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1 I"""1 ' 1 - - - NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1909. VOL. LI. NO. 72. PRICE TWO CENTS. MRS. PIERRE LORILtARD A SUICIDE i. Fashionable Dupont Circle at National Capital Shocked by the Tragedy. WIFE OF THE TOBACCO MAGNATE Found by Butler Lying on Floor of Bath Room Autopsy Reveals Death by Gas Poisoning Great Reticence Maintained Concerning the Dramatic Affair Ser vants Declare that She Died of Heart Disease. v Washington, March tZ. Weary of fhe ray whirl of society and face to lace, as ohe believed, with years of physical suffering, Mn Pierre Loril rd, Jr.. aged 4. wife of the tobacco magnate, committed suicide by as phyxiation at her home near the fash ionable Dupont circle In this city today. Her tragic death haa shocked the so cial circle of the capital as nothing ele In jears. Tonight the members of the Iorillard family, famous be cause of Its wealth, are gathering here to mourn over the unexpected blow. In spite of the coroners certificate of death by suicide, members of the fam ily declare that Mrs. Lorillard died of heart failure. Just Returned from Dinner Given in Honer of Lady Paget. The death was made more dramatic bv occurring only a few hours after air. and Mrs. lxirlllard had been the guests of Mrs. Townsend on Maseachu Metis avenue at a dinner given in honor of Lady Paget. In fact, it is believed I hat aa soon as Mrs. Lortllard arrived at her homo at 2S0 Hillyer place, shortly after midnight this morning, .-he began to prepare for her death Butler Detected Odor of Gas. About 8.30 o'clock this morning the butler in the Lorillard residence de lected an odor of gas permeating the rooms With little cKffteulty the origin of the fumes wss traced to .Mrs. Loril lards' apartments. (.prUng the door of the bathroom, Just off of her suite, the butler was horrified to behold the bodv of the mletrees of the hoywe ure'tched out lifeless on the floor. The alarm given by the butler brought Mr. Lorillard from his apartments across the hall. Together tbey carried the limp body to Mrs. Lorillard's room, panic stricken, the servant was dis patched for a doctor, while Mr. Ioril Wd attempted to revive his wife by means of artfpcial respiration. Or. M. V. Cuthbert. the family physician, was eummoned an arrived about the same time that Dr. H. H. Deelo -was admit ted to the residence. Both resorted to every ecientilic, method within their power tii restore life, but after an i.our's effort gve up in' despair. Coroner Notified. Khortly afterward J. Ramsay Nevitt, ,he coroner, was notified. He visited h Lorillard home and after an Inves tigation ordered Deputy Coroner Glaze ronk to jerform an autopsy, upon the completion of which Dr. Nevitt Issued m ertltVata of Aeath by suicide by g""i poisoning. He said later that gas nasi TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE, DEBATE ON. OIL SCHEDULE Ca-llsd Forth Soma Blttef Criticisms of the Standard Coanpany. WsWntr?on, March. K. Ik voluntary i 'vdruiaeion by Mr. Vreeland of New Tom that he was to some extent re wponible for the retention in the Payi-a t.iriff bill of the countervailing du..' on rii irs th- climax of the day'a Jiscu ion of the tariff in the house today. lr Vreeland had sat for some time and liesrd various Insinuations that that Uity. which some have characterized s a "Joker." was to b levied solely in the interest of the Standard Oil com j.a:iy. This ha deuied, and explained that his action was in response to re c nests from thousands of his oil pro ducing ;ontituents and in behalf of five hundred thousand others engaged J it the same bitumens The debate on the oil schedule called forth some bit ler criticism of the Standard Oil com 5ny by Mr. Kuvtermaiin of Wisconsin unit others. In the course of the day numerous speeches were made touching the tar iff question generally, aiul many of the r-.-hedules In particular. The arguments ffoin the democratic standpoint were for a tariff far revenue onjy. while the republican who spoke attacked such rvhedule aa those on- wool, wood pulp and print paper, and rude petroleum At 6.03 p. m. the house adjourned un til tomorrow, when, according to gen eral understanding, a deciiun will reached to meet thereafter at 10 o'clock and remain in session until S p. m.. at w hich time a recess will be -taken until p. m. and the debate continue for three hours. In all likelihood general rfebete on the htt will conclude about Wednesday of net week. THE HIGHEST TIDt IN HISTORY OF GUILFORD Much Damage Den to the Beach Pavilion Washed Awsy. Oillford, ' Conn., March 25. The igheet tide In the history of the town wss recorded here today when the wa ters of the Sound rose from three to four feet bisher than usual. Today's le wss two inches higher than the previous highest tide, which was in UTti. Much damage was done to the frearh here, and many of the roads long the aound were under water most of the day. Boats laid up for the winter were w&Khed away, and erne o them eiadlr damaged. The j'avilion on the Guilford Point house Xier was washed away. The high tide w as occasioned by the high southeast vind. riFTY-SIX HOUtt LrMIT FOR A WEEK'S WORK. Bill Paeeed by the Rhode letand House Bmoloyomont of Children. I'rovldenoe,. Ms rob 2.6. 