Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 17, 1912, Page 1

NORWICH, CONN, WEDNESDAY. " PRICE TWO GENTS' The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population TAFT SERVES A WARNING ON CUBA Threatens Intervention by United States if Law is Persistently Defied. ARMY OFFICERS CHIEF OFFENDERS Using Their Efforts to Displace Men in Civil Service Who Sympathized With Spain During Rebellion—United States Prepared for Armed Resistance, But Situation is Not Expected to Reach so Washington, Jan. 16.—The state de- partment has served notice on Presi- dent Gomez that the United States will intervene in Cuba if further at- tempts are made by the veteran or- ganization to nullify the law prohibit- ng the interference of the military in polftical affairs in Cuba. Text of the Note. The attitode of the United States is shown In the following note presented today to the Cuban governmen The situation In Cuba as now reported causes grave concern to the government of the United States. “I'nat the laws intended to safe- guard free repubjican government shall be entorced and not defied bviously eseentfal to the main- nce of the law, order and sta- indispensable to the status of the republic of Cuba, In the con- tinued well being of which the United States has always evinced and cannot escape a vital interest. ‘The president of the United States looks to the president and government of Cuba to prevent threatened situation which would compel the government of the United States, much against its desire, to consider what measures st take in pursuance of the of its relations to Army Officers Defy Decree. It was on reports of American Min- ister upre at Havana that today’s ote was based. Minister Beaupre re- »d today from Havana that in de- of a decree issued by President somez forbidding officers of the army and rural guards to participate in poli- is also prohibited by mill- nany ermy officers and. ru- rales attended a meeting Sunday night of the national council of veterans, an organization of veterans of the Cuban war of independence. Coercing Members of Congress. The veterans have been active in the past three months in attempting to have displaced from the civil service persons who sympathized with the Spanish cause in the rebellion. Press degpatches today Indicated that the vetérans were threatening to coerce members of congress, now in session, to nullify the law regarding the par- ticipation of the military in politics. President Gomez Powerless. This move convinced the state de- partment that the situation was the most serious that had presented itself since the veterans’ move began. It had been evident to the department that President Gomes was practically pow- erless to reelst the movement unless he receives substantial support from the outside. Warning Expected to Be Effective. The officials here entertain no doubt whatever over the result of this note of warning. President Gomez will en- force his decree against the participa- tion of the military in politics, and it is expected there will be a decided abatement of the rald of would-be officeholders upon the places now filled by members of the conservative ele- ment. If these results are not ob- tain, then it may reasonably be ex- | palace tonight sal Serious a Stage. pected that within a short time the American flag again_will be hoisted over the government house in Havana. Troops Preparing for Havana. The general staff long has had plans prepared for such such a manoeuvre as this, Major General Wood asked to be excused from discussing these at this stage, but it is known that within a very few days after the word was giv- en several thousand troops would be marching aboard army transports at Newport News to sail for Havana. Ready for Armed Resistance. Meanwhile practically the whole At- lantie fleet, which is now at Guantana- mo, on the south side of the island, would spread out and envelop Cuba so completely that there could not be a thought of successful armed resistance. The authorities here do not expect to be called upon to do this, but they are ready to do so if required. EXCITEMENT AT HAVANA. News at First Received With Aston- ishment and Resentment. Havana,Jaa. 16.