Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1911, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Girculation in Hm Verdict of Not Guilty in Cases of Lillian Graham and _EtM Conrad TRIED FOR SHOOTING OF MILLIONAIRE STOKES Four Ballots Taken Before Agreement Was Reached—Miss | Conrad Has Attack of Hysterics Upon Hearing the Ver- dict—Crowd Cheers Girls as They Pass From Court- has been some dispute about the age o7 Miss Graham, whose years have been placed anywhere from 23 to 2 but Miss Conrad is only 18. The lat- ter was not brought into the story un- til early last spring, just before the shooting. She and Lilllan then began chumming together and she testified how they both bought revolvers be- cause they had heard much of “bad men” They found them of use only & few days later when Stokes called at their apartment on the night of June 7. Stokes sald he had gone (v the apartment on the invitation of Miss Conrad, with the expectation of regaining possession of some letters which he had writtyn Miss Graham and that when he got there the girls laid | befere him a_demand for money, with Aourish of their revolvers anq Dec. 15—A verdict of mot_gu! was returned late today ireeing Liilian Grabam and Ethel Con. Tad of the criminal charges on whici ibey bad been held since last June for shooting the millicnaire sportsman ard proprietor, W. E. D. Stokes, in ihe legs. The jury reached its de- cislon after somewhat less than an hour's deiiberation—58 minutes, to be exact, One Count Withdrawn. “The sncoting show girls” were tried on_an moictment of three counts, the fust teing attempted murder of Stokes, Tut of corsideration of this most seri- ous charge the jurors were relieved by Justice Jlarcus, who sstounied the de- fense Li the th hour announce men: iha: the district attorney would aw sfirst coun art | @ Tetrecy the firsc Seumt The <ourt lireat to -shoot. . The giris declared third counts, which charged respeciive. tit Stokes aitacked them, that iy assault in the first degree, with in. | Scized their revolvers long enough tc temt to kill and assault in the second | fire two shots and that they shot also degree, with intent to @o bodlly in- | and several bullets took effect in the Jurs. - | millionatre's lege. Miss Grzham Requires Assistance. Stokes Does Not Know of Verdict. While th g the| More favorable word as to Mr. txo --(ren.a.:r.’t‘;r{.::'hgfl.%ffi:eu in | Stokes' condition was given out latc oke of the ante-chambers of tie court- | tonight. Dr. Jostah Thornley, his phy- Toom. The suspens: was obviously se. | Siclan, said that the patient was pro- Yere for both of them. When sum- | Sressing favorably; indeed, was well moned to hear the verdict Miss Gra- | on the road to recovery £ ham arpeared to be completely un-| “Mr. Stokes is ignorant of the ac- struug ana had to be assiste dinto the | quittal of Lilllan Graham and Fthel courticom. She was trembling in ev- | Conrad,” added Dr. Thornley. “He has ers limb. The more spirited Miss Con- not been permitted to discuss the casc rad came cressisted, but she seemed in | during the past days and I don't care a (hly nervous state. She had been to jeopardize the chances of my pa- overheard to say, while waiting for the tlent's recovery by discussing it wilh Yergict: "I can't stand it until he gets | him or allowing anyone else to do so. tircugh Lillan~ Miss Conrad in Hysterics. DECLARES SHE WED A moment later, when the vounz WILSON FOR LOVE. women faced the jury and the foreman annourced “Net guilty,” Miss Conrad gried “Tiank God!” and went into vio- lent lysterice. She sank down upon he counsel fable, jumped up again and shriek-ng at the top of her voice, ta:3 her hair_and threw her arms mbout x1ldly. This surprised the spac. 1ators, for durin: the trial Mise Con- rad had kept up Rer nerve much beiter thar her compenfon. On the other hand, Miss Graham, who wept much during the trial and only sobbed the more when she heard the verdict, re- wovered when she saw her companion fo,"fected and acied s the stay of er younger friend. “Tell Mother We Are Free” Tt was at first thought that Miss Conrad had misunderstood the verdict, and her companion tried to assure her .at they were frec. “On, I know. d. “Tell mother we are free! Tell r we are cominz home!