Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1911, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its WOUNDED NEGRO BURNED IN HIS COT Terrible Vengeance of Pennsylvania Mob For Shooting of Special Policeman WOMEN FORM LARGE PART OF MOB Victim of the Barbarity Taken From Hospital in His Cot, and a Fire Kindled Beneath it—Police Mis-| ing During the Reign of Savagery—Officer on Guard at Hospital Affords no Protection to Negro. Coatesville, Pa., Aug. 13.—Zachariah Walker. a negro desperado, was carried on a cot from the hospital here to- night and burned to a crisp by a fren zied mob of men and boys on a fire which they ignited about half a mile from town. Begged Piteousiy for Mercy. The negro, who lrad shot and killed Edgar Rice, a special policeman of the Worth Iron mills, 1ast night, was first dragged to the scene of the shooting, zing piteously for mercy. He had been arrested by a posse late this af- ternoon after a !ear(‘:“ which had stir- red the countryside. Had Shot Himself in Mouth. When the posse finally located him %e was found hiding in a cherry troe and with the last bullet in his re- volver shot himself in thz mouth, fall- ing from the tree. He was removed to the hospital and placed under police guard. Broke Into Hospital. A few minutes after 9 o'clock a crowd numbering almost one thousand persons appearad at the hospital. The leaders were unable to gain admission, but quickly smashed the window frames and crawled “through the cor- ridor. Only One Officer on -Guard. A policeman who had been placed on duty to watch Walker was the only person in the building besides. the nurses and patients. The leader of the mob placed his hands over the police- man's eves while others who had en- tered the building set about to take their man from the hospital. Carried Out in the Cot. prevent his escape. The mob, seeing this, gathered up the bed and placing it on tha shoulders of four men started for the country. When a half mile from the hospifal they stopped at the farm of Mrs. Sarah Jane Newlin. B Fire Under Cot. Here they entered a field and quick- ly gathering up a pile of dry grass and wzeds placed the bed containing their victim upon it. The negro was begging piteously to be released, but his pleadings fell upon deaf ears. A match was placed to the pile of grass and the flames shot up quickly, entire- 1y *enshrouding the screaming victim. Piled Rails on Top of Burning Man. That not a vestige of the man be left, the mob tore down the fence along the road and piled the rails upon the burning negro. Many Women in Mob. After waiting for half an hour, the mob disperszd as quietly as it had come. A curious feature of the burn- ing was the fact that there were al- most as many women in the crowd as men. Mob Was Quiet. The mob “was orderly, scarcely a murmur being heard from the time that it began to congregate on the streets until it had didpersed less than an hour later. Police Conspicuous by Absence. During the march’ from the hospital to the scens of the burning of the negro, a distance of less than three- quarters of a mile, not a policeman was encountered. Even the man on When Walker was taken to the hos- rital he was strapped down in order to stop the fiftean or more leaders who h‘ad sained admittance to the institu- tion, ADMIRAL TODO PRESENTS SOUVENIR TO ROOSEVELT Carries Two Foot Miniature of Soldier’s Armor To Oyster Bay. New York, Aug. 13.—Admiral Togo VETO OF STATEHOOD BILL IS PREPARED. President blad It With Him When He Left! Beverly Last Ni~ht. Beverly, | Mass,, _Aug. 13.—With his today paid a warrior's tribute to Col- onel Theodore Roosevelt, moving SMT in the peace of Portsmouth. Appar- ently Roosevelt, the fighter, had ap- ypealed to the Japanese admiral rather than Roosevelt, the peace maker for when he marched up Segamore Hill today to meet the former president, he carried to Mr. Roosevelt a two foot miniature of a soldier’s armor, This unique souvenir of his visit was done in glistening metal with exuisite qworkmanship and encased in a heavy box adorned with Japanese colors. Admiral Togo had kept the prospective gift a secret and had carefully pre- ced it in his travels from *the time left Japan several months ago. The Japanese journeved to Oyster y on a special train on the Long B veto mes/sage on the Flood resolution foviding: for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico into the union practi- ‘cally cofmplete, President Taft brought his weelk end vacation here to a close tonight. = The president left Beverly tonight for Boston in one of the White House ' automobiles, and the message went ‘writh him. ~ He is scheduled to Teach/ Washington tomorrow morning, ahd tive message may be sent to con- gress during the day. “Tihve, president’s veto is understood to be