Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 19, 1914, Page 1

All Parties to Peace Conference Concede His Re- tirement Essential to a Satisfactory Settlement U. S. COMMISSIONERS GOING UNINSTRUCTED ters to be Presented to Mediators Informing Them That Final Decision on All Questions Will be Made by Gov- ernment at Washington—Probability that Warring Fac- tions in Mexico, Led by Carranza and Zapata, May Have Plans Submitted to Them When in Tangible Form. ‘Washington, May 18—President Wil- , of a .compromise arrangement by mon today told the American commis-]whlch Huerta weuld retire in favor siomers who leave tomorrow for the of a neutral person and cabinet who mediation conference at Niagara Falls, | would conduct an election and guar- Ont., that the United States govern- | antee certain immediate reforms has ment regards the definite; settlement . not yet made much of an appeal. Con- of the Mexican problem as a pre-;stitutionalist representatives here say requisite tc the withdrawal of the their military campaign :s daily grow- American forces frem Vera Cruz. ing more aggressive, and that in an- The president gave the American|other month they will have settied the commissioners—Justice Lamar of the Mexican question by forcibly taking Supreme Court of the United; Fred- | Possession of Mexico City. erick W. Lehmann former solicitor — general, and diplomat secretary; H. Percival Dodge, no specific instruc- DUKE er-CONNAUGHT . tions. He told them to place them- WELCOMES PEACE ENVOYS selves i!n ;. receplh'[eh mooéi and await proposals from the three South Amer- S “ ican mediators. But at the same time EXP"'“'. Hape shat Eflod.. KMay he told his representatives that peace| Meet with Speedy and: Lasting Suc- in Mexico seemed to him to be con- cess.” ditioned on the elimination of the Hu- Sy erta administration and the establis Niagara Falls, Ont.,, May 18.—Two of ment in its place of a strong provision- | the representatives of the three South al government which would conduct | American countries which are to try an election giving fair treatment toto solve the Mexican trouble by media- all factions and parties and would ;tion arrived here today, preparatory guarantee a solution of the Mexican | to the commencement of their sessions problem and other international dif | With the representatives of the United ficulties which have bred revolution in ! States and Mexico next Wednesday.- the Scuthers Republic during the last | Domico Da Gama, the Prazilian am- three years. bassador who is the ranking diplomat The president wishes the Mexican ' Of the three mediatory powers, and guestion settled on comprehensive | Romulo S. Naon, minister for Argen- lines that will take into account the:tina, were the medlators who arrived economic principles for which Zapa- today. Eduardo Suarez, the Chilean ta in the South and Carranza in the ' minister and the third mediator, is ex- North have been fighting, and wm;pected tomorrow from Washington. conserve the rightful interests of the; On reaching the hotel where the people in the territory now controlled | conference is to be held, Mr. Da Gama by the Huerta government. !gour;d awaiting th-b:’nedia)tlors the fol- = owing message m the Duke of Huerta Ready to Resign. | Connaught, governor-general of Can- One of ihe foreign diplomats here ! ada: received a despatch today from a! ‘“Ag governor-general, I welcome you @iplomatic source in Mexico City, stat- lon your arrival on Canadian soil and ing that General Huerta was ready to{express my fervent hope that the ef- ign and would permit his represen- ! forts of yourself and your colleagues tives. at the mediation to eliminate|to preserve peace may meet with im if it should become absolutely { speedy and lasting success.” necessary. The Tuerta . delegates| The -ambassador immediately sent wince thelr arrival here, have shown |the following reply to the duke: ‘that they realized Huerta's elimina- “I earpestly thank Your Roval High- tion was regarded as essential to 2 |ness for your cordial words of wel- settlement and knew from the outset|come and your good wishes for the that uriless they camé prey “to deal ; suecess of our “wi of ifiternational &ith this phase of the problem. their | good will. We will be happy in being efforts would be fruitless. able associate the good results of They also understand thit the scope | our efforts with the name of the lib- bf the mediation has been broadened | eral and civilized country which under bevond the differences whiéh arose out | the guidance of Your Royal Highness of the arrest at Tampico of American | grows rapidly for the -glory of the bluejackets and now comprises the |empiré and the honor of our continent. entire Mexican problem. I have the honor to present to Your The Huerta delegates are said to| Royal Highness the expression of my be ready to recommend Huerta's re- | profound respect, - tirement, but only on the condition (Signed) that a definite understanding is reach- “The Ambassador of Brazil.” ed on the kind of government that is| It was learned here today that the to follow. governor-general of Canada will send President’s Talk to Commissioners. g::‘r:‘t:‘;: S?Cl’:tfl-;y lott Sta]t;e Pope and Y ol Tic President Wilson in his final talk e Ioel U Doaat e tomorrow to welcome i Wwith the American commissioners, at|his behalf the mediators nange;;(;ndeol? Wwhich Secretary Bryan also was pres- | egates of the United States and Mex- ;lm sp:’lée‘:;psgly of the medlaflo!:i. fco. ndica t every power an This evening Ambassa H lefitimate influence at the disposal of |and Minister —Naon wgr‘iam.mmi co‘;.‘}?:‘f the American government would be |ence, discussing the general situation exerted to make it succeed. Though jand making final preparations for the the constitutionalists have not agreed | formal opening of the conference. The o take part in the mediation, one high | ambassador, who was accompanied by wdministration efficial held hopes to-; Madame D{ Gama, was met on the day of their ultimate participation, | American side of the falls by his sec- saying that a misunderstanding which | retary, Mr, Moreira, who has been here mizht be remedied in a short time was { for several days and by James P. Mee, Jargely responsible for their failure to!of the Brazilian consulate in New be represented at Niagara Falls. ! York, and brought to the hotel in an The president laid before the com- | automobile. By direction of the Do- issioners the entire Mexican prob- minion government, all customs reg- lem as he saw it, emphasizing that the | ulations were waived. duty of the United States was to seek ! The Argentine minister dined to- unselfishly to assist Mexico to set up |night with Mr. Algara, former charge & constitutional government which of the Mexican ‘embassy in Washing- eould be accorded recognition by the|ton. The minister had spent the af- world, because of its capacity not ternoon in looking over the arrange- alone to maintain peace within = its|ments which have been made for car- confines but also to ebserve interna- !rving on the work of the mediators /- ‘tional obligations. and directed several changes. He The Huerta delegates have conced- | showed much finterest in ex ning privately to their friends that the ; the large telegraph office from which ternational phases of the Mexlecan | Will travel the news of the proceed- qQuestion are closely interwoven in the ! ings and diplomatic messages. Over #ntercal affairs of their country. The | fOrty extra wires have been installed. z.cdiaturs have taken a similar posi- e T jtion in their communications to Gen- 'eral Carranza, saying that the inter. | o' MINATION OF PARTY national and internal questions were MUST GO WITH HUERTA. mahm In fact, they have i S BB out m’il? ifx‘l‘::l‘;tl ‘z)a:'fl‘l‘ 1;::“ Constitutionalists Claim That is the Ohs Z’mmm of: it Becaie Only Solution for Internal Mexican known definitely today. It seeks to Trouble. eradicate the perplexing agrasian gpes tion, by prescribing a division of lands | , Juarez, Mexico, May 13.