Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 23, 1911, Page 1

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LIIl.—NO. 228 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, SEPT EMBER 23 PRICE TWO CENTS P e %, - The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Conne. .cut in Proportion to the City’s Populatic TAFT SAYS HE'S Admits Making Mistakes But Has Done What He Thought to be Right A FRANK TALK T Representatives of the Various Republican Factions in Illinois Pledge Their Would Rather Have Been Chief Justice of Supreme| Court Than President, Says Senator Cullom. i, Til, Sept. 22, —Presidert Taft heart io heart talk here today > leaders of the different repub- actions in Illinois: defined his as to progressiveness, pleaded o being a very poor politician, cknowledged again that his ambition had laid in the direction of the offic hief justice, rather than the presi fency: admitted that he undoubtedly i made many mistakes, but asserted t as president he had tried to do at he thought to be right. hat future held for him he did not he would go ahead doing the he could. Tries to Take Middle Ground. Mr. Taft declared he was not allied h the extremists of his party, eith- had with t ad trief to take a middle ground cen the two. “But we ‘middle of road’ people believe we are tha 1 progressives,” said the president, cat ou do not make progress in t stride you make it step by Difference Betwen Fact and Fustian. The president was in a serious mood. He declared that while it might not Le so for a time, the people in the end ould distinguish between “fact and istian,” and would recognize the dif- renee between substance in progress | platform declarations written for \paign purposes only. Downcast Over Reciprocity Defeat. h by the president was tha nificant and interesting of his r. le still was downcast by the defeat of the reciprocity agree- in Canada, but his only refer- o that subject was made earlier e dav, when he addressed the workingmen in a manufacturing estab- lishment where farming implements made. Guess We Can Get Along. T was sorry to hear that in Canada do not care to have closer com- most trip thu ment the mercial relations with us.” he said. “It reciprocity had ben adopted, we could ve goiten our agricultural imple- inents into Canada at a substantial de- But T guess we can get crease. 8" Lorimer Faction Unrepresented. president’s pojitical speech fol- n given in his honor n state central com- by the party leaders onsenvaiives or progressives, but | NOT A POLITICIAN O PARTY LEADERS Support to President—Taft | | from all over the state, including Sen- lator Shelby M. Cullom and Lieuten ant Governor Oglesby. Governor De- | neen was unable to be present because of his broken leg. The so-called De- een. Yates and independent factions ere represented at the gathering at the Country club. The Lorimer fac- tion was not represented. A Straw Vote on Train. The leaders present view with each | other_in pledsing their support to the president, and predicted that he would De renominated and re-clected. Charles H. Williamson of Quincy, a prominent member of the state central commit |tee, said he had taken a poll on a train a few days ago. en route from Keokuk to Quincy, and that of 62 vot- ers interviewed, 58 declared for Taft, three for Colonel Roosevelt and one | for Senator La Follette. He added that hie believed his poll accurately repre- |sented the views of Illinois republi- i cans. | Taft’s Ambition Was Supreme Court. | Senater Cullom gave a more or less | intimate talk of his association with |and love for President Taft. He said | that with the Chicago convention nct | six_weeks away in 1908, Mr. Taft hod i told him that if Chief Justice Fuller could be induced to resign, he would | prefer that honor to all others. Says He is Poor Politician. 1 At the beginning of his address Mr. Taft pieaded guilty to the indictment often laid against him, that he knew nothing of politics and was a very poor | politician. “Of course, T made a great many | mistakes. I shall continue during this | term to makethem. That is hardly to be avoided. But there are certain things, certain rules, that it is rather | easy to follow. One is that when vou have made a promise it is your obliga- tion to keep it. His Heart in Arizona Veto. “Now, something about the vetoes. “T would have vetoed those bills un- der any conditions, even if it would | have cost me my life. I say that with lall the earnestness possible, because hat I did was the result of convic- on and deep seatcd as any principle ‘‘er had. So far as the veto of the Arizona bill is concarned, 1 just ve- toed that because I could not do any- | thing else. I wrote my heart into that veto.” - THIRTEEN CLAIMANTS FOR REWARD IN TUCKER CASE One Man Ciaims te Have Seen Mur- derer Leave Page Hous Weston. Mas t. 22.