'A bill estab lishing a Qfty-six hour limit for a week's work was tased bv the state liouse of representatives riay. The naie committee en sf.e Kil legislat.tr. reported "indefinite postponement" ea child labor bill which proviced for a" di catlonal test for the employment of children under IS years, and forbado niploying them to work at.er 7 o'clock In the evening. - City mercan tile houses witioh under the present lew taay emplwy children until 11 o'clock every Saturday evealug and four iiixhir preceding Christmas oy jxtd the new Bieasttif. . Sentenced to Death. PwwUutan. 'Pa., March. IS. Judge feirtley today aeuteuced to death 1ham arid Joe Taylor and Lewis .len Uns. who were convicted yesterday of Jiavlng murdered .Mrs. Mary Elisabeth fkipwith and ";. Walter G. Johnson. Thtv will ? treii1 April 30 . tn Ik fvMUM&tiAry at Jiataumd. V escaping from one or more jets In the bathroom when the body was discov ered and the condition of the lungs In dicated death by gas poisoning. Family Maintain Secrecy. Extreme reticence in being main- tained by the Lorillard family and aln otners wno possess lmorumLiun con ceming the sudden death. Only a few of the most intimate friends have been admitted to the home since the news spread of Mrs. Lorillard's death. Inquiry at the residence met with the declaration that Mrs. lyirillard had not committed suicide. "She died of heart failure," retorted the serv ants. Police Denied Admission. When Coroner Nevitt notified the police of Mrs. Lorillard's death, an of ficer wag eent to the residence to In vestigate, but lie was denied admis sion, being referred to the coroner for such Information as the police depart ment might desire. Deceased Left Note. Mrs. Lorillard left a note which the coroner has seen, but which Mr. Lor illard has declined to give his permis sion for It to be made public. While addressed to no one, it is said, it is personal in its nature. It is understood that 11 contains no declarator! of an intention on the part of Mrs. Lorillard to take her life. Mrs. Lorillard was subject to fre quent attacks of despondency, it is said. Tonight Mr. Lorillard stated that in his opinion, the death of his wife wag not due to suicidal intent, but was the result of an accident, lie is said to have denied that his wife had left a note. Bed Had Not Been Occupied. Mrs. Lorillard's bed had the'appear ance of not bavins been occupied dur ing the night. Mrs. Lorillard had dis robed after arriving home and when found her body was clothed in a dress ing gown. The dog collar of diamonds she wore at the dinner had been re moved before she went to the bath room, but the costly circle of diamonds that adorned her hair had not been displaced. The note was found in Mrs. Lorillard's room. Survived by Tyo Sons. Mrs. Lorillard before her narriaEe to Mr. Lorillard in 1SS1, was Miss Caroline J. Hamilton. She Is survived by two s-T's. one of whom is now trav. e inir in we orient and the other is in tollege in New York. He is expected to arrive in Washington tonight. CIRCUS SEASON OPENED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN First Appearance of the Ringling Brothers in New York. New York, March 25. New York's annual circus season began tonight with the opening performance of the P.ingling show at Madison square gar den. This is the first appearance of the Ringling Brothers in New York, berted that he was a man of indobit Tlie show is proved to be a circus of! able will, with supreme confidence in the type most highly approved by small boys and therefore most highly acceptable to their elders triple ring ed, with different perforanmes ail go ing on at the same time, so that the yuotliful neck and eyes were strained to the utmost in the effort to take ti ail in. There were all the romantic accom paniments of the circus under canvas peanuts and popcorn, the smi ii of saw dust, spangled tights, Roman chariots, dancing ligtits and brass bands. There were new things, too automobiles turning somersaults, elephants using the telephone, chimpanzees in boxing matches, hyenas laughing a new laugh, and pigs driven four-lu-hand by kan garoos, t-'ome of the newest things in styles were seen. too. Edna, the elephant, hud a new 15.0(IO-button gown, while 'nixie, the lady giraffe, appeared in a sensational sheath skirt. FOUR MEN KILLED BY FALLING BRICK WALL Part of Ruins of a Fire of a Month - . Ago. f'hicago; March 25. Four men were killed, Ave were seriously injured and a durain others narrowly Vscaped in jury, here today, when a part of a 35 foot brick wall, left standing after a fire a month ago. which destroyed the butterine plant of Swift & Co." crash ed down tipon them without warning. The men were laying foundation for a new buildinr a few fet from the tottering wall of the butterine plairt when the wall fell, burying the victims in tons of bricks. Jt Is; thought that the wind blew the wall over. The list of dead include R. A. Schmidt, secre tary of the R. A. Schmidt company, contractors; the others killed were laborers. F. H. Rattledge, 3 years old. man ager of the R. A. ."Schmidt company, is among those seriously Injured. Two laborers were missing. YOUNG MAN SPENT $25,000 ENTERTAINING CHORUS GIRLS And Playing the Races Now Held on Forgery Charge. New York, March 25. George Chee ve.r, gon of a former chief of police of Andover, Mass.. who lias been poeing a a Yale man. was arraigned in court today and held in 2.