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NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1911
PRICE 'TWO CENTS
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ALBANY AIR HEAVY WITH RUMORS
Sixth Daily Ballot Showed No Change in
Strength of Leading Candidates
SHEEHAN GIVEN UNTIL FRIDAY NEXT
Tammany Leaders Tell Him to Gain the Necessary
Thirteen Votes on Next Two Ballots, or Another
Candidate Will Be Looked Up Another Report Was
That Both Sheehan and Shepard Would Withdraw.
Albany. N. Y., Jan. 24. The sixth
daily ballot for United .States senator
fihowed no change in the strength of
the leading candidates bu the air to
night teemed with rumors. In the ab
sence of surface developments under
ground news was exceptionally plenti
ful. Here are eome of the reports
that circulated at various times during
the day.
Nona of the Rumors Verified.
William F. Sheehan was about to
withdraw; Kdward M. Shepard was
about to withdraw; an emissary from
Tammany hall had visited the "insur
gents" with the proposal of the long-looged-for
"compromise candidate;"
the "insurgents" themselves had agreed
upon such a candidate.
The bost persistent report was that
the Tammany leaders had let Mr.
Hheehan know that they would stand
by him only until Friday and that if
lie did not grain the necessary twelve
or thirteen votes on the next two
ballots they would begin to look for
another candidate. - Some of Mr. Shee
lian's friends said this was too ridicu
lous to discuss. There whs some alarm
in the "insurgent camp" when it be
came known that Assemblyman Fried
man of New York, one of their num
BETTING ON SCHENK VERDICT,
BOOKS BEING MADE ON RESULT.
Plea of Prisoner's Attorney Draws
Tears from Jurymen.
Wheeling. W. Va., Jan. 24. Appar
ently unmoved by the bitter Invective
t Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Fred L. Maury, in his opening argu
ment yesterday before the Jury which
Is tryinig her on a charge of administering-
poison to her husband, John
. Schenk, Mrs. Laura Farnsworth
Hchenk troke down today and sobbed
almost continuously while her own at
torneys presented her case to the
Jury.
The first emotion came when Attor
ney Frank A. O'Brien, who opened the
arguments In her behalf, mentioned
the two children, of whose company
she- has been deprived since her arrest.
It wss while her chief attorney, J. P.
O'Brien, was making his plea, how
ever, that ahe showed the most mark
ed emotion. The Jurymen, too, shed
tears and theri were many tear dim
med eyes in the crowded court room
as Mr. O'Brien drew a vivid picture of
the lonely prisoner in the jail on the
three real holldnys of tha year
Thanksgiving, Christmas snd New
Tear's. She had not even been per
mitted, he nnid, to send her two chil
dren the little presents she had made
for them with her own hands.
Mr. llandifin will complete the ar
gument for the state tomorrow after
noon, and the case is expected to go
to the Jury not later than 3 o'clock.
Shortly before court opened today
lputy sheriffs were sent out to clear
the street before the court house.whei
grouips of men were making bets on
the outcome of the trial. For several
clays the betting fraternity has taken
advantage of the publicity of the trial
and books are being mad on the re
ult like a horse race.
MO OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL,
INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
A Number of Connecticut Claimants
Will Be Sorely Disappointed.
(Special to Tho Bulletin.)
Washington, Jan. 24. The house
rommlttee on claims this morning vot
ed to indefinitely postpone further ac
tion on the omnibus claims bill that
passed the senate some time ago. This
notion c-.i m e as a great surprise, as H
lias been generally understood this bill
would be reported and passed by the
liouse. The claims, which are French
ooliatlon claims and' other old ones,
l ave all been favorably acted upon by
the court of claims, and are acknowl
edged to be legal and equitable claims.
President Taft in his message this
session urged favorable action on this
till.
The rote of the committee came aft
er considerable discussion, in which
the republican members of the com
mittee urged action on the ball, while
the democratic members set forth that
the bills were too old and the benefits
aocruitig would go to heirs or assigns
and claims agents, and not to those
who originally held the claims. (Major
Ti!on, who is a. member of the com
mittee, argued that as long as the
ourt of claims had passed these
claim favorably, congress ought to
appropriate the nionwy and pay them,
tmt when th vote came the democrats
and on or two republican voted to
postpone all action, which means thiit
the committee will not report the bill,
and it dies with the expiration of the
jiresent session.
There are quite a number of Connec
ticut claims in the bill, and they, will
sorely disappointed at the action
of the house committee.
GAGGED A SERVANT GIRL.
Two Thousand Policemen Searching
for a Cincinnati Negro.
Cincinnati. O., Jan. 24. Two thou
sand policemen are saarching tonight
t'tr a negro who after binding and
Fagging Mini Alma JLammers, a. ser
vant, who after heing discovered in
the home of her employer, stuffed her
Into a cedar chest, clamped on the lid
and left her to smother to death.
