Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 20, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIi.—NO. 304 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Gther TAFT'S ACTION RATIFIED BY SENATE Condensed Telezrams Lodge Resolution Unanimously Favored After Two Substitutes Had Been Voted Down LONG DEBATE OVER RUSSIA’S DISCRIMINATION Many Conflicting Opinions as to the Manner of Terminating Treaty—Knox Urged Caution, Stating That Russia, Has Mongolian Subjects Whom We Won’t Admit to This Country, Treaty or No Treaty—Lodge Defends Taft. Washington, Dec. 19.—The senate by 2 unanimous vote tonight formally ratified President Taft's motification to Russin of the termination of the treaty of 1832. The Lodge joint resolution, reported by the foreign relations com- mittee as a substitute for the Sulzer resolution that passed the house 300 to was adopted after an all day de- ate over _Russian _ discrimination gainst the Jews. The house tomorrow = expected to sgree measure, Two Substitutes Voted Down. The resolutfon was adopted at 7.19 p. m. It was introduced for the com- mitte by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts, as the guaze most satisfactory to the Wash ngton administration, which scught io avoid eiving offenes to the St. Pei- burg government. ‘The final a-tion rame after two substitutes had been voted down. It was the elimax of a rotable proceeding in the chmmber which gnards jealously its traditional Jowers to make and break treatles.. Precedents Cite: ough the symposium of views contributed | i A to which many senators throughout the day, however, there were citations of historic; istances of treaty terminations by exccutiveact. The senate was held in session until a te hour on the urgent plea of Sei ore the Christmas holiday recess on Thursday it was necessary that the senate should act tonight. Many Conflicting Opinions. Every senator who spoke voiced his advocacy of congressional action to meet the Russian discrimination. They were unanimous for the termination of the treaty, but showed a wide di- vergence of views as to the manner in which that end should be accomplish- ed. opinions were Senators Shively of In- diana, Poindexter of _ Washington, O'Gorman of New York, Stone of Mis- wsouri, and Williams of Mississippi. Effort to Eliminate Race Question. The most conspicuous opposition to ihe senate resolution developed when Senator Hitcheock of Nebraska offered = substitute resolution ellminating the cuestion of race as a cause for dis- that Russia had violated the terms ot the treaty.. The Hitcheoek substitute, cger, is along the lines of the ouse resolution. ihe affirmative on the Hitchcock sub- atitute were Senators Chilton, Culber- 3on, Rayner, Smith of Maryland, Tay- for, Watson and Williams, democrats, to the senate| measure couched in the lan- | or Lodge that to secure action be-| { i { | Among those who held conflicting | many, Japan, { 1 tion addressed by rimination and omitting the charge! (r the powers 1n | Those who voted in | countries had followed the example of the great republic. We Would Not Admit Mongolians. In_consequence of this resolution, he Geclared that’ the maintenance of the treaty was inconsistent with the attitude of the civilized world. He admonished caution in this pro- ceeding with Russia. “it behooves us to acl comservatively and cautiously in the official use language about this treaty lest we fin ourselvcs betrayed into asser 5 which may come back to_ plagu he sard. He referred to the fact that Russia has many millions of Mongo jan subjects, which, he said, the T ites would not admit, treats no treaty. House Will Washington, Dx izer, chairman of the tee on foreign affairs a house resolutio: Accent Resolution. c. 19 —iRepreser house ¢ d author t prophesied that the house d accept the senate resolution. | COMMERCE WON'T SUFFER. Russia Still Enjoys Consideration of Minimum Duties. Washington, Dec. 19—Commercial relations between the United States and Russia will not be affected as the result of the abrogation of the treaty (Continue#f on Page Two.) | TO END THE BLOODY | STRIFE IN CHINA Six Powers to Present Identical Notes to Both Governments. Shaughai, Tec, 19.