(K(0 bail for trial on a charge of forgery. Cheever. who is 24 years old. is said to have obtained something like JJ0.- si'O in the last six months by means ol forged checks, mainly from the fa thers of college men. He boasted in court the other day that he had spent 126,000 in a few months in entertain ing chorus girls and playing the races. Congressional Directory, First Edition, Distributed. Washington, March i5: The first edition of the Congressional' directory for the (Sixty-first-congress -wan today distributed among senators and mem bers of the house. As if to be in line with the administration it was soon discoveied that "Bill" is the must pop ular given name among members, there being six senators and 44 repre sentatives who ibravely boar this cog nomen. Houce the suggestion that a Bill" club be immediately established t the capltnl. There are tbiry-six "Jaiuu" .In tht two heiMtt eaiubinad. Cabled Paragraphs. Suez, March 25. The cargo from the Herman steamer Marienfels, from Cal cutta and Colombo for Boston and New York, before reported damaged in the Red sea. is being transferred to. the German steamer Tannenfels. Lisbon, March -25. A harmless pis tol duel was fought here today between Minister of Finance Manoel d'Espre gueira and Deputy Caciro Matta. The trouble arose out of charges against the minister, made in the cortes by the dputy. Rome, March 25. Sirs. Lloyd C Griscom, wife of the American am bassador here, who has been ill for a fortnight past, underwent a slight op eration today which, although success ful, wiil prevent her leaving Rome un til May. Berlin, March 25. The story pub lished in the United States today that Prince Eitel Frederick, second son of Emperor William, is to visit members of the Vanderbilt family nt Newport, this summer, wag given official denial here today. London. March 25. King Edward has appointedi the Earl of Granard a knight of the Order of St. Patrick in place of the Ear! of The Earl of GranarI Howth, deceased. was married to Miss Beatrice Mills of New York in January of this year. Colon. March 25. A section of the embankment, S00 feet long, of the re located Panama railroad line at fla tum. has again settled about thirty feet at the same spot where the last movement occurred, in November. The depression will be filled wHh rocks until the former level is reached. Lit tle Importance is attached to the oc currence. Ixindon, March 2." Addressing the Chemical sotietv this afternoon. Sir William Ramsey announced that he had succeeded in transmuting four dif ferent substances into carbon, namely, zirconium, thorium, hydroflutorsllicic acid and bismuth. Experiments with silver nitrate with the object of trans forming silver in the same manner as copper is transformed into lithium gave negative results. WENT ON ROCKS AT ENTRANCE NEW LONDON HARBOR Schooner Hiram Lowell, Coal Laden, Was Seeking Refuge from Storm. New London, Conn., March 25. While trying to make the harbor for protec tion from the storm, the schooner Hiiajn Lowell, bound from New York for Bucksport, Me loaded with coal, went on the rocks at the entrance of the harbor tonght, and immediately began to fill. Captain Cross and his crew of seven men reached shore In a small boat and notified the Scott Wrecking company, but the water was too rough for the tugs to go out. An attempt will be made in the morning to reach her. The Hiram Lowell was built in Gloucester in 1SS2, ad is 95 feett long, with a gross tonnage of 127. CASTRO TO START REVOLT. Announcement of His Intentions Be fore Leaving Paris. Paris. March 2.". Cipriano Castro, ex-prt .si. lent of Venezuela, and the members of his uarty left tfils city this morning for Bordeaux. At the rail road station Senor Castro confided to a email group of Venezuelan adherents and admirers his intention of re-establishing his power in Venezuela by a revolution, should this be necessary. As the train pulled out of the station hig patting words were: "I believe that God and destiny call me back s- Venezuela. I intend to ac complish my mission thern.even though it involves a revolution." Castro's friends were much impress ed by what he had to say. They as- his destiny. AVillemstad, Curacoa. March 25. The commanding officer of the Dutch fleet in these waters today visited the local offices of the French -Steamship com panv and secured detailed information regarding the size, speed, etc., of rhe steamship Guadeloupe, upon which Cl priano Castro sails from Bordeaux to morrow. This occurrence has given rise to a repetition of the rumors that Holland will take some forcible action against Castro at Trinidad, or else where, in case it becomes apparent that he intends to attempt to disembark on Venezuelan territory. Bordeaux. March 25. Senor