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Bridgeport CENT A WORD For Wants, To-Rent. For Sale, Etc.. mm avmwc (( WEATHER FORECAST vou eet the BEST AND MOST RE TURNS from THE "FARMER," VOL. 45. NO. 71. BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,WEDNESDAY,MARCH 24, 1909 PRICE ONE CENT. VINCENT BROS. WAREHOUSE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Building Contained Many Tons of flay and Loss is $18,000, Partly Insured. department Responded to Six Alarms During 48 Hours and Its Resources Were Taxed Incendiary Blaze in East Side Tenement Being Investigated by Police Household Supply Company Sustains Damage. Six alarms during' the 24 hours end Mg at 4 o'clock this morning: found the Fire department always on hand, hut its members very much over worked and some of them exhausted with the arduousness of their labors toay. The chief blaze was at Car toon and Washburn streets, at 3:50 o'clock, when the warehouse of Vin cent Bros, was destroyed with its con tents. An Incendiary fire in a tenement bouse on the East Side was a feature of the night's work. A stiff 'blase In the basement of the Boston Household Supply Company, 177 and 1281 Main street, did damage to stock and building of $1,900 and might have "been more serious, in that the store is located beneath the Union Buaixess College in which night school was in session. Henry Nash, a watchman at the "vV"t End Lumber yard, discovered at 3:5 this morning flames coming from hs storage warehouse of Vincent Bros,, a frame structure 120 feet long and 50 feet wide, filled with hay and straw. The department responded and after working for more than two hours got the fire under control. It will be several days before the last spark will be extinguished, as 'the flames will smoulder in the tightly baled bundles of hay and straw. The loss will be shout $18,000 with insurance of $7,500. The building was located between two lumber yards. The frame build !lng of the Bridgeport Foundry & Ma chine Company is also nearby. All were constantly threatened' by flying cinders. ' Chief Mooney endeavored to keep the jfire confined to the section where it started and was successful. Engine i Companies 1, 2 and 9, with Chemical Company No. 1 and No. 1 Truck Com pany responded to the first alarm. Chief Mooney sent in a special call, which brought No. 5 Engine Com pany, and No. 5 steamer was hooked up. with the gun turret nozzle which was mounted on No. 1 hose carriage. This was the first time the gun noz zle has been used since its installation. ,lt was placed in a position at the west end of the building and used to rake the entire structure and the burning stock, wh,ile the firemen burrowed' in ! the aides of the building' with smaller streams. All the firemen were wet to the skin .and In the cold of the morning' their 'clothing was frozen stiff. Ladderman Thomas Reilly of No. 1 Truck Com pany was seized with a chill and over come. He was removed to his home. A. E. Vincent was early on the scene. Ho provided' the fire fighters with hot coffee and sandwiches. Later on President Bullard of the Fire depart ment brought food and hot coffee for .the .men. All firemen who were on their days off were called to relieve other men early this morning and as vapidly as was possible the chief al lowed men to go to their homes and change their clothing. The blaze is jthe Hastiest the fire department has thad to cope with for some months. Several railroad box cars which were standing on a side track caught from flying sparks, but were saved by the crew of the Chemical Company. MINERS ADOPT THEIR PROGRAM JBasis for a Further Confer ence "With Operators De cided Upon Strike No; Likely. (Special from United Press.) Soranton, March 24. The anthracite diners in tri-discussion here agreed at a. conference last night on a full pro fgram which is to be carried put at the session to-day. The session opened at 9 a. m. The program will prevent a strike. It may bring an early adjustment- This program which the com mittee of mine workers will take to the operators in Philadelphia next week is: "Recoenltion of the United Mine Workers In return for a three years I renewal of the present agreement which the operators offer without any j recognition of the union. "A ten year schedule in pay for all workmen of $Lo a day and an in crease of 5 per cent, for those earning between Jl.