Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 26, 1914, Page 1

R Nearly Half of the Buildings of Historic'0ld City Were Consumed by the Flames 10,000 OF ITS 45,000 RESIDENTS ARE HOMELESS Fire Originated in Leather Factory on West Side and Ruined Every Building in a Curving Path Two Miles Long and Half a Mile Wide—Burning Embers Started Fires in Two Other Sections, One a Fashionable Resident District, the Other a ‘Manufacturing and Tenement Secti Thousand of the Homeless are Camped on the Com- historic bull and tradition, was devastated and tonight by & fire that caused an estimated loss of $20,000,000; destroyed one thousand buildings, including a score of man- ufacturing establishments and made ten thousand of the 45,000 residents homeless, The fire originated in the Korn factory on the west side of the city about two o'clock this after- noon, swept through the shoe and ment house district on the peninsula bounded by Palmer's Cove, South River and the waterfront. Fourth Fire Kindled. Late in the eve a fourth fire was kindled by brands in the plant ©f the Salem Oil company in n street, northwest of the Essex county conrthouse. A terrific explosion oc- curred when the ofl tanks blew up and showers of sparks fell threateningly on that part of the town that before had not been in imminent danger. This fire, . however. was checked after it had destroyed the oil company’s plant and thirtesn houses, Flames Under Control at 11 p..m.. the flames were believed to o o the had . escaped ruction, included the Peabody Museum, Hamthorne Tis literary work, and “The House the Soven Gables,” made famous by novelist. At midnight the fire was burning Derby street not far from the Pea- Museum, but it was thought that building and its valuable collec- f#ion of curios would be saved. House of the Seven was in the denger zone. The fire burned a semi-circular path. Originally driven in a southeasterly direction from the foot of Gallows Bill, the place where witches were hanged. two and a half centuries ago, it spread to South Salem and then ehanged its course and crept steadily a northerly direction towards Town ouse square, the center of the city's retail business life. Entire City Seemed Doomed. For a time the entire city seemed @comed. Then the firemen concen- trated their energies in a single point of defense mear the Boston and Maine railroad station. Several buildings in this vicinity were dynamited, every available line of hose was directed #gainst the approaching flames and Jate tonight it 1001?3 as though the fire been checked. /No fatalities had been reported up to midnight. but in the confusion it was impossible to de- termine the casualties. Some fifty in- rt|d persons were received at the hos- als. £ Homeless Camp on Commion, Thousands of the homeless were Eamped on Salem Common tonight, with such household goods as they could save piled around them. Long Hines of refugees, most of them on foot, and others in wagons, carriages and automobiles, crowded the road Jeading to Beveiry, where hundreds #pent. the night in the parks, Early in the eveninz the electric Hight plant was burned cut, throw- ing the city into darkness, The high school, police station, state armory, churches’ and other public buildings were thrown open to the Bomeless ones and the city was po- liced by militiamen. Poor Water Pressure. Phe great destruction was due to Peor water pressure, The first spread of the fire was on the west side of the city. Territory about two miles long and more than half a mile wide was devastated. In the meantime falling embers started fires in South Salem and the more exclusive residential part of the city. All the available fire fighting apraratus was in the historic Gallows Hill section where it had responded to a general arrangement and South Salem was left without protection. One building after another burst into flames, 2 For several hours the fire in this Gistrict was confined to a small dis- ct. but as evening ap| ed the Baimes Spread Tn all_directions dess o Tashionale puet of S e 108 fashional of Balem. The city orphan asylum, sheltering 0 persons. was destroved. The chil- n were taken by the nuns to a place safety. The Salem hospital was roved. The patients were removed to, safety on stretchers, Moved Like Huge Sickle. Up Lafayette street swept the flames, a clean path from the state school north to Cedar and tt streets. From this point the of the fire moved like a huge sickle across Salem and Park streets o the water front. There was 1o ap- here to "i‘x';&« e cluckth;flunu. Gables” was hen ‘broke cally h control at 11 o'cldck /tonigh®| famous historic literary each time carried the new direction. Governor to Take Ao call a public meeting house tomorrow morn the fire. American Red lem. As chairman of Met board T and Tequired.” DECIDE FATE OF ciates Hich: s folt, will are the main points: Phere will be no fusi. A put in the Seld. Barnes, Colonel Roosevelt's him by virtually ail leaders. in spite of his of the flames were blown up in the bope of checking their progress, but fickle wind that shifted four times, destruction in a tion for Relief. Governor Walsh announced imme- diately after his arrival that he would at the state ing to take ac- tion for the relief of the sufferers from Red Cross Ready to Assist. Cross is ready of any assistance desired in Sa- the national re- will go to Salem tomorrow mayor, Have wired Ernest national director American at Washington, to be pre- ed to give any assistance that may PROGRESSIVE PARTY. | Roosevelt and Associates Settle Ques- tions Concerning New York State. . Y. June 25.—Theo- dore Roosevelt and his leading asso- finally settled questions decide the fate of the progressive party in New York state this fall. After it was all over Colonel Roosevelt made a statement setting forth their decisions. Here on in New York progressive ticket will be District Attorney Charles 8. Whit- man of New York, whe has been talk- ed of as a possible nomines of both the republican and progressive parties was repudiated by Colonel Roosevelt, who referred to him as a man subser- vient to the “Barnes machine.” Colonel Roosevelt said he had in- formation that Mr. Whitman's candi- dacy was being promoted by William republican state chairman. nomination for the governorShip is being urged upon the progresfive repeated state- ment that he would not run. GUNMEN FROM BUTTE ARE Fear They Will Assassina IN HELENA. President of Western Federation. Helena, Mont., June sheriff's officials are 25—Police and convinced that gunmen from Butte are in Helena for the purpose of assassinating Charles H. Moyer, Federation of Miners, president of the ~Western who fled from Butte during the rioting in that city on Tuesday night. Three suspects were arrested here and the police and sheriff's force are endeavoring to lo- cate a fourth. Moyer is beihg closely guarded by sheriff's deputies and by_members of the ‘“refugee colony” of Butte miners ‘Who accompanied him The federation presids to Helena. ent was advised by friends in Butte than men had left for Helena to-ettack him and through- out the day he kept close to his hotel. Once when he left to Boston, June the Eastern Avenie tonight. wearing off of to stop the car as it first victim had started and John Donahue. To Make Definite His Reaching telegraphed tives today as he left Monterey. ‘Washington, June 25.—Agent of Mexican constitutionalists fn Washiog ton tonight awaited final uutructEn. from General Carranza regarding the invitation extended for their partici- pation in formal conferences with rep- resentatives of the United States and the Huerta government on plans to completo the pacification of Mexico. Carranza. g0 to a tele- phone exchange he was followed by three men who were arrested. FOUR MEN ELECTROCUTED IN PECULIAR MANNER. Efévator Rope With Metal in Contact With Electric Current I Core Came 25.—Four men were electrocuted in a peculfar manner at plant of the Quincy Market Cold Storage company An elevator ‘rope with a metal core which had ‘become exiosed by the fibre covering came in contact in some way with an elec- tric current. The men, grasping the rope on successive floors in an effort rose after the 1¢, were shock- ed to death. The victims were M. J. Mowjarty, William Ryan, Jesiah Lacey AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GEN. CARRANZA. Position Upon the his representa- would make definite his; upon reaching Monterey. Rafael Zubaran and He was expected in Monterey late today. His ents, Luis . hoped to receive instructions by to- morrow morning. Cabled Paragraphs of Amusing Banter in House mons. London, June 25.—American fire arms and American heiresses _were the subjects of sofe smusing banter today between the rival Irish fagtions in the House of Commons. Bernhardt Suffers from Twisted Knee. _ Lorient, France, June 25.—Sarah Bernhardt was suffering from severe- ly twisted knee when she arrived here from Aix-les-Bains last evening. She Was carried in a chair from the train to the automobile which conveyed her to her hotel. PRESIDENT WILSON PROMISES GREAT BUSINESS BOOM. Effect of Anti-Trust Legislation Soon to Be Passed by Congress. Com- ‘Washington, June 25.