Castro has elected to land at Trinidad. The agent of the French line formally noti fied him that he must leave the steam er at some port of call before Venez uela. MINERS WILL KEEP AT WORK. Executive Boards to Renew Negotia tions With Operators. Scranton. Pa.. Marrh 25. Having reaffirmed the position which they took last October when they formulated certain demands which have been re jected by the mine operators, and hav ing decided to remain at work while the district officers and the union make another effort to reach an agree, ment with the employers, the delegates to the tri-district convention of the I'nited Mine Workers returned to their homes today. They say they will at once set in motion plans to strengthen the organisation. Jumped 35 Feet From Church Steeple. Greenfield. Mass., March 25. J. C. Powers. 27. was brought to the Frank lin county hoepltal this evening, suf fering from Injuries - received in a jump from the ateeple ofe Congre gational church at WemPTl this aft ernoon while temporarily insane. Pow. ers jumped a distance or" 35 feet. Both his ankles were crushed, and he prob abily is injured internally. Imt his physician expects that lie will recover. Madame Modjeska No Worse. Santa Anna Cal.. March 2i. A con sultation of physicians was held today over Madame Heisna Modjeeka. who is ill at her cottage near this city. Later lr. Boyd, the family physician, stated that while Mme. Modjaeka's condition was no worse than it has been for several days, she was likely to fall into a state of coma at any time and the end might come soon. Steamship Arrivals. At Havre, March 15: La Provence, from New York. At Marseille. March 25: Germania, from New York via Naples. At Genoa. March 23: Manuel Galvo. from New Turk via Cadiz and Barce lona. At Havana, March 24: Oceania, frcu New York. . Duke of the Abruzzi at Marseilles. Marseille. March 2S. The Duke of the Abruxzi arrived here today. .He w ill be a passenger on the steamer Oceanic, which leaves here tomorrow for Bombay. The duke has made ev ery preparation for- bis fjLpedition in I he Himalayas. In the last calendar year Germany's importations aggregated Jfl. 070.0ft" nno n value. nhii th exportation mountad to tl,l,M.0. . - .- .- Hoots, 'Yells and Tin Can Music WITH AN IRONICAL SHOWER OF RICE AND FLOWERS. FAREWELL TO CALIFORNIA GIRL Whose Engagement to a Japanese Hat Aroused Indignation in Her Home Town Will Bo Marrieji at Tacoma. San Francisco, March 25. Amid hoots and Veils.- banging of tin cans and an ironical shower of rice and flowers, Mrs, John . Emery, Wife of Archdeacon Emery of the Episcopal church, am her daughter, Miss Helen Gldays Kmery, whose engagement to Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, has aroused feeling against them, left their home at Corte Madeira last evening. They came to this city but almost immediately departed- for Tacoma, Wash. Can't Get License in Oregon. Portland, Ore, March 25.T-Should Miss Gladys Emery and her Japanese tlance attempt to -outam a marriage license m Oregon, they will find that the state laws forbid the marriage of white with orientals. Knot may Be Tied at Tacoma. Tacoma. Wash., March 25.' If Miss Emery and Aoki coaie to Tacoma to be married, there will be no trouble, as there is no law in this state to pre vent the Issuance of a license in Buch a case. SUIT FOR $800,000 AGAINST E. H. HARRIMAN. John Donovan Claims That Sum Due Him on Railroad Deal. New York, March 25. A suit for IS0O.OU0 has been bt-;un here against E. H. Harrimnn by John Donovan, who claimj that this sum is due him as commission "on the sale in 1S01 of the St. Joseph Railway. Light, Heat and Power company of St. Joseph, Mo. He says that M.r Harriman sold his interest for J4, 400,000. TAXICA.B ROBBER GETS 20 YEARS Revolver-Carrying and Globe-Trotting Were Two of His Habits. New York, March 25. James G. Ja mieson, forty-seven years old, "taxicab robber." master of five languages and a globe-trotter since boyhood, was sentenced today by Judge Mulqueen In general sessions to twenty years' im prisonment in state's prison for high way robbery. The sentence was the maximum penalty. Jamleson and another man, on the nlg"ht of January 22. engaged a taxi cab belonging to the New York Taxi cab company and driven by Harold D. Thompson, and, after going to a num ber of places about the city, directed the chauffeur to drive into 1'entral park. He did so and at a point op posite the American Museum of Nat ural History he was ordered to stop. Then the men inside sprang upon him. bound and gagged him and left him, after taking $35. Jamieson was cap tured later, quite by accident, in a Third avenue restaurant, but the oth er man escaped. . Jamieson had been convicted three times before of carrying concealed weapons. He served two terms here and one in Philadelphia, tarrying a revolver, he told Judge Mulqueen, was a habit with him. Since hoyhn)d Jamieson has spent most of his time traveling. He is a six-footer and of athletic build. He speaks English, German. French, Spanish and Italian, and ha visited every country on the globe. He was born in California. BINGHAM MAY HAVE TO TELL. But Mayor