Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 2, 1911, Page 1

. VOL. LHI.—NO. 235 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, _OCTOBER 2, 1911 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the LOSS OF LIFE MAY NOT EXCEED 150 Property Loss From Flood at Austin, Esti- mated at Over $6,000,000 GHOULS LOOT BODIES OF THE DEAD Man and Woman Caught Removing Watch From Flood Victim’s Pocket— Cash Registers Broken Open— Large Proportion of the Dead are Children—Flenty of Supplies for Survivors—Two Dead at Costello. Austin, Oct 1.—Estimates of the loss lite in the flood which | overwhelmed the tewn of Austin yes- | terday happily diminished today when @n army of velunteer rescuers worked its way into the masses of wreckage. | Jn the opinion of many on the ground | he number of deathe will not reach . while the less hopeful place the talities at 300. Town May Never Be Rebuilt. The property loss will exceed $6.- 000.000, and it was the general opinion that the town never will be rebuilt. | Two. at least, of the large plants will + be recomstructed, and a maj of | 1he businese men of the plac i teen financlally ruined. | | i Sixteen Bodies Recovered. sixieen bo = have been recov- at_a late heur tonight. Chief of e D. 2. Baker, however, believes fully 280 are dead or missing. Plenty of Supplies for Survivors. The survivors will not suffer from hunger or lack of care, as the supplies and medical assigtance rushed to the € ene m ample to care for them F. Bicknell, national director of the onal Hed Crose, also arrived to- rinzing with him $15,000 in cash mmediate ald to the flood victims. the eight injured in the hospitals, is fataily hurt helter for Homeless. eless hay been provided On the o tskirts of Aus- | of houses whici vacated by werkers in the Good- year mill when that plant was d mantled. These houses have been fil ed with homeless people. The resi- dents of Keating Summit have taken hers. Provisions rentinue to arrive large quantities and there will be ing for lack of food. | ' in the others, several hundred in num- | | | LUCKY COSTELLO. Only Twe Victims of Fleood There— Bicyclist Spreads Adarm. | | | Cestell, Pa, Octi. 1.-~While vi—..! | town of Costello was almest destroyed by the fiood, itz death list is only two. The victims are Edward W. Earle, whose bady has besn recovered, and a Mrs. liodges, That the fatalities were not proportionately ss large as those | Austin is due to a dramatic and | successful warning of the disaster. Bicyolist Spreads Warning. Edward Youne, a workman in the néard lumber mill in Austin, whose in Costello, heard the roar of | c Tood while It was still a haif-mile | away, and his first thought wwhen he w the wail of waler. was of the wife and Dhitle opes here, three miles from | mill Fie measured the torrent's speed with his eve, then. coatless and jess, jumped on his bicyele and sped r Cosrelln Rode Like Mad. the three-mile valley he ped- | vith the roar swelling in volume | him. He shouted a warning | h» dashed past isolated houses | vhese occupants fled to the hilltops. | Pow e minutes in the van of the flood 1o rode like mad into Cestello shriek- in= his message, and Cestello’s people Saved His Own Family. | Toung gaimed his heme, burst into | tha house. shouted to his wife and hatween them they carried their chil- | n te safety Refore the arrival of | yune, A. R McPenald, Western Un- | | fon qperater at Austin, had flashed down the line the news of the danger to the towrn The Costsllo operator was not in his efMce. The despatcher at Galeton, hewever, heard the warn- ing, “The dem is broken,” wired by Austin. The depatcher leaped to the ey and asked for further information, int MeDonald merely telegraphed “Goos ve.” and fled to =afety, Fifty Buildings Destreyed. About fiftv buildings were dastroved here. The principal hotel was twisted | tello, about and wrecked. The railroad sta- tion was swept away and much of the town seriously damaged. About 150 people are homeless here tonight. | Many of them are sleeping on rugs on the soggsy ground. WHARTON SAFE. Long-Distance Telephone Brings Good News. Message Philadeiphia, Oc 1.—A long-dis- tance telephone message to the Asso- ted Press from the telephone ex- [S nge at Austin says the town of Wharton is safe, little damage having been done. Costello, which is a collection of about 35 to 40 houses, was almost completely wiped out, only half a doz- en houses being left standing. There is no estimate of the number of per- sons who lost their lives there, but it is not believed to be large, A GHASTLY SCENE. Death and Devastation on All Sides at Austin, Austin, Pa, Oct. 