Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 29, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 206 Lk P ] The Bulletiu’s Circulation in Norwich, is Doubls That of Any Other Paper, SCOUT THE THEORY OFR. R. OFFICHAL Middliztown Police Allege Valley Division - Smash Due to Track Weakness NOT THE WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS - A. P. Brown of Hartford Died Mbnday of His Injurics —-.Coroner’s Inquest to Follow—Rumor That Passen- gi:r Found Stick of Dynamite—Passengers Say Rails S pread—Company Offers $2500 Reward. h)u.m! dw«'n, Conn.,, Aug. 28, —The Detectives Running Down Rumor. theory vanced by the officials of tho Att v . New York, New Haven and Hartford B o Mo given the spmap that a passenger whose home is in Springfield " was d to have found a stick of ‘dynamite lying near the tracks. The man is alleged to have wrapped the dynamite in a piece of paper and marked “Danger!” on the outside of the wrapper and placed it in a safe place in the bushes near the river. Detectives have been sent to Springfleld to try and locate the man and verify the story if possible. It seems to be the general opinion of those investigating the wreck, how- ever, that instead of finding a stick of dynamite that the man found a railroad torpedo. A train passed over the road about 6 o'clock Sunday night and it is believed that the torpedo was either left by the crew c% that train or was one carried by the crew of the wrecked train and which was thrown beside the tracks by the force of the collision, Coroner Will Hold Inquest. Coroner Davis' became actively en- gaged in investigating the wreck this afternoon on_being notified of the death of Mr, Brown, and after prelim- inaries have been disposed of will hold an inquest which 11 probably not be :Jetfore'wedne!dl, or possibly a day ater. rallroa s that ths wreck of the express train fiunday night on the Valley di- Vvisipn, three and a half milas south of bere, in which Abraham P. Browh of Hartfard was so severely hurt that he died today, and 60 others were injured, was thwe work of someone who pulled out thi» spikes that held the rails and rersoviid the angle bars is scouted by {:xssen gers who were on the train and v Chief of Police Archibald Ingals of this cijiy and Skeriff Bert Thompson of Middle sex county. Al Day Spent Investigating. Chia € Ingals and Sheriff Thompson spant the entire day at the scene of the wieck and were unable to find the slighei st clua that would lead them to think that the wreck was caused in- tentiogally. Every house anywhere near | e tracks was visitzd and their swed, in each case tha informiation received being that they had sc:en no one near the scene of tho wreck . or walking on the tracks during the de iy or before dark in the evening. Watc/ yman Saw No One Near Tracks. A v satchman at the Connecticut fel- spar ( juarrizs who lives at the top of a hili 5 feet above and almost directly over the scene of the accident stated that [he was at home all day and that he sa w ne one near the tracks at that pointy, and that if there had been any- one ‘working on the tracks removing the s pikes he would have seen them. No Toels Found Anywhere. Cltt lef Ingals pointed out that to re- move the spikes and unbolt the bolts toldi ng the angle bars would require #pecl al. tools, and thaj the mnearest point, uniess they werz hidden near the 'wreck, would havs besn in the work house here. A oareful examina tion and search of the surroundings did faot disclose anything that would show * that such tools had been secretcd in tlie neighborhood. Sheriff Thomp- son « o1 ted Chief Ingals as to the gl?’! uity in removing the spiket ani olty . ing up the Wreck. The engin: was dug out of the sand bank in which it had buried itself, to- day, and was brought to this city to- night. The baggage car and smoker ‘will probably not be brought up on to the tracks, but will be burned. To- night the scene of the wreck is being carefully guarded and the curious are not allowed to approach. The object is ‘%apuvem the possible looting of the ggage car, in which there still remains much of the baggage of the passengers and the possibi]ity that there may still be valuables strewn ‘around—lost by the passengers in the confusion that attended the first of the accident. Many of the passengers were out- spoken in their belief that the accident wag not the work of a train wrecker, but that the train was too heavy for the basic construction and caused the rails to spread at the curve. It was also asked how it was possible for anyone to accurately inspect the con- ditions ‘'on a dark, misty night, in all the confusion, with but the light of a few. lanterns. Injured Doing Well. The injumed at the Middlesex hos- pital are reported tonight as being out of danger and resting comfortably. Road Offers Reward. New Haven, August 28.