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NORWICH CONN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909.
VOL. LI. NO. 83.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
GOV. LILLEY MORE COMFORTABLE
After a Eestless Night Tuesday the Patient
Slept Most of
CONDITION BETTER
Dr.
Graves who Arrived
Afternoon Considered His Patient's Condition Much
Better The Doctor Remained with the Patient Wed
nesday Night Restful Two Hours' Sleep in Afternoon
Hartford. Conn., April 7. The con
dition of Jov. George L. LiUey, who is
ill at the executive mansion here, is
much better tonight than it has been
for the past forty-eight hours, accord
ing to his attending- physicians, Drs.
Beach and Graves. After a restless
night the governor slept most of the
morning and on awakening passed a
omfortable afternoon.
,Dr. Graves Returned from Waterbury.
Dr. Graves arrived from Waterbury
MESSAGE FROM ROOSEVELT
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Regarding the Work Being Done at
Messina and Reggie-
Rome, April 7. Just before his de
parture last evening on the steamer
.Admiral, for Mombasa, ex-President
Roosevelt wrote the following message
to the American people:
"Before leavinK Messina I desire to
say that I am sure the American peo
ple do not realise the splendid work
that is being done at Messina and
Jtegglo with the lumber sent from the
United States. I Jiave visited tne Am
erican camp and seen 250 houses al
ready completed and arrangements
have been perfected for the rapid con
struction of 1,250 more. The whole
work, which is under the general dl
. rection of Ambassador Griscom, has
been organized and perfected by Lieut.
Commander Belknap, with the assist
ance a Lieutenant Buchanat, Ensign
"Wilcox and SpoKord, Dr. Donalson,
Paymaster Rogers, forty enlisted men
of our navy, and a number of stal
wart American carpenters.
"I wish to eay I consider that the
American people are deeply indebted
to each and every one of these men.
I cannot exaggerate the pleasure it
gave me to see the officers and enlist
ed men of our navy adapting them
selves to strange and unexpected cir
cumstances and successfully perform
ing with ability and thorough good
will this most difficult task. Our na
tion can well be proud of them."
TRIAL OF MRS. GEORGIA SAMPSON
Father, Mother and Two Brothers on
Witness Stand.
Lyons, X. Y., April 7. The father
and mother and two brothers of Airs.
Georgia Sampson, charged! with the
killing of her husband, Henry Samp
son, were called to the witness stand
today by District Attorney Gilbert to
give evidence on which the state in de
pending to convict Mrs. Georgia Samp
son of murder. The testimony of the
four members of the Sampson family
was listened to with interest by a
great throng that packed the court
'. room all day. A sad figure in the
i court room warn the widowed mother of
Harry Sampson, Mrs. George Sampson,
! who will probably be called as a wit
: ness tomorrow.
: The defense scored several material
points today through the testimony of
jjj the membern of the Allyn family. . It
was esra,Diisneu noiaoiy, .mat siioruy
before Harry Sampson staggered into
the Allyn dining room and fell dead
Mrs. Sampson was seen on the second
floor of her home.
Through Mrs. Allvn the state's attor
neys brought out the fact that Robert
Mannon of Niagara Falls had written
to Georgia Inviting her and a friend.
Miss Mildred Cervoss, to spend a few
days in Niagara Falls. Harry quarrel
ed with his wife over the letter. Mrs.
Sampson's lawyers state that Manson
had written asking Mrs. Campgon to
act as a chaperone.
A sensational bit of testimony was
offered by John Ebert, a neighbor, who
declared that Hurry Samnsnn hn rl
smokeless powder cartridges in his
possession on me aay or tne snooting.
The defense contends that this ex
plains why no powder marks were vlri-
ble on Sampson shirt.
-Carl AUyn, a brother of Georgia, tes
tified that he had burned the outer
shirt that Harry had worn when he
was shot andi that the black shirt in
the district attorney's possession was
probably another shirt of the dead man
NATIONAL BOARD D. A. R.
President-General Mrs. Donald Mo
Leant, Presided Over Yesterday's
Meeting of National Board.
"Washington, April 7. Mrs. Dona'd
(McLean, presldent-Gf neral of the
1 laughters of the .American Revolution.
arrived here today and presided over
tne -final meeting or tne national boar!
prior to the convention which will
meet here April 11). Plans were cer
fected for the convention and 870 new
members were admitted to the society
More than fso.oou was reported in the
treasury, exclusive of the $200,000
building fund for the completion of
. Continental Hall, the permanent mar
ble home here of the Daughters.
Mra. McLeaa expressed the belief
that Mrs. 'Matthew Soott, tna adminis
tration candidate, will be elected as
her successor to the presidency of the
oiety. The "insurgents" in the order.
It is said, have decided on Mrs. Wil
liam C. Story, state regent of New
York, as their candidate for president
general. Much Wanted Chauffeur Arrested
In
Texas.
New York, April 7. William Dar
ragh, a chauffeur for whom a general
alarm was issued by the New York
police a week ago, in connection with
the killing by his automobile of Ing
vaard Trimble, the 13 year old son of
R. D. Trimble, a well known Kentucky
lawyer, has been arrested In Fort
Worth. Texas, according to a telegram
recejjrd by the police here today. The
telegram says that Darragh has admit
ted operating the automobile which
ran down young Trlnible.and is willing
to return to New York to stand trial.
Sohoener for Wellman Arctic Expedi
tion. Chrlstlansand, Norway, April 7. A
SOU ton schooner for the north pule ex
pedition under Walter Wellman was
launched here yesterday. It will be
taken to Ppltzbergea In May.