&v ana $2 a day. "Abolition of the conciliation board and direct dealing between miners lo cals and committees in adjustment of difficulties. "Recognition of the Union in a broad cense and not to be so narrowly con strued as to mean any particular set of men under their titles as the union representatives. "No strike inthe event of the opera tors refusing to grant some conces sions to the miners conference com mittee the award or present agreement to be allowed to lapse after April 1. "In case operators make no conces sions at the coming meeting in Phila delphia referendum vote among the miners will be held to determine the future policy." The convention may change the pro gram of the district leaders as framed last night but it is declared that the all important points will carry. Presi dent Lewis of the miners declares that ji program has been arranged and says all will be left to the miners delegates. New York. March 24. Representa tive of coal interests in New York. aid to be close to the Civic Fedra .tion. said to-day that they believe that in case the operators do not make con . ..ooinns to the anthracite miners at (the coming conference in Phi'adelphia, the miners will appeal to President Taft to form a new anthracite strike commission. It ?s believed that this Tiove Is part of the miners' program. President Roosevelt named the first committee in 1903 and the present working agreement of the miners and Chief- Mooney is inclined' to believe the fire started inside the building, as the interior was a raging furnace when the department arrived. Vincent Bros, have arranged to have a large tent erected for the storage of hay, so that their business will go on unhindered. The blaze in the store of the Boston Household Supply Company was dis covered by George Sanger. He ran to the engine house in Middle street and gave the alarm there. Chief Mooney and the auto chemical arrived in two or three minutes. Then Driver Chat field sent in an alarm from box 323. It was just 8 o'clock and the alarm was confused with the regular 8 o'clock bell. The store is below the Union" Busi ness College. The rooms of the school filled w-ith smoke and the pupils at tending the night school were dis missed, and passed to the street safe ly, although the exits were choked with emote. The firemen chopped a hole through the sidewalk in order to get into the basement of the store, where the flames were feeding on the burlap and excelsior which was wrapped about the furniture stored on the premises. The store is owned by Max Cederbaum and Mrs. Annie Ailing. The loss is $1,000, fully insured'. The 'building is owned by W. J. Nichols. Rudolph Wundrack's delictasen store, which is adjacent to the premises, suffered slight damage. At 2 o'clock this morning somebody poured a can of kerosene oil upon the stairs of a three story building at the rear of the Berkshire mills, and' own ed by J. A. Barri. Only one tenement in the building was occupied. Ber nard Schrieber, a baker, discovered the blaze and pulled box 83. The chem ical engine put out the fire. The damage will not exceed $5. The po lice are investigating the case. Within the past 48 hours the fire de partment has responded' to six alarms. While the -companies in the center of the city were at the West End fire, No. 2 and No. 8 companies, from the East Side, located in the central houses. In an interview with a Farmer rep resentative after the Are S. I E. Vin cent said: "I want to express my ap preciation of the good work done by the Are department. By their prompt and I energetic action they prevented much loss. There were several cars of goods in the immediate vicinity of the burning building which would cer tainly have been destroyed if they had not been moved by the firemen. We are unable to state the exact loss at present, but we keep a stock book and will be able to fix the exact am ount as soon as we get time. At our last inventory taken in February the stock totaled between $11,000 and $12, 000. There was an insurance of $5,500 on this. The building was insured for $2,000 in the Goodsell agency. Middle St. Stiles E. Goodsell of the firm was here early this morning. He looked over the ruins and decided that we were entitled to the whole amount. Before the firemen had left we had the check for $2,000. This I believe is the record for payment of an insur ance loss. We appreciate it very much." BAND OF BRIGANDS CAPTURED NEAR LAIR Had Attempted to Wreck Train and Rob Passengers But Failed. Lisbon, March 24. Fourteen bri gands, part of a big band