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fciMk A" or VOL LI.-NO. .116. NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 17, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTS. RIFLED THE REGISTERED MAIL Six Robbers Held Up Train Near Spokane AMOUNT OF BOOTY One Report Says that More was Secured Bandits Cut Off Postal Car and Ran it Two Miles from Balance of Train Passengers No Molested Road Offers Bpokane. Wash., May 18. After the holdup of a Great Northern passenger train by six bandrts between Colbert and Mead, last night, twelve persona were injured when the locomotive and the mail .car, cut off from the rest of the train, ran back wild after tiie ban dits had rifled the mails of an un known amount, and collided with the rest of the train, which had been left standing where the bandits sot pos session of the train. Having taken the detached mail car down the track & considerable dis tance, the robbers looted the register ed mail and, reversing the engine, sent the locomotive and the mail car crashing back into the passenger coaches. The conductor saw the wild cars backing down the track at 25 miles an hour, and he and another trainman placed a tie on the track to stop their flisrht. but the cars.thougta partly stop ped by this mean plunged into the coaches, throwing passengers from their seats and cutting them with glass from the broken windows. A train man, never to the tack, sprang aboard the locomotive as the collision oocur e4 and shut oft the steam, stepping the karoo. Bandits Sprang Into Cab. When the train reached Colbert late last night some switching had to be done. VThUe the engine crew was busy at this work, two men sprang Into the cab and, thrusting revolvers against the bodies of Engineer William Miller and "Fireman John Hail, ordered them to do aa commanded. The engineer aad fireman complied, and the mail care were cut oft from the rest of the train by four other robbers. The loco motive and majl car were then run up the track a few miles. Next the en gineer and his fireman were forced to leave the cab. Two of the robbers went to the door of the mail car and ordered it opened. Their command was obeyed by Benjamin F. Stupf.mail clerk, who wa hurried away from the cars wh the engineer by a dozen re volver shots. Manning the locomotive themselves, the outlaws took the mail cars down the track and stole the reg istered mail. Tien they started the locomotive back towards the rest of the train and escaped. Passengers Knew Uothing of the Hold' up. Conductor C. L. Robertson had a brakeman cut in the telegraph wire to THE REGESTER MURDER. Providence Police Using Dragnet in Last New Clue. Providence, R. I., May 16. What the pclice believe to be a possible new clue developed today In the investigation of the murder of Miss Laura E. Regester. sho was strangled to death last Mon day night, and they are again extend ing the dragnet to round up this latest uspect. The unexplained absence of the man In question is regarded as more sig nificant because he disappeared imme diately after the ' publication of the story of the girl's death. An effort will lie made to locate him and ques tion him as to his whereabouts last Monday night. Except for this very uncertain development there was little new in the situation today, and the in vestigation seemed practically at a standstill. ASHORE ON BLOCK ISLAND. Steamer Bay City and Barge Britannia Struck in Fog. Block Island, R. I., May 11 The whaleback steamer Bay City, towing the barge Eritannia, bound from New- pert News for Providence, went ashore in the thick fog tonight on Southwest Point, half a mile from the Block Is land life saving station. The barge remained afloat and was not Injured fr.ut the steamer titruck on the island inside the ledges. She stove a hole in her bow and is full of water. Both steamer and barge are carrying car Goes of 5,000 tonss of soft coal each. The Bay City is not in a bad posi tion and a wrecking tug will come from New London in the morning and ettempt to float her. The crews of loth vessels remained on board to lght. FOE OF THE GYPSY MOTH. Connecticut Man Goes to Japan to In vestigate a Parasite. New Haven, May 1. G. C. Clin ton, botanist of the Connecticut agri cultural experiment station, has gone to Japan, representing Massachusetts parties, to investigate a fungus para site which, has proved destructive to the gypsy moth in that country. If the results are satisfactory, Mr. Clin ton will try the fungus in Massachu setts. Strike of French Postmen Practically Dead. Paris, May 16. The postal strike is now practically dead. The government officials announce that only four hun dred men are out and these -- ex- pectea' to return tomorrow. At a meeting tonight three thousand postal employes listened to" violent harangues irom labor leaders, who prophesied that grave events would happen to morrow in the direction of action by the outside unions. A resolution was adopted that the struggle be continued to a finish,' Lone Balloon Flight in Drizzling Rain, North - Adams, Mass., May 16 A lone balloon flight by W. F. White house, of New York, one of the neces sary qualifications for a pilot's license. ,T.vns made today in a drizzling rain. Rising at 9.15 a. m., the air currents carried the balloon Greyloek over a varied course to Sunderland, Vt.. an Ir fine distance of 27 miles in exactly two hours. The