'he curtain of night which fell upon the scene of the flood scarcel: hefere its victims @ll been claimed and its survivors had realized how great havec the elsments of water and fire had lley in the Allegheny mountains was fted by dawn today, revealing a astly scene of death and devasta- caused in this = tion. Only Ghost of Town Remains. Austin, yesterday a busy mill town of 3,000 people, many of whom were enjoying the fine autumn afternoon as a Saturday half holiday. is only a £host of a tewn today. Torn to pieces by water and eaten up by fire, the wet and believed: to hold the remains of three hundred or more persons, were strewn along the valley edge, piled in win- | dows where the Main street business sectien was or swept in masses far down the ravine. Property Loss Over $6,000,000. Men who harely escaped being vic- tims of the disaster and hundreds of others from surrounding towns looked scattered | down from the steep hillsides on Aus- tin and Costeilo through a veil of feg this morning to see the wreckage here | of some four hundred houses, twenty business blocks, three churches and several large lumber mills. and three miles further down the river, at Cos- the ruins of more than fifty buildings. The flood did not spend its force until it had raced more than ten miles from the reservoir. Wharton. still further on, suffered somewhat, but is practically intact. The loss of life at Costello, where the residents had more warning, is believed to be but three. The property loss in the valley is estimated at upwards of $6, 606.000. Big Dam Crumbled Away. In Austin, of the hundreds directly caught in the deluge, hardly a dozen survive. The furious flood was let loose when the Bayless Paper and Pulp company's dam crumbled vesterdav af- terncen, picked up a huge battery of heavy timbers in the mill yards at the foot of the dam, and with these thou- sande of planks and logs ramming a pathway of terrible destruction. Six Inlured in Hospital. At the hospital today there were but six injured for. the care of the small army of physicians and nurses who poured into the devastated town all night and day. The medical supplies remained unused in the cars rushed Nere by the Buffalo and Susquehanna and the Pennsylvania raiiroads, and the only use found for blankets and bedding was in the care of the few recovered dead. which up to a lafe heur this afterneon numbered but 15. To Keep Sightseers Away. The state constabulary arrived this (Continued on page six.) UNUSUAL INTEREST IN TODAY’S TOWN ELECTIONS. [ Vots on Twe Censtitutional Amend- | ments Thesugheut the State. New Maven, Conn., Oct. 1.—More than usual interest will be ziven the little town eleetions, which will be held teuerrow, by the fact that two constigntional amendments are to be submifted to the electors for accept- ance or rejection. One of these has to | dp with deflning the powers and duties | the lieutenant governor in case of | the vacation of the effice of governer | for any caues, and grew out of the sit- uation which fellewsd the death of Governer Lillay. The other fixes the time at which the legislative sessions Mmust be adjourmed as not later than first Wednesdaw after the first | londay in June felowing organiza- | Tn many of the towns a vote on the | license question will be taken. There will ba city elections in New London, | Norwaik, .2euth Norwalk and Bristol. | The Jast named is the latest accession | to the list of citlas in the stats, and | chief interest centers in the mayoralty | concest. City elections will be held at New Haven and Waterbury next Tues- FARM BUILDINGS BURN, FARM HAND MISSING. Oanbury Man Saves Livestock, but Sustains Loss of $3,000. Danbury, Conn,, Oct. 1.—A collection of barns and smaller buildings be- longing t¢ Henry H. Knapp, in the Steny Hill district, were burned early Several herses and same cattle taken out without injury The loss is placed at 33,000. Qlaf Nelson, cmployed as a farm hand by Mr. Knpapp, is missing. It is said he was | heard to leave his room in the house abeut the time the fire was discovered. | It i= alme said that his persenal effects are gone from his room. He was en- . mazed by Mr, Knapp s week ago, INSANE MOTHER DROWNS HER BABY IN BATHTUB. Then Attempted to End Her Own Life by Inhaling Gas. Brockton, Mass., Oct. 1.—After drowning her baby daughter, Helen, aged 2 years, in the bathtub, Mrs. Florence Bridgwood was discovered by neighbers today as she was trring to end her own life by inhaling illuminat- ing gas at her home. Mrs. Rridgwood is 24 years old. FPhysicians who exam- ined her at the police station pro- nounced her insane, and she will be taken to the Taunton insane hospital tomorrow. Her husband, Fred Bridg- wood, was absent from home attend- ing to his duties as erganist at Trin- ity Episcopal church in Stoughton at ' the time of the tragedy. The polls will open in all distriots! (';'ludmon\infl at § e'elogk and close in 2 iat ricte exgent the First at 2 p, m. In the First district the pell close at 3 p. m. % will MADERO ELECTED AS MEXICO’S PRESIDENT. His Candidate for Bice President May Also Be Successful. Mexico City, Oct. 1.