—Under a “new constitution of freedom” for business given by anti-trust legislation soon to be passed by congress, President Wil- son today promised the country the greatest business boom. in its history. This was the president’s final answer to the opponents of trust legislation at this session of congress and to proph- ets of evil times, delivered with deter- mined expression, and every word emphasized with a clenched fist. “We know what we are doing,” sald Mr, Wilson. “We purpose to do'it un der the advice, for we have been for- tunate enough to obtain the advice of men who understand the business of the country; and we know that the effect is going to be exactly what the effect of the currency reform was—a sense of relief and security.” The president spoke to a group of Virginia editors in the east room of the White House, but his assurances were intended for the country. A mili- tary aide in full dress uniform stood beside him, ang there was every indi- cation that the speech was meant to De one of the most important of the administration. News of the failure of the H. B. Claflin company in New York had reached the White House earlier in the day. The president did not allude to It. GOVERNOR BALDWIN AT FORT WRIGHT Inspected ut Coast Artillery —Reviewed State Troops and Regu- lars. . Fishers Island, N. Y, June 26— Governor Baldwin is at Fort H. G. Wright todav inspecting the Connécti- cut Coast artillery, which is in camp here. He landed about .30 and a sa- lute of 21 guns was fired by the regu- lars. Accompanying the governor was Gen, Cole, the adjutant general, and members of his staff and Capt. Arthur T, Keefe of New London, special aide 0 the governor. Col. Barrette, U, S. A., and Colonel Dorsey, commanding the Connecticut Coast ' Artillery corps, accompanied Governor Balawin and General Cole on a visit to the batteries where the guardsmen were engaged in full ser- vice firing.. At 1 o'clock his excellericy ‘was the guest of the Connecticut offi- cers at luncheon. # At 5 o'clock this afternoon the gov- ernor reviewed the Connecticut troops and the regular, GENERAL VILLA’S FORCE DBFEATED 14,000 FEDERALS. He Only Empleyed Half That Number in the Attacks of Four Days. Zacatecas, June 24 (delayed over military wires).—General Villa drove from Zacatecas a force which greatly exceeded his own, according to official estimates today. Between 13,000 and 14,000 federals defended the city, the constitutionalists, numbering about 15,000, could ‘employ little more than half that number in the attacks of four days, which resulted yesterday in vie- tory for the Villa troops, the taking of hundreds of prisoners and munitions and the demoralized retreat of the Temnants of General Barron’s army, The street fighting in Zacatecas was the most severe of the revelution. Many constitutionalists paid with their lives for their bravery. Many federals threw away umforms and began snip- ing the invaders. Those Who Dleaded guilty to this offense were shot after being captured. The federals, already on the retreat, blew up a mine in the customs house without warning the women and chil- dren. Many _constitutionalists who had entered the building also were buried in the wreck. By sundown Tuesday the federals had been routed completely. How many of thém escaped had not been learned. PLANNING A NATIONAL -FRENCH AMERICAN ORDER. Project Discussed by Independent So- sties of Massachusetts. Springfleld, Mass,, June 25.—Plans for the organization of a national French-American order were discuss- ed in a convention of the delegates of fifteen independent societies of Massa- chusetts in this city today. The inde- pendent societies decided to affiliate into a state organization and consid- ered plans for the eventual amalga- mation of the majority of the national French-American societies into ome order. The business session marked the ciose of the §0th anniversary cele- bration of the Societe St. Jean Bap- tiste of Springfield. Butler Breaks Into House of Former Employ. Bridgeport, Comn., June 25.