Groton. Robert D. Denlsn. son of
Mr. and Mrs. James IJ. Denlson of
J..m Point road, and Miss Fannie
Wherlngton of Hartford were married
v We4JDirl V at the bom ef the bride
i 1 rcJAoti is ttk tfrari n.
the Morning
THAN FOR 48 HOURS.
from Waterbury Wednesday
this afternoon and tonight said that
the governor after sleeping for two
lours late this afterroon woke up feel
ing more comfortable than at any time
during the past twenty-four hours. In
addition Dr. Graves said that he con
sidered his condition excellent at the
present t'me as compared with that of
the past forty-eight hours.
Remained With Governor All Night.
Dr. Graves will remain with the gov
ernor during the night.
I FORMER PRESIDENT CASTRO
LANDS AT FORT DE FRANCE
Secures Apartments at Hotel Ivanes
' Is Greatly Wrought Up.
Fort de France, April 7. Cipriano
Castro, the former president of Venez
uela, has taken up his residence, tem
porarily, at least, at this place. He
arrived here last night oji the French
steamer Guadeloupe, which sailed from
Bordeaux on March 26, and he very
unwillingly came ashore today, owing
to the British government's refusal to
permit him to disembark at Port of
Spain, Trinidad.
As the port authorities here had re
ceived no communication from the
French government with regards to
Senor Castor, they permitted him to
land without opposition, considering
him simply as a private individual. He
was accompanied by his secretary, his
wife and the other members of the
party continuing on their Journey to
La Guaira. Castro has taken apart
ments at the Hotel Ivanes, to which
he withdrew immediately and denied
himself to all visitors.
The former president was greatly
wrought up over the action of ttw
British government and when seen on
board the Guadeloupe soon after the
arrival of the vessel he expressed him
self as having been outraged by the
treatment accorded him by the gov
ernments concerned in his interdic
tion. Castro does not disguise the iear
that the unexpected intervention of
the United States and Great Britain
may let loose a veritable revolution at
Caracas. , ,
PAYNE TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE.
Advocates of Free Crude Oil and
Its
Products Win Signal Victory.
Washington, April 7. This was a
bad day for the republican organiza
tion of the house. By a coalition be
tween some republican "insurgunts"
and the democrats, the ways and
means committee was bowled over and
the advocates of free crude oil and its
products won a signal victory when
an amendment by Mr. Morris of Ne
braska, placing the insignificant duty
of 1 percentum ad valorem on those
articles was adopted by a substantial
majority.
A decision of the chairman that
amendments could not be offered to
the oil schedule other than by the one
covered by the special rule of last
Monday, and which provided for the
removal of the countervailing duty on
crude petroleum and applying an ad
valorem duty of 25 per cent., was over
turned, and not even a fervid appeal
by the speaker In an endeavor to rally
the republican forces was sufficient to
stew the tide avowedly against the
Standard Oil company. 'By a practi
cally unanimous ,voe the counser
vaillng duty went out as the commit
tee had recommended.
On all other propositions the com
mittee was sustained. The barley
schedule ran the gauntlet without
change. Tea and coffee were placed
on the free list and the duty on bar
ytes increased from 75 cents a ton to
Jl.'O a ton.
A- colloquy, at first humorous, but
later developing Into personalities, de
veloped between Mr. Stanley of Ken
tuck and Mr. Clark of Florida, and
was terminated only upon an objection
by Mr. Orumpacker of Indiana that it
was against the dignity of the house.
The bill was laid aside and at 5.04 p.
m. the house adjourned.
AVashington, April 7. Onslaughts'
upon the senate committee on finance
ty prominent members of congress
have become so vigorous since it be
came known that the work of insert
ing rates In the bill soon' to be report
ed has actually begun that there is
danger of revision being decidedly of
an upward trend, it is said, unless
deaf ears are turned to Importunate in
terests. In spite of these conditions, good
progress is being- made and Senator
Aldrtch. the chairman, said today that
he could predict that when the bill Is
reported it will be seen that the re
vision has been downward, especially
upon the necessaries -of life.
RUNAWAY EMPTY TROLLEY CAR
Crashed Into Crowded Car Following
Up a Steep Hill.
Boston. April 7. Breaking- a way
from the car which was towing up
a steep hill in the Roslindale district
today, an empty and disabled trolley
car l!p back rapidly and crashed into
a following car, causing the serious
Injury of one man and painful hurts to
about a dozen other persons.
Hmry W. Hong's of Maiden was
taken to the city honpital with a frac
tured skull, while the others were
treated for cuts, sprains and bruises,
and subsequently sent to their homes.
The accident occurred near the comer
of Washington and Poplar streets.
Both cars were badly smashed.
Steamship Arrivals. ,
At Havre, April t: Chicago, from
New York.
At Naples. April. 8: Finland, from
New York via Ponta Delada and Ma
deira, At Genoa, April 7: Hamburg, from
New York -via Horta, Ponta Delgada,
Gibraltar and Naples.
At Liverpool: April 7, Luai tan ia, from
New York.
86 Degrees at Washington.
Washington. April 7. This city to
day had its first heat prostration of
the season a woman being overcome
on Pennsylvanla-avenue. She socn re
covered. The street temperature at 1
o'clock today was M degrees, the ofn-
ial temperature at the same hour be
ing 81 degreN. ,
Cabled Paragraphs
Lisbon, April 7. General S. C. de
Sousa Telles, who was at one time
minister of war, has succeeded in
forming a new cabinet. . Although no
omclal announcement has been made,
it is believed that he will take the port
folio of war, that Senhor Bocage will
De foreign minister, and Senhor Branca
minister of finance .
