Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1911, Page 1

of E RIS B VOL. LII=NO. 216 5 A . BEATTIE GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE Jury Returns Verdict in Virginia Murde Case Aiter 58 Minutes Deliberation TO BE ELECTROCUTED NOVEMBER 24 Motion to S=t Aside Verdict Promptly Overruled—Court of 7+ als W ' be Ashed to Grant Writ of Errcr -« ttie’s Infil ry Had Some Influence on Juiy - 7 ged Father of : . Prisoner Bowed in Grief. Chesterfield Courthouse, V Sept. began reading. Then he whispered a S .weive \irgima larmets sneic ac few words to his father and brother. ¢ L it tie wescuiis we tae | JUwas for them he felt and to them he mall jury room of Chesterficld court- | counselled cheerfulness. e, praying fervently that _the ¢ pass judgment aright on Henry | ndicted for the mur- | Nearly Dark When Jury Returned. It was nearly dark in the court room « tie, Jr. . e e e nty Metermined, | when the jury returned, Three oil Uies arose a moment later and silently | 1amps gave meagre lustre to the scene. one BE I viOciN & ant ver- | Sunset’s rays still streaked through Gict of “Guilty the windows. On every sill rested a P telegraph instrument and operators, Jury Out 58 Minutes. tensely waiting for the announcement sinz in solemn contemplation for | of the verdict. A thick mass of faces 00 -night minutes. weighing carefully | rising in an incline to the shabby ceil- ning of their decision and once | ing, stared at the jurymen. Famous nded knees beseeching di- | jurists looked down, too, from fly- tha hey n’-ngl“’ not | specked paintings. nto th red stillness . 9 i e om Gnd With | The Terrible Climax of the Case. . g suddenness twelve voices, in- | The court asked the prisoner to rise. stead of the us 2o of the foreman, | He drew himself up calmly and wait- e single w “Guilt; it | ed. vas almost 8 shou “Have you gentlemen agreed on a trocuted November 24, | verdict?' asked Judge Watson. e Electrocuted Novemoer 2 o We have: said Foreman Burgess. > b Tor jearh whil fi5e% | The prisoner bad confidently expect- o i i Bl Owen ©l 2 “hung Jury,” not acquittal or conviction. The court requested the audience not to mainfest its approvai or_disapproval, whatever the verdict. “And_what is vour verdict?" asked Judge Watson, turning again to Fore- man Burgess, 5 “Gnilty,” answered Burgess, but to s voicc was added the voices of elev= rocution on Friday. But the prisoner inswerving and turned the ga afraid Attempted to Console His Father. to be sure, ! t of err: ppeals, ant a Failed to Specify Degre Unversed in law and the forms of a . Young Teattle, cof- niza Afone vet at his | murder trial, the jurymen had not spe- b cirrender. Instead, | Cified what degree of murler. Asked he Jrohen-down father, What degree. Mr. Burgess answered v wrinkled, and co simply, “Guilly as indicted.” Under 4 Wi as he whispercd, “1 haven't | Virginia practice murder is presumed ther to be second degree unless otherwisc Fta Iidatity an Influence specified. It was incumbent upon the jury to fix the degree, so Judge Wat- ! son advised the jurymen to copfer been the tragedy {)¢ gruesome stage where it occurred. again on the point, and seven minutes | t rymen did ot hesitate t¢ | jater they conformed, this time with a friends that they S‘»olz'l | the verdict of “Murder in the first de- % t o the cold- gree.” Beattie Has Nothing to Say. < of Virginia justice | The prisoner stood motionless. His last half-century has, face, in color yellowish sreen through- ath such murderers | out the day, was immobile. He fast- a iveri jips and MeCue, Sodd histeren, on fhs _faces LT x p twelve men who had pronounced his e g ot punishment, as if to penetrate their VL the close of a powerful address | minds and determine the reason why. Vendenburg, the volintary |t was not a resentful expression, how it upon his marital it perhaps was the Sssistant o » commonwealth in the | cyer, and when the court asked if he he nse was felt not alone | had ‘anything to sa: weved: ourtroom. but in Richmond, “T have nothing and sat ds of peopic awaited the had for eleven d; two days speeches, f Wendenburg rang in the: the « room erdict | down, The e words New Trial Denied. The perfunctory motions for a new trial weré made by counsel for the de- fense. The usual permission even to argue the point was denied. Judge Watson in a_stern voice declared that Wendenburg's Strong Plea. man go free” he cried. | all rulings of the court were on com- t man go free” Why, | paratively unimportant details and in of Virginia, the wo- | no way could have influenced the ver- is nation will shudder | dict. A stay of execution was grant- s of its life is | ed, however, to give counsel an oppor- t this man go free?