—The road's announcement is as follows: “The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. hereby offers a reward of iwenty-five hundred dol- lars (32,500) for information which shall lead to the,conviction under sec- tion 1182 of the general statutes, of the person er persons who, on the 27th of August, 1911, caused the derailment of a passenger train at Middletown, Conn., by pulling the spikes fastening the rails of the track to the ties and removing the angle bars from the rails, (Signed) “The New York, New Haven & Hart- ford R. R. Co, by C. N. Wood- ‘ward, Supt.” Trask on a Sandy Curye. It| seemed to be the opinion of the chiel: and sheriff that the engine, whi{'h was a largs ons, necessitated by Uhedength of the train, was heavier thlg\ the rails, under the conditions, coull # s The ground where the tracles are ie made ground, made by «wting into the side of the bank that{ leads dowm from the hill above to {he Commecticut river. It is a sand y soil, and after prelong2d and teayy rains there has elwavs been morj> or trouble with the tracks. The, wre followed 2 hard rain of sevdral days. and it is the opinfon of thoms who made the investigation to- day that the heawy engine, going at & hijth rate of speed, struck the slight cirvi: at that poimt and that the rails #rrea.d, throwisg the gine into the %enls on the right and tHe baggage and smolling cars down the embankment. Spikes Lying Around. Thiy fact that thers were spikes 1y- w dround en the greund near the ‘aclli 1s accounted for by the position in wlich the raile were found, having been | thrown .in all directions and torn l;om the ties, taking the spikes with them. i PICTIJRE HOUSE HAD COMPLIED WITH LAW. Inspecitor’s Report Made—Search for Two Italians Going On. Canqnsburg, Pa., Aug. 28.—After a careful examination, the Caponsbura Opera house, where 26 persons were crushed. to death Saturday night, fol- Jowing the alarm of fire, Deputy Fac- Inspector James R. Patterson an- eed’ this afternoon that the own- er-of thve building and the manager of the theater had not violated the law in any way, Patterson interview a num- ber of T 'sons amd went over part of the buililing. Thee fire escapes were found i perfect condition, and the stairway where the unfortunate vic- tims met: their. fate was wide enough Ser ai dernands of the law, he said. A aountry-wide search is being in- ted fi>r two Ttalians who were sit- in tiwe gallery and .whose cry ot fire is allewed to have caused the dis- aster. Manager Perguson has offered & reward of 3500 for thei sion. They disappeared after the aiarm. POLICE NET CLOSING AROUND ARSON RING. One More Surrendered to Chicago Of- ficers on Monday. Chicago, Aug. 28.—David Xorshak, alleged head of an arson ring which is said to have set fire to fifty buildings in Chicago during the past year, caus- ing a property loss of $1,000,000, was arraigned before Municipal Judge Dicker, charged with arson and con- spiracy today, and hearing of his case was continued until Sept. 26. Max Fielschmidt, Israel Schaffner and Ellis Dubenstein, charged with ar- son in connection with the alleged conspiracy, also were arraigned, and their cases set for hearing Sept. 14. The police still are searching for Benjamin F. Fink, said to be an official of the Northwestern Can company, and a former policeman, who are alleged to have been implicated in an incendiary ofl;: ‘which resuletd in a loss of $200,- Daniel Perry, a brother-in-law of Charles Bloom, récently arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed apprehen- mmediately his house, surrendered himself to the police today. Seven men have been arrested thus far on information given the police by David Korshack and others. Business throughout the town will be suspended tomorrow between 1 0a. m. and 4 p. ™. as a mark of sympathy. All social events have been canceled, public scheisls clesed for a week and on every hand there are signs of mourning. LINER AR—RIVES- WITH CREW OF GREEN HANDS. London Waiters Replaced Striking Stewards on the Caronia. New York, Aug. 28—Fiv days be- hind her sehedule, owing to the British strikes, the Cunard liner Caoonia ar- rived from Liverpool ' today with crowded cabins and almost as many cases of seasickness in the forecastle as in the staterooms. To take the places of the stweards who had struck a force of waiters was obtained in a hurry from London hotels,and for most of these it was their first sea trip. The steamer brought 1,141 passen- gers, ineluding 120 from the Lusitania, whose sailing was also delayed. Colonel jAstor and His Fiancee. Vineyard Haven, Mass., Aug. 28— Colonel John Jacob Astor, together with his fiancee, Miss Madeline Force, and her father, paid a visit to Martha's Vineyard toclay. Colonel Astor’'s yacht, Noma, arrived in port last night, ana when the wieather cleared today the party came ashore and took an auto- mobile ride. Early in the evening they returned to the yacht .and seon afterwards the boat steamed out of the harbor, h2ai- ed for New York. It was announced that Celonel Astor expects te be back l::‘mn again the latter part of the Pioneer in Shoe Manufacturing. Mariboro, Ma. Aug. 28.