Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 4, 1914, Page 1

Forces--To Push WILL HAVE NOYEFFECT ON MEDIATION PLAN Rumor That General Huerta is Anxious to Retire if Guaran- teed Safe Conduct to Deck of Foreign Warship—Resi- dents of Mexican Capital With Present Governmen Named as Probable Representative of United States in Peace Conference. Washington, May 3.—The mediation plans of the South American envoys who_are trying to straighten out the troubled affairs of Mexico went stead- iy forward today and while there were no.formal sessions the mediators con- ferred during the afternoon and eve- ning on what had been done and the next step in_their procedure. The United States, the Huerta gov- ernment and General Carranza are expected to name their delegates, as requested by the mediators last night, within the next day or two. The del- egate for the United States has not yet been selected, but it became known | today that it would not be one of the | officials closely identified with the gov- | ernment, This decision has eliminated Robert L. Lansing, counsellor of the state department. To_the names of John Bassett Moore, John Lind and Henry White, already mentioned, are now added those of Richard Olney, former secretary of state; Dr. David | Payne Hill, former ambassador to G many and Hannis Taylor, former min- | ister to Spain. .The Huerta delesate | is expected to be Francisco de la Barra, now Mexican minister at Paris, | but nothing definite has been heard ! trom Mexico City. Rafael Zubaran, | personal representative of - General | Carranza, arrived here yesterday and | is available as the Carranza delegate, although * his particular mission in commission from Carranza.is still to, be apnounced and it is not vet definite that Carranza will name a delegate to_deal with the mediators. When the | delegates arrive, it is expected the | mediators will be ready to take up | the crucial issues between the United States and Huerta at least, and, if possivle, between Huerta and Carran- za. Whether a plan of adjustment can be worked out still is_an open question, even in the minds of the mediators. They expect the delegates from the three parties to assist-tirem{ 1o get together on some middle ground, The mediators will continue to be the main hody formulating a plan of set- tiement, as the delegates will have no plenipotentiary powers and will act merely as advisers. It became definitely established to- day that General Carranza would not agree to the request of the mediators that he suspend military operations against Huerta pending the mediation proceedings and the envoys have been advised of this decision. It has been apparent for several ddys that Carran. za intended to push his army south- ward, but it was not until the last twenty-four hours that this was com- municated as a finality. It is said this will have no effect on the gen- eral plans of mediation, which will go steadily forward. RUMORS OF RETIREMENT OF GENERAL HUERTA. Feeling in Mexican Capital is Against the Present Government. Vera Cruz, May 8.—Persistent re- vorts continue to circulate here that tieneral Huerta intends to retire from | the provisional presidency of Mexico | on condition that he be assured a safe | conduct to a port and placed on board | a foreign warship. ! It is declared in some Mexican cir- cles in this city that (eneral Huerta was ready to resign a week ago, but was prevented from doing so by inter- | nal dissensions in his cabinet. | The disappearance from the Mexican cabinet of Jose Lopez Portillo ¥ Rojas, the foreign minister, coupled with re- ports that there is a growing under- current of feeling in Mexico City | gainst the Huerta government, is in- terpreted here as foreshadowing a hange in the situation in the federal cabital. Some of the closest observers here of the government's situation express an inclination to the view that Senor Portillo’s "resignation may clear the | way eventually for the appointment of | Teign munister who under the exican constitution could succeed | General Huerta as president. In thcse circles it is pointed out that wh)le] Venustiano Carranaza declined to treat with General Huerta, he might consent | to enter into negotiations with his suc- | cessor and thus facilitate mediation. The effect of the continued rebel | successes in tEe north and the outcome 1 of the pending attack on Tampico may, | according to well informed opinion, bring about a rapid change in Mexico | City. While the federal capital was | reported quiet”today, people who ar- rived here from the seat of govern- | went declared that the populace there was beginning to learn that General | Huerta had been deceiving the people | all the time by issuing