That tho lid did not fit tightly and
that passersby noticed the open door
end an overturned water bucket caused
Jicr rescue In time to sava her life.
Tlie girl is in a hospital, however,
unconscious.
AVIATOR J. A. D. M'CURDY
Starts This Morning' on Flight from
Key West to Havana.
Key West. Fla., Jan. 24. J. A. D.
McCurdy, the aviator, who will at
tempt tomorrow to fly from here to
Havana, Cuba, did not take his ma
chine out today, as ha expected, to take
trial flight. The wind was blowing
twenty milex an hour and lie did not
wirfh to risk having his aeroplane
(imaged, lie expects to start on liis
(Hunt about Uih.t tomorrow
ber, had conferred with Mr. Sheehan.
Mr. Sheehan said he had sent for Mr.
Friedman but would not say what they
had discussed. Mr. Friedman insisted
that his attitude was unchanged.
None of these could be traced to a
reliable source, however, and some to
no source at all.
Sheehan Now 13 Votes Shy.
Mr. -Sheehan received 85 votes on
the sixth ballot today, 13 less than the
number required for election. All the
other candidates got at least one vote
and a newcomer, Curtis N. Douglas of
Albany, a brother-in-law of Governor
Dix and a former state senator, re
ceived three. The list of democratic
candidates now numbers eleven.
Insurgents Declare that They are
Shadowed1.
The democrats who bolted the party
caucus still insist that the flit ad
vances toward a compromise should
come from the majority now voting for
Sheehan.
Several of the more prominent "in
surgents" declare that their every
movement is watched. Senator Roose
velt declared that he was being
"shadowed" wherever he went.
JEWELRY AND GEMS STOLEN
FROM MRS. THAW'S HOME.
Thieves Secured Plunder Valued at
$35,CO0 and Escaped.
Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 24. Thirty
three city detectives, a score or more
of special officers and the entire oper
ating force of a private detective
agency are scattered about this city
tonight, endeavoring to ferret out the
purloiner of J3o,000 worth of Jewelry
and gems from the home of Mrs. Will
iam Thaw, Jr., on the North Side last
night. Every pawnbroker in the city
has been furnished a description of
the goods also has been sent to every
city in the country.
The list of articles Is headed by a
two-strand pearl necklace, one-strand
of 54 and the other of 56 pearls, the
value of which is given as J17.000. No
value is named for the other articles
individually but the whole is estimat
ed a.t $35,000.
The Jewels were kept In a casket In
Mrs. Thaw's room, and the closet In
which the casket was kept was opened
with a skeleton key. The robbery was
committed while the family was at
dinner late last night between 6 and 7
o'clock, and while it was reported at
once to the police, it was not made
public until today through a frientl
of the Thaw family. No clue had 'been
admitted by the police up to a late
hour tonight. The four household esr
Viints were exonerated by the officers.
Mrs. William Thaw, Jr., in a daug-ter-in-law
of Mrs. William Thaw,
mother of Harry Kendall Thaw. The
latter in a. half brother of William
Thaw, Jr. Mrs. William Thaw, Jr.'a.
son, William Thaw, 3d, recently was
married in the east to a. sister or one
of the Mrs. Drexels.
CAPT. CHARLIE BARR DEAD.
A Noted Yachting Skipper Sailed
Many American's Cup Defenders.
Southampton, England, Jan. 24.
Capt. Charles Barr, the noted yachts
man, died suddently of heart trouble
here today.
Capt. Barr had been in this country
since last spring, when he brought orer
his last command, the schooner West
ward, built gy the Herreshoffs for A.
8. Cochran of the New York Yacht
club. With Westward Capt. Barr won
many trophies at the regattas at Kiel
and Cowes last summer.
Captain Barr had appeared to be in
perfect health this morning. He was
having breakfast with his family when
suddenly he placed a hand upon his
heart and with a cry of pain fell for
ward into the arms of his wife, dead.
Confessed to Burning East Hartford
Blacksmith Shop.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. While the
blacksmith shop of Michael Hyland
was burning in East Hartford tonight
Fred Cooper, colored, of this city,
walked into the local police station
and said that hs set the shop on fire.
He had walked from Manchester, he
said, and stopped in the shop to get
warm and while in there lit a cigar
ette and threw the lighted match on
the floor, and the whole building start
ed to blaza at once. Cooper is being
held by the police on a robbery charge
for which he was wanted and his story
will be investigated.
The blacksmith shop was totally de
stroyed with a loss of $1,500.
Episcopal Bishop of Western Missouri
Dead.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 24. The Right
Rev. Edw: F. Atwill, present Episcopal
bishop of western Misouri, died here
tonight after an illness of several
months.
Suicide in a New Haven Hetel.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24. After
completely undressing and removing
all possible marks of identification
from his clothing, a young man com
mitted suicide at the Virginia hotel
on Water street tonight by shooting
himself through the heart. The hotel
register gives the name of Jack Hayes.
Chicago, but the police do not believe
it to be correct.