—John A. Frye, the haviest taxpayer in Mariboro and the last of the pioneers of the s shoe munufacturing ~industry, at his deme here .today, after a Jong illness, ‘aged 71 years. Death'was due to arterial sclerosis. Mr. Frye is ed by a widow, one son and two daughters. Death Cist Now 29. r, N, Y., Aug. e E S Smith of Waverly, N. Y., who Cut in Two by Trolley. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 28.—William J. Dilion, 50 years old, a tinner living on George street, was struck and in- stantly killed by a trolley car on Con- gress avenue late this afternoon. Dil- lon evidently did not see the car and walked in front of it,'being knocked down and cut in two. He leaves a father. < Audience by the Pope. Rome, Aug. 28.—Pope Pius this morn- ing receiced in audlence in a critical condition since gh Vi wreck, died at ‘-mlm Cabled Paragraphs Muaroran, Aug. 28.—The British steamship Hazel Dolar, from Everett Aug. 6 for Hankow, is ashore off this |- Port with 20 feet of water in her hoid Perpignan, France, Aug 28.—Two cases of cholera have appeared here. » > o The patients have been isolated and |SHEDS LIFTED,.- ROOFS RIPPED | HAILED “KING OF THE AIR” BY the health authorities have taken strict measures to prevent the disease fro spreading. 5 St.” Petersburg, Aug. 28.—According’ to reports from Vadivostok the steam- ship ‘which sailed from the Si- berian seaport on May 20 for Kam- tchatka, has founder2g off Gizhiga, in the Sea>of Okhotsk. 3 e B . Rome, Aug. 28.—Taking as a lesson the disappearance from the Paris Louvre last week of Leonardo Da Vincl's portrait of Mona the vatican zuthorities are taking extraor- dinary precautions to guard tha works of art in the vatican museums. Brest, France, Aug. 28.—~Two Proces- sions of housewives, formed to protest against the prevailing high costs of foods, were checked and dispersed by the police today when they threatened the marketmen with violence. Tne prices of butter and eggs, however, were reduced as a result of the dem- onstration. BELLBOY TELLS HOW HE KILLED THE BROKER. Geidel First Took Mr. Jackson’s Watch, Money and Cuff Buttons. New York, Aug. 28.—Paul Geidel took the stand in his own_ behalf to- day and told how William H. Jackson, the aged Wall street broker, came to his death in the Iroquojs hotel. The 17 year old bellboy still "bore the haif- dazed appearance which has been noted daily since the trial began. Testified in Low Voice. With a low’ voice, so low that at times he had to b2 prompted, Be told his story, now and then glancing at Judge Crain as if to gain his approval of the manner in which the incidents were related. After testifying that his acquaintance with Jackson had been so friendly that th® broker had given him a key to his roem, Geidel related his visit to the broker’s room on the night of his death. Got in With His Key. “I let myself into Mr. Jackson's room with my key,” he said. “Mr. Jackson said he was glad to see me. He told me to make myself comforta- ble. Wa stayed in the sitting room gbgut an hour and then he went to ed. ‘While I was sitting there he be- came drowsy. I thought he was asleep and I took his watch and chain and $6 and his cuff bottons. and said: ‘You're a thief!’ grabbed me.” = Clinched in a Fight. Geidel said that a fight started the; Both fell in the struggle and eas seized the other’s throat and after ge' ting to their feet again Geidel says he struck the broker two or “three times with his fist. The aged man fell to the floor and after two or three vain struggles to get up he fell back still. It was after this, accerding to Geidel's story, that he went to the bathroom and saturated a rag with chloroform, put it into the broker's mouth, then left the hotel. Repudiates First Confession. Geidal denied that the alleged con- fession which the police officers ob- tained from him on the night of his ;u-irest was the true story of the ai- air. The cross examination failed shake the boy's story. ASKS $1,000 DAMAGES FOR BEATING BY POLICEMAN. William Fennell of Bridgeport Claims He Will Be Disfigured for Life. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 28.