defeat in the house on Wed- nesday. This was the act providing for the annexation of the town of Wa- terford to the town and city of New London. The matter came before the house as an order of the day on a divided report of the commiitee on new towns and probate districts, the majority report being the favorable one. The bill contained a section provid- ing for a referendum of the matter to the voters of the town of Waterford for approval or rejection of the an- nexation plan; but this provision did not alter the antagonistic attituds of the house to the plan, as it was shown by Representative Johnson of Newtown that the voters of Waterford at a special town meeting heid on Dec. 29, 1910, had voted on the annexation proposition and rejected it, 132 to 7S. From the standpoint of taxation, Representative Garde of Cromwell characterized it as an unfair plan to Waterford property owners, when the per capita town indebtedness is less than one-half what it is in New Lon- don. Representative Belcher of New Lon- don made the fight in behalf of the passage of the bill, incidentally giving the.house his estimate of the political prowess of Representative Lanphere of Waterford, who has strenuously op- posed the passage -of the bill. Speaking of the special town meating in Waterford, at which the annexation proposition was turned down last De- cember, Mr. Belcher said: “The vote on the question was taken under the 2agle_eye of the town dictator, Mr. Lanphere. He is the boss of the town, has held office for vears, and some pf the people he controls are afraid to vote as they think. This house, I know, is made up of politicians, and he is one of the slickest in the bunch. The people living in the richest part of Waterford want to be annexed to New London, of which it was formerly a part.” Representative Lanphere, when he got the floor, told the house that when it came to slick politicians be did not think anybody had much en Mr. Belch- er, a democrat, who succeeded in being elected to the house from a town with normally a strong republican majority. He begged the house to stand by the town of Waterford and prevent it he- ing gobbled up by New London, ani the house responded to the call, tura- ing down the bill by an overwhzlming majority. TO DOCK DELINQUENT MEMBERS OF MILEAGE Resolution of Representative Caine Rejected by House. Hartford, August 9.—In the house, Representative Caine of Naugatuck offered the following resolution in an effort to have the body placed on rec- ord in disapproval of the continued absence of many members, a condi- of the debate was in favor of the passage of the bill, which was favora- bly reported to the house by the com- mittee on roads, rivers and bridges, and unfavoraply reported to the sen- ate by the committee on appropria- tions, a_rather peculiar ciroumstance. The bill is one of special interest to eastern Connecticut people, inasmuch as the bridge it provides for will open sections of counties to the east of the Connecticut river that have long re- mained stagnant and in an undevel- oped condition because of lack of ade- quate means of getting across the state’s greatest navigable .stream at a point thal naturally “should invite heavy traffic. Delegations from Nor- wich and other eastern Connecticut points and members of the legislature ard citizens from various points in New London, Windham and Tolland counties appeared before thé roads, rivers and bridges committee when the bill was up for a hearing a few months ago. bridge is to be built and maintained by the state and is to be a toll bridge for a period of twenty years. DROWNED WHILE HE SWAM UNDER WATER. South Manchester Man Loses o in Globe Hallow Pond. South Manchester, Conn., Aug. 9.— While attempting to prove that he could swim farther under water than the other bathers in Globe Hollow pond today, George Carter, 50 years old, was drowned. Carter swam under water nearly across the pond, when he came to the surface for air, and then went under the water to finish his swim. He did not come to the surface and othsr bathers, alarmed, found his body after a two hours’ search. It is thourht that he suffered an attack of heart dis- ease. He leaves a widow and six children. Editor Davenport Weds French Girl. Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 9.—The filing of a_marringe license here today dis- closed that Reuben Devenport of New York, who gave his business as that of an editorial writer, and Miss Marie L. Sannueus of Parfs, France, were mar- ried here on July 30. It was the third marriage for Davenport, who gave his age as 59, and the bride said .she was 80 and her father Count Sanneus. The wedding was performed by Rev. Mar- tin O. Lepley of the Methedist church. The bride did not speak English, and the minister’s questions and her an- i Under the provisions of the bill (hei“il 73 years of age and the daughter tion which many times has approached a no-quorum attendanae: “That the comptroller is hereby authorized to de- duct from the salary of members of the house the cost of transportation of such member or members who can- not furnish satisfactory evidence to the said comptroller that such mem- ber or members have been in attend- ance at this session at least §5 per cent. of the session days of this gen- eral assemb Representative Hall suggested that to do this it would be neeessary to amend the constitution. In view of this the house rejected the resolution, ’ of Willington OBITUARY. Grandniece of James Madison. Richmond, Va., Aug. 9.