Steamship Arrivals.
At Marseilles, Jan. 21: Germania,
from New York.
At Genoa, Jan. 24: Cedric, from New
York.
At Hamburg. Jan. 23: President Lin
coln, from. New York.
At Liverpool, Jan. 24: Lusitania,
from New York.
Probably Deposited His ; Card, ."
In Indianapolis one of the first de
positors in the Postal Savings bank
was a newspaper man. We knew tha
experiment would justify itself.
Washington Herald.
. A Difference.
There is just this difference between
them: town people ask "How much
does he get?" Country people ask:
"How much does he save?" Topeka
La-pltai,
Cabled Paragraphs
Tokio, Jan. 24. Twelve anarchists,
convicted of conspiracy against the
throne and the lives of the Imperial
family, were executed in the prison
here today.
London, Jan. 24. Sir John Arbuthnot
Fisher, first Baron of Kilverstone, ad
miral of the fleet, Will retire from the
navy tomorrow under the age, limit.
He was born in 1841 and has been
admiral of the fleet since 1895. -
- Vienna, Austria, Jan. 24. An extra
ordinary credit of $11,000,000 as a first
instalment toward the construction of
new warships appears in the Austro
Hungarian budget, which was pre
sented to the delegations by Baron
Burian vno Kajecz, minister of finance,
today.
LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS
REVERT TO JOHN BOLLES' HEIRS
If Government Abandons Navy Yard on
the Thames This is Fully Under
stood By Committee.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Washington, Jan. 24. The chief
clerk of the bureau of yards and docks
of the navy department was asked to
day if It were true that in case , the
department abandoned the navy yard
at New London, the land and all the
buildings on it would revert to the
original owners, and the reply was:
'Without a doubt, if the department
abandons the New London naval sta
tion, it will revert to the original
owner or his heirs. Some years ago
when the yard was first used for a
coaling station, suit was brought by
the heirs of John R. Bolles to recover
the land from the government. This
suit was brought before the IT. S. .dis
trict court of Connecticut. The navy
department won the suit, and the court
decided that as long as the property
was used by the navy department for
any purpose it could hold the property,
but it could not be transferred or sold."
The department officials looked into
the question before it was recommend
ed to abandon the yard, and notified
the naval committee of the house that
there was a "string" to the title of the
government. The committee today,
however, acknowledged, that they knew
the property would revert to the state
of Connecticut for distribution to the
heirs of Mr. Bolles, but nevertheless
the committee would recommend in
the appropriation bill the discontinu
ance of the station. The vote has been
taken on this proposition in the com
mittee, and five yards are to be dis
continued, New London among the
number.
Unless this item in the bill is
changed on the floor of the house or
in the senate, the heirs of John R.
Bolles will get the land back with all
improvements. It is estimated that
the property is now worth a great deal
of money, but unless the navy depart
ment has use for the station, it is
worth nothing' to the government.
Stonington Park Proposition.
Representative Higgins today ap
peared before the house committee on
Interstate commerce, in behalf of the
bill introduced by him June 15, 1910,
authorizing the transfer of govern
ment land known as Stonington Point
to the borough of Stonington, provid
ed the borough maintain the property
as -a park. Originally the lighthouse
board favored this proposition, as the
board had no further use for the land
in ! question, but the department of
commerce and labor is now opposing
the bill.
Mr Higgins explained to the com
mittee that if the department wanted
to keep the land, he had no objection,
but if it was to be sold or disposed
of in any other way, Stonington
wanted the land for a park. The peo
ple of Stonington, Mr. Higgins ex
plained, did not want manufacturers
to get hold of this property. Just why
the lighthouse board have ; reversed
themselves is not known, but if the
government will continue to use the
land, congress will take no further ac
tion in the matter.
Washington Notes.
Mrs. Edwin W. Higgins arrived in
Washington today, and will remain
for the rest of the session. Mr. and
Mrs. Higgins have returned to their
former appartments at the Portland.
Frederick DePeyster and Oliver Gll
dersleeve, of Portland, are in Wash
ington looking after the interests of
the Connecticut river, and incidentally
attending the meetings of the Nation
al Merchant Marine congress.
Representative Hill returned from
Norwalk last night after a brief visit
to Connecticut on private business.
Young Man Jumped from New Man
hattan Bridge.
New York, Jan. 24. From the para
pet of the new Manhattan bridge, 150
feet above th-a East river, a man came
somersaulting down late today just
as a police patrol boat passed under
the great structure. The man struck
the water less than a hundred feet
from the boat, but when hauled aboard
by the police he was dead. Papers in
the clothes indicated that the victim
was E. W. Heaton, Plainfield, N. J.
He was about 28 years old and well
dressed. It was apparently a case of
suicid-3.