—William Fennell today brought a suit before the common pleas court asking for $1,000 damages from Felix Dougherty, a po- liceman, alleging thaht he was assault- ed and falsely arrested on August 6. Fennell was released when brought be- fore the city court, and he now claims that he will e disfigured for life by the clubbing Dougherty is alleged to have given him. UPTON SINCLAIR’S DIVORCE. The Author, His Wife and the Poet Co-respondent Chat Together Amic- ably. to New York, Aug. 28—The marital difficulties of Upton Sinclair, the Utopian colonist and socialist author, and Mefa Fuller Sinclair, who ha been married *I1 years, reached a cl max today when the author brought suit_for absolute divorce, naming Har- ry Kemp, the poet, as co-rspondent. The only grounds upon which abseluts divorce may be granted in New York state are statutory. While the papers were being pre- pared by Mr. Sinclair's attorneys for service upon the wife today, she and her husband and the cor-respondent poet sat in the assembly room of a local hotel and: quietly discussed with reporters the preblem of marital rela- tions and Utopia in general. There was nothing in the mannar of any one of the three to intimate that their re- lations were so strained that the law was being invoked to settle their per- sonal difficultie: Indeed. thz author and his wife frequently addressed each other in endearing terms and in a‘mos: matter of fact way Mr. Sinclair told his wife that His attorney would ca'l later in the day, as he did so, with the formal papers. . Mrs. Sinclair said it was her press ent intention not to defend the suit. s SENG T o TARIFF TAFT'S TEXT. Main lIssue of 1912 Campaign—Prepar- ing the Presid al Speech Beverly, Mass, Aug. 28.—So far as President Taft hims:lf is concernéd, the tariff will be the main issue of thc 1912 campaign. - While the president will speak on many subjects on his western trip, it is certain now that the question of tariff revision will re- ceive most of 'his attention. Follow- ing his speecii to ‘the Essex County Republican chib at Hamilton on Sat- urday, the president started in today to. prepare fdr: other speeches on the tarifl. He sdcured copies of his vate messages on, the wool, farmers’ rfee list and cottem bills from the execu- tive offices bere and in Washington and at once set to work upon ad- dress=s that [ie éxpects to deliver later backing up tlhese vetoes. Livess Lost Regina, Siask, Aug, 28.—Six lives were lost as: a result of a collision be- tween a cabkjose and a flat car on the Grand Trunls! raflway here today. John R VHopkinqarx and uel were instan/tly Lynn, Mass Lancashire, Englgnd; Albert Mahi Montreal, and James Christy, G ‘were so bydly hurt b as can be ascertained, s the damage TRen, e sat Ul Grought by thé terrific storm .7 ‘Michael Griffith, Preston,.| ‘OFF, TOBACCO DESTROYED., HIS HOME FOLKS. N -RAIN-SOAKED CLOUDS ’ Unbounded Enthusiasm for the Cham- pion Cross Country Aviator—Given Bronze Trophy and a Cup. TORNADO - AT NEW MILFORD Moved Over Path Three Miles Long by Qnr‘-r Mile Wide—Roads Left Impassable With Debris. New Milford, -Conn., Aug. 28.—The Park Lane section of the town was visited by a small sized tornado late today, which uprooted trees, lifted the roofs off houses, moved buildings and damaged tobacco. . The loss has not been estimated, but will be very heavy. v Left Holes Twelve Feet Deep. The wind storm ‘which swept a path three miles long by a quarter of & mile wide, first struck the farm of Walter Leavenworth, where @ dozen or more oak and hickory trees(-some three feet in diametér, were blown out of the ground, leaving holes twelve feet deep. One hundred apple trees were blown out of the ground, and a tobacco shed forty by fifty feet was moved four feet over its. foundation. Fences were laid low. The west roof of the home of F. E. Baldwin was ripped off and a large wagon liouse blown to pieces and scattered around the - country. : Stripped Off Roof and Rafsters. At the home of George E. Martin the entire east roof, rafters and all, were ‘blown off, and half of the east suffered the same fate, and several outbuild- ings and fences were razed to the Boston, August 28.