Constantinople, April 7. Hassan
Fehmi Effendi, editor of the liberal
ne.vspaper Serbesti, was shut and kill
ed by an unknown man as he was en
tering his office today. A government
officer accompany inT the editor was
wounded. The crime is believed to be
political. The Serbesti has been carry'
ing on a campaign against the com
mittee of union and progress.
INDUSTRY OF MAKING OIL
'' AND FERTILIZER FROM FISH,
Bills Affecting This Industry Heard
by Committee onPublio Health and
Safety in Supreme Court Room,
Hartford.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Hartferd. April 7. The five bills af
fecting the manufacture of fish oil and
guano on the shores of Long Island
bound, the special conditions in Nian
tic being the point at issue, were final
ly heard by the Joint committee on
public health and safety this afternoon
in the supreme court room. The
large attendance at the hearing would
have filled the regular room of the
committee several times over. The
various bills concerned fish oil and
guano companies, the transportation of
garbage, the restrictions of the nsil
business and that of the Bridgeport
By-Products company in the shore
towns and the creation of shore sanl
tary districts. The Cronin, Arnold and
Gadbois bills were grouped and heard
first.
No one appeared to favor the Cronin
bill, which provides that where a fish
oil and guand btisinass exists it may
be continued, and that measure was
laid aside.
The second measure provides for the
transportation of garbage, which has
to do with the business of the Bridge
port By-Products company, a subsi
diary company of the Standard Oil
company, and Attorney A. M. Marsh
of Bridgeport gave notice of appear
ance in its favor.
The third and fourth concerned the
restriction of both kinds or business,
one referring to Waterford, East Lyme
and Old Lyme, and the other a gen
eral measure. Attorney Anson T. Mc
Cook of Hartford gave notice of ap
pearance in favor of that.
Regarding the measure relating to
transportation of garbage. Mr. Marsh
said that tie had no evidence to put
in, but would later argue the proposi
tion of referring this measure to the
judiciary committee, as it concerned
appeals from the decision of town au
thorities and1 was really a legal mat
ter. There was some little confusion as
to how the committee should proceed,
the corporation attorneys meanwhile
chuckling over the discomfiture of the
opposition attorneys over the prospect
of being obliged to put In evidence in
opposition when none In support had
been heard. Major H. A. Hull of New
London appeared for the Niantlc Men
haden Oil and Guano company, and
after some colloquy between the attor
neys and the committee It was at
length decided to go ahead with the
opposition's testimonv.
Dr. P.' H. Dart, the East Lyme health
officer, told of the conditions at the
fish works last summer Many com
plaints wpre made, and he and County
Health Officer Brown visited the plant
and found very serious conditions,
which were not p be wholly account
ed for by the company officials ex
planation that a lot of fish had been
accidentally liberated.
They came to believe that either
lack of care or lack of facilities to
handle the large amountof fish exist
ed. Dead fish were strewn all about
and the stench was awful. Four
or j
five weeks later the health officers
again visited the factory and found lit
tle improvement. After the issuance
of nn ljurctinr there was some im
provement. The odor came not only
from fish floating about, but also from
the fishworks as well.
In answer to-the questions of Dr.
Sedgwick of the committee, Dr. Dart
said that the fish factory had been
there but sevfn or eight years, and
there were cottages in that vicinity
long ere that.
Witness had a great many com
plaints from residents and non-resl-donts,
and had found many patients ill
as a result of the stench.
On cross examination Major HuH
tried to get Dr. Dart to admit that
there had been a fish mill in that gen
eral vicinity for a long time back and
failed'. Vf. Dart said there had been
no factory there previous to seven or
eight years ago since 1880. He admit
ted having been told that there was an
accident- there last summer and had
never known of a similar accident.
Major Hull's line of questioning was
to show that the accident and weather
conditions mai?e conditions so bad. and
that when a northwest wind came the
bad conditions ended, but he made lit
tie headway, for Dr. Dart said that
after the northerly wind the conditions
again btcame bad. owine to fresh
oozjngs from tne nan works. He re
fused to admit, that the company had
spent $10.ono to do the things tho
health officers suggested they should
do to Improve conditions.
Major Hull insisted that Dr. Dart
made a written detailed statement as
to new machinery and appliances and
other improvements and he finally ad
mitted that a letter which was ex
hibited was his. but was written to the
county health officer and not presented
to the company at the conference. Ha
had made these suggestions to Mr.
Brown because he might not be able
to be at the conference.
Dr. Dart's official court In suppress
ing the nuisance was gone into, from
tne time tnat on Aug. 5th he ordered
the closing of the works on through
the Injunction period to the time when
Juc"-ge Shumway fettled the matter by
recommending that the company clean
up until Dr. Phillips, the senate chair
man, called a halt in detailed cross
questioning and asked for further evi
dence. John Coroley of Crescent Beach fol
lowed with the statement that the
stench last summer seriously Inter
fered with his ice cream business. He
is two miles and a half from the fish
mill, but was annoyed by a most de
testable stink.
John Mamvarirg -f Mack Point saM
he had noted the bad odor or several
seasons past.
J. V. Beckwith of East Lyme said
they didn't want a garbage reduction
plant in town; they had one stink mill.
George Hill of East Lyme told vt the
refusal last summer of the town's
cemmission to permit the erection of a
garbage reduction plant. "
George P. Eaton of New Haven, a
cottager, told of the odor and the scum
on the water and introduced a record
cf days on w-hich he was specially an
noyed. Selectmen Harvey. Beckwith and
Maynard of East Lyme told of the
troubles of their town with this fish
factory in some detail.