Yale Alumni Dinner.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Washington, Jan. 24. All arange
ments for the Yale Alumni dinner, to
b held February 4th, have practically
been completed. The banquet will be
given at the Raleigh, and the speak
ers will he President Taft, President
Hadley, former Justice Brown and
Secretary MacVeagh. Treasurer Mc
Clung will be the toastmaster. A large
attendance of Yale graduates is ex
pected. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Projected by Organizations in Hart
ford. The joint committee, representing
the Hartford board of trade the Hart
ford business men's association, the
Landlords and Taxpayers' association
s.nd the Employers' association, for
the purpose of forming a chamber of
commerce, has issued in circular form
the tentative agreement under which
the new organization is likely to be
created.
WATER METERS
Advocated by Superintendent Walker
of Waterbury.
Notwithstanding the fact that
there is an abundance of water at
the Wigwam and that within another
year the new storage reservoir will be
ready, John R. Walker, superintendent
tf the water department, is talking
about metering the city and about the
excessive waste of water because of
leaks. He sent a lengthy communica
tion to the board of works on the sub
ject Wednesday evening.
The One Thing Lacking.
Everybody advises .Senator Lorimer
to resign. One more vote his own
would make the decision unanimous.
Chicago .Record-Herald.
Fence "posts in Argentina, are iiunde
of nurbracho wood, which is excecd-iiil-
hard; ihny last It) years.
The Connecticut
Senate and House
SHOW DISPOSITION TO MAKE
SESSION OF 1911 SHORT.
STACKS OF NEW BUSINESS
Including Some Freaks Four Day
Session Agitation Resumed Hear
ing on Removal of Damage Limit.
(Special to The Bulletin.) '.
Hartford, Jan. 24. The legislators
came 'back to the capitol Tuesday with
a manifest spirit for speeding up the
business of the general assembly and
making the session as short as the
impression is they want it to te. Both
house and senate were called to order
at noon. Both sittings were short and
busy ones, occupied principally with
the introduction of new business, of
which there Were stacks and then some
more. However short the session may
'be made-, there are going to be just
as many mattersconsidered as ever.
Members came in Tuesday loaded with
measures of greater and lesser import
ance and of exceeding' variety, soma
of such a unique character as to cause
a laugh when introduced' these latter
of the "Characteristically freak type.
But the members got down to busi
ness. During the sessions there were
mny announcements for committee
meetings immediately after adjourn
ment At these meetings matters re
ferred were taken up and dates assign
ed for hearings, which will be In full
swing next week, the Judiciary com
mittee, which already has a heap of
'business before it, commencing at
once. Four Day Sesions Likely.
The agitation for four days sessions
was resumed in the house Tuesday.
The outlook is that after February 2,
when tlie time for fiiing new business
expires, that it will be four days a
week at the capital. Leaders on both
Sides are strongly, urging this. The
house was not ready Tuesday to com
mit itself to the policy, however, Mr.
Banks, although heartily in favor of
the plan and even urging it, making it
clear that nothing can he gained by
introducing the policy while business
is coming in.
Representative Dhnn of Windham
precipitated the discussion iby moving
that his resolution calling for sessions
four day each week be taken from the
table. This action was not taken,
though,, and settlement of the matter
was deferred until a later date. -
Limitation of Damages Final Hearing
Febuary 7.
i The first hearing during the present
legislature was commenced after ad
journment of the house for the day, the
committee on the judiciary meeting in
the old supreme court room to hear
arguments on the removal of the $5,
OOOdeath damage limit.
There was -a large attendance at the
hearing. On the surface there was no
opposition, tout one man requested that
the committee not close its hearing on
this subject until some time in March,
in order that the .Manufacturers' asso
ciation might be able to formulate its
views and present them to the com
mittee. The speaker did not represent
the manufacturers, but he said he felt
that employers of labor ought to have
the opportunity to say something be
fore anything as radical as proposed
was decided. Up till this time the
hearing had shown that those who
spoke were in favor of the removal of
the limit of $5,000. Not all were agreed
that there should be no limit, but all
did wi.h to believe the present law
changed. The committee did not as
sent to delay until March, tout fixed
February 7th as the time for the clos
ing arguments. The committee at a
conference seemed to believe that there
should be no delay in getting to work
on the proposed blil for enactment.
Representative Chandler of Rocky
Hill first inquired if it were practical
to have some law passed which would
place an estimate upon the value of
human life, basing tlie estimate upon
a scientific finding of a rule of law.
Senator Judson said that there were
statutory limitations.
Representative Meltzer of Bridgeport,
upon whose bill the hearing in effect
was being held, explained why he fav
ored a limitation of $20,000 as a max
imum. He did not believe human life
could be valued in the market sense
of the word. There were two ways oi
placing a maximum limit on damages,
one on a fictitious basis and the other
on the idea of compensating those who
are left in need toy reason of tho bread
earner's death, through negligence.
Dependency in this case might mean i
widow and several children. A limit
of $20,000 would provide an interest
account of about $800 or $900 a year.
The ward of damages should not be
left to judges, in 'his opinion.