—The news of threat- ened intervention by the United States in Cuban aff which was publish- ed in the late editions of the Havana afternoon papers, coming without the least warning, created intense excite- ment in the clubs and cafes and in all places of public gathering it was the absorbing topic of discussion. Aston- ishment and resentment agalnst Amer- incan interference was mingled with very great incredulity. Later, as the news was fully con- firmed, the impression became general that the suggesiion of would probably have a good effect in calming the existing veteran agita- tion and in quieting political excite- ment. President Geme when seen at the “T have ouly recently received Sec- retary Knox's note, through the Amer- ican minister, Mr, Beaupre, and have not yet made a reply, but probably will do so tomorrow. I am convinced that nq, occasion has yet arisen for any intimatlon of intervention. Hayana, Jan. 16.—Gen, Emilio Nu- nez, the former governor of the prov- ince of Havana, who is president of the vetsrans’ association, said: “T absolutely refuse to believe the re- port. If the United States intervenes under present conditions, when no necessity exists to avoid disorder or restore order, then Cuba would - be stripped of every vestige of indepen- dence. If this condition is forced on us, the United States will have to fight us, and that struggle for inde- pence will not cease while a Cuban is left alive to defend the fatherland " Many conservative vetérans tonight ridiculed Nunez's threats of resistance tc American intervention, saylng that he would speedily find himseif with- out followers, It is evident that the veterans are badly split up. The adderents of Gen- eral Nunez have lost much influence by the defection of the conservative element, and it is probable this will relieve the government of much em- barrassment. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED o !N HEAD-ON COLLISION. Passengers Get Shaken Up, But Non Sustain Serious Injuries. Louisville, Ky ~Four train- men are dead and two perhaps fatally tnjured as the result of a head-on col- | lislon at Long Run, 18 miles east ot here, late this afterncon between an bound Louisville and Nashville pas- senger train and a Chesapeake and Ohlo train of empty cars. Practical- ly all the passengers on the Loulsville and Nashville were more or less injur~ ed o Chesapeake and Ohio brake- men suffered severe injuries. Doth engines exploded, according to passengers, bits of the wreckage fall- ing on the roofs uf the coaches, ter- rorizing passengers who had been thrown into masses on the forward ends of the cars. The Chesapuake and | thio train, running on the Louisville and Nashville tracks, was “deadhead- ing' back to Lexington. Several hours previously the same trai starting out, had collided with a cul off freight car in East Louisville and had to put back for repairs. Loulsville and Nash- vilke cffici: Nef that the werck was due to mis- understood orders. The dead: Charles ('Lee, Chesapeake and Ohilo engineer; J. L. Mehorney, Louisville and Nashville engineer; Chas. Marcus, Chesapeake and Ohio fireman; Thomas L. Jones, Lowuisville and Nashville fireman. BOSTON LAWYER IN FEAR OF HIS WIFE. Forced by Threats to Tranafer Stocks and Securities to Her. Boston, Jan. 16.—8, Arthur Bent of Boston has flled a bfll in equity against Bis wife, Mrs. Mary H. Bent, seeking to recover stocks and securities worth $310,000, which he claims he was forc- ed into transferring to his wife by threats while they were In Europe in 1809. Since the transfer of the proper- ty, Bent alleges that he has been treat- ed harshly and has even been locked in & room and otherwise treated with great indignity, in such a extent that he has been obliged to hide from his wife. Bent lives at 34 Commonwealth avenue. He is a lawyer and author of several books, Killed Baby to Keep Down Expenses. Santa Barbara, Jan. 18.—John Rech, convicted of having murdered hls new- ly born infant, because, he explained, living was too expensive, wis sen- tenced to life imprisonment today. Hines to Be General Manager. Tucson, Ariz, Jan, 16~—Charles W, Fines, raliroad bee: oMby economist, has n :u-.u uflxemm l!qe-l tonight express their be- | SWEETHEARTS CARRY OUT SUICIDE PACT Hliner and Carpenter Prefer Death to Separation. Pittsburgh, Jan. 16.