—H. B. Young, formerly employed as a butler at the home of Mrs. Belle Mulcahy, widow of F. J. Mulcahy, a well known business man, was arrested tonight, after he had broken into the Mulcahy home. The police believe he is men- tally t:fm‘"m Young is said to have wanted to marry Mrs. Mulcahy, When Young was heard breaking into. the house tonight, the maid telephoned for the police and two detectives made the arrest, Winter Sanctuary for Native Birds. ‘Washington, June 25—Smith and Minor islands, 14 miles north by west from Part Townsend, Wash., 1 the Strait of Juan de Fyca, have been set apart for the agricultural department as a breeding ground and winter sanc- tuary for native birds. The order signed today by President Wilsen im- m‘ heavy penalties for interference the birds and their eggs. Dynamits Explosion Kills Soven. Shefflold, Ala., June 25.—Seven per- sons were kilied and more than a acore injured late today by a dynamite explosion_on the government dredge fleet at Smithsona, on the Tennessee priver. Two of the dead are white and five negroes. Hitchcock Preparing for an Operation C: ‘Mass.,, June 25.—Frank &g 1is in a private hospi- prepaning for an operation, it known natufe of lflbsolutq' Wins a Close Race BOTH HER RIVALS PUSHED HER _ ALL THE WAY, DEFIANCE SHOWS CLASS Half the Course Had Been Sailed Be. fore Resolute Assumed Leadership— Time Allowance Cost Vanitie Seo- ond Place—Are to Race Rgain Today. Glen Cove, N. Y. June 25—Resolute had’ to fight for her yachting honers today for her cup class divals, Deflance and Vanitle, gave her a merry tussle over the greater part of the 33 3-4 miles course in upper Long Island sound. It was no{ until more than half the course had been sailed that the Herreshoff production assumed the leadership and even then she was forced tor?.lrly fily over the last ten miles in order to overcome a four min- ute time allowance which she conced- ed to the Defiance. Time allowance cost the Vanitie secohd place after leading the Deflance at the finish by one minute and 47 seconds. The Resolute defeated the Deflance by 3 minutes and 14 seconds and the Vanitie 8 minutes and three seconds in corrected time. Defiance Shows Improvement. The improvement in the Deflance was the most encouraging feature of the race and keen yachismen pre- dicted that the tri-city boat would yet prove a formidable contender for cup- defending honors. ‘The vacht was well handled today | and showed considerable speed on the | reaches and ability to keep somewhere near the Resolute in a beat to_the windward in moderate airs. The Van. itie also seemed to cling to the Res- olute a little better than in Tues- day’s contest, although the Herreshoff yacht dropped both her rivals rapidly when the wind breezed up late in the afternoon. 3 Race Sailed in Light Breeze. The race today was safled in light and not altogether satisfactory airs, but the yachts finished with scup- pers boiling. g The three cup yachts formed a class today in the annual regatta of ths New York Yacht club and a squadron of power and sail' yachts assembled off the fifty year old club house at Glen Cove to see the start. A dozen smaller boats hovered about waiting for the committee to send the big fel- lows away in order and clear the track for their sport, A moderate breeze was . difting across the sound from the Conneoticut ishore when the starting signal was given at 12.15. All three of the cup yachts had been circling abeut near the line with big reaching sails in stops, as the first leg was down the Long Island shore to Llovd's Neek Resolute First Acress. The Wesolute was the first aeress, with the Vanitie a cable’s lemgth as- tern, while the Deflanee held off @n order to get the bensfit of the time and keep clear of the leaders. The Resolute and Vanitie, ignoring the tri- city yacht, started en a luffing match that not only earried them well out inte the sound but allowed the De= fiance to slip into the lead. The nine mile reach was slow work, but when the Resolute and Vanitie eoming in from off shere neared for the mark, they found that the Deflance had pull- ed out a nice lead. Was a Real Race. For the first time since the series started, a real race between the three cup aspirants was on, The Deflance, despite her smaller head rig, climb- ed up to windward fully as fast as the Resolute during the first four of the six mile beat across the sound and at one time had a lead of nearly half a mile over the Herreshoff yacht, while the Vanitie clung tenaclously to the stern of the flag officers’ boat. This second leg of the course brought out the best sport of the day, for near the second turn off Great Captain's Is- land it was seen that all three vachts were very clgge and that it was any- body’s race. ' The Resolute picked up a-Dbetter breeze under the island and in the last mile of the leg overhauled the Deflance but could not quite catch