that has ter rorized the district for fiftv miles around the Spanish town of Masnou, have been captured by the military authorities following1 a desperate at tack on a train. Twenty miles from Masnou the band its placed the huge limb of a tree across the railway track thinking to stop the train. The engineer was bringing the train to a standstill when a band of robbers sprang out. The engineer decided to take heroic meas ures to save his train and put on fu'l steam. The shock as the train struck the obstruction nearly threw the coaches from the track but the limb was not fastened and was pushed aside so that the train passed. The brigands then opened fire on the train riddling several coaches and wounding a num ber of passengers. Guards were hastily dispatched to the nearest gar rison and they overtook the robbers Just as they were nearing their den in the mountains. After a stiff light four teen were captured but more than twenty escaped. May Be President Though Born Abroad Editor of the Farmer: Sir: Will you kindly answer the en closed questions. A, claims that a male child born in a foreign land to American parents has an equal chance to become Presi dent of the United States as one born on American soil. B claims that the child must be born in the United States and that the Con stitution says so. Which is right? The Constitution says that a natural born citizen is eligible. What is a natural born citizen? H. F. R. The Fourteenth Amendment says that all persons born, or naturalized, in the United States are citizens there of. A natural-born citizen, is a na tive; a citizen not artificially created by adoption. A statute of the United States extends citizenship to the chil dren of citizens born out of the coun try during the temporary absence of their parents. The prevailing opin ion is that children so born would be. under the constitution, natural born citizens of the United States and so eligible to the presidency PROBATE COURT. An inventory of the estate of the late Sidney W. Nichols returned to the Probate Court this morning shows $3, S25 In real estate and $1,2S1.26 in per sonal prope-- $15,000 EACH OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS Appropriation Committee's Unanimous Report Which Will be Presented Within Few Days. St. "Vincent rs and Bridgepo rt Hospitals Share Alike, the Committee Being Impressed "With the Argument Advanced in Favor of Each. (By Our Special Corres. Hartford, March 24. Your corres pondent learned to-day that the com mittee on appropriations, at a meeting held this forenoon, decided by an un animous vote to recommend an appro priation of $15,000 each for the Bridge port Hospital and St. Vincent's Hos pital at Bridgeport. This appropriation in each instance covers the two fiscal years intervening between July 1. 1909, and July 1, 1911. The committee yes terday afternoon granted a hearing on BRIDGEPORT'S CITC COURT Action on Hull and Gould Report Postponed to Tomorrow. On Motion of Senate Leader Searles Gave a Techni cal Constitutional Reason for Postponement. (By our Staff Corres.) Hartford, March 24. The Senate to day by an unanimous vote made the Bridgeport City court fight the special for the day for tomorrow (Thursday, March 25) at noon. The reason why the question was not disposed of to day, according to Senator Searles, Sen ate leader, was because of a defect in the committee's report. The report provided that Elbert O. Hull and Rob ert H. Gould shall hold the offices of judge and deputy judge, respectively, of the City court of Bridgeport, for a term of two years from March 9, 1909. Searles pointed out that the bill was in conflict with the constitution of the State which stipulates a term of two years for judges of City and Police courts. He said that if the report in its present shape was adopted the term of office would not be for the period required' 'by the constitution; therefore, he asked that it 'be tabled temporarily for amendment. He said it was his intention to have the matter deter mined at today's session if possible. Subsequently however in view of the time consumed in the discussion of the Manchester court fight Senator Searles decided not to press the Bridgeport court matter today and offered the motion to make it the special order for tomorrow, which prevailed. Some of the Senators who are op posed to the attitude of the commit tee, believe that the postponement of the Bridgeport matter today was for the purpose of clearing