—Accordi present arrangements the United ! note fi iresent an identi tomorrow morning . Premier Yuan then to WueTing- iomal government. This step is espe the adherents of ik regard it as the first tion of their statu ‘While mild in tone, the represea the commissioners does nor Tack in virii It indicates point strife must cease, presentaii ang of the prov MAN OF 70 FIGHTS WITH FIVE ROBBERS. and Senators Clapp and l’oindexter,; Bites Off Fingers of One of Them and republicans. Unanimous for Lodge Resolution. Senator Newlands offered a substi- ite dovetailing the Hitchcock and odge resolutions, but this was voted fown without division. Then came the final vote on the Lodge resolution. The roll was called, but there was no E on. i asure. It was therefore declared opted and was started on Its way to house. Await News from Guild. = With the senate’s action the Rufsian | he h ituation has assumed a quieter phase as the executive branch of the zovernment is concerned. The officlals are looking forward to the reecipt from juild, the American ambassador Petersburg, of the acceptances by e Russian government of the no- tice given by President Taft of the esire of this government to terminate the treaty of 183 Lodge Defends Taft’s Action. _ Press despatches from St. Petersburg indicate’ that such an answer already has been handed to Mr. Guild and the contents of the Russian note as out- ned in the despatches, are perha somewhat disappointing in that o they | i s hgls chich he had in hi Seventy-two votes were cast | e et 4 od S of therm were faveranie to o5t | biting off the end of a finger of the | { | couvey no response to the direct state- | snent by Secretary Knox that America stands ready to open negotiations im- mediately for a mew treaty. Mr. Lodge defended the action of President Taft in abrogeating the Russian treaty with- out congressional action. he pointed ou’, had been terminated by notice. Danger of Delay Peinted Out. Senator Lodge sald the termination of a treaty by notice was in no sense mn abrogation or a denunciation, but was in accord with the terms of the treaty ftself. Much attention was gi en by Mr. Lodge to the contention that celay would render it impossible to terminate the treaty for the next two Years. Article I. Violated. Russia had disregarded the terms of the treaty, he sald. “Article L. has been ated by Russia, while it has been served by the United States and I thirk it has been violated o as to dis- criminate against a large element of American citiens. It is intolerable that it skould contirue and constitutes a series of grievances that cannot be overestimated. The refusal of Russia tc observe Article I of the treaty, he said, had put many American citizens in a humiliating position that should me longer be submitted to. Root Finds Treaty Obsolete. Senator Root concurred In the view that the existing treaty must remain tneat'sfactory and Injurious, but he found in the first article of the treaty & rccognition by the United States of Russia’s right ‘to prohibit the emi- gration of its subjects, In fact, at the time the United States itself had ad- liered to the doctrine of infeasibie alle- glance and in making the agreement each country had acknowledged the right of the other to control the move- mertc of {ts own people. Conditions Have Changed Here. Toat was before the great tide of immigration to this country began, 2 «ircwmrstance had caused the Unitea States to change its attitude on the guesticn of expatriation. By stat- ute the right of the individual to chocse his own place of residence has Dbeen so explicitly recognized that it Macomber shot and killed himself. amounted almost to a repeal of the Russian treaty. Moreover, most other Six treaties, | | Saves His Money. New York-.Dec. 19.—At the age of 70 years, Dr. George V. Hudson tired physician, fought five who assaulted him in the v tonight. h, bu The aged saved $400 in cash pocket by actpally his home lost his w man who attempted to steal the mon- ey. His assailants, who were all young men, escaped. The doctor bore cuts and bruises on his face from the brass knuckles which the men had used, but 1 the finger tip to Dresent to the 1s a possible cle polic Dissolution of Plumbing Trust. .0s Angeles, Cal, Dec. 19.—An an- to the govegyment suit to di the so-called” plumbing trust was filed in the Unite district court teday by former United States Senator | ‘rank Fiint, attorney for the national mittee of the Federal Supply as: clation. The answer admits that the defendants published “blue book,” denies that it was for the purpose of 2iding a boyvcott of independents, Postmaster Beat His Daughter. Winchester, Ky., Dec. 19.—A sbcial sation was created here t en the grand jury returned an indictment | ainst Postmaster John G. White, a ading republican politician and one the wealthlest men of the town, th cruelly beating his aged 19 vears. The me. charging him caughter Mar girl has left I Diamond Rush Near Kimberly. London, Dec. 19.—A Johannesburs despatch to the Express reports a dia mond rush at Bloemhof, a farming dis trict on the banke of the Vaal river. not far from Kimberly. A canvas town h a population of 12.000 has sprung up within month. Twenty thousand claims will be officially announced on Saturday. Catholic Club Dinner. New York, Dec. 19.