™ These Were practically Miss Conrad's only roherent words during her hysteria, avbich lasted fully ten minutes Final- I¥ her friends. her brother and her Teonsel succeeded in quieting her Cheered Outsice Courtroom. She recovered as suddenly as she was attacked, and, with Miss Graham on her arm. issued from the courtroom 1o be greeied with cheers by a large crowd gathered outside. Many persons stepped forward to pat the girls on the tack and shake their hands. They stepped into a taxicab and were whirl- <d away to dinner. Robert M. Moore of comnsel, said that Miss Conrad's Yysieria was no surprise. He said she Tad beer on the verge of it through- ut the trial and that her violent sig- sles during her crdeal on the stand were but evidence of it. Four Ballots by Jury. The jury arrived at its verdict after taking four ballots. On thrze of them the jurymen voted 11 to 1 for acquit- tal, ihe one man dissenting being in favor of conviction for assavlt in the ®econd degree. The spectators who <rewGed the courtroom Aid not appear greatly surprised. No one was pres- ent representing the complainant, Siokes, except his counsel. Fis youns wife, who had been in the court most of the day, had decided not to waii the c=tcorre. It was said at the Hotel Zmecnia some hours. later that t Tews of the verdict had not becn car- ried o Stokes up to that time. He was *2id to be still dangerously ai * in cersiderable pain owing to the acent operation for the removal of an @lecess on his Kidney. District Attorney’s Summing Up. The summing up which istant District Attorney Buckner ma against the zirls was a dramatlc fea- tare of the late afternoon session of court. He flourished the _revolvers with which the girls shot Stokes and accompanied his recital of t 1e shooting &84 his scorching denumciation of both Btokes and the girls by frequently & the hammers of the wcapor must be enforced to be e ncbled, not to be laushed at, sigéled at_ spat upon and lanced upon and suhg ovor on the vaudeville stage,” wrere some of Mr. Buckner's words. He erred to the contan‘ion by the cou for the defense that Mr. Stokes 4 not be punished and fhe girls ¥aa been punished enough. He sald: How Have Girls Punished? “Perhaps it is no punishment for a man with a six months’ bride and a 14 old son to have such things wked about him in every village and as have been published in this And how have these girls been 2 While Stokes was nursing wounds they hunz his bloody trous- ers outside of a theater and asked the public to_deposit its money in the box ~ The main contention of the tion was that the defendants tokes to their apartment to him and shoot him when he refused to comply with their de- a that there was not, as the d. any basis for self de- Buckner spoke for ihree Charge. the withdrawal of ¢ in the indictment, Judge d in his charge to the jurors theory Of the dcfense to His Assets. New York, Dec. 15.—Stélla Lewis,the 18 vear old stenosrapher who became Mrs. Christopher Columbus Wilson the day that the then president of the United Wireless company was indicted for ueing the mails to defraud, was a witness today in bankruptcy proceed- ings Instituted” t6 find!out it Wilson nas concsaled any of the $1,500,000 he was credited with having obtaines from the sale of the United Wireless stock. Wilson himself is to be brought from Atlanta, where he was sent after con- viction to serve a three vear sentence, to_testify Dec. 22. Mrs. Wilson biushingly admitted that It was for love and not for mon- ey that she married the elderly. wire- less man, but In a long examination she failed to furnish much information as to whether or not she has any as- sets that a receiver in bankruptey could conveniently get hold of. She said that all she knew about a report that Colonel Wilson took $£50,000 to. Europe and deposited it in banks there while the government was investigat- ing the affairs of the wireless com- pany, was what she had seen in the newspapers. “I dom’t believe he has any money at all; in fact, I know he hasn't,” was her emphatic declaration towards the close of her exemination. The furnish- ings of her house, she said, were given her by Wilson, and she believed they were worth $4,000. She sald she had seen her husband every two woeks at the Atlanta prison, but he had never made a confidant of her. LOCK ON DOOR PUT IN AS EVIDENCE. Prosecution Gains a Point in New York Fire Horror Trial. New York, Dec. 15—After hearing lengthy testimony to convince him that the exhibit was a proper one, Judse Crain in general session today allow- ed the lock in the door which is al- leged to have barred the escape of the Eirl operatives from the fire in the Triangle Waist company. establishment on March 25 Jast to be introduced in evidence. Twice before during the day the court had refused to admit the ex- hibit as evidence against Harris and Blanck, who are on trial for man- slaughter of Margaret Schwartz, one of the 147 who died in the fire. The piece of Panel containing the lock, with shot bolt, and known as “people’s exhibit Ne. 30” constituted the strongest physical proof the prose- cution yosses. For two days District Attorney Bostwick fought to get it be- fore the jury. It shows conclusively, he contends, that the ninth oor of the Washington Place side of the factory where many died, was locked when the panic stricken employes threw themselves against it to es- cape from the flames. Among the witnesses today were pumerous survivors of the fire. LORIMER TO