E. C. Terry of New Haven, repre
senting trainmen, said he did not be
lieve juries should 'have the right to
say what damages should h paid in
ev ent of the death through, negligence
or an employe ot a railroad companv.
Under the present law $5,000 can bs
recovered. He did not believe $10,000
was enough, but $15,000 might be a
reasonable amount.
Timoahy 9f. Crowley of the Hart
ford Central Labor union committee
told of polling the legislative members
and finding them in favor of a. new
law. .
Peter O'Heam of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen said that as the
prices of commodities have advanced,
the value of human . life Should be
raisud.- He believed in placing a max
imum figure.
Rev. G. F. Turner said that the Fed
eration of Churches favored the re
moval of the $5,000 limit, but he hope'l
that all the burden of fixing the
amount phculd be taken from the jur
ies. He had served on Juries and hop
ed that eome of the spectators could
finish their legal education 'by serv
ing on a jury. Several others spoke
briefly. .
SENATE.
The senate was called to order at 13
o'clock by Lieutenant Governor D. A.
Biakeslee. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton.
, Bills. .
By Senator Avery Allowing clerk o
superior court of New London county
$1,000 for clerical assistance. Judi
cial. .-
Ky Senator Park Allowing .veterans
of the Civil war employed in police
buildings to be pensioned out of police
uenefit i'undd. Cities and boroughs.
By Senator Peck Providing tor a
vote on consolidating town and city
governments on the application of 23
per cent. o the voters. Citie3 and bor
oughs. . - ,
Resolutions.
- By feenator Hooksr Reimbursing
Sheriff Edward W. Dewey for reward
paid for the capture of . Timothy A.
Slieedy. Claims.
By Senator Park Appointing Alber
ts StiUnian judge and Lorenzo J. Fair-(CojUiOued'ou-
eigbx).
Japan's Foreign
Policy Defined
BY COUNT KOMURA, MiNISTER
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
SPEECH IN JAPANESE DIET
Made Public in Washington Last Night
by Japanese Embassy Relations
with Other Powers Growing Cordial.
Washington, Jan. 24. Significant in
terest attaches to the speech made to
day in the lower house of the Japanese
diet by Count Komura, minister of for
eign affairs. The Japanese embassy
mado public tonight a transcript of
tho address, which defines the foreign
policy of Japan with especial refer
ence to the Japan-Russian arrange
ment with regard to Manchuria, the
annexation of Korea and thecomtem
piated revision of the tarofftreaties of
Japan with foreign powers.
Ccrdiai Relations Unhampered.
"The relations of Japan with foreign
powers," said Count Komura, "have
been steadily growing . in. cordiality,
unhampered by any incidents stand
ing in the way of international friend
ship. Above all, it will toe noted with
the highest gratification that the Anglo-Japanese
alliance which has been
constantly gaining additional strength
and solidity, continues to be a power
ful! factor in the preservation of gen
eeal peace in the east. .
As.'eement With Russia.
S-peakimj of the agreement of July 4,
last, between Japan and Russia in ad
justment of their respective interests
in Manchuria, Count Komura said:
"It appears .that in some quarters
this last understanding has 'been look
ed upon with a sense of suspicion and
misgiving. I have no "hesitation, in
positively declaring that it has for its
sole object the maintenance of status
quo in Manchuria and of the endur
ing peace in the far east toy confirm
ing the principles and supplementing
the provisions laid down n the con
vention of 17."
He added that both governments had
been dealing . with questions in "the
spirit of harmonious co-operation and
mutual accommodation."
Annexation of Korea.
With regard to tlie 'annexation of
Korea, Count Komura said;
"I am happy to he able to state that
the powers recognize the inevitable
nature of the act of annexation in view
of the special . position of Japan, vas
well as the general situation in. the ex
treme east. - - ... .
. "In consequence of tlie act of annex
ation, the treaties concluded by Korea
with foreign powers ceased, to toe toind
lag and Japan's existing .treaties havo
been extended to Korea. At the same
time the right of extra-territoriality
which foreigreers formerly enjoyed in
Korea came definitely to an end. The
imperial' government felt justified in
regarding euch.: right' as - ended . upon
the termination of Korea's treaties, by
which it was called, into existence.con
sidering that the continuance of the
system would have been prejudicial to
the satisfactory working and unifica
tion of administration in Korea. More
over, it seemed natural that foreigners
being allowed on the one hand to en
joy in Korea the same rights and prov
ilepes in Japan proper, should, on the
other lhand, surrender the right of
extra-territoriality which is not gant
ed to them in any other .parts of the
empire."
NEW HAVEN ROAD FIREMEN
HAVE MADE A DEMAND.
They Object to Cleaning the Engine
Above the Footboard.
New Haven. Conn.. Jan. 24. The
firemen of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford RaUroau company have
ma3 a demand through General Man
ager Higgins that they be relieved
hereafter of the duty of cleaning the
engines above the footboard. The duty
was specifically placed upon them and
agreed to last June, when the wages ol
the firemen were raised, but the fire
men claim that the practice of the New
Haven company should conform to that
on some other roads in this particular.