—The news In & way that will be satisfactory to|that General Huerta had authorized the masses, but its details have not | 1iS delegates to the conference with been revealed. Economic questions, { the South American mediators to pre- bhowever, will not be'submitted until | #ent his resignation, should that act be satisfactory agreement is reached on | I€Cessary to restore peace, elicited the e political phases. - - statement from constitutionalists here In his talk with the commissioners | {lat such an action would not at all the president, too, touched briefly . on | COmpose the situation. They assert the land question, speaking of it as| that their plans contemplate not only & perennjal cause of discontent and | the elimination of Huerta but also of dissatisfaction which had - made it | ™8 A’;{'y' 3 comparatively easy to raise a revolu- - o) promige. Which welld_not tlonary army in Mexico, ent! re]y’ eliminate the Cientificos from > politica,” said Rafael Muzquiz, son-im- May Submit Plan to Carranza. ml;;nmwm&mnl-fi“m“id sim- All the suggestions and plans are| Py mo vouu'!od :;;;"” ution.. Another H g, up, and the %0 come from the mediators to the! girygole would ‘eomtinue two parties represented at.the ne-| “ppg wired eral 1 ations and there is high luthorlts': ranza, ',f.‘.:,',‘.'.'.’.m his f.fi'.,',”&;a. g-:;:. the prediction that when plans | zombrerete to Duran v reach a tangible form' they will be | quested to make a stetement omm:! to avold | TRAIN STRUCK AUTO AT GLOUCESTER, N. Y. Two Persons Killed and Four Injured, submitted to Carranza and to those! pig atti oward re believed to have lnfluenee}::v,h,::d?ntw“mng":n_‘h-‘g::m“ The “I‘fis‘?ae 5 3 ! Carranaz may not receive the message 2: me:;t‘o‘zr. These letters refer to:- % * ® unoffic] character of ‘the.repre- Sentatives and indicate clearly that | AMERICANS IN VERA CRUZ the final decision on all questions pro- MUST BE REGISTERED. < unded, so far as the United States S Te Facilitate Answers to the Many srnment at Washington. 54 o The mediation conference is expect- Inquiri for Thoge Who Remain reach ‘a climax in-a short time. v ‘net for pre-{ - hat Vera Cruz, May 18.—All Americans of | in Vera Qiimmnnoctted wigfiv.he uerta | army or other guvernment service, or 1z | not accredtted. Norw! egian steamer , timore May 11 for Havana, reported finding her omn Saturday and com- municating with her by ‘The captain of_the Times danger. sel was in no ::'3 his ves- Explorer Reported Safe. Berlin, May 18.—Baron Erland von Nordenskjold, the leader of the Nor-| ~ wegian South American cxploring ex- pedition, who was reporied to have killed by Indians March 14 last, The news of his escape from been is safe. the Indians reached here today in a letter from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, ‘Bolivia, dated March 21, which report- ed his arrival at Trinidad, the capital of the Bolivian department of Beni. MELLEN TO RESUME TESTIMONY TODAY. Promises to Give Details of Transac- tions and Names of Persons Who Profited. ‘Washington, tions of the subsidiaries. Chief Counsel Folk of the commis- | Ing rej sion announced tonight that there had May 18.—Charles S. Mellen, former presidéent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, arrived tonight in Washington to resume before the interstate com- merce commission tomorrow his testi- mony dealing with financial transac- %Iqw Haven road and its Tolls Exemption SAR TO MEET WITH APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT WILSON O’GORMAN IS OPPOSED Measure Will Meet Vigorous Opposi- tion by Senators on Both Sides of Issue—Two-thirds’ Vote Required to Pass Such a Resolution. Washington, May 18—With the canal tolls exemption controversy nearing a voie, sentiment in the senate is grow- ing in favor of an effort to substitute for the pending bill a resolution which would previde for the submission of the dispute between the United States O’Gorman tribunal. been no change in the programme for | Will meet with the inqui the comm! facts in his possession concerning the intricate stock manipulations by which the New Haven acquired some of its . -Mr. Mellen has informed jon that he will reveal all | issue. subsidraries. He promises to give not only dates ang details of the transactions, but the names of the persons who promoted and profited by them. narrat likely tonight that any of the New Haven’s directors would be called [to testify before Mr. ive is completed. It was expect- ed he would be on the stand several days. ICE BREAKUP IN YUKON CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE. Flood Caused b; Jam Came Too Sud- denly to Permit Removal of Property. Seattle, Wash., May 18.