|tunity to apply for a writ of error asked in the d. ded | when the eourt of appeals meets ther wo while at | November. i Pt sed his | Judge Addresses the Prisonsr. oy Judge Watson delivered. an imp; sive speech to the priscner. H in the name v The Prosecutor'’s Word Picture. said | the young man had stained his own d detail. the prosecutor por- | life ‘and that of the community in trased the wife as she started on her | which he lived by his sordid -acts. i nt journey into the cool air of [ When the trial first began Judge Wat- a summer night ¢ jury saw again | son said he had hoped that Virginia © iheir minds the sutamobile in which | might be cleared of the crime, for #he rode hesige her husband, how Be- | which not only the state felt shame, into the garkncss of the | but the entire country deprecated. He th d the sholgun which he |had hoped that counsel would prove had earlier concealed. and deliberateiy | the defendant innocent, but the evi- siew bis wife. The desperate ride | dence, he regretted to note, was all- home with 4 bieeding and lifeless body | convincing and_overwhelming. crushed into the small space in the Death Sentence Pased,.. ont part of the machine, the husband | “You have had a falr and impartial trial, Mr. Beattie, and the jury has done what it considers its duty. There- fore, you have been convicted of mur- { der in the first degree, and on Novem- coldly sitting against the blood-covered head of his wite, were graphically de- talled to the jury. Bleod-Stained Clothing Exhibited. The defe had claimed. he said, | ber 24, betwen the hours of sunrise and that on Paul's story alone was built | Sunset, you must forfelt vour life to the case of the prosecution, bit he held | the community. May God have mercy {on your soul.” | Father and Brother Bowed With Grief. ¥ | A moment later by the side of his | father and his brother, Douglas, their | heads bowed in grief, ‘walked Beattic | in the darkness towards his cell, a | hundred yards away. Breaks Down and Weeps. The crowd lingered at the jail and pecred into the cell, illuminated. by a | sinzle lamp. On the hed with his head in his hands sat Beattie, his fath- | er and brother beside him. Jailer:Cog- | bill sent the crulous away. Only a aloft the bloodsiained clothing of the prison: as the mute evidence of the erime,” and asked “Do you want other evidence™ Shouted “Shame!” at Prisoner. Not alone with the clothing did the prosecutor disentangle what he termed “the cheapest fabrication of the cheap- est murder,” but he shouted shame at | the prisgper for his relations a | mere siip of a girl. from the age of thirteen until within his own married life, and held her forth as the motive for the crime. assion Bern of the Devil.” | fex saw the prisoner break down and And the prisoner admits it was the | Weep. assion,” said Mr. Wenderhurz. “Yes, Case Ready for Jury at 5.08. it was passion, but passion born of the | M. Wendenburg concluded his two @evil, and passion that sent to destn [and a haif hour arraignment at_ 5.03 Bis wife so that he might continue his | m ending ths argument. ané the ious pleasure.” Mr . Wendenburg | case was then ready for the jury. eonciuded his address a few minutes Dol oo Alring after 5 p. m_ A brief respite was giv on ‘The Jure and At 525 o-cinck Jt be- | Judge Watson thought it best to M senengsiathe o TR O ST hifore toginring cenmigeia i ot ¢ on_ of Jurors’ Minds Already Made Up. |, case. He asked Sherlff Gill to take For fifiy-eight minutes they were to- | the, jury ouiside and bring them back Eether in deep consultation, a jury of [in 15 minutes. The prisoner alse was imple farmers who each morning ang | given a brief airing, but when he went ymns and sirove to forget the story | on the lawn a big crowd surged around of dissipation as related day after day | him and he asked to be taken to his on the witness stand. What had beeil | ceil. Beattiz seemed refreshed after generally predicted was true, and their | the prosecutor's long address. He minds were well made up by the time | smiled and toak his seat In the bar. they Jeft the courtroom %= e iSMlivared 45 Jury. Vots Was Unanimous. The jury returned to the courthouse W. L. Burgess, a square-jawed man |after dits respite and Judge Watson with an earnest face, was elected fore- | briefly delivered the case into their men. They balloted. and it was no|hands. The jury entered their room surprise, they afterwards declured,that § p. m. They were informed by il voted alike. They prayed that they Watson that if they desired to might not take a life in and they of the exhibits in the case, ened their consciences (o one the shotgun, the bloodstained other for nearly an hour, se the letters of the nford might go hack 1o the court re be brought to them Iy convinced of their diity mind. at | Judg: see any namely, clothes” &irl, th by She 2 Prisonei™ and Father Pray. The prisoner sat in the bar reading 4 newspaper. The crowd in the room secmed excitedly nervous. After a few hules, howeter, the fortitude of the | accused broke and he raised his news- paper over his eyes and those standing clese to Lin could observe his twitclf- ing lips as if he were uttering a priver. His aged father beside him fikewise heat forsard reverently and besought Divive aid. This action of the prisoner wAa unohsarvad hy mast And In the court room Beattie Jr. the sporting page of mewspaper spread before him. But he Mid net read long. He folied the pa- per and concealed his Tace in it. Those who sat near the iron nerve ohserved the iwitéhing of hjs lips, as hough moving in prver. “as he sa with closed eves awaitinz the return junier the clot hin some instances was | res- | Cabled Paragraphs Berlin, Sept. 8:—Miss Nellic Beese, a sculptress, qualified for a pilot's li- cense today and gained the distinction of being -the first aviatress in Ger- many. London, Sept. 8.