—Two forceful addresses, one by the attorney gen- eral of the United States and the oth- er by the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of rep- resentatives, were heard by the mem- bers of the Cathoic club and their guests, to the number of 300, at their dinner tonisht. Oldest K. T. in Country. Indianapol Dee. 19.—Joseph T.o- max. organizer and first president of the Grand. Rapids and Indiana rail- road, newspaner publisher and the old- est Knight Templar in the country, celebrated his 102d birthday at his home here today. Western Steel Corporation. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 19.—Schedules oi the Western Steel corporation show ing liabilities of $1,493,400 and assets of $7,339,865 wers filed today in the United States district court. Emperor's Christmas Trip Postponed. | Vienna, Dec. 19.—The emperor's nsual | journey to Walilsee, Lower Austria, for | {dfhfl;ltm, has been definitely aban- | oned. Standing in the Back Door of His Residence at Blddeford, Me., at 5.30 o'clock yesterday morning, George . He was manager of a grain company and | about 50 years of age. | against Amsterdam, Dec. 19.—, var Swinderen, vice president of the cctneil of state, dled this afternoon. London, Dec. 19.—A mass meeting of 000 doctors from all parts of the United Kingdom at a meeting held in Queens hail, this afternoon, struck Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George's insurance scheme. Colcmbo, Cevlon, Dec. 19.—Although the physicians in charge of Dr. Charles W. Lliot, president emeritus of Har- vard vmversity, who was recently op- erated on for appendieitls, sreport a slight improvement today, and they consider his condition as still serious. Rome, Dec. 19.—The pope today re- ceived Cardinal O'Connell in farewall t which he again expressed America and assured the at he was ‘sure he had done in audience his love cardi the wis thing for Catholicism Americ granting a larger number of ez to that country, Liverpool, Dec. 19.—A meeting of the Cunard steamship company held here voted its approval of an incre: of the capital by $4,500,000. The additional capital is to be ex- tended chiefly In carrying out the re- cent purchase by the Cunard company of the contract of the Anehor line of steamships_rurning between Glasgow and New York. ondon, Dec. 19—Dr. M. S. Levy, of San Francisco, & rabbl, is the most sufferer in an encounter with Russian barriers against the ad- sion of Jews. The rabbi is now in n a world tour which is to I months, and he has found nnot get his passport en- order that he may travel in t ame way as any Ameri- of the Jewish faith. recent the lon n not CHARGES MADE OF A RAILROAD DEAL. Assertion That New York Central Grabbing Railroads. Y. Dec. 19.—Charges 2de the hearing pefore the rvice commission today on the ations of the New York Central fiudson River Raifroad company sion to acquire the stock of York, Ontaric and Westerr. is at perir New ratiwn 1d the New York and Harlem raiiro; at the proposed transt:rs were and parcel of a deal” Je tween ew York Central and the | New York, New Haven and Hartford companies. The opposition to the proposed purchase York, Ontario and Western who_appeared for stockholders of the Rutland ated that his firm now had in the federal courts, one and the other aven road, er of the Ru to the i him that the nform e no bearing on the er, as the rights of his be proper protected in yurts. 1ea sald he appeared as tizen “who was opposed to_thé g of raiiroads by the New York I" and asserted that he believes re unlawful. Is explained the accrue from said the Central “Th mas O the commis- informacon as/ to t jlecontinuanca of the two per end upon the common stock io and Western: as to why t, t substantial revenue of this is gradually diminishing on its whether the New York, New and Hartford will continue to siners to the Ontario and West- ve the road of it; whether an and will give addi- css to the road: the effect own line: n P eneral public of having the roads nnder substantially control, and a general de- n of how the Cantral propose: the company. he held Jan. 9. PENAER FOUND GUILTY OF SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES Jury Out Only Ten Minutes in Case of Cedar Creek Yacht Club, igeport, Dec. 19.—It took a jury 1mon pleas court here today minutes to ind Willlam Pen- aving been implicated consumption of intoxi- Cedar Creek Yi i one Sunday the pa: case was appealed rt 3 in the city 2y’s verdict sustalns the ower court. Forty-two - frequenters had their cases con- il the supreme court passed and cost OBITUARY. Mexican War Vet- Charles H. Farrell, Dec. New York Lee's surrender, died hom Brooklyn tonight, aged 82 years. Aero Club Dinner Next Month. 