false repoits of federal successes over the constitu- tionaiists. i The news of the peaceful way in which Americans are occupying Vera Cruz, it is said, has spread to the cap- | al and has convinced Mexicans there that the American invasion of the port is not for conquest or aggression. ! tefugecs declare the inhabitants of CARRANZA WILL NOT AGREETOTRUCE Determined to Continue Hostilities Against the Huerta | tic fleet. i occupied general attention, but it has 1mnot reached a stage which may be Army Southward. Are Becoming Discontented t—John Lind Among Those tion of hostilities is for the purpose of burying the dead or removing the wounded. The text of General Carranza’s tel- eszram declining the armistice fol- lows: “I again direct myself to you for the purpose of answering your re- speciful message relative to the armis- tice, calling your attention to the fact that the international conflict with the TUnited States was intentionally pro- voked by Huerta and for the solu- tion of this I hurriedly accepted in princople only, the good offices of Brazil, Argentina and Chile and which act is independent of our internal strife for liberty and layv and I con- sider it inconvenient for the rebel cause that I represent, to suspend hos- tilities and military movements be- cause that I represent, to suspend hos- tilities and military movements be- cause said suspension would only ac- crue to the benefit of Huerta in the Civil war now going on in Mexico be- tween the usurper Huerta and the constitutionalist army under my| command. The sovereignty -citizen- hip is in arms with all activity to re- establish as soon as possible the con- stitutional order ‘which will produce peace. “By virtue of the above I state to You that I cennot accept the armistice which you propose. “Consider my act solely as one who | is acting with the determination of doing only what he considers pest for the interests of his native country.” | BRINGING HOME BODIES OF SAILORS AND MARINES Who Were Killed During American Occupation of Vera Cruz, e Vera Cruz, May 3.—The bodies of 17 American bluejackets and marines Wwho fell victims tosthe Mexican snip- ers in the street fighting during the operations accompanying the occupa- tion of Vera Cruz by the United States fleet started on their way to New York today on board the armored cruiser Montana, Solemn honors were paid by the great assemblage of United States war vessels as the Montana passed slowly out of the harbor and these were join- ed in by the vessels of the British, French and Spanies navies which rep- resent their countries in Mexican waters. The crews of the warships in full uniform lined the sldes of the war- ships and as the Montana reached each one the men stood at attention, the marine guards presented arms and the ships’ bands played funeral march- es. One by one the colors of the fight- ing craft sank to half mast as the Montana steamed through a lane formed by two divisions of the Atlan- As she reached the end of the parallel lines, the Montana grad- ually increased her speed and when she turned toward the north the flags of all the ships fluttered to the tops once more and the crews broke ranks. On shore during the Montana's pas- sage out the Stars and Stripes flying over Brigadier General Frederick Fun- ston’s headquarters were lowered to half mast and only raised again when she had disappeared on the horizon. The hospital ship Solace, with about 100 sick and wounded American blue- jackets and marines on board, it was stated today, might sail northward later this week, but nothing definite has been decided in this connection. All the m®n under treatment on board are doing well. SATURDAY’S FLURRY AT VERA CRUZ. Preparations Made at Vera Cruz For Defense of Water Works at El Te- jera. Vera Cruz, May 3—After yesterday'c acute alarm’all was quiet here today. Many of the American soldiers attend- ed mass in the old cathedral in the morning, while jn the afternoon great crowds attended the bull fight. The question of the food supply still regarded as critical, although many products have run short. Strict orders were issued today from headquarters for the American sol- diers and marines in Vera Cruz and the vicinity to remain in the same po- sitions and not to advance or to bring on an encounter with the Mexican troops. During the alarm over the flurry at the waterworks at El Tejera yester- day, detachments of marines and blue- jackets were prepared for an immed- diate landing. Field guns were put in- to readiness for conveyance ashore, but at the lasi moment when head- Cabied Paragraphs Tokio Hears of Safety of Siberia. Tokio, Japan, May 3.