her. y The Owen boat luffed around the mark one minute and forty seconds in the lead over the Resolute, with the Vanitie close astern of the latter. Defiance Unable to Maintain Lead. It was a run down the wind to Lloyd’s Neck and with her half-a- spinmeker and smaller reaching sails the Defiance proved unequal to the task of maintaining the lead. Still it was not until the turn was nearly reached and 18 miles of the course had Dbeen sailed, that she fell back into second place and the Resolute head- od the procession again. The Vanitie seemed unsually sluggish in this spin- naker run and lost more than two. minutes to the leaders. Gybing around the leeward mark for the second time, the yachts start- ed another six miles beat back to Great Captain's Island. The Reso- lute, picking up the freshening breeze first, drew rapidly away from the oth- er yachts and had the race well in hand with the time allowance elimin- ated when she wore around the last buoy and started on her romp home. Astern, the Deflance and Vanitle mjxed it up tack for tack, until the Iatter finally nosed out ahead meeting the Defiance coming in on the port tack and forcing her about. The Cochran yacht, Tounding the buoy, was 26 seconds ahead of the Defianes, and ‘with the breeze hitting up a ten knot gait, the three fliers headed across the sound to a rellicking finish under the green clad hills of Glen Cove. The trio . will-tace tomorrow and Saturday off Oyster bay under the auspices of the Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht elud for a trophy offered by Commoders H, S. Vamderbilt of that ciub, Appointments by Bishop Nilan, Hartford, Comn., Jume 25—The fol- lowing official appointments of Bishop John J. NHan Of the Roman Catholic digcess of Hartford were angounced i, Rev. Jon Augustine van m St Mary's church, Lak el onet chugeh; ‘Waterbury sistant); Rev. Thomas . Buévu from St. Johi's church, Sfamford, to St. Mary's. Lakeviile, (u-isugt)' Rev. Stamford Tragedy MRS. ANGLE REFUSED TO AN- SWER QUESTIONS AT INQUEST COLLAPSED IN CHAIR Hearing Was Declared Closed Because of Her Physical Exhaustion—Chief of Police Exhibits Flatiren, With Which He Thinks Blow Was Struck. Stamford, Conn., June 25.—Mrs. Hel- en M. Angle, who has been held on a coroner's order pending inquiry ints the somewhat mysterious death on. Tuesday night of Waldo R. Baliou, a member of a prominent Stamford fam- ily, was tonight released in bonds of 000 by order of Coroner Phelan. Bonds were furnished by her father, Leonard Blondel Mrs.’ Angle w: on the stand at the inguest late today for a few minutes, but refused to answer questions cor her friendsship with Bal- Toa ana Snally Collapsed.. falling out of the witness chair into the arms of her father. As she appeared to be physically exhausted, the inquest was declared closed. Court Room Jammed. The condition of Mrs. Angle created a stir in the court room which for hours had been jammed to suffocation by spectators. Chief of Police Bren- nan in his testimony, haq produced a number of exhibits, mostly of blood- stained clothing and, also Ballou’s hat and an electric flat iron. The hat, blood-soaked at one part of the crown, had been found by officers who had visited Mrs. Anzle’s apartments Tues- day night, in a chest in which was other clothing. Ballou, a few min- utes before, had been picked up in a dying condition just outside the bufld- ing, near the entrance two stories be- low. The hat was partly crushed in. The flat fron haq been found on an ironing board in another room, Cor- oner Phelan asked the chief why the iron was produced. Chief Brennan, picking up the iron, fitted its broad, flat edge into a dent in the hat. He volunteered his opinion that the dent was made by the iron and that certain marks on the iron resembled blood stains. The coroner did not question further along this line. What Mrs. Angle Told Police, Ballou, according to & story told by Mrs. Angle, pitched headiong flight of stairs in the darkne he had visited at her avartment ] Angle had further explained to the police that after Ballou had gone she prepared to retire when her attention was attracted by & noise in the lower hallway. She went down in her bare feet and underclothing and found Bal- lou in a heap in the vestibule, Fear- ing that a scandal would be created if Ballou was found there and believing he was slightly intoxicated, she drag ed him outside the door and left him, pon returning to her rooms she found that she had trodden in blood and smeared her undergarments, She went