landing was affected without mishap on a farm in that tcwa. i - Great Northern Fast Mai TAKEN NOT KNOWN than Twenty Thousand Dollars Big Reward. send word to Spokane. While he was busy telegraphing, about a half hour after the locomotive and mail car had disappeared, he saw the powerful lo comotive careening1 towards the coaches, in which many persons were asleep, for the robbers had acted qui etly in seizing the mail car. Many of the passengers knew nothing ot the holdun unta awakened by the collision. which was only eased by the quick work or tne trainmen. No One Fatally Hurt. As sson as Robertson realized that a collision was imminent, lie sailed on the brakeman and porters to aid him. While the conductor and another man threw a tie -across the track, a brake man stood ready to board the cab a9 soon as the shock of the collision checked the impetus of the wild loco motive. The mail car was partly de railed by the tie, and the wheels plow ed Into the ballast while the steam im pelled the locomotive wheels to whirl on the rails. The brakeman was in stantly in the cab, were he seized the throttle and shut off the steam and aoolted the brakes. Passengers, turn bled from seats and jousted in berths. rushed out to ascertain-the cause of the shock. None was latally hurt. Dochors and Depnties on the Scene. Two special train loads of deputies were hurried from Spokane jvhen word of the holdup was reoeived, and doc tors were taken along to care for the injured. No trace of the robbers was found today. One of the Bandicts an Experienced Engineer. While It 1s reported that the ban dits obtained a large sum of money from the registered mail, the amount being placed at J20.UUO. railroad cm cers end mail inspectors say the amount stolen is not known. One of the bandits who entered the cab was more than six feet tall and evidently was an experienced engineer. Aa the two robbers entered the cab this man said to the engineer: "Youe have heard of us" before," indicating that they had been involved in similar holdups in the vicinity of Spokane within the last few months. $10,000 Reward Offered for Each Rob ber. The Great Northern has offered a re ward of $10,000 for each robber cap tured. FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPED. Armed Deputies? and Townspeople Searching for the Convicts. Rutland, Mass, May 16. Half a doz en armed deputies, reinforced by double that numoer of townspeople, took part today In a search for five prisoners who escaped from the hos pital department of the Massachusetts prison camp here last night by sawing off window bars. No trace of the men, who were garbed in the prison uni forms of gray, was found. The men at large are Henry Tyler, colored, 28 years old; Frederick Wil liams, 19' years; Timothy E. O'Cnl laghan, 34 years, and Charles Moore. 27 years, all of Boston; and Joseph Murtaugh, 36 years old, of New York. The men, were serving sentences for larceny and were temporarily inmates of the hospital. Two Men Instantly Killed in Grade Crossing Acoidert. Clinton, Mass., -May 16. John Kelley and Jjhn ibbons were instantly killed tonight in a grade crossing accident, when a locomotive drawing a train from Pittsburg to oSuth Framingham over the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, struck the light carriage in which they were driving. Kelley, who -was 35 years old, was married and leaves a wife and three children. Gibbons was twenty and unmarried. The men were weavers by trade, v Fatal Fall from Window of Prominent Society Woman. Brattleboro, Vt., May 16. An acci dental fall yesterday from a third story window resulted fatally today for tA.o T T." .1 T T , . T T . . . . . .uini x-i tn l, a pi ummeiii so ciety and club woman. She had been confined to her room bv a slight ill. ness and in opening a blind to admit more air lost her balance and fell to the ground. Tacoma Pastor for Hartford Church Hartford, Conn., May 10. Rev. Her bert J. White of Tacoma, Wash., an nounced through a letter of acceptance today that he would accept the nas torate of the First Baptist Church of tnis city. Rev. White will take the place of the Rev. Harold Patterson viho has resigned. Schooner Pulled Off Uninjured. New Haven,- Conn., May 16. The British schooner R. L. Tay, which went ashore just outside the harhnr here last night, was hauled off today. The schooner was not injured and was i .nouna irom St. John for this port. Squabbling the Cause of It. A magistrate who has taken upon himself the difficult task of adjusting domestic troubles says that petty squabbles break up more homes than affinities ever could do. He has no mercy for wife-beaters "and is skepti cal concerning the Influence of so called soulmates on the average mid dle class household, which he stoutly maintains Is moral. In the strongest terms he condemns nagging and squabbling and sounds a warning against the effects of overwork. He is not the only person who believes that In ordinary cases of faithlessness the cause can be found in a cloudy home atmosphere. Bickering Is shamefully common and the causes' too trivial to give an excuse for wasting breath. Use of Relatives. The more relatives a man has the more comfortably he could get along without any of them. N. Y. Press. Cabled Paragraph Paris, May 16. A local court Satur day upheld the validity of a gambling debt. The case was that of George D. Morgan, an