—The select- men expect that a man of mystery - s to have seen Charles L. T r leave the home of Mis& Mabel Pagze here on March 31, 1904, shortly er the murder of that voung wo- n. will be one of thirteen claimants , appear in person for the reward for « arrest of Tucker when the matter wnes hefore the board tomorrow for nal decision. More than seven years e passed since the murder wa mmitted, and during that time the | ard, wi as been accumulating interest. went to his death in the chair at the Charlestown state rison entirely on eiréumstantial evi- Since then the town authori- ho have been trying to deter- to whom the reward should be aid, Lave received several letters from + man who claims to have seen Tuc! leave the house and o have given e first information to the police. No dence dence of this sort developed at the | al. While the name of this claimant as been known to the selectmen for nme iime, they have not made it pub- i BRUISER CANES HIS WIFE IN THE STREET. Phetographer Who Tried te Snapshot Him Also Attacked. Naw York, Sept. 22.—A man of pow- ful physique. who =aid he was Edgar | mith, a mining engineer of Des Molnes, la. was arrested today on a harge of beating with his cane a handsome young woman who said she as his wife Tha alleged beating was ministered in the street, but the young woman, who was alse locked up, refused to press a charge against him and thev left court together. Near the door the man attacked a photographer aiming his camera at the pair. The eamera was broken and the photographer was bruised and bleeding when his assailant fled. After a chase ot several blocks the six-footer was tearrested and later held in default of £500 bail for examination in the court of spacial sessions. The voung woman cscaped. The initiale “G. H. B.” found in the prisoner's hat caused several persons to declare that the man's name was not Smith, but that he came from wealthy Virginta family. PRICE OF SUGAR IS SOON TO BE LOWER. Cheering Anneouncement By Official of Amerioan Sugar Company. Boston, Sept. 22.—That the prevail- ing high price of refined sugars is due entirely to (lie scarcity of raw material and that prices will fall as soon as the of raw sugar approaches the rmal which will be in a_short time, was the opinion expressed today by Edwin I. Atkins, vice-president of the American Sugar compan Mr. Atkins said today that the re- finers have ne control ever the raw material. “The scarcity of sugars in the U'niied States is enly temporary, said Mr. Atkins and if the newspapers will stop publications about a sugar famine and help the refiners in check- ‘ng a furiher advance, the situation will s00n be ralieved. Mr. Atkins declared that his com- ¥ was endea to hold the 8t §3-4c for h now amounts to $3,000, | !AV|ATOR RODGERS | REACHES ELMIRA, N. Y. | Flew 208 Miles Yesterday to Cover Distance of 118 Miles. | FEimira, N. Y., Sept. 22.—Aviator C. [ P. Rodgers, who is competing in the | coast-to-coast airship flight, landed | just outside the city Imits at 5.55 p. t’m. after making his longest single- day flight since leaving New York on ‘Sunday, He left Hancock, N. Y., at 11.08 p. m., and, due to the fact that he lost his way when near Sus- quehanna, was forced to fly 208 miles in order to reach this city, a dis- tance of but 118 miles from his start- ing point Rodgers’ Intention was to follow the | tracks of the Krie railroad, but he mistook a branch line for the main cks and did not discover his m ke until he reached Scranton, Pa., 7 miles out of his way, at 12.40 D. m. Tie left Scranton at 130 p. m. this | time following the Lackawanna rail- | road tracks. He stopped at Great Hend, and after a short delay resumed his flight to Binghamton, which he reached shortly before 3.80 o'clock. He Jeft Binghamton at 1.33 o'clock and made the flight to Eimira, a distance | | of 59 miles, in one hour and 22 min- | utes. Rodgers was in the air about four hours, | “Since starting on his long distance flight he has covered 262 miles. | Rodgers plans to leave here at 7 a. | m. tomorrow and says he will make | a1 effort to fly 400 miles before night- | | fall. He will continue to follow the Erie tracks. DEFEAT OF RECIPROCITY TO, ‘ RAISE COST OF BREAKFASTS Foodstuffs fer the