based largely upon the provision for the recall of the judiciary provided for in the Arizona constitution. To th New; Mexican constitution the pres: dent is understood to have no particu~ lar ‘objection, but the Flood resolution |so ‘couples the two territories that a Jsiand railroad, arriving at one o’clock. | V€ Lo must affect them both. <Colonel Roosevelt, in a dark suit and immaculate white vest, stepped forth on the veranda and greeted the ad- miral, who wore a white service uni- form. “Delighted to meet you,” exclaimed the colonel. The admiral bowed, his facs beaming as he declared his pleas- ure at greeting in person the whom he felt he already knew so well. The party filed into the broad re- ception room and the admiral present.- ed to his host the gift which he hail ‘brought from the Isiand Empire. The While the details of the messase Were ndt available tonight, it is un- dersteod that the measure is quitc Yong. It is expected that tha presi- /dent’s position in regard to the recall of judges will be made plain in no un- certain “terms. The wool revision veto message has man DOt Deen touched by tha president s> far. ETHEL BARRYMORE AND HUSBAND REUNITED. colonel expressed his gratitude in a | Actress Says “We Are Perfectly Hap- broadside of superlatives. After luncheon the party gatheried on the wide veranda whence sounds of frequent Jaughter and the _vigorous Yoice of Mr. Roosevelt often issued, The luncheon was a strictly priyate affair. ROLLER POLO LEAGUE OF EIGHT cL'UBS. Citis in Connecticut, Massachu- setts and Rhede Island Seleci.ed. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 13.—The Na- tional Roller Polo league officers and directors at a meeting here todziy ar- ranged for an eight club league for the coming season, with games six mights a week. At first it was thouglit that two six-team leagues in this state and Massachusetts would be betten, but the - of breaking in new players decided for an eight team leagire. It was also voted to fix a sallar 4t, which will be considerably than last year's. 8ix of the eight cities have been se- Weted as follows: New Havon, Hart- ford, New Britain and Watebt/ry in thi® state, and Providence, R. I, and Wor- cester, Mass. The New Bedford team was transferred to New Biritain and the Fall River team at TFaterbury. Taunton and Brockton now 'remain to be tramsferred, and they will probably go te Springfield, Mass., and Bridge- port. = Six v lim- lower A RARE PHENOMENOWM TO OCCUR 1'HIS WEEK. Saturn and Mars Will Be, in Conjunc- tion on Wednesfay. Williams Bay, Wis., Aug. 13.—E. E. Barnard, professor of ast ronomy at the Yerkes Observatory here, apnounced that an interesting phesiomenon wouid take place on Aug. 16, jxhen the plan- ets Mars and Saturn yvill be in con- Junction. H “On that date,” said Professor Bar- nard, “Mars will pass ;pparently close to Saturn. To the tve they will appear a= a bright double sifar, tha digtance between the two beingl only 21 minutes of an arc, or,about two-thirds the apparent widih of the moon, Y “Mars will pass north of Saturn. To the left or east and mear the planets will be our moon, which will be half full. The ‘sight of ‘these two planets and the moon will he impressive.” Got Off Car 'Backwards. py and Always Have Been.” New York, Aug. 13.—“We have never been parted, never have quarreled and never have contemplated any sort of legal proceedinfgs,” the World tomor- row will quote Ethel Barrymore and Russell G. Colt, her husband, as say- ing tonight at their country home at Mamaroneck. The couple are reunited at their res- idence there, the World says, or rother, according to the statement attributed 1o Mr. Colt, “there has never been a bit of trouble. We are perfectly happy, and always have been perfectly hap- Py “Really,” Miss Barry more is quoted as saying, “the public has been great- Iy miisnformed as to our domestic re- lations. You see the stories have grown and grown because neither of us thought it worth while to say any- thing. This talk about use comes each year. It is due solely to the fact that Mr. Colt is a broker and I an actress. Mr, Colt can hardly carry his business around with me, and T cannot very well confine my playing to the section that commands his time. T returned here Friday from St. Johns, N. F. The ba- by is coming here tomorrow morning with her nurse.” CONDITION OF POPE IS ABOUT STATIONARY Improvement Net Such As To Justify Absolute Optimism of \ His Recov- ery. Rome, Avg. 13.