—Hailed as “king of the air,” for his recent achievement in breaking the world's record for cross-country flying, Harry N. At- wood of Boston swept down out of rain soaked clouds upon the aviation field at Squantum late today to re- ceive the plaudits of the thousands of his home people gathered for the second day’s events of the Harvard- Boston Aero meet, Hail to the Chief. Atwood made the trip to the field in a Burgess-Wright aeroplane, such as he used on his St. Louis to New York trip, flving ‘from the golf links at Wollaston a few miles away, Wwhile the band played #Hail to the Chief, au- to horns shrieked, brother aviators and friends rushed to greet the flier. He was ‘lifted to the shoulders of Adam D. Claflin, manager of the meet, and Charles J. Glidden,. chairman- of the ~contest committee, who carried him up and down before the grand- stand to the delight of the crowd and the very =pparent embarrassment of the aviator. Further evidence of ap- preciation was shown in a_bronze tro- phy presented by E. J. Wendell for O, e T e ‘hee | Cliffora B, Harmon of New York and ‘wagon standi on one side of the field | & cup from newspaper men of Boston was lifted o and - carried to the center of the fleld, a distance of 100 Fect, where it landed unbroken. The highways in the wind-swept section are almost impassable tonight because of the debris of fences, parts of build- ings and trees. $1,000,000 STORM DAMAGE SEVEN DEAD AT CHARLESTON. Terrific Storm Struck Southern City on Sunday—Wind 94 Miles an Hour. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 28.—Seven known dead, many injured and proper- ty damage more than $1,000,000,: so far or. Rain Stops Boston Light Flight. Heavy rain, which lasted until al- most the hour of the meet kept down the attendance today, and a tricky wind which blew from twenty to thir- ty miles an hour, interfered greatly witk the programme. The proposed feature of the afternoon, a cross- country flight to Boston Light and return, for $2,500 in prizes, was omit- Landing and Starting Tests. The bomb dropping event was like- wise postponed owing to the high wind. Howard N. Gill in a Burgess- Wright was able to get a mark of 130 feet 6 inches for the best mark in the landing tests. Frank Coffyn was secend in a Burgee Wright; Tom Sop- with in a Wright was third, and Beat- ty.’n a Wright was fourth. In the quidk starting tests Sopwith left the @ in ten seconds from a stand- ng: start.” Beachey did the trick in twelve seconds. Beathey Took: :Bulk of Prize Maney. Beachey won the altitude event, reaching 2,000 feet in. a little under seven minutes, Ely was second. Beachey took the bulk of the prize ‘money today, while the other prizes went to Gill, Sopwith and Coffyn. Grahame-White, the Englishman, still leads the prize list, however, though he did not compete today. ‘which struck this city Sunday, isolating it from the rest of the world. The dead: W. H. Smith, Columbia, drowned under falling wl o man Cutter, drowned; crushed - by roof; Rosa Robinson, crushede by roof; Alonzo J. Coburn, engineer, killed by flying timber; Eva: ‘Myers, drowned; Tom Doely, drowned. Ay Piers. Washed Away. The barbor is filed with wreckage of small boats, schooners and launches. Many piers were washed away. In the eity the streets are ‘strewn with fallen trees, roofs, fences and the new station and the tracks being buildings damaged are the customs Im'ges(in ‘Connecticut in Proportion who had flown with the young aviat- i house, postoffice, St. Michael’s church and the Wahoo fertilizer, mills. The stret car, electric, telephtne and fire alarm systemsc are out of commission. Water Over the Depot Floors. All_trains tonight are leaving the city from an old depot, the floors of hhe new station and the tracks being under water., The Southern Railway officials expéct to resume regular schedules tomorréw, but no mail trains were operated in or out of the city to- day. Tide Rose Eight Feet. At the height of the storm the wind reached a velocity of 94 miles an hour, while the tide rose eight feet at the Battery in front of the city. NON-SWIMMER LOST LIFE ATTEMPTING A RESCUE. =i Jumped in After His Three Year Old Daughter—She Was Saved. Chicago, Aug. 28.—Although he couid not swim a stroke, John Halfer jumped into Lake Michigan yesterday from a launch in the hope of saving his three vear old daughter, who had fallen overboard. The child had lost har balance and had toppled over the rail while looking into the water. Only ‘her father saw what had happened. With a cry he jumped overboard. The cry gave the alarm, and imme- diately Alec Moenik leaped overboard anéd swam to the rescue of the little girl. ~ He brought her safely back to the launch, but before he could go to the father’s rescue Halfer was drown- ed. SUDDENLY LEFT WORK AND KILLED HIMSELF. Sfilndlrd’oil Clerk in New York Puts Bullet Into His Heart. New Yeork, Aug. 28.—Standing on the corner of New and Beaver streats, in the hearf of the financial district, today, Arthur Veit committed suicide by shootings himself through the heart. Veit's father is manager of the mari department of the Standard Oil com pany and young Veit was employed in the the shipping department. The young man suddenly left his work and went to the street, where he shot him- self. Veit was a graduate of Columbia unjversity and married. His father is on an automobile tour in New England. STATE C. T. A. U. Emil Hohenthal Addressed the Con- vention at Danbury. Danbury, Conn., Aug. 28.