American, who lost J3.000 in a Paris gambling: club. He gave a check In payment of the amount, but allowed the paper to go to protest. v- . Colon, May 16. Jacob M. Dickinson! tne secretary ot War, left here yester day on board the Mayflower. He will go direct to Washington. The Secre tary arrived here on April 28, and in the last two weeks has devoted a great deal of attention to canal affairs. Addis Abeba. Abyssinia. May 16. Prince Lidj Jeasgu, aged 13 years, grandson of King Monelik. and heir apparent to the throne, was married today to Princess Romanie, aged 7, the granddaughter of the late emperor J-hn and Niece of Empress Taitou. The marriage is of great importance politically as it unites the two dynas ties and the families of powerful chiefs. ANNUAL Y. M. C. A. SERVICE. Second Church Filled to Hear Indus trial Secretary Towson of New York Reports by Local Association Of ficers. A large congregation attended the annual public-Y. M. C.,A. anniversary service Sunday evening at the Second Congregational church, the other churches in the center of the city hav ing closed to attend this union servfoe. tr. L. L. West, pastor of the church, conducted the service. Prayer was of fered by Rev. P. C. Wright of the Cen tral Baptist church. Rev. E. S. Wor cester of Broadway Congregational church rad the scripture lesson. President A. A. Browning of the as sociation then presented his annual re port, speaking, as he said, to a congre gation of its friends, its workers and its contributors, to all of whom he ex tended thanks for their helpful parts in the work of the year. He paid a high compliment to ihe Woman's aux iliary, without which, he said, and the aid which it furnished, the association could not be carried o nas it had been conducted. The annual meeting had been an encouraging one, as it showed current bills paid and a small bal ance in the tt-easury. Referring to criticism sometimes heard of the loca tion and arrangement of the building. ne said that years had proved these were not well founded, as the income derived from room rental on the top floors amounted almost to the possible revenue from stores on the main floor. The "get together idea" was one which recent conference had emphasized nd in association work is the oppor tunity to apply this' principle in the local field for a helpful work for men along Christian lines. General Secretary Frank H. Merrill was next heard from In a concise an nual report, which was based unon a printed pamphlet distributed, showing the departmental activities of the vear. The membership of 341 (senior " 252. unior ) snowed a gain of 23 over last ear. Among the special features men ioned were the use of the phvsioal t"epartment much more than last year. ana tne tirst aid class conducted un der it. The junior department as a growing and vitally important work, the men's Bible club .conducted by Dr. West and the work of the Women's auxiliary all received srjeeial mention. The concluding address was bv Charles R. Towson of New York, in dustrial department secretary of 'the pternational committee, who cantivat- ed his congregation ' with a messag-e ailing for a vigorous and aggressive Christianity, with an optimistic out look for the uplift of the world. He had no apologv to offer, he said, for the failure of the church, for the king dom of God is conquering and never was a day when it was more notent and influential, raising the standards higher and higher, than today. He described the welfare work conducted by the association, and the recogni tion of its value by business corpora- ions, w.ncn nave contributed large sums to buildings and the work. It's the work of the kingdom of God 'and men's hearts are responding. This is the day to do things big, and the ques tion is are we seeing the opportunities. A collection for the local work was taken at the- service. After a hymn the benediction was pronounced by Dr. M. S. Kaufman of Trinity Meth odist church. Gratuitous Advice. A man had sat for some lime In a restaurant, looking thoughtfully at his saucer of melting Ice cream. At last he left his chair and made his way to the proprietor. "I see you advertise that you make your own ice cream," he said, in a con fidential tone. "I do, sir," said the proprietor. "Well," said the man, "would you permit me to give you a little pointer? I won't charge you a cent, and it'll be money In your pocket." "Glad to hear it, I'm sure," said the proprietor. "Get somebody else to make it," said the man, in a hoarse whisper. Youth's Companion. All in the Mind. On the opening day of one winter session the late Prof. Tait of Edinburgh university entered the natural philos ophy classroom In the midst of the up roarous applause common to those oc casions. Presently he looked up at the tu multuous benches above him with the smile of one who had known the ways of students for a lifetime. At last, when a momentary lull came, he remarked, his gray eyes twinkling: Gentlemen, I must remind vou that there is really no such thine aa noise J m a few hours ,he Patl(?nt will be out Tti- Jlli . . aSnolseiof danger. This simple remedy has it is merely a matter of subjective ln&l never failed to cure this too often fatal pression." Youth's Companion. Flowers for the Prima Donna. It is sard that the opera stars do not recelye as many flowers as formerly. The treasurer of a certain company said to me the other day: "Tea years ago it was nothing for a prima donna to receifTIn a singU night $2,000 or J3.000 worth of flowers. If one of the best gets $500 worth after a great per formance nowadays she is mighty lucky. It used to keep most of our ushers busy handing floral pieces over the footlights, or spilling them on the heads of the musicians. One usher can take care of the job now." N. y. PrM. Shooting Affair At Willimanlic POLICE HASTENED TO 'THE SCENE IN AUTOMOBILES. TAFTVILLE MAN INVOLVED. Two Shots Fired at Antonio Revello by Domonecco Rodgers, a Section Hand Both Men Arrested. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, May 16. As a result of a shooting affray near Jackson place this afternoon at 6.30, two Italians are locked up at police station. Domonecco Rodgers, 26, a section hand, is chargcJJ with assault with intent to kill, and Antonio Revello, aged 27,' of Taftville, is held on the charge of carrying con- cealed weapons. Rodgers is alleged teJ haye flrjd two shots from . revolver at Revello. Both bullets went wild of their intended mark. Headquarters were notified and Cap tain Richmond and officers were soon on the scene in automobiles. They lo cated Revello in an Italian grocery store on Jackson street. A revolver was found on him and Policeman Krnander took him to police station at 6.30 o'clock. Captain Richmond and officers scour ed the neighborhood, but could not find the other man. There were many who claimed to have seen him flee, but ail were loath to admit his identity, .being thoroughly frightened because of con- 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th templated Black Hand agents. A num ber of witnesses have been found who saw the shooting and can Identity the man. Upon information it was assumed Rodgers was the man wanted and Po liceman Ernander nabbed him as he was about to go to his room at the Irvin house and took him to bead ouarters at 8.15. He stoutly .-denied his complicity in the affair and in the interim it Is believed he disposed of his gun. Rodgers, it is said, is much feared and has threatened that before he left town the citizens would know he was around. He was in police court last October, but was released on payment of a nominal fine. Sunday night at 10 o'clock Rodgers was identified by Miss Anna L. Rob inson, who was seated in the doorway of Herbert W. Smith's house in Jack son place, and saw the affair. She says she saw Rodgers draw a revolver and fire two shots at Revello and then run down the all?y. putting the revolver in his pocket as he ran. Mr. Smith alsf Identified, and Mrs. Hines will testify that he was the man who knocked, over her child while running away. CHELSEA LODGE IS ) OPENED FOR SEASON Flfet of Launches Makes First Trip of Season There Float in Place. Chelsea lodge at Scotch Cap on the west bank .of the Thames, the summer place of the Chelsea Boat club, was opened up for the season on Sunday by a party of the club members. The party left the boathouse on the West Side shortly before 9 a. m. In a small squadron of power launches and were down at the lodge in an hour and three-quarters. Two of the boats were towing the heavy float which is anchored off the iodge. E. Lewis Young in the Gladys with Daniel S. Haviland, both mem bers of the lodge committee, and Her bert E. Wightman in the Uncas were the scouts of the fleet and got there first, while George A. Richmond's Frankie T., with Charles H. Haskell's 35-footer, did the towing. Mr. Rich mond had Clarence Brown and Mr. .Lowman as assistants, while Charles F. Whitney was at the wheel and Mr. Haskell looked after the machinery of his boat. On the raft Janitor Geary was in churge. On arrival at the lodge a nest of robins were found to bo the only ten ants and these ware undisturbed. Ev erything was found in good shape and put In order for the summer uses. Other visitors during the day were Arthur L. Peale. chairman of the lodge commit tee. Walter M. Buckingham and Mr. and Miss Portelance. Captain Haina to Be Arraigned for Sentence Today. Flushing, N. Y., May 16. Captain Peter C. Haines, Jr.. U. S. A., convict ed of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club, will be arraigned for sentence before Justice Garretson in the supreme court tomorrow. The maximum penalty under the convic tion is years, Put the court ma at its discretion impose a sentence of one day, one Week or one year, or even suspend sentence altogether. Hot Onions and Pneumonia. Hot onions, according to a French physician, are said to be a . sure cure for pneumonia. The remedy is as fol lows: Take six or ten onions, accord ing to size, and chop fine; put large pan over a fire, then add the same quantity of rye meal and vine gar enough to make a thick paste. In the meantime stir thoroughly. Then put in a cotton bag large enough to cover tne Jungs, ana apply to chest as hot as patient can bear.. In about ten minutes apply another, and thus con tinue by reheating the poultices, and malady. Usually three or four appli cations win ne stimcient. London Tit Bits. The Cause of Weak Hearts. An invec.