Mrs. Knott and Mrs. Taft, New York
ladies who are cottagers at Black
Point, added some color to the hearing
with, their appearance before the com
mittee and told graphically of the I
i-wiiuii iiuin hl inp. nure. j nare s 81-i
way a smell when the -woriw is In op.
Miners' Demands
- All Refused
MEETING OF COMMITTEES HELD
" AT PHILADELPHIA.
MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE
Proposition to Continue Wage Agree
ment for Ansther Three Years Sub
mitted by Operators to Be Acted On.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 7. At a
meeting held here today between com
mittees representing the coal opera
tors and the officials of the United
Mine Workers of America, represent
ing the anthracite workers of Penn
sylvania, to consider demands made by
the miners, the operators refused all
the demands and submitted instead a
proposition to extend the wage agree
ment brought about by the anthracite
strike commission for another term of
three years.
Another Conference Today.
In order that the proposition be laid
before the officers of the mine work
ers' organization of three anthracite
districts who are now in this city, the
conference adjourned to meet again to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
May Appeal to President Taft.
The wage agreement which the op
erators seek to have renewed expired
March 31. The miners, however, pend
ing the outcome of the conferences, are
working under its terms.
The agreement does not provide for
recognition of the miners' union and
this; it is said. Is the bone of conten
tion, as the operators absolutely refuse
to recognize the union. It is said that
should the operators absolutely refuse
to make any concessions and insist
upon the offer to renew the anthracite
strike commission's award, the miners
will appeal to President Taft for the
appointment of a commission to in
vestigate the conditions controlling the
mining and selling of hard coal.
No Strike to Be Declared.
It is also said that if the confer
ence comes to an end without an
agreement being reached, the miners
will not declare a strike, but will
leave it to the operators, if they see
fit to do so, to declare a lockout.
eration," said Mrs. Knott, a hand
some brunette in a large Japanese blue
nat, ana we suffer much at Black
Point. It Is- impossible to bathe. I
have been a cottager there for five or
six years. We found conditions worse
las I year "
I have been a cottager there two
years," said Mrs. Taft, whose relation
to a certain gentleman wasn't stated.
"and we have found the bathing very
unpleasant. One must wash one's suit
at the pump after coming out of the
water in order to get rid of a most dis
agreeable odor. The same conditions
have prevailed ever since I first came
to Black Point."
A. W. Francis of New" York, a cot
tager, told of his experiences at some
length. He has spent four months a
summer for seven years past at Black
Point and likened the situation there
to that of a man who had taken iastor
oil and left some on his moustaihe. It
might not be dangerous, but It was
very unpleasant.
County Health Officer A. M. Brown
told of his connection with the. affair
of last summer at some length. He
detailed the course of the complaint of
Dr. Dart after it reached him and Its
results, saying In addition that the
company had agreed to better condi
tions there during the winter and put
In improvements which would make
it possible for the works to be oper-
ated this summer with no inconveni
ence to anybody.
He is now waiting to see whether
this has been done or not and if it
hasn't he will close the plant again.
He saw no need for further legisla
tion and is perfectly able to handle
the situation with the' laws we have.
Ir. answer to Mr. McCook's question
he said that he favored no change in
the law as to garbage transportation
and the establishment of garbage re
duction plants.
In closing Mr. McCook put in a
large number of postcards, represent
ing a post card vote, which he stated
figured up 124 to 24 against the fish,
oil and guano company, and the By
products company. When he asked
for these favoring East Lyme's con
tention to rise a large number of
people from East Lyme and Niantic
and shore cottagers stood up.
In opening for his company, Mr.
Marsh put T. B. Ford on the stand
to tell of the conditions connected with
the Bridgeport By-Products company
in Bridgeport. Mr. Ford owns $300,000
worth of real estate located about l.OuO
feet from the By-Products company's
plant and has sold many lots there
and never has Known of a complaint
about the garbage plant since the
completion of a new sewer. There was
an old sewer of but a mile and a
quarter in length, which was in very
bad shape, but the substitution of a
new sewer changed matters so as to
do away with all odors.
Ex-Alderman George W. Jackman
told of the conditions under which the
old sewer existed and of his agency in
the establishment of a new one, which
has done away with all complaints.
Answering vv. H. Honiss. a Niantlc
cottager, Mr. Jackman said he would
not say that the existence of this plant
aauea to tne value or property in its
vicinity, but that actually it didn't
injure it a particle.
President Livingstone of the By
Products company said that the rea
son why the company wished to move
from Bridgeport to East Lyme was to
have a plant able to handle the gar
bage of Bridgeport, New Haven. Hart
ford and Waterbury. They use salt
water and the new location would give
them both rail and water transporta
tion and was a most advantageous one.
He told of the company's process with
a view to showing that there were no
disagreeable conditions surrounding
it. He was questioned at some length
by the committee and described the
situation at East Lyme, where he said
the unfavorable sentiment was chang
ing. C. M- Shea of the Shea Fertilizer
company at the navy yard, made an
earnest speech in favor of the protec
tion of the fiRh oil and guano business,
in opening for the Menhaden com
pany's side of the matter, saying that
a properly conducted plant should not
be annoying Jo anybody. There had
never been a complaint about his
plant.
Cajit. E. T. Wilcox of Mystic, who
rans a fish factory there, told of how
pleasantly he got along with his neigh
bors. On the menhaden industry the
lobster industry depends for bait, the
captain said. He thought cutting off
the menhaden industry would extermi
nate the lobster business in Connec
ticut. Other witnesses Included Col. J. p.
Brown, secretary of the state board
of agriculture and Representative Jo
doin .of Sprague and Ohadwick of Sa
lem. . .