—Mrs. Lelia Dabney, a grandniece of James Madi- son, fourth president of the United States, is dead at her home here. She of Major Ambrose Madison, a son of President Madison’s brother, William. Connecticut Champion in Second Place. Manchester, Vt., Aug. 9.—Numerous ties markad the qualifying round of the twelfth annual tournament for the first president’s cup on the Ekwanok links today. One hundred and sixty-sevan golfers, including many of the leading players of the east, started in the com- petition. Tha low score of the day was mada by Frederick Herreshof of Westbrook, who cavered the 18 holes in 75. Amorg the five tied for second place with 77 was B. P Merriman of Waterbury, the Connecticut champion. Alexander and Hackett Defeated. New York, Aug. 9.—The national and state lawn tennis doubles champions, F. B. were defeated - today round of the pionship tournament courts of the Crescent A. C. at Bay Ridge. T. R. Pell and L. B. Mahan of the West Side club beat, them, §-4, 6-0. The champions have not sustained de- ars and their fall today of a sensation Alexander and H. H. Hackett, in the fourth New York state cham- on the turf feat in six vear created something tennis. circles. in No State Purveyor. Hartford, Cohn., Aug. 9.—The bill providing for the appointment of a state purvevor to purchase supplies for all state institutions was rejected the house this afterncon. had passed the bill. in Tha senate President Taft Has Signed the re- apportionment bill 1 | Difficult o~ Keep Quorum MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY NEGLI- GENT OF THEIR DUTY. MANY PROTESTS IN HOUSE “This is a Farce,” Says Representative Tingier—Messrs. Banks and Phillins Indulge in Sharp Personalities, Hartford, August 9.—The house at its afternoon session had many lively arguments on minor matters. Once Representative Hutchinson of Essex rose and said: “I am getting tired of seeing so many bills tabled. The chairmen of committees know the bills starred for action are on- the calendar. If we continue to table we will be here a month longer. I want to apolo. gize for being absent just one da; A Quorum in Barroom District. _A little later, Representative Tin- gier said he thought a quorum might be found “on Asylum street.” “This is a farce,” he said. “Some members ride back and forth on free mileage books, stay in the house an hour and then leave. It is true, as Mr. Chand- ler says, that it is an imposition on the members who attend regularly to have to sit here and table matters.” Count of House Avoided. The bills for abolishing the office of factory inspector and also to con- solidate that office with the labor bu- reau were among those tabled. At this point a count 6f the house was called for but it was avoided o as not to show a lack of quorum. Banks Ruffs Up Meltzer's Fur. In discussing a bill dealing with the definiting of a master’s duty to a serv- ant, Representative Banks said that Mr. Meltzer, whose bill it was, was.a most estimable and valued member, but when he spoke he could not tell whether Mr, Meltzer was speaking or ! singing. Phillips to the Rescue. Representative Phillips replied to Mr. Banks, criticising him for making such a statement, and said it was equal to an insult to Mr. Meltzer. He added that this was the second time that Mr. Banks had attacked one of his (Meltzer's) race. Banks Bangs Phillips. Mr. Banks replied that he had made no attack, but had stated a truth; that those in his immediate section could not tell whether Mr. Meltzer was sing- ing or speaking. He said that Mr. Meltzer was a gentleman. “I like hfm gen Hen very much, which is more ;W , g § 7 say of the gentleman from Stamifor ) Snle i S e The bill was tabled. Donovan Does Not Fear Lobby. All the bills which sought to do away with the office of commissioner of domestic animals were rejected aft- er sarcastic remarks by Representative Garde, the committee chairman, which brought out tart replies from several democrats. Mr, Donovan of Meriden said: “This is my off day, but I can- not let the chance go by to say that I have heard a great deal said about the lobby. I'm not afraid of the lobby. ‘We have cried economy on some mat- térs. I saw a member of the lobby sit Dbeside the gentleman from Vernon (Tingier) during a session and later certain bills were tabled at that mem- ber’s request.” Naval Bill Rejected. Mr. Tingier replied that he did not see any reason why” Mr. Donovan should be afraid of the lobby. A bill was rejected which sought to make the maximum force in the naval militia 340 officers and men. CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. Senate Passes Bill With Its “Teeth” Restored Again. Hartford, August 9.