-'j "i, is o W made of the cause i? vie weak hearts of the midshipmen a Annapolis. One reason may be that the naval academy is-it-uated so near the city of pretty girls. Baltimore American. Will Make No Changes. A Boston man tells us that we can live to be several huadred years old on a diet of pie and nuts. He neglects to tell us the kind of pie and nuts, how ever, so we"ll just have to go ahead and die as per schedule. Cleveland Leader. Didn't Demand Recount. Abdul Hamid is not. ater nil. fcoliUci&n. Cluoaau Beook-d-ileraJd. Never Such Luxurious Fruit AVERAGE OF THREE AND A HALF CENTS A QUART. DELAWARE STRAWBERRY SEASON Opens Today $750,000 to $1,000,000 Estimate Placed on the Crop Poor Farmers to Become Rich. Dover, Del., May 16, Tomorrow the great strawberry season df 1909, which is expected to make some rich men out o poor farmers in Delaware, will open. Never in the history of peninsula fruit growing have such luxurious berries hung from the vines. From $750,000 to $1, 000,000 is the estimate placed on the crop of Delaware's three counties alone. It is admitted, however, that tlie million dollar figure will only be realized in case good prices prevail throughout the season. The $750,000 estimate allows an average of three and one half cents a -uart for the ripened fruit. - CANOE UPSET IN THE CONNECTI CUT RIVER. Schenectady Young Man Drowned Narrow Escape of Companion. Hartford, Conn.. May 1C. Following the upsetting of a canoe on the Con liecticut River here today John La Belle of Schenectady, N. Y. was drowned, and his companion, Henry A. Todd, narrowly escaped the same fate. In attempting to fix the rigging of the canoe in which they were satl irg, it upset throwinug both men into the water. Todd, who could swim but verv little. mannered o reach the iilin tin an exhausted condition. La Belle could noot swim and sank. The body has not been recovered. La Belle was 22 years lod and had bfen visiting his sister. Mrs John La Plant of West Hartford. Todd lis 18 years old and lives on New Britain Avenue. FUNERALS. Irving Edward Hill. On Friday afternoon from 1 until 1.30 o'clock the body of Irving E. Hill lay in state at the Masonic temple and many took the opportunity of viewing the remains. At 2.30 o'clock a public service was held at Masonic temple at which Rev. Joseph F. Cobb, pastor of the Universalis! church, officiated He read two poems. Crossing the Bar and Blessed Are They. He also made an address in which he spoke words of comfort to the family of the deceased and gave a most fitting eulogy, refer ring to the many virtues of the de ceased and stating that he had made the most of his opportunities and led a model life. The services were held in the lodge room. Mrs. George W. Beebe sang Abide With Me. The bear ers were James C. Fitzpatrick. Williatn W. Ives, Herbert M. Lerou and Daniel F. McNeil, members of the local Ma sonic lodges. There were many beau tiful floral forms attesting the esteem in which the deceased was held. Among them was a large standing cross from the head office of Armour & Co. at Chicago, two forms from the employes where he worked at Portland, Me., a large pillow marked At Rest and forms from the Masons, tne N. E. O. P. and a number of others. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery', where the services were conducted by Somerset lodge. No. 34, F. and A. M., Worshipful Master J. C. Mc-Pherson and Chaplain Justin Holden officiating. Solemn Strikes the Funeral Chime and Nearer, My God, to Thee were sung oy Mrs. Beebe, the benediction being pro nounced by Rev. J. F. Cobb. Funeral Director Gager had charge of the ar rangements. Mrs. William L. Webster. At 2.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon the funural of Mrs. W. L. Webster was held from the parlors of Church & Al len, at which there were many relatives and friends present, including a delega tion from Hope Rebekah lodge. No. 21. I. O. O. F. The services were con ducted by Rev. Dr. M. S. Kaufman, lastor of Trinity M. E. church, and there were a number of floral forms. Burial was in Yantic cemetery, and at the grave the services were in charge of the Rebekahs. Mrs. Grace Wilioy i nobl grand. Mrs. J. M. Durdick as chaplain and Mrs. J. A. Palmer as vice prand. officiating. The bearers were F. J. King, F. E. Greon. E. B. Worth ington and Justin Holdon. Mrs. Webster died at her home in Palmert'iwn on Friday. May 14. after a short illness. She had been ailirte for some time, but her illness had been considered serious for only a few days. She was native of Preston, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James An drews, her maiden name being Edith L. Andrews. Her home has been in Palmertown for many years, where she was well known and held in high es teem by all. She is survived bv her husband and one daughter, Maud Ben- iien. ny ner nrst marriage. She xu a niece of W. N. Andrew of this city. Crocociiies Aiong the Nile. At the sound of the shot the whole of this bank of the river, over the ex tent of at least a quarter of a mile, sprang into hideous life, and my com panions and I saw hundreds of croco diles, of all sorts and sizes, rushing madly Into the Nile, whose waters along the line of the shore were lashed into white foam, exactly as a heavy wave had broken. It could be no exaggeration to say that at least a thousand of these sau rians had been disturbed at a Single shot. Strand Magazine. Not Scared. "Were you frightened during the battle, Pat?" asked a sergeant of an Irishman who had received his "bap tism of fire."' "Not a bit, sor," replied Pat. "Oi can face most anything when Oi have back to iL" Unidentified. Condensed Telegrams The President Created