—A cable- gram from Fairbanks, Alaska, says: “Reports from Circle City today say the fiood caused by the breakup of the It was p and Great Britain to an international Although senstors who have discussed this proposal are means sure that it will prevail when the time for a vote arrives, they claim that many of their colleagues willing to adopt this course. It was said tonight that Senator leader of the forces fight- , will not consent to arbi- tration and the proposal undoubtedly by mno are vigorous opposition ointed out, tled by artitration. During the day republicans and one democrat, their voices to those who see in arbi- among senacors on b,th sides of the however, that before the house passed the re- peal bill President Wilson was will- ing that the question should be set- three senators, two added tration the best way out of the diffi- Senator Sutherland made a In the opinion of members of the| culty. commission, such revelaticns may give those who lost money transactions power to recover some, at least, of their losses through court proceedings. It appeared un ed. ice on the Yukon river Thursday was the worst in the history of the camp. i The town was almost wiped out, all government ngs near the waterfront belng damaged by the ice. Five feet of wa- ter around the wireless tower back of the town undermined the foundations and there is danger that it will col-, The -Indian-village is entirely under water and ice. No casualtie: stores, I dwelll: lapse. buildings have been reported.from any of the | Vate camps along the Yukon. “The loss is estimated at The flood caused by an ice jam came so suddenly it gave the people no time to remove their Personal property to the hills.” HEARING COMPLAINTS AGAINST TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. Shippers Protest Dictation of How Fruit Shall Be lced—Claim Rates Are Excessive. Providence, R. I, May 18.—Com-~ doors 5,000. This S cial and Savings bank, were owned Joseph T. Ashurst and Willima E. Depositors _informed the po- lice that Ashurst was missing. sirable. Mellen's | submis: Fosberg. a vigorous speech on the exemption through the | repeal bill, asserting that arbitration sion On the republican side today it de- veloped that Senators Root and Lodge, as well as others who are prominent in the fight or repeal, would favor ar- bitration. A two thirds vote of the senate would be required to pass an arbitra- tion resolution. DEPOSITORS BESIEGE is demand- was the one way to settle the dispute. Senator Wiiliams announced he would gladly vote for abitration and Senator Works agreed that this plan was de- A resolution providing for to arbitration has introduced by Senator Norris and may come up for consideration before a vote on the repeal itself been CHICAGO SAVINGS ‘BANK. Chicago, May Police Reserves Callsd-Out to Control and | mob That Tried to Break in Door. 18—Police reserves were called out today to control a crowd of depositors who threatened to break in the doors of the Brookline !Commercia.l and Savings bank, a pri- ncern here which closed its turday. ~and the Midway Comtmer- The bank advertised resources of in the plaints against the New York Central, the Pennsylvania and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroadg and the American Express company were heard today by Ulysses Butler, examiner of the interstate commerce Produce exchange. Representatives of harged that it was unjus New York Central must specify where and how shipments of fruit and produce should be iced. In other complaints rates were attacked as being excessive. report his findings to the commission. BRIDGEPORT MAN BEATEN AND ROBBED. ! crossin to Cen! commission. The complaints mad e Fruit and } rant was issued tonight for the arrest | A oyime of Bernard Murray, who confessed he | set the city hall and other local build ings on fire in April, 1912. - Murray, released from the insane hospital at Westboro, Mass.,, Tuesday, is said to| be in Hartford, and the