—The condition of Pope Pius today was almost stationary but with ‘a tendency toward slow, though gradual, improvement. His temperature was 98.7, and_while the pains in the gouty knee still prevail, the pontiff suffered much less from pain_than on the preceding days of {his jliness. He also took a greater amount of nourishment and jis strength was well maintained. Although the general condition of His Holiness Is not yet such as to jus- tify absolute optimism for his recovery his physicians believe that if there is no relapse he will be able next week to entirely abandon his bed. They say, however, that his convalescence will be a lengthy one. The pontiff again today became tired of his bed a2nd sought relief in his arm chair in which he sat for a long time, To Honor 1812 War Hero. ‘Washington, Aug. 13.—A statue of General James Miller, an 1812 war Hartford, Conn., .#ug. 13—Mrs. Mar-| hero, whose assault on a British bat- ty Steritz, 8 vears old and the mother | tery won the battle of Lundy's Lane, of threz children. @ot off a moniigz was authorized by the senate to be car backwards tonight and was | erected at his birthplace. Peterboro, X. instantly kilked. Her skull was | H. General Miller was governor of Arkansas from 1819 to 1825. duty in the hospital made no effort to;. i ! Cabled Paragraphs The Hague, Aug. 13.—Joseph Israels, the famous Dutch painter, died here yes;e;day. He was born at Groningen in 1824. Capetown, Aug. 13.—The census for the union of South Africa shows & population of all races of 5,938,499, of whom only 1,278,625 are whites. Montpellier, France, Aug. 13.—Two isolated cases of cholera have been discovered, one each in the village )i Lunel and Saint Bres, in the depart- ment of Herault. Shanghai, China, Aug. 13.—A typhooi yesterday did comsiderable damage to the property of the Amsterdam Dredging company. But little loss was caused to shipping generally. Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 13.—Tae corporation street car men went on strike yesterday and disorganized the whole service. Attempts to send out the cars in charge of the corporation’s inspectors were prevented by force The strikers in large bodies attacked and wrecked the cars. AVIATORS PAID $2 A MINUTE AT CHICAGO. Strong Inducement for Birdmen to Re- main in Air /at Aviation Meet. ‘Chicago, Aug. 13.—The. recor@ for total time spent in flying is one avia- tion mark that is bound to be broken during the international aviation meet here. The inspiration is the $2 paid each flyer for each minute his machine is in the air and when the gun boomed to start the programme today the suc- cess of this plan for conducting a meet was proven. ‘Machines Remain In Air. The result was that during all the scheduled events there were at least a dozen machines hanging qver the fleld, several remaining up ddring the greater part of the afternoon. Ideal Day For Flying. Although there was a dozen men participating in the programme and as many more out for endurance and alti- tude, the day was free from accidents, John J. Frisbie being the only aviator to report trouble. A heavy rain dur- ing the morning and almost total lack of wind made the day ideal for flyjng and much fast {ime was made. "he trip over the course; ome mile and a third, around seven pvlons, was made repeatedly in a minute, the average time in the twenty mile races being less than 25 minutes. Lincoln Beachey the tSar. Lincoln Beachey was the individual star today, taking the twenty mile bi- plane race by less than a minute from Earl Ovington. These two, with James Ward, started from the ground in front of the judges stand together and at no time was there more than a few seconds between _the leaders. Beachey chose a lowér leve: than either of his opponents, his biplane fre- quently seeming almost to graze the ground. - Climbed 5,000 Feet. After winning the race he began at once the climbing contest, - reaching five thousand feet, from which he de- scended. in spectacular glides. Beach- ey’s time in the twenty mile contest ‘was 23 minutes, 11-26 seconds. Martin Wins Alighting Contest. ‘ James V. Martin was conceded a victory In the alighting test, making a perfect descent and stopping within a foot of the red flag used as a marker. Thomas Sopwith landed the $3,000 cash prize for the first flight, earry- ing two passengers. Oscar A. Brindley Is believed to have won the day’s record for both altitude and duration. He remained at an at- titude of 6,500 feet for nearly three hours. The duration records and the prizes for altitude will not be awarded until the close of the meet. THE CENTRAL VILLAGE ELOPERS AT CHURCH. In the Afternoon They Drove About City of Springfield. Springfield, Muass, Aug. 13—No word from Mr. and Mrs. Amos Tuck French of Tuxedo and Newport hal bezn received today by their daughter, Julia, who eloped last Wednesday with John Edward Paul Geraghty, a New- port chauffeur and automobile demon- strator. The elopers spent a quiet day at the home of the groom’s cousin, Mrs. Joseph Harris, whers they have re- mained most of the time since their quiet wedding at