—Great relief is felt here at the news from that the Pacific mail steamer Siberia, reported yesterday by wireless to have been in great peril off the coast of For- mosa, is safe at Manila, Challenged to Fight a Duel. Paris, May 3.—Joseph Caillaux, who was reelected to the Chamber of Dep- uties in the general election hel@ last week, has challenged Fernand d'Ail- lieres, the Liberal candidate for the Chambery against him in the Mamers district, to fight a duel % French Troops Battle With Moraccans Fez, Morocco, May-3—A d battle between the French troops and the followers of the native pretender to the Boroccan throne resulted to- day in the defeat of the Moors, who suffered enormous losses. The French casualties totalled nine killed and twenty-five wounded. NINETY-SIX BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE Of the New River Collieries Company in West Virginia. Eccles, W. Va, May 3.—The bodies of 96 of the 172 miners entombed in mine No. 5 of the New River Colijeries company, wrecked by an explosion last Tuesday, had been brought to the sur- Tace at dark tonight. A score of addi- tional bodies have been found and wiii ‘be taken out of the mine as soon as possible. By tomorrow night all bodies except those covered by falls of slate and rock are expected to be recovered. Governor Hatfleld returned here to- day from Charleston. Chief State Mine Inspector Barl Henry informed him that air was being pumped to all parts of the mine and the difficulties of re- l‘nov'l;g the head had been greatly re- duced. Automobile Stolen at Greenwich. Greenwich, Conn., May 3.—Thieves broke into the garage of Gilbert W. Finch on Saturday morning and stole his automobile. No trace of it has since been found Nordica’s Condition is Hopeless. ‘Washington, May 3.—Consul Rariden at Patavia reported to the state de- partment tonight that the condition of Madame Nordica, the opera- singer, wio is ill there, is hopeless. Lieutenant William E. Selbie of the Fourth infantry, with a corporal and some of his men, proceeded to the break in the railroad where it was torn up by the Mexican troops and was astonished to find a squad of the Eighteenth Mexican Infantry regiment on duty. The Mexicans were carry- ing hundreds of rounds of ammuniion, They were very. friendly and informed the Americans that a troop train had gone out along the other line and it was in that direction that the battle, if any, must be in _ progress. Ameritans thanked them and retraced their steps to El Tejera. A Mexican corporal during the meet- ing declared he did not know how far back General Maas was nor how strong his forces were, except that there was a party of forty men a few miles beyond the break in the line. Much smoke was seen along the railroad and it was deduced that the Mexicans were engaged in burning the ties and destroying the line. Some vessels of the torpedo boat flotilla are leaving for the north and others are expect to follow shortly. The only communication betwen Vera Cruz and Tampico is by means of the naval wireless instruments, and through these Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger is keeping in close touch with the situation there. All was re- ported quiet in that port today The German liner Ypiranga is pre- paring to sail for New Orleans, but in- tends to stop at intermediate points aleng the-coast to pick up German ref- ugees. Officials of the line as well as the German consulate disclaim any in- tention of attempting to land at Tam- pico the war munitions whose arrival here brought about the seizure of the Vera Cruz custom house. Officials in Vera’'Cruz look forward to a lengthy period of inactivity while awaliting the result of the pending med iation. HUERTA GUARANTEES PROTECTION OF AMERICANS. Orders for Train to Carry Refu- gees from Mexico City. Mexico City, May 3.—Another warn- ing was received today by the Brazil- ian minister from Consul Willilam W. Canada at Vera Cruz, who advised the remaining Americans in the federal camp to leave without delay. In refer- ring to this, the Brazilian minister said to The Associated Press: “I met General Huerta casually this morning and received from him re- peated ascurances that both her per- sonally and his ministers would do everything I askell to secure the safe- ty and complete protection and com fort of the Americans remaining in this country. “When I referred to the request I had mede this morning to_the depart- ment of foreign relations for a special train for Americans desiring to leave the federal capital, General Huerta at once gave orders for the necessary ar- rangements to be made, and the train will leave this city for Coatzacoalcos at 6 o’clock tomorrow evening. “General Huerta assured me in par- ticular tha¢ the train would have the requisite number of sleeping