police of that city were requested to arrest him for the local authorities. If apprehended, he will be brought to Waterbury to,; answer to a charge of getting a fire in a dwelling house here April 12, Murray confessed he started the fire | that resulteg in the destruction of the | the exchange for the to say Bhi Mr. Butler will Authorities Believe Assailants Are L A Men Who Have Been Operating in| CHINESE GAMBLERS FORFEIT Outskirts. Bridgeport, Conn., Flaherty, an employe of the farm in Fairfield, was beaten and rob- bed, at the Broad Street entrance of Seaside park shortly after midnight. Despite his shouts for assistance the two thugs who attacked hi mescaped. The authorities believe that they are the same two who have been operat- ing for sometime past in the outskirts of the city and are responsible for the holdup =and assault Steinber at his eral days ago. May upon M Trumbull farm sev- TRAIN STRIKES-AUTO NEAR PLAINFIELD. With Severe Shaking Up. ! auto followtn | had to shut a narrow Plainfield, Conn., May 18.—Theodore Roland h: death today when the which he was driving was struck by a railroad train at an unprotected grade on the road from Plainfield Village. Mr. Roland was thmown out, but escaped with only a severa shaking up. The rear wheel of escape L machine etherwise damaged. Charles D. Hine, secretary state board of education, and F. J. Trinde!l of New Britain were in an Mr. Roland, and they power sharply in order | a possible collision. One Fatally. 18—John Scully automobile | of the ppers local c safe. WARRANT ISSUED FOR $150,000 and deposits of $12,000 ani 800 depositors. Yesterday berg found 400 pennies and forty dimes Fos- A smaller but hopleless crowd of de- poritors gathered at the Midway bank, but there was no disorder. WATERBURY FIREBUG. on Fire April 12, 1912, were Waterbury, Conn., May 18.—A war- ity hall. To Answer Charge of Setting Dwelling | 1912, $3,200 IN NEW HAVEN. Raid Appe: New Haven, Conn., of the sixteen Chinamen arrested jn a| police raid last noght 4t an alleged gambling house, Boo June, appeared when their cases; were called in the police court today and the bonds were declared forfeit- conducted by None of Sixteen Arrested in Sunday ared in Court, May 18—None Woo anuel } ed. The total aggregates $3,200. Woo a heart Boo June, was held in 3500 bonds for ng later. The police claim that FIRST CARGO PASSING the place is ane of a string conduct- ed throughout the country b Yorkers, and say that they are lookout for the proprietor and col- lector, who make regular trips to this Occupant of Car Thrown Out—Escaped | city, or e from THROUGH PANAM ACANAL. were Ikilled and four injured, one fa-{_ Geno; Gloucested. Merchantville, N. J., driver of the car, was the only one of om Tho West Torse and Seashore Hail: on the West Jer: an ore - road — strack thelr automobile at | Prinz Wilelm, The dead are Harry Hunsberger and Mary Clarkson, both of Philadelphia. Miss Mary Meyers of Balboa. s Naples, May Camden, N. J., May 18—Two persons | New York. 15—A tug with five Fanama, May barges in tow started from Balboa this afternoon and was passed through the the auto was wrenched off and the| Miraflores and Pedre Miguel Thence the tug and her tow proceeded through Culebra Cut without disturb- ing the werk at €uraracha and were tied up at Gambea, the half way point | which wes imprisoned in the ice of i nthe canal, for the night. The irip Notre Dame bay for two weeks, was through Lake Gatum and the Gatun Jdecks will be made tomerrew. Five empty barges will start from Celon in the morning en the trip to This is the beginning of a regular service through the canal. Steamsh a, May New York. Cherbourg, Ma ip Arrivals, Tug Towing Five Barges Started from Balboa Yesterday Afternoon. locks. 18.—Steamer America, 18.—Steamer Prinzess 18.—Steamer Kron- New York for Bre- _Gibraltar, May 18.—Steamer Ivernia, New York - for Genoa. was mortally | Liverpool, May 18.—Steamer Megan- hurt. Clarence A. Meyers, owner aad | tiC. Mantreal. to leave % the party to escape injury. 2 _ Norfolf, Va., L. 5 wl ‘burned in the expl Inion here 11th Vietim of Old Dominion Explo- last makes B i seilies, May 18—Chief Engineer ho was so osion on the Old| New badly Steamers Reported by Wireless, - York. May 18.