—Virginia Fus- seph Fusco, aged’ 32, a carpenter, and cousin of the young woman, is dying, the result of an attempt to car- Ty out & suicide pact. The couple were sweethearts and members of respected families in the Bast End. The trag- | edy is the result of the refusal of the two families to countenance the mar- rlage of the young people. The shoot- ing occurred at a street corner near the young woman's home tonight as she was returning from her place of employment. In the young woman's handbag was found a note announcing | her willingness to die for her lover if the families refused to permit the mar- riage, while In Fusco's pocket were found four letters, one each to his mother, a brother, a friend and one addressed “to the public. Fusco in the latter letter said he and the girl had- been in love with each other for seven years, but had been thwarted by both their familes 80 they had planned to- die together. The note to the brother enjoined him if he ever was inclined to take his (the girl's father) because he is the cause of my desperate condition.” BUTTER RETAILING AT 52 CENTS A POUND. New York Supply Was Quite Limited at That Figure. New York, Jan. 16.—The wholesale price of butter In New York today went to 42 cents a pound, the highest reached in 28 years, and retailers were asking 52 cents, with only limited sup- plies of the best quality to be had at either price. There s great uncertain- ty in regard to the supply ahead, but it Is generally predicted by dealers here that before the week is out the bigh record price of butter in this country will be attained. To Relieve Potato Scarcity. Washington, Jan. 16.—A suspension for six months of the tariff duty of 25 cents per bushel on potatoes was proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Ayers of New York. ‘The bill states that “the scarcity of otatoes In the markets of the United tates has raised the price to a point 2lmost prohibitive to the consumers.” Two Killed in Tellision. Halifax, N, 8., Jan, 18.—Two men were killed and one was serlously in- Jured today when an Intercolonial Ra] locomotiye on which nine men ‘were ing colltded with the rear of a train of new cars g intervention | o, aged 26, a milliner, is dead, and | own life to “first kill Gabricle Fusco | Cabled Paragraphs Florence, Italy, Jan. 16.—Henry La Bouchere, the editor of the London Truth, dled at his villa here this morning. Paris, Jan, 16.—The chamber of dep- uties this afternoen passed a vote of confidence in the government by 440 votes against 6. Duisburg, Germany, Jan. 16.—Eight fronworkers were killed and two others seriously injured by the bursting of a blast furnace in the vicin/ty of this city during the night. Stockholm, Sweden, Jan, 16—King Gustave, who opened the session of the riksdag in person, regards it as right and In the best interests of the state that women should be placed on the equallty with men. London, Jan. 16.—King George and Queen Mary, who are now passing through the Red sea on thelr return | vovage from India, where they attend- | ed the great durbar at Delhi, are to | have a great welcome on their arrival | in England. | pral et et i Y MINISTER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL OPERATIONS. Indictment Returned Against Rev. or. | | W. D. McFarland at Pittsburgh. | | Pittsburgh, Jan. 16.—An indictment | | was returned by the grand jury late | today against the Rev. Dr. W. D, Me- | Farland, minister and educator of Ce- | | dar Creek, Tenn., charging him with & felony in committing two operations | upon Miss Elsie Doods Coe. his former recretary, which resulted in her death last Friday in a local hospital , According to a report here tonight McFarland had been arrested at Knox- ville. Rollin McConnell of Chicago, | who represents a local firm in that | city, mentioned in Miss Coe's dying statement as being responsible for her | Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Other Interests. condition, reached here today and con- ferred with District Attorney Blake- | ley. Later McConnell went before the | grand jury and testified of hie rela- | { tions with the deceased. There is no | | charge ‘against McConnell. McFariand was formesrly head of the academic department