Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 15, 1912, Page 1

| VOL. LIV.—NO. 66 - AREWARD OF $3000 FOR QUTLAWS Virginia Governor Also Orders Militia to be Ready to Pursue Band of Assassins BLOODY WORK IN CARROLL COUNTY COURTROOM Judge Shot Down as He Was On Member of Band—Pr ed and Clerk of Court and Escape to the Mountains on Ponies—Prisoner Still Held. Hillsville, Va., March 14—A troop of mountain outlaws rode down out of the Plue Ride today to the Ca.rroll: county courthouse here and assassi- | nated the judge upon the bench, the | prosecutor before the bar and the | sheriff at the door in less time than | it e s L oteil it, while sentence was | being pronounced upon Floyd Allen, one of their number. When the crack of the rifles died away, only one member of the human fabric of the court—Dexter Goad, the clerk—was alive, and he had been wounded. Jury- men and onlookers were struck by fly- ing pullcts, but none was wounded se- riousiy. Outlaws Take to Mountains. Tonight the outlaws, with a good start, are up on the mountains, citizens' pesse, little organized, lance of pursuit. Sher- with making a sem iffs and deputies from neighboring | counties cannot reach here hefore morning. A special train to- from Roanoke brought twenty | tives tu Galax, the nearest rail- | way siatlon, nine miles away. It wili e midnight bef1e they can get away over the mountain roads, hub deep in spring mud. It probably will be day- light before forces can be assembled. Feward of $3,000 Offered. A reward of $1,000 for the capture the band, made today by Gov- r Man, was Increased tonight to 3 The governor's proelamation states that $300 will be pald for indi- vidual members of the band, taken | dead or alive. Capt. F. W. Devant of the Second Virginia regiment, has been ed to come here with men | twenty ind ammunition. The | shooting paraivzed Hillsville with ter- | ror. There was not a man to give an order, or orzanize a pursuit. Citizens fled to places of safety dnd mothers gathered up their children while the as=assing rode out of town, Story of the Slaughter. Judge Thornton 1. Massie rose from of s chair as the bullets struck him and heavily across his desk, Common- wealth’'s Attorncy Wilbam Foster, with he If a dozen bullets in his brajn, | crumpled dewn to the floor. Sherfiff | was out on appeal His trial was to Lewls Webb was shot and killed as he | come up in April. Allen was tried with reached for his revolver. Gullets | Preston Dickens for counterfeiting. grazed Clerk Goad and in the confus~ | Dickens was convicted and Allen was jon he was reported to have been | acquitted, but was convicted of per- killed. Jurors who had been slightly | jury for his testimony in the case. wounded were reported dead, and by thit indefinable method of communi- | Arrested for Helping Prisoner to Es- cape. 1s before the“par this onvicted of taking a pris- . deputy sheriff. Allen had ieriff_over the head with of a rifle and the prisoner Sherifft Webb had gone the mountains and arrested dire wernings of what on might mean. Attorney 1 prosecuted Mim fearlessly wuniaine:r jury gathere ion, for no ad to sit in the donvicted him. Courtroom Crowded. morning his senteénce attraet- all d Alien morning, oner from roll coun an Allen, en square, v ilage, not ge the throngh the dayrs Those whoe cuold &mall roém peered of epring. Just as Allen to be called up for sentence, two brothers, Sidney and Jack, at the head of troop of twenty up to the conrt- 7 ponies, spleashel to a long ride the 1als, Outlaws Remain Near Door. 150 brothers and their compan- , some carrying rifles and the oth- 15 Tevoivers, crowded into the court- room stood bchind the rafl and about the door. ilovd Allen, tall and A FALLING TOWER gaunt, much the familiar type of TS m nuxl.lmru-nv, in the dock. In his | Fire Barly Damaged $304,000 Court- youth © was a fine figure of strength v fifty he i8 no weakling. mounted the bench and Fosier moved sence upon who sicod up. There was a Allen ehuffling of feet and a general mowve- four serionaly injure toda; ment amonz the mountaineers in the :?ll,:n the high tower of ll?e Butle'::' sack of the room, but no unusual sign County courthouse in which they were to _foretc the tragedy then in the | fonting a fire toppled inwards, bury- minde of every one of them. ling them. Both were pronounced Prisonsr Leaps from Dock. dead when extricated but Tove, though Ue ususl legal formalities ~ over, | 1Ot SENNELS ey fonuilvitn e e Judge Msssie began pronouncing sen- | live. tence, 1 words which fell fron, Although the fire was kept to the his 1ips j “Ome vear Lefore the the \oiley began that ated the murd hard labor— would never go to prisen, i