3 sport, Dec. 19.—It ~ was an- n tonight that the annual din- ner of the Acro Club of Connecticut would be held in New Haven on the Janvary 11. Among those guests of the club are aldwin, Wilbur Wright and . Collier, president of the Aero of America. At the dinner ar- rangements will made for the hold- inz of a state aviation meet. Rich Gola S ke Made. De:. 19.— 7 Sixiy Mile resvlt of s news of which zht by Joum Mascn, wao told two and a half ounces of 1 nearly $40, from a bed- was brou of gettin gold, wor | roek space five feet by eight feet. Made Fortune by Raiding. Mexico City, Dec. 19.—An unconfirm- ed rumor is_current that General Za- pata has for Havana with a <mall fortune, the results of his raiding in the siate of Morelos. The report is given littie credence by the interfor i department officials. Up to 'Oct. 1 the Canadian North Pacific Fisheries company had taken a total of more than 1,400 whales this season, 450 at Sechelt statiom, 401 at Kuypot, 800 at Naden harbor and 300 at Rose harbor. Among the catch of the Kuypot station wers 23 sperm whales and 63 sulphur bottoms. The whales are reporied exceedingly fat this year, layers of blubber 12 to 16 iuches thick being not uncommon. ' ht club, | at his | the | | ie | | be No Police to Protect Taft UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT NO OFFICER IN SIGHT Only Ten Colored Porters For a Guard at the Pennsylvania Terminal—Po- ner Waldo's Attitude. lice Commis New York, Dec. 19.—The president of the United States traveled through the streets of New York tonight with- out a police escort, such as has been customarily assigned for his protec- tion during his visits here. Just what visions to safeguard the nation’s head had not been officially developed up to a late hour tonight. No Protection at Station. The fact remains, however, when Presfdent Taft arrived o'clock tonight at the Penns t 6 terminal, on a two days’ visit to this city, not a bluecoated employe of the city was in sight. The presidential party was forced to make its progr to the street and an awaiting automc bile separated from the crowd only by ten colored porters who the station master had hastily pressed into ser- vice. Three Bicycle Police Show Up. Unescorted, the president went the home of his brother, Henry W Taft, on West Forty-elghth street. i was there that the first sight of a po- lice officer detail for duty with the party was had. The detachment was s to used the omission of the usual pro- | ORWICH, CONN.. WEDI—U_E:SDAva bEcEMBEB 20, 1911 Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in ',o'nfiecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population 1 . . Receivership that | | ed, | polntment of made up of three bicycle policemen. | On his former visits ten policemen on wheels have been assigned to travel with him, and ten patrolmen to control the crowd which frequently gatherers at the railroad station on his arrival Same Escort to Brooklyn. The three bicycle polfcemen waited outside until the president appeared, some time later, to go to the Econom- club dinner at the Hoiel Astor, where he was to deliver an address, and they accompanied him there. The same sized force formed his escort when he left the Astor house and ecrossed the river to Brooklyn to attend the New England society dinner at the Academy of Music and the Bro Young Men’s Republican club dinnner. Usual Request Made. L. C. Wheeler, a member of the se- cret service force, made the usual re- quest thls morning for an escort for the president, and it had been und stood that the customary escort be furnished. It was stated tonight, however, w had ‘rephed that in his opinion no greater escort was needed for the pro- tection of the president here than for the mayor of the city when he travels i 1 asked for sue escort, about, and that no greater one would | furnished on this occasion. President No Better Than Mayor. He considered the president no bet- | ter than the mayor, the commissioner was reported to heve declared. A tarther | l to | Penner was found | | i | f | i | Waldo Makes Statement. Tolice Commissioner Waldo late to- night said: “President Taft got the usual police protection. There were two motoreycle policemen assigned to be with him, and & number of plainclothes policemen and detectives were assigned to be in the station to meet him. The plainclothes men probably were not readily recog- nized and thet may account for the impression that the president had mnot Yeen given ample protection.” Made There Speech _President Taft completed here to- night