a board to supervise purchases of supplies for the government. A Despatch from Constantinople says mat martial law may be continued in the capital for months. Learning that Magistrate Walsh had died poor, his associates made up a fund of $1,000 for his widow. Leading Bankers and Merchants in London have protested apainst provi osins in the budget recently introduced. Dr. Osier, Speaker Cannon and Am bassador Hryce spoke at the National Tuberculois Convention in Washing ton. The Friars' Festival at the New York Theater netted $6,000 to the or ganization. iFnescA - Mayor McClellan dismissed Commis sioner of Accounts Gallagher on charges of unfairness, inefficiency and insubordination. Secretary MacVeagh warned politi cians that he would not encourage in terference with Collector Loeb's policy in the custom house. ..Resenting what they regarded as dictation. Senators- La FoUette, Money and others read lectures to Senator Root during the debate on the tariff till. F. Augustus Heinz was indicted on If. counts charging misapplication off the New York Mercantile National hank's funds while he was its presi dent. The Disclosure of a Plot to assassi nate the governor ot the province of Hunan is the cause of alarm in official circles, according to a despatch from Pekin. The Appellate Division agreed with General Benjamin K. Tracy that the city debt limit of New York was $li.- 100.000 on Oct. 31 last. The question now goes to the court of Appeals. Annie Gerqslv of New York Sent a Threatening letter. signed "Black Hands," and a "bomb" to herself in order to make her sweetheart propo.se. so tnat no might protect nor better. She was arrested, but quickly released with a warning. OBITUARY. Mrs. W. H. Webb. The death of Eliza A., widow of William H. Webb. occurred at her home. No. 1 Thames street, at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been In poor health a number of years, but was confined to her bed only a week, dea.th resulting from diabetes. Mrs. Webb was- born in Salem, her maiden name being Eliza A. Walden, but she had resided in Norwich prac tically all of her life. On December 5. 1847, she was united in marriage to William H. Webb in this city by Rev. Mr.. Rising, at that time pastor of the First Baptist church, of which Mrs. W-bb was one of the oldest members. Mr. Webb died January SO. 18S8. During the war he enlisted -in the 18th Connecticut vol unteers, and was a molder by trade, having workeod many years "for the Vaughn Foundry company. Mrs. Webb is wtirvived bv a son and a daughter. William F. Webb of Wor cester, and Miss EUzabeth L. Webb of this city; two brothers. Oliver Wal den of Waterbury, Henry Walden. in the Soldler.V home at Noroton: throe sisters. Mrs. Edmond Ewen of this city. Mrs. Edward Mathewson of Wal lingford. Mrs. Olive R. Sweet of War ren. R. I. There are also three grand children. Mrs. Webb was held In high esteem by a large number of friend, and her dath will be the cause of sincere re grett. She was a woman of true Christian eharaoetr. and her kind and sympathetic disposition retained her many- friends. She was devoted to her family. Manager Hawker Leaves. Manager A. G. Hawker of the Postal Telegraph company has presented his resignation, and will leave the early part of this week for Conneaut. Ohio, near COIeveland,' where he has a posi tion as inspector with the Tungstollier company, manufacturers of electrical fixtures. He has been located at the local tel graph office for about two years, making many friends by his r-courteous business methods, and it will be with regret that his friends soy good-bye. Operator W. B. Hynds is to Is" in eharse until another man ager is appointed. Moran's Clock Working. John A. Moran' electric clock at the corner of Main and Shctiuket streets has again entered the pul.lic service, ait?r u pe.-:0d of rest r a useful public servant at that spot, and many will be glad to see its hands avaiii traveling faithfully around the dial plate. ALCOHOL UNDER OTHER NAMES. Light Shed on Various Temperance Beverages in England. A hoard of experts has recently mad its report to the British gov ernment on the intemperate character of temperance drinks sold in the United Kingdom. It finds that many of the most popular beverages coming under this category contain all the way from two to twelve per cent, of alcohol. The British taxation laws take no cognizance of beverages con taining less than two per cent, of al cohol, but three-quarters of the sam ples of famperance drinks examined by the board far exceeded that propor tion. Some apparently herb beers were found to contain as much alcohol as claret or Rhine wine. The English public has been greatly surprised by this report, and its capacity for aston ishment is proof that England has had no experience worth mentioning with "stomachic bitters." Our goverumeut, on the other hand, as a result of investigation some years ago, found that gin by another name was drunk In quantities that defraud ed the internal revenue. Smashes ths Record. A hypothetical question of 31.000 words is the Marathon of lis kind. A llama Journal. ALL EYES ON THE The One Quiet Figure Preservation of COMMANDER MAHM0UD SCHEFKET PASHA Looked to by the Civil Branches of the Government to Deal Promptly with Factions or Persons Dangerous to the New Order of Things Adana Disorders in Process of Solution. Constantinople, May 