Not Much Interested by Attempted Bribery Story. New York, March 25. District At torney Jerome declined today to com ment on the assertion that Police Commissioner Bingham had been of fered a bribe of $600,000 a year. It was the opinion around the criminal courts' building that Bingham might be shmmoned by the grand Jury to tell something more particular about this mysterious one who dangled such untold wealth before hi very eyes. ff as the commissioner' is reported to have said a person actually did of fer him a bribe, that person was guilty of a violation of the penal code and a criminal attempt to frustrate the ends of Justice by "fixing'' a police officer. The grand jury, it is further alleged, has the power to make the commis sioner tell the name of the briber who approached him. Mayor McClellan denied a statement alleged to have been made by the po lice commissioner to the effect that he (Bingham) reported the attempted bribery to him . immediately after it had been made. The mayor remark ed that he would not take the matter tip w ith the commissioner; nor would be make an investigation. NINTH ANNUAL BANQUET Of New England Street Railway Club Officers Elected. Boston. March 5. The New Eng land Street Railway club, which in cludes in ft membership officials of ever- street railway in the New Eng land statos, held its ninth annual ban quet at Hotel Somerset tonight. A. B. Chapiii, the state treasurer1, represented the commonwealth in the list of after-dinner speakers. Others who addressed the gathering were J. F. Shaw, president of. the American Erreet and Interurban Railway associ ation: J. F. Jackson, formerly a mem ber of the Massachusetts commission: V. F. Sullivan, president of the Old Colony and Boston and Northern St. Railway companies,, and D. Wriht of Providence, the newly elected pres ident of the club. The election of officers at the bus iness meeting held before the ban quet resulted as follows: President, W. D. Wright, Providence; vice pres idents. C. H. Hile. Boston. Calvert TowTiley. New Haven. J. B. Smith, Manahester. - X. H.. F. H. Foote, St. Albans. Vt., E. A. Newman. Port land, Me- M. H. Bronsdon, Providence; secretary, J. J. Lane, Boston; treasur er. N. L Wood, BoBton. m - Now Plan to Bo Followed in Consid eration of Payne Tariff Bill. Washington. March 25. X new plan Is 'to be followed in the consideration of the Payne tariff bill in the house. Tomorrow, It Is understood, the rules committee will bring in a special order to limit general debate to next Tues day aiid to rtlkiw sis day fur the con sideration of the Payne bill under the five minute rule. . Tni house will , be in session daily, commencing Saturday from 10 a. m. to I p. m. and from p. tn.- to It p. m. " " 20 Deputies Fight 100 Negroes THREE OF LATTER KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED 31 CAPTURED. BATTLE IN OKLAHOMA. Result of an Attempt to Arrest Cattle Thieves Negroes Finally Driven from Cover On Deputy Wounded. Guthrie, Okla.. March 25. On the scene of the famous Creek Indian up rising of last year, at Hickory Settle ment, three negroes were killed, live wounded, and SI captured in a bat tle between twenty deputy sheriffs and one hundred negroes. The righting be gan late Wedresday and contirued with interruptions until 10 o'clock to day. Deputies Fled at First Fire. Five deputies went from Henrietta, eighteen miles north, to the negro set tlement to arrest" cattle thives. Thev were met at the edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes and lired upon. Being outnumbered, the five deputies fled. Large Posse Renewed tho Battle. A few hours after the first clash a large posse, heavily armed, reached the settlement. Someone fired a shot and the rioting was on. When night fell the excitement Increased, and negroes roamed through the woods, firing and yelling. The tight continued as a series of du els throughout the night, and shortly after dsyhreak the deputies renewed the attack on the" negroes, who now numbered IOC, against 20 deputies. Negroes Finally Fled. About 300 shots were fired in the last encounter, when the two negroes were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler in jured. The negroes were dislodged from the huts and fled. The deputies pursued and captured forty. i No further rioting Is anticipated. THE BALKAN SITUATION, PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHTER Abdication of Servian Crown Prince a Step Toward Peace. London, March 25. The Balkan diffi culty has assumed a somewhat new aspect, owing to the sensational news of the abdication of the Servian crown prince. The prince hitherto has been considered the leader of the war party at Belgrade.. 