—A corrupt pra tices act, revised to insert the “teet eliminated at a previous legislative session, it was explained, was passed by the senate today, together with an amendment which provides that all payments, expenditures, promises and liabilities which any candidate for any nomination for any public office ex- cept that of United: States senator may make or incur directly or indirectly in aid of such nomination, exclusive of expenditures authorized in_another section of the bill, shall not exceed ten dollars for each 1,000 registered voters or major portion thereof who voted at the last election of a candi- date of the same political party for the office for which such candidate seeks nomination. Another prov is to the effect that the entire expen- ditures shall not exceed $15 for each 1,000 voters, and a candidate for Unit- ed States senator shall not expend more than one-third of the salary of the office for one year. Eastern Connecticut Matters. Hartford, August 9.—At its after- noon session the senate acted upol most of the matters which came to it vesterday from the house ’suspen- sion of the rules in order to waive the usual requirement of having a matter on the calendar for three days. In this way it passed the following mat- ter: Incorporating the Young M Christian association at Willimar#i amending the charter of the Connect cut company, permitting it to lay e tensions ana tracks on its system in many cities; amendments to the laws establishing the courts of Killingly and Orauge; appropriating $150,000 for the erection of new buildings for tuberculosis patients in the New Lon- don and Middlesex sanatoria; provid- ing for roll calls in political conven- tions; amending the Derby city char- ater, as well as the charters of Put- nam and Willimantic. WOMAN WEARS $10,000 ANKLET. Causes Guests to Linger in Corridors of New York Hote Lenox, Mass., Aug. 9.—Mrs. Hans Winterfeldt of New York, whom some call the best dressed woman in New York, is spending a part of the sum- mer at the Hotel Aspinwall. When ask- ed to give her opinion on the status of I dress among lLenox women of society, she said: “l1 haven’t seen a really fashionably gowned woman in Lenox. In my.opin- ion, the women of lLenox are at least two years behind the style as set by the Parisians.” Mrs. Winterfeldt is the possessor of the famous $10,000 anklet which has ‘been the talk of two continents. It con- sists of a rare collection of diamonds and rubies. Her presence caused many guests of the hotel to linger in the cor- ridors Saturday and Sunday nights in anticipation of seeing this new fad of "10}?1911_ RS Misunderstood MISTAKE COST TWO LITTLE: SIS- * TERS THEIR LIVES. WAVED BONNETS AT HiM When He Signalled for Them to Get Out of Way of Approaching Train-— Pathetic Case at Thompsonville. Thompsonville, Conn., Aug. 9.—In sight of their home, two motherless little girls, Rosanna Casingnio, eight years old, and her sister, Antoinette, six years old, were struck by a passen- ger train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad shortly before 7 o'clock tonight and received injuries which causad their death a short time afterwards. Walked Along Tracks for Short Cut. Fhe little girls had spent the after- noon with their uncle, who lives near the railroad station here, and to save themselves a few steps started home on the railroads tracks, which run Ly ‘When within a few rod their home. of their home they stopped in the mid dle of the northbound tracks to watc a freight pass the southbound tracks. Did Not Hear the Train. They did not hear the approaching passenger train, coming on the tracks on which they were standing. The fireman of the freight realized their danger and waved his hands to them to step off the tracks, but they mistook his signals for a kindly greeting and waved their little bonmets at him in return. Waving Their Bonnets When Struck. They were still waving their bonnets when the passenger train struck them, throwing both to one side and inflict- ing compound fractures of the skuil The older girl died 20 minutes later and her sister lived for an hour and a { half. Came from ltaly Eight Months Ag Up to within eight months the - lived in Ttaly, but when their mother died they weTa brought to this country by fheir father, Ercole, and had lived with him in their home near the rail- road tracks. PRINCE HENRY IM AN AUTO DISASTER. Chauffeur’s Skull Fractured Prince’s Clothing Badly Torn. on and Osnabrueck, Prussia, Aug. 9.