16. Mahmoud Schefket Pashii, commander of the Turkish constitutional for.os, bota land and sea, is the man most frequently in the thoughts of those observing or dealing with the confused politics of the day In Turkey. He is the one quiet figure upon whom rests the preserva lion of order, and the civil brunches of the government look to ' - impose their liberal rule upon the empire und to deal promptly with persons or fac tions dangerous to the state. Foreign Military Men Amazed. The skill and celerity with which General Schefket brought, the third army corps and part of the second army corps before Contantlnopio and occupied the capital has amazed the foreign military men here. General Schefket has been some thing of a man of mysterv. which im pression ho has h"en taking trouble in recent days to remove. Thorough Investigation of Adana Dis , orders. The dlsorde- in Adana province, General Scln rki t said today, were In process of solution. The courtmartlal there could bo trusted to make a thor ough Investigation and provide ade quate punishment for the guilty. The agitation in the fourth army corps nt REFRIGERATING AND ICE PLANT FOR WAUREGAN HOUSE. Six Ton Machine Will Be Installed at Once Complete and Modern Outfit. The Parker-Davenport Co. signed a contract on Saturday wi;h the Itrscn Baker Co. of Omaha, Neb., whereby they , will Immediately commence the installation of a plant for cooling the various meat bo."s and supply" boxes In the kitchen and various parts of the hotel, and also the making of 1.000 pounds of ice each day for the use in the dining rooms and various cafes in the hotel. The work for this plant will be rushed through as soon as pos sible, the contractors agreeing to have It ready for use in forty days from date. When this plant Is completed the Wauregan house will have one of the most complete and modern hf plants c f any hotel In the country, although of course not as large as some otiiers. There will be eight large boxes for various uses in the hotel as follows: One box for the hotel cafe, where all cut mai. cold meats and all supplies for immediate use In the kitchen are kept. Also another box for the ex clusive use of the hotel. biker, where can be kept everything which is used in his department and which is Hep entirely separate from th", box con taining meats, etc. There will alio be still another box in the Ftoir:om where is kept butter, milk and cream cheese, berrie. fruits of nil kinds, etc There will also be a large su box for Tibs and loins of beef, poultry of all kinds, and all meat as it is re ceived from the market, where It can be kept at a certain temperature and allowed to Improve with ntf. There will be a large box for milk, butter, cheese and eggs, and which will be used for nothing else, thus insuring the having of good sweet milk and butter at all times. All of the various boxes can be kept at a different temperature from each other, and as some things need to be kept colder than others the benefit of this can be easily seen. As will be seen by the above, the improvements of th. Wa.ireuan still go on. and when completed It will be one of the most complete and con venlent hostolrles in the country. The Ice machine to bo installed will be a six ton machine with a cooling capacity of six tons of Ice a day. All the nri-hinery. which wtil include the machine, a twelve hore power electric motor and the pump, will he located in the engine room of the hotel, whirl I in the basement. The brine tank is 13x2 1-2x6 and into this will (it ten cans for making the ice. the rakes weighing ion pounds. Boiled water will he used in the making of this ice, which will amount to half a ton a day and will be used for -the drinking water, bar. etc. Boiling the water In sures the Ice being clear. The large supply box is located In the hotel yard but the others are In the lintel. The rystem is the same as recently Install ed by the Allcn-Becman Co. Entertained in Norwich. Eight members. .Mrs. Thomas Latham. Mrs. Lucy Hurlbult. Mrs. George F. Dean, Mrs. Sarah Colvrr. Mrs. Court land E. Colver and the Misses SarHh Latimer, Kate B. Colver and Laura Perkins, of the Gales Ferry auxiliary of the Woman's Home Missionary so ciety enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. I''ranklin If. Brown at her home on i.anr"! Hill avenue. Norwich, last w4k. Mrs. Nelson T. Crowell and Miss Kuih Phillips assisted the usual literary pro gramme with songs and musical selec tions. The next meeting of The society wll! be held in June at the home of Mrs. Sarah Colver at the navy yard. New London to Norwich. ' ' Dr. W. W. Faatz of the King Dental company, who has recently been en rolled among the city's long distance walkers, added another tally Sunday afternoon to his record of road work. This time it was the New London to Norwich trip, on wl.i h he was accom panied by Thomas McGulnnoss and David Barry. They were not out for speed records, but came along at a good gait, with some stops, and did the distance in Just five minutes more than three hours. It was a very comfortable day for walking. ' Ssbieski Society Dance. Froehliclikeit hall on Talinnn street had a large mnvil Saturday night at a concert, reception and dance 'yen by 7ing John 111 Sobieski society. A con cert was given in the early part of the evening, followed by the recent ion und dance. The music ;:n by the Slater ronsn Dana