—Basing his be- lief upon information received from various parts of the republic, Francis- co I, Madero, whem the people of Mex- ieo toduy officlally elected president, s2id (here was ne doubt that his can- didate for vice president, Jose Pine Su- arez of Yucatan, had also been elected, Gorman Steamer Stranded. Dover, Oct, 1.—The steamship Koe- nig Fredrich August of the Hamburg- American line, plying between Euro- pean and South American parts, was driven frem her moorings today by the heavy gale. She stranded on a sandv bottom inside the breakwater, She carried many passengers, who are still aboard. An attemp{ was made to refloat the liner, but it was unsuccess- ful, and will be tried tomorrow. had | charred remnants of its buildings, | Cabled Paragraphs 2 Rome, Sept. 20.—The pope gave an audience today to the Right Rev. Matthew Harkins, bishop of Provi- dence, R. L. Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 1.—Mac- George Bundy, an attorney af Grand Rapias, Mich, is dangerously ill at the Esperance hospital, at Antwerp. Oporto, Portugal, Oct. 1.—More than 100 royalists have been arrested and other arrests are being made following the discovery of monrchist conspiracy here, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 1.—The Swedish cabinet, headed Premier Lindman, tendered their resignations to the king vesterday, because the general election held last Wednesday resulted adversely to the government. Dublin, Oct. 1.—The bronze statue of Parnell, one of the finest achievements of the great sculptor, August St. Gau- i dens, which has been erected largely through subscriptions by American ad- mirers, was unveiled today by John . Redmond, leader of the Irish parlia- mentary part A CLINTON TEACHER SERIOUSLY INJURED Carriage in Which She Was Riding Demolished by Auto. Clinton, Conn,, Oct. 1.—Miss Emma Stevene, a school teacher of this place, and Howard Chittenten, a local resi- dent, were seriously injured about last midnight here, when an automobile | crashed into the runabout in which they were returning from a dance at Beach park, throwing them to the round and demolishing their vehicle. Miss Stevens was rendered uncon- and is in a serious condition, ng from injuries to the head and s about the body as well as Chittenten’s chief injury is to his hip. Miss Stevens was taken into the nearoy home of Mrs. Louis Mer- rills, where she is being cared for now, the physiclan in attendance, owing to her condition, having forbidden her re- moval to her own home, although that {is only a short distance away. Chit- tenten was taken to his home. Their | horse escaped injury, despite the fact that the collision was head-on. Chit- tenten today said he thought the horse must have shied just hefore the im- pact, thereby saving itself. | " The automobile, after striking the | carriage, veered across the road and collided with a telegraph pole, wréck- ing itself. It was owned by J. A. | Christenson, a liveryman of Deep Riv- {er, and was driven by Merton Lee of | that place. With him in the machine ] were four Deep River high school stu- { dents, who had also been to the dance | at Beach park. Their names were not learned, The five were thrown out| when the car struck the telegraph pole | but none was injured. | Chittenten says he was driving on the right side of the road close to the trolley tracks and although he saw the machine coming and the scene of the accident was lighted by electric lights, he did not have time to change his position, and he thought further- more that the machine would turn out on nearing his team. The men in the | automobile claimed that they were not running at high speed. They had come to Clinten to convey a young woman from the dance to her home and were on their way to Deep River. No ar- rests have been made. PRESIDENT TAFT HAS A PERILOUS JOURNEY Travels Over Railroad Lines Damaged | by Floods. | Ormeaha, Neb., Oct. 1.—President Taft arrived here tonight from Sedalia, Mo., | eleven hours late, after a perilous trip | over flood-damagea railroa: The | train was caught in a storm in north- | eastern Kansas and eastern Nebraska. | Creeks were turned into torrents, riv- | ers overflowed their banks.and rail- | road travel was impeded. _Several | bridges were swept away and a por tion of the tracks over which the pres- | | ident traveled were covered with more | than a foet of water. Mr. Taft did not seem io mind the inconvenience or the danger, but he expressed regret that the programme in Omaha today had to-be abandoned. Bryan May Welcome Taft. Linceln, Neb., Sept. 29.