Central Village, Conn. During the morning the young couple attended services at a_ Roman Catholic church and in the afternoon they went driving about the city. ON WAY TO PUTNAM. Got Lost In Woodland Roads and Auto Finally -Broke Down. Newport, R. I, Aug. 13—That Miss Julia E. French, the young heiress, and “Jack” Geraghty, who eloped last Tuesday, were pursued well into Wed- nesday morning by the young woman's aunt, Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt of New York, in three automobiles, be- came known tonight. The siory of the automobile elopment and pursuit gath- ers added interest from the fact that the eloping couple lost their way in un- famiar woodland roads and ultimately suffered a breakdown of their auto- mobile. Furthermore, it is said by several of those who participated in the chase, that had not Geraghty and his bride- to-be mistaken the road they must have been overtaken. It is said that they intended to o to Putnam, Conn., to be married there, and that the fact that they missed the road threw their pursuers into confusion. The fleeing ¢ouple had barely passed the Jamestown ferry before the young woman’s parents learned of the fact. Immediately Mrs. Vanderbilt was noti- fied and. according to the story told here tonight, it was she who organized the flving squadron of pursuit. Her own high pewered automobile was brought into the chase and two other speedy machines requisitioned. Boston detectives had been in Newport several days engaged to prevent the elopment. They were placed in one of the ma- chines and members of the Newport police force on the other. After crossing the bay the three ma- chines took different roads, but the pursuit was centered for several cross roads which it was believed the auto- mobile containing the elopers must pass on the way to their supposed rendezvous. After touring the couniry roads for hours Mrs. Vanderbilt gave up the chase and returned to Newport. Important Witness Captured. New Britain, Conn., Aug. 13.—Word was received here tonight that Samuel Lachetti of Berlin, wanted as a ma- terial witness in the killing of Raph- ael Rotondo in Berlin two ‘weeks ago, had ben captured today by the state police in Clinton, N. J. The quarrel which led up to the murder starred in Lachetti’s home. Three Engines Piled in Heap CHICAGO FLYER LEAVES IRON AT FORT WAYNE. ' FOUR KILLED, 30 INJURED Two Engines Train Sideswiped a Freight—Several of the 112|:Md Not Expected to Live. on Passenger Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 13.—Four per- sons were killed and thirty injured when the Pennsylvania 18 hour train, en route from Chicago to New Yorl jumped the track on the western out- skirts of the city at 6.30 o'clock this evening, while going at the rate of fifty miles an hour. Three Engines in a Heap. In leaving the rails the two engines pulling the passenger train side- swiped a freight engine and the three %flled up in a mass of bent and twisted iron. Several Cars Ditched. The baggage car, smoker, buffet and two sleepers turned over in the dith. Most of the injured were seated in the diner and smoker when the accident occurred. Four or Five More Will Die. The wreckage has not been cleared, and the list of dead may be more than the number reported. The thirty or more injured are in the hospitals, and it is believed that at least four or five | will die. The Dead. The following are the persons killed: Engineer, believed to be Berger, bur- jed under wreckage. Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engineer on fiver. ‘W. Creigh, Fort Wayne, fireman on | fiver. 1 Unknown passenger at St. Jéseph's hospital. The Injured. % Among the injured at St. Joseph's hospital are: city, hands and arms cut, 3 J. E. Sullivan, New York city, erushed. legs P. J. Doe, New York city, leg and head bruised. W. H. Crawford, Philadelphia, cut on forehead. James E. Sullivan, New York city, internal injuries. 7 William E. Arrick, freight engineer, Fort Wayne. Tracks Torn Up 200 Yards. The police department, fire depart- ment and every ambulance in the city ‘were called to the scene of the accident and the injured . e soon taken to The ti ‘were torn up for a distance of 200 vards. The two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down the em- bankment, while the engine of the freight reared up over the trucks of the fiyer's engine. Escaped With Cuts and Bruises. Passengers in the seven rear cars escaped with only cuts and bruises. Chicago Man’s Story. C. C. Hattell of Chicago was in ths dining car when the aceident occurred. He escaped with only slight injurizs to his head and face. “The train was running at a_terrific rate of speed,” he declared. “The fi intimation I ba@ that anything was wrong was when all the passengers in the dining car wers thrown