of the prisoners dock ag g ‘Mussie collapsed upon the i s \nuther roar of shots E. scoutor foster was on the floor ® & heap., Sheriff Webb was spring- g torward for his prisoner when the leac tound him, Qutlaws Escape on Ponie: led out of the courthouse and e green to the troop of po- in coud they were galiop- rough sn aroused vil- the hills. With them ns half-carried, half-drag d one of their nwmber, wounds I8 said that this was Sidney Allen, brothars, Three jurors, die and Kare, and A, T, lett dce Marshall and Btuari Worrell, byetanders, were -wounded, Prisoner Has Several Wounds, Allon, the prisencr at f{he the herift Wehb's - deputy, v foik, is guarding Alen, reperted that friends may attempt to rescue him tonight. The quiet of Hillsville has never been disturbed by such volleys and several humdred men, women and chiidren rushed te the courthouse. evails in the wood- | Were merchants. poris of whoiesale Telsphone Operator Collapses ad through the coun- rge gatnering to the rick courthouse which well in the windows opened to the st word was uttered, | Dght it would be impogible to rebuild Allen, with an oath | it: and | > ing the panic stricken ju- | 1l onlookers at bay, the assas- | It | the measure will be resumed tomorrow | averal times, probably bb and Foster were’ stone dead, &. Mapyin'Tisa 'in dops Dhan o5 'NORWICH, About to Pronounce Sentence osecutor and Sheriff Also Kill- Jurymen Wounded—OQutlaws Militia Ordered to Be Ready When some semblance of order had been obtained, some horsemen hurried down Into Beaver Dam Valley to spread the news and get help. More intrepid ones rode off toward Betty Balker, where there is a rallroad sta- tion‘and telegraph wire, Word of the tragedy was slow in getting to points from which help could be asked, but the machinery of the ldw once started worked quickly. Governor Mann ordered the companies of militia at Roanoke and Lynchbufg to be ready to move to Hillsville if their aid should be necessary. Police detectives and volunteers from nearby places took all possible means of trans- portetion to get to Hilsville. A Wild County Late today Governor Mannn tele- graphed to Jurge W. R. Staples of the Roanoke corporation court’to come to Hillsville and take charge of jadici proceedings. Attorney General Will- fams of the state of Virginia has also been ordered to Hillsville. He and Jurge Staples will meet at Pulaski to- morrow and proceed together. The place is awkardly situated for such an emergency as this. It is the seat of Carroll County but it lies in | the Beaver Dam Valley four miles | from the top of Blue Ridge Mountains. The country is rough, the roads are bad, and with spring thaws they are nearly impsjssable. Illicit sullls are said to be many. Allens Dangerous Characters | Floyd Allen lives on one side of the town and his two brothers on the other. All the men of the family have been known jas stern characters and have been fdared by many in the county. The deputy sheriff who would serve a warrant or a summons one ong of them was acounted a brave man. Flovd Allen’s familiar boast was that he had thirteen bullet holes in his body and that five of them had been put there by his .brother.” Are Weli to Do Peopls Sidney Allen, who took part in the | shooting today, is under sentence of two and a half years in th federal penitentiary at Atlanta for perjury and The Allens were regarded as well to do people. Some were farmers and some The final obstacle to getting news of the shooting to the outside world oc- curred tonight when Miss Ella Wil- cox, telephone operator, collapsed from the day’s excitement and closed up the office. Muddy roads over steep grades, with few vehicleg for transpor- tation, will be Hillsville’s only connec- tion with the world until tomorrow morning. IMPLICATED BY GIRL'S DEATHBED STATEMENT Miss Coe’s Story Put in Evidence at Trial of Rev. W. D. McFarland. Pittsburgh, March 14—FHoldinf the hand -of his elderly wife, the Rev. Dr, ’\’V, D. McFarland of Greenville, Tenn., { grown grey in the service of the pub- lic schools and the minstry, entered & plea of not guilty when brought to trial in criminal court here today for ; his alleged implication In the death of his former secretary, Elsie Dods Cose, as the result of a criminal.operation. District Attorney Wiliam A. Blakely, made the opening statement and said that before her death, Miss Coe made a statement in which she placed the responslibility of the operation on the ! minister. Mr. Blakely presented the | statement in evidence and it was ad- mitted to the court though Homer L. Castle, attorney for the defense, ob- jected on the ground that Miss Coe was not sound of mind when it was