—William J. Bryan may help welcome William H. Taft when the president arrives in Lin- celn next Monday. He is endeavoring to arrange his speaking dates so that he can take part in the entertainment of the chief executive. BRIDGEPORT CHILDREN RESCUED FROM SOUND. Dory in Which They Were Capsized Near Milford. Milford, Conn., Boating Oct. 1.—In a rough sea off the Milford breakwater th: afternoon a large dory occupied by a bov and girl capsized. The occu- pants managed to crawl onto the over. iurned craft and cling there until tak en off and brought to shore by M Falis' launch. The boy and girl, broth- er and siste., are gaid to be members a Pridgeport family which has Their names could not be as The boy was apparentl years old and the girl 12. abeut OBITUARY. Dr. James H. Kelley. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1.—Dr. James H. Kelley, a veterination, wide- known in the state and outside, died his heme here teday of glanders, which he became infected while | He was taken ill | at with treating a hor: about three weeks ago, and a week lat- | { er took te his hed i Te was born | Waterbury about i i o and had | on for fif- | high offices in | Order | dis 2 i t and baving held | last vear in the mafional bodv the of- fice of grand estesmed leading kright. John Foley. Bristol, Conn., Oct. 1—John Foley of New Britain died today suddenly as lie was about to sit dewn to dinner at the annual outing of the North Side Pleasure club at Shady Dell. He was about 40 years old and suffered from heart affection. Richard W. Dennison, in | heen practicing Guilford, Conn., Oct. 1.—Coming to Guilprd from the Soldiers’ home at Noreton te visit his stepdaughter, Mrs. Charles Rossiter, Richard W. Denni- son died a,few hours after reaching her house. Ile arrived there yesterday afternoon and dled early today. He served in the civil war in the Twenty- feurth Cennecticut infantry, Steamship Arrivals. At Plymouth: Oct. 1, Cincinnati, from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburs. At Liverpool: Oct. 1, Caromia, from New York Turkey Delays ' ResgrLtn War BELIEVES A PEACEFUL SOLUTION YET POSSIBLE. AN ADDRESS TO THE POWERS Report That Turks Have Evacuated Not™ Considered Germany and Austria Peeved at Italy Tripoli Reliable— London, Oct. 1.—Out of a perfect maze of cenflicting reports and ru- mors, it is utterly impossible at the present stage to sift the grains of truth concerning the opening days of the Turco-Ttalian war. It now ap- pears even doubtful whether there has been any actual occupation of Tripoli and it is practically certain that there has been no bombardment by the Itai- ian warships. Turkish Fleet Not Destroyed. It also seems certain that the report- ed destruction of the Turkish fleet is untrue. In fact, the on result of the first three days' hostilities which can be vouched for, is the destruction of the Turkish destroyers by the Du of the Abruzzi's ships off Prevesa The Tripoli cable is closely sealed; so that it is impossible for the outside world to know what is going on there. Turks to Again Appeal to Powers. The Ottoman government clearly not in a hurry and the most signi cant news of the day is the decision by the Turkish ceuncil peal to the powers, and the meantime suspend offensive measures. ILate to- night, this new appeal had not reach- ed the British government and there is nothing te indicate that the attitude of the powers has undergone any change. Germany and Austria Act. According to the Daily Telegrap! Rome correspondent, however, Ger- many and Austria have already made unofficial representations to Italy of their displeasuge at her procedure, and is that if these representations are ig- nored they will be followed in another shape by “humiliation to Italy.” Provoked by Landing at Prevesa According to information from diplo- matic sources the landing of the Ital- jans at Prevesa is greatly resented by Austria and Germany and had much to do with their change of attitude toward Turkey. Efforts to Form Coali Turkey’s international policies prob- ably account in a large measure for her hesitation in taking the offemsive. | id Pasha, the new grand vizier, con- tinues his efforts to form a coalition ministry, but finds the task one of al- moesg insuperable difficulty. Official News. Constantinople, Oct. 1.