headlong Ed Cohn, New York city, left eye| injured. L. B. Havens, aviator, New York the entire length of the car. The next thing I realized then men were fighting Tike beasts to get out of the car and the stzam escaping from the kitchen was choking us. Another man and I fell to the floor and crawled along in the semi-darkness and among the screaming passengers to a window, through whiich we made our escape.” An Eye Witness of Accident. Charles P. Skillman, who resides di- rectly across from the spot where the wreck occurred, saw the whole thing as he was sitting on his veranda at +he time. “The train, which was double head- ed,” said Mr. Skillman, “was coming at a terrific spesd. Just across th bridge which spans the St. Mary river the train veered imto a_new switch placed there because of tho track elevation work. 1 guess the train was going at too great a rate for the switch to stand the strain, for it seem- ed to me as though the rails of the switch just slid from under the train directly over to the freight standing on the morth track. Crash Was Terrific. “The crash was simply terrific. For the first five minutes after the three engines struck there was comparative silence. Then came the sound of es- caping steam, the crash of the two first passenger cars as th eyslid down tha embankment into Swinney park and the screams of the passenger: Most of the injured were seated ‘n the diner and smoker when the acci- dent occurred. Steel Cars Saved Lives. Passengers on the seven rear cars escaped with only cuts and bruises, whereas it is declared by railroad men if the cars had been of the old fasi- ionad wooden kind the carnage woull have been frightful. The steel cars were put to the test of the actuil wreck they have ever undergone ani proved to be all that had been claimed for them by their desizners. Only the first two cars of the heavy ni train were much smashed. !High Speed Over Temporary Switch. | Thirty more passengers who are bad- 1y bruised and cut are at the Anthony hotel. Several of the injured at a late | hour tonight are in an extremely seri- ous condition and it is expected their deaths will occur before morning. Evl- dence seems to point to the fact that the high rate of speed over a tempo- rary switch was the chief cause of the accident. Released by Rescuers. Robert Russell of Toronto, Ont., and Fred Beckwith of New York city, pas- sengers on the flyer, were imprisoned in the vestibule between the diner and coach when the crash came and their cries attracted the wreckers, who fimally tors away a sufficient section of the roof to drag the men out. Rus- sell _was hurt about the back, while Beckwith ped uninjured. Same Train Wrecked a Week Ago. By a peculiar coincidence this same | train was wrecked a week ago tonight near Hammond, Ind.. though no one was killed. A’ fireman was injured and the passengers were severely jolr- ed. Engineer Loses Two Legs and Arm. Patrick Maloy, the veteran engineer of the special, was found in a faint, several rods from the wreck. One leg Total Circulation is the Largest in Conneotir London Rioters _Kill an Officer POLICE RESERVES AND TROOPS CALLED OUT. A LONG LIST OF INJURED Superintendent of Police in a Precari- ous Condition—Strikers Blame Out- side Police for Starting the Disorder. Liverpool, Aug. 12.—Serious rioting growing -out of the strike which is in progress here, occurred this afternoon. One policeman wes killed by being struck on the head with a ‘brick and many persons were injured. Beginning of the Trouble. An_ alteration between a policeman and strikers during a transport work- ers demonstration at St. Georges hall started the trouble which culminated in a general melee. After this dis- order had been'put Gown and the strik- ers scattered, they gathered again in the Islington quarter and resumed }heir attacks upon the minions of the aw. Police Reserves Called Out. One hundred thousand men were | zathered in sroups about St. George's hall listening to speeches by labor og- itators and the scenes of violence fol- lowing the attack upon the policeman necessitated the calling out of the police reserves. When they arrived one party of fifteen policemen was surrovnded and disarmed, the rioters attacking them with their own batons. In the fight the commanding officer of the police wes dangerously wounded. Troops Had To Be Called. So great was the disorder that the riot act was read and troops were called out to assist the police. The mob fought desperately with sticks and stones and, in fact, with any han- dy missles. Gradually, however, by the combined efforts of the troops and police the crowds were cleared away. Many policemen and rioters were in- jured in the hand fighting. Newspaper Offices Closely Guarded. The rioters have threatened to at- tack the