The company, it ts understood, agreed
to make the change if the overtime
pay of the road was made to conform
to that of other companies, but this the
men would not accept, and their de
mand in the matter of the cleaning of
the engines waa refused. The firemen
upon the road number about 1.400 and
it is understood that they are now be
ing polled upon the question of their
insisting upon the demand, which is
assentsd to will compel the cwmpany
to employ an additional force of men to
clean the engines.
BIG CORN.
The Kind They Raise on Farms at
Reynolds Bridge.
Last yar was a banner year for
crop raising, writes a Reynolds Bridge
correspondent. The corn yield in par
ticular was so far ahead of the ordi
nary and proved such a money maker
for the farmer that without doubt this
cereal will receive especial attention
the coming season. Much is being
done through New England to inspire
ambition in those engaged in raising
corn with a view to reviving the old
time idea of raising our own products.
People have ntudied experimental
farming in all its branches and nat
urally are taking advantage of the
benefits derived therefrom. The last
year's crop of corn, for instance,
raised about Reynolds Bridge, is prov
ing a saving of hundreds of dollars to
the farmers. Starr Sutliff has a va
riety of yellow corn which has fol
lowed him down many decades and is
a very nutritious product. Thomas
Mott has raised many hundreds of
bushels of the same variety. The ears
are so long that they are piled up
like cordwootl in his corn crib. J. S.
Newell of the Branch road, who is
spending the winter in Thomaston,
recently sent a card here bearing the
picture of an exhibit where one ear of
corn reaches the entire length of a
wagon. Greater results can now be
accomplished along these lines, as
most enterprising farmers have their
mills for grinding grain and sawing
wood and these are operated with
gasoline engines. As a result farming
is no longer regarded as drudgery and
more practical methods are fast com
ing into general use.
A Sympathetic Si slit.
There is no doubt that, flgurative
Iv speaking. Black' Horse Cavabryman
Grady wept-on Black Horse Cavalry
man Barnes' shoulder. Rochester
Herald.- '
Roads Would Like to Collect It.
Tawyer Brandels goes on saving tha
railroads a million a di junt as !
Cuk's,o TnbuAS. -
Condensed Telegrams
The Joint Ballot of the United 8tate
senators by the Iowa legislature Tues
day resulted as follows: Yung 35, Funk
27, Kenyon 34, Garst 8, Ported Idem )
63. Ahent 1. No election.
The Fifteen Republican State sena
tors returning from Cincinnati arriv
ed at Charleston, W. Va., at 2.25 Tues
day morning, and ut once sought ho
tels for rest. Negotiations were open
ed looking toward a settlement of all
differences with tlie democratic mem
toers of the upper house.
. A Permanent Tariff Board of five
members to investigate all questions
for the benefit of congress is xrovid
ed for in a bill unanimously agreed
upon by the house committee on ways
and means. The toill, effective July 1,
contains substantially the provisions
of tho Long worth and the Dalzell
bills.
"Guilty of Murder ift. the first de.
gree" was the verdict returned at
J1.2S Tuesday by tlie jury tn tho case
of Walter A. Diploy and Goldi Smith,
charged with the murder of Stanley
Ketchel at Marshfield, Mo. Sentence
of life imprisonment were recommsnd
ed for the defendants. The jury was
out 17 hours.
The Inland Navigation Company has
made an ofter of $1,250,000 for the
Northern Navigation company's fleet
of ten steamers, including the H anion
ic, Hurcnic and Soronic. This offer
will be considered at a meeting to be
"held in Toronto. January 31. All as
sets and franchises of the Northern
Navigation company are covered by
the offer.
President Taft, when he learned of
the death at Kansas City, Kan., of
Bishop Abraham Grant of the A. M.
E. church, sent a telegram in which
he said : "Bishop Grant ami I have
been for some years associated in tha
work of promoting the education of
negroes in tlie south, and I came to
know his high and sturdy qualities.
His death -is a real loss to his peo
ple." The World's Biggest Airship was
built by Siemens and Sc.huckert of
Berlin. Monday's trial flight wan short,
but it demonstrated that the airship
was satisfactory in every way. The
3"uip is non-rigid and 3S7 feet Ion:;'.
The gas bag lias a capacity of 13,000
cubic feet. Suspended from it ar
three cars, the central one of which
can curry fifty .passengers. Tlie others
are occupied by the machinery, l weive
persons made the flight Monday and
expresesd enthusiasm.
Special Officers and Patrolmen hur
riedly summoned to the scene stood
guard Tuesday on Madison avenue,
New York, over $50,000 in gold dump
ed to the street from an American Ex
press company wagon when' the vehi
cle was wrecked toy a collision with a
trolley car. A crowd quickly gather
ed, but 'both the driver of the wagon,
t . . i . t i I''fov- onH K. uritx-i;) 1 cruardian
of the treasure, Peter Salg, who were
injured in the crash, stood by to pro
test the- gold.' The police kept the
crowd nack until a seconu wnstni oi
rived and picked up the treasure.