cars for the women and children of the party and would run under the protection of the Brazilian flag and with an ade- quate military escort to guard the pas- sengers - “The, Brazilian consul and vice con- sul will adcompany the train on behalf of the Brazilian legation.” Rumors as to the ill health of Pro- visional President Huerta were appar- ently unfounded, as he took his usual walk in the Chapultepec park this al fear the coming there of | VFrancisco Villa more than that of the | American troops. i The elements in Mexico City which | i the memory of the late Presi incisco 1. Madero are reported e heen incensed by the arrest of . the deputies who were formal- cast into jail on charges of con- CARRANZA’'S TELEGRAM DECLINING ARMISTICE: | Says Best Interests of His Country ,Phohibit Such Course. 1 Paso, Texas, May 3—General Car- ranza h: foi 1y declln:hl; ;hn sug- | ‘Zestion the mediators e ceasc hostilities against Huerta pending the | outcome of the plap of mediation. His | note, sent to Washington yesterday, here to d /feder< _a truce. ! strong «cessa-fend, but is isolated quarters had established the fact that there was no need for assistance from tne fleet, all orders were cancelled. Official reports declare not a shot was | fired, but other sources are persistent | their opinion that shots were ex- changed by the outposts. One marine battalion ordered to hur-. ry to El Tejera made the march under a blazing sun. Another battalion of marines and a battalion of the Fourth infantry were taken forward as quick- ly as the rickety narrow gauge rail- road and the patch-up locomotives could take them. . At the same time artillery and mounted detachments with machine gun platoons were held in readiness. The threat to take El Tejera is re- garded here as having beem.made by one of the junior Mexican officers and | not by General Gustavo Maas him-| self. | i The outposts under Major Butler af Tejera, which has been increased 0 600 men with fleld pieces and ma- chine guns since thé alarm, is in a ly - s position easy to de- from the morning and later appeared in a prom- inent restaurant. Whenever hc was recognized on the streets he was cheered by the people. 7 Business interests are suffering from lack of mail facilities and in conse- quence of this the Brazilian and Span- ish ministers have arranged with the war department for an emergency ser- vice. 3 It i= stated that two or more Mexi- can delegates are to be appointed to represent the federal government at the mediation conferences and that their names will be announced shortly. The general feeling here in regard to the conference is pessimistic. Mexican Steamer Sunk by Mine. Mexice City, May 3.—A despateh said to come from Manzanillo, on the coast, announces that the Mexican steamshlp Luella was sunk today in the harbor by the expilosion of a mine which had been planted for-the United States protected cruiser Raleigh. No loss of life is mentioned. beloriged to the Pacific R of Auto Victims — THREE KILLED, THREE INJURED AT NORTH ARLINGTON, N. J. CAR WAS OVERTURNED Speeding Fire Chief Killed When Fire Engine Dashed Out of Side Street Into Path of Light Runabout. Jersey City, N. J, May 3.—Three bersons were killed and three ured When an automobile turned turtle over & 14-foot embankment on the Bellevue turnpike near an Erie rallroad cross- ing beyond North Arlington late last might. In another automobile smashup in this city today, Assistant Engineer Hudson Lovell of the Jersey City fire department, speeding to a fire, was Kkilled. The dead in the Bellevue turnpike accident are Samuel Willis, 55 years 0ld, a tobacco dealer; his son, Walter, 18 Years old, and Mrs. Mary Walsh, all of this city. The injured are Bileen Willis, 5 years old, daughter of Sam- uel Willis, in Christ hospital with se- Vere burns on her arms; her mother, Mrs. Samuel Willis, treated for burns at Christ hospital and sent to her home,'and John J. Walsh, a lawyer of Jersey City, husband of Mrs. Mary Walsh, three ribs broken, Nearivg the Erie crossing and hear- ing the roar of an approaching passen- ger train, Mr. Walsh, who was driving, tried to stop the car, but lost controi of it and it shot over the embank- ment, landing upside down. Mrs. Walsh and Samuei and Waiter Willis were pinned in the tonneau. The oth- ers were able to extricate themselves quickly. Flames burst out and envel- oped the automobile, and those caught under it were dead when help ar- rived. 