—A sale of 367,830 sheepskins from Cape of Good Hope and Natal was held here today. The demand was peor and only 199,561 skins were sold. Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 8 —The death was announced todav, of Imbart de La Tour, a Belgian tenor. He ap- peared at the Metropolitan opera house in New York in 1901 Berlin, Sept. $.—In view of the great Increase in the cost of living owing to the sumimer’s drouth, the Berlin cham- ber of commerce and the merchants’ guild today petitionad the government to reduce the tariff on grain, fodder, ete, Berlin, Sept. $.—Developments in the Morocean negotiations are not expect- ed while the French cabinet is digest- jing Germany’s counterproposal relative to the question and while France's an- swer thereto is in the course of prepa- ration. St. Petersburg, Sept. §.—The value of the railroad hetween Port Arthur and Kuan-Cheng-Tzu, Manchuria, includ- ing rolling stock. which Russia sur- rendered to Japan by virtue of the Treaty of Portsmouth, has been fixed at approximately $40,500,000. B Nice, France, Sept. 8—The restau- rant connected with the Eldorado, the largest theater in Nice, collansed this morning, burying a_number of Ttalian workmen in the debris. . Late tonight 11 dead and. 16 severely injured per- sons had been taken from the ruins, but it was fgared that other persons still remain Beneath the wreckage. Helsingfors. Finland. Sept. eral Langhof, secretary of state for Finland, today replied to a letter ad- dressed’ to him by citizens of Nikol- sistad, the chief town of the govern- ment of Vasa, in which they asked what steps Finland's representative of the throne hdd taken to avert the ter- rible danger of partition, which is agitating Finland. | WEALTHY YOUNG MAN FINDS WIFE ON STAGE. 8.—Gen- Marriage of Son of Steel Director to Former Lady of the Choru New York, Sept. 8.—Touis M. Ream has taken as his bride Eleanor Pendle- i ton; a chorus girl. | Norman B. Ream. the father, one }of the big, men in the steel corpora- | tion, and former partner of Marshall { Field, learned for the first time ves- | terday that his son, three years out of | school, had been married since Sep- | tember. | Young Ream is assistant secretary [of a trust company here. His bride, whose ~eal name is Davidson, formerly lived ;n Richmond and Baltimore. Mr. Ream, the elder, isat his coun- try home in Thompson, Conn. 1$20,000 LOSS FROM A TOBACCO SHED FIRE. Started from Charcoal Fires Used te Dry the Wee Buchland, Cann., Sept. 3.—A tobacco | shed containing £1-2 acres of shade srown tobacco and farming imple- ments and the covering of thirty acres| of tobacco owned by A. & F. Hartman, | of Fartford, were destroved by fire to- night, wlith a loss of $20,000. The fire | is supposed to have been started by charcoal fires used to dry the tobacco, and the sparks from the shed set the| cotton_eloth covering in the flelds on Beingd ry, the cloth burned rap- ;. making a sea offiame. Tobacco ruined and much of it damaged. OBITUARY. Dr. Thomas Dwight. ahant, Mass., Sept. 8 —Dr. Thomas Dwight, 6§ vears old, one of the fore- most anatomists in Massachusetts and successor of Dr. Oliver Wendell Molmes in the Parkman professorship at Har- vard universitv. died here late today after a long and serious illness. New Y. M. C. A. Secretary. Torrington. Conn., Sept. 8.—At a meeting of the directors of the local Y. M. C. A. tonight, William H. Bow- den, sscretary of the railroad depart- ment of the Ricimond (Va.) Y. M. C. A., was elected secretary of the local { association. He will take up his duties in October. of the people in the room because he coverad his face. Return of the Verdict. At 6.26 p. m. the jury returned to the courtroom and announced a ver- dict of guilty of murder. The court pointed out it was nccessary to state the degrez of guilt, as under the Vir- ginia law cvery murder is presumed to be in the second degree unless other- wise specified. Tha jury retired again and after being out about nine min- utes returned with a verdict of mur- der in the first gegree. Motion to Set Aside Verdict Overruled The defense moved to set aside the verdict, and the court overruled the motion, saying that questions of law did not enter materially into the jury Gecision. The defense then asked for 90 days to file a petition for a writ of error to the state supreme court of appeals. Father's Arms About Prisoner. | Prosecutor Wendenburg obfected te what he termed the unnecessary dela; in the administration of justice in this case. Mr. Carter claimed the defense | had already bezn forced to an early trial.” Meantime, H. C. Beattie, Sr. had his arm around the prisoner and they were engaged in earnest conver- sation. g The Virginia Code. Mr, Wendsnburg read a section ol the code of Virginia, citing the law that a person ‘sentenced to death may ask for and obtain a stay of execution for not longer than 30 days after the next term of the court of appeals. Orange Grange Loyal to Taft REPUDIATES ACTION OF STATE ‘GRANGE OFFICERS. CALLS ALSO FOR AN APOLOGY Strong Resolution Sent to, the” Presi- dent at Beverly—Recent Action “Has Brought Grange Into Disrepute.” - Beverly, Mass, Sept. 8.