OBITUARY.
William Oscar Seymour.
Rridgefield, Conn., Jan. 24. After an
illness which extended over but a f evt
days William Oscar Seymour, a mem.'
her of the state board -of railroad com-
and a member of the nouse
of representatives, of the state general
assembly, died at his home nere to
n;-ht of heart disease.
'Mr. Sevmour. who has been prom
inent in local republican and state
politics for many years, was tosrn in
this nlace October 1. ana was
one of tlie descendants of Thomas
Sevmour. one of the twenty-five per
sons who purchased the site for the
town of Ridgefield from the Indians.
He was barn and brought up on his
father's farm and educated in the io
cal schools and in a seminary at
Amenia. N. Y. ITe taught school in
New Canaan in 1849, and six years lat
er established a private boarding
school for boys and girls in this place,
which he maintained until his health
failed him in 1S69. On relinquishins
hi s.-lnooi work he engaged in crvil en
gineering. and in 1873 waa appointed
chief engineer of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, a posi
tion which he held until 1881, when he
was appointed chief engineer of the
Boston Koosac Tunney and Western
railroad. In 1883 he was placed in
charge of the location and construc
tion of extensions to the Wisconsin
General railway and other -western
In 1868 and 1869 he was a represent
ative from Ridgefield in the general
assembly, and in 1887 was appointed a
member of the raiiroad commission by
Governor Iounsbury, also of Ridge
field, and has been a member of the
commission up to the time of liis death
todav. From 1892 to 1903 he was Judge
of probate for the Ridgefield district
and at the recent elections was elected
a member of the house of representa
tiyes. He was placed on the commit
tee on cities and boroughs. In 102 he
was a- memfber of the constitutional
convention.
He was a member of th Congrega
tional church -and prominent in local
Masonic circles. - In 1S85 he was mar
ried to Rebecca Sproul, daughter of
Colonel Thomas Sprout of Warwick,
K. Y. He leaves one Uu-Utt-hter, Mrs.
Howard I). Smith, living here.
fteprenta.tive Seymour attended the
opening of the general assembly and
was present for the last time a week
ago today, when former Governor Mc
Lean was formally elected . to th3
United States senate to succeed Sen
ator Morgan G. Bulkeley by the joint
vote of the senate and house. He was
not faeling well enough to attend Wed
nesday's cession and jb Wsturrtny was
so ill that he was not able to attend
to his duties, and from that time on
gradually grew worse until death came
tonight. The funeral arrangements
have not yet. been completed.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. The death
tonight in Ridgefield of Railroad Com
missioner William O. Seymour makes
a vacancy on the commission which
will have to be filled by an appoint
ment by Governor Baldwin. If there is
a raiiroad commission in the future.
Mr. Seymour's death is the second to
occur in the commission within a year,
the other being that of O. R. Kyler.
None of the members who constituted
the commission at the beginning of
Governor Weeks' tenm are now con
nected with it. Death removed Com
missioners Fyler and Seymour, and
Andrew Gates of Hartford resigned to
engage in law practice. The two re
maining members are Richard T. Hig
gins of Winated, appointed to fill out
the unexpired - term of Gates, which
runs to 1913, and lSdgar J. boo little of
Merideii, appointed by Governor
Weeks, the latter appointment to run
until the rising of the present 'general
assembly. . ' . "
firoja Missouri.
There are some congressmen who
will never vote .honors - to Explorer
Peary until he takes them to the Pole
and points it out to them. Galveston
News.
Curing Financial Ills.
Swallowing hanks and trust vn
paiiii is oti way ol relieving them of
their ills X. Y. Amwicau.
Novelist Phillips
Died Last Night
SISTER, BROTHER AND DOCTOR
AT HOSPITAL BEDSIDE.
HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT LUNG
Which Had Been Pierced by One of
Goldsborough's Steel-Clad Bullets
tho Immediate Cause of Death,
New York, Jan. 24. David 3raham
Phillips has lost bis brave figb,t for
life. He died in Bcllevue hospital late
tonight, a victim, of Fltsbugh Coyle
Goideborough, an dicentric and emo
tional musician, who shot the novelist
down yesterday for a fancied grudge
and then killed himself. Phillips fought
valiantly to live, but nix bullet holds
were too much, even for his grit ami
sturdy constitution, and as 11 o'clook
came and passed he died.
Hemorrhage of Bu4let-Pierced Lung.
He was consoious up to within a
quarter of an hour of his death, which
occurred at exactly 11.05. At th bed
side were his sister. Mrs. Carolyn
FTevert; his brother, Harrison W.