of the Pitts- burgh High school. Miss Coe, aged 28, had been Dr. McFarland's secretary. He is about 60 years old and married. | McFarland Protests Innocence. Greenville, Tenn., Jan. 16—The Rev. | W. D. McFarland, wanted in Pittsburg | in connection with the death of Miss | Biste Dodds Coe, is in jail here tonight and protests Innocence of the crime | charged against him. The preacher- | teacher is held without bail. FHe firm- ly asserts he is not responsible for the condition the young woman was sup- posed to have been in, nor was he is | any way responsible for her death. & | BALDWIN WILL CASE | IN THE SUPREME COURT. ‘Con(elt for Dead Horseman’s Millions [ still Carried On. { San Francisco, Jan. 16.—The fight for the millions of the late K. J. (“Lucky”) Baldwin began today in the supreme court of California when at- torneys for Lilllan Ashley Turnbull appealed from the decision of the su- perlor court of Los Angeles that denied her daughter, Beatrice Anita, a share of the late turfman's fortune. The | claim- is based upon the allegation that the mother was the common law wife of the horseman. Attorneys for the Baldwin heirs con- tend that Baldwin could have had no commeon law wife, as he had a wife ltv- ing at the time. RABBI AND PUPIL SUFFOCATED BY GAS. Benjamin Numan, aged 39 years, and Mark Shuman, aged 9 years, were found dead today in the Jewish syna- gogue at Stellton from the effects of illuminating gas. The rabbi conduct- ed a private school in the synagogue, | and young Shuman was one of his pu- pils. It is supposed that when they | entered the building for a lesson they found it filled with gas, and that the rabbi, thinking it was coming from a gus stove, tried to reach the stove to | shut it off, but was overcome by the | fumes, Bodies of the Victims Found in a| Harrisburg Synagogue. | Harrisburg, ' Pa, Jan, 16.—Rabit | RABIES CAUSED DEATH | | OF A VALUABLE PONY. Gay Boy, Owned bv John S. Phipps | and Valued at $3,000, Succumbs, ; Wheatley Hills, N. J., Jan. 16.—Rabies has caused the death recently of two valuable horses owned by John S. Phipps of the Meadowbrook Hunt club, it was learned tonight, one of them., the famous polo pony, Gay Boy, having 80 severely bitten a groom that the man was sent to New York for treat- ment. A mad dog recently killed is belleved to have been responsible. Gay Boy was the polo pony whose clever- ness at the international polo tourna- ment last fall with Harry Payne | Whitney and Devereaux Milburn on his | back, did much to win the American victory. He was valued at $3,000. | OPEN CHURCH TO ALL CREEDS. | }Bapfim in San Jose Abandon Ritual | and Ordinances. San Jose, Cal, Jan. 16.—The Baptist church of Los Gatos, of which the | Rev. Robert Whitaker, professed so- clalist and iconoclast, is the pastor, | | Eas announced that all rituallstic cer- | emonies in the church will be omitted hereafter, and that the ordinances of baptism will be made optlonal for | those seeking membership. This vir- tually throws the membership open to all creeds and classes. BURNED IN HIS PRIVATE CAR. Collision of Three Railroads Cost Guy L. Stewart His Life. St. Louls, Jan, 16.—Guy L. Stewart, agricultural and industrial agent of the Cotton Belt railroad, with head- quarters in St. Louis, was burned to death in his private car in a wreck in which trains of three different roads collided this morning at Kelso, Mo, 140 miles south of St. Louis. Gold Scare in Manitoba. Minitonas, Man,, June 16.—As a re- sult of the finding of nuggets of gola in numerous fowls killed on the Elli- ott farm, four miles from here, stores and shops have been closed here while their keepers hastened to the place to stake out claims, More than fifty claims already have been taken up and scores are hastening to the place. Robert Mantell Weds. Pueblo, Col., Jan. 16.