TESTIFY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. Unexpected Turn in the Testimony of Hines at Chicago. New ‘Washington, Dec. 15—Senator Lor- imer will not testify in his defense before the senate committee investigat- ing his election until congress re-con- cenvenes after the Christmas holi- days. It had been = practically ar ranged to have him & witness next Monday but it was decided today to finish with all other witnesses before congress adjourns and to hear Sena- ton Lorimer after the recess. The hearing . was unexpectededly lengthened today by a turn in the testimony of Edward Hines of Chica- g0, the lumber man who has been mentioned in the case as the “man who put Lorimer over.” d Counsel for the committes wanted to inow something about what Is alleged 19, have happened at o mesting in Mr. ine's private room ,in the Chicago' Vnion League club -the day after Lorimer was elected. The lawyers. are e Moy will recall Mr. “'m ‘the h is Double That of Any Other Cabled Paragraphs London, Dec. 16.—On behalf of the United States government, 12,000 seal pelts were sold by G. M. Bowers on the London fud market today, fetching $428,385, -an_increase of $1,25 per skin over the price obtained last vear. London, Dec. 15.—The house of lords today passed the national insurance bill providing for compulsory insur- ance against sickness and unemploy- ment of the working classes, through its third and final reading. The Hague, Dec. 15.—The interna- tional oplum conference adopted a res- olution today submitted hy the Brit- ish delegates restricting the importa- tion or export of morphine or cocaine in_the countries represented at the con- ference. London, Dec. 15.—A -vaghe rumor that King George had been assassinat- ed at Delhi, in India, spread like wild- fire through London this morning. No- body knew where it first arose, but it created Immense excitement in the city and West End. Manila, Dec. 15.—An ultimatum has been issued in the Island of Jolo by Brigadier General John J. Pershing, or- dering the Moros who have been cre- ating so much disorder recently, and who suffered a severe defeat yesterday, losing a large number of men, to de- liver up all their arms by Saturday. GETS INFORMATION ABOUT KANSAS CITY EXPLOSIONS. Federal Grand Jury Hears T of Chief of Pol Indianapolis, Dec. 15.—Government officials who are co-operating with District Attorney Miller in conducting the investigation of the dynamite con- spiraly before the federal grand jury, leained from two sources today the details of explosions in which it is said others than the McNamaras Were im- plicated. W. B. Griffin, chief of police of Kan- s#8 City, was questioned about certain facts which it is said had never been revealed. These explosions all direct- ed against structures erected by firms employing non-unico _men, occurred from 1908 to 1910. Since not more than two of them were confessedly the work of Ortle McManigal, Chief Grifin’s information was sifted to as- certain wto else might have destroy- ed the property. Much important testimony bearing on the records taken from the head- quarters of the International As: tion of Bridge —and Structural Irom Workars was 6150 obtained from Miss Mary Dyef who went before the grand jury. Until several years ago, Miss Dye, now of Pittsburg, was confiden- tial secretary in the lron workars headquarters and as such had to do with the correspondence of J. J. Mc- Namara, the secretary-ireasurer. Mrs. Andrew J. Hull, the iron work- ers'’ former bookkesper, also visited the federal building. Many hotel clerks from various parts of the coun- try had been subpoenaed to tell what they know of McManigal while he was on his dynamiting expeditions. The hoiel men are to be questioned. chiefly to corroborate McManigal's confessed visits to certain towns with a suit case filled either with dynamite or_nitro-glycerine. It was intimated that the fron work- ers’ officlals were not opposing the government's efforts to expose all im Dlicated in the dynamiting, the fact being pointed to that H. S. Hoekin, acting secretary of the association, again conferred with District Attorney Milier. It was while Hockin was ab- Sent that several wagon loads of pa- pers recently were taken from the headquarters. Hockin refused to say whether they were taken with his con- sent. About 30,000 papers are to be digested for (e bemeflt of the grand ury. THIRTY LIVES LOST IN HUNTING ACCIDENTS. Connecticut Contributed Two Vi and Rhode Island One. Boston, Dec. 15.