Phillips, or New York, and the physi
cians. The immadlate cause of death
was hemorrhage of the right lung,
which has been pierced by one of the
steel-olad bullets from Goldsborough's
automatic revolver.
Had Been Consoious All Day.
Up to 9 o'clock 4he novelist was
resting quietly and Doth physicians
and relatives were hopeful of the out
ooane. He had baen conscious all day
and had received visitors, among them
his sister, his brother. United States
Senator Beveridge of Indiana and sev
eral writers of note. Tixtlr visits wars
extremely brief, but all who earns away
sppeared otpimistiu.
About ! o'clock tonight the patient
took a turn for the worse and although
the surgeons did everything in tlBir
piiwer the end was inevitable. The
phyk:ians concerned met directly af ler
the death and decided to request the
coroner to dispense with an autopsy.
It is believed this request will he
granted, although an autopsy Is tie
usual thing in all homicide case.
Senator Beveridge to Make Funeral
Arrangements.
Harrison Phillips- announced that
Senator Beveridge will have charge of
the funeral arrangements. The sena
tor returned to Washington this after
noon, but will probably coma tiack to
New York in the morning. In the
meantime it is thout that Phillips'
body will be taken either to the Prince
ton club or the National Arts club.
When it was 'seen that Phillips Tras
sinking It was decided to infuse Into
his veins a warm salt water solution, '
ha ha failed so rapidly that the sug
gestion was abandoned.
The eoroner Issued a permit late to
night for the removal of the body
without the formality of an autopsy.
Senator Beveridge salfl o"er the tele
phone from -Washingtwn that tn would
be in New York early Wednesday'
morning.
Goldsborough Family May Make
Statement Later.
: Miss Frances Ooldsborowgh arttwd
from Washington today and -with hex
cousin, John Farr, took charge of her
brother's body. It waa sent to Wash
ington at midnight Miss Goldsborough
will leave for Washington- to-morrow-morning.
She declined to aisoosa the
tragedy, hut said that tier family
would make public a statement within
the next few day. No information as
to the nature of this statement ooulfl
be obtained.
"Miss Goldsborough is the only mem
ber of the Goldsborough family who
has come to New York," said Mr.
Farr. "She does not -wih to diwoues
her brother's death or the einotan
stanee surrounding it at this time. So
far as I can learn, neither she nor any
other member of the family had ever
been acquainted with Mr. Phillips.
Later, when the first effects of theh
bereavement hare passed anray, the
Goldffoorouga family may make a
(statement to the pwbllo."
HEROIC MARBLE FIGURES
TWENTY FEET IN HEIGHT.
The Barnard Group of Statues fee rhe
Pennsylvania Capitol Front.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 24. JThe first
of the heroic marble figure of th
George Gray Barnard group of statues
was put into place and stripped of its
covering today and was found to he
draped with plaster of pari. The
treatment is in line with irhat Barnard,
who is In Paris, Is reported to have
promised when his attention waa call
ed to the protests against the nudity
of the figures. The men in charge of
the groups say the plaster .will remain
until ordens are received from Barnard
or state officials for Its removal.
The matter ot the draping o-f the
nude figures, some of which are twenty
feet in height, has been widely dii
cunsed in tJie state anil the general
bodv of artists has protested -rigor-
otinir against marring the banftI
white marble statues tor the addition
of so-alled drapery. On the ottier
hand, letters and resolutions of pro
test have been pourrmj In, lling upon
the state authorities to refrain frorn
plaolng the statuary Jn position along
the capitol front in its pre-wit condi
tion" of ud!ty.
The Bight to Order Abatement ef
Publio Nuisances,
Albany, K. Y Jan. . The right i
order the abatement of. local putHn
niliancs tnaintatosd by public aer- '
vice corporations rests with the local
health departments, and not with, the
state publio service commission, ac
cording to a deoislon today ty the
court of appeals. The conrt reversed
the determination of tho lower eourt,
which held that the New York city
public service commission was within
its power in ordering the abatement
of an alleged nuisance maintained by
the New York, New Hawn and Hart
ford . Railroad company at One TTutj-.
dred and Thirty-first street. New Tork.
Suicide of New York Policemen.
New York. Jan. 24. There la only
one way for me to get rid of my sins,
and that is to kill myself," exclaimed
Patrolman William J. Fairbrother in
the dormitory of the Amity street po
lice station. Brooklyn, thi afternoon.
A moment later he fired a bullet into
his abdomen. Ho probably will die.
Fairltrothe-r returned te duty only yes
terday after a long . . illness, during
which hi complained of jjain in his
Lead. .' (;'.
Reasons for Success.
A man vho sc&rted at J4.89 fc. week
instead of wUia silver spoon has Qeen
selected to 'Lead itoe ateet corporation. ,
But he had his &it i toia vavk.
Washington INjat. ,
It is esuRi.'tod, Jin t an arrjg
eui-h nnny- in c Ircula tlon . -ehaajrea
ImiMls 11 times a -wsjak, . ,.
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