a round of speaking engagements, three in number, in which he touched on peace, politics and puritanism. His politicai speech, which was scheduled to be the chief address of the evening, wag made before the Young Republican club of Brookiyn, where he | this | night, Men's | tcld his audience that although there | ceme times “when the old party seems a little weak and staggering from the biows received from the inside and out, its principles are strong enough when | s drawn to carry on the gov Spoke on Peace. president’s peace speech cfore the Economic club, where his well known argu- the pending arbi- Tom there he was whirled to a dinner of the T land society of Brooklyn, before whom he spoke in a humorous vein on his Furitan ancestry. At Young Men's Republican Club. Special interest attached to the ident’s speech before the YouTig Men's Republican club owirg to the organ- recent repudiation of the w state leadership of Wil % but no reference was made B president to the situation. Asa matter of fact, it was said that one of the conditions of the president's ap- pearance before the club was that It should not be Interpreted as in any ¥ bearing upon the question onz way or the other. The president made his reference to the party's “seeming a little weak” at the outset of his remarks, which were not long. G. O. P. Has Shown Itself Able. “The republican party has shown it- | self able, and wiil show continucd tke president, 1esponsibilities thrust upon it. The American people are not going to re- jeet jt for something so uncertain, so ntried and divergent in its views as vse tryving to wrest power from it."” Does Not Favor Playing Politics. “I am not in favor of playing politics for the purpose of putting somebody or some party in a hole” he concluded. raising his voice and gesturing with emphasis. “T am in favor of adopting a policy not to attract voters but for the purpose of putting that --'*- ~n the statutes and enforcing them for the benefit of the country. I do not believe in statesmen for platform pur- roses but in statesmen who will put a policy through that will do something itself able,” | for the country, not in those who keep saying they are goin~ to do some- thing. Hopes to Get Good Laws Through. ““We have a democratic house and a nominally republican senate, and 1 kope I am a republican executive. I rope we will manage to get some good laws passed, but if not we will have to Jcin issue with the other party and ask the people to allow us to show that we still have the capaoity to do the best there is for the country.’ ’ Two Feet of Snow in Texas. Wichita Falls, Kas., Dec. 19.—Snow plows were ordered out in Texas today, with two feet of snow on the level “to meet the | | along the Panhandle route of the mm.l railroad_ ‘Worth and Denver foo Friendly OPPOSITION TO WABASH REOR- GANIZATION PLAN. ANOTHER COMMITTEE | Opponents of Plan Ml—y Ask For In- | Receiver—Road = Needs | $10,000,000 to Put It in Good Shape. i dependent New York, Dec., 19.—Strong opposi- tion developed today to the plans an- nounced for the reorganization of the Wabash Railroad company,which were | inaugurated by the “friendly receive ship” secured yesterday by the West- | inghouse Air Brake company of St.| Louis. Today an independent commit- | tee of the first refunding and exten- sion 4 per cent. mortagage bonds ef o Wabash was formed in opposition | the commitice formed by the reor- | ation Interests headed by Wins- ¢ S. Plerce and other directors of Equitable Trust company last night, [} Want Independent Receive: The new committes, which s head- | ed by James N. Wallace, president of the Central Trust company, offers the pondholders exactly the same induce- ment for the deposit of their bonds as the Pierce committee, mnamely, the payment of the $500,000 interest, on the bonds due January 1, in the event it Is not paid by the ilroad compaay. Although not offici stat- it was s it the opposition committee pians to ask for t ! an independent re fight against the_inter. »pear to be in object I a part of its ests wh Stockholders’ Committee Formed. There stockholde was formed today committee headed a by Charles H. Keep, president of the Knickerbocker Trust compaby, is said to be practically certain that if the plans of the directors’ committes are carried out, assessments will be levied poth on the corzmon and pre- ferred stock. 