—Robert Brace Mantell, the actor, was married here today to Misg Genevieve Hamper of Detroit, a member of his corupany, { clared his bellef that | morrow more operatives who have re THOMAS A. ROBINSON, Tax Collector of City and Town of Norwich Condensed Telegrams Fire in the Heart of the Retail dis- trict of Cleveland caused a loss of | $400,000. " |a_The Loss Caused by the Fire at the Revere house, Boston, will be about $100,000. Washington Society People have completed arrangements for a great ice carnival. Albert Braun of Chicago, whose wife deserted him, says he will not eat un- til she returns, Sixty Cents a Pound for Butter is to be the price to which retail dealers in Chicago look forward. Women Are Henceforth to Take a full and equal share with men in the political life of Sweden. | The Prussian Government has sub- itted to the diet a bill to compel and non-supporiers to go . to | Bills Granting Pensions to the Wid- ows of Admirais Schley and Evans | were introduced in the senate yester- | A Constitutional Amendment for | woman's guffrage was introduced yes- terday by Representative Berger (so- clalist) of Wisconsin. The General Store of Fessenden & Lowell, including the postoffice, —at Reeds Ferry, N. H., was destroyed by fire yesterday., Loss $15,000. It is Believed 100 Fishermen have | been drowned near Astrakhan, Russia, by the breaking away of an ice floe that carried them out to sea. Figures Compiled by the department of com and labor show that the United States takes third rank among nations un exported of fron and steel. The President Noi ated Civil Hn- ginesr Homer R. Stanford to be head of the naval bureau of yards and with the rank of a rear admi- ral. Mayor Gloses Bomb Thrower Up All Saloons A PRECAUTIONARY STEP TAKEN | ASSAILANT OF CHINESE PREMIER | P AT LAWRENCE, MASS. MILITIA IS STILL ON DUTY HAS MADE A CONFESSION| Yesterday a Day of Comparative Peace and Quiet in Mill District—Efforts to Bring About a Conference Today. Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 16 —With a return of quiet conditions in the mill district of the city through the pres ence of eight companies of miiitia, city officials busied them- Yy to bring about a speedy settlement of the .difficulties existing between the 15,000 striking textile workers and ‘the mill owners. The strilters, through their executive com- mittee, agreed late in the day to en- ter a conference with the mill agents, the meeting to be heid in the pres- | ence of the state board of arbitration and conclliation, to discuss the points at issue, Ettor’s Influence Waning. Although John J. Bttor of New York the directing head of the strike in his capacity- of national organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, de- the strikers would gain nothing by arbitration, other members of the executive com- mittee were favorably disposed to the proposition, and after some demur the New York leader also censemted to it, President Wood Opposed to Confer- ence. President William M. Wood of the American Woolen company which | controls four of the largest mills af- fected by the strike, was quoted by Mayor Michasl A. Scanion today being opposed to a conference, declar- ing that there Is no strike existing but a state of mob rule and that tie company does not conslder itself re- sponsible for the conditions. In spite of this assertion, Secretary Bernard S. Supple of tae state hoard of ar- bitration, who, with Dudley M. Hol- man, secretary to Governor Foss | brought about the consent of the strik- ers, sald tonight that he would make every effort in his power tomorrow to induce the mill owners to enter the conference. Only Thres Mills Closed. Only three mills, the Everett, Law- rence Duck, and Pemberton, were closed entirely today. All the others opened thelr ates this morning to a | | small number of operatives, about ono quarter of the regular working force. It 1s sald that this number was in- creaged during the noon hour. To- mained away because of fear of vio lence, are expected to report for duty. Out of Town Police Dismissed. The services of the out of town po- lice, numbering about 100, who were called upen during the rioting yes- terday, were dispensed with Coincident with their departure, the zone of militia activity and control was extended to include the Arlington mills in Methuen, just over the line from Lawrence, and the Uswoco mils in South Lawrence. The miiitary of- ficers now are in supreme command of every mill district, All Salocns Closed. At the instance of the military au- thorities, Mayar Scenlen teday put in effect a measure which had been con- sidered for several days, the closing of all saloons, Cardinal Farley Returns. New York. Jan. 16.