—Prince of Prussia narrowly escaped sc- le was completely wrecked near Cloppenburg. The prince's companion, Adjutant Von Usedom, was slight hurt, but the chauffeur is believed to have sustained a fractured skull. His highness, who was returning from Holland, had taken the whecl from the chauffeur and was himsell driving when the steering gear broke and the automobile was hurled into a ditch after dashing into a couple of trees. He managed to retain his seat, but suffered abrasions of the skin and had his clothes badly torn. Adjutant Von Usedom and the chauf- feur were flung from the car. The latter struck heavily on his head a number of feet away. The prince stopped a passing motor car and after requesting that the occupaants take Adjutant Von Usedom to Cloppenburs, gave first aid to the chauffeur. The latter was removed subsequent- |1y to a hospital in Cloppenburg. Prince | Henry is still there, having refused ‘> leave the place until he learns tha full extent of the man’s injuries. GIRL BATHERS DROWNED IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN. Only Witness of Accident Unable to Save Them. Shelburne, Vt., Aug. 9.—Stepping un- expectedly into deep water while bath- ing off Smith Point in Laks Champlain today, Edith Gertrude Cunningham, aged 17, of New York city, and Lucills Kenney, 15, of this town, were drowned. The bathing {beach at Smith Point is quite shallowl water for a considerable distance and then drops off suddenly to a depth of 12 feet. The girls unthink- ingly walked off the edge. The only witness to the drowning was Fred Patterson, step-father of the Kenney girl, and he was unable to reach the place in tima to save the girls. The bodies were recovered. Miss Cunningham was spending her vacation with the Kenneys. Reilley’s Dash for the Home Plate._ (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Aug. 9.—“You were all right in your younger days, but you're all in now,” is what the crowd yelled at Representative Reilly yesterday as he.lay on the grass at Georgetown field and received a liberal dash of cold | water, after attempting to make home #+ from second in the great congressional {ball game for the benefit of the Wash- (ington playgrounds. “Tom” looked the part at the beginning of the game. He wore a b.ll uniform marked across the front “Pumping Station.” It was a trifie small, but set off his fine figure to advantages, In place of a cap he wore a stiff brimmed straw hat. Mr. Reilly was the second man up when ume was called. He reached first all right, and filibustered to second, where he came into collision with Rep- resentative Kendall of lowa, who was guarding that station for the republi- cans. Kendall tried to stop the run- ner, but Reilly kept on and both mix- ed it up a bit, and when the dust had cleared Reilly was discovered sitting calmly on the prostrate form of the guardian of the bag. After resting awhile and being coached to do_several opposite things, Reilly got to his feet and started in the general direction of third, which was passed in safety, and Reilly continued . on his ponderous way home. By this time all the play- ers were velling, and the ball was be- ing thrown all over the lot. On to- wards home came the representativs of tHe Second district, puffing like = locomotive getting up the Cheshire graZe. He made a_dive, there was a cloud of dust, but the runner was out, and as he lay on the grass and took the shower, the “gang” chanted the words. at the head of this sheet. Mr. McDer- mott gnished the game in place of Mr. Reilly. Steamship Arrivals. At Antwerp: Aug. 8, Finland, from New Yori. At Cherbourg: Aug. 8, President Lin- coln, from New York. At Genoa: Aug. 8, Mendoza, New York. One Thousand Tons of Alaska cop- from | Condensed Telegrams Mohammed Ali Mirza Won his first fight against the government forces in Persia. President Taft Unquestionably ‘will veto the New Mexico and Arizona statehood bill, / Dr. Alfred E. Craig of Wilmington, Del, was elected president of Morn- ingside college at Sioux City, Ia. Yesterday Was the Hottest Day of the summer in France, a temperature o‘f’ 100 degrees Fahrenheit being reach- ed. _The Real Purpose of the Recent mo- bilization of troops in Texas was the creation of one tremendous military unit. _The Military Value of the Cavalry branch has been enormously increased by the adoption of the wireless tele- graph. The United States Government has declined the Australian proposal for a reciprocal twe-cent postage arrange- ment. The Maine Central Railroad Co. has purchased the entire capital stock of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes railroad. The Second International Opium conference, which has been postponed several times, will meet at The Hague, October 15, President Taft Has Received a ca- blegram from the emperor of Japan, thanking him for his cordial welcome to Admiral Togo. Efforts Are Being Made by the navy department to perfect a system of wireless communication between shore stations and aeroplanes, Officers of the Merchants’ Union and Sullivan Ice companies, in_testifying in the ice probing in New