9 $2,000,000 Needed at Once. President Delano and E. B. Pryor, with W. K. Bixby of St. Louis, named as receivers of the prop- v, were in St. Louls today ia con- nection with the receivership, The more pressing needs of the Wabash road aggregate about $2,000,000, which | amount, it was intimated, will be forthcoming. or the more important work of reorganization,.such as new equipment and completing the work of double tracking now under way, it is estimated :ast $10,000,000 will be require The bank identified with the road decline to er into any financial discussion of the property at time, cept say that millions of dollars will be needed to put it in a st of eMciency. | Wabash Stocks at Low Water Mark. The Wabash stocks today reflected | the uncertainty felt in the outcome of | the reorganization, both declining to | the lowest points in years, althougl final prices showed only fractiona ! On the other hand, the first cond mortgage § per cents. ad- with an even greater gain by refunding fours, and s vanced the MCRTAR BATTERY TEST This the Only Damage Noted at Fort Totten Yesterday. | . Y, Dec. Fort Totten 19.—A brok- | en pane or two of glass was the only | damage, so far as could be learned to- 12- from the test mortar batter , announceme the possible | zers of which had agitated the ter- ritory for miles around on Long Is- land; A squad of men was sént out to serve the effect of the explosions and to report at once if any damage was done. But the only damage re- ported by them was the smashing of a window pane in the officers’ quarters of the post. The chief sufferers were newspaper photographers, who, in their of the t Fort Tot £ new eagerness exposed their cameras at a point too near the pit, with the resuit 1 ienses were broken. The firing was to ts: a new type of recoil gear. It was begun with a reduced charge of 45 pounds of powder, The charge was gradually increased to the full ser one of $5 pounds. At the | end of tre firing it was, announced that | the carriages had withstood the strain successfully. REWARD OF $200 FOR MISSING GIRL Left Home Friday Without Hat and Wearing Slippers. Winsted, Conn., Dec. 13.—Two re- wards of $100 each were offered late today for information leading to the whereabouts of Miss Margare! i sidine, dead cr alivi Miss C dine disappeared from her home Fri- day. hatiess, in slippers and lightly clad. One reward is offered by the borough and the other by the em- ployes of the Winsted Hoslery com- pany’s mills, where Miss Considine was | employee pr&vious to an lllness which caused her to cease work., The latter | reward is offered for but a week and is taken from ths hospital fund of the employes. Today's search was without result, but will be renewed’ to- morrow under the direction of the chief of police. BRIDGE COLLAPSED IN FRONT OF TROLLEY CAR Crew and Ten Passengers Have Nar- | row Escape from Death. | Burlington, N. J., Dec. 19.—Ten pas- sengers and the crew of a trolley car of the Riverside Traction company narrowly escaped death today when the bridge spanning Assiscunk creek collapsed and. the front part of the car dropped Into the water, fifteen feet be- iow. Fortunately the rear of the car remained restizg against the abutment of the bridge, and the passengers and conductor were enabled to climb to safety of the shore. The motorman who was dashed into the water was rescued uninjured by a boatman. Steamship Arrivals. At Gibraltar: Dec. 19, Cretic, from New York. At Naples: Dec. 15, Argentina, from New York. At Gibraltar: Dec. 18, Martha Wash ington, from New York. _At London: Dec. 19, Minnetonka, from New York many | | that Prestdent T | der conviction for complicity Cabled Paragraphs The Physicians of Cornelius Vander- bilt announce that their patient is out of danger. O. M. Snow, a Well Known Resident of Norfolk, Conn., died at his homc Monday night ot the age of 81, hicago Board of Trade will be holidays, Sroow, the First Precipitation in Any Form for the last two vears, fell yes- terday all western half of Oklohoma. over the Directors of the Central Railroad of New Jorsey yesterday declared the reg- ular quarierly dividend and an dividend of two per cent, extra The Regular Quarterly Di a share was decl directors of t American Gold and Silver Coins, which have been hitherto current in the Bahama Islands, will no longer be legal tender there after Jam, 1, 191 The Senato Interstate Commerce | Committy h bas been holding public on the trust problem, adjourned until Jan. 1912, s in Burlington, Vi, and Winooskl have resumed opera- tions after a shutdown of eight months necessitated by adverse market condi- tions. Carpet Trade is Flat, according les . Falrbanks, treasur of igelow 'Carpet company, which : big mills in Lowell and Clinton, S5 Rev. David B, Walker, 8. J., Pastor of St, Mary's church in the North End, Poston,died at a Boston hospital yester- day. The Rev. Mr. Walker was 52 ears old. . Private Detectives Working for Ari- porations reported yester: t within the last two months 30,000 