—After twe full months’ absence, during which he was | made ap rince of the church, Cardinal John Farley returned to the United States tonight. The steamer Berlin, bearing him, dropped anchor tonight off Quarantine, where she will be held up untll tomorrow, es the ice in the harber made it hazardous for the health officers to go out te her. Winsted to Lese Industry, Wingted, Coun., Jan, 16.—Officers of the Hiite Novelty campany announced tonight that the business of the con- cern would be meved te Newark, N. J. Inability to pecure puitable quarters ‘cause of leaving this / and fifty hands as | Yoday. | New York Herald. | | i To Lose Head MAY DIE TODAY, Assassination of Yuan Was to Have Been Signal for General Rising at Peking—A Republic Inevitable, Peking, Jan. | Advocacy of Political Supremacy for the white race was one of the features ipi, yester- | The Estate of Marshall Field of Chi- cago has sued for an accounting of $600,000 leged to have ben invested |In the Virginia Coal Purchase com- D Alvin W. Krech, President of the itable Trust company, has submit- an offer to purchase all the stock e Trust Company of America at a share ted | of $375 [ Postmaster Alfred W. Converse of Windsor Locks, Conn., died yesterday fro E 1 side Sunday afternoon while hand- Ing a revolver. | The Equitable Life Assurance Socisty has purchased the $2,518 mortgage on the home of the late battalton chief, William J alsh, and presented jt | with its compliments te his widow. Frank S. Ober, the New York Patent 1 the wound aceidenally inflicted in | | Miners After Higher Wages DEMAND CONSIDERED AT THEIR ANNUAL CONVENTION. A DIVISION OF SENTIMENT Some Favor Standing Out for a Na- tional Agreement—More, Coal Dig- gers Outside the Union than in It. Indianapolis, Jan, 16,—Divislen of opinion as to the policy to be pursued by the bituminous and anthracite coal ‘ners’ unions of the country in at- pting to enforce a demand for higher wages appeared smong the leaders of the United Mine Workers 9f America when its annual conven- tion cpened in this city today. The guestion which will be brought before e convention 8 whether the indi- vidual districts of the miners’ gemeral union shall sign new Wwage contracts with mine owners as they can be me- gotiated or whether the miners as a national organization shail ‘refuse to sign any contracts unt/l the operators of all the distiicts have agreed to the miners’ terms. Lewis Wants Whole MHog or Nene. Thomas L. Lewis, former president of the miners, declared he would press a resolution that no district should sign a wage contract until the operators of all the districts ‘were wiiliug to slgn. “The strest way to avert a long and ocostly strike” said Mr. Lewls, “is for the bituminous and anthracite mimers to agree cn what they will demand in this nonvention and then stand solidly together until we have won a national victory White Advocates Higher Wages. President White said he would pre- sent his plan to the scale committee and would not announce it beforehand. He adivocated a stand for higher wages in hls annual report delivered today. Opposition to Strike Expected. ‘While he declined to commit himeelt in the matter, Vice President Hayes seid that opposition to the policy of & national strike, if it can be averted will come largely from officlals of & tricts bordering on unorganized ool fields. 450,000 Unorganized Miners. “It must be remembered that while the United Mine Workers-have a mem- bership of nearly 300,000, there are about 450,000 coal miners who are un- organized,” sald Mr. Hayes. “The question as to whether we should hold out for a national agreement is a very serjous one.” Scale Committee to Meet Today. The scale committee will go into session tomorrow and s expected to return a report before Jen. 25. The miners’ -convention - organized and heard the reports of officers today. MORE STALE EGGS FOR “THE PLAYBOY.” | from all quarters, including the lega- | | sionaries, have seent a cablegram to | i THIRTY DOGS AND 16.