—Thirty human Hves were lost in New England and four in the Canadian province of New Bruns- wick as a direct result of the hunting season, which, so far 2s big game is concerned, came t6 an end tonight. Of the victims, five were shot in mistake for deer; twelve were killed by the ac- cidental 'discharge of their own guns; 14 by accidental firing of guns held by companfons or by stray bullets; two were drowned, and one dled of expos- ure. Maine furnished fifteen victims, Mas- sachusetts seven, New Hampshire three, Vermont and Connecticut two each, and Rhode Island one. In addi- tion more than twenty persons recelv- ed more or less serious injuries. It is estimated that in the nelghbor- hood of 10,000 deer and 300 moose were killed during this year's season, be- sides several score of bears and a great quantity of small game. “BIG BILL” KELIHER STILL BEHIND BARS. Makes Another Required Bai Effort to Raise. the of $50,000. Boston, Dec. 15.—Another made today by Willam J. (* Keliher, convited of aiding in ) the wrecking of he National City bank of Cambridge, to obtain bail pending the decision of the court on his appeal. Be- fore his convictlon, nearly a year ago, Keliher was at liberty under $15,006 bonds, but after the trial bail was rais- ed to 350,000, and he has been at the East Cambridge jail ever since. Keoliher was in the United States marshal’s office for several hours to- day, but was taken back to Cambridze during the afternocon. He _admitted that he was trying to arrange bail. LITTLETON FORGIVEN o BY PRESIDENT TAFT. New York Congressman Makes Call at the White House. ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—Representa- tive Martin Littleton of New York made his first call at the White House today since he and President Taft dis- agreed about the usefulness of the Sherman anti-trust law at the same banquet board in Pittsburg last Octo- ber. Mr. Littleton said today that he had “resumed filendly relations with the White House and that President Taft did not trot out his big stick.” “Weeks ago;” Mr. Littleton said, “he apparently satisfactorily in explained a letter to the president the Pittsburg ineldent, in which he was now accused of ‘baiting’ Mr. Taft' Since the> the president has signified his forgiveness and they expect to play golf together again when Q: Jack McGrath Wen from Koch. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 15.—In a wrest- ling match here taking two falls, swallows wing their Jack McGrath Says B6d is - At His Back| SANDFORD FEELS LIKE BUGLER SOUNDING CHARGE. NOT A DISGRACED MAN' Leader of Holy Ghost and Us Society Poses as Martyr on Eve of Sentence Work Will B¥ Continued. Durham, Me., Dec. 15.—*T feel like a bugler sounding the charge = rather than a disgraced man going down.” ‘With these and other similarly mii- itant words, Rev. Frank W. Sandford, leader of the Holy Ghost and ¥s so- ciety, today gave utterance to his feelings and beliefs on the eve of re- Poisoning Son MOTHER OF CYRIL SPARLING TO BE ARRESTED. STATEMENT OF DOCTOR Tells Sheriff That He Believes He Can Get Woman to Confess—Three Oth Suspicious Deaths in Sparling Family Bad Axe, Mich., Dec. 15.—The mother of Cyril_Spariing, for whose death by polson Dr. Robert A. MacGregor of Tbly was held today to the circuit court on a charge of murdes, will be ssrved with = warrsnt tomorrow charging her with poisoning her son, {t Was anmounced by Sherift Donald THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING ‘When out shopping, if you do not see what you want, it is a good plan to ask for it. The merchant cannot have everything desirable right in the range of eyesight. One of the best preparations for holiday shopping is to read the advertisements in The Bulletin day by day to get a knowledge of the desirable goods In the market and the price of them. To be well- informed at the counter is to have the shopping half done. The clerk behind the counter s always glad to find a customer who knows what is wanted. Christmas goods this'year seem to be most reasonable in price, even the novelties being offered at an inviting figure. trade in comfort, do it now, for in the next week there is sure to be a rush. Bulletin advertisers may be relied upon to do weil by the customers. The Bulletin or The Courier or The Saturéay,Bulletin make a good present for the absent sons and daughters of Norwich, as well as for Now Is the time to subscribe. week, two-part Courler 50 cents a year, Saturday Bulletin $1.00. Following is a summary of the matter printed in The Bulletin those at hom during the past week: Bullstin Telegraph Dees =91 Dec. 85 Dec. 121 Dec. 97 Dec. 118 Dec. 4 11 12 13 14 15 1t you like to Bulletin 12 cents a Tota/ 1109 500 410 490 476 419 - 3404 General 883 - 270 163 251 235 207 2009 Local 35 145 126 142 123 114 785 celving sentence for having caused the death of six of his followers by neg- lecting to provide sufficient provisions and proper medical treatment on the recently ended crulse of the society's vacht Coronet. Covid Bs Given 60 Years. Should Sandford be given the max- imum penalty on of the six counts on which he was convicted in the federal court, Judge Clarence Hale, next Monday morning, might send him to jail for a sixty-year term or fine him 360,000, or both. Yet the Elijah of the