the decks for the Manchester fight, the result of which proved' the committee's suprem acy. Only nine votes were cast against the committee's report, 22 votes being registered in the affirma tive. This vote, however, is hardly a proof of the outcome of the Bridge port fight, as several Senators, notably Holzer of Bridgeport, and Blakslee, Courtley, and Shanley of New Ha ven, who supported the committee to day, openly state their intention of op posing the Bridgeport report tomor row if the same is in favor of Hull and Gould. While the impression prevails that Hull and Gould will win out, those on the inside here admit that there is an uncertainty as to the size of the vote. Mayor Lee, Postmaster Marigold, A. B. Beers, Judge Carl Foster and A. L DeLaney were on hand today and, as sisted by State Secretary Rogers, were actively at work in the interest of Fos ter and' Wilder. Although Sheriff Sidney E. Hawley and Commissioner Havens of the Board of Education of Bridgeport were here today they did not go to the Capitol and they are apparently taking no interest in the City court fight. BUILDING PERMITS Commissioners Authorize New Structures Value $12,925. Building permits to the estimated value of $12,925 were issued last night by the Board' of Building Commission ers. The biggest project in the list is a four-family frame dwelling for John Decskazy, with two stores, to be built on Spruce street, at a cost of about $5,000. Thomas Arnold was given permis sion to reconstruct a steel building in Dutch Lane, east of Main street, at the foot of High street. The building was until recently used by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. The other permits are as follows: Estate of Hanford Lyon, new brick entrance to the Atlantic Hotel, north side of Fa rfield avenue. Archibald McNeil, frame veranda to residence, south side of Fairfield ave nue, between Norman and Yale streets. McKenzie Bros., raising roof of re frigerator in Public Market, south side of Bank street. Mrs. Elizabeth Southey. frame barn, north side of French street. W. R Clark, brick addition for pho tographic studio, north side of Fair field avenue. BLACK HAND LEADER SHOT AND KILLED New York. March 24. Joseffo Gen mar, whom the pol'ce allege to have been one of the leaders of the so-called Black Hand gang in Brooklyn, was shot and instantly killed on De Graw street in the heart of the Italian quart er to-day. The police arrested Jose Serrocccetto, a saloon keeper whose plae was the headquarters of a gang, on su' 'cion. FOR the resolution making the appropria tion for St. Vincent's Hospital Those who appeared in favor of It from Bridgeport were Attorney Edward F. Hallen, Sheriff S. E. Hawley, Mayor Henry Lee. Judge Carl Foster, City- Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan. Attor ney Jacob B. Klein. Attorney Will am A. Redden. John A. Hurley president of the Hurwood Mfg. Co. and Speaker Elmer S. Banks of Fairfield. The re ports of the committee relating to hos pitals are invariably accepted it may be assumed that the report it favor of the two Bridgeport institutions will become a law. BILLY WHITLA'S OWN STORY OF KIDNAPPING He Relates His Experience to United Press Cor respondent. Tells All of His Travels from Time He Was Called From School Till He Was Returned to His Home. (By Dorothy Dale, Special Staff Cor respondent of the United Press.) Sharon, Pa., March 24. This is the story of Billy Whitla's abduction from the time he was taken from the East Ward School in Sharon last Thursday morning to his return to his mother here yesterday, as told me by the little boy at his home here. This Is what Billy Whitla. said: "Last Thursday morning at school Mr. Sloss (the janitor), stuck his head iri the door and told Miss Lewis a man was there for me. sent by my dad. She put my jacket and cap right on and I hurried to see dad. Outside there was a man sitting in a buggy. He told me to jump in and I did. Then we drove to the corner w-here I put a letter In the post box. The man sa;d the letter would tell mother all about where I was going and he had me write mother's name on the envelope. "When I mailed the letter I thought I was going to dad's office but the man said right away: 'Billy,' he al ways called me Bills' 'Billy.' he sad. T am not going to take you to dad's office. I am taking care of you for dad. You know there's small-pox around and you've been exposed and dad says the doctors are after vou to take you to