'and hts firebrand speech es have done much to inflame the feel, ings of the Servian people. There are nor. wanting those both here and at Vienna who 'believe that ft political move underlies his renunciation. Whether or not this Is the case, it Is certain that the removal of the crown, prince from the scene Is a step making for peace. It will be easier under present condition for Servia to retreat from a difficult situation Advices received here tonight are of 4 distinctly more' hopeful character. All the rumors that Austria-Hungary ir, sending an ultimatum to Servia may be dismissed as unfounded. Great Britain and the other powers are still actively seelting a peaceful issue. NATIONAL SENATE. Introduction of Bills, Memorials and Resolutions Oocupied tho Day. Washington. March 25. The senate was in session only an hour and fifteen minutes today and ajourned until next Monday. Practically all the time, except fifteen minutes spent in execu tive session, was devoted to the intro duction of bills, resolutions and mem orials. Senator Culberson insisted that the memorials from the states be read, instead of bein gonly printed. (me from the state of North Dakota, ask ing for a reduction of the tariff, ex cept on farm producta, seemingly pleased him greatly. The only action taken was the pas sage of the resolution allowing the ro tunda of the capltoi to be used for the ceremonies connected with the trans fer of the remains of Major L'Enfant from a farm in Maryland to the Ar-. lington national cemetery. The senate adjourned at 1.16 p. m. TWO GIFTS OF $50,000 EACH To Phillips-Exeter Academy Scholar ship List Augmented. Exeter. N. H.. March 25. Phillipo Rxeter Acadamy's list of scholarships was augmented today by the addition of $100,000 in two separate gifts of $50,000 each. Hubert F Pescheniacher, '74. who died in Boston, bequeathed $50,000 to the academy for an annual endowment of 1250 to some student of Harvard university who is a graduate of Exeter and la regarded as being pro ficient in his studies. Mrs. Margaret E. Langdale of Cam bridge, Mass.. desiring to commemorate hre late husband. Prof. Charles C Langdale, former dean of the law fac ulty at Harvard, gave Exeter $50,001) as the basis of five scholarships to be known as the Charles C. Langdale scholarships. EAGERLY AWAITED STORK. Dutch People Arc Expecting Birth of Heir to Throne. Amsterdam, March 25. The entire Dutch nation is awaiting momentarily the expected signal from the royal palace announcing the birth of an heir to the throne. Preparations have been made to announce the event with flags by day and with colored flro by night, and gunners are being held In readi ness to Inform the public of the ad vent of a prince or a princess by the firing of cannon. Picture postcards In connection with the accouchement of Queen Wilhelml. na are being sold on the streets. The favorite among these novelties shows a stork bringing a baby hoy to the palace. Pounding to Pieces on Massachusetts Coast. Salem, Mass., March 25 While seek ing refuge in Salt in harbor from the southeast gale the two-masted British schooner Ravola, St. John, X. fjt., for New. York, wgtlv lumber, ran 8n the rocky shore of Winter Island, where she was pounding to pieces at a late hour tonight. Seeing their danger too late 'to save their vessel. The captain and crew of six men put off in a small boat while the . Ravola was driving ashore and escaped.'- - 600 - Runaway Csuplss Married in Rhode Island Last Year. Providence. R. I.. March 25 The claim that some Six hundred runaway couples were married in Rhode Island last year, was urged by Rev. Frank J. Goodwin of Pawtucket In favor of a revision of the state laws at a public hearing at the storehouse today. Rev. Mr. Goodwin-headed a delegation from tht- Rhode Tmsnd Federation of Churches In support of revision. Condensed Telegrams William MoAdoo, former police com missioner of New York, ha realgned from the committee of fourteen. Leaders of the Socialists in Franca hail the outcome of the post and tele graph strike as a great victoryt Directors of tho Intarborough-Metro. politan met and discussed the coming foreclosure sale of the Metropolitan Street railway. Treasury Agents Found a Trunk containing dress goods valued at S'i.OoO on the Red Star line pier and arrested a baggage superintendent of the pier. British Opinion Inclines to the belief that the delay in settling the Austrian Servian dispute Is due to the desire of Austria to humiliate her tipponent a far as possible. Tho Monthly Statement of Internal revenues, issued at Washington, show ed a falling oft for February of Jl". 600.185. as compared with the same month last year. Advices from Mombasa tell of the plans to greet Mr. Roosevelt, the be , ginning of the rainy season and the large number of animals killed in the i recent hunting season. Charles W. Culkin, clerk of the New York court of special sessions, deposit- ; ed with the city chamberlain the fines collected from March 5 to 23, but the : district attorney refused to drop the I case. Cipriano Castro Arrived at Paris. His brother said that the t x-presldent. owing to a Venezuelan threat to arrest ; him If the Guadeloupe entered a Ven : ezuelan port, would- leave the steamer t Trinidad. King Victor Emmanuel Opened tho Italian parliament. His speech con tained references to Italy's good rela tions with other nations, and an at tempt to settle the dispute between capital and labor. President Taft Has Made It Clear to the members of his cabinet that he expects each one to control and be responsible for his department, and will leave them free