newspaper offices which are closely guarded. After the fight St. George’s hall was converted into a temporary hospital and the wounds of many persons were attended to by physicians. N Rolled Missles Down On Police. Driven from the center of the city the -crowd sullenly repaired to the Is- lington quarter, one of the lowest and roughest in Liverpool. Here the polica were baffled in the narrow streets, for the deperate rioters barricaded them- selves in the houses and volleyed down bricks, - slates, and chimney pots from the roofs upon their heads. Constable Cookson was killed by a blow on the head and Superintendent of Police Bolton was taken to a.hos- pital in a precarious condition. De- talls as to other casualties are incom- plete. It is rumored that some houses were set on fire during the disturb- ances, Strikers Blame Birmingham Police. The outbreak, it is aileged, was largely due to the strikers resentment of ‘indiscreet conduct on the part of members of the police force brought here from Birminghaim to assist in maintaining order. Tom Mann, who was one of the leaders of the demon- stration, has lodged a formal protest with ‘the chief constable against what he describes as a brutal attack by a Birmingham constable on one of the strikers, STATE POLICE MAKE RAID ON THE STRATFORD INN. New Haven Chauffeur Also Arrested for Violating Auto Laws. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 13.—FEarly this morning the stafe police raided ths Stratford inn and arrested Dudley Stratford, the proprietor, and his nephew, Ray McBride. The former is held under $200 bonds and the latter $150 for trial tomorrow on the charge of keeping open after hours. At the same time Fred Schwartz, chauffeur, of New Haven, was arre ed, charged with having wrong num- ‘bers on his machine and having no op- erator's license. The nwmber on the car gave the machina as being ownes in Rockville, whereas it belongs to tha New Haven Taxicab compan Schwartz is held for trial tomorrow. BRIDGEPORT BUTCHER ROBBED AT STRATFORD. Gold Watch, Meat and $200 Taken After Knocking Him in Head. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 13.—As Wil- liam Bray, a meatman, of Bridgeport, was returning to his home heré Sat- urday night with the proceeds of the day’'s business, $200, he was struck on the head by an un- known person and rendered uncon- scious and robbed. Besides the money a gold watch and five pounds of steak ~were taken. Therz is no clue to Bray assailant. Bray made his way to ihe home of a son and today is suffering from the effects of the'blow received. OBITUARY. Samuel Bassett. New Britain, Conn,, Aug. 14.—Samue! Bassett, democratic mayor of the city for thrée terms, died at his home here this morning after an illness of four days. He suffered from a complica- tion of diseases. He was born in New Yorlk in 1841 and graduated from ‘the Portchester Military academy. H- en- listed in the Sixtieth New York Heavy Artillery and later became a lieuten- ant, serving throughout the civil war. At its close he entered the government service at the Brooklyn navay yard, where he remained uatil coming to this city in 1872, In 1893 he was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland and served five vears. In 1301 he was elect- ed. mayor, ‘serving three terms, and was the last mayor under the dual form of government. In 1902 he was nominated as lieuteiant governor by the democrats, He leaves a widow. a hung by a mere thread and he was otherwise bruised and cut. It was necessary to remove both legs and un arm. It is expected he will recover. Flung from the engine at the crash, ho was pinned under the wreckage and the steam from the engine blinded him. Summoning the last vestigse of his strength, he managed to crawl away where he was found. New York Woman Injured. Among the slightly injured was M Samuel Roberts of New York, wife cf the first vice president of the First National bank of New York. in his possession, | e Coudensed Telegrams Col. Garland N. Whistler of the coast artillery was placed on the retired Lst o{ the army. _Congressman Henry C. Loudenslager died at his residence at Paulsboro, N. J., Saturaday. There Will Be No Final Action on the direct election of senators at this session of congress. Attorney General Wickersham has been notified that the elecirical trust is ready to dissolve itself. President Taft Will Include the Far West in his forthcoming trip if he gets a month’s rest at Beverly. New York Reports That the Beef Trust is again increasing prices and threatens to run them higher. All Business Was Suspended in Lew- iston, Me., during the funeral former United States Senator Willlam P. Frye. A Four Days’ Celebration of the formation of the town of Bennington, Vt. 150 years ago was begun Satur- day. The Gonic