—Unexpected support of the Canadian reciprocily treaty from a part of the Connecticut srange came to President Taft today. Recently the executive committee and the officers of that grange .declared that they did not agree with the pres- ident's reciprocity idea and refused’the Pproposition of state fair officials to call vesterday, the day on which Mr. Taft Visited the fair at Hariford. Grange ay. . Protest Reached Beverly Yesterday. The protest against this actiod came Attempted 1o Hold Up Bank YOUTHFUL DESPERADO NOW IN CLUTCHES OF POLICE. BEAT HIS WAY FROM WEST Ordered Bank: Teller at Laurel, Md., to Fill His Bag With Money—Shot from Pistol Puts Him to Flight. Laurel, Md,, Sept. 8.—A curly-haired, blue-eyed youth, giving the name of Henry Jackson of Yuma, Arizona, and his age as 17 years, attempted to hold up the Citizens’ National bank here today at the pistols point. He lost his nerve, however, at the sight of a menacing’ revolver in the cashier's hands and fled precipitately when fired upon, Beat His Way from Arizona. He was captured several hours later. The boy said he had “Dbeat” his way east from his Arizona home, and wan- attention to his trade. in the limited gpace they pay for. quality about it. His dai the reasonableness of the price. goods. to take. Following is printed a summary matter printed in the past six days Bullstin Saturday. Monday. Sept. Tuesday. - Sept. Wednesday. Sept. Thursday. Sept. Friday, Sept. Total. - Sept. 2 merely listing goods and announcing their merits. srocer made his trade treble by each day describing the character and of some one thing the public needed on the day Telegraph Local 172 149 120 140 144 148 - - 873 The Season of Least Resistance To the persistent, continuous advertiser the so-cailed dull season for trade is the season of least resistance to him. stop advertising the more force his own space has as a seller of g0ods. He has a broadened field to himself aad can the more easily call direct n Most advertisers lack system in presenting the quality and value of their goods; and nearly-all try to say too much The more others There is a difference between One successful he talked iy description of goods were an education to the read- ers, and they were attracted to his place of business because he took pains to tell them of the merits of his goods and to call attention to eas Superiority in advertising counts as superiority counts in everything else; and it is the master of his busi- ness who gots the major portion of the trade. This is a good time of year to send for a rate card of The Bulle- tin, and to famillarize one's self in prices and methods of using ad- vertising ‘space to the greatest advantage. Tt is just as important in subscribing for a daily paper that one should seek to get the best bargain for his money as in buying other The paper which meets most of the requirements of the trader and the family and has the largest circulation is the cheapest paper The Bulletin makes itself felt in all the departments of life and is to be left regularly at the door for 12 cents a week. of the amount and character of the General 1082 215 162 220 239 199 2153 197 160 136 140 151 152 936 to the summer White House today from Orange grange, No. 125, in the shape of a resolution duly signed by the secretary and boasting a bright red seal. Its language is far from mild where the officers of the state organ- ization are concerned and its words of praise for the president are unstinted. Here is the resolution in part: Text of Resolution, “Whereas, The officers and executive committee of the Connacticut state srange have, in their official position as officers of the Connecticut state grange, shown an inhospitable and dis- courtesus spirit, and have cast an affront both upon the president as a man and as an official, and have brought the Connacticut state grange into disrepute, and have brought hu- miliation and shame upon many loyal and patriotic patrons of this state, re- gardless of their party affiliations or views upon the reciprocity treaty, be it hereby Express Loyalty to President. “Resolved, That we, the officers and members of Orange grange, No. 128, of Orange, Conn., regardless of our polit- ical views or party affiliations, do here- by express our lovalty and respect for the president of the United Staics, and We extend to him a cordial welcome {o Connecticut. Deplores Discourtesy of State Officers. “We further express our faith in the character of William H. Taft. We deplore the action of the officers of our state grange in treating so discourte- ously the first citizen of our land, and we deprecata their attitide and their utterances. / An Apology Called For. “We request the officers and mem- bers of the executive committee of tha Connecticut state grange who have been responsible for this regrettable incident to apologize to President Wil- liam H. Taft and officially assure him that he is held in high esteem and honor by the grangers of Connecti- cut.” FIRM OF WALL STREET BROKERS GOES TO WALL. Senior Member Attribute: honesty of New York, Sept. S.