—The 42d annual convention of the Connecticut branch of the Catholic Total Absti nence Union of America opened in this city this morning, with Rev. John J. Fitzgerald of Poquonock, state presi- dent, presiding. The dclegates attend ed a mass at St. Peter's chorch at-9 o'clock. - The Rev. Walter J. Shanley, LL.D., officiated at the mass. A letter from Bishop John J. Nilan of Hartford, spiritual adviser of the so- ciety, was read. He offered his blessing upon the gathering and expressed re- gret “that he wds unable td present. Mayor ‘Burton Rogers made a shogt address, welecoming the delegates in behalf of the city. President Fitzgerald then presented his *annual address and report. At the afternoon session reports of the various officers were read and of the county organizations. The report of Frank J. Kinney, state secretary, was read The session was also addressed by Emil Hohenthal of Manchester, the prohibition candidate for govermor in the last campaign. Tonight the dele- gates were entertained at a ball given by the local branch. . Tomorrow morn- ing officers will be elected. CLOUDBURST IN TWO STATES Loft Trail of Fatalities in Pennsyl- vania and New York. Bradford, Pa, August 28.—A storm resembling a cloudburst, accompa- nied by a high wind, broke over this part of Pennsylvania late today, ex- tending, it is reported, into western New York. Redmond Smith, aged 7, was washed from a small bridge into Tuna creek and drowned. The driver.of a stage and a passenger are believed to have been drowned between this city and nca. Buffalo, N. Y., August 28—A series of cloudbursts caused two deaths and did immense damage in Cattaraugus county this afternoon. George Hinman, a rural mail carrier, and a man named Hopkins were drowned in a creek near Salamanca, SIX BLACK HAND LETTERS. $10,000 Ransom Demanded of Father - or. Boy’s Death”Will Follow. New York, Aug. 28.—Vincenzo Sabel- la, an Italian merchant, announced to. day that his seven year old son, Vin- cenzo, had been missing from home since Aug. 7, and that h2 had since received six letters, signed with a skuil AT 9% MARRIES Z HER SIXTH HUSBAND This One Is 24 Ysars Old—She Is Hi First Bride. Troy, Mo., August 28.—Mrs. Nancy Edey, 96 vears old, today became a bride for the sixth time, her latest husband being Ree Indow, 24 vears old. The bride’s fifth husband died six weeks ago at the county poor farm here. The pair were given an ovation when they left tonight for a wedding trip. Although gray haired, Mrs. In- dow. dces not look so near the century mark. Indow wore overalls and_ a hickKery shirt on his honeymoon. He declared he married his wife because he loved her. DOWN SEVEN STORIES TO HIS DEATH. Young Russian Had Learned He Had Tuberculosis. \ New York, Aug. 28—Morris Green- burg, 2 young Russian, committed sui- cide. this afternoon by hurling himself from a ‘seventh story window of the ‘World building to the street below. He had learned oply this morning at a| sanitarium that he was suffering from tuberculosis. Thousands of pedestrians saw the body come hurtling through the air an@ turned away in horror as he struck the pavement. ‘FAREWELL TO TOGO. et = Banqueted by 100 Bu: Seatt Seattle,s Wash., Aug. 23.—Tha final celebration ‘on _American sofl in honer of Admiral Count Togo took place here tonight when 100 business men sat ‘him 4t a ba ut given in his 7. namber of T r of commerce and ess Men of appreciation of the ded ‘and his gratitude ’ Condensed Telegrams _President Taft Will Address the na- tional conservation congress in<Kansas City, Mo.,, on Sept. 21. Secretary. of the Interior Fisher ar- rived’ from Catalla; Alaska, and re- ceived a rousing welcome, Postmaster General Hitchcock desig- nated 50 more first class postoffices as postal savings depositories. Arthur Rhodes, Teller of the Firsf National bank of Dolgeville, N. committed suicide by shooting. Poter Kemper, Jr., Prominent in business and social circles in Newark, ‘was drownad in Lake Ontario. Charles de Chamoney, a Rich Farmer of Rochelle Park, N. Y. was arrested for shooting down one of his farm- hands. Middletown Hebrews Will Not Take part in the annual town election on Oct. 2, as the date is that of Yom Kippur. A Revolutionary Plot Against the present regime in Honduras has been disclosed and several of its promoters arrested. The Stub of a Lighted Cigarette thrown into an open suit case started a small fire in the Barnet house in Cincinnati. The Political Situation in Portugal has taken a Serious turn and threat- ening strikes add to the troubles of the new republic. General Grant in His Annual Report states that he is surprised at the number of soldiers who buy discharges from the army. . The Hungarian Minister of Educa- tion has approved the project for an American-Canadian Baptist university at Grosswardein. Work on No Less Than Six sky- scrapers to cost more than $10,000,000 will be begun at once in the Chicago .ne City's Population Beattie Sorry “He Had Done It” PAUL TESTIFIES THAT IS WHAT HIS COUSIN TOLD HIM, POINT FOR PROSECUTION Testimony Had Been Withheld Up to Now—Mother of the Murdered Wom- an On the Stand. Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., Aug. 28, —Batween gulps of intense emotion, Paul D. Béattie, cousin of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., who stands indicted for the murder of his wife, revealed on the witness stand late today that ths accused told him 24 hours after the murder how sorry hz was “he had done it,” a circumstanc relating to the crime that the witness hitherto hadi suppressed. Pathetic Testimony of Mrs. Owen. Coming as dramatically and as um- expectedly as the pathetic tale an hour befora of Mrs. R. V. Owen, mother of the dead woman, as to the demostic infelicity of her daughter, the testi- mony given by Paul Beattie created a profound sensation. From early morning Mrs. R. V. Owen stifled her prids and in a choking voice told the jury the sordid details of how Henry C. Beattie, Jr., alleged physical ailment caused his wife heart rending grief and hours of anguish, the prisoner faced the hardast strain thus far witnessed in his fight for life. Endeavoring to Define Motive. Through the testimony of Mrs. Owen the prosecution endeavored to defina_the motive for the crime—the fear that news of the alleged ailment downtown district. Between Three and Four Millions is the estimated amount of the fortune of Waiter Hubbard, who was buried in Meriden on Monday. Plans Have Been About Completed for the conference of national park superintendents in the Yellowstone National park Sept. 11. The Nashua _Manufacturing Com- pany’s cotton mills did not start Mon- day, it being announced that they will be closed until Sept. 5. A. B. Smith, for Many Years = well known sporting and turf writer, died on Sunday in Bellevue hospital, Naw York, from nephritis and heart fail ure. Fire Caused Damage Estimated at about_ $2,000 in a four-family house at Stamford Monday. No one was in- jured. The cause of the fire is not known. The United States Supreme Court will have a new legal problem to de- cide when it meets in October, the questior” being: When is a thing con- cealed? James R. Keene of New York, who again is suffering from a slight recur- rence_of the illness which he had in New York, was much better in London on Monday. Samuel Mandelstand, a 15 Year Old Schoolboy, was attacked by three lads of his_size on the east side of New York Saturday ind killed by a blow over the head. Labor Unionists in Denver, Col., have just bought a coal mine near Erie Which promisas to furnish them fue: on 20-year contracts at a price lower than current rates. William Lee, Confessed Murderer of his father, mother and brother; said at Jeffersonville, Md., that he killed his parents because he believed they planned to kill him. On Her Way to Egypt to Wed an American_engineer, Miss Lena Smith, niece of Director L. H. Bailey of the New York state college of agriculture, sailed from New York. A Bolt of Lightning Entered the chimney of a house at Dunkir 51 traversed the interior and passad ou through the parlor, surprising eight persons assembled there. Lieut. George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West, whose wife was for- merly Lady Randolph Churchill, is re- covering slowly at New York from an operation for appendicitis. Preparations Are Being Made by officials of the Western Maryland rail- road for the opening of the Connells- ville section, which extends from Cum- berland to Connellsville, on Nov. 1. William A. Pierce, at Different Times manager for many well known pugil- ists, including Peter Jackson, is dead at his home in Charlestown, Mass. after a long illness, aged 36 years. No Clue Has Been Found Yet to_ the murderers of Millard F. Pratt of Cat- lettsburg, . and M. V. Jarrell of Glen Hayes, Wayne county, W. Va, who wers killed near Naugatuck on $10,000 | Friday night. f Fair Weather Prevailed Monday for the tests of the guns of the battleship Delaware against the hulk of th San Marcos, or old battleship Texas, in the waters of Tangier sound, near the eastern shore of Virginia. Owners of Foreign Built Pleasure Yachts who regard the annual tax im- posed by the Payne-Aldrich tariff act on their vesssls as nothing less than an _outrage -are not to be accused of laches in fighting the tax in court. The House of George Milo, a lumber contractor.. near Topstone station, in Redding. was destroved by fire at 2 o'clock Monday