Morning Meal Took a Jump Yesterday. Chicago. Sept. 2 Foodstuffs which might have been affected by an influx of Canadian products had Laurier and his government not been defeated in Canada yesterday, rose sharply in price in all American centers today. Wheat led the advence and was followed later in the day by flour when millers ignored their previous price lists and adjusted their quotations to figures more commensurate with the advanced cost of the grain staple. Oats, too, feit the effect of the Ca- nadian vote and as a result consum- | ers may expect soon to pay increased prices for breakfast foods. The in- itial meal of the day in fact, seems destined to bear the brunt of higher living costs within the next few months as it needed only today’s developments in the trading pits to add force to the recent advances in coffees and su- gars. The consumers’ toast and bis- cuit, wheat cakes and porridge, it is probable, will but add to the woes of the housekeeper. Cabled Paragraphs Berlin, Sept. 22.—It is stated that the government is considering a re- duction of the duty on maize and the prohibition of the export of potatoes and in view of crop failures and the scarcity of fodder. Berlin, Sept. 22.—Thomas A. Tdison, the American inventor, arrived heré today and his presence in the ecity attracting much attention. The Amer- ican Association of Commerce and Trade is planning to give a banquet in his honor. Berlin, Sept, 22—Henry P. Davison, Willard ' D, Straight, E. C. Grenfell, and Prof. J. W. Jenks arrived here today for the conference which they are to have tomorrow with the inter- national bankers interested in the Chi- nese currency loan. Viterbo, Italy, Sept. 22.—At the trial of the Camorrists foday, Professor Cattanco testified that he had been &iven to understand by a friend of Giovanni Rapi, the alleged treasurer of the Camorra, that Enrico Alfano, charged with being the real head of the Camorra, was the instigator of the murder of Gennaro Cuocolo and his wife. Rapi had attempted to prove that he was out of the country during the period when Gennaro Abbate- maggio, the informer, swore that the prisoner was acting as the receiver of stolen goods for others in the Ca- morra. Today several witnesses were heard to the contrary. ASSASSIN OF STOLYPIN 1S SENTENCED TO HANG. Bogroff is 24 Years Old and Fermer Member of Secret Police. Kiev, Russia, Sept. 22. Dmitr Bogroff, the assassin of Premier Sto pin, was tried today by courtmartial and sentenced to death by hanging. Bogroff shot M. Stolypin a week ago last Thursday night during a gala performance at the opera, and the pre- mier succumbed to the wound last Monday night. Emperor Nicholas, the heir apparent and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tati- ana, Mary and Anastia, who occupied the imperial box, witnessed the shoot- ing. Bogroff is about 24 years old and a graduate of Kiev university. He was 2 member of the secret police and also a revolutionist, and is said to have been given the task by the revolution- ary organization of killing Premier Stolypin. Bogroft declined counsel. Everyone was amazed at his calmness and the firmness of his voice as he related the history of his life. He also described how he had deceived the police in get- ting the opportunity to assassinate the premier, but did not betray any of his accomplices. He heard the sentence of death pronounced without even a tremor. The sentence must be confirmed by the commander of the military district before Bogroff can be hanged. FUNERAL OF STOLYPIN Over 200 Wreaths Laid on Catalfalque of Martyred Premier. Kiev. Russia, Sept. 22—The funeral of Premier Stolynin was held today in the Pechersky monastery and was the accasion for universal mourning. Depu- tations came to Kiev from all parts of the empire 1o attend the ceremony and laid over 200 wreaths on the catafal- ue. 9T he service megan at 10 o'clock this morning and with the funeral orations ted until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Thousands of persons were unable to gain admission to the church and srouped themselves outside the edi- fice. Amid the tolling of bells and the chanting of the choir the coffin was herne by high dignitaries at the head of an_ imposing procession of clergy and the ng deputations to the sepuicher, where it was lowered into the crypt. While the requiem was be- ing sung monks strewed the crypt with flowers. After the ceremony had been completed three vollevs were fired by the treops as a military honor to the dead man. During the day numereus subscrip- tions were received toward the erec- tion of a mnational monument to M. Stolypin. On it will be inscribed the words he uttered in the duma: “You want a great upheaval want a great Russia.” We DETECTIVE TESTIFIES IN TRAIN WRECKING CASE. Tells of Alleged Confession of One of Four Defendants. Middletown, Conn., $ept. 22.