—Congratulations | tions, have been pouring in on Yuan Shi Kai throughout the day. The at- | tack made against the premier appar- | ently has removed doubts in the minds | of the Manchus as to his loyalty. The Atternoy, who on Miss Jo: newspaper obb, a the Mis a sick bed Monday in Garfield hospital, Washington, married New York died yesterday. Bailoting Separately, the Two Houses sippl legislzture yesterday Philadelphia Audience Makes Demen- stration Against Perfermance. Philadelphia, Jan. 16—Stale eggs thrown from the gallery wereo added to the verbal protests against the second performance of “The Playboy of the foreign residents declare that Yuan | named James K. Vardaman to succeed | Western Werld” tonight at a Jooal Shi Kai's -death would throw north | United States Senator Leroy Percy, |theater. 'Twelve men were arrested China into a state of lawlessness, de- manding immediate the powers, Bomb Thrower Loses Head Today. | The bellef is general that Yuan Shi | Kal is necessary to the transilion from the old to the new order; other- | wise a change would make a shambles of Peking. The bomb thrower, who is a native of Kweichow, it s expected will be put to death tomorrow. Japanese Steamer Conveys Rebels. | It is believed that the three republi- | can cruisers which arrrived at Chi Fu | today were ng transports from | Shanghai, which are remaining outside | for the present. The 300 revolution- aries who yesterday seized Tenfichow- | fu, in Shangtung, were transported to the landing place by a Japanese steamer. Serious Disorders at Ho-Nan. Grave disorders are reported in Ho- | Nan, particularly at Chengchow, whers | the French minister is considering the intervention by | sic | Yo | e H Al 1y from cold, and Mrs. Fuzzy The Interstate om has i Bustanoby Brothers, who conducted Beaux Arts, New ‘bankruptey | They listed their labilities | at §540,000 and their assets at $247,000, | the Cafe Des ork, filed & petition in sterday. whose term expires in March, 1913, Commerce commis- ed an order directing the Washington street railroad companies | to issue six tickets for a quarter to | suburban residents in Maryland. The House Judiciary Committee yes- e presidential terday ordered favorably reporied the Henry resolution changing the date of inauguration from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. Snowbound in Thsir Mountain Cabin ome, the three children of len Fuzsy of Grapevine, K: ing unconscious beside bodies on the floor. frs. Nancy perished was found thelr frozen before the squad of plain clothes men and uniformed police succeeded in re- storing order. The demonstration startsd when man in evening dress seated in front of the orchestra seats aross and | protested against the play. He was | asked to leavo, but refused and had to be carried bedlly from the thester. PITTSBURG POLITICIAN IN SERIOUS DILEMMA. | Charged With Assault With Intent to Commit a Felony. Pittsburg, Jan. 16.—James Browm, & .well known politiclan and clubman, who holds the positions of city clerk and olerk of select ocouncil of Mc- Keesport, adjoining Pittsburg, today was held to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of assault and battery, with intent to commit a fel- ony, preferred by Thomas Lewis, & tin advisability of caliing in the railway y s y - BRSNS on Sebakt of) Bis. Sangien, e Al t|, Delucina L. Bingham Died at His |aged 15. He furnished $500 hgnd. Tien Tsin, ahd serlous disorders are Home at Boston yesterday, aged 97 Prevalent ot e years. Bingham had the distinetion of OBITUARY. 2 ‘ being the oldest librarian in active o A Republic Inevitable. service in Massachusetts, and probably Dr. Joh Liameases. Bishop J. W. Bashford of the Meth- | in the United States, T SO " odist Episcopal mission at Shanghal, | and other prominent American mis- | the administration at Washington, ex- pressing the view that a Tepublic is inevitable and practicable. Bomb Thrower Confesses. | London, Jan. 17.—The bomb thrower | who attempted the life of Yuan Shi| Kai yesterday has confessed that the | {1 Five Children, Two Boys and Three to 13 ve the Harold R. Hutchinson, a Chauffeur, was found not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death Jan. 6 of Girls, of John Deering, rangiag from s of age, were burned to death yesterday when | home, two miles from Prentice, Wis., | was destroyed by fire. Deering assassination of the premler Was to | meror o gl o have been the signal for a general ris- | Droonline. " Masy. by ihe & i ing in Peking. says & Peking despatch | operated by the defendant, to the Dally Telegraph. There are persistent rumors of an attempt to poison the empress dow- | ager, who, however, becoming suspi- | fous, refused to partake of the fatal up. P Abdication Edict Prepared. Paris, Jan. 16.