In the matter of methods and details. VINCENNES POLICE WORKING ON A NEW CLUE. Sensational Poisoning Case Remains Shrouded in Mystery. Vincennes, Ind., March 25. The sen sational poisoning case, wherein Mrs. Russell Culberson, who died todav from a dose of carbolic acid which she had swallowed, or had been forced to swallow, remains shrouded In mys tery tonight. The police are working upon both the suicide and murder the ories, but have been unable to bring about a solution of either. The police say if Mrs. Culoerson committed sui cide she carefully and cleverly arrang ed the scene of the tragedy so thut suspicion of murder should be thrown upon another woman, who she knew had been her husband's sweetheart be. fore her own marriage with him. This woman the police tried to find today. vincennes. Ind., Mari-n 25. The po lice tonight are working on a clew pointing to the suicide theory. This clew is the carbolic acid bottle which was found last evening. This bottle bore a label different from that used by local druggists and tonight the bottle was taken to Law renceville. III., to ascertain whether or nit It was pur chased there. The police are also endeavoring to trace a report that Mrs. Cuibertson about a year ago attempted suicide. The police found tonight in Mrs. Culbertson's trunk the muslin cloth from which had been torn the bandage found about the woman's head. Offi cers admit this discovery strengthens the suicide theory. GIVES UP RIGHT TO THRONE. Crown Princs George of Servia Causes a Sensation. Belgrade, March 25. George, crown prince of Servia. has reounced his right of succession to the Servian throne, owing to a bitter press cam paign In which the crown prince was accused of being the cause of the re cent death of one of his servants, a man named Kolakovlts. In a letter to Premier Nokaovitch this morning, the crown prince an nounces that he has taken this step rather than rest under the suspicion of having murdered his sen-ant and that by this renunciation he foregoes all special privileges and immunities that attach to the person of the heir to the throne. He expresses his will ingness to go abroad for a long time. The action of the crown prince has created a profound sensation here. The national assembly at once ad journed upon hearing the news. Belgrade, March 25. A cabinet council tonight decided that the pre mier is incompetent to receive a di rect communication from frown Prince George, who is subject only to his father" it- authority. The premier will therefore return the letter which the crown prince sent to him renounc ing his right of succession to the Ser vian throne, and advise the prince to address himself to the king. Novsl Legal Question Raised in Suit for Damages. New York, March' 25. The somewhat novel legal question as to whether owners of automobiles ure liable for injuries received by their guests while speeding was rained in a suit for $25. 000 damages brought against Dr. J. P. Thomas, the aeronaut, and decided in his favor here jrcday. The suit was brought by Mis Frances Haas, who was riding with Dr. Thomas vhn his machine was wrecked against a' tele graph pole two years ago. fe'h lost a leg nd was otherwise seriously Injur ed In the accident. Consolidation of St. Paul and Minne apolis as One City. St. Paul, Minn.. March 25. Cnder suspension of the rule the house of representatives of the Minnesota leg islature today passed a .-till providing for the consolidating of St. Paul and Minneapolis as one city. The bill pro vides for the appointment of' a .-oiu-inittee of five senators and five .repre sentatives to draw up a bill to he pre sented to the" Ull legislature currying the consolidation Into effect. Campaign for Abolishment of All Fools' Day. New York. March 2."). A caiiiiiainn for the abolishment pf All Fnnla'-ilay and the .establishment In lt siad of a national optimists' ilav on Anril 1. has -been . started rvi the Optimists' club. A hill putting this design, into effect has been sent to Senator Taylor of-Tennessee, for. introduction-- in con gress. Charged With Having' Poisoned 300 Persona in Thirty Years. London, March 26. A despatch to the Dally Mail from St. Petersburg says tjiat a woman named Pr.poua hus been arrested at Samara charged with .having poisoned at least- $00 persons during the past thirty years. Fhe made a- business f ridding w ives nt their husband! for small fee. Kidnappers In Pittsburg Jail OFFICERS FEARED DEMON &TRA' TION AT 8HVR0N. THE WOMAN MORE TALKATIYE. Says That She Never Saw Any of tho Whitla Family But Willio. Until tho Night of Her Arrest Pittsburg, March 25. Fearing for the safety of their prisoners If they were taken to Sharon or the county seat at Mercer, officers tonight brought James H. Uoyle and his wife, accused of kidnapping Willie Whitla, to tho Allegheny county Jail here. Sixteen Detectives in Special Cor. They were brought here in a spe cial Puljman car from fleveland bv way of Youngstown and Newcastle, over the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail road, and arrived at 46 p. m. The prisoners were guarded In their car bv sixteen detective and officers. The car was