sect, which has its headquarters on Shiloh” hilitop in this town, ap- peared not in the least cast down to- day, and his disciples who have gath- ered around him to receive last words of counsel since his release on bail following his conviction, showed every evidence of veneration for their lead- er. The Work Will Go On. In the course of a long interview, Sandford expressed his confidence in the _ approaching evangelization of the world, particularly of North Amer- ica, and his conviction that his acts since he founded the socrety have been directly commissioned by God. He said that if he was sent to jali the work of the socioty would be placed in cherge of Rev. Charles E. Holland, one of his agsistants, who has been known as Moses” of the sect. Expects God to Back Him. “I have been commissioned by God.” sald Sapdford, “to play this part in the evahgelicalization of the world. God has t0ld me to do these things and He will back me, The world will say that I have lost, but there will be another court, and I will be the chief witness. I am going to have every decent man on the globe in sym- pathy with me and I repeat the proph- cey I made three years ago that I shall yet be the most popular man in Maine. Does Not Fear His Enemies. “When I sailed back into Portland harbor and placed my head in the law’s noose I was but following God’s dictates. 1 have lived in all good conscience since this movement was instituted by God and I have & right 1o expect the co-operation of the Su- preme Being \so long as-1 harmonize with His desires. I fear sin and I fear God, but I do not fear my ene- mies 50 long as I am true to that God Who commissioned me to ‘Reove the covering cast over the face of all the earth.’ Never Had More Faith. “I never had such faith for the work of God in every country on this con- tinent from Panama to the Polar re- gions as I have this moment. I am absolutely certain that there will be delay mo longer, that God will arise in His own mighty way and through signs and wonders and mighty deeds, through judgments and the ° fearful signs depicted in the Book of Revela- tion shake this continent from center to circumference and each tribe and kindred face to face with its mak- ™ Continent to Be Subjugated. “I am positive that by war, by fam- ine. by pestilence by all the agencies described in the last book of the tribe, this entire continent is to experience a subjugation to the will of Almighty many intercessions to God in behalf of men.” = ‘Asked as to the attitude of his fol !pwm since his trial, Sancford sald: Shiloh Colony the other in 18 McAuley of Huron county tonight. MacGregor and Miss Margaret ibbs of Port Huron, a nurse, charged with being an accessory after the fact, was held at the conclusion of a preliminary examination, made sensational by the testimony: of Sheriff McAuley, the last ‘witness for the prosecution. Four Previous Suspicious Deaths. McAuley safd that after the inquest to determine the cause of Cyril Spar- ling’s death Dr. MacGregor asked him if the authorities were going to ex- hume the bodies of the other Sparlings. Four members of the family, three scns and the father, dled of a suspi- cious ailment. The Doctor’s Revelation. “If you do; said Dr. MacGregor to me,” continued Sheriff McAuley, ‘T Enow you will find poison. If you fel- lows will take up Albert Spariing and find arsenic In him, T know of a man who can make Mrs. Sparling confess.’ “I said: ‘That's just what we want. “MacGregor answered: ‘T would have to look in the glass to find him.’ Lost Confidence in Woman. Further, Sheriff McAuley testified that MacGregor- said: “Mrs. Sparling sent me word that you fellows were there and for me to stick to the same story that she told Prosecutor Boomhower. That was the first time In my life T ever lost confi- dence in M Sparling. Physician Seeks Vindication. At the conclusion of the sherifs testimony, Dr. MacGregor's attornes sald: “I1 ask to have Dr. MacGregor bound over to the circuit court, where he can have a full and complete vindication before a jury.” The cireuit court for Huron county convenes here Jan. 26. INDICTED PACKERS BARRED. Not Allowed to Bid on British Govern- ment Beef Contracts. London, Dec. 15—The British gov- ernment has decided to exclude all the American meat packers against whom prosecutions have been instituted in the United States from maling tender for contracts for the supply of meat to the British army and navy, pending the settlement of the sults. Shooting in NewyHaven Saloon. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 15.—John Hege was seriously if mot fatally wounded tonight when Joseph Dulin stepper up in back of him and dis- charged a revolver in his side. Dulin was arrested and is being held on a charge of assault with intent to Kill. The shooting took place in a Gramd avenue saloon and was the ending of a quarrel between thg two over a bottle of whiskey. Claims Right to Monopel.y New York, Dec. 15.