made. TWO CRUSHED UNDER house at Hamilton, O. Hamilton, Ohio, March 14—John Hunker, a fireman, was killed and ‘William L. Love was fatally crusher two uper floors, the courthouse was so | badly damaged that it was said to- The loss is estimated at $150,000. The courthouse was built in 1889 at a cost of $304,000. FUSILLADE AGAINST FREE SUGAR BILL. st It to be Continued In e Minute Spesches. Debate Ag: [ ‘Washington, March 14—Opponents of the democratic “free sugar” tariff revision bill directed a heavy fire |against it today in general debate in the house. The attack was brought to a sudden end at 6.09 o'ciock by Chair- man Underweood of the ways aad means committee, The debate against | ynder the rule limiting speeches to | five minutes each. The bill which was introduced teday will then probably | be passed before adjournment. Verdioct for Caruso. 2 Mitan, ltaly, Maveh 14-—TFhe breaeh of ise suit brought against Eu rico Caruse, the eperatic tewor, hy Pas. quale Ganelli, in behaif of his danghk- 1er, Elisa, for 366,000, was disposed of toda.y ‘Ihe court returned a verdict for Caruse, put eondemned him to pay the costs of the action, Steamship Arrivals. ~ New York: | erv union hard-coal miner in |union. Every Chinese CH 15, 1912 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propor Cabled ngmphs / Wilfimum’c ‘Men Representing Finance, the Law, Com- Paris, March 14—Vice Admiral Jules Marie de Cavelier de Cuverville died today from injuries received last week. Admiral Cuverville was born in 1334, Amoy, China, March 14—Desultory fighting has been going on during the last three days between troops from Swatow and soldiers helonging to Waichow, both in the province of Kwang-Tung. Brussels, March 14—The enormous demands for coal from the Belgian collieries for shipment at Antwerp are completely paralyzing transport ar- rangements. The merchants are com- plaining to the minister of railroads that trade is at a standstill because they cannot obtain a single car. Paris, March 14—President Fallieres today signed a decree removing from office Mayor Sohier, of the town of Houplines in the department of the Nord, who is now supposed to be In Detrolt, Mich. The embezzlement of the city's funds is given as the grounds for his dismissal. MINERS DETERMINED NOT TO COMPROMISE White Says Unless Concessions Are Made They Will Cease Work April 1. New York, March 14,—The United Mine Workers of America wiil refuse 1o cempromise a single demand which they have made of the anthracite coal operators, at their joint meeting to- morrow, Jehn P. White, president of the mine workers, said today. The miners’ committee will submit at this neeting their answer to the counter- proposition by the operators, that the present working agreement be con- tinued for three years, but White said today t{hat not only- would the proposal be rejected, but there would surely be a general suspensivn of work in the anthracite fields on April 1 if the miners’ demands for a twenty per cent increase in wages, recognition of the the union, an eight-hour day and other ccnditions were not wholly complied with. “If they make mo concessions, ev- Penn- sylvania will lay down his tools on the night of March 31" White de- clared. Should the operators still refuse to vield tomorrow, the matter of the of- ficial declaration of a strike will be posiyoned, be said, until after the meeting of the bituminous ceal miners 20. in Cleveland on Marc CHINESE WOMEN IN PARIS FASHIONS. Striking Feature of a Banquet of Chinese at French Capital. Paris, March 14—An imposing tribute was paid to the new republic of China today when four hundred Chinese from | all parts of Europe assembled in Paris at a banquet under the auspices of the Chinese republican . committee Europe and of the China-French legation in Europe,. was. represented and many prominent Frenchmen were present. The banquet was one of the most en- thusiastic that has occurred in Paris for years. One of the most striking features was the presence of a number of young Chinese women dressed in the latest Paris fashions. Many Chinese students also participated, most of them able to speak English, French afid German, and all preparing to return to China where they will engage in the practi- cal bullding up of the new China. SENTENCED TO PRISON AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY. R —— Veteran Crook Tells Judge He Wants to Die in Prison. YNew York, March 14—Charles W. Bartlett, an 80 year old forger and swindler, the oldest known to the New York police, pleaded guilty today to attempted forgery in the second de- gree. He expressed the hope that he would be given a long term, that he might die in