3 When the other accident occurred, Loveil, who was known as Assistant Chief Lovell, was speeding to a fire in a iight runabout automobile. A fire éngine responding to the same alarm dashed out of a’ side street and into the path of Lovell's car. The two ve- hicles came into collesion and Lovell received a fracture of the skull from which he died shortly afterwards. Lovell was 70 years old. STOPS SHIPMENT OF ARMS IN STATE OF COLORADO Order lssued ;y Officer in Command of Regular Troops. Trinidad, Colo., May 3—Major W. A. Holbrook, l(r:l command ‘of ml’u‘adm troops in Colorado, today - plac _an EIDArgo ~on lh‘e’"i%pofl:flm‘ of arms or ammunition into the-state. = He an- nounced that any hipped in s- arms _s] violation of the order would be confi: cated. The embargo order follows “Headquarters Federal Forces, Trin- idad, Colo., May 3; 1914. “To All Rallroad and Express Com- panies, State of Colorado: By author- ity of the secretary of war the em- bargo established by the state author- ities on the receiving, shipping or de- livering arm® and ammunition in this state will be continued. “You will therefore refrain from any of the acts above specified. “By order of Major Holb: manding federal forces. The order applies to any arms or ammunition for the use of any person for any purpose whatever except for the use of the federal troops. Major Holbrook sent a letter to Mayor W. P. Dunlevy directing him to keep the saloons of Trinidad closed until further orders. The order prohibiting the reopenin- ing of the saloons is contained in a personal létter to the mayor, in which Major Holbrook says: “There seems to be an agitation on foot to reopen the saloons in this coun- ty. Considering the situation as now existing, a most serious one and that the demands of humanity as well as of expediency, require the saloons to remain closed, I, as commander of the federal forces in this district, here- by direct that all saloons remain closed until further orders.” Major Holbrook announced that to- morrow, which is pay day for the min- ing companies and the strikers, he would provide troepers as guards and would not permit either the oper- ators or the union to have armed men on duty when the men are paid off. The soldlers will accompany the pay- ing officers to the different camps. NO DUEL WILL RESULT FROM CAILLAUX’'S CHALLENGE Not Entitled to Demand Satisfaction by Arms. Paris, May 3—No duel will result from the challenge sent yesterday by Joseph Caillaux former minister of fi- nance, to Ferdinand D’Aillieres, his op- ponent in the recent election for the chamber of deputies, who had posted bills in the constituency saying clean electors would refuse to become ac- complices in crime.” This was a re- ference to the killing of Gaston Cal- mette, editer of the Figaro, by M. Caillaux’s wife. The seconds of the two men today failed to agree, the representatives of M. Aillieres arguing that the words did not constitute an insult either to M. Caillaux or the electors and in ad- dition concwspned a matter of public interest. It was therefore contended that M. Caillaux was not entitled to de- mand satisfaction by arms. It was finally decided to submit the | disputed point to two arbitrators, Vis- | count De Villebois-Mareuil and Gene- ral Mangin, who after a length discus- sion- declared the words insulting, but that when they were employed D’Al- | lieres had no thought of insulting either M. Caillaux or his constituents. They therefore ,held that the incident could be considered closed. RECOVER BODY OF AMERICAN RANGHMAN Porfirio Lauret, Who Disappeared Last November, Was .Executed by Fed- erals, { Laredo, Texas, May 3—The body of Porfirio Lauret, an American ranch- man who disappeared last November, ;:s récovered today from li:'l'l." near uvo Laredo, Mexico. uret had Detsictentiy, doaiod’ roports. ot his wer) eni reports o - Batned. today She mysters o Tho Tox e mystery of the Tex- an’s absence was unexplained. Catholic ' Bishop Dies 8 City, May 3.—The ‘ Telegrams Hostile Attitude | of Mexican Army SuBJECT OF LONG CONFERENCE AT WAR DEPARTMENT. J W. B. Hornblower of the Court of is seriously ill in Al- Mrs. Olive MacDonald died at her home Hewittville, N, Y., at the age of 106 years. Mfln& for an increase in wages more than 1 carpenters went on strike in Cincinnati. Died Last Night HIS WIFE WAS AT HIS BEDSIDE AT THE END. FUNSTON ASKS ADVICE Shamrock 1V, America’s cup, 25 at Gosport. - Jacob Hellman, of New York, was ar- rested charged with sending threaten- ing letters to Mayor Mitchel The Massachusetts . legislature re- jected the bill imposing a $5 tax on all bachelors over 35 years of age. the challenger for will be launched May Says That Over Ten Thousand Mexi- can Troops are Now Encamped in the Vicinity of Vera Cruz. Washington, May 3—Despatches from Brigadier General Funston on the situation at Vera Cruz were the sub- Ject of a long conference at the war department tonight between Secretary Garrison and Major General