—A secret cabinet councll at Peking yesterday prepared an abdication edict which probably will be premulgated today, according to a despetch to the Buropean edition of the th CATS IN THE HOUSE Aged Brooklyn Woman Found Frozen in an Old Arm Chair. New York, Jan. 16.—When the dead body of Mrs. Margaret Wright, 70 years old, was discovered in her home in Brookiyn late today, thirty or more hungry dogs and cats which she had befriended were found run- ning about the cold and cheerises house. It 18 beliovi #he died nearly 8 week ago from (e effects of the penetrating cold after she had become too ill to help herself. She was seat- ed erect in an old arm chair in the parlor with many of her pets whimper- ing ahout her when neighbors forced their way into the heuse. Ing $13,500 for Justice Harian's Widow. ‘Washingten, Jan. 14.—Representative Sheriey of Kentucky announced today that he weuld endeavor to incorporate in one of the appropriation blils for the coming year provision that .the widew of the late Justice Harlan of the supreme court be given the equiva- lent of a year's salary of a supreme m: Measlanow,W. outslkirts. days Monday. Colonel Theodore Roo sterday that he was pe dreams,” when e presidential nomination. Daniel ot discussing he was asked about a report to the effect that he was favored by the steel interests for Kester wae_Instantly Kifled | and Carson Kester, Greeley H. Crepp | and Isaac Herr were fatally injured at | Va.,vesterday afternoon when a boller In the flour mill of the | Harr & Crepp company exploded. A Gang of Men Clearing Snow from the Pittsfield, Mass. highways vester- day uncovered the body of John Gray, aged 60, a farmer, who lived on the The man was alive, died before he could be®taken to a hospital. but Vernen, = Suburb of Les Angeles, g “wet.” Arrangements for the Sale of the | Tere Retel Portiand, Me., Street Raliroad compa- ny, with assets of abe: the Portland Light and Power compa- nlas were perasted yosterday. fer of $11% a share for all or & majerity of the $2,000,000 of stock has been ade, A Wordless Pla bellaved to be the only Incorporated eity in the United States that-has not |'of Geerge W. Fuller of a singla church, voted for “wet” Sun- There are threa saloons. Tifty women voted, most of them vot- $5,000,000, to An of- New Yerk, Jan, 16.—“Sumurun’ & for Nuz-al-Din, wordless pley with music, wes pre sented tomight for the first time In|voted to 4o away with the this country. The play is a Persian | fire department, whish tale of the love of a hunchback show- man for his dancing slave girl, the | paid Peautitul Slave of Fatal Enchantment, and of Sumurun, the wife of & &h Boston, Jan. 16—Dr. John Augustus Lamson, a well known retired - physi- cian of this city, died here todsy. He was a member of the Boston school board for ten years and served two terms in the state legislature and was 82 years old. William Shaler Johnson. Chester, Pa, Jan. 16.—Willlam Shaler Johnson, at one time a well known editorial writer and histerfan, dled here today, aged 76. He was employed on the Hartford (Cenmm.) | Herald and also on local papers. Steamship Arrivals. At Fighguard: Jan. 16, Lusitants, from New York. At Trieste: Jan. 13, Oceania, from | New York. At Marseilles: Madonne, At Gibraltar: Jan. 1%, Caronia, from Jan, 15, from New York. New York. At St. Michaels: Jan. 15, Adriatic, from New York, At Liverpool: Jan, 16, Iasitanis, from New York. “Legaily Dead” Man Fourd. Ogdensburg, N, Y., Jan, 16.—Captain Barton . Crulkshank, who was be- lleved to have been drowned in the Bt Lawrence river June 17, 1910, and since has been declared fi has been found alive in g" city, according to the statement today torney for the missing captain's Revere Hetsl Girls Missing, Boston, Jan. 18—Tenight twe Re- emplayes, ted for, and hey met death ‘wera still | siris, it wes foared that . the reomed on the fifth floar with other Exit Veluntesr Fire Depastment. et o moskmg_Sonight with a ofk, | and