back end tried to wipe up & pool of blood, but seurried back to her rooms when' she heard an automobile outside the building, In a few minutes the police were knoeking at her door, . Advised to Make No Statement, When the inquest was resumed to- day Coroner Phelan wanted Mr. Downs to present his eclient at enmce. Mr. Downs declined, saying that a physl clan had said that he had been treat- ing Mrs. Angle for several weeks for nervous trouble and it was unwise to bave her subjected to the strain of testifying, Mr, Phelan said he would make it as easy as possible for the witness and even would listen to a statement in private. Mr. Downs said | he had advised his client to make no statement. The coroner wanted the physician, Dr. Staub, called to tell of the patient’s condition, but the doctor was not avatiable. The coroner then proceeded with other testimony and at 5 o'clock informed Mr, Downs he was ready to hear Mrs. Angle, either in public or privats. Mr. Downs de- murred, and after argument they went into another room. Mrs. Angle was conducted there by Mrs. Cleary, the police matron, and she was heard to be moaning and sobbing as questions were asked. Almost an hour later Mrs. Angle went into the court room and was sworn. She leaned her arms | on the coroner's desk and buried her face in them. She crigd and moaned. Mr. Downs spid it evident that his client was too ill to answer que tions. - Do Not Know What to Do.” The coroner thought she could an- | swer those questions which did not | incriminate her. When asked if she knew Mr. Ballou, the witness said: “I do not know what to do.” Mr. Downs suggested that as it had been shown several times that she did know Ballou time was lost askin those_questions. The coroner replied | that he wanted the answer as a mat- | ter of record. Mr. Downs objected and | the coroner replied: “Let me conduct my investigation in my own way and we will get along nicely.” Mra. Angle sald she had known Mr. Ballou since she was thred years old. “Did_you see Mr. Ballou Tuesday night r, Downs: ‘T advise you not to answer.” Mr. Ppelan: T will give you five minutes in which to answer that. Mr. Downs told Mrs. Angle that she | could say that she refused to answer. Asked for Pity. The witness looking at the eorener sajd: “Can’t you have pity?” ° ‘The coponer replied that he feit deeply for her and was trying to make i it as easy as possible for-her, | To questiong whether she ’remem.- bered Ballou being at her reoms on Tuesday night, -and whether she re- membereq that Ballou was injured while leaving her rooms, Mrs. Angle lopked bewildered and made no reply. She collapsed when the corener press: ed the question whether she saw Bal- lou Tuesday might or not and the in- quest ciosed, Appeal of Union Pacific Granted. Omaha, Neb., June 25—The Unlted States federal court, W, H. Munger and T. C. Munger sitti tonight Sraated e 2vpeal of the Union Fa- Railroad company from the de. divorcing the St. Joseph and Isiand road from the Union and left the Union Pacific in gperating control of tie subsidiary nes. Little Business Done in Dry Goods. { when a DeKalb Avenu | lege military corps wa | the 'board of trustees of Bowdoin C ! burg-American in Conosctiest in The Senate priation bill ssed the Indian appro- $10,000,000. ing King Peter |, of Se throne in favor of his second son Prince Alexander. Samuel H. Blaks, lawyer and former Vice Chancellor of Ontarie, died in To- ronto, aged 79 years. Haddonville, N. J., was struck and Kill- ed by an express train. George Newman, 78 years old, ux] 1 Militant sufiragettss destroyed a large quantity of mail by pouring acid in several London letter-boxes. ing the ficially opened by Emperor William: Walter Hines Page, Ambassador to England, received the degree of doctor of civil laws from Oxford University. Emperor William has offered a cup to the winner of the sonderklasse yacht race at the Panama-Pacific Exposi- | tion. | Captain Agassiz, of the steamer | Uranium, which arrived from Rotter- dam, reported sighting a white whale oft Halifax. H Edwin Bowen and Fred Engl boys of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, were kill- ed when their milk wagon was struck | by a train. | on Maurice Maeterlinck’s p! na Vanna,” the performance of whic had been prohibited. Tyrus Cobb, bassball player, plead- ed guilty in Justice court at Detroii, Mich., to a charge of disturbing the peace and paid a 0 fine. Thomas Coyl of New York was bad- ly injured by a fall from a subway platform while demonstrating a fe' tango