prison. Justice Swann sentenced him to five years in Sing Sing prison. The physicians who have examined him say he cannot live that long. “I'm the oldest crook in the busi- | ness,” he told Judge Swann “and I want to die In prison. where I belong. I have been a crook all my life. My stealings never prof- ited me anything. It doesn't pay to be a crook, judge.” BILL THAT HITS "NEW HAVEN ROAD Prohibits Railroads from Owning or Controlling Steamship Lines. today, That's Washington ~ March 14—A bill that would prohibit any railroad or other common carrféf“from owning“stock in or controlling directly or indirectly a steamship line with which it competes, was Introduced in the house today by Representative Covington of Maryland a member of the committee on com- merce. THE DAY IN CONGRESS Democrats Opposing Demacratic Bill For Frees Sugar. Washington, March 14—The Day in Congress. Senate:— In session, 2 p. m. Eulogles on late Senator Frye of Maine were delivered. Finance committee, by vote 8 to §, ordered adverse report on house steel tariff revision bill. Hous Passed the Senate joint resolutlon prohibiting shipment of arms to Mex- ico. Free sugar bill debate began with democrats from cane and beet sugar producing states agalnst measure. Chairman Underwood of ways and means committee presented majority report favoring proposed excise tax bill, Representative Longworth pre- senting ‘minority report-opposing it. Paymaster General Sniffen, retired, told Helm committee that Major Ray had worked for other presidential can- didates than President Taft. Repri for MacFarland. Trenton, N. J, Mareh 13 —Governor ‘Wilseny granted @ regrieve of thirty days fonight to Alllson M, MacFar- land, the convicted Newark wife mur- dersr, who is under sentence to die next week, The reprieve will allow time to take MacFarland’s case to the anurt of pardons if the application now pending for a new. irial is refused. Wage Raise in Glass Factories. Flitsburgh, March 13—Rive thou- sand hand window glass workmen em- ployed in factories throughout Kan- sas, Indiana, Ohio, Pemnsylvania and West Virginia reeceived netice today that beginning March 15 their wages will e increased an average of 35 of | r cent, all branches of the industry ' desperat merce Manufacturing ]oyfdl Cheers For Their King ROMAN POPULACE HAPPY OVER HIS ESCAPE. FROM ASSASSINATION Youthful Anarchiet, New in Custody, | Intended to Kill Monarch as a Pro- | test Against Organized Society. | Rome, March 14.—A youthful anar- chist, Antonlo Dalba, who asserts that he is a member of no organization, at- tempted to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel today. The king was not Injured, nor was Queen Helena, who was driving In a closed carriage with him at the time, but an officer of the king's guard, Major Lang, was wound- | ed in the head and fell from his Rorse. Three Shots Fired. Three shots were fired at the king, | who was on his way to the Pantheon to attend a service commemorative of Humbert, who died in 1900 at the hands of an aseassin, As the king's carriage, cscorted by cuirassiers, was | paesing along the Via Lata, a man| pushed ‘through the line of soldiers Wwho guarded the streets and fired | three shots from @& revolver. One of | the bullets went Avild, another struck one of the horses/but the third wound.- | ed the officer in‘command of the es- ' cort.. The assassin pulled the trigger a fourth tkme, but the fourth cart-| ridge failed to explode. Assassin Attacked by Mob. | King Victer Emmanuel remained | calm throughout, and devoted his at- | tention to quiet the fears of the queen. | The carriage proceeged to the Pan-| theon, where the ceremonies were car- ried cut with even more solemrity than usval, as though befitting the | narrow escape of the king. Mean- while the infuriated populace sprang | upon the king's assailant and beat him almest into insensibillty, He was res-| cued by the guardsmen and handed | over to the police. Pope Attributes It to Irreligion. Dalba admitted his intention of as- sassinating the king as a protest against crgarized society. Victor Em- manuel himself spoke of the anarchist u8 “another man belonging to no country—a man without a father- land.” Pope Pius, when notified by the papal secretary of the attempt on the king's life, expressed deep regret and added: “These are the conse- quences of the lireligion of our times.” Demonstrations of People. All through the day great crowds paraded the streets shouting: “Long live the king,” but the greatest dem- onstration occurred sooh after Vietor Emmantel returned to the palace, around which 250,000 persons had gathered. 