Arguments will be made to the com- -
mittee by counsel later on.
Connecticut
General Assembly
EXECUTIVE POWERS IN AN
EMERGENCY.
LIEUT. GOV. WEEKS TO ACT
During Incapacity of Governor Lilley
Action of the Two Houses Commit
tee Reports Bills Pasted.
Hartford. April 7. The senate WE3
called to order at 11.145 by Lieutenant
Governor Weeks. Prayer by Senator
Luther.
Reports of Committees.
griculture Unfavorable on biil
concerning payment of bounties on
hawks, concerning bounty on " foxes.
Bills rejected.
Judiciary Unfavorable on bill con
cerning the support of minors com
mitted to institutions, and on the bill
concerning the commitment of females.
Bills rejected.
Cities and Boroughs Favorable on
substitute resolution amending the
charter of the borough of New Ca
naan; concerning the election of offi
cials in New Haven. Calendar.
Excise Unfavorable on bill provid
ing that appeals by taxpayers from the
decision of county commissioners in
granting licenses shall vacate the li
cense. Bill rejected.
Calendar.
Passed Appropriating for board of
children in county homes as follows:
Tolland county, $2,000: Windham
county, $2,000; appropriating $10,0Hi
for the Memorial hospital of New
London; authorizing the borouch of
Jewett City to furnish electric "light
outside the limits of .the borough.
Referred to Committee on Appropria
tions Bill Increasing the salaries of
officers of the C. N. G.
Lincoln Memorial.
The committee on capltol furniture
and grounds reported favorably on the
erection, of a monument to Abraham
Lincoln and moved- that it be referred
to the committee on appropriations.
So referred.
Incapacity o' Govercr.
By action of the two houses Lieutcr.
ant Governor Weeks was empowered
to act during incapacity of Governor
Lilley. Resolution passed under sus
pension of the rules transferring au
thority, upon request of executive or
state secretary.
Adjourned to Thurd.y.
THE HOUSE.
The house was called to order at
11.15 by Speaker Banks. On the
speaker's desk was a handsome bou
quet labeled "Easter Greetings, from
'Souvenir Taylor." The Rev. Franklin
Countryman, the house chaplain, of
fered prayer.
From the Calendar.
Bills Passed Concerning fishing !n
Williams pond, Lebanon; prohibiting
trapping with scented bpit and nrovU-
Ing a penalty; concerning fees for
hunting licenses; concerning weights
and measures at counters; senate bill
No. 81, amending an act concerning
forest fire wardens and protection of
forests.
Tabled These matters were - tabled
to letain their places on the calendar:
Resolution incorporating the Blllard
ccmpaiiy; concerning marked ar douli
ballots on the licenre question ; con
cerning close season for Hungarian
partridge and other game.
Foot of Calendar Amending an act
concerning dogs.
Narcotic Drugs.
The following amendment to the act
concerning the sale of narcotic drugs
was adopted: -
Section two of chapter 127 of the
public acts of 1905 is hereby amended
by striking out In the first lire thereo'
the word "knowingly." that said
seotion as amended shall read as fol
lows: Every person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this act shall
be fined not less than twenty. Svo dol
lars nor, more than fifty dollars. City,
police, town and borough courts hav
ing criminal jurisdiction, where estab
lished, and Justices of the peace in
towns where such courts do not exist,
shall have Jurisdicticn to hear and de
termlne prosecutions for violations of
the provisions of this act and to im
pose penalties therefor.
River and Harbor Commission.
The resolution raising a commission
to investigate ard report concernlnn
the improvement of rivers and har
bors within the state was on the cal
endar for action today, but was re
committed. Mr. Higgins of Winchester Inquire.!
of Mr. Chandler of Rocky Hill if It
was intended to make ihe commission
a permanent one. Mr. Chandler rcpli'"!
that it was. Mr. Higgins said that In
that case he would surely oppose the
patsage of the resolution. He thourht
the state is now overburdened with
commissions.
Mr. Burnes of Greenwich thought lu.
saw a debate of considerable propor
tions in sight, and said that In view of
the late hour and light attendance the
matter ought to be tabled.
Later, on motion of Mr. Chandler,
the resolution was recommitted to the
committee on railroads.
Adjourned.
INQUIRY COMPLETED.
Investigation of Trading Methods
New York Financial District.
New York, April 7. The committee
appointed by Governor Hughes to in
vestigate methods of stock and com
modities trading in the New York
financial district haa completed its In
quiry and will hold no more hearings
of any kind. Its report consists of
about 15.000 words and will be ready
for submission probably about April
24. The document will not contain any
senrational recommendations, accon'
Ing to-statements made In connection
with the investigation, in well informed
quarters In Wall street today. The
members of the committee refuse to
discuss the report or to give any hint
as to the tenor of the recommenda
tions they Intend' making, but some of
the members of the governing commit
tee of the stock exchange who have
been before the committee on several
occasions said today that the disclo
sures of the investigation would be
found not to be adverse to the ex
changes to declare that such changes
In the laws as might be recommended
would not be radical in their nature.
The committee is expected-, as one re
form, to recommend legislation to xw;t
the abuse of advertising by vendors of
worthless securities.
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.
The Blackwater Rammed by Steam
ship -Hero The Crew Saved.
London, April 7. The British torpe
do boat destroyer Blackwater was sunk
at midnight last night off Dungeness,
by a collision with the British .steam
ship Hero. The crew of the Black
water were saved. The Hero had her
bws stov In.
Condensed Telegrams
Japan Has Asked China to recon
sider her proposals regarding . Man
churia. Baron Ivan Osten-Sacken, prominent
in social circles-In St. Petersburg, shot
and killed himself.