les have been smuggled across the border into Mexico. The Annual Meeting of the Stock- boiders of the Hartford and Connectl- cut Western raflroad was held at New vesterday and the old board of cted. 1re No Application for a Commutation sentence will be considered sident or Attorney-General W ss the condition of Chas s grows materially worse, pre w The -Word Has Gone Out in Wall Street that Christmas stockings employes will be lean this year, It hes been a year of comparatively poor busin for stock exchange houses. United States Senator Qbadiah Gard- rer and wife, who have al ded 23 rnukl state sessions, are attending the 35th annual convention of the Maine state grange at Lewlston, Me. Christ Church, the Oldest Episcopal organization ir. Hartford and one of the histcric parishes of the conntry, is making plans to celebrate its 150th cniversary during the coming spring G t Britain, Belgium, Canada and 22 states are represented by entries at the 27th annual show of the New York poultry, pigeon and pet stock associn- tion at Madison Square Garden, York. Shot by His Wife as He Sat at Sup- per in a Fort Worth, Tex., grill room with a party of friends late Monday night, Homer V. Trout, a cattleman well known In Texas, dled yesterday terenoon. Surprise Was Expressed Yesterday t was not ask o ore the army canteen by the legis- ive ccommittee of the Spanish War Veterans, which has just concluded 4 thre session. 1€ The House Steel Trust Investigating committes adjourned yesterday until fter he Christmas holiday recess of th ress, when its inquiry intc d States Steel corporation fairs will be resumed. Fifteen Hundred Tons of Potatoes grown in Scotland reached New York yesterday on the liner California and will bs placed on the market, it is said to break the high prices charged for the Long Island tubers. An Indictment Contai ing 13 Counts charging Mrs. Loulsa Vermilya of Chi- | cago with baving murdered Policeman Arthur Bisonette by poisoning him was regirned by a grand jury yesterday. She was ordered held without ball. Six Months’ Search H. Failed to Discover Miss Fannie D. Jackson, for- mer_stenographer of the late Charles H. White, & New York broker, who named her in his will as helr to nearly all his estate, valued at $100,000. A Christmas Present of $50,000 was voted yesterday to the employes of the Central Trust company of New York by directors of the concern. For years the ,company has presented its em- ployes with a year's salary at Christ- neas, The Senate Committes Which is In- vestigating the election of Senator Lorimer yesterday adjourned to meet | again on Jan. 8, when Mr. Lorimer will take the witness chair and testify In his own defense for the first time un- der oath. Sherill Clark and John Schmidt, un- in’ the tarving of Miss Mary Chamberlain, the Shady Bend, Kas., school teacher, were rentenced by Judge Grover in the dis- trict court yesterday, each being fined $200 and costs. B, A, Jack, Aged 71, First Lieutenant of engineers, retired, of the revenue | cutter service, and one of the few sur- vivors of the crew of the Merrimac in its famous Civil war battle with the Monitor in Hampton Roads, died at Alton, L, yesterday. Charles Sanford Knight, Father of Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight of the United States naval academy and Mirs. David Starr Jordan, wife of the presi- dent of Leland Stanford, Jr. univ #ity, dled at his home in Worcester yesterday, egel 81 yeors. Rosabelle Morrison, in Private Li Mrs. Mitchell Lewis, daughter of Louis Morrison, the actor, who gained fame in “Faust” years ago, died suddenly at her home in New York yesterday. Mrs. Lewis fainted while playing in & vau- deville sketoh Monday night and did not regain consciousness. The Government is 8o Determined that no part of the old battleship Mzine shall be used by showmen or fo: advertising that the war depart- men-. has refused to allow manufactur- ers of fixtures and fittings to remove specimens from the wreck for.the pur- pose of making tests of the effects of 1% years under water. and Monday, | PRICE __TWO _CENTS ‘Skated Over An Explosive NITRO-GLYCERINE GAVE FLOOR SMOOTH SURFACE. CHILDREN ENDANGERED Explosive H.d—E.en Stored in Mouse by MeManigal and Little Ones Had Skated Over Gr Spots on Floor. Indianapolis, Dec, 19— Persons who for weeks unknowingly lived near enough dynamite to blow up _their neighborhood, nd whose cliWd. skated over ihe floors = of v | house in which nitro-glycerine ho Leen spilled, testified In the gover: the dynamite federal grand | ment's inves spirac toc 15 before tion ¢ the Jury 2 Children Frequently in Danger. v | Witne questioned conc Ind.,, t they trom Muncle, rning wh of the renting