morning and Mr. Milo and his wife and their four childrzn barely escaped from the Building. In the Opinion of Medical Examiner Joslin_of Mt. Carmel there are no grounds for bellef that Charles Fck. who was killed by a troley car thera Fridav night, had been first murdered and the hody placed on the track. ~ With the Designation of Twenty- three postoffices to begin business as postal savings banks on Sept. 23 in the states of Florida, Georgia, New York and_North Caroiina. Postmaster General Ilitchcock named the last of the second class offices Steamship Arrivals. At Glasgow: Aug. 28, from New York. At Glasgo' June 27, from Montreal. At Plymouth. Ag‘x 28, Kronprinzes- #in Cecelle, from New York. Columbia, Hesperiar, o might reach Henry C. Beattie, Sr., and cause a rupture hetween the son and the father, upon whom he depended. Four Years of Life. To reinforce its theory of the mo- tive the prosecution put on the stand Jso Mrs. J. E. Binford, mother of eulah, “the girl in the cas and Henrjetta Pittman, Beulah’s chum. Their testimony brought to the sur. face a story of Beattle's four years of acquaintance with Beulah Binford, of alleged numerous indiscretions, of the birth and death of the child named Henry Clay Binford, and how, just prior to the murder, this relationship was carried on. Enough was told to- day of the Binford's girl's connection with the case, in the opinion of the prosecution, to make it unnecessa for the commonwealth to call Beulah to_the stand. Many an eve was focussed on Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., as well as Henry Clay Beattie, Sr., as Paul Beattie poured forth his “conscience” The gray haired father of the prisoner, be- side whom he t, often shielded his features from view with a palm leaf fan. The prisoner fidgeted uneasily during his cousin’s_testimony. He buried his fingers into a crumpled handkerchief and at times almost shoved it into his mouth. GRIEF CRAZED FATHER KILLS HIS THREE CHILDREN Then Drowned Himself—Terrible Tragedy in Maine Town. South Thomaston, Me, August 28— Grief over the death of his life led Edward Bennett, a graduate of Ox- ford university, England, who had been. a resident of this town for the past six years, to murder his three chil- dren, aged 6, 4 and 2, and then take his own life, today. Two of the chil- dren were killed by the use of chlo- roform and the third by cyanide of potassium and chloroform, To malke his own death certain the man went to the water's edge and there took a dose of cyanide of po- tassium and jumped in. His body was found tonizht 200 feet off shore whem the tide receded. Bennett's wife died three weeks ago and since that time the children have been cared for by a housekeeper. After having killed the children, ap- parently during the night, Bennett wrote minute description of how the deed was done and also a long paper in defense of his position. The letter is addre to the_pastor of the Episcor Rockland, where Bennett and his family attended. It gives a dissertation on murder and arguments by which Bennett seeks to defend his ac Bennett also left an itemized state- ment of his finances, with specific di- rections as to the disposition of his estate, which is not extensive. SPOKE AGAINST PRESIDENT TAFT. Mexico Insurrectionist Also Assailed Emperor William and King Alfonse. El Paso, T de Lara, form paper in Los cently captain in insurrection army, Torreon on char, ident Taft, King A . Aug. 28.—L. Guirres editor of a socialist Angeles and more r rancisco 1. Madero's has been jailed in of assailing Pres- Ifonso of Spain and Emperor William of Germany in re- cent public speeches. The complaint is signed by local consuls for the thres ceuntries. In a speech at Torreon, de Lara, speaking of President Taft, said: “Hs is out for cash and cares not for oppressing the poor as long as he can favor his rich friends.” Under the Diaz regime de Lara fled from Mexico, where he had been a judge. Later he was arrestzd in Los Angeles, but his extradition was de- nied. HO'FEL MAN A 8UICIDE.. L. H. Crowley, 52, Ends His Life With Revolver at Allenhurst—8ick Recently. Asbury Park, N. J., Aug. 28—Louls H Crowley, manager of the Hotel Curlew a* Allenhurst and part owner of the Mansion house at Troy, N. Y., the police were informed today, com- mitted suicide at the hotel by shooting himself with a revolver. rowley’s body was found by his ife when she went to call him for dinner yesterday evening. Mrs. Crow- ley told the police today that her hus~ band had been ill was unable to give am should wish to die. Ile was old. Missouri Metbusslahs. ee’s Summit, Mo, aging 52 years and 17 d today, nett family. church services they entertained I It was the reunion of the Ben- The _brothers = attended day, and today