—Official an- nouncement is made that Ttalian forces | have landed near Prevesa. An official announcement t the Turkish squadron from Beirut without loss. Italians Open Fire Upon Tripoli. Tripoli, Sept. 30 — (Delayed in transmission). — Fire was _ opened by the Italian fleet this orning. It closed almost imme- diat the Turkish troops evacuat- ing Tripoli, with the object, as it ap- pears, of preparing for resistance in is made | the interior. QUIET AT TRIPOLL All Ships in Harbor Leave Crowded With Refugees. London, Oct. 1.— patch from Tripoli, afternoon, says: “At 10.30 this morning bi news agency des- timed Saturday -gun firing was heard from the Ita cruisers ten miles west of the city. They were not bombarding, however. At noon two cruisers came within thrae miles of the harbor, fiving white flags at their mastheads. t 12.30 in the afternoon all the ships in the harbor left. Thev were crowded with refugees. The garrison is preparing to leave for the interior. Camels are being hastily loaded with arms and ammunition and caravans are passing inward. The city is quiet and orderly.” HERE TO ESCAPE WAR. French Liner La Savoie Four Hundred New York, 1—Rough weather for ssven days. with occasional sun- shine, was reported by the American liner St. Louis and the French liner La Savoie_on their arrival here ves- day. Within a few hours after leaving Havre the Savoie ran inte se- vere weather and many of the pas- sengers who fell ili then were affected continually for the remainder of the vovage. Although she managed to get into Quarantine early in the forenoen the Savoie was detained by the health au- thorities because she on Board four thorities because she had aboard four' who journeyed from the cholera dis- tricts’ of Itaiy to Havre. The zreater part of the male steerage left Italy, anticipaling the present war between Italy and Turke: TURKS DELAY ACTION. Address Themselves to Powers and Postpone Recourse te Arms. Oct. 1.—A meeting held tonight. A Brings in Italians. Constantinople, of the cabinet w { new nate to the powers was not alah- arated, hut culir was passed o6 to all the Otto. e_circuiar says the Ttalian nitimatum tone implying a solition. Yow know nunder conditions Italw declared war and hew hostilities hegan. contrary te the rules of internatinnal law, By this fact we are at liberty to take all measures necessitated by a state of war, quite apart from military opera- tions, strictly speaking., Put while re- serving for herself this right, Turkey holds the conviction that a state of war can be avoided. Thus, she ad- dresses herself to the powers and pest- pones recourse te arms. S “In acting thus, the Ottoman gov- ernmernt 1s going contrary to the legit- imate sentiments of the Turkish peo- ple and hopes thut the powers will zive a faverable answer te her re- au, A NAVAL BATTLE. News of Destruction ef Turkish Fieet Partially Confirmed. Paris, Oct. 2.—The Agence Fournier sent out at midnight the following Rome despatch, dated October 1: “A telegram from Constantinople te again to ap- | returned } upon the forts | Triple Murder At Monmouth WIFE AND DAUGHTER FOUND DEAD IN BED. MAN, SKULLS OF ALL CRUSHED IN Revenge May Have Been Motive of Bloody Crime—Male Victim Turned State's Evidence Against His Pal. Oct. 1.—William E. wife and daughter in their beds today, Monmouth, 111, Dawson and_h were found dead the skulls of each having been crushed in No Evidences of Struggle. Dawson was the caretaker of the st Presbyterian church. There were evidences of a struggle. Some vears o Dawson was sent to the peniten- ary at Joliet for stealing. “Peached” on Partner. 3 He is said to have “peache on his partner, and was given only a short term. Pal Got Longer Sentence, The other man was given a longer sentence and was released about a vear ago. He has not been heard of since. HUNTING SEASON OPENED YESTERDAY. Eastern Section of State Likely to Be Mecca for Men With Guns. i | New Haven, Conn, Oct. 1.—The! | hunting season’ for small game open- d in Connecticut today, and sports- en all over the state with their shoot- ing pieces prepared for action and their lcenses tucked carefully away, niade ready to sally forth in quest of the birds, rabbits and squirrel, which under the statute it is now lawful to shoot. Many hunters started for the eastern section of the state today, where, according to reports, the indi- cations are for exceptionally good hunting. Quail, partridge. woodcock, pheasant and gray squirrels may be 1 shot until Novensber 23, when the pro- | tecting hand of the law wili again de- | scend. Rabbits are lawfil game until | i the end of the year, as are ducks and shore birds. | PRISONERS MUTINY, TWO ARE SHOT DOWN. Tennessee Offenders Were Locked Up in Workings of Mines. ! Chattaneoga, Tenn., Oct. 1.