—At the police court hearing of the four men charged with wrecking an express train on the Valley division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, causing the death of Abram P, Brown, all of today was taken up listening to the testimony of Albino Allesio, a Boston detective who al leges that one of the men on trial, T confessed inat he assisted in wrec ing the train. Allesio was on’' the stand under s examination when | adjournment was taken until tomor- row mornine. Judge Wesley U. Hearne, who is presiding, wished to have a night ses- sion, but counsel for the defense ob- jected. It is expected that the case Wwill continue for several days as the defense has a number of witnesses to present. Allesio’s testimony today was a fe- iteration of that given at the coroner's inquest. MINISTER IN DEBT REFUSED BIG FEE Declined to Perform Astor-Force Mar- riage for $10,000. Antigo, Wis., Sept. 22—That a Meth- odist minister of a little church near ewport, R. L, refused a check of $10,- 000 to perform the marriage ceremo- ny of Colonel Astor and Miss Madeline Talmadge Force, was the announce- ment of Bishop John W. Hamilton of New York before the Methodist con- ference here today. The information was contained in a letter which the bishop read, but he refused to divulge the name of the clergyman. The minister's self-denial was great, the bishop said, because he was bur- dened with debts. When the story DEAD WAKEFIELD WOMAN WEIGHED 500 POUNDS. Funeral, Owing to Size of Casket, to Be Held on Lawn. Wakeficld, Mass.,, Sept. 22.—Her great burden of flesh gradually wear- ing down her strength, Mrs. Lena M. Richards, who weiglied 500 pounds, died at her home on Vernon street to- day. She was $3 vears old and was six feet tall. ~A special casket will be constructed for her burial, and as it will be impesaibie to get the casket inta the house, the funeral services Lwfll ‘be held on the Jawn. Mrs, Rich- ards nad beem confined to the house for the t 4} years and lla!fl leaked out, according to the bishops information, a wealthy layman of the Methodist church offered” the clersy- man an equal sum Lo recompense him for the loss, but this tender also was refused, 5 done only Brokers to Be Tried Again, Boston, Sept. 22.—District Attorney Pelletier today decided to place on trial” again John E. Barry, Arthur B. Sederquist and D. E. Bigelow, former members of the brokerage firm of Se- derquist, Barry & company, on the charge of larcens. At the first trial only 50 of the 102 counts in the indict- ment, went to the jury. which disagreed after being out all night At the new trial. the date of which has not been set, only a few counts will go to the Ministers Paid For Ghampagne SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY SHERMAN BRIBERY TRIAL. AT $100 FOR HIS TESTIMONY Assertion That One of the Witnesses Against Selectman Barnes Was to Be Well Paid—Barnes Makes Denial. Bridgenort. Conn,, Sept. —The taking_of testimony in the case of First Selectman George A. Barnes of Sherman, charged on three counts with bribery of voters, was completed today and “the case adjourned until Wednesday, when arguments will be made and the case given to the jur: Barnes, who is over seventy years old. Dbeen first selectman of She: man since 1878, except for a period of four vears, was on the stand today and entered a gencral denial of all the charges against him. Denied Offering Witness $5. When the trial was resumea arter the noon recess. Barnes, who was on the stand under cross examination, was asked by State Attorney Judson Burned to a Crisp in Air AVIATOR MEETS A HORRIBLE DEATH AT TROY, O. GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES Birdman Not Inclined to Make Sec- ond Flight, but of Crowd Forced Him Into It—Machine Burns. Jeers Dayton, O. Sept. 22.