York, said they sold ice at a loss. Abram Y. King, canvasser for a magazine, was arrested in New York and held in $1,000 for representing himself to be an officer of the United States. - Arthur Amory, head of the dry good commissfon house of Amory, Erowne & Co., of Boston and New York, died suddenly at his home in Boston yes- terday. Great Mystery Surrounds the tinuation of the Mrs. Lillian C, N erson inquest, which is to be taken up at Little Compton, R. L, Friday morning. Senator Kenyon of lowa was the only progressive republican who vo- ted against the final passage of the statehood bill admitting New Mexico and Arizona, The Maine Central Railroad round- house and shops, at Calais, Me., to- gether with nine engines, were com- pletely destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $100,000. The Sénate Lorimer Committee yes- terday adjourned - its hearings in Washington to resume probably early in October in Chicago, at the call of Chairman Dillingham. John Thomas Barnnon, Aged 36, committed suicide by shooting him- self with a 32-calibre revolver at his boarding house at Lawrence, Mass, The man was out of work. Stewart Kramer of Charlotte, N. C., representing the American Cotton Manufacturers’ association, protested to the senate finance committee against the Underwood cotton bill Just a Year Ago Mayor Gaynor was shot by James J. Gallagher. Yesterday his friends celebrated his escape from death and returning health by giving him a silver loving cup five feet high. Miss Dorothea Jones, Aged 19, of Toledo, has just received the degr: of doctor of philosophy from the Uni- versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She is the youngest person in America thus honored. A Bill Prohibiting the Issuance of federal permits or special license tax stamps for the sale of liquor in “dry” states or communities has been intro- duced by Representative Goodwin of Arkansas. The New England Transportation field is the quietest in vears, without threatening aspects, although current reports indicate that certain western railroads are in the throes of labor disturbances. per is being shipped out of Seattle for l. carrier - on route N '® bracelet at the ankle. They saw it. | Hamburg A Forest Fire Along, the Base of Mt Shasta, Cal. has been burning more than 24 hours and is headed to- ward two large copper mines. The area already burned is three miles wide and four miles long. “Laziness Is Ore of the Worst Faults of the ministry today,” said Rev. J. A. Hutton of Glasgow, in the course of an address before the ministers' conference of the Northfield confer- ence of Christian Workers. Shirtsleeved Statesmen Made an appearance for the first time in the house of commons, yesterda: The heat was intense in London, 95 de- grees Fahrenheit being recorded in the shade and 131 in the sun. Because He Could Not Bear to see his Boston terrier, which his wife had owned before her death, the pet in another family, William Daley of Dor- chester, Mass,, said in court vesterday that he poisoned the animal. Greater Boston Gave a Sigh of re- lief vesterday when experts from the board of health announced that Mi- | chael Tikarsky, a Chelsea laborer who died with all the symptoms of cholera, did not have the disease at all, ‘Because a Rule Has Been Made that all balloons which contest in the James Gordon Bennett international race to start from Kansas City, Octo- ber 5, must be made of rubberized cot- ton or silk, it is likely that the entire American team will be changed. Almost Within Sight of His Mother, who_heard the fatal shot and thought he had fired at a woodchuck, Louis, the 12 year old son of Louis Robin- son of Norridgewock, Maine, was Kkill- el yesterday by the accidental di- charge of a small-calibye rifle, Rural Delivery at North Windham. (Speeial to The Bnlletin.) Washinzten, Aug. 9.—The postoffice department has established a rural de- livery route from the office at North Windham, to commence operations Oc- tober 2d. The route will be 21.4 miles 1ong and will serve 40 families Gaocge D. Snow been appointed . 2¢ Collinsville, vice 'Frederick S. Francif, resigned. Total Circulation is the Largest in Connectiout in Proportion to the Gity's Population ~ IFireman’s Act Slump in all Crop Prospects TREMENDOUS DECLINE SHOWN BY JULY REPORT. WORST REPORT SINCE 1901 - Potato- Situation May Be Relieved by Late Planting—Wh: Corn and Oats Indicate Reduced Yield. Washington, Aug. 9.