—Mutiny by the state prisoners in the Brushy Mountain mines has resulted in the | death of two of the miners. They were | shot after they haé used bombs to bat- ter down the barricades which held | them prisoners in the working. i According to reports reaching here, | the mutiny broke out Thursday, when | the prisoners refused to work im the mines. They were locked in the work- ings. Late Thursday night they began throwing improvised bombs against the doors. The guards -opened fire, wounding several. On promising to work, they were re- turned to their dormitories. The next day they mutinied again and were again fired upon. Notwithstanding the authorities say they - have the situa- tion well in hand, more ammunition has been ordered from Knoxville. The polls Will oPen in all distriots this morning at 6 o'clock and close in all districts excent the First at 2 p. m. In the First district the polls = will close at 3 p. m. STRIKEBREAKERS BEING CARRIED TO CHICAGO. Railroad Officials Expect to Have a Full Crew in Their Shops. Chicago, Oct. L.—Railroad officials and shopmen on the Harriman lines who struck yesterday to enforce their demands_for recognition of the newly organized federation, spent todey in| preparation of the struggle, which will | ‘begin in earnest tomorrow. Since the walkout occurred before the Saturday half holiday the railroads had a full Gay and a half in which to make prep- arations to run the shops, and it was | said that in many shops praefically a full force of men would be at work. The men at the big Burnside shops here spent the day quietly discussing the outcome of the struggle. Watchers near the shops say that more than one hundred strikebreakers were brought into the stockade on a special train. Provision for keeping the men at the shops were also made. | There was no sign of a demonstration, although policemen were constantly at the zates President Markham of the Tllinois Centro] said nothing had been done by the railroad during the day. “Satur day afternoon and Sunday is a holi- day.” he said, “but we expect the shops to pen on time temorrow. EIGHT CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Little Ones Left in Bed While Parents Fought Blaze. Tndiana, Pa., Oct. 1.—Eight children of Mr. and Mrs. William Dias of Hesh- ben, near here, ranging in age from 13 years to three months, were burn- ed to death early today, when fire de- | stroyed the family home. The parents, after discovering the flames, left the children in their beds and went to the | Arst foor, where ther mads an atfemnt | to extingu the The blaze | spread rapidly, however, and they were {unable to ret rescue the little omes President Hadiey's Serman. New Haven Oct. 1.—The dactrine and duty of public service was preach- ed by President Arthur T. Hadley to- day in his matriculation sermon to the students of Yale. Not pleasure, and not gain, he told his hearers, was the chief object of their collegiate educa- tion, but service to the public. the Tribuna savs that all the consuls at the Dardaneclles have telegraphed that a naval batile is going on in the siraits. Reports of guns are head as far as the Bosphorus’ At 1.36 o’clock this morfiing the same agency sent out a Rome despatch dat- | ed October 2, saying: “News of the destrudtion of the Turkish fleet seems te be confirmed.” British War Craft at Malta. Malta, Oct. 1.—The Briti®h battle- ships Duncan. Cornwallis, Russal Triumph and Swiftsure, and the cruis- ers Bacchante, Aboukir and Lancaster arrived here today. | Gents | Japan wounded Condensed Telegrams Five Inches of Snow Fell Saturday in the Lake Megantic region, Me. The British Navy Is Equipped with a torpedo said to be effective at 10,000 yards. Judge Edgar J. Sherman of the Massachuselts superior court will re- tire today. The Atlantic Woolen Mills, Provi- dence, have gone on what is practi- cally a full-time bpasi. The Hamilton, Ont., Offices of the Canagian Express company were rob=- bed of $10,000 in cash last week. _Gen. Bernardo Reyes Sailed from Vera Cruz for Havana and New York to avoid danger of personal violence. The Registration Statistics at Brown university sho a total enrollment of 657 students, against 718.last year. The Cornerstone of the Gibbons Me- moriai hall at the Catholic university \1\')|ll be laid by the cardinal on October The Annual Convention of the erican Electric Raiiway association will be held in Atlantic City beginning Octoner 9. Captain Englehardt, the pioncer German aviator, was killed during the aviation mcet at Johannisthal field, near Berlin, . J. P. Morgan, the New York finan- , is the guest of his son-in-law, former Secretary of the Navy Herbert L. Satterlee. Of 75,000 Rats Killed b; health department in th months only one was bubonic plague, the Seattle nfected with During the Progress of a political