Wother- spoon, chief of staff of the army. It was said General Funston had asked for instructions in view of the hostile attitude of the Mexican army near the city. Earlier in the day. the general had reported that the American outposts at Vera Cruz were being watched by Mexicans and that over ten thousand Mexican troops were encamped in the vicinity, These despatches were sum- med up by Mr. Garrison in the follow- ing statement: “I am in receipt today of a despatch from General Funston regarding the incident at the pumping plant. He says that the officer in command of the Mexican troops was Major Zapota of the engineers corps of the Mexican army. He refers to the fact that very little dependable news about the con- ditions in the interfor is coming in, use no_more refugees are now coming to Vera Cruz. It is reported to him that General Maas has about four thousand men at Soledad and there are an unknown number not large watching our lines. He under- stands that the Mexicans have 5.000 troops at Jalapa and about 1,500 at Pdlma, where they are throwing up defences. He says that there are many wild rumors afloat which are not werthy of credence. Some pro- vislon sellers came into the city to- day from the north, The city is en- tirely quiet. A Mexican officer who was in Vera Cruz in civilian clothes was directed to leave.” After tonight's conference Secre- tary Garrison said no new orders had been issued and that he had heen dis- cussing with Wotherspoon, as- sistant Secretary Breckenridge and oethr department officials certain rum- (;:I that had reached General Funston. ‘Was reported around the depart- ment that General Fumaton that the M exican forces around Vera Crua were about to be reinforced. ——— FITZGERALD HAD EIGHT WIVES IN AMERICA. Fact. Disclosed Upon Opening of Sui- ide’s Correspendence. 3—According to the manager of the club of which he was a member, Henry C. Fitzagerald, knewn ‘Major” Fitsgerald, who shot him- Anthony Fiala, explorer and member of the Roosevelt expedition, arrived in New York from South America. The lllinois Central Railroad will build a hospital in Chicago for the use of employes at a cost of $400,000. The average per centage of failures of pupils to gain promotion in New Jersey wchools is placed at 10 percent. William L.Wemple, Assistant At- torney-General in charge of the Gov— ernment customs in New York has re- signed. The National Highways Protective Soclety report shows that 25 children were killed by vehicles in New York in April. The steamer Compton, of Montreal, carried away three gates of lock, No. 4 in the Welland canal tying up traffic temporarily. Prevented from eloping by her fath- er, Miss Margaret Disc, 18 vears old, of Pottsville, Pa, committed suicide by shooting. Arthur Edwards, of New York, 20 years old, was killed when an elevator under which he was working, fell crushing him. The Hamburg-American Line steam- er Vateriand, in her trials in Norwegi- an waters, made an average speed of knots an Lour. Beginning next year only students having college degrees I be ad- mitted to the University of Pennsyl- vania law school. . Robert Burns’ original autograph song with chorus, with address in Burns‘' autograph, brought $750 at an auction in Londen. An attempt was made to ofiices of the italian Yeork, by fire. The bl uisned with shigh t Molly Mehiman. of Jersey City, four years old, was run down and sd by an autemebile while running acrcss the street to meet heér mother. Dr. Carlos Gn:rino, of Hawa tor of the “La Prenza” was in; Lray the in New exting- laze was e edi- lously ed In a swerd dusl with Aatonio zee, editor of “La Noche. The Ohie Agricultural Commission issued a proclamation calling upon farmers to kill and market on June 6 all reosters over ene year old. Ten workmen were killed, four seri- ously injured when a steam shovel used In excavating the Long Island Railroad In Broklyn collapsed The strike of the membe-s of ths J'ecerated Ralwrcad Employes of :he Pennsylvania Railroad branch at Al- t.ona, Pa, bhas been abandoned. Park Commissioner Ward, of New Tork, announced that because of wet gTounds the Central Park playgrounds will not be opened until May 9. Among Fitzgerald’s correspondents, the club manager said today were ap- peals from eight different women, all of them signing themselves as Fitz- .erfl! d's dwivel“i;ld 'l-lkln‘ him to re- urn and provide for their support. One letter from Louisiana begged Fitz- gerald to return. It declared that the ‘woman who wrote it could no longer keep secret her marriage. Another fetter contained a message from a son Wwho asked when his father would re- turn home. Still another misstve stated the woman who signed it as Fitzgerald's wife was starving. The