—Steamer Hre- w York, signalled i3 week, | men for the Napies, May ‘Washington, 463 London, May 18.—Steamer Minne- waska, New York. - 15.—Siieamers Jlartha New York for Trieste, etc.; Sant’ Anna, New York for Mar- | sary of the settlement of the town, | i m + | was sentenced to dle during the week ONE A “STOOL fiGEON' _Considerable damage done to ; m . crops by frost in Orange County, N. Y. B k -ll . l trade is to be held at Amsterdam, Hol- c er r'a land, from Sept, 8 to 11. & President Wilson was presented with | WHITMAN CLOSED WITH WHAT Shriners from Alberta, HE CONSIDERS STAR WITNESS Benjamin Sweeney of Seattle was ' nominated by President Wilson to be assistant secretary of the interior, postoffice at Conklin, N. Y., and looted the office of 3361 in cash and stamps. The fire in the tanks of the Stand- ard Oil Co, at Unionville, N. Y., was An _international ress on free flag by a party of Mystic Canada. — Automobile “burglars _entered the :;nsflly controlled after a loss of $360,- Told of Canveying Messages from Becker to Jack Rose, After the Latter Had Been Locked Up in Tombee Was Asked to Kill “Baid Jack.” Mrs. Bridget D, Curran died in South Bethlehem, saged 108. Four sis- ;erz‘si. the youngest 92, are living in Ire- N b and. New York, May 18.—District Attor- ney ‘Whitman today completed his case Before a crowd of about 50,000 per- | a8ainst Charles Becker by placing on sons,” Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, | the witness stand two men whom he looped the loop in a biplane- seven | considereq his star witnesses—Charles times in Chicago. gl Piit'- Jr, the former policeman’s end, companion and press agent, and Andrew Oarison, employed by th Mar, > * highway department of Warern, R. I, was killed in trying to stop a pair of runaway horses. Rishworth Nicholson, paymaster of the United States guuboat Vi » died of yellow fever on board the ship at Mazatlan, Cal William J. Harris, director of the census, announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for gov- ernor of Georgia. | at Sing Sing prison follo - =R — — viction, to Jack mfln‘mhh “Olivia Cottage,” the $26,000 gift of | said Becker had made him CAITY - s. Russell Sage to the Vaughn |sages to Jack Rose both before Teachers’ Rest at Tompkins Cove, N.|thals murder and after Rose was Y., was dedicated, locked up in the Tombs charged with D having taken part in the crime. Neleon O’Shaughnessy will deltver | Marshall went fully into the de- an address at the dinner of sons of |tails of his ed operations as a members of the Merchants’ associa- | “Stool pigeon™ for Becker. He was tion in New York, placed on the stand as the - ested witness” to the * Alfred Keller, a clerk, of New York, | ence” which the court of appeals was arrested charged with stealing | Was essential legally to conviei Becker jewelry valued at $4,500 from Mrs. |as the instigator of the plot that re- Mildred Herreshofr, sulted in the killing of the gambier. Becker warned Plitt before the mur- Arthur Karslake, of Waca, Texas, |der to keep away from Times was arrested in New York, charged | the night it occurred and also with stealing $12,000 from the Bastrop | tablish an alibl for both PNtt state bank at Bastrop, La. self, according to Pitt. gnm ago Plitt had been While picking apple blossoms tn an orchard at Garnersville, N. Y. May Gross,” 14 years old, was attacked by a cow and seriously injured, Trust legislation be taken into the house today for consideration under a special rule. which the rules commit- tee will report early in the day. John M. LaRue, manager of the Summit, N. J, baseball team, was probably fatally injured as the resuilt of a collision at second base, Lawrence Sullivan, convicted of mur- g‘ertts yea.raxlso and v;’ho has been in atteawan Insane asylum since it| pected to contradict opened, dled of heart dis - P ease. timony given by witn Seven persons were serlously in- Who s Jured when dynamite, used {n excavat- that she will ..