demonstraticn at Rimon: P. Q., Dud- ley Canston, manager for Mark Ham- bury, was shot and led. Lewis Waterman, last vear's dem- ocratic candi or governor, is s lected to leaé the party against Gov. ernor Pothier in Rhode Island. The Repuklicans of New Mexico in state convention adopted resolutions endorsing President Taft and nomi- nated H. O. Bursum for governor. No Battleships Will Be Constructed in na rds in addition to the New York unless there is a decided change in the policy of the navy department. The Law Establishing the board of | inebriety goes into effect in New York October 1, the intent of which is to cure habitual drunkenness by isolation. Masonic Organizations Are benefici- aries to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars under the will of the late Samuel C. Lawrence of Medford, Mass, Rev. John E. Ewell, rector of Christ Episcopal church, Clarksburg, W. Va., has accepted the call to become asso- ciate rector of the Church of the As- sension. Rushing from Her Home at Lewis- ton, Me., Saturday, Mrs. Hattie M. Wright. §0 vears old, ran to the An- Aroscogsin river nearby and jumped in to her death. Found Guilty of Manslaughter,Frank Romeo, who shot and killed Vito Mon- temourro at Rutland, Vt., on August 8, last, was sentenced to thirtcen years in state prison. Mrs. Medill McCormick, wife of the Chicago publisher, narrowl escaped injury in the crowded shoppins sec- tion when a touring car collided with her electric vietoria. Two Polanders, Known to the Police as Anton and Stéfan, were arrested at Agawam, Mass., in _connection with the murder of Airs. Rose Umanski at Granville last Wednesday, On the Eve of President Taft’s re- ception in Lincoln, Neb., copies of Sen- ator LaFollette's speech on sham reci- procity and the record of the Taft ad- miniatration are heing mailed to vot- ers of the cit Walter Lispenard Suydam of Blue Point, L. I, was granted an interlocu- tory decree of divorce against Louise Lawrence Suydam. The decree for- bids Mrs. Suyéam to remarry or to use Suydam’s name. Jasper Wilson, private secretary to his father, Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, resigned, will be succeeded by Robert M. Reese, for many vears confidential clerk to Secretary Wilson. The Officials of the Grand Trunk railway who have been inspecting the route of the Canadian's new branch foin Palmer, Mass, to Providence, left Providence Saturday in their private car for New York. Pardened From the New York State prison by Governer Dix Saturday aft- er serving twelve vears of a life sen- tence for murder, Edward Wise went directly to the home of his aged moth- er in Roxbury, Mass. The Cretans Have Notified Their representatives in Italy that they did not intend to permit the epportunity afforded by the Tripoli affair to pass witiout obtaining their long desired annexation to Greece. Five Hundred Bushels ef Potatoes bought by Mayor Shank, to be sold to the people of Indianapolis at cost in order to rebuke commission mer- chanie for high prices, are in the city market at 75 cents a bushel Government Has Sent h an appropriate in- n in japanese to the Yale siu- who were active in securing a d for the aid of the soldiers of in the war with Rus- The Japaness a sily Dt fu sia. Gross crimination Against cot- tonseed oil manufacturers at Mem- phis, Tenn. in favor of a mill at Hickman, Kv., was charged against the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad and the Louisville & Nash- ville railroad. An Action of Tert with damages of millien dollars was flled in the iled Stetes cireuit court at Boston Saturday By Charles L. Strout, re- r of the Geodhue Sons Metal stening cempany, & Maine corpers- tion, against the United Sh®e Machin- Ery company. Fowler Abandons Flight. Emigrant Cap. Gal, Oct. 1.—Aviator Rebert G. Fowler has abandened his transcontinental flight. His engine will net carry him over the Sierras. Tt will not “bite” the thin air. He made two unsuccessful attempts to- past fifteen | Largest in Connecticut in Proport’ ; tothe City’s Population First Bigamist, Now MUrderer YOUNG CHICAGO DOCTOR SLAYS HIS ILLEGAL WIFE, CONFESSES TO THE POLICE Claims He Was Forced Into Second Marriage to Prevent Disclosures— Victim Threatened to Expose Him. Chicago, Oct. 1.—Dr. Harry Flgin Webster, a Rush Medical college grad- uate student and an interne at the Polyclinic hospital, admftted in a re- markable narrative to the police today that he murdered ome of his town young wi Bessie Kent Webster of €hicago, in the woods, ten miles from Dixon, Ill, September 16, i To Cover Crime of Bigamy. The police say the motive of his | crime was Webster's ‘desire to hids from his first wife, Zoe Varney Web- ster of Cedar Rapids, Towa, the fact * that he was a bigamist. He married the two women within one week last January. | Body Discovered Friday. Discovery of Bessic’s body Friday, almost two weeks after she had been killed, was followed by identification Saturday and the arrest of Webster. Broke News to Legal Wife. Webster was taken into custody at the hospital sho. after he had left | Zoe Varney Web: wife No.