'T'hey cheered the cabinet ministers, senators and deputies, in- cluding several soclalist deputies, who called et the royal palace to exvrual to the king their felicitations at his | escape. All were admitted together to the great ball room, whers the king appeared, accompanied by the queen and erown prince. Queen Saw Shots Fired. In reply to their congratulations the king said: “At first I noticed noth- ing. I was looking out of the car- riage window at iha Colionade church, on the left, when I heard two shots. I| fhad nn thcught that it was an attempt against my life” Queen Helena ex- plained that she saw the assassin, as hefired the first shot, She had the japression that he pulled the trigger three (imes more, but only twice éid she hear shets. The King's Impression, The king, describing the impressien he 7¥eceived during the demonstra- tien at the Quirinal, said that it seem- ed as if not-only Reme, but the whole of Italy had gathered there, { i Torrington—Chief of Pelice Hull is raising a lifter of eight bloodheunds, and when they: grewn up he fig- ures that ,t.hsx. will be abie to trail any T 5 E. W. AVERY, | intendent of public schoole in Boston, Postmaster and Grocer, | is the choice of the state board of Plan a Parade the birth of his father, the late King| and Other Interests. South Wincdham, | Arqug_jhe Jail i | | LAWRENCE STRIKERS PROPOSE A CELEBRATION. { BEGIN WORK MONDAY 1 | Strike Declared Off at Six Mills at | Mass Mesting on Common—To | Continue_at Seven Other Mills. Lawrence, Mass, March 14—The strike at six of the textile mills in this | yeity is ended. It remains in effect at | | seven mills here and one mill in the | | adjoining town of North Andover. The | | Everett mill, which has kept its em- ployes locked out since thestrike start- ed, is understood to be contemplatipg an early reopening at an increased wage scale. 7,000 to Go Back to Work. At a mass meeting on the Common | this afternoon the strikers, who had assembled in thousands, voted to de- clare off (he strike at the Washington, | Wood, Ayer and Prospect mills of the | American Woolen company, the At- lantic cotton mills and the Kunhardt worsted miills. Approximately 7,000 operatives will return to work at these plants next Monday. Strike On at Seven Mills. ! The mass meeting, which followed the advice of the strike leaders in this act- ion, also accepted the recommendation of the strike committee that the strike should be continued against the Pa- cific cotton and worsted milils, the Ar- lington cotton and worsted mills, the Pemberton mills, the Lawrence duck mills, the Uswoco worsted mills, the Farwell bleachery, the International paper plant, and the Brightwood wool- en milis of North Andover. 6,000 to Continue ldle. All these mills have announced a wage Increase, but the details of the proposed advance have not been made sufficlently clear to satisfly the strike leaders. As a result of today's aetion it is estimated that about 3,000 opera- tives will remain on strike, not includ- ing the 2,000 locked out at the Everett cotton mills. Haywood in Jubilant Mood. It was a happy multitude that waded ankle deep in mud on the Common this afternoon. The police in large num- bers mingled with it freeely, but had nothing to do. In the center of the Common is a large bandstand, and this the strike leaders utilized as a ros- trum. Haywood and the others who spoke hailed the result of the nine weeks’ labor battlle as a triumph for the strikers. “It Is the greatest victory ever won by labor in this country,” declared Haywood. Wouldn’t Go to Work Today. No dissenting volce was heard when the vote to return to work in specified mills was passed, but the strike leaders professed some surprise when a prop- osition that the return to. thése mills be made tomorrow was voted down by a large majority. It was evident that the great mass of the strikers did not cars to resume work before the be- ginning of a new week. To Parade Around Jail. ; Announcement was made that the first general celebratian to be held by those who have been on strike, after permission has been secured from the authorities for any kind of demon- | stration, will take the form of s pa- | rade of Mtallans and ofliers around the | House of Correction, whers Ettor an Glevannitt! are confined. MODERN WOODMEN | VOTE TO SECEDE. An Independent Order to bs Formed by 152 Lodg Kansas City, Mo., March 14—Repre- | sentatives of one hundred and fifty- two lodges of the Modern Woodmen of America in Kansas decided at a meet- ing in Kansas City, Kas, today to secede from the parent organization | oourt that in thelr ¢ The Seal Fishing Season opened yes- terday. ¢ The Senate Foreign Rel mittee agreed to favorably report the fur seal tréaty. Eighth