Police Deputy Woods announced that
boxing and wrestling classes for New
York policemen will be started.
- Lima, Who Betrayed his associates
in the Portuguese revolutionary plot
of 1908, was murdered at Lisbon.
Leaving Notes Telling of a Suicide
pact, Herman Bartlett and Belva Pugh
joined hands and jumped Into the Mis
sissippi river at Alexandrilla, Mo.
In Pleading for the Dissolution of
the Standard Oil company, Frank B
Kellogg declared that the trusts will
check all enterprises unless curbed.
I
Governor Hughes Dismissed Chargei
against Colonel Morris of the Ninth
regiment, made by Lieutenant Dilkcs
of the same command.
Commissioner Bingham announced
the crusade against automobile speed
ers had resulted in a marked decrease
in reckless driving in New York.
The French Government has decided
to collect a duty of $120 on balloons
landing in France, and will hold aero
nauts until they can give satisfactory
explanations.
John W. Warrington Was Sworn in
at Cincinnati as associate circuit judge
of the federal court of appeals of the
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mich
igan district.
The United States Circuit Court of
appeals has dissolved the injunction
which prevented Alabama enforcing its
laws reducing railroad passenger and
freight rates.
Comptroller Metx and the Citizens4
union each started an inquiry int
the expenditure of about $8,500,000 by
the New York water supply board
when work has hardly begun.
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Receiver of Third Avenue Road in Nto
York Before Committee on Judiciary
at Hartford in Opposition.
Hartford, Conn., April 7. Frederick
W. W'hltridge of New York, receiver of
the Third .. venue railway in New York
city, appeared before the committee
on the Judiciary at the capitol in op
position to the measure which would
create a public utilities commission
such as at present exists In New York.
H.'' ststed that the New Yjrk commis
sion had spent In a little more than
one year $1,324,000 of the people's
money and- in his opinion had done lit
tle good.
He was asked what sort of experts
the commission hired and he stated
that he ha only had cont.ict with ono
and he was so entirely Incompetent
that he refused to have anything fur
ther to do with him.
"The commission Is choked with
power," he stated.
Experiences With Public Service Com
mission. In alluding to the Third Avenue rail
road he said: "I thought when I took
it over that I was going to get a going
concern, but I f ind most of it gone
already." lie .told of some of his ex
periences with the public service com
mission and in one Instance received
an order to repair and put in a ,-ortalii
condition ten cars per day. This ho
claimed was a physical impossibility,
as the campany did not have track
enough In its repair shops for that
number of cars. The commission had
asked him what he could do and he
toldi them and promptly an order was
issued for him to do that. He th ntsrhr
that the commission had such great
powers that they had actually come to
regard their orders as a sort of gen
esis and that If they ordered more cars
there would be more cars.
"The public service commission has
accomplished no good on any of the
lines of my system, which covers abo'h
three hur.dred miles of -trc-et." he said.
"I do not think that the valuation of
road as shown by the amount of stock
out bears any relation to the fixing of
rates of fare charged by It."
"Five inexperienced men ':ar
control one of the most intricate com
mercial systems ever known to man
kind, and never will he able to do so,"
he said.
"I think that such a measure Is
detrimental to mankind, as it crushes
out individualism."
Chronic Attack of Bad Management.
Ralph O. Wells of Hartford asked
Mr. Whitrldge what had been respon
sible for the bad. financial condition of
the Third Avenue line. Mr. Wh'triilge
remarked to (he .committee: "That's a
large order." He answered the ques
tion briefly by saying that "bribery
and corruption and the fact that sncn
a system of transfers had been built
up that the fares on the roads in New
York were not really more thahjlhree
cents in place of the five cents charged
were the principal causes. I think. In
fact, that the road had been suffering
from a chronic attack of bad manage
ment." Mr. Whitrldge thought It a good Idea
to have the issuance of securities plac
ed In the hands of a commission, hut
explained that It Is not the stockhold
ers who raakf the howl when stock
falls to pay, but It is the public, which
does not own a share nf the' stock,
that makes the most noise and Is the
most indignant.
Remarks by Charles J. Donahue.
Mr. Whitrldge was followed by
Charle. J. Donahue, president of the
State Federation of Lahor, who stated
that organized labor throughout the
state is arrayed against the measure,
as the power of the stale shad'.d no: be
placed in the hands of a few men to
exercise. He cited former Judge Tnft's
decision to the effect that the right of I
the stockholder is paramount to tbnt
of the employe in cases where wsrgcs
are reduced. Hf said that organized
labor desires to remr.ln on the same
footing that It now enjoys with respect
to the public service compositions.
He showed how the provisions of the
Sherman antl-tnist law had harmed
the hatters of this state and resulted
in tho property of some having been
under attachment for two years or
more.
He characterized the statement that
the commission would be a non-partisan
one as being a mere dream.
He said that the public service cor
porations are easier to treat with by
organized labor than are the business
men of the state.
Opinion of George M. Wallace.