—Forced into the air by jeers by thousands who called him a coward, Frank H. Miller, aged 23, a Toledo, O., aviator, shot into the sky at twilight this evening and at the heignt of 300 feet was ‘burned to death before the eves of the terrified spectators on the Miami coun- ty fair track at Troy, north of here. | Gasoline Tank Exploded. Miller had circled the race track, and was, just starting on a spiral glide into a neighboring cornfield when something went wrong. He could be seen making a frantic attempt to get his machine under control and then suddenly the whirring.of the propel- lers ceased. The craft dropped like a shot a distance of fifty feet, a ttmy | tage over all other means. antil a more auspicicus moment; i offence nor creates prejudices. If style the reader may fully inform store, or more of questions and deliverin of advertising consists chiefly in customer likes to know concernin goods and the price. Do not use for the reader will not use the die it is made unintelligible to him. as to purchases before they leave If vou are unacquainted with its colamns. The Bulletin has many distin have not subscribed, do so now. for 12 cents a week. ing the past week: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Tota/ | Saiurday. Sept 16 112 172 752 1036 || Monday. Sept. I8 108 151 258 517 Tuesday. Sept. 19 131 128 342 601 Wednesday. Sept. 20 111 130 253 494 \§ Thursday. Sept. 21 92 148 355 595 \§ Friday, Sept. 22 107 137 286 530 Tota. - - - - 661 866 2246 3773 The Informing Advertiser Never Bores As a salesman, the advertising space of any firm has the advan- H over : It does not impose itself upon the reader, @nd if it invites attention and the time is inopportune it is laid b; ‘When he gets there he is prepared to call for the article he wants and to hand over the price to the clerk without asking a score the announcements are made clear and the prices impressing. for a rate card and inform yourself as to the relative cost of space in news, and is a household convenience every day in the vear. Following is a summary of the matter printed in its columns-dur- t mneither sticks nor grumbles, gives it is written in a clear and definite himself before he starts for the g a few nettling remarks. The art telling the reader just what every e the character or quality of the big words in describing light zoods, tionary or care what it is all about if People like to make up their minds home and they can readily do it if The Bulletin advertising rates send clive departments aside from the If you The Bulletin will be left at your door = if during the recess he hadn’t spoken to John Slattery a previous witness for the defense, and if he hadn't told jhim to stick to his story and that there was $5 in it for him. He d | nied making any such statement, say ing that he did speak to Mr. Slatter) and that the latter asked him if he was through with him, as he wanted te go home. Said They Overheard Offer. The state then called Rev. Benja- min Weyland w the stand, who te: fied that during recess ~he he: Barnes tell Slattery to stick to h story and heard something about $5 but not know what the connection Anna Herterick followed Rev. Weyland and said that she had heard the conversation and that Barnes haod told Slattery to stick to | his story and he would get §$3. Minister Paid for Testimony. | John Slattery, who appeared as a witness, is a democrat, and said that | he was not very friendly with Barn and had never voted for him. Will- iam Herterich, who, it is alleged, was paid one doliar for attending a caucu by Earnes, was employed by Slatter: and the latter testified thet Herterich had told him that he wouldn't have ,to work much longer as he was going to have all the money he wanted when the ministers paid him for testifying at the trial. Ministers Beught Champagne. Slattery also told of Herterick's having told him that if the ministers didn’t hurry up and pay him the mon ey he wouid show them up. He als said, according to the witness, that he went on a trip to Brookfield in a party with the ministers. and that they had a dinner at which all drank cham- pagne and that when it was over all were feeling pretty well. For that trip he said he received $8.15. Wife in Corroboration. Mrs. Slattery followed her husband on the stand and corroborated his tes- timony to a great extent. She said that Heterick had told her that the ministers promised him $100 for his testimony and had told him to pro- cure other evidence against Barnes. Ministers Denied Drinking. Rev. Mr. Wevland and Rev. Eugene Richards took the stand in rebuttal and stated that they were not intox cated and did not drink at the Brook- fieid party. To Be Resumed Wednesday. In order that State Attorney Jud- son could attend the closing session of the general assembly on Tuesday, court went over until Wednesday. THEN DRANK CARBOLIC. Young Danbury Woman Took So Big a Dose She is Likely to Die. Danbury, Conn., Sept. 22.