the pest house.' "The man said his name was Mr. Jones and that he was going to take me to Mrs. Jones and I was to be Billy Jones so the doctors wouldn't know meand everybody would think I was their little boy and not Billy Whitla And 'Jonesy said that :f any body found out that I was Billy Whit la did would be awfully angry with me and with 'Jonesy,' and the doctors would put me in the pest house. "Jonesy was made when we got to the depot at Warren for the train was gone that is. the train we were to go to Cleveland on, and Jonesy sad a swear word and said we would have to wait and then get a train that went a longer way to Cleveland. "You know just before we got into town the first time when we were driving in he had taken his moustache right off. He said it was not a real one. but he wore it to keep his face warm when he was out riding and when he took his moustache off it was kind of frayed he took off bis caD and put it under the seat of the buggy, and put on a stiff hat like dad wears. "When wo went down the street where the barber shop was. Jonesy left me outside while he went into a store and bought me two picture books funny ones. Then he took me to the lumber yard and I found a dandy place to hide while Jonesy went and got his face shaved. "Then we went to Ashtabula. I saw that name on a sign- When we got out he was mad again because we hal missed a car and he swore. The next place where I could read any sins it said, 'Paynesville' and that's ail the chince I got to read signs until we got to Cleveland. I did not know it was Cleveland and after we got in the house Jonesy told me it was Newcas' Is. 'When we got to Jonesy's house he only had two rooms and lived upstairs. There were more stairs and they sa d that up there was a lunatic asy'um and I had to look out for crazy people. Once they said if I made any noise they would send me up to the lunatic asylum." (Continued on Second Page.) CITY COURT CASES Judge Joseph R. Taylor of the Nor walk court was on the bench in the City court this morning. Frank Dise mone answered1 to the charges of as sault and breach of the peace. The accused' had raised a disturbance at his home in Pembroke street and had assaulted his son's wife, inflicting se vere punishment. He was fined $1 and costs and sent to jail for 30 days. The daughter-in-law testified against Disemone but afterwards put up $100 as a bond on an appeal. Fred Williams, who is known by an other name in his capacity as a collec tor about town, was discovered by Pa trolman Herb lying against a fence on Iranistan avenue yesterday afternoon in blissful ignorance of his surround ings. He was aroused 'by the officer who received a volley of abuse for his interference. He was fined $5 and costs this morning in the City court. A bicycle which stood for several hours near the Cyrus pharmacy in Fairfield avenue, was claimed by the prisoner as his proTwty. SUSPECTS IN KIDNAPPING CASE ARE HELD Man and "Woman Arrested at Cleveland Undoubt edly Concerned in Crime. Most of the Ransom Money Found on Woman's Person. Little Billy Whitla Goes to See If He Can Identify Them Suspects Give Names of G. H. Boyle and Helen Falkner Will Be Turned Over to Pennsyl vania. (Special from United Press.) Cleveland, March 24. When Billy Whitla stepped off the train from Sharon this afternoon he identified photographs of the man and woman who gave the names of J. H. Boyle and Helen Falkner, now under arrest at the police station, as his kidnap pers. Cleveland. March 24. The names G. H. Boyle and Helen Falkner were giv en to the police this morning by the man and woman detained last night in connection with the kidnapping of Billy Whitla "Falkner" wa Mrs. Whitla's name before her marriage and this fact tends to confirm the sus picions of those who have said all along that the kidnapping was accom plished by someone connected with ths Whitla family. The police are sure they have either the kidnanpers them selves or their most important con federates. The most telling evidence of their guilt is the money found on the wom an, $9,848, and the fact that It was wrapped just as Whitla says he wrap ped the ransom money. Until broueht face to face with the boy and accused by him it seems to be the intention of the pair to deny their guilt. The nearest to a confession thus far was an exclamation of the woman: There'll be to pay in Sharon when Buhl hears of this." She referred to Frank H. Buhl, millionaire uncle of the boy. The