George M, Wallace of Wallingford
o?poe'l the mfuⅈv on the ground
that thestate has already 56 commis
sions of "different characters, and tha"
to create one more would certainly, not
be providing a panacea and would not
accomplish Its purpose. He quoted
Mr. Wells and Stiles Judson, who fav
ored the measure, and said that if the
legislature was as corrupt and incom
petent to handle business as they said,
"how are you going to get a moral
sewex'to spout spring water." He said
further: "I think it Is a scheme to
abol'sh about one-fifth of the powers
of the legislature. They cannot abol
ish the legislature all at once, hut think
that they can do so sten by ato. tad
TORNADO TORE THROUGH BUFFALO
Many' Persons Injured
Buildings, One
SIXTY MILE WIND
Resulting in Much Damage and Discomfort Steeple of
Pilgrim Congregational Church Blown Into Madison
Avenue Eight Persons Killed by the Storm in Mich
igan Severe Gale at Chicago Cold Wave Following
Buffalo, N. Y., April 7. From
o'clock until 5 this afternoon the wind
tore through the streets of Buffalo at
;he rate of 72 mileg an hour. One man
was killed and many people were In
jured by parts of buildings detached
by the force of the wind and hurled
through the air. The whole front of
the .Oppeuheim-Collins dry fconda store
was blown in and many plate glass
windows on Main street were" shat
tered. Lake Waters Lashed Into Foam.
Out on the lake the water was lash
ed Into a foaming, tumbling mass and
the big ice field that stretched as far
as Dunkirk, was broken up and forced
into the harbor, Buffalo creek and
the Blackwell canal were sent out of
their banks and many streets were
flooded. (Shortly after three o'clock
the big steel steamers J. J. H. Brown
and William H. Truesdale broke from
their moorings at the breakwater and
were blown aground at the foot of
Michigan street. A dredge got jammed
in the ice and sank.
Man Instantly Killed.
Peter Marihito, a Polish furmer,
was blown fnm a hayrack to the
street. A broKeri piece of timber from
the wreck of his wagon pierced his
side, killing him almost Instantly.
Telegraph and telephone service in all
directions is demoralized and commu
nication with Canada was cut off.
fIGHT PERSONS KILLED.
Wind Reached Velocity of 70 Miles an
Hour in Detroit.
Detroit. Mich., April 7. At least
eight persons lost their lives In the
storm that visited D"roit and Michi
gan last night and ,udny. Anthony
Kaup. a saloon keeper. Joe Ka.llch, a
barber, and Adam Felin. all of Wyan
dotte, attempted to cross the Detroit
river In a rowboat from Wyandotte to
Canada this afternoon In a fifty-miie
gale to settle a wager, and all three
were drowned when their boats cap
sized. At Jennings, three men, Bernard
t'arlhon, Charles Jacohson and John
Torrey, were caught under a failing
wall and killed.
Killed by Lightniny.
Benjamin Heller, eight years old,
was killed by lightning near Ionia last
night and Hay Miller was killed at
Brighton today when he was struck
by a roof that had been blown on
by the wind.
$50,000 Damage to Property.
The damage to roofs, chimneys,
plate glass, etc.. will prohablv reach
J50.000 in Detroit and Michigan. Tie
wind velocity reached seventy miles an
hour.
IN CHICAGO
Scores of Plate Glass Windows Broken
Wires Weit Down Rapidly.
Chicago. April 7. Telegraph wires
east of Chicago as far as Pittsburg
went down rapidly in today's gale a--cordir.g
to telegraph companies. Wheel
ing, W. Va reported' every w ire down
cast of that point.
In Chicago several persons suffered
injuries from toppling fences r.nd
loosened signboards. Scores of plata
glass windows were broken. Samuel
Holland, an elevated railroad conduc
tor, was seated on the roof of a box
car 011 the Metropolitan elevated road.
The car roof was lifted by the gale and
cutricd in a horizontal position like an-
aeroplane more than a hundred feet,
Ho'land was none the worse for his x.
perience.
HIGH GALE IN NEW YORK CITY
Pilgrim Congregational Church Steeple
Blown Down Cther Damage.
New York. April 7. The high gale
which prevailed to the west nnd nor.h
uf New York city today, criming h'.-.-m
with telegraph and telegraph lines.
attained its full force here at 7.43
o'c ock tonight, w hen the wind r ached
a velocity of sixty miles an hour. Sev
eral persons were hurt and much dum
age and discomfort resulted. -A low
area over the (ireat I-akes this morn
ing and the shifting of the wind to tho
west was the explanation of the local
wet ther btreau for the circumstance
The day was a mugey one, the temper,
attire reaching 74 degrees. This was
the highest officially recorded for the
first week In April except on April 4,
1892. when the mercury went to "9 de.
grees. Early In the afternoon the wind
beean to blow hard, raising clouds of
dust, shattering panes of glass nnd
breaking loose signs.
Two Persons Badly Hurt.
Two persons, an elderly woman and
a child, were badly hurt by being
blown off their feet and dashed against
objects in the street.
Cunarder Unable to. Dock.
The CO nurd line steamship Caronia,
from IJverpO'i. which arrived tonight,
could not berth, hut was obliged to
anchor at jnarantine owing to thu
gtiie. The wind wrought considerable
damage In the suburbs.
Part of the steeple of the Pilgrim
Congregai lonal church at One Huroir -r!
and Twenty-first street and Madison
avenue was blown into Madison ave
nue today by the gale.
DOZEN HOUSES DEMOLISHED
In Wabash, v nd. Havoo in
Cities.
Othe
Wabash, Iud.. April 7. The only .r
nado Wabash has known in twenty
five years injured twenty persons last
night and did damage amounting ti
thousands of dollars. A dozen houses
were demolished.
., Peru, Ind., April 7. A tornado last
this Is one of the steps. It Is the en
tering wedge In the abolition of the
town system."
Other Speakers. .
V Other speakers were K. I. Atwater of
New Haven. JJ. C. Patterson of Tor
rington. a member of the State Grange,
who saidthat he had yet to find a
granger In favor of the measure; Ed
ward Grlswold of Guilford, who op
posed it on the ground of centraliza
tion of power; John J. O'Neil of
Bridgeport, who stated that organized
labor Is opposed to government by
commission, and a number of others.
by Falling Parts cf
Man Killed. v
IN NEW YORK CITY
r.lght destroyed four factories and sev
eral school buildings and wrecked
many small structures here.