manager sald also that a detective from Scotland Yard called at the club and told him that as a result of a2 com- munication he had received, the am- or of a KEuropean power was making inquiries concerning Fitzgerald because Fitzgerald had propesed to a :fln::;s':fdl: imperial family whom e '© Was next heir to dukedom of Leinster. £ o MOUNTAIN CLIMBER CRUSHED BY BOULDER Rock, Loosened by Frost, Tumbled on Young Man Near Seymour, climbing the face il of Rockrimmon mountain today, George Cookingham, aged 22, dislodged a boulder, so that it fell upon him, causing injuries Which later resulted in death. Cook- ingham, accompanied by his young cousin, Frank Hermance, started out this afternoon to climb the mountain. When nearly to the top Cookingham reached for a projecting rock, which, loosened by the frost, gave way and tumbled down upon him. The young man fell about eight feet before the boulder crushed him. Hermance tried vainly to remove the reck and then ran to the nearest neighbors, a mile Awb;.:'a ln:‘d bronught help. cal attention was given by local physicians and Cookingham .Y.’ then rushed to the Griffin hospital in Derby, where he died three hours later. His skull was fractured, both jaws broken, two ribs fractured, and his shoulder dislocated. He was comscious when the rescue party arrived at the moun- tain and displayed remarkable pluck. He was employed in a local factory. His parents live in Mellinville, N. Y. Last week he enlisted In Company B, Connecticut National Guard, at New Haven, The Movies Triumphed over the cen- sor at Chicago when Judge Tuthill is- sued a writ of mandamus permitting public display of @ prohibited film. Adolph Barzelay, 35 years old, of Hamburg, Germany, was arrested in Hoboken, charged with attempting to smuggle uncut diamonds worth $50,000, Warden James Clancy, of Sing Sing Prison, whose resigration was 10 have taken effect Saturcay, has agreed to continue until Lis successor is chosen. Plans have besn made for the unveil- ing of the monument of the Arlington Confederate Monument Association at the Arlington National Cemetery June 4 When a canvass of the Mexican re- fugees. aboard. tl:c collier. Jason,. in quarantine at New Orleans, was taken, 18 Chinamen were found by immigrs- t:on authorities. Seymoar, Teachers and students at the Fisk House, one of the dormitories of the St. Paul's school at Concord, > = narow escapes when the builiing destroyed by fire. Senator O’Goerman’s bill $260,000 for a monument burgh, N. Y., to celebrate the 100th an- riversary of the battle, was favorahly reported by the Senate. Three Men Were. Burned to Death early Saturday in a fire which destroy- the Watts saloon and boarding Fouse et the Oak Creek mine in Routt county, Col., according to reports re- ceived at the governor's office. e was Joanquin Casasus, Former Mexican r to the United States, was hurriedly ordered yesterday to proceed to Washington from Carisbad, where he has been taking the cure. The na- ture of his mission was not made i ‘Ppublic. ' of a traveling circus in Berkeley, Cal., RYAN HAS NOT YET for fighting led to the recovery of a REACHED MEXICO CITY which the police of the Pacific coast have been makin; secret search the War Department Declares He 1s Under | past weck. . - Strong Escort of Mexican Troops. Mexico City, May 3.—Dr. Edward Ryan, the American condemned to be executed at Zacatecas a few davs ago, was to have arrived here yesterday, but until this evening had not reached the capital. The war t does mot give any reason for the delay, but declares ‘that Dr. Ryan, under a strong escort ‘of Mexican troops, has passed through Aguascalientes. - " ‘The minister of war had effelal Brasilian minister to Mex- Spirit Message From Former Lelley. Hartford. Conn., May 3 —At a meet- ing of the Connecticut Spiritualists’ association here tonight in Unity hall, Mrs. Mary S. Vanderbilt created some- thing of a sensation by claiming that she had received spirit messages from a number ‘persons, among - tehm former Governor Georke L. “ 'Lid Tipped at Savin Rock. New Haven, Conn., May 3—The lid at Savin Rock was epened slightly to- day—but only for & short time, and the police made eight arrests of pro- prietors of merry-go- reunds, photo- Gov. The Arrest of a Negro Roustabout | rope of diamonds valued at $100,000 for | A FIGHTER BY NATURE Last of the Great Commander, Whe Fought at Gettysburg—Raised Fam- ous Excelsior Brigade. New York, May 3.