—A tremendous decline in the condition of crops throughout the country, and traceabls to drouth and heat, occurred during the last month, as indicated by official figures and estimates made today in the monthly crop report of the depart- ment of agriculture. The report today is the worst, as to general crop com- ditions, that the department has issued for any single month since 1991 West Most Seriously Affected. The area most seriously affected ex~ tends from New York and Pennsylva. nia westward to the Rocky Mountains, embracing all of the great corn, wheat and hay producing states in the coun- try. In the southern states, except- ing Virginia and North Carolina, ample rains served to maintain zen- erally favorabie conditions throughout the past month. These conditions thus far continue to be favorable. Slump in All Crop Prospects. Conditions in the Pacific northwest- ern states are regarded as excelient, although during July that territery suffered from a brief, but excessively hot spell. The figures contained in to- day’s report indicate a material slump in the prospects of all crops. A Small Corn Yield. The condition of the corn crop at this time indicates a vield, per aere, smaller than in any vear since 1901, {although the indicated total production has been exceeded in only five years in the history of the country. Loss of 336,000,000 Bushels. The weather during July caused a fall in the condition of corn which im- dicates a loss of 336,000,000 bushéls from the estimated total production of the previous month. Low Yield of Wheat. Spring wheat fell from a condition of a month ago of 15 per cent. below the average to approximately 27 per cent. |below the average, indicating a loss of about 35,286,000 bushels, The indiea- tions of the total vield of wheat pe: acre are the lowest since 1904. Oats Crop Very Short. The oats crop is very short, accord« ing to the figures of today's report. It has been smaller three times and larger seven times during the past ten years. The crop of hay probably will be the smallest in 15 years. Late Planted Crops of Potatoss. The total yield of potatoes indicated has been less than this year's crop only twice in the past ten years. It is regarded as likely, however, that the late planted crops, on account of re- cent rains, may increase the total esti- mated production. The condition this month indicates a loss of about 2 648,000 bushels from last month's esti- mated yield. Tobacco Crop Reduced. Conditions in the tobacco growing states during July were such as to re- duce the estimated total yield of last month by almost 24,000,000 pounds. PERKINS NOT FORCED TO ANSWER QUESTION, Threats Against Steel Trust Director Waived by Committee. Washington, Aug. 9.—George W. Perkins, director of the United States Steel corporation and former partner in J. Pierpont Morgan & company, was not ordered before the bar of the house today by the house committee of In< quiry into the affairs of the steel cor- poration. Nor will ha be. After a heated executive session today. in which Mr. Perkins refused, on advice of counsel, to answer a suggestive line of questions regarding -contributions by corporations to campaign funds, the committee reached an understanding whereby all threats were waived. A% the outset the committee, while in ex- ecutive session, was indiced by Rep- resentative Littleton to reconsider the action of yesterday, in which the chale was sustained in ordering that the wit ness be compelled to answer questio as to his personal campaign contribu tions. After this was done it was agreed just what questions resarding cam- paign contributions should be as%>l, and it was understood that Richard V" Lindabury, counsel for the steel rcor- poration, would say that he knew of one contribution of $10,000 by that cor. poration to a campalgn fund in 1904 This he afterward stated before the committee, and thereupon the political phase of the inquiry was apparently dropped. PERFORMER FELL 35 FEET INTO LAKE AT SAVIN ROCK. Attempted to Back Pedal Bicycle on a Slack Wire. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 0. —Sibley Alvardo, a_slack wire performer at the White City, Savin Rock, fell a dis- tance of 35 feet today and sustained severe injuries to his back. He was riding a bicycle on the wire and, not having speed enough to mount the in- cline at the end of the trip, attempted to back pedal, and fell onto the chutes and rolled into the laks. He was taken to a local hospital. The accident was witnessed by his wife and several hun- dred spectators. Individual Cups for Horses Needless. Montclair, N. J.,, Aug. 9.—Individual drinking cups for horses were pro- nounced unnecessary by the Montelair town council, which decided that the drinking fountains for horses and dogs, which had been ghut off at the sug- gestion of the state board of health, should again be put in commission. Jocal horse owners and veterinarians convinced the authorities that thers was no danger of spread of diseass through the horses using the fountains. New Haven Man Missing. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 9.—Harry Schwartz, 22 years old, of 65 Wash- ington avenue, hired a rowboat from a boathouse near Belle dock last nignt and has not been seen since, The boag was found“floating near the dock today with one oar and the man's cap in the bottom. It is thought that he has com- mitted suicide. He wi a window dresser. . 8 Thy M wgm o‘zunl en Are Affested