—The failure ot the firm of L. B. Wilson p Co. of No. 60 Wall street, members of the Con- solidate Stock Exchange, was announc- ed this afternoor. Mr. Wilson gave out a statement in_which he declared that | the other member of the firm, Duncan M. Ferguson, had been for some time falsifying the accounts of customers and had been guilty: of defalcations, the amount of which he would be un- able to determine until the firm’s books could be more carefully gone over. To | this he ascribed the failure. Caucus by Candle Light. Court then adjourned. THROWS BEULAH OVER. Theatrical Promoter Has Abandoned Idea of Exploiting Her. New York, Sept, 8.—The local theat- cal promoter who bLrought Beulah Binford to this city to exploit her on the stage has abandoned the id, 've made up my mind to pa girl_up” he said this afternoon. The promoter declared that certain Richmond lawyers had interested him in the girl as a theatrical venture. He said théy had one of their clarks con- duct negotiations and were to get a percentage of the girl's earnings. The Binford girl posed for motion pictures this afternoen on Staten Isi- Bristol, Conn., Sept. 8.—Tonight for the first time in' many years a republi- can caucus was-held by candle light, due to the forced shutdown of the power plant supplying lights to the borough. The shutdown was caused by the breaking of the water main, leaving the entire borough in darkness and stopping the trolley cars. Famine Riots Spreading. Shanghai, Sept. $.—The famine riots in Changzoh are spreading and the American Baptist chapel near Quin- San has heen sacked by a band of marauders from -Suchau. With large areas under water, the wretched popu- lace is desperate in the face of pros. pective starvation: In’ the Shanghai market -the ‘visible supply of rice will dering into Laurel, saw the two bank buldings here. ‘I decided to rob the bank or kill every man in it” said the boy. Wore a Mask. Wearing a “false face,” a long auto- mobile coat, a blue cap, and carrving a small bag, he entered the bank short- ly after the opening hour. Drawing a revolver, the young bandit commanded “Hands up” and thrusting the bag through the receiving refler’s window, demanded of the teller, A. L. Beaven, that he “fill this bag with money, and do it in a hurry. Cashier Fires a Shot. Nofing the threat of _the pistol, Beaven started to comply with the demand, Cashier Waters, who heard the conversation from his office in a rear room, got a revolver and walking into the main office fired a shot. Young Desperado Starts on.Run. The would-be robber lowered his own pistol and stood staring_through his mask. At a second shot he drop- ped mask, cap and bag =mn@ ran out of the door. Confessed to Another Name. Later the young man confessed that }éel\\'as John R. Morgan of Mojave, al. COMPANIONS OF FOREST. New Haven Woman Elected to Office of Supreme Chief Companion. Albany, N. Y. Sept. 8. —The closing session of the fifteenth biennial con- vention of the Companions of the Foi- est of America here today was the most harmonious in the history of the organization, the members assert, and all the supreme officers were clected | unanimously, Atlantic City was se- lected for the 1913 convention. The new supreme officers are: Chief com- panion, Mrs. Annie M. Corcoran, New Haven, Conn.; substitute chief com- panion, Mrs. Julia McCarthy, Lynn, Mass.;' financial secretary, Mrs. Anr E. Roth, New York; recording secre. tary. Mrs. Mary Randall, Brooklyn treasurer. Mrs. Mary Cobbins, Roche: ter; supervisor of laws, Mrs. Evelyn Sawyer, Boston: marshal, Mrs. Mar Tryon, Philadelphia; right guard, Mrs. Bertha Crittenden, Springfield, Mass. left guard, MT§ Mary Meade, Provi dence; 'Mrs. aCtherine Donohue of Meriden, Conn., was elected a counsel- or. Fo.giveness Extended. New York, Sept. yeung Mrs. Ream, forgiveness for the secret wedding was extended this aft- ernoon by her father-in-law. She asid her husband had gone to Thompson, Conn., today to see his father, and added: T have just heard from him, and evervthing is all right. We are for- given, and I hope soon to meet the elder Mr. Ream. Ot course I shall give up the stage, although I like it. I have more im- portant interests now. Elder Ream Has No Comment. Thompson, Conn., Sept. . have nothing to say,” said Norman B. Ream at his summer home here today, in d clining to discass in any way the ma riage of his son, 'Louis M. Ream of New York, and Eleanor Pendleton, a former chorus girl, which occurred the first_of Theni. onth, Lut of which the elder Mr. Ream did not know until vesterday. The Shilian government has under construction nearly 1,500 miles of rail- way, the cost of which will be about | soliciting bribes 8.—According to | The Bulletin's Circulation inNo:vficp is Double That of Any ‘Ot,he'r'r Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propor‘r; {Condensed Telegrams Captain Cleveland S. Lansing was appointed military attache at Madrid. Two Chicago Theaters of the first class have dispensed with orchestras. The Strike at the Atlantic Mills at Lawrence, Mass., gives no indications of letting up. Immediate Prospact of a Strike of shop employes of the Illinois Central railroad has disappeared. Mrs. Leenard Rosick was attacked by two negroes and beaten into uncon- scousness near Canon City, Col --In an Editorial in the Outlook ex- President Roosevelt attacks the peace- at-any-price arbitration treaty. Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio stop- ped off in Hartford a few hours yes- terday on his way from New York to Boston. ‘The National Prohibitionist, a weelk- 1y publication in the interest of"the prohibition party, has suspended pub- lication. The Statue Erected at Steubenville, ©O., in honor of Edwin M. Stanton, sec- retary of war under President Lincoln, was unveiled. Former State Asesmblyman Thomas F. Ragmsey, ome of the best known demoératic politicians in Wisconsin, died suddenly. - Bloodhounds Are Aiding " in the search for Harold Brycker, a large dairy owner of Hicksviile, O., who has been missing for two day The Main Portion of the Foundry of the McLagon Foundry company ai New Haven was burned yesterday. The loss is expected to exceed $25,000. Kermit Roosevelt, Son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, is on his way to Bathurst, N. B, to hunt moose alonz the banks of the Nepisiguit river. Dr. Eugene L. Richards, formérly a member of Yale university faculty, is in a serious condition from an abdom- UL R i L The German Government has re- warded Cape Hatteras and Creeds Hill surfmen for saving the crew of the Hamburg-American liner Brewster off the Caper. George S. Baxter, Assistant Secretary of the New York State Underwniters’ association, and Miss Ella Seager were drowned in Onondaga lake at Syracuse, N. Y., while boating. Fourteen Persons Were Injured, eight seriously, when a Waba: Chester and Western local passanger train broke through a trestle near Pinckneyville, T, and plunged into a creek. Thomas ‘. —Knotts, Mayoraf* Gary, ind., and Walter Gibson, councilman, were arrested yesterday by deputy sheriffs on charges of accepting and in a heating fran- chise. Caught Beneath His Automobile when it turned turtle at Newbury, Mass., vesterday, George Russell of Portsmouth, N. H., was fatally injured. He died while being taken to the hos- pital. Charged ~With Manslaughter in causing the death of Dominico Etolite in Beverly, Mass.. on July 4, while op- erating an automobile, Ray Bourneuf, a_17 vear old boy, was held in $2,000 Bonds. Despatches to R. G. Dun & Company at leading trade centers indicate more uniformly favorable conditions, with buyers showing a somewhat greater inclination to anticipate future re- quirements. When Mrs. Nelson P. Clapp returned vasterday to her homeé at Whitman, Mass., after a forenoon visit to Brock- ton, she found the body of her hus- band in the cella *Clapp had killed himself by discharging a shotgun into Inis head. Election Officers in Precinct Nine of ward 11, in the Back Bay district of Boston, threaten to resign unless a col- ored man appointed by the election commissioners to serve in the coming elections resigns. Expressing the Fear that Woo Chon will cause a Tung wor.. which the: wish to avoid, his fellow countrymen in Chinatown have petitioned Mayor Alexander of St. Louis to have Chong driven from the city At the 37th Convention of the Ger- man synod of the east, of the Reform- ed church, in the United States, in session at Philadelphia, Rev. F. W. Berleman of Philadelphia was elected president and Rev. ‘Baltimore, vice president. : Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad detec an giving her name as Mrs. A. A .Mc- Cormick of Chicago was robbed of a {handbag containing $2.200 worth of jewels on a passenger train somewharc between Toledo and Cleveland. Governor Foss of Massachusetts zave a hearing vesterday o representatives {of the Cloak and Shirtmakers union |of Boston, who protested against the granting of a requisition of Govern Baldwin of Connecticut for Nathan Berman and Louis Brooks, accused of jintimidatinz workmen #nd destroyinz {property of an employer named Sher ilick at Hartford. > akis TRAVELING SALESMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED. Gas Was Escaping from Open Jet in a New York Hotel. New York, Sept. 8.—The body of a man supposed to be J. M. MacDougall a traveling salesman, was found on the bed in his room at a Broadway hotel this afternoonfl Gas was escaping from. an open jet. It has not been as- | certained whether it was a case of sul- cide or an accident. A letter found on the bureau indi- cated that MacDougall had been em- ployed by W..H. Hatfield of Chicago. Steamer’s Cook Burned to Death. St John, N. B, Sept. $—One life was los when the St. John ver steamer Sincennes was burned to the water's edge at the wharf at Cole's Island, abont ferty miles northeast of here. Willlam -Frankham, the cook on the steamer, was burned to death and Mrs.Crawford, the stewardess, had her hands and face burned. Ex-Governor Proctor Very Low. Phoctor, Vt., Sept. §.—Physicians at- tending former Governor Fletcher D. Proctor said {oday. that they feared that he would not survive many. days. He has been ili at his home here since July 19 S T. D. Benner of | es report that a wom- | g o <0 the City’s Pop 'MAY BE .