police are now seeking the ac complices of the kidnappers in Sharon, for they are certain the crime could not have been pulled off without more help. At the same time they have warned the Sharon authorities to guard Billy closely for the woman thijnorn ing threatens trouble for someone in the family. Billy Whitla was held a captive in an apartment house on one of the princi pal streets of Cleveland, barely a mile from the center of the city. From his description the police were able to recognize it. The man and woman were locked up just before . midnight formally charged with the kidnapping. At 202 Prospect avenue is a rather handsome apartment house called the Granger. From Billy's description the police concluded that this was the place of his captivity. Yesterday they visited the place and talked with the very couple now under arrest but through a mistake failed to make any arrest then. This may have lulled the fears of the suspects for they made no attempt to leave town. Last night Police Captain Shattuck and Detective Frank Wood shadowed the pair to a saloon and when they came out made the arrest. Jist outside the police sta tion the man tried to break away but after a chase he stumbled and fell and was captured. At the first search the only money found on them was $58 in currency carried by the man. Then the police matron undertook the job. Concealed on tho woman's clothing she found $9,848. The money was tied in $500 packages with pink tape bearing the imprint "Lawrence, Saratoga, N. Y." While no identification of the bills by numbers has yet been made Mr. Whit la said over the telephone early to-day that the ransom greenbacks were wrapped up in the same manner as the money found. When asked if he would prosecute the kidnappers if they are identified Mr. Whitla said: "You bet your life I will." "We could have arrested these peo ple Sunday," said Chief Kohler to-day. If Whitla had answered a letter writ ten him by them we could have taken the kidnappers into custody. Whitla did not seem to want to act with us. We will turn the prisoners over to Pennsylvania authorities as soon as they get here." eald Kohler. "Its up to them to prosecute." The arrest was finally made on a t'p given the police by Patrick O'Reilb. a saloon keeper. The couple had p'ann-d to leave town at once. They visited O'Reilly's saloon and bought a num ber of drinks. The man told O'Reilly that he was having trouble in the city and wished to leave secretly. He a'k ed O'Reilly to escort his "lady friend" to a depot. He himself planned to take an automobile to Shelby and catch a Big Four train for the west there. O'Reilly refused to escort the woman or to permit his bartender to do so. He notified the pol'ce and the man and woman wers taken as they were starting for the station. Sharon. Pa. March 24. "Billy" Whit la, accompanied by his father. James P. Whitla his uncle. Frank Buhl, ani Chief of Police Crane will leave at 11 : "2 o'clock this morning over the l.rie Railroad for Cleveland to view ;e two susuects said to he Helen Forkier and James Boyle now held in that city. Cleveland. March 4. uniet or fonce Kohler this afternoon said that J. H. Boyle under arrest charged with the kidnapping has admitted he is a plumber residing in Sharon and that the woman caning nerseii ieien Faulkner is his wife. John Boyle, secretary of the County Building Commission, this afternoon identified the man as a distant rela tive. He says he lives in Sharon and that the name he gives is correct. (Continued on Second Page.) WALLSTREET TO-DAY. (Special from United Press.) 11 a. m. After the irregularity in the first 1l minutes in which some frac tional declines were sustained the market developed general strength and prices in the balance of the hour moved upward. Local tractions rallied from to i points from their early losses. Noon. At midday the market ru'ed strong with prices generally showing gains of one point over yesterday's closin"' CRAZED MOTHER DROWNS HERSELF AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN Bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and Boy and flirl Found in Farmington River. Left Home Last Night Leaving Note Threatening .Sui cide Husband and Neighbors Kept Up Frantic Search Till Bodies Were Found This Morning. (Special from United Press.) Weatogue, Conn., March 24. A dou ble murder and suicide were revealed today with the finding of the bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her