Toledo, O., April 7. Many men we-,
thrown out of work, thousands of do!
lars of damage done and many pirs'-i.i
slightly lnjureii by a hurricane tli.
visited Toledo and its vicinity to.ii.v.
The wind attained a velocity of nxi
nine miles an hour in this city, "l i."
roof of the Masslllon Bridge compaii"
180x400 feet, was ripped off and hurled'
into a Held and 300 men w ill be out -r
n ployment until the damage can ho
repaired. Pedestrians wer- Injured by
falling signs, parts of roofs, chimneys,
limbs of troes and many women were
thrown down by the wind.
COLD WAVE FOLLOWS STORMS.
Special Warning of Frosts Which Will
Reach Gulf States.
Washington. April 7. Warning of a
cold wave, with frost, that is expected
to reach down into the Gulf states, was
given today In a special forecast Issued
bv Willis L. Moore, chief of the weath
er bureau. The forecast Indicate eon -paratlvely
cool weather for several
days In the eastern half of the tnlt1
States, "with frost In the middle and
upper Mississippi and Ohio vallrys snrt
the lake region, and thence aver the
middle Atlantic states and New Fng
Isnd states."
' Frost.'' ndds the forecast, "Is Wc'ly
to occur also in the Interior of the
Gulf and South Atlantic states."
$125,000 FIRE IN NEW YORK,
EL RAILWAY REPAIR SHOPS.
Three Alarms Sent In Warhoue
and Apartments Threatened.
New York, April 7 The hlh winds
here tonight are blamed for a $115,000
fire which destroyed the repair shop of
thii Second Avenue elevAted raliay at
the corner of Second avenue and One
Hundred .and Twenty-eighth street,
close to the Harlem river. A large
sign which hunff at tho east end of th
shop w.i.i blown down shortly before
!' o'clock this evening and in fnlllng
di-1'xlged several electric wires, one of
w hich dropped Intq a brrrl of oli. Ti.
stnntly there was an explosion which
blew a section of the roof off the bitl'd
ing, and a moment later the end of th
structure was a mass of (lames.
Fanned by the wind, the bias
quickly swept across the elevatel rail
road structure and threatened to
1 spread to the warehouses and spart-
mfnt buildings near by. Three alarm
were tin ned In. calling out a Inrre fri
of firemen and three flrehoafs. which
threw streams from the river front as
far Into the burning building as they
could reach.
" After an hour's fight the firemen
succeeded In confining the blaxe to tbe
repair shop. Several cars were badly
damaged and traffic ovr the Peeond
avenue lines was at standstill for
about three hours.
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.
Just Two Classes of Peopl en Ovr
Streets These Modern Day.
PprlngflPld. Mass.. April 7. George
P. Ladd of Fturbrldge, past master ol
the state grange addressing a west
ern Massachusetts grange rally In this
city today on the subject of good,
roads, said relative to the dangers of?
the automobile that "In these modern
days there are just two classes of
peoplo on our streets, the quick and
the dead and unless you are mighty
ojilek you are pretty sure to be dead."
PERSIA HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Notified That She Must Protect Ameri
can Citizens in That Country.
Washington, April 7. Thn Persian
government has heen notified by the
state deuartment that the T'nltefl
States will hold Persia responsible for
the protection of American citizen st
Tabriz snd other places In Persia,
where disorder exists. There are many
American missionaries and teachers In
Persia. This notice was, sent through
the American diplomatic representa
tives at Teheran.
SIX ICE HOUSES BURNED.
X
400,000 Tons of the Maine Product
Destroyed.
Enst Waterboro. Me., April 7. ir.
ly 400.000 tons of Ice. stored In six !:
houses along the Bartlett river, wero
destroyed bv a fire tonight, which
practlcully cleaned out thV phuit own
ed by the K. W. Clark Ice rompanv.
The damage Is estimated at $10,000.
The Are is believed to have been In
ecmliarv. .
Brother and Sister Killed by Falling
Tree.
Platt-hiirg. . Y.. April 7. M1i
Filda indred. aged 23. snd her brother.
Warren Elilreil, npe,l IX. were killed
late todav by the falling of a tree a
mil" north of this city. They were
driving to their home in fhnsy when a
violent gust of wind snapped a large
tree, toppling It on top of them and
killing them Instantly.
Widow Outraged and Murdered.
Erie. Pa.. April 7. Mrs. Minnie M.
Young, w id'V- of Hi-nry I. Young, whi
lived wl;h hVr son, Dehnar J. Young,
was outraged and murdered tonight.
Her son found her body hidden bcnestli
a pile 3f old carpet In the eellr of hi
house. Kuward .anger, nr.io Is sM
to have been seen near the house, wm
arrested on suspicion.
Balloon Trials Ended Disastrously.
S hio. Italy. April 7. - The diriglh'
balloon ltali.i trials today ended dis
astrously. After manoeuvring for sorre
time at a height of 1L"rt feet, the en
gine broke down and thp balloon de
scended precii'ltalely. it was badlr
damaged, but the aaronnuts were not
hurt.
Three Men Killed by Nitro-Glycerln.
Huntington. . Vn., April 7.--Thre
men were killed when one hundred
quarts of nitro-glycrlne exploded In
the construction camp of 'RoTley ft
f'arp'nter at Blue Sulphur this evn
Ing. A hmiry blast In railroad con.
strtictlf n work set off the explosivM
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