%l" ‘xnx in The Bronx, scattered stone and It dabrls\over q large pping crowd, | he il John €. Miine, one of the two men | the o who founded the. Fall. River. Daily | ply News 69 years ago, retired from the paper yesterday, his 90th birthday. admitted he was. There are More than 1,000 persons were thrown m% mmw ol{%hot e(g:mmer;tdwhmtio planing | The case may be in the hands of mi at Cincinnat! losed their plants Jury turday night because of a recent strike of carpen- he nc, ters. William Bohene, a ship carpenter was killed and two others seriously in- jured when a gasolene tank exploded nl:l a ga.cht at Mariners’ Harbor, land. Reports reached military headquart- ers at Trinidad that large numbers of rifies had been concealed iIn the coal strike districts and could easily be brought out. — David Dunn, of Corning, N. Y., 19 a reporter, who will years old, convicted of the murder of | as to Becker's whereabouts Harry T. Edwards. an express agent, |ly after the murder of Mfl beginning July 3. AMERICAN SOCIETY WOMEN Disgusted with the untidy appear- LEAVE MEXOCO CITH ance of windows In trains of the Northern railroad of New Jersey, sev- | Bocause of Close Surveillance Mabn- eral women treated a train at Jersey | tained Over Them Past Few Weeka. City to a washing e — Vera Cruz, May Btta Reyes Governor Giynn appointed Dr. Otto | and her three daughters prominent Glogan as delegate of the state of | in American soclety in the dMexican New York to the third iInternational | capital were among the refugees who congress on occupational diseases in | arrived here today. They feit it nec- Vienna during September, essary to leave Huerta's tersitory om b 5 account of the close survellance John Singer Sargent’s water color, | tained over them for several weeks Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa, | past because of thelr former close was stolen from the Brooklyn Insti- | friendship with the tute of Arts and Sciences. The paint- Not long ago Mrs, Reyes, who is an ing was valued at $1,000, The Young Women's Christian asso- | through influence of the econsul gen- clation will erect an association build- | eral the order was suspended. She ing costing $50,000 near the main en- | was accused of converting her home trance of the Panama-Pacific exposi- tion in San Francisco next year, Secretary of State J. Fred Parker of Providence, R. 1, was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Rhode | afiliated with the old regime amd of Island Free and Accepted Masons at| late it was almost impossible for etth- the 124th annual communication. er her or her daughters to in A the streets without being President Wilson, in an executive order, has given Colonel Goethals, as governor of the Panama canal the power to grant pardons and reprieves and to’'commute sentences and remit fines. Friends in Vera Cruz and the cap- ital urged them to get “evond the At a special town meeting at Mil- ford, it was voted to rebuild the old mill on the site of “Fowler’s Mill,” in commemoration of the 275th anniver- COAST ARTILLERY DRILLED IN GUERILLA WARFARE. Troops at Forts Wright and Terry Practice for Contingency of Mexican Service. Fort Wright, N, Y, May oast which will be celebrated August 22 next. The steamer Tritonia, from Glasgow, released by the sealing steamer Bella- venture. She is only slightly dam- | case aged. notified last week they would be in 's. The twelve The steamer Sankaty, which greund- | the two posts Dow camp and ed at the entrance of Vineyard Haven | will not Dreal camp Sor o dag o twa. harbor, was floated at high tide. The| They are being in antieipation steamer was not damaged, as she struck on a sandy bottom during calm ‘weather. ,12;. -m-l-dnl-::;o:hl services for soldiers ost at sea were Smallpox Middletown. held at the recreatlon pier in New s Yrk. A small boat loaded with flow- ers was launched and taps were sounded. easily after the smallpox scare of gev- discase was discovered m‘-fl‘ After being out ten minutes, a jury ¢ tn the criminal court returned a ver- | 1l Year old daughier of Mr. and Mrs. dict of not gulity in filn:‘ur A-::;:rtm( to_have been liam Kirkby, of Toledo, charged with -—: bl dnye i bribing George B. Nye, a member of | * PRYsician was summoned. the legislature for Pike ‘county. h Beiotol — el Four Russi i i wflc