—General Dantel E. Sickles died at his home shortly after 9 o'clock tonight. His wife was at his bedside at the end. Mrs. Sickles who had been estranged from her husband for more than & quarter of a century, went to the Gen- eral's house yesterday when she was informed that he was dying and took charge of the arrangements for his care. thsl::“l;:ml‘:’lad near his side through e it ‘watched by him until de;thh. \&n: ¥ until his e final reconciliation was brought about largely through the efforts of their son, Stanton it is understood, the general recently having made ad- vances to his wife when assured by i'-tnton that they would be met half ay. General Daniel Edgar Sickles was the last of the great commanders who fought the battle of Gettysburg. For a decade he was a fighter by profes- sion—all his life he was a fighter by nature. The gruff old warrior, with one leg shot away in battle, his massive head resembling Bismarck's, was a pictur- esque figure as he hobbled along on crutches during the last half century of his turbulent life_ His indomitable fighting spirit re- mained to the last. Born in New York city in 1825 Sickles, at the age of 22, fought the Whigs as a democrat in the New York legislature. At 28 he dis- played his fighting spirit as corpora- ;llon ;-ttorne,\' of New York. It was @ who secured for his city its great Central park. At this time his mil- itary career began as major of the l‘_zlhk-rezimen!. National Guard, New or! Before he was 32 years old, Major Sickles had served as secretary of le- gation at London Minister James Buchanan: he had won a state Senatorship through a bitter cam- paign. and he was seated in the thir- ty-fifth congress at Washington, It was at this time that an event occurred which became the semsation of the day. Sickles had begun second term as congressman in 1850 when the national capital was stirred by the news that the young represen- tative from New York shot and killed Phillp Barton Key, the United States district uzmm the Dis- les declared that Key had misled Mrs. Siekles, who daughter was Therese Bigioll, Italan musio teacher. wife back. “I am not aware of any statute or code of morals,” said Sickles to his crities, “which makes it infamous to forgive a woman. I the almost universal denunciation with which she is followed to my threshold, the misery and peril from which I have rescued the mother of my daughter. I shall strive to prove to all that an erring wife and mother may be forgiven and redeemed™ Mrs, Sickles died of a broken heart a few vears later. . Yyoung fighting politician, years old, went to Lincoln to offer his services, “You have been a jeader in New York democratic politics,” sald the “If you kept your end up that gase surely you'll do to take command of men in the field. Raise your regiments and you shall be brig- adier general in col 7 Sickles raised the famous Excelsior brigade in New York, taking com- mand of ome of its regiments as col- onel. Lincoln kept his word and in 1861 raised him to brigadier general. His fighting spirit early won him his spurs. On the Penins and at An- tietam he distinguished himself as a soldier and leader. At re- ville he led a division. At he led the Third corps, lost a leg, and e & national hero. At 37 years of age he had risen from a colomel to major general of volunteers. After the war his fighting spirit led him into the regular army, and he became first, brigadier and then major general. He continued active service wmtil 1869, when he was appointed minister to Spain by President Grant. His last days were spent at 23 Fifth avenue, New York, surrounded by war relics and attended by his falthfol ne- gro servant, WRONG WORD IN TELEGRAM CREATES EXCITEMENT Causes Alarming Rumors of Serlous Train Wreck st New Haven. New Haven, Conn., May 3.—The mis- take of a single word in a telegram received today by the New Haven General hospital caused a flurry of excitement in rafiroad eircles: th rushing of three ambulances to the Union depot and alarming rumors of a serious train wreck. The telegram, as recelved from Stamford, read: “Meet train from Stamford due 11.58 for six patients.” Tt later developed that the word “six” should have been “sick.” During the confusion at the depot incident to the train's arrival, and the gathering of a great crowd at- tracted by the ambulances, the real patient. a woman, failing to see the a.;;l:lnhntnq took a taxicab to the hos- i Superintendent’ Thomas of the hos- pital, who went with the ambulances, had t telegraph company investi- gate the cause of the mistake and it was found that it was due to the fact that the message was to the Stamford telegraph office, . the words “sick™ and “six” sounding near- ly the same over the wire. Denounced Huerta and Villa. Hartford, Ccnn., May 3—It was learn- ed today that Paulino son of General Pablo Gonzales governor of the state of has beem studying at #cheol here for some time, been’ in the United St and is a m"l‘ of Phil . The young living under an .;hu-