two chil dren, a boy and girl, aged 3 and 5 re suectively, in the Farmington river near this place. When the husband, Mr. Amos Miller, a contractor, returned from work last evening, his wife and family were missing. He found a note on the ta ble signed by his wife, informing him of her intention of drowning herself and her two children. Crazed with anxiety the unhappy man roused the entire neighborhood' and searched the banks of the river until a late hour when they were compelled to desist on account of the darkness. IMBECILES MAKE MUCH TROUBLE Escape from the Lakeville Home, Walk to Bridge port, Dodged the Officer, But Are Finally Returned Alexander Morrissey, investigator of the Charities department, went to New Haven on Monday to take John To bin and Irwin Brunt back to the Home for Imbeciles at Lakeville from which place they escaped the Wed nesday before. The young men were supposed to be at the home of Brunt's father in New Haven but they had disappeared before Mr. Morrissey ar rived. This placed the investigator in a bad position. Undaunted he started out on a tour of investigation and in a little while he luckily met Brunt and Tobln on Congress avenue. He brought both to Bridgeport where they were held till yesterday when Mr. Morrissey accompanied them to Lake ville. Brunt is an epileptic. He lost one of his ears when struck by a loco motive several years ago. At the Ca-. naan railroad station Brunt was seized with a fit. For an hour the investiga tor was busy in bringing him into a condition to be removable. He finally succeeded in landing his men at the home. Tobin was sent up from this city. He has escaped from the insti tution twice before and promises to leave again as soon as he gets a chance. The pair are regarded as bad actors, both at the institution and in this city where they are both known. They walked the whole distance from Lakeville to this city, 92 miles, when they escaped. TRIO OF MEN UNDER ARREST Will Be Charged With At tempted Burglary Cap of One of the Men Found Near the Scene. John Ardrwick, Harry Miller and George Johnson, the latter a one leg ged colored man, were arrested at 2:30 this morning at the corner of State street and Clinton avenue by Patrol men Halpin and Herb. One of the party had a suspicious looking bundle. They were unable to give a good ac count of themselves and were taken to the Third Precinct station. Earlier in the evening an attempt was made to break into Barbieri's fruit store at 692 Fairfield avenue. An unsuccess ful attempt was mode to jimmy the front door. About 1 o'clock a crash of glass in the rear of the fruit store roused Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Watson who live on the second floor ot the building adjoining. Mrs. Watson opened the window and saw three men answering the description of the trio arrested later. One was without a hat. When the window was opened the men jumped the fence into the ad joining lot and ran north on Wash ington avenue, making a noise like a herd of cattle. It was- the wooden leg of the colored man which made the most racket. Patrolmen William Colgan, James Burns and Martin Gottschalk reached the scene soon after the glass was broken. They were unable to trace the men any further than the vacant lot. Ardwick. Miller and Johnson reached headquarters too late to be I tried this morning. Capt. Arnold ex amined' all three. They acknowledged that they had been at the corner of State street and Park avenue at the time mentioned and that the glass had been Jbroken by them accidentally. In the bundle carried by the men when arrested was a table cloth. They ex plained that they found it on a dump. The men will be charged with at tempted burglary in the City court to morrow. Capt. Arnold found the cap belong ing to the colored man when he ex amined' the premises this morning. Tho young men had been drinking and this morning Miller said he felt very much ashamed of his conduct. He believes that he and his pals are in a tad fix. The residents of the vicinity are evi dently heavy sleepers, for the cries of Mr. and Mrs. Watson failed to arouse anyone and not a window was opened to ascertain the cause of the rum pus. Weather Indications. (Special from United Pr?ss.) New Haven, March 24. Forecast; Fair to-night; Thursday cloudy with light rain. An area of high pressure along the Atlantic coast is producing pleasant weather in the eastern sections. Areas of low pressure, central over Kansas and the