—In argument to- day before the appellate division of the supreme court counsel for the New York Edison company contended that the company was entitled to a monop- oly of the électric lighting business in the ecity under the “new state policy” of “regulated monopoly in place of competition.” was reserved. Italians Deny Using Dumdums. Rome. Dee. 15—The Itallan gov- ernment has issued an official denial that its troops in Tripoll are using dumdum bullets, as has Leen stated in Censtantinople. 'The Ttallan press 1s for the formation of a co- lonial army of 50,000 men. “Damond Dick” Dead. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Dec. 15.—Word was received Condease Teegrams SAYS BREWER The Enroliment for Harvard dents. sity shows 4,203 Charles F. Hapmer Died Sudden!. or' betes at his home In East Hari: ford yesterday. 7 The Removal of the Indian Capital to Delhi has caused a serious fln:l:':ltl depression in _Culcunn. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria sur- rendered his prerogative to marry a woman below him in rank. John D, Rockefeller Will Paste $500 worth of Red Cross Christmas seals on the gifts that he sends out this year. tu O: M, Laing, General Superintendent of the ‘Central New Engiand railwey, ?|€d at Hartford yesterday of typhoic ever. The Pure Food and Drug Board an- nounced a series of new regulations uf- fecting the use of opium, morphihe and cocaine. Numerous Incendiary Fires in vicinity of Boston recently have aroused the vigilance of the state and rum- | ixth rel Junetion City, peter John Cril 1d urtillery, Kon., Dec. 1 ‘Battery a tod; in Connectiont in Proportion to th City’s P WAS NOT IMPLICAT! Deputy Warden of Federal Penitentiary at Lea worth Exonerates Former Chaplain Asserts Also That Mrs. Jordan Had No Part in Crimes at | Riley—A;other Artilleryman Arrested Yesterday — Cor manding Officers at Post in Receipt of Many Threate Letters—Mrs. Jordan Declares She Has Nothing to Fea approximately 3 Lows. PRICE__TWO CENT: Aoh g opulation WAS IN TEXAS AT TIME OF THE EXPLOSION city police. ative to th e explosions and | EXONERATES BREW The st an- | fres at y, which have cost noUnCed A advance of & GuAria aia | the. government one million dollars | Deputy Wardsn Also Excu cent a gallon In the price of benzine last March. Crile in the sixth Jordan From Blar g L sciGier arrested sineo the v of the explosions became pu Leavenworth, icax One Hundred Million Dollars is wast- | Private Michacl Quirk's confession | Mackey, dapuly wirde ed annually In the basiness of 1ife in- | (8t ne caused the explosions at the | penitaniiary here surance, according to President W. A. | ibstigation of th he fonrles M. | Btates marshal foP Kunsu Day of the Equitable Life. 3 rewer, ex-caaplain at the fort tigated the explosior 3 Fort Riloy, aaid § Michael Clough, the Driver of & gro. | W/ Have Warrant for Mrs. Jordan, | Fort Hilcy, sl } cery team at Plymouth, Mass., was The arrest of Crile and the releaso | ordan er n killed at one of the grade crossings of Mgs, Anna Jordan at Kansas City | Brow the New York, New Haven and Hart. | befor Deputy 1 1 E. the time, and une ford railroad yesterday Mead arrived there were. the | Junction Cit - cve s in the cuss today. Com- | Case of Mistaken |der Normal Progress Was Made last se suid he would have a| o Se8 OF M iskeken montli on vessels under construction d at once for Mrs. Jor- | In qeplaini rod the ¥ for thio United States navy, according and would have 1t served | SRR GEEM, 6 0 to the monthly report of the bureau ot United States marshal is sald to have construction and repair. gffice at Kansas City, fort preceding the burr militia for three and a half years will bz in the arsenals and strong boxes o the United States at the end of the present year. ¥ JUDGE’'S INSTRUCTIONS IGNORED BY A JURY Bring Verdict Contrary to That Or- dered by the Court. In Future Civil Service Employes proposed for dismissal or reduction | srade or compensation will be furnish- ed with a copy of reasons or charges and geanted a reasonable time to make 3, “ a St. The “striking apswer; in writing. S E. Withrow's o ed "today when it re Therp Was a_Falling Off of More | Courts triumphed turned a verdict for the plaintifl in the O3 8 milion Goliars 1u_fhe gmeunt Dermott will case. This was con- of brealistuffs exported from the Unit- ? trary to the ructions delivered by ed States during the month of Novem- | [Iary to the instruction: o 5 ber this year as compered with the | {20 Iudle Ao O A ourcod, now- s e St ever, thai on the miotion of either side Advices to Dun's Review from lead- | < '¢ verdict could be set aside. % tug cities in the United Statos indi- | Mre. Mary Turringion sued Rev. cate that holiday shopping s in full | Father John White, "executor of th wing. with generally gratifying re- | *staic of