kept securely lucked and no one was granted admission to the car except'an Associated Press man and a few other newspaper men wjio boarded the train at foungstown. Mrs. Boyle Quits Talkative, i On the arrival at the jail Mrs. Boyle looked around and said: "This looks a little better than Cleveland, anyway." "Please say that I do not get ap on talde and dance, won't you 7" said Mrs. Boyle to a representative of tho Associated Press, she staled that sh) or'ginally came from Brooklyn. X. Y. "And say, also, that I never made the remarks attributed to me.'" "You mean about there being hell In Sharon ?" "Yes." and she smiled as If she en Joyed It. "I guess that's what Sharon hud. wasn't it? But I never blas phemed. And I never was a burlesquo actress, nor have I ever been on tho stage, at all." "Did you know any of the Whitla family or their relatives before you saw them In Cleveland?" "I never saw any one of them except the boy before yesterday. I came from New York; no. I wasn't bom there; I don't think I care to say where I wao born. I have lived in the west a good wnne ana i met Mr. Boyle there. Wo were married about a year ago. Was Educated in Convont. "Yes, I was educated In a convent and spent several vears there. What convent? Well. I think Id rather not say. It might be embarrassing to tho nuns, you know. "You recognize our position here; It Is bad enough without talking too murh about It. No; I am sorry, but I don't think I'd care to Bay any mora about myself than I have told you. Mr. Whitla. Returns Homo with n oom Money. Sharon. Pa., March 25. Guarded by several private detectives in plain clothes. James P. Whitla. father at the abducted lad for whose ransom $10,000 was paid, returned home to night, bringing with him the money which was recovered, when James Boyle and his wife were arrested In Cleveland. The package of bills, still marked as they were said to have been when luaid to the abductors by M. Whitla, were placed In a safety depos it box to remain until needed as evi dence In the kidnapping trial. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Will Be Ready to Report Tariff Drll In Three Days, if Necessary. Washington. March 25. Members of the senate committee on finance re asserted today that they would be ready to report a tariff bill whenever the house pusses the Payne bill. They were informed that that time would not fee more than ten days or two weeks distant, in all probability, and. Senator Aldrich replied that tho sen ate committee could be ready in three days if necessary. WHh every day's consideration of the Payne bill, the senate committee Is Impressed with the fact that it hews very close to the lines pf tho Dingley bill, and as a result the work of -the committee Is much simplified. The changes to be made in the meas ure will be far fower In number than was at first anticipated. The closest attention Is being paid to the administrative features of tbe bill and an especial effort will be made to avoid the possibility of undervalua tion of Imports sucb as caused disturb ance a few years ago over the Importa tion of fine potteries from France. STEAMER 87 YEARS OLD. Tho James Morgan Now in Uoo M an Oyster Boat. " Providence. R. I., March 16. Only thirteen years the Junior of tbe CWr mont. Robert Pulton's first steamer, the steamer James Morgan has Just been untler federal inspection here. The Morgan Is the oldest oteamar In the country, having been launeTied at poughkeepsie. X. Y., 67 years ago. a)he registers (9 tons grooo and hsrtls from New Haven. She is used as an owu boat. One of the government lnrfpoot ors said of the craft today; "8b to Just as your? as she used to bo younger. In fact." Hotel Proprietor Diss from Accidental Shooting. Salem, Mass., March H. Huh J. Brodortck, the proprietor of HAyos' tavern of Ipswich, who was shot while unwrapping a rifle last night died at the Salem hospital today- Tho rlflo, which was stolen from the tavern a few weeks ago, was returned yesterday In a pad-age. The gun was (ilialimt.i when Mr. Broderlck took off th Lit paper 'I he Lptwi' h poll.. bniteAe it s; the buiidie vvus prepared wlfa Ote In Jury of Xlr. Brederick in view. Receivership for Yerkes Eststo Aewed For. 'lii.-a.urt Udn-h Ikl a l-ir A i. 1 a ' ft Yerkes. - widow of rharles T. Yertsef, tndui- (tied unit Ml fl, Kilnariflr t (iti . w for the sppobitment of re.-elvesshlp for tho Yerkes elate. as well as to en join Louis S. Owsley, executor of the estate, from applying for letters lta - nif ntary In .New 1 ork city tomorrow. M,a Varl a '. auLu f 1 unn.,hil nf of a trustee to lianiLe the estsie un'll It can sarely.be turned over o tne trustees appointed under the will. Tonopah Mining Co. Extra Dvidond. Philadelphia. March TV--An extra dividend of 10 per cent. , in addition to the regular dividend of J5 per cent, was declared todav by the direct ore of the Tonopah Mining iwimuany. Tfcls puts the stock on a dividend basis of 1 40 per cent, per annum, and- restore the rate existing before the niiA ru ton of dividends In the fall of 1W. To new dividend Is payable Aoetl 11 to Nick of rerrd Manrh $1. Tho aoock advanced to $7 a shear today