Lake Shore are producing cloudy and rainy weather in the cen tral and western sections. The tem peratures are rising slowly. With daylight they renewed the hrm and discovered the footprints of th trio which led to the river. The bod ies were found a short distance fronf this spot. No reason can tie ascribed for the act as the family were In com fortable circumstances and apparently happy. According to the coroner, the crime was committed late yesterday after noon as the bodies had been in the water aibout fifteen hours. The bodies were found a short div tance from where the woman had walked into the river, having caught on one of the numerous snags. Fronsr all appearances the woman had bound the children together and then fast ened the rope to her body after -which she deliberately waded out Into the stream. (UNCLASSIFIED.) TO RENT. Four rooms. Ave. 39 Crescent S 24 so POSTAL CARDS for Easter and a flne line of views at Wood's Smoke-shop. 61 Cannon St. a. WANTED. Machinist tools, also sec ond hand tool box. Address, Ma chinist, care of Farmer. ap: THE BUYING STARTS in spring, hence we advertise again, at O'Neill's. a WANTED. An experienced storeroom woman, capable of making some pas try. Good salary. Apply Windsor Ho tel, s 24 bo FOR SALE. At 262 Noble avenue, 30 inch squaring shears, also other ma chines in the tinners' line. All in good order. S 24 dp FOR SALE. A good investment, a first class 6 family house. This house is built with double floors and all im provements, 560, 562 564 Atlantic St. Also a 50x118 ft- Corner lot. Inquire of John Bonner. S 24 tp BRAD'S TALK! The costliest gar ments that purse can buy. are not more becoming that will be the man or woman clothed in our Spring styles this season. See Brad about it! The same price for cash or credit. 1294 Main. ap SALESWOMAN WANTED on hosiery, wash goods, ribbons and cotton un derwear. Must live at home and have best of references as to char acter. Permanent positions. Apply at 1201 Main St. between 12 and 1 o'clock noon. S 24 so FOR SALE. One Steinway upright piano. Cost $700. ' Now $250. First class condition. Easy payments. The M. Steinert & Sons Co., 915 Main St. S 23 r o , FOR SALE. Elegant uprlgHt piano. Latest style. Powerful tone. Big bargain. The M. Steinert & Sons Co., 915 Main St. ' S 28 r o FOR SALE. Several slightly used up right pianos which were taken in exchange. $125 andup. Easy pay ments. The M. Steinert & Sons Co. S 25j- o WANTED. 500 people fond of fun for masquerade soiree, Sehwaeh!scher Hall. 37 French street, Wednesday, March 24. Hutzel's orchestra. Ad mission 25 cents each. S 22 6o FOR SALE. Steel range Al condition. Cheap. 26 Brothwell St. S 22 so TO RENT. Alcove and two connecting rooms, with board. 521 State street. Phone 1912. S 22 dpo TO RENT. 5 rooms, 1st floor. 1 In attic, all improvements. 191 Catherine St. 10 minutes walks to Read's store. Anderson & Co., 952 Main St. S 22 tf. O TO RENT. Store suitable for grocery and butcher market. Inquire 594 Brooks St. 3 9 t p o TO RENT. 6 room flat with improve ments, at $15, Randall Ave. No ob jection if 2 small families double up. Cadi 1294 Main. op GREAT RELIEF from headache and constipation. Casca Laxine tablets, 25 cts. B 3 o JAMES J. SHEEHAN. popular hatter, 974 E. Main St.. has the goods. Call and verify. H 30 tf o 18 5 BBATWURST. pigs' hocks, country pork a specialty. M. M. Nagel, 663 East Main St. G 7 tf 1 3 5 SAUSAGE that's home made, also liv er pudding and blood pudding can be purchased to-morrow at Mark Na gle's, 652 East Main street, and John Porter's, 318 Warren St. These goods are made by Biltz at 95 State St. H 11 tf. 1 3 5 PRATT'S CAFE. 137 Fairfield Ave., i3 sure to ha-ve what you want in ales, wines and liquors Do not forget the fine free lunch served daily G 28 1 3 0 o HOT LUNCH, daily at Morton's Cafe 15S Fairfield Avenue. Everhardt's N. Y. lager and Smith's Philadelphia Ale on draught. T 9 tfo 1 3 THE BOSTON CLEANING AND DYE- Irs G CO.. is 1 i a-rneia Ave. Our work the best. Our prices the lowest. I 16 tf. o 3 5 WE DO THE RIGHT kind of picture framing at lowest prices. Standa-d Art Store, 1219 Main St., Stratfleld building. I 30 3 5 CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our heai-tfeh thanks to all our friends and n?ihbors for their kind deeds, and sympathy ' shown us in our affliction, for beauti ful floral tokens, and by attending the funeral of our beloved wife. M. L. J. BARR 4. NO PATRICK QUIGEY. 201 Wheeler Ave. ap 4