her mother, Bridget McDer sults, but in most directions wholesale :i'l\“"'x f;)‘w:h-u n‘vh-‘:" ;l“;_el-\;;‘]-vfi;n' 'x‘ d, sea- | due Influence. . McDermo ehatls ypl i Lk The, court held that insufficient evi a had been introduced by the ntiff, and on’ Tuesday he directed Millard, Aged 45 Years, was | 1 nd dead at his home at Winsted, n., yesterday afternoon by his wif with a bullet wound in the right tem- The medical examiner is of the Jury to return a verdict for the ndant, This the twelve me 1 to do, saying they “would on their rights as Americen citiz opinion that the wound was self in- Today the jury came into court an tcted. o the follc finding was handed to Judge Withrow “We, the jury, find in favor of the i ¢ wheth: P bt ey o For the | piatntift for the reason that from the electric light company is liable for the death by electrocution of & patrén who | circumstantial evidence of witnesses, attempts to adjust an incandescent | we Lelieve th was undue Influ o light In his residence, is penfl.\n; be- | exertest over Bridget McDermott prior fore the, supreme court of the United|io end at th time she executed (he States. * testament in question, and that it was - not her last will and testament.” Former Attorney General Charles J.| 7The judge sent for law books and Bonaparte assailted the padding of the | with the foren of the jury looked payrolls by the democrats at Annapolis themn and then said and uttacked party government of mu- | “Gentlemen of the jurv, although nicipalities as unfit, iIn an address be- verdict Is In violation of fare the National Civil Service Reform s of this gourt, under the rulings league in Philadelphia. ¢ the supreme court it becomes N duty to accept it Upon motion presentative Inderwood of the | efther party—the plaintiff or th « house predicted yeSterday that the | fendsnt—the verdiot will be set asid gaucus of the democrats would not au- | and © new trial ordered.” thorize an ominbus public building bill at this session of congress, notwith» standing; the public building commit- tee’s recommendation for one. FIGHT OVER INSURANCE ON A MURDERER'S LIFE. A Stray Bullet from a Young Target | insurance Company Refused to Pay shooter named Edward H. Menchback, Because He Was Hanged. the police believe, was the cause of the death of Charles W. Brehn, whose body was fourtd beside his wagon on Wed- nesday alternoon mot far from Mench- back’s home’in Jamaica Pluin, Mass. Washington, Deec, 15—The construc tion of thousands of life, fire, mariin and accident Insurance policies, in- volving millions of dollars A% sald to hinge upen the outcome of & legal contest which_opened in the supreme court of the United States today over the payment of & life insurance policy carried by J. Samuel McCue, former mayor of Charlottesville, Va, who was hanged In 1905 for wife murder. The murder Was one of the mos: sen- sational iu the criminal annals of Virgint: The Northwestern Mutual Life In- surance company, in & brief of rei- sons 1t filed ary why it should not pay the policy, declaring McCue's children had no right to realize on the $15,000 policy because the insured dled on the gallows In explation of a crime. It is contended that the United States circuit court of appeals for the fourth circult erred in holding that cording to thethe policy was a special contract made in Wisconsin where the insurance compeny was dominated, and aceording to Wisconsin luw was not rendered null and void and that the court’s refusal to interpret the policy “according to general com- mercial law,” would result in great confusion 1in constructing policies. $40,000 for Chinese Rebels. San Francisco, Dec. 16,—The Chinese National association toduy sent $40,000 §old to the revolutionary muthorities at }::ll nm This gol\'] Wl‘: r:‘(lofl t tates, Canadn, i ¢ Tudies and Central America: Council of Jewish Wemen. Philadelphla, Dec. 15 —Miss Sadle American was ro-elected oxecutive Manufacturers of Coaster Brakes sold in the United States have been sum- moned to Buffalo by Chief Justice White of the United States supreme court to respond to an investigation which s belng conducted by the gov- ernment to determine if they are vio- lating the anti-trust law, Citizens of Oklahoma May Keep more than a quart of whiskey or other intoxicating liquor ini their places ot Lusiness if they choose, and they may sequester more than a gallon of it in their residences, according to an opin- ion handed Gown by the court of crime inal appeals. One of- the Largest Lumber Deals ever made in Montpelier, Vi, has been completed, C, C. Putndm & tSon having scld their sd@wmills in Middlesex ane ‘Worcester and stumpage on 12,500 acres in Worcester and Elmore 1o the Dock and Coal company of Plattaburs, N. Y. The transaction involves $300, 000. $60,000 Building for Rockville. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Dec. 15—Representative Henry introduced Ifi the house yes- terday bills appropriating $60,000 each for the erection of pubitc bufldings at Rociville - and Manchester, -on sites already owned by the government, Steamship Arrivals. At Napies: Dec. 14, Sant’ Anna, from New York. At Plymouth: Dec. 15, Olymple, from New York. At Naples: Dec. 11, San Giovanni, secyetary of the Ce I of Jewinh Wo- ork. . men at the electi wre today. Dec. 14, Sant’ Anna. from - from New Y Secretary of Wer Sthneot iiks adtah: Officers Threatened with Death. bles, was an e Ushed himself in the affections of th [ The few army officers who conld be | tended tho bull Forto Rico people by recommending in | Induced to talic privately of the ex- | botween Iort Fuile his annual report that the inhabitant: | ¥10sions said today that Fort Riley [ and the- der 2 the island be Eiven. cltizensip. ud been for nine months ns near n | MAan Ereatly res —— state of terror as a well disciplined chaplsin and was A Suit for $50,000, brought by Flech- | my pcst can get. Not only were there | Mi, Mackey said er Norton, an actor, against Richard | frequent incendiary fires, but the com- At the time Mackey for the alienation of the affec- | manding officers the post recelved | I was United Stat tions of Norton's wife, who is Valeska | frequent letters threatening them wich [ 808 and re - Suratt, the actress, was discontinued. | death and the fort with destruction ;]’)‘I‘""I':'l';"”';)‘l‘” VLA oaie oF BRI Meressntiig Fort Under Double Guard. days in making the business men. of that city and Port- nd day since early last | MiVestigation land, before the house committee on fort has Leon under more | Sptisfled that = n military affairs, advocated w 50 per | th.n double grard, sentries have been [ Chaplain nox cent. reduction in the Alaskan Cable| posted constantly at the hcmes of the |'Sonnected direct rate. commissioned officers and guards have | the fires and - spent each night in the cellars of Mrs. Going to Death Singing the Nationa! | ilicse homes to frustrate ussible plans | Kansas City dpthem and shouting “Banzail for | to destroy the houses by dynamite. officers having ta eir emperor, 95 members of the crew ake charge of M g e B b el i B Storehouse Burned Last March, B A Harusamo went down with the war| “Th. piggest loss sustained by the| “If the governm vessel. vovernment was when fhe quarter-fatwny thme I gan - e | mastecs storehouse, apart from other | here,” said Mrs (,’E;-:;ogu?zmal;-;nmnn:g Suagly “;; buildings, was burned on the night of | nothing about t ¥, - 20 . March 14. The' structure, which cost therefore have no Anna Jor or indire n Released. Dea. . Jo fled today rent officers wa be found at my Jordmr K alloge NEW HAVEN OPENS “GREAT WHITE “Star Spangled Banner” Played Lights Wel re Turned On. New Haven, De 18, —~Wit Dblowing of whisties and* the trumpets and the turning ¢ iads of electrio lights New I “Great White Way,” the or its kind in the winte, was fc opened av 7.45 tonight by Ma Rice, A the lights w turne the consolidated by roke with the “Star Spangled Bann the city's new slogan, “Old X New Ideas,” lettered in ¢ burst forth into flame in Lh 8 of the Green, and then the [ tary and cfvillan, was ¢ heo Great White Way" take two Mmain business streets Chapel and Church, on Which at intervals olecwio lightn of bigh v shining through globes of white bunting with guy ergreens festo 1t Asn nated streets the military b tionw from nel few, and local cletien partic tloats, & and ele covered the prin and was dismi revie nk attractive almo 4 over the » ¢ splend > thie s of the oity, deleg poring .'s hants and JAILED AND FINED FOR LLING OP Philadelphia Chinsman Had Pale Tax on His Goods Philadeiphia, Dec. 16.—Le propristor, of the Bun Yee Ay, who was charged by I tn with belng one of t extensivo dealers unlawfully in of in (his country, Was mentonce maximum pepaity, three years i ana a fine of 32,000, by Judge 1 foduy 1o the United tates court. um, on which o the malls, Passenger Co Philadelphia, D was_demolished the Conshocken, Norriste nixcille sylvania ra station late when the rear co shortly after leav eral passen Jury Complete Chicago, Dec. mony_before the jury in the case milyn’ charged w man Arthur terminated lnte report was retur ently reached a elght of the subpoenaed were ing testimony, Dick was accused of today being thrown Into ers were budl Bissonotte Atnesses w tax wos paid ach Jumps Trach 18 ana ac A igna D fhe Schu ach jumpe ing the wta Poisoning Probe 16.—Talking of Mrs. ith polsening today conelu excused with Baby Had Appendicltis. Pittsburg, Dec. old baby was on at the Merey for appendic nevin MeKinne: Canevin of the 13—~A 1 coeaxtul] apital oo shil¢ daloce ! T Catholio Pittaburgh, became seriously terday. ‘basmador General Wiokersham, A serand of Franoe and M1 ister Loudon of the Netherlan companied by thetr wh Al wfiig:".’:m' T daye on % ‘and Suban