«ARRIED BY A CARPEN Retired Minister of 70 Says He Will Marry “Anyb With a License” and Thinks Ministers Who Des clined $1000 Fee Are Foolish—No Marriage Licens Yet Taken Out—Lovers Out Yachting Again. a license may be issued, it was sal at Newport that under conditions Col onel Astor might be able to securs th license _tomorrow morning, if he somebody acting for him, had p ously answered certain prelim questions which would not neses bo themselves a matter of record. No Authentic Information. No information regarding the ex= pected marriage could be obtained tos Mr. Straight, discussing the matter [night from any Tepresentative of Mr, upon. his return home tonight from his | Astor. day's work at the carpenters bemch. 3 said that he was approached las - S Jay by Richard B. Comstock of Provi- LOVERS OUT YACHTING, dence, a lawyer who has “sounded” several ministers in Rhode Island as to their willingness to _officiate at Colonel Astor's wedding. Mr. Straight fold Mr. Comstock, as he informed re- porters today, that he will marry “anybody with a license,” and that ha has no objection to performing the marriage ceremony in a case where one of the parties has been diverced. Held Pastorate 30 Years Ago, Mr. Straight is 70 years old and his beard gives him somewhat of a patri- archal appearance. Thirty years ago he was pastor of a smail Baptist church in Warren, and at times since then has supplied various country pul- pits. Recently he has devotad ‘himself almost wholly to carpentering. though he has occasionally officiated at a mar- riage or a funeral, Has License Only for Rhode Island. Tn connection with the report from New York that Colonel Astor's vacht Noma was being supplicd for a long voyage, Mr. Straight was asked as to the extent of his jurisdiction for per- forming a marriage ceremony. Ile said his authority does not extend outside of Rhode Island, but that he can offi- ciate anywhers in this stafe, or if necessary, on board a vessel within the “three mile limit.” Thinks Other Ministers Foolish. “Tt is my custom never to set any price on my services for performing a marriage,” Mr. Straight said. “I am willing to take as little or as much as is freely given me. T.think Rev. F. Lewis_Brooks” of Little Compton and Rev. Edward A. Johnson of Newport, who are said to have turned down of- fers of $1.000 each to verform the cera- mony, were very foolish.” No License Taken Out. Despite many reports to the con- trary, it was learned definitely tonizht that haither Colonel Astor, nor anybody acting for him, has taken out a mar- riage license in Newport. Although the new Rhode Isiand marriage laws provide for a five days’ notice before Providence, R. I, Sept. §.—Although he declared he had not been definitely engaged to officiate, Edwin S. Straight, & carpenter, of East Providence, who is a venerable retired minister ‘of tha Baptist . _denomination, said tonight that he believes he will perform the ceremony uniting in marriage Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss Madelinz T. Force of New York. * Willing to Tie the Knot. Colonel Astor and Fiancee Cruising in Long Island Sound. New York, Sept. 8.—Colonel Johm Jacob Astor, ~accompanied by his flancee, Miss Madeline Force, and her father, William H. Force, sailed from here late this afternoon on Celomel Astor's yacht Noma for what it was announced would be another weelk end cruise on Long Island sound. Statements made by Colonel Astor just before he embarked indicated that his marriage would not take place within thrce or four days at least end . set at rest scores of rumors were afloat today. The colonel categorically denied _one report that the murriage had_already been performed secretly Connecticut. “There is not & word of truth in it he declares. “How #illy!” exclaimed Miss Force in con= firmation of his. dendal. Colonel Astor also denled another rumor of tha day that the Noma would: make a cruise to Bermuda. The pres- ent expedition, he said, was marely & fishing trip, and_the party would re- turn to New York Monday.' Thers weuld be no marriage on the yacht, - tha colonel said. Color was given to the report that the marriage had been performed at Fairfield, Conn., which gained the wid- est circulation today, by the fact that Mrs. Force and her daughter Katherine were in that city today. Despatches from Fairfield later quote them 2s de- nying that their visit had anything to do with Colonel Astor’s plans. Wedding Bells Today. Special despatches from Newport to- night were definite in declaring upon unquoted authority that the marriage ceremony would be' performed at Beschwood, the Astor home there, to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock, and that within a few hours thereafter Colonel Astor and his bride would sail on the Noma for a honeymoon in southern Waters, later ening to Europe, and not. returning before next spring. # GERAGHTYS PREPARING FOR LOVE IN A COTTAGE,, They ‘Appear to Have Plenty to Live on Modestly at Newport. Newport, Sept. 8.—Although coldly ignored by her family and former so- ciety friends, Mrs. “Jack” Geraghty ap- pears to be as happy as her husband, and he Is living up to his sobriquet of - “Happy Jack.” Since they arrived from Springfield, Mass., unexpectedly Wednesday night, nobody except the former Miss French's instructor in lan- COFFINS FLOATING AROUND IN THE YANGTSE RIVER. Floods in China Robbing the Graves of Their Dead. Peking, Sept. 8.