steps to two women. The bodies of ten fishermen were re- covered and 25 more are missing, be lieved to have been drowned in a storm ‘which swept Lake Constance. Jacob P. Adler, an actor, of York, was robbed of $2,300 in cash money orders. The notes wallet carried in his pocket. The United States crui Francisco, which has been under: repairs-in the Navy Yard at New Or- leans, has sailed for Vera Cruz. The body of William She. had been missing from Amster Y., for two weeks was found in a tern In the celiar of his home. Edward Col Springfield; Mass., was awarded 000 in his suit against Holyoke Street Railway Co., for the loss of a leg. 10 . years At the Northern Baptist Convention | in Boston it was announced that John | D. Rockefeller had given $100,000 to- ward the missionary debt of $275,000. Senator Works of California tntro- | duced a bill prohibiting the sale or| manufacture of intoxicating liquors beer and ale in the District of Colum- bia. Burton, the negro who | threatened to blow up the new Cunard | Liner Aquitania unless he reveived $10,000, was held for trial in $10,000 bail, The complaint againt a manufacturer of Methue was arrested last month c Street care trafic in the Brooklyn Bridge was held up for nutes tracks as it neared th of the structure. Commencement exercises at Norwich University were held toda After the formal program on the p e, the col- given its final review for the year. The Grover Cleveland, Association has forwarded a wreath to the ceme- | tery at Princeton, N. J., to be on the grave of the former pr the anniversary of his death. J. O. Davis, customs collector at San Francisco, told A of the Treasury Malburn he needed 200 extra men to handle th Panama-Pacific Expos Frederick H. Appleton of Bangor. Me., today as elected a member lege to fill the veasncy caused by the death of General Joshua L. Chamber- lain. J. T. Kane of Chicage was. today elected president of the International Association of Journeymen IHorsey shoers at Memphis, Te: Th R = clation will meet next year at Buffalo, N. Y. At the alumni dinner of Williams College, President Garfield announc- ed that only $100,000 is stili to be ruis- ed to secure the first million of the $2,000,000 endowment fund started a year ago. Saloonkeepers in Minnesota counties formed from Iandian re glven a rehearing on the Supreme Court cigien which upheld the Federal ernment’s autherity to forbid the of liquer, A bill providing for the Initiative and referendum was rejected in the Mass- achusetts House because of failure muster the two-thirds majority nec- essary for its passage. The vote was 141 to 85. “Izzy” Lipkin, who pesed as a cen- stable in the office of a magistrate in | Philadelphia pleaded guilty to con- | spiracy and perjury in straw bail transactions and was sentenced to| four years' imprisonment. The New Jersey Board of Prison In- re decided to grant a parcle to ‘William A. Death, one of the four men imaplicated in the murder of Jennie Bosscheiter at Paterson 14 years ago. He was serving fireman of the Ham- ne Pennsylvania, is in a hospital because he used ' an American flag a5 a handkerchief. Wil- lam Anders, a pier employe was ar- rested, but was released when he ex- | plained. John Janners, ‘Whi led from his cell in the New York, June .—Little or no ooty o g L L T S tons of the it in the history of the New York county jail to the superior court room, at Cambridge Mass. Charles ¥. Star- | rett of = Everett, charged with wife | murder, broke away from the officers and plunged over a railing (o the floor Gondensed Teiegrams |G AFLIN FA _ s ccs .| Estimated Company Owes More Than $30,6 | were 1it was announced, would be taken in i been issued | eral | interests, is not involved in the failure. | - The crash came today after vain ef- | NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS TO ! posed Massachusetts : ghares | sale and defeats the purpose of the ILURE 1S . Assets Said to be $44,000,000 FROM 3,000 TO 5,000 BANKS HOLD According to Mr. Claflin Failure Was Due to Shifting of Tr Centers in New. York City—Rapid Extension of Bu of Stores in Other Cities Called for Capital Requires ments Which Company Was Not Able to Meet—Busine s to be Continued by Receivers Until Financial Affa: Have Been Adjusted—Steps are Being Taken to Pro-* tect Note Holders—United Dry Goods Company Not In- | volved in Failure. 3 New York, June 25.