or jewett city. w. I.on kiewitz and 1 Kolcnkiewujt were the I co'iiuuttee in charge. MAN OF MYSTERY Upon Whom Rests the Order in Turkey the houdqiiarter In Erzerum had ceased, most of Ihe mutineers and de serters having boon nrrested. In con clusion Ccneral Schefket said: "Wo desire very much to have the oo will, sympathy and moral support of the Americans In the present move ment toward betier government." A Man of Extreme Composure. General Srhefkets whole iay after 9 o'clock In the morning Is allotted to military business. He Is a tall, wide bhouldered. thin Arab of Bagdad, with, some Georgian blood. Ho Is a man of f xtreme composure, only his eyes shine like those of an enthusiast. Harem Women Bid Farewell to Yildla Palace. Constantinople, May 1. Eighty women from Abdul Hnmlds harem, richly dressed and veiled, were driven In carriages today under the escort nf four ouniieh and a troop of cavalry from the Ylldiz to the ancient seraglio palace, which has been unoccupied eime about 1S24. Curious bystanders v.-ero driven away from the exit of the Yiliilz palace by a guard of soldiers. Following the carri.iyen n a train of wggons with biiKsaun. The Ylldis I heing made ready f'r the aiImislon of the public. .Mont of the former sul tan's slaves have beon freed. BOYD WINS THI8 TIME Over Greenevilla Course in 19 Minutes 47 Seconds Gadle, Former Winner, Comes in Third. Whh fifteen runners lined up on North Main street, nt Eighth street. In Greencrlllo, the word Go, for the sec ond throe mile rond race over the East Side, was given Saturday afternoon at 4.03 o'clock by Starter James Connors. The rare was won by William Boyd, In 19 minutes 47 seconds, John Martin finished second, and Joseph p. Gadle, who won the rare over the same course three weeks ago in 20 minutes 40 seconds, was third. Avory Corey led until he crossed the Preston bridge. Then Boyd and Corey began the fight for first place. Corejr was compelled to withdraw between the Jennings and Chapman places on Hamilton avenue-. Boyd finished at Fifth street a aooil 100 yards In front of Martin, behind whom about In yards was tiadlc. Krenskl was fourth. Tim other runners were well strung out, but all flniHliod except Corey, who was ehausted. Those who tarte. were John Chlmoskl, Francis Tan drcau, John Downing. William Krenskl, David Shahan, Thomas Shahan. Avery Corey. John Martin. William Boyd. Jo seph P. Gadle, Frank Qulnn, Joseph Casey. Fred Fleming, William tiupa and Patrick McMahon. Boyd, who Is 10, finished fresh ant could undoubtedly have cut dvrwn hi time materially had he been pushed. The Judges were K. R. Corey, John Ih-ath and F. J. Murtha. It was announced that the st-eond race, in which the three who finished first Saturday will compote for the te set which Is offered as a trophy to th contestant who first scored two wln, will take place next Saturday, starting at Sixth street at fi o'clock. The' hour Is fixed at 6 In order to avoid the heat as much as possible. Just before the main event there will b a rare for contestants from 8 to 11 years old over the same three mile course. Th prizes will he a chest protector, a hJl nd hat and a glove. Among the bovs of this class who are practicing for th1 rare Is Everett Corey, 10 yrnri old, who has done the distance In 25.32. THAMES RIVER CHANNEL. Increased In Depth and Changed Somewhat As To Center. .. The weekly notice to mariners, pub lished Friday and issued by the light board and coast and geodetic survey, contains the following notice of In' creased depth in Thames river be tween New London and Allyti's TolnL which is of Interest to local naviga tors : Throush the courtesy of the chief of engineers, C. A. Army, a copy of a survey of tins c huiiiivl In Uie Thames river in the vicinity of Bartlett's and Gale's Ferry, has been received. Examination of the survey shows that a channel of 2o0 tret wide and ! f c t deep st mean low w ater hut been dredged through the shoals at tho cross ovr just below Burtli tt's. ani another, of the same width and depth through the shoals ahreast ilorton's Cove, ro that there is now a dcoth rt 20 feet between New Iindon and Al lyn's Point. The centre line of the channel at the .ross-over brlon- tlnrtlett's begins at a point between Ice House Light No. 3 und the wharf nt the point eastward of it. about 120 yards from the outer end of the wharf, and lends 3J4 de. grees. 20-minutcs true (NNW 3-Uths W mng.) for a dihtanre of about one mile, to t.'ie deeper water Just above Bi.rtletfs. The centre line of the second section of the c.rei'ged channel begins at a poli.t al rrast the first w harf cm th r.orthwestcrn side of the river above Mont llle .(opposite Clark's cove), kit arils from Its outer end, and leads 35 d grees. 20 minutes true i.VK 1-8 K mng) a distance of about 590 yards: thence 5.1 d' rrees. !." minutes true (NE by E U-ltith K mag.t to deeper water In the natural channel below Al'.yn's Point. Band Gave Dance. In T. A. B. hall Saturday night "a dance was given by the Pulaski band of seventeen pieces, of which Peter Laroche Is leader. Before the danen the bund ave a short parade through the Hlre.MM downtown, after coming from their rooms lit Gi'ecn-vllle. Job for Dog Catchers. Albert J. Hopkins continue a be the dog in the Illinois manner. Ha can't be elected to the t nited States senate himself, and h won't lt any. cn la he t; l"rt li'inax QiiJ fttaju