—Only meagre re- ports have reached the capital from the walled towns in the region of the Yangtse valley where the floods have hemmed in the: missionaries and other Foreigners. The report received by the American mission at Wuhu esti- | mating that 100,000 persons have been drowned by the water overflowing the banks of the Ya ver, has not | gnages, Prof. B, L. Henin, of Columbia. vet been verified but every account |university, who is staying at the Berk- confirms the great extent of the dis- | eley, has called on her, and she and aster. her husband have been “too busy” to Travelers arriving by steamboat at|make any calls, All day they were heard at work settling their cozy cottage on Everett street. just off Kay street. “Happy * with coat off and sleeves rolled" up, was opening and unpacking crates of furniture, pictures and books, while- the former pet of soclety hustled from & floor to floor and room to room, try- - ing to bring some order out of chaos. The two were as unconcerned . and apparently as contented and happy as the myriad of other young couples who have started housekeepins in as simple a manner as theirs. They are plentifully supplied with funds, part of which evidently has come from some members of the French family, as Geraghty sald last night that “we are getting all that is coming to us.” While not elaborate, their new- furniture is in good taste and in ample quantity to furnish their cottage in comfort. 5 Geraghty has an_electric runabout at his disposal, and Mrs, Geraghty yes- Hankow from the upper reaches of the river report that many coffins, of a hugh Chinese type, were encountered floating in the Yangtse, which indi- cates that the walers are robbing the graves of former years to augment the {number of dead bodies. | From Chang-Te in the province of Hunan, comes word that the receding water is being followed by pestilence. That gistrict hardly contains a survi- vor who has not been affected by the scourge and many are dving. The Clinese government is making | preparations for the relief of a cer- | tain number of the flood sufferers. The International Reliof society which will conyene at Shan one week from foday will consider th question of ex- tending its relief measures beyond the provinces of Ngan-Hwei and Kiangsu. | WOMAN’S CLOTHING FOUND IN BOTTOM OF THE AUTO. @ his myterious death was found today three miles from Cary, TlL. according received by the Chicago po- ToF i terday afternoon took possession of | New Element of Mystery in Death ot | 3 "0, hzeton and handsole horse Frederick: Wernmerstiom, which were given to her by her = s father before the elopement. Chicago, . S.—The automobile in s, B which Frederick Wernnerstrom rode to Daniel Webster Birthplace A: i 2 tion. Springfield, Sept. 8.—A society hav- ing for its object the preservation of the birthplace of Daniel Webster at Salispury, N. H., was granted & charter by Secretary of State Rose to= day. It is to be known as the Daniel : ‘Webster Birthplace associatien. The & incorporators are Arthur C. Jacksom, C. E. Bryan and George T. Glover of. Chicago. S m's body with two bul- |let wounds in the head was _taken | | from Fox river, at Cary, last Sunday morning. Chicago ~ detectives today photo- graphed the bloody fiinger prints found on the hand-rail from which the slay- ers of Wennerstrom threw the victim's body into the river. i Mystery in the killing of Wenner- tstrom was deepened by the finding. ot feminine apparel in the bottom of the car. This promised a new theory on | the part of the police that whoeve iused the shooting of Wennerstrob ! had later murdered a woman. The car was found in a deep ravine and gave evidence of having been, used no later than last night. The acety- lene lamps were burning. and the en- zine was ready for instant use. Well” in West China. reassur- ing message from West China, where 18 reporied (hal un uprising is in mine ed by the Methodist T Poard , toduy. _The telegram veads: “Ali wefl here. Thers are no disquicing rumors to_smount to anything in West China. We trust to get through summer safely.” Owned Restaurant in Boston. Chicago, Sept. 8.—J. W. MacDongall, whose body was reported found in w New York hoted today, formerly was employed as traveling salesman by*W. - H. Hatfield of this city. Wor the last vear he resided in ston, ‘H.-,‘ Where he owned a restaurant,’Mac< Dougall's home_is believed to have = been in Nova Scotla. # Will Recover from Broken' Back. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 5. Doyle, who broke his bacq by e fall four months 4%, snd who since that time has been a ta local hospital, is now giving indications wiich th < pital authorities believe point the o his revovery. The case, it is sald, i® the first of its kind In the city. 2 Bryan Calls on Teddy. New York, Sept. S—Willlaf PBryan dropped in for a call Theodore_Roosevelt resident’s editerial Stedmship Arrivals. At Havr Sept. 8, Espadie, New York. , At Libau: Sopt! 8, Kursk, from New York wa Rotterdan' Susey from