—The biggest, mercantile failure in the history of the | United States was precipitated today when receivers were appointed for the H. B, Claflin company of this. city. The company, it is estimated, owes mere than $30.000,000 which at the present time it is unable to pay. Its assets are said to be $44,000,000. John Claflin, head of the concern, and its chief individual stockholder, is the owner of a chain of nearly thirty other goods enterprises throughout the vhich are involved in the fail- Receivers for several of these named today, and simiiar action, induce J. P, Hornn‘&' company 3 other Wall street banking interests to loan him money to tide nvrfi;-; barrassments. These bankers, learned, advanced the company several million” dollas about tw tically the whole $30,000,000 would . save of the rest. continued ment Their business under receivers until_their flnancial -af- Banks Hold Notes. From 3,000 to 5,000 banks in all parts of ‘the United States compose the bulk 1 creditors. They - hold ing the major part of the notes are said to have by the various Claflin stores endorsed by H. B. Claflin com- | any and the proceeds used, when dis- cing their needs. The United Drygoods company, $51,000,000 corporation financed sev years ago by J. P. Morzan & company to take over other Clafin the Associated Merchants' | was wisest course to pursue. meeting Mr. Clafitn s said Neither is the *Assox company, owned by the United Dry- zoods company, and which in _turn owns one-half of the H. E. Claflin company and a number of stores, princip: v Clafiin Resigns Mr. Claflin, who both ‘the dry goods and associated merchants’ companies, resigned those positions today, and it is understood that when the H. B. Claflin company is reorganized its connection with both the former companies will be perma- nently severed. Cornelius N. Bliss, son of the lats New York dry goods merchant of that name, was elected to succeed him. According to Mr. Claflin, the failure was due to the unprecedented shifting of trade centers in New York cit which compelled the concern to re mainly upon its retail stores in other cities for its profits. “Their rapidly extendine busine: he sald, “occasioned large capital quirements which we have not been able to meet.” ated s President. president of ! = FIGHT MASSACHUSETTS PLAN. | Vote Not to Accept Conditions of Pro- posed Law. i Hartford | lal meeting | 1 the legisla- | tive situation in Massachusetts in its | Searing upon the arranzements arrived | at between the department of justice at Washington and the road’s representa- tives for the road’s relinquishment of certain of its subsidiaries. A resolution was unanimously pass- ed declaring that the directors counid not accept the conditions of the pro- law, requiring That each certificate of stock of the Boston and Maine held for the bemefit of the New Haven compgny by the Boston Ralilroad Holding company sold by the liquidators in pursuance with the agreement between the government and the New Haven road, shall be stamped with a provision that the of stock represented by the ertificates shall always be subject to be taken up by the state at a price to be fixed by agreement or by a court. This condition, according to the reso- lution, would make the shares unsal- able and aiso would place the com- pany in a worse position than if it were compelled to sell its shares by Gecree of the federal court. It the bill should be passed in its present formy, the resolution indicates That the company will contest it in the courts. N The contention is madé in the reso- lution that unless the stock can be s0id at & fair price within the Limited time allowed by the agreement with the United States “the shareholders of the New Haven will sustain a great loss and this provision prevents such a any Mextcan United States unless it is accomplish- ed at a serfous loss to the company.” Man Drowned at Lakewood. Waterbury, Conn,, June 25—Peter White, aged '35 years, was drowned at Lakewood this afternoon. A compan- ion diving into the water upset the boat, and White, who could not swim, drowned in 15 feet of water. His body was recovered early tonight. Mme. Burgeon, a diving girl with the New England shows, playing here this week, assisted In recovering the bedy. Decrease In Wells Fargo Dividend. New York, Jupe 25.—Wells Fargo & company teday deelared a semi-annual dividend of 8 per cent, a reductlon of 3 per cent. from the ~previous rate. Since 1808 the company has been pay- ing annual dividends of 10 per cent. Three Suspects Arrested at Iufi..\ Lo i 1 eve were on o? ‘Oharles . Moyer. ‘vh. Horseshoers Oppeose Prehibition. _Memphis, June al Assoctation of shoers in con | Bibition.