—After ha ing her husband arresied tonight Mrs. Oswald Ianlyen, 25 vears old., at- tempited suicide by drinking carbolic d, and was taken to a hospital in a al condition. After having her band, whom she accused of as- saulting’ her, arrested, Mrs. Hanlyen went to the home of a sister and when her husband, who had been released, returned wish an officer to tell her that she need. not appear in <ourt in the morning. she drank the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid and threw the empty vial at the feet of her husband. She was cared for at once, but she drank so much of ! blue flame darted from the engine an§ in an instant the gasoline tank e: ploded. Mifler Burned Almost to Crisp. The machine was wrecked by the impact and debris was hurled hun- dreds of feet in all directions. What remained of the machine and its driv- er was burned aimost to a crisp as they dropped rapidly to earth. Did Not Want to Go Up. It was Miller's second flight of the { day and the fifth and last of the week In a short flight, shortly before noon today, his machine acted unsteadily, | and he did not care to go up. Jeered by Crowd. he crowd jeered him this afternoon when he said he would not make a flight and before he went into the air. “Let her go, T'll be glzd when thi: i is over,” he shouted to his mechani- cians, £ used a Strobel biplane. | HELD UP AT SCENE OF BEATTIE MURDER i | Farmer Says He Was So Frightened : He Tumbled from Wagon. { Miller | Richmond, Va., Sept. story of a holdup alm identical with that given by Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, in_his recent trial for the murder of his voung wife. Samuel Martin, a Chesterfield county farmer, today said he had been attacked on the exact | spot where the'tragedy of last July oc- curred. Martin declared that while he was driving over the -Midlothian turnpike last Wednesday night on his way to this city with $500 to purchase cattle, the front wheel of his wagon struck the iron spike driven in the road to identify the place of thesmurder. At the same moment, he said, “a rough, unshaven man seemed to spring out of the earth with a pistol in his hand.” The farmer declared he Was so fright- { ened he tumbled backward out of the wagon, picked himself up and ran away through the woods. His team | bolted onward and when he reached home the horses were waiting at his barn. No other reports of the highwayman have since been made. CONNECTICUT GIRL IN TROUBLE AT WORCESTER. Accused of R Telling a ng Postal Order and Stealing Feminine Finery. reester, Mas: Connecticut girl, Flavel, who was indic the federal grand jur: raising a s was in forther “trouble toda was arrested lere churged w larceny of bals and dr, s from a department Flavel is s , Sept. th s valued store. Aliss id to belonv to a respecta- Ble family living in or near Hao ford. 1In July the government's at- tention was called to her alleged op- erations with postal notes at Spring- field and New Haven. Tramp Sejs Barn Afire. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22.—A barn owned by Henry Konold & Son was hurned tonight and nine horses in the structure lost their lives: The fir- is Lelieved to have been by a tramp Condensed Telegrams Army Aviators Are Practicing land- scape sketching while in flight A Monument to Colonel Abram O. Miller was unveiled at Lebanon, Ind. Towns Have many lives lost mosa. Been Destroyed and in typhoons in For- _Another Perpendicular Advance of 17 points occurred in the price of raw sugar. The Cameronia, the newest and big- gest Scotch liner, arrived at New York on her maiden voyage. Mrs. Elizabeth Chormana of Cleve- land died from the effects of eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Carles G. Wood, a Seaman of the gunboat Paducah, was commended for bravery under unusual circumstances. No Arrests Have Been Made in con- nection with the theft of the $10,000 in currency from the Sioux Falls post- office. Cholera is Now on the Decrease in Italy, and from September 10 to 17 there were a total of 1,007 cases, with 320 deashs, The People of Manua, one of the Sa- moan districts under American juris. diction, have joined togeiher to start a merchant marine. A Tabie Has Been Prepared showing cost of living of federal employes has increased since the last general in- crease was made. A New Counterfeit $10 National Bank note on the Blair County Vational |bank of Tyrone, Pa., was reported by the secret serv: A Man Thought to Be Henry Gill, a printer of Detroit, wes found dying from gas asphyxiation in his room