of a house in Muncie Ortie McManigal In December, 1904, ifler puying rent for severnl months in advance, MeManlgal stored it witk Loxes and s st in which he packed | nitro-glycert The fact that the r | had been pald, and the house, alwa in Garkness, was visited periodical by u stranger, created an element ¢ | maysicry, which still was unsolved ever after the place, again deserted, wa. | thrown open, and children skated over | the floors upon which appearcd grease epots Spots Caused by Nitro-Glycerine. Later it was ascortalned the spots were caused by nitro-glycerine and uxperts were cualled to destroy Lhelr explosive powers. The evidence wis the investigators not only McManigal's confcssion . and James b bring out whe traced by to conl which Implicates John McNamara, but also to asslsted the | Kept Dynamite in Piano Bex. D. Jones, olls, test to his arrest lust April, | kept in Jones' barn a y no box filled with dynamite from which McManlgal replenisked hiy supply. The plano bux still had 2, pounds of dynamite in it when Jon digging on his farmn, was apprised of the fact by detectives whe visited the place the day Jobn J. was arrested. Witnseses Testify Willingly, these wilnesse s un a farmer, near Indianap ied that for a long time prior J McNamurs, It 8 learned that willingly told of the presentatic der v.hich they rented their plac whai persons paid them money. iron workers’ assoclation snnounced today that no opposition hereafter will be made to the removal of books and from their headquarters from e jurirdiction to another, It is ur aerstood the records, including books and correspondence of Joan J, McNa nisra, may now be curried between any federal or county jurisdictions without uppesition. $5,000 Reward for Detective Burns. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 1 ty warrant for 35,000 was dr in favor of Willlam J. Burns. pa . couny rawn today This in the first reward to be pald for the capture and convietion of the McNa mari brothers. As far as the count | is concerned, accomding to District At no other rewards torney iredericks, will be paid. O'DONNELL IN LOWELL, SCANLON IN LAWRENCE Two Cities Elect Mayors Under New Commission Charters, —The cities of Law rence and Lowell voted for the first time today under new charters pro ¢ for a commission form of gov- crnmggt, Lawrence electing Michael h’nmn mayor, and Lowell Jam: | . OMonnell. "M% party designations ere permitted on the ballot in either city, In North Adams, Mayor Charles L. Frivk, republican, was re-elected with o republican city government A majority in favor of license was returncd in all three cities, In Lowell and l.awrence, the lieense vote in about the same ratio as last y. put in North Adams, the majority 744 was the largest in the history of tha city, Last year the city went for license by only seven votes, 81X MEN TO DIE rOR THE SAME MURDER Sixth of Gang Vlh’nh Killed Mrs. Hall Sentenced Yesterday. Bos‘on, Dec. 19 White Plans, N. Y, Dsc, 10.—To the company of five men in the death house at Sing Sing prison awniting elecrreca- tion for the murder of Mrs. Mary, Hell at Croton lake last aaunth, A sixth was adied tonight. This man is Halvatore MMarco, who wus found gullty by jury bere today of haviug ed 12 ‘the killing of ne /yman., Jue- U2 ompking set wic week beginning Jenuary 29 as the time for his execy - uon The other five ars sentenced 13 die during the week of January 15, HIGH POWER DYNAMITE FOUND BURIED IN YARD. Twenty-Three Sticks on Premises of Business Man. Los Angeles, Calif, Dec. 19—Twenty - three sticks of high power dynamite were found by a gardener late today buried in shrubbery at the residenco of Arthur Letts, owner of two of tho bigmest d it stores at Los Angeles. The police believe that the xplosive was placed in the yard by sone one who wanted to get rid of it There was nothing to indicate any a tempt to blow up the Letts residence. No caps or fuses wers found. Intervention Will Make Matters Worse. Shanghal, Dec. 19—The minister of communications_in the republican pro visional government. en Tauns Yao, declared that any attenrpt to secure foreign Intervention would only make matters worse in China and endanger forelgn interests, His party would Aot consent to the retention of the Manchus, even upon a limited basis, and would insist upon the es tablishment of a republic. The co-operative tem of handling the apple crop of Nova Bcotia has rroved a decided success. The benefl! of co-operative packing is in a uniform pack, which secures & reputation fol apples put up in this vince. The federated wocleties muo the name Bluenose to their Al the wocieties use it on thelr barrel head: In conjunction with thelr respectiv: