Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 11, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 59 NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1914 PRICE _TWO CENTS WIDOW PLANNED REMOVAL OF BODY Mrs. Vergara Arranged to Bring Back Her For Expedition to Mexico Husband’s Remains VERGARA’S BROTHER-IN -LAW ORGANIZED PARTY Reports That Murdered Horse Dealer Was Tortured Before | Death Prove Untrue—Mexican Claims to Have Witness- | the colonies tonight received a cable ed Vergara’s Execution—Both State and Federal Au-j thorities Gathering Evidence—Texas is Not Blamed. Laredo, Texas, March 10.—A Mexi- ean who led the party to the grave at Hidalgo, Mexico, from which the body of Clemente Vergara was Tre- covered, has told state investigators a circumstantial story of witnessing the mlleged execution, it was said here tonight. The identity and whereabouts of this man, as well as the others of the party which exhumed the body, have not been disclosed. / Vergara Not Tortured. @etiher federal nor state investiga- ®ons had been completed tonight, but already it has been shown that re- ports that Vergara was tortured by | that Mrs, Vergara | arranged for the expedition of the ten | fire were untrue; men into Mexico; and that J. S. Hill, Vergara's brother-in-law, organized the party for the widow. Collecting Evidence. Evidence being gathered here will be presented to Secretary Bryan and Governor Colquitt of Texas. United States Consul Garrett and the state adjutant general, Fenry Hutchings, are working together as- sembling evidence. BRIDGES BURNED. Rebel Officials Puzzled—No Federal | Troops Near. Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, March 10.—The burning of bridges on rail- roads southwest of this point puzzled insurgent officials today, on the eve of General Carranza’s departure on his march into Chihuabua state. During Yyesterday afternoon and last night two bridges were burned on the Southern Pacific branch between Cananea and Nogales and a trestle was destroyed by fire on the Nacozari railroad below Agua Prieta. As far as known there are no federal troops between Guaymas, on the Cali- fornia gulf, and Torreon. A few small bands of marauders were said to be operating along the Mexico Northwes! ern railroad below Juarez. General Carranza, who it was an-! nounced officiaily would begin his 200 | mile march tomorrow, will be accom- | panied by nearly 1000 troops. It was | said that a combination of the inde- pendent federal forces in the two bor- der states could offer no resistance to his progress east. ‘A battalion of in- fantry began its march today along | the trails which will be taken later by | the constitutionalist commander and a strona escort of cavalry. i Contrary to previous predictions. no expressions were forthcoming regard- n~ the Benton or other cases which have threatened international compli- cations during the last fortnight. From high officials it was learned the plan | of making further explanations bhad | been deferred. Rev. Henry Allen Tupper of the in- ternational peace forum had a confer- ence today with General Carranza in eral bank have succeeded thus far in its prevention. The government has not abandoned entirely the idea of es- tablishing a federal bank, but Senor De La Lama, the minister of finance, and the conservative business element of the capital have induced the more radical members of the cabinet to at curing funds. TEXAS 1S VINDICATED. Bryan Convinced State Had Nothing to Do With Removal of Vergara’s Body. Washington, March 10.—No conflict will arise between the federal govern- ment and the state of Texas over the | recovery of the body of Vergara, the murdered American ranchman. Fur- ther steps demanding the punishment of Vergara’s assassins will be taken. That was the status of the case after a cabinet meeting today. The officially accepted view was that Vergara w , lured across the border and murdered, and his body was subsequently recov- ered by his own friends—not Texas rangers—who crossed into Mexico as private individuals and not as an armed expedition. Argentine Won't Intervene. La Plaza, vice president of the repub- eign Affairs Murature to publish broad- cast a declaration denying rumors that it is the purpose of Argentine to inter- vene in Mexico. P e L Carden Reaches England. Lionel declined to discuss the MexXican sition. TWO DAYS IN JAIL Chicago Board of Aldermen Amends the Ordinance. New York, March 10.—Automobile speeders who accept jail sentences to avold payment of fines will no longer be able io escape with an hour or two under lock and key as many of them were able to do under former condi- tions. The board of aldermen today adopted a new speed ordinance sug- gested by Chief Magistrate McAdoo, the purpose of which is to compel vio- lators to spend at least one night in jail. Inasmuch as an official day is from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. and many chauffeurs were sentenced at three o'clock in the aftermoon, they went to prison for one hour and avoided the $25 fine. The law, as amended, compels the magistrate to impose a fine of $25 or which the insurgent leader, it was made known, reiterated his position of silence at present. MEXICANS MOVED BODY. Jocrstary Bryan Will Prosecute No- bedy in Vergara Case. ‘Washington, March 16.—Comprehen- Mve reports from Major General Bliss }ommanding the American border datrol and from American Consul Sarrett at Laredo received at the war and state departments today cleared up the mystery which had surrounded | delivery on American soil of the »dy of the horse trader, Clemente | Vergara. The reports completely sat- | Isfied the officials that no act has been | committed by national or state agents ! violatfon of Mexican no\-emgmyl @&nd if there was any offense in the removal of the body from Mexico it was committed by individuals, so the | matter could not be made an Inter-! national ismue. Secretary Bryan stated he would not undertake to prosecute the persons who obtained the bhody, even if he knew their identity, which he did not, revond the fact established by General Bliss' report that they were civilians and prebably Mexicans. The finding of the body of Vergara has had the result of advancing the prosecution of the claim against the Hueria government for reparation, and | ay Secretary Bryan transmitted th telegraphic report from Consul Gar- at to Charge O’Shaughnessy in Mex. City. Tt is understood that the Primary purpose of this is to dis- prove the original allegation of the Mexican federal commander at Nuevo laredo that Vergara had mage his escape from captivity and joined the constitutionalists. With the body in evidence, as soon as further facts as to the character of Vergara's fatal wounds are developed by the investi zation Governor Colquitt is now asi- ing, Mr. O’Shaughnessy will be pre- pared to call upon Huerta to redeem uis promise to punish the federal of- ficers who killed Vergara. BENTON INVESTIGATION. Carranza’s Commission Still at Juarez | —Snyman Ranch Saved. ¥l Paso, Texas March 10.—The or- der of confiscation against the ranch of General W. B. Snyman, a British; subfect in the state of Chihuahua, was | revoked today by General' Villa. The| news was received in a telegram from | Calvert G. Scebell, British vice con-! sul at Chihuahua, to a son of General Snvman in this eity. The commission appointed by Gen- eral Carranza to investigate the kill- ing of Willlam 8. Benton is still in Juarez and has never been away. ‘When General Frauste, head of the commission, was asked today 1f he could explain why he misleading in- formation was given out, he respond- . ed: “Who knows?” Another Foreigner Missing. Douglas, Arizona, March 10.—F. T.! Cromwell, a mining man from Van- ! ceuver, B. C., disappeared in Bonora, l sentence to at least two days in jail ANOTHER CAUSE FOR A BRITISH PROTEST. Pending Bill May Encroach en Can- ada’s Navigation Rights. Washington, March 10.—Secretary Garrison, at the instance of the Brit- 1sh ambassador, has called upon the army engineers to report on the pos- gible effect upon the level of Great Lakes of o measure now pending be- fore the house, which would permit the diversion of a greater amount of wa- ter from Lake Michigan into the Chi- cago canal, in connection with the pro- posed extension of the Chicago park system. The ambassador, Str Cecil Spring- Rice, in a note to the state depart- ment said the proposed legislation would encreoach upon Canada’s naviga- tion rights, guaranteed by a treaty be- iween the United States and Great Britain. AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON DUE TONIGHT. Nine-Tenths of Moon’s Diameter to Be in the Shadow. ‘Washington, March be an eclipse of the moon almost total ‘Wednesday night visible from all points in western Europe, North and South Africa and western Africa. The shad- ow of the earth will not entirely cover the moon, but at the middle of the eclipse more than nine-tenths of the moon’s diameter will be in the shadow. The moon i{& duse to enter the shadow according to the precize reckoning, at 9.418-10 o'clock Wednesday night, eastern standard time; should reach the middle of the eclipse at 11.129-10 o'clock and leave the shadow at 12.44 a. m. Thursday. OLD BALL PLAYER IS ELECTED MAYOR Fred H. Brown Chosen as Chief Ex- ecutive of Somersworth, N. H. Concord, N. H. March 10.—Fred H. Brown, once a member of the Bgs- ton National league baseball team, was elected mayor of Somersworth, on the democratic ticket today, defeating Dr, Thomas J. Morrison, independent- citizens’ candidate. In Laconia, Mayor George B. Cox, ' nominated by democrats and pro- gressives, won by a close margin of 44 votes from his republican opponent, William D. Veasser, Mayor Daniel J. Daley, was reelected in Be; democrat, More Medals for Brave Seamen. London, March 10.—King George to- day presented silver life saving med- als to 232 officers and men of the fleet of steamers that assisted in the work of rescue when the Uranium line steamship Volturno was burned at sea last October. The board of trade pre- sented the sailors with $3,000 in cash and gave a set of plate to the captain | Mexico. last December, according to a | ©f each of the rescue vessels. letter received here today from Mrs. Cromwell, who asks that search be mede for her husband. Opposition to Federal Bank. Mexfco City, March 10.—Persons op- posed to the idea of flooding the coun- Wy with money t9 be issued by a fed- Argentine Dreadnought’s Test. Boston, March 10.—The Argentine dreadnought Rivadiva went to sea to- night, continuing her trial trips. After all her turbines had been given some short tests, she was geared up to top speed for an eight hour run. least consider other measures for se- Buenos Aires, March 10.—Dr. V. De | lic, today instructed Minister of For- | Plymouth, Eng., March 10.—Sir Lio- | nel Carden, the British minister to | Mexico, arrived here tonight on the | steamer Olympic from New York. Sir situation on account of his official po- ! FOR AUTO SPEEDERS 10.—There will | Cabled Paragraphs English Aviator Killed. Salisbury, England, March 10—Cap- tain Cyril R. Downer of the North- ampton Infantry regiment, was killed today by a fall with his aeroplane while flying over the military aero- drome on Slisbury plain. Oppose Veterans’ Preference Bill. Boston, March 10.—Every living for- | mer governor of Massachusetts was recorded today as opposed to the pro- posed act giving veterans of the Span- ish-American war a preference in the civil service list. The measure came before the legislative committee on | public service. Cyclone Devastates Madagascar. { _Paris, March 10.—The minister of i despatch from the governor general of | Madagascar saying that a cvelone and | tidal wave devastated the northwest | region of the island March 3. Sixteen | persons were killed and a number of vessels sunk at their moorings. Suffragette Muti!att;ms,m Picture. London, March 10—A militant suf-! fragette, May Richardson, inflicted se- | i vere damage with a knife today on the | ! famous Volasquez picture known as| ‘lha “Rokaby Venue,” which is hung | 1 in the National gallery, Trafalgar | square. The { for $225,000 the nation. picture was purchased | in 1906 and presented to Refused to Censure Lloyd-George. London, March 10.—The house of | commons tonight by a vote of 304 to [240 refused to pass what virtually was |a vote of censure of David Lloyd- ! George, chancellor of the exchequer. | The resolution was proposed by Sir John &. Randles, Unionist member for | Manchester, Northwest, who moved | that the “house contemplates with re- ! gret the repeated inaccuracy of the chancellor of the exchequer and his | gross and unfounded attacks upon in- dividuals.” I COUNTIES AT WAR OVER ‘““GEN.” KELLEY'S HOBOES. Them Sacramento’s Attitude Keeps Pocketed in Yolo. Sacramento, Cal, March 10.—With the “army”™ of Industria!l Workers of the World enroute to Washington, D. C., isolated across the Sacramento riv- | er in Yolo county, while Sacramento | { and Yolo counties settled their dispute | as to the former's right to keep it there, the prosecution of the leaders | was begun late today with the ar- ! raignment of nineteen men arrested | | yesterday as vagrants. The “army” occuples a peculiar po- | sition, according to the Yolo county ! officials. With fipod water in the Yolo{ basin shutting off a march to the | south, west or north, they have but! one direction to take, that of east-! ward across the bridges into Sacra- | mento. The “army” voted late today to march | ! peacefully through the city on its way eastward if the police would permit, i but the Sacramento authorities re- | jected the proposal. ! The supervisors and district attorney | of Yolo county asked that the Sacra- | mento guards be removed from ths| bridge and the men be allowed to] cross. This request was refused. The| Yoio officials then threatened to start| legal proceedings to enjoin Sacnmeu-‘ to from guarding ths 'm‘idg’es‘—dndh there the situation rests. At the premlinary hearing “Genarnl™ James Kelley pleaded not guilty to the charge of vagrancy and demanded a jury trial. Edward E. Tesdale, John Randolph and John McLennan, his| lieutenants, and several sub-lieuten- ants made similar pleas. THIRTY DAYS FOR ONE . W. W. LEADER. Forty-four More of New York's “Un-| | employed” Are Released. | New York, March 10.—All but ten of | the 191 cases growing out of the ar-; | rests of unemployed and members aof | { the Industrial Werkers of the Worid | { last week in St. Alphonsus’ church had | i been disposed of when the chief mag- istrate’'s court ciesed tonight Five of | | the ten are in the perdicament of hav- | | ing forgotten the fictitious names they | | gave when arrested. | Forey-four men pleaded guilty to a! charge of disorderly conduct and] | were released under suspended sen- | | tence. Isadore Trotman, said to have: been one of the leaders of the “‘arm: was sentenced to thirty days in the| workhouse, Percy Marmer, a student | in a school of journalsm, was set free under suspended sentence. Miss Gussie Miller, & young woman who maintained that she went to the| church to see that the unemployed were fed and housed, was severely reprimanded by Magistrate Campbell and released in custody of her counsel. { BALDWIN PLEADS FOR | THE NEW HAVEN ROAD. Nothing to Be Gained, He Saye, by | Pulling It to Pieces. { Hartford, Conn., March 10.—Govern-{ | or Simeon E. Baldwin spoke tonight at! | the State Business Men's assoclation, { and his address was in the main a plea | for the New York, New Haven and | Hartford railroad. “As I look about | our state,” he said, “and see its great | transportation system being pulled to ! pieces, I wonder if we shall be more | efficiently served by the fragments; | than we have been by the whole. It will call for some building up. i “There have been many things done | ! by the road under its old management which few can approve. Some of them | | were done at a time when the stand- | ard of corporation morals was lower than it now is—lower than it ever should have been. But of what avail now Is it to reiterate our disapproval | of all these things? The company is| now unier the control of new men. It is pursuing a new policy. The time for | breaking down has passed and the! time for building up has come.” THE COURT SUSTAINS MELLEN'S DEMURRER. | State’s Attorney to File an Amended Complaint Against Him. Bridgeport, Conn., March 10.—Al- though State's Attorney Stiles Judson | tonight declined to discuss the case, it is generally believed that he will, during the next wek, flle an amended | complaint against former President Charles S. Mellen of the New York, { New Haven and Hartford railroad, ) charging him with manslaughter in | connection with the Westport wreck in 1912. In the superior court today Judge Tuttle sustained the demurrer of Mr. Mellen’s counsel to the effect that there was insufficiency of in- i formation in the original complaint. Homer S. Cummings, chief counsel for Mr. Mellen, anticipates that the state’s attorney will file an amended information, and in this event he says he will again demur. In the meantime Mr. Mellen is still technically under ar- rest, as the warrant aaginst him has not yet been vacated. ! behind were kicking me at every op- | ‘This is the place,’ but others remon- {a physician to attend me and when Moyer Tells of His Deportation TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRES- SIONAL . COMMITTEE. i TAKEN FROM HIS HOTEL Man Struck Him with Revolver, Weapon Exploded and Bullet En- tered His Shoulder—Knows One Man Chicago, March 10.—Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Fed- eration of Miners, tonight told the congressional committee investigating | the Michigan copper miners’ strike of his deportation from the mining dis- trict last December. Three men, Moyer said, came to his | hotel room in Hancock on the night! of his deportation. They asked hlml if he would receive a large commit- | tee of citizens and on agreeing to this, Moyer said, fifteen or eighteen other men entered the room. Asked About Contributions. They asked if he would permit the citizens to contribute to the relief of the survivors of the Christmas eve dis- aster at Italian hall. Moyer said he replied that not told the members of the federa- tion they should not accept outside help in caring for their dead, but said the families felt they ought not and that he would not advise them to ac- cept relief contributed by those out- side the federation. When the committee left Moyer went to the telephone to call an offi- cial of the Calumet union. Was Struck with Revolver. “The telephone was beside the door,” while I was holding the receiver to my ear the door opened and my room was fllled with men. The crowd de- manded, “Where is Moyer?” Thinking it was the same committes returning, I sald, ‘Here 1 am, gentlemen, what is it now? “A man approached me and pushed me backward, hitting me with his hand. Another bent me over forward until I was almost doubled up. Still another struck me with a revolver. Tha weapon exploded, the bullet en- tering my shoulder. I was hustled out of the hotel and a larger crowd join- ! ed my abductors at the corner. All started with me toward the bridge to Houghton.” Warned to Keep Away. “When we reached the bridge some- one cried: ‘Throw him off the bridge. Others gaid ‘Wait until we get acre: and we will string him up.’ Those he had portunity and I haven't recovered from the effects of that abuse. When we reached the other side, someone said: strated and so continued on to the railway station. “As we came upon the platform someone just behind me said: ‘Thera’s MaoNaughton' and I observed a man I did not know standing with his back to the window. This man seized me by the throat and began choking me, exclaiming: ‘You have come in here and have turned the men against me and this company. I am not going to do you any harm, but I am going to warn you that if you ever come back to this district you will be ki ed. Put Aboard Train. Moyer said that he had never seen James MacNaughton, general manager of the Calumet and Hecla mines, nor any picture of him and he did not wish to be understood as testifying that it was Manager MacNaughton who so addressed him. “We were then put on the train in charge of a man named Hensley, who is commonly called ‘a gunman’ and another man called ‘Dogs.”’ I had known Hensley in Colorado. These men were instructed to take us on the train to Chicago and if we made any noise we were to be killed_ Men Wore No Masks. Previously 1 had been searched and $10 taken out of one of my pocket- books. We were taken into the smolk- ing car and when the conductor came around Hensley told him he was au- thorized by the sheriff to pay our fares. Hensley also wired ahead for the doctor came aboard he told him that his bill would be paid by the sheriff.” Mover said the men wore no masks. He knew none by name except Hens- ley Seven Die of “Toxic Poisoning.” Los Angeles, Cal, March 10.—“Toxie poisoning” caused the death of seven men who were treated.for blood dis- ease at the county hospital recently, according to a report postmortem sur- geons submitted today to Coroner Hariwell. A serum was administered to eight men patients at the county hospital last Saturdey. Four died that night and three on Sunday. The eighth was alive today, and some hope was held for his recovery. C. W. Post Undergoes Operation. Rochester, Minn., March 10.—C, W. Post, millionalre manufacturer of Bat- tle Creek, Mich., who was rushed to this city aboard a special train from Los Angeles, Calif., for surgical treat- ment today, submitted to a major operation. Although no official report was issued as to his ~.ndition, it was understood it was considered favor- able. To Build Dam Across the Nils. Rochester, Minn, March 10.—Hugh L. Cooper of this city, builder of the big _dam across the Mississippi river at Keokuk, lowa, has been appointed consulting hydro-electric engineer for the Egyptian government, according to advices received here tonight, He will have supervision of the construc- tion of a dam across the river Nile, Officers Kill Insane Man. Bellefontaine, Ohio, March 10—Sam- uel Goedwin, aged 60, alleged to have been insane, was shot and killed by a posse late today after he had shot and probably wounded Sheriff Robert | Cook of Logan county. The sheriff had gone to Goodwin’s home to arrest him on a lunacy charge. Cambridge Elects Democrat. Cambridge, March 10.—Timothy W. Good, city treasurer, was elected may- or in a three cornered contest today. He was the democratic candidate. Wendell D. Rockwood, running as a citizens’ candidate, was second, and Arthur F. Blanchard, progressive, third. Frank’s Move for New Trial. Atlanta, Ga., March 10.—In behalf of Leo M. Frank, convicted on the charge of having murdered Mary Phagan, an extraordimary motion for a new trial wiil be filed some time before April 17, the date recently set for the execu- ton; it is expected about April 7, Condensed telegrams A Soup Kitchen will be opened for the unempioyed of Boston. Senate to Wait for the House BEFORE TAKING UP THE TOLLS REPEAL BILL. $Billy Sunday, the baseball evange- list has arrived in New York to “fight the devil.” An Explosion Caused by a Cigarette resulted in the death of 24 persons in a coal mine at Skaterinoslav, Russia. Joseph Wolfson, of Caruthersville, Mo., Who was reported as among the misaing in the Missouri Athletic Club fire, is safe. Francis J. Cotting, benefactor and for fifteen years president of the School for Crippled and Deformed Children died at Boston. Mrs. Kate Smith, of Nutley, N. J., was fined $5 for stabbing John Mead, a conductor with a hatpin in a dis- pute over transfe Will Not Call Senate Committes To~ gether Until House Has Acted—Re- vised Sims Bill Favorably Reperted. ‘Washington, March 10.—Action on the proposed repeal of the toll ex- Cattle Commissioner J. O. Phelps is- sued an order yesterday to the au- thorities of Danbury requiring that all dogs in that town be muzzled. “Aunt” Mary Goddard celebrated her 104th birthday at Brunswick, Me., yes- terday by holding a special service for members of the Friends Church. Stanislas Winewski, 23, was crushed to death in a finishing machine at a hammock factory at Middletown yes- terday, where he was employed. Cornelius Greenleaf, an undertaker of Englewood, N. J. telephoned to New York for a coffin for an infant. It arrived by parcel post costing 18 cents. America’s Rapidly Expanding com- merce with Argentina is indicated by the fact that exports into the coun- try are four times greater in value than ten years ago. The Will of Jaceb .Friday, liquor dealer, of Pittsburgh, bequeathing an estate of $500,000, stipulates that any beneficiary engaging in liquor trade shall forfeit all claims. A Resolution Protesting against the teaching of eugenics in schools was adopted by the State Federation of Catholic Societles of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan yesterday. emption provision of the Panama canal jact will be concluded in the house be- fore the senate committes on inter. oceanic canals begins formal consider- ation of the controversy. This was determined today after a canvass of members of the senate com- mittes who believed that the matter should take its course In the lower house before consideration of any- bill or amendment is undertaken by them. Senator O’Gorman, chairman of the committee, who will lead the fight within the party ranks against repeal, sald tonight he did not expect to call the committee together until the house has acted. Repeal Bills in Senate. Should the house fail to pass the Tepeal, which administration leaders say iz wholly improbable, the matter would not be dropped in the senate. Senator Root has a repeal bill pend- ing before the committee and an amendment to the Panama canal act Wwas introduced last week by Senater Chilton which would accomplish the repeal by giving the president absolute | authority over canal tolls, even to as- sessing charges where exemption is provided for American coastwise ships. The Revised 8ims Bill. Today the housa committes on tnter- stats commerce favorably reported the Sims bill to the house, revised so as to repeal all features of the exi ex- emption clause. It probably 11 be “To Reduce the Cost of Living, eat taken up in the house within a faw more salmon, especially of the cheap- | d8¥s. The committes had eliminated, er grade, and less meat.”” This is the | after the provision that the canal tolls advice of Dr. Hugh M. Smith, federal | Shall not exceed $1.25 per net regis- Commianiones ol eries: tered ton, the words “nor be less, other | than for vessels of the United States {and its citizens, than thé estimated proportionate cost of he acual main- lenance and operation of the canal” and substituted the words “than 76 cents per registered ton.” Knowland's View. Representative Knowland of Califer- nia, a republican member of the inter. state commerce committes, declared that this action “forever forecioses the ; United States’ right to pass a battle- | 8hip, revenue cutter, collier, lightship | or other government craft through the American canal without the payment | of toll™ BOYS SHOOT FARMER THROUGH THE THROAT. Trio of Young Desperadoes Finally Surrender to Sheriff. “God Hates Ignorance next to sin” declared Dr. Camden N. Cobern of Meadville, Pa., at yesterday’'s session of the Winona Bible conference in the state house at Springfleld, 1L Thousands of Doliars Worth American-made furniture has been sold in Chile as a resuit of equipping the American consulate at Valparaiso with goods from this country. Hope Has Been Practically abandon- ed for the four masted schooner Ben- jamin F. Poole, of Harrington, Maine, Which left Wilmington, N. C., nearly tsve months ago for Baltimore. Louis W. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern railroad, will retain the title of pres- ident of th eroad and a new executive will be elected in the near future. Oil and Gases Leases in Oklahoma estimated to be worth $200,000,000 to $500,000,000 were rendered subject to assessment and taxation by the deci- sion of the state supreme court yester- day. Aurora, IIL, March 10.—Three boy fugitives from the sfate home at St Charles, Tl who eluded a posse of farmers in the woods near Big Rock, 11, all day, surrendered to the sheriff tonight. The boys, Willlam French, | George Fairchild and Willlam Bork- e | man, had eaten nothing, they sald, Farmers Owning Sugar Bushes on | since leaving the home at St. Charles the south side of hills in Berkshire | last night. county, Massachusetts, began tapping | Elmer Dean, a Big Rock farmer, who the maple trees yesterday and the first | was shot through the throat when he run of maple-sap was reported to be | tried to apprehend the boys early in unusually heavy. the day, is in a hospital, where it was | | sald he had a slight chance for hiw Colorado M a yesterday tore down | | life. all except two tents in the coal mine strikers’ colony at Forbes, where two dozen families have been sheltered since September 23. The destruction was ordered by Gen Chase. | | MURPHY DROPPED BY & DEMOCRATIC CLUB, Tammany Leader Was Negligent in Payment of Dues. Repeal of the Full Crew Bill was sought yesterday in a petition signed by representatives of twelve railroads and addressed to the governor of New York, the lieutnant governor and the speaker of the assembly. New York, March 10—Charies 3. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall; James E. Gaffney, his political and business associate; Thomas Darling- ton, former health commissioner, and George W. Plunkitt, former state sen- ator, wers tonight declared not mem- bers by the National Democratic club. They were read out of the ciub by the board of governors for non-payment of dues. Thomas F. Smith. secretary of Tam- many Hall, offered a check covering ;he ;;mmnt of the dues, but it was re- used. The Body of George W. Vanderbilt was laid at rest yesterday in the fam- ily mauseleum in the Moravian cem- | etery at New Derp, Staten Island, near the old Vanderbilt residence where he was born 52 yvears ago. Charges by W. H. Cooper, a Was ington banker, . Wright, of the district supreme court asking for his impeachment, were dis- against Justice D. missed yesterday by the house ju- | HONDURAS CITY diciary committee as= “uncorroborat- ear - ek SWEPT BY FLAMES. A Short Open Season for phessants, | 1Wwenty-three City Blocke Reperted which, under protection of the state Destroyed. for the last fifteen years, have become numerous, is provided in a bill favor- New Orleans, La. March 10.—Dss- ably reported vesterday by the|Datches today from Ceiba. Honduras, Massachusetts comiittee on fisheries | Stated that the city of Ceiba had been and game. swept by a fire that had caused a loss estinmated at 31,000,000. It was satd that 23 city blocks had been destroved and others were in danger. Among the buildings burned wems two owned by the United Fruit com- pany, one bank and several stores and dwellings. The exact extent of the fire couM not be learned here deflnitely. Ceiba is a city of 7,000 inhabitantm Steamel Arrivals. Leghorn, March 8.-—Steamer Italta, New York. Naples, March 2. —Steamer A€risttn, w York Newcastls, March #.—Eteamer Mitaw, w York for Libau. Glasgow, March 10.—Steamers Ca¥. §ona‘.a.. New York; Numidian, Pors- and. Monaco, March 10.—Steamer Franm- conia, New York. Plymouth March 10.—Steamer Otyme- pic, New York. = Gibraltar, March 10.—Steamer Koe- nig Albert, New York. g A $20,000 Slander Sult. New York, March 10.—William Church Osborn, chairman of the dem- ocratic state committee, was sued for slander today by John A. Connelly of this city. The plaintiff demands $290,- 000 damages for statements made by Osborn before the New York Bar as- sociation, where Osborn attacked Con- nelly for making charges against Su- preme Justice Cohalan. With the Death of Harold S. Weaton, at the home of Henry G. Thomson, his uncle, at Wilton, Conn., vesterday, it became known that Weston and Miss Alice Ward DeWitt, of Trinity parish, Hartford, were married at the Thom- son home Saturday night. The Charge of Manslaughter against Dr. August F. Richter, of Bridgeport, was nolled yesterday. It was alleged that the accused performed an illegal operation on Emma. Peck, of Norwalk. Insufficient evidence was given as the reason for the nolle. Edith Rockwell, said by the police to be of a well-to-do Chicago family, | took poison Tuesday in the apartment of Frank W. Kahl, an actor at New York, who said that the girl had fol- lowed him from the West. She has slight chances of recovery. N Charles A. Ireland, president of the National Retail Hardware association, told the house judiciary committee | vesterday that if country communities were to exist small dealers must have some sort of protection. He said their business was threatened by mail order houses. Federal Judge Wright at Danville, I, yesterday disallowed a demurrer of the Grand Trunk, the Big Four and the Chicago, Indiana and Southern railways on the first three counts of | ten in an indictment charging the railways, in connection ‘with the O’'Gara Coal company, of rebating and discriminating in freight rates, \ i | Arrested for Robbery Here. Monte Carlo, March 10.—V. Riccard!, |a cabin passenger on the steamer Franconia, which arrived at Mona¢o today from New York was arrested on a request cabled by American police officials. The despatch said Riccardf was wanted on a charge of robbery in San Francisco. Country Clubhouse Burned. Cleveland, “Tenn., March 10.—The new clubhouse of the Mayfield Country club, just outside the city, was de- stroyed by fire today, with a losa of over $160,000. Steamers Reported by Wireiess. Sicily, March 10.—Steamer Olympic, New York for Plymouth, and Southampton, signalled west at 12.45 p. m. & m. Wednesday. ‘ Wickersham Elected President. New York, March 10.—George W. Cherbourg | Wickersham, former attorney general, 270 miles | was unanimously elected president of Due Piymouth 6|the New York City Bar association at association tenight & meeting of the