at a hotel in Chicago. In the Investigation of the assassina- tion of Premier Stolypin at Kiev there are indications of complicity on the part of prominent officials. New High Records Were Again es- tablished in the coffee market and for the first time in 17 vears the entire list sold above the 12 cent mark. Fiour Prices Advanced hecause of the death of reciprocity in Canada 20 to 25 cemts a barrel on the Merchants’ Exchange at St. Louis, yesterday. The Body of Dr. John Scott Mason, a prominent dentist of Saco, Me., was discovered yesterday jn his room at the Universily club, Boston, with a bottle of poison by its side. All the American Drillers employed at the Trinidad Lake Asphalt com- pany’s oil fields, on the island of Trin- idad, struck Thursday as the result of an order to work on Sundays. The Overwhelming Defeat of Pre- mier Laurier and the liberal govern- ment's policy of reciprocity with the United States, at the polls in Canada, came as a surprise to England. Mrs. Francis Lewis Wellman, for- merly Emma Juch, the prima_ donna, was ‘divorced from her husband, Fran- L. Wellman, the well known New York lawyer, in the Faris courts. Advices This Week to Dun’s Review from leading trade centers throughout the United States indicate that jobbers are generally busy on current supplies, demand being urgent in some i stances. Guilty of Murder in the Second de- gree was the verdict of the jury in the case of Edward Melvin,” who was charged with shooting John W. Carey at his home in Charlestown, Mass.. on Dec. 10th last. A Troiley Car of the Trenton Street Railway company, containing 17 per- sons, ran into an open drawbridge of the Delaware and Raritan canal, at Prospect street, Trenton. Nobody was seriously injured. Plunging from a Fourth Story win- dow of ihe Hotel Prescott, at Ports- N. H., when he was awakened y vesterday to find smoie in-:his W. Emery of Portland, Me,, ca roons, C. was dashed to death on a pile of bricks below. At the Annual Meeting of the 134th regiment, New York Volnteers, at Win- sted, Conn., vesterday, a feature was the piaving of E. C. Denison of Central Bridge, N. Y., who was the regimental fifer during the service of the regi- ment in the civil war. Claiming That Empty Milk Cans are thrown into the dirt along the road- bed by employes of the New TYork, New Haven and Hartford railroad’s milk trains, the farmers of Connecti =.t und Rhode Tsland, through Milk Tnspector Walter O. Scott of Provi- dence, have protested to Presice Mellen. John Daly, Better Known as “Chi- cago Jack” Daly, a former pugilist vesterday_testified at Chicago that he received $50 from WHNam J. Boener, said to be former organizer for the Chicago Typographical union, and John Olson, a printer, for assaulting Rush V. Denon, a non-union printr, who died January 16, 1911, as a result of his injuries. FIFTY KILLED IN A VESUVIAN HURRICANE. houses Razed by Wind and Many Vessels Missing. Naples, Sept. 22.—A hurricane of great violence, and accompanied by a deluge of rain, raged throughout today over the Vesuvian region, causing a heavy loss of life and enormous dam- age to property. 'It is estimated that 50_persons were Killed. Hoyses were razed by the wind while others were inundated. Numerous boats in the Bay of Naples are missing and are believed to have been sunk It is impossible as yet te estimate the total damage done by the storm, as telegraph and telephone wires are teveled and roads are blocked. Several tow! are in darkness tonight owing to the electric lighting plans being compelled to shut down. Steamship Arrivals. At [lamburg: Sept. 21, Amerika, from New York. At Naples: Sept. 21, Pannonia, from New York_ At Marseilles: frem New Yor Municipal lce Plant at Hartford. Sept. 22, Sant Anna, Hartford, Sept. 22.—A proposition to | establish a munieipal ice plant is now being considered by a special joint council committee to whom the pro- ject was. referred. . < Doubt Not Yet Cleared Aw:. MRS, KIMMEL STILL REPUDIATES MAN FROM AUBURN. TO CONSULT HER DAUGHTER Stranger Fails to Reoognize Family Portraits on Wall of Heme—Declares He Has Not a Penny fo Gain. . Niles, Mich., Sept. 22.