Manufacturing Company’s woolen mills in the village of Gonic, N. H., closed Saturday for three weeks. | A Black Hand Letter Demanding $500 was received Saturday by Presi- | dent Ralph S. Bauer of the Lynn Board | of Trade. The Big Factory of the New Home Sewing Machine Company at Orange Mass., has gone on a schedule of five | days & week. Martin Shadowens, En Route to Jail, | shot up the court room at Christopher, {In., wounding five persons before he | was shot to death | The Cruiser North Carolina is brin ing home the body of Assistant Engi- neer Merritt, recently recovered from the ruins of the Maine. John J. Joyce, an Aviator, fell 500 feet while making a flight in a biplane at Hawthorne race track, Chicago, and iraceived only slight injuries. Attorneys for the Publishers of ihe popular magazines examined postoffl department experts at the federal in- quiry into second class mail rates. Gearge F. Drury and George Tigho. both about 40 years old, wera run do and killed by a train on the Boston and Maine railroad at Lowell, Mass. An Investigation of the Election of United States Sénator Isaac Stephe: son of Wisconsin was directed in léesolutmn passed by the senate Satur- ¥ Mrs. John Dax of Verona, N. J., find- ing a burglar.in her home, tied him to a chair, called her “husband to thrash the intruder and then notified the. police. | Of the 60,000 Postoffices of all classes jin the United States, it I8 expected that approximately 50,000 eventually will be designated as postal savings depositories. John Orsborn, Who Would Have Been 103 vears of age had he lived un- til Aug. 27, died F night at the home of his niece, ) O. P. Powell, Grand Rapids, Mich. Officials of Barre, Vt., Granite Con- cerns say that wunless the present drouth is soon relieved by heavy rains the output of granite from Vermont will materially slacken. After He Had Shot and Seriously Wounded his wife, Howard Lindabury laged 40 vears, a former justice of tha peace, went to a cematery and ended his life with a bullet at Pontiac, Mich. Charles Rogers, Who is 65 Years of Age, inserte an advertisement In Chicago papers offering to gxchange his residence at Lake Genava, Wi which he values at $3,500, for a home for five years. A Havana Paper Announces that it has possession of the class ring which belonzed to Assistant FEngineer M ritt, whose body was recently recovi- ed from the wreck of the battlesh Maine and that it will give the ring 1o American Minister son. The $4,000 Touring Motor Car v which "Edward entine T navs paymaster's clerk, cut such a swath England and tha United States before he was landed in federal prison at At- lanta, was sold at public auction in Buffalo by a United States marshal for $1,580. The Signature of Governor Aram J. Pothier of Rhode Tsland heads the lis of names on a petition whic: presented to the New York. ven and Hartford rallroad a build its new freight houses near site of the old ones and ot in the p of the Grand Trunk as planned. NEGRO SHOT DEAD AND CORPSE BURNED. Oklahoma Whites Avenge Assault Up- on a Woman. Durant, Okla., Aug. 13.—A mob of 560 whites today captured and shot to death an vnidentified negro, who yes- terday attacked and shot Mrs. Redden Campbell, near here, and afterward burned the negro’s body. The nesro was killed after a running fight lasting more than an hour, in which he exhausted his ammunition returning the fire of his pursuers, When he fell, volley after volley of bullets was poured into his body by the advancing mob. It was then faken to | the home of his victim. Nearly dead from her injuries, Mrs. Campbell iden-~ tified it as that of her assailant. The mob then burned the corpse. INSULT OVER TELEPHONE FOLLOWED BY LYNCHING. “Commodore” Jones, a Néaro, Hanged by Mob at Farmersville, Tex. Farmersville, Tex, Aug. 13.—Com- modore Jones, a negro, who, it is leged, used insulting language in ad- dressing a young white woman over the telephone, was hanged by a mob yesterday. Jones was arrested 1riday. A crowd of about 75 men and boys gained access to hls cell during ihe night and, marching him to the out- skirts of the town, compelled him to climb a telephone vole. At the top o1 of the mob was waiting, a rope was thrown about the negro’s neck and he was forced to jump. _ Ethel is With Russell. Mamaronek, N. Y., Aug. 13.