-1, at hotel. He had spent a a downtown |!rpuhled night attempting to explain his marital duplicity to his first wife. She was greatly shocked by her hus- band’s revelations, but he convinced her that he knew nothing of the mur- der near Dixon. Police Quizz First Wife. Mrs. Webster's confidence in her husband, however, was shert-lived. She was waiting at the railroad - tion early today for a train to Dixon when the pelice found her. With her arrival under escort of detectives at a { police station, the structure of evas- ion that Webster had been erecting for months began to crumble, and at three o'clock this afternoon the police had the story of the murder. Forced Inte Second Marriage. Webster sald he was married first to Zoe Varney at Cedar Ragids, Towa, January 4. He said he was greatly in Jove with her and expected to return to Cedar Rapids to practice medicine. Then he returned to Chicago to con- tinue his hospital work and was forced he said, into a marriage with Bessio Kent January 13, under threats that allezed relations with her during his college days would be exposed and { he-would lose his hospital position. Expected Her to Get Divorce. “T married Bessie Kent under her promise that she would divorce im- meédiately after the wedding,” said Webster. “She refused to get a di- vorce, and that was the beginning of all the trouble.” Threatened to Expose Him. Webster told of a drive In a buggy from Dixon with wife No. 2, of how they had guarreled. The physician al- leged his”wife struck him and then jumped from the carriage, crying that she would see his parents and expose his 1ife with her. Stabbsd Her With Pocket Knife. ‘Webster threw a suit case at her, he says. mped from the buggy and gave chase. She stumbled nmear a ravine and fell and he pulled out his pocket- knife and stabbed her in the back of the neck as she lay on the ground. Rolled Bedy Into Ravine. She died immediately and he rolled her body into the ravine and eovered it with leaves. He drove to Dixon and took a train for Chicago. Three or four days later he reported to the police that his wife was missing, and consulted with them and her relatives regarding search for her. ARE YOU FOR SHORTER LEGIS- LATIVE SESSIONS? Republicans: Are yeu for shorter legistative sessions? Do you belisve the lieutenant-governor should be le- zally empowered to act as governor in his absence? If you do ,turn out and register yoir will at the ballot box. STRIKEBREAKERS STONED BY MOB AT MCOMB, MISS. Were Being Transported on Train from Chicago to New Orleans. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 1.—A carload of Tllineis Central strikebreakers from Chhicago to New Orleans was attacked by a mob of at least four hundred per- sons at McComb, Miss., this merning. The car was stoned, most of the win- dows were broken and several of the occupants were slightly injured. Effords were made te detach the car and when special agents saw what was intended the engineer was sig- nalled to pull out. It is believed this prevenied serfous trouble. The car arrived at New Athens at 10.45 this morning. AVIATOR RODGERS HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Arrives at Huntington, Ind., After En- countering Thres Rainstorms. Huntington, Ind, Oct. 1.—Aviator C. P. Rodgers, whe ie contesting for a Prize of $50,000 in a flight from to coast, landed here this afternnon 4.28, after a day full of thrills and in which his life was endangered se times. Rodgers ran into three rainstorms while flying 1,500 feet high. For sev- eral hours he was lest sight of, and even when he landed all trace of him was lost te his manager and others. Rodgers left Bobo, a litthe town south of Decatur, at 8.45 a. m., when the weather was clear. Fe expects to reach Chicago tomorrew morning. Sunday Session of Legislature. Albany, N. Y., Oct. L—Daylight was breaking over the capitel teday when the legislature adfourned after an all- night struggle over the question of di- rect mominations, which has been = bene of contention among legislators for five years. The semate passed one bill and the assembly amother, there by supsetting the plans for final ad- journment yesterday and prorteating ‘the session at least another week. Lezisiators said 1t was the first time the legislature’ was ever in session on Sunds> £ .