—Whether George A, Kimmell” # George A. Kimmell remains as much in doubt to day as when the released Auburn, Y., prisoner appeared in Niles to cisfim relationship with the family which has steadfastly repudiated him. Will Consult Her Daughter. It was said this afternoon that ths aged Mrs. Kimmell had reached the conclusion that the man was not her son, but later she declared she wished still more time in which to come to a conclusion. Above all( she wished to consult with her daughter, Mrs Ada Bonsleit, of Chicago, whe was the plaintiff in the suit at St. Louis te re- cover the large amount 6f insurance on her brother's life. Failed to Recognize Family Portraits. It is said that Kimmel en his vieit today to the old home did net recegnize the family portraits on the wall, among \vh’lch was the portrait of George Kim- mel. “Memory a Strange Thing,” Says Kimmel. The matter of memory is a strange thing, said Kimmel. “No twe pessons see the same thing in the same WAY, no two memories run on parailel limes, and the incidents that impress ems zerson do not impress another.” Doesn’t Care What Newspapers Say. He laughed as he asked what the papers had to say about the “mystery” in whieh he occupies the center of the stage. “I don't care what they say about me,” he said. “They can abuse me just as much as they wish, but I don't want them to reflect on mother and aunt. If, after all this is over, my people are net able to acknowledge me, I shall still regard them as my relatives, and they will be just as dear to me as ever.” He Has Nothing to Gain. Kimmel asked about the famous Lichbourne case. He said he had been told it resembled his predicamen “That is not a parallel case to mine, he said. “There is nothing for me to gain except to establish my iQemtity. Not a Penny in It for Him. “There is mnot a penmy im _this, whether my friends accept me as Kim- mel or whether they don't. All that T desire in the world is to be reinstated in my family. T have mo interest in the insurance on my life. Thers i a small policy that will come to maturity in March of next vear, but I refinquish all claim to i WEALTHY MAN FALLS FROM HOTEL WINDOW. RePort That He Was Recently Indicted for Smuggling Diamends. Chicago, Sept. 22.—Charles W. Allen, a wealthy Kenosha, Wis., menufacturer and a brother of Nathan Allen, was killed here late today when he fell from a fourth story window at the rear of a downtown hotel Allen's body was found in a small courtyard. The police dectared death wes mocidental, but Dr. P. M. Giil, house physielan at the hotel, said he believed Allen jump- ed_from the window. Soon after the discovery of the body it was reported that the dead man was Nathan Allen, recently indicted on a charge of aiding in smuggling $200,000 worth of diamonds inte the United States, and whose name was linked h that of Mrs. Helen D. Jenkins. nsuccessful attempts were made to find Nathan Allen in Chieage tonight tp notify him of his brother's death. SHOT FROM BEHIND AS HE SAT IN CHAIR Government Contention in Case of Murder Against Mrs. McCrea. Opelousas. La., Sept. 22.—Mystery still_surrounds the motive which led to the killing of Allan T. Garland by Mrs, J. H. McCres, a young society woman, in a room of her home, ves- terday morning. Other than to say that she killed young Garland to pro- tect her honon, Mrs. McCrea’s lipm are sealed and neither she nor her husband will discuss the case. The | district attorney said today he would fight any application for ball. The body of Garland was found be- side an upturned chair and it is safd that the prosecution will contend that Garland was shot from behind as he sat in the chair. DUEL OF BROTHERS. One Used Knife, the Other a Shotgun in Family Feud. Arkansas City, Ark., Sept. 21.—In & lonely spot near Lead Hill two_broth- ers fought to death todey. Reuben Cantrell, 35, was slain, and Thomas Cantrell, 55, is dying. The former was shot and the latter received a dezen knife wounds. Leaving the #ody of his brether where it had fallen, Themas walked four miles te his home. He deolared Reuben had attacked him with a knife. ‘Thomas secured possession of his shot- gun and killed hie antagonist. The fight was the outgrowth of # family feud. CHURCH TENDERS A HALL FOR HOSPITAL Use of Armory at Torrington Denied During Typhoid Epidemic. Torrington, Conn., Sept. 22. to secure the use of the ne mery for a iremporary hesp 1 te care for the patients who have succumbed to the epidemic of typheid fever, the commiltee having the matter in charge tonizht accepted the effer of the use of Trinity hall, made by the trusiees of the Episcopal church. Werk of fit- ting it up will be commeneed at once. The staff of thirty hospital nurses were given {yphoid anli-toxin tenight. The present number of these ill is 195. Tomorrow work ef disimfecting the entire water supply will be begun by the water company. Bees Swarm in Fifth Avenus. New York, Sept. 22- | Fifth avenus had the late