lowa District Delegates to the republican convention were instructed yesterday for Taft. Rear Admiral Albert Mertz was. ordered to Philadeiphia, Pa. as gov- <| ernor of the Naval Home there. The New York Assembly Passed a bill yesterday appropriating $10,000 for *j the removal of ice gorges in the Hud- son river. W. A, Pfeffer, the first Populist sen- ator in the United States senate from Kansas, is critically ill in a hospital at Topeka, Kan. Twenty Five Thousand Textild Op- eratives in New Bedford, M; will receive an increase of five percent jn wages commencing March 25. The Ten Chicago Packers charged with criminal violation of the S8herman law will submit their case to the jury without presenting any testimony. The Latest Extension of rapid tran- sit system of Grater Boston, the tun- nel to Cambridge will be opened for traffic on March 23. An Entire Regiment, the Seventh Infantry, will tramp 13 miles shortly to put to practical test the modifled shoe, a new type of army footwear. The Defeated Parties in the “patant monopoly” case have advised Attor- ney Wickersham that they intend ark- ing the supreme court for a rehearing of the case. The Steamer Newburgh Arrived at Poughkeepsie yesterday opening navi- gation between Poughkeepsie and New York, The vessel had a hard fight ‘with the ice. AllRecords For 30 Years were brok- en in the Louisville leaf tobacco mark- et yesterday when one hogshead of bunley brought $45 a hundred pounds and another $44, Dr. 8tratton D. Brooks, Super- education for president of the Oklaho- ma Slate Unlversity. Lorillard Spencer, Well Known a# a clubman and preminent socially in Newport and New York, died at his home in New York yesterday of brights disease in his fifty-third year. For the Loss of Eight Teeth Axal Homestead, an insurance man, was awarded a $12,000 verdict agaiunst the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company | by a jury yesterday. The Electricfication of ali Railroads entering Boston is provided “or in a mandatory bill unanimously reparted by the legislative committes om rall- roads. §. e A Burglars Yesterday Used an Auto- mobile or a wagon to carry away the safe of the Roosevelt, L. L post offica. The safe weighed about 500 pounds, e C. Biddle, 96 a mem- he oldest. Philadelphia families. and noted for her charities, died yesterday. During the Civil war Miss Biddle acted as nurse for soldiers. The Rhode Island House Passed yesterday a resolution calling upon congress to act favorably on the bill now before that body to establisir a naval base in Narragansett bay, Secretary McVeagh Affirmed the sale for customes duties at San Francisco of the Russian art collection, exhibited at the St. Louls exhibjtion, to Frank C. Havens, of Oakland, Cal, at his bid of $9,000. Cardinal Gibbons Turned Over the first spadeful of -earth yesterday cn the site of the new St. Charles col- lege at Cloud Gap, Md. a preparatory seminary for the education ef young men for the priesthood.. It 'is Announced That the ex- ecutive council of the Modern Wood- men of America, will take no aection looking to the expusion of members of the society who are opposing in- creased insurance rates. . . The Settlement of the Lawrence Strike will not deter the rules com- mittee of the House from an investi- gation of the charges of unlawfal in- terference with the transportation of women and children to another state. For Returning a Handbag contain- ing nearly $10,000 in bills, which an aged Kittery, Me., woman had lost, Charles N. Chaplain, & conductor on the Atlantic Shore Line rafiroad re- ceived a reward of one dollar. The Robbers Who Attempted to hold up the Southern Pagcific train near Sanderson, Texas Wednesday and were killed have been identified ms Ed- ‘Weleh, an escaped criminal, and & man named Kilpatrick. ‘Little Is known of Kilpatrick. David A. Trousdale, Express Mes- senger, who killed tWo men when they attempted to rob Southern Pacific pas- senger train No, 9 near Sanderson, Texas, Wednesday, will be pald a re- ward of $600 and In addition will be presented a gold watch suitably in- scribed. The Heirs of the Late Edward Hawley, railroad magnate, and milllon- aire, have entered into’ an agreement by which Miss Margaret Cameron, ward of the late financier, will receive an annual Income of $25,000, besides retaining the Hawley home in New York and his country place at Baby- lon, L. L = Members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers of the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburgh and Erie, are disappointed over the refusal to grant them a ten per cent. increase In wages and shorter hours, while it granted a re-adjustment of wages to the ,Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Dispatchers, Agents and Signal men. ROOSEVELT EXCUSED s FROM JURY SERVICE Counsel Fears he Will Distract the Attention of the Other Jurors, Mineola, T.. over. Supreme Court Justice Putnam told him this merning that he was ex- cused. confided _to the inion Mr. Roose- velt's presence in the box would dis- tract his fellow turors’ minds from any case that for this = reason they would challenge him. -~ Essex.—There 1s no Ice in the Cons< and form an independent order. The recent increase in insurance rates by necticut river as fur up as the eve ean reach, and with the aid of a tug nagl- i gation could be opened o ‘tme, it yo desired, ) Condensedi 1 elegrams Sees Uprising For Roosevelt WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR 18- SUES A STATEMENT, 'ON WANE IN INDIANA Ex-President's Stock Reported to Have : ‘l‘llupn Slump in Hoosier State—The “Taft Machine” Blamed Fer It. Wthm March 14—Unusuel ac- tivity was evident at both the Taft ::wweu campaign headquarters As the result of general inquiries by Director McKinley, the Taft headquar- ters gave out nearly a score of reports to show growing Taft sentiment in hotly conteatod states. Glasscock Sees Roosevelt Uprising. Senator Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campalgn, engineered for the newspaper men a personal Inter- view with Governor Glasscock of West Virginia. Governor Glasscock gave out a statement that Mr. Dixon had written, wnvuyinfiu Governor Glass- cock’s opinion “that in his political experience he has never yet seen a more dtermined uprising of the rank and file of the republican party than is the present situation for Roose- velt.” Roosevelt Sentiment Wanes in Indiana A telegram from Harry 8. New of Indianapolls, chairman of the repub- lican national committes, said that “the Roosevelt sentiment is palpably on the wane in Indiana” and that President Taft would probably secure the four delegates at large there, as well as mosL of the district delegates. “Taft Machine” Blamed, A ocounter-statement from the Roosevelt managers charged that the “Taft machine” In Indlana, “bossed now ex-Benator Hem: “ 18 early conventions, “to - tle any expression of sentiment republican voters of Inditna and to thwart their desire to in the selection of their can- didate,” EARNED $37.30 AS JUROR. But Roesevelt Makes No Effert te Claim Money Dwe Mim. Bay, N. Y, March M.—Col- onel Roceovelt earned 337.80 as a ju- It took him two weeks to do It g len, 80 that Colone’ Roosevelt is entitied to $1.20 for eact of the nine days of his service ar Juror. “1 haven’t any mileage he satd. "I to them for the three a day 'h the <o s for their servi 30 that the in fees $10.80 108 remain in the county treasury. Colonel Roocsevelt did not conoeal, when he returi.el home from Mineola, the fact that he was disappointed at not having served on at least ome case, DERAIMENT OF TRAIN NEAR DUNKERTON, IOWA. One Passenger Fatally Injured and 83 Others Hurt ‘Waterloo, Jowa, March 1l4—Andrew ln)l.\r‘dt ddli'?m‘:’&n.mh. e ‘were an of more or less seriously hurt early today when southbound Chicago and Great three chair cars and a steel sleeping ear. The foremost chair car for Some rea- son, while rounding a curve, lurched violently from the rails, followed by the two remalning chair cars and the gleeper. The chair cars ran on the frozen ground for a short distance, turning over on their sides thirty feet trom‘&. track. The sleeping car re- mained upright. WAGQGE RAISE COMING IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT Milimen Say Mills About Hers Wil Follow New Bedford. New Bedford, Mass., March 14—Mill men say that the cotton manufacturery of Rhode Island and eastern Connect- {out will follow the lead of the New Bedford association in regard to the advances. All the cotton mils in New Bedford, with the exception of the Nashawana, Nonquit and Manomet, which are con+ trolled by the Willam Whitman in- terests and the Dartmouth and Bris- tol mills, controled by Walter Hi haw, are represented in the as- soclation. The five mills not affected employ 5,000 hands. - GRACE TELLS STORY OF THE SHOOTING With#Only 24 Hours to Live, His A< te-Mortem Statement ls Taken. Atlanta, Ga, March 14—Pugege H, Grace, who physicians say cannot live more than 24 hours, made an ante- mortem statement tonight, his wife of shooting him. The ante- mortem statement was not made pub- lic. It is kmewn, however, that he told in detall his story of how wifs shot him, that she remained him several hours after he was shot, and that he begaed for physicians and then for water, but got nefther. S A Speliaoy Nomimeted for Mayer. Mhrch 16—At the