—Russell G. Colt, when communicated with at his residence here at an early hour this morning, stated that Mrs, Colt was 4 withh im at their home. )@“fi\ Proportion to the dity’s Populaflon Fatal Quarrel Over a Shave DURHAM FARMHAND MURDERED BY CO-WORKER. VICTIM KNOWN AS A BULLY Had Continually Tormented His Fol- fow Laborer—Fatal Shot Fired from Bedroom Window of Murdersr. Durham, Conn,, Aug. 12-~The fifth homicide in the tory of this town was committed today when Arthur Jackson, 50 ye old, a farm hand employed on the farm of Mynott Bailey, shot and instantiy killed a foi- low farm hand, Archer Walker, 30 years old, Chased By An Automobile. After the shooting Jackson fled and was captured three miles from the scene of the shooting by Diogenes Ar- igoni, who chased him in an automo- bile, Trouble Started Over Shave. The shooting was seusl to a quarrel which the engaged in the middle o Words were passed bet the two over shave and in which_follbwe beaten. by Walke The former ade complaint to the omiy grand juror in town, who was il at the time and no attention was paid to the matter. Walker Continually Picking On Him. Jackson Failing to get satisfaction in tamt rection, Jacks v in alleged, s being contin y picken on by Walker, securen a_shotgun and_hid 1% in his bedroom. This morning Walker was the first up and went to the barn to feed the stock. Shot at Walker From Window. Jackson saw him from the window of his bedroom and waited until he came out of the door and then shot a hi the ch hitting him in fhe back between the choulder blades, causing almost instant death, Cooped Up At Middletown. After the shooting Jackson ran from the house and s caught three miles from town and brought backs where he was taken before the coromer, who sent him to the police station in Mid for safe keeping. An autop performed on the body of r man is known to have an s in this part of the eountry Walker is 'alleged to have been a bul and was just recovering from a beat k ago during a fgh L wee REMARKABLE FEAT OF BOSTON GIRL SWIMMER. Swam from Manhattan to Coney Isiand in Eigh Hours. New York, At 12.—Rose Pitonof the year old swimmer of Bostor succeeded (oday attemp! swim from t, Manhat tan, to Coney ast yesr sho had to abandon s ar effort be cause of adverse tid: but toda though at times forced to swim so 1 out of the course that she is estimac ed to have covered s 21 miles in 15 miles, sprinting a making the distance o finished strong, actuall the close of her long trip Miss Pitonof started at 9.20 and finished at 5 being in the wa der eight hours and seven minutes Sna took no stimulants or food of any kind on the long trip. Her feat of today had not before been accomplished, e eral swimmers have made the trip frem the Battery to Coney Teland, but noms from a point so far up the East river. | MELROSE MAN IN A COLLISION WITH TAFT, Told to Have His Auto Repsired st President’s Expense. Melrose, Aug. 12—Willlam A. Jepson, a resident of this eity, told to day of being concerned in an automo bile collision with the president iate Saturday afternoon in Salem. The as cident described by Mr. Jepson hap pened when two machi one con talning President and . Taft and Major Archibald Butt, and the other Mr. and Mrs. Jepson and friends, came togther as the car swung around » corner into Rasex street. Nefther ma chine was going fast and no one was thrown out Major Butt told the owner to have the machine repaired properly and to send the bill to the president’s office at Beverly and it would be taken care of. CONGRESS EXPECTS TO ADJOURN THIS WEEK. Members of Both Houses Are Anxious to Get Home. Washington, Aug. The whols tariff revision' legislation auestion wil be settled during the coming wesk, which in all probability will mark the closing of c-mgreas. Almost all of tha menibers of hoth houses are anxious 1o get home, de ite the vociferations of the revisionis t they willingly fon untfl antumn the legislation want could be sted. All the power of the dem- tic party that now controle the se for the first time in many years, and of cfiectice democratic-progres- sive republican coalition in the senate, will be centered on quick action on the part of the trio of pending tariff meas ures. This means, in the belfef of leaders of both parties, an adjournmend ibly by the end of the week, or al within a few days of that. 3 wpuld remain in s if the: Karina Wins Challenge Cup. Newport, R. L, Aug. 13.—After an in- terasti race, in which ecach vacat was alternately ahead, the new three- masted ooner Karina, owned by Robert E. Tod, one of the largest sail- ing yachts afloat, obtained possession today of the Brenton’s Ref challenss cup of the New York Yacht club by winning from the three-masted schooner Atlantic, owned by Wilson Marshall. ~ The Atlantic had held the cup, which is one of the oldest yacht- ing challenge trophies, havine been presented by James Gordon Penneti in 1872, since 1905 Ecuador Government Overthrown. Washington, Aug. 13.—The Alfaro government in Ecuador was o thrown I'riday by a revolutien organ ized by supporiers of President -elect Iistrada. Tew casualties occurred and a provisional government head>d oy the president of the ses form ed, according to the state s advices today from Minister Young a: Quito,