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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-17
PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
President Asks tho Senate to Provide
$25, 900 for II.

Washington, April 16--The president
to-day sent message to the senate
asking that $25,000 be placed at the dis
posal of the secretary of state for the
payment of the expenses of confer
ence of the republics constituting the
Union Of American Republics, which he
recommended in his last annual mes
sage. The president says in his mes
sage that since the date of his annual
message "the secretary Of state has in
formed the governments of the various
republics of this continent of our wish
to see another conference convened and
has received formal favorable replies
from some of them in response to my
suggestions and an expression Of their
Willingness to send delegates to sec
ond conference. From majority of the
other republics this government has re-
ceived assurances of similar tenor, so
that at the present time the recommen-
dation made in my message is assured
of the approval of the American repub-
lies" 1t is not expected that the pro-
posed conference will be held in the
United States.
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BANK TELLER FARRAR ARRESTED
The Missing Waterbury, W., Man APP
prchend ded In Boston.

Waterbury, VT, April 16.-Teller j. c.
Farrar, the missing officer of the wa
terbury National bank, is under arrest
In Boston tonight, this fact being made
known by the departure from town OF
Directors G. e. Moody and l.. FL. Ather-
ton of the bank and an officer, on the
late afternoon express. 1t was early
known that Farrar was In Boston
through a message received by Edward
Farrar father of the teller, and later
a telephone message to Mr.. Moody was
understood to be from the same indi-
vidual.s Tonight it was generally re-
ported in town thta Farrar had gone
to the Globe bank to draw out de-
posit of 1880 he is said to have deposit
ed there, and was thus identified.
All day former Governor Dillingham;
of Montpelier and several directors of
the bank looked over the books and
securities and tonight it was given out
that Teller Farrars reported embezze-
ments were not so large as earlier stat
ed the figures having total of less
than $25,000.
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H4LL OF FAME JUDGES.
A List of Those who Have Accepted
Pres. HadIcy Among Them.

New York April 16.-Chancellor Mac
Cracker of the New York university
gave out to-day a list of those whose ac-
ceptances of invitations to serve as
judges In connection with the New YORK
university hall of fame have been re-
ceived. The judges will consider the
names submitted for inscription on the
walls of the hall, and will make recon-
mendations of those they regard as suit
able. There are to be one hundred
judges. At present fifty replies have
been received to the invitations to serve
forty-seven acceptances and three de-
clinations.
Those who have agreed to serve in
clude the following: President Charles
Eliot, Harvard: President James b. An
gell, University of Michigan; Mrs. Alice
r. Palmer, ex-president of Wellesley
college; Provost c. c. Harrison. Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; President
Henry Morton, Stevens Institute, Ho-
boken; President A. T. Hadley, Yale
university; President Seth Low, Colum-
bia; President w. j. Tucker, Dart
mouth college; President Dew Hyde,
Bowdoin college; Professor Edward
Claiming, Harvard university; Profess
sor John F. Jameson, Brown univer-
sity; Professor George F. Swain, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; eX-
President Grover Cleveland, Princeton,
N. j.; Governor Theodore Roosevelt,
New York; ST. Clair McKelway, editor
of the Brooklyn Eagle; Rev. DR.. Borden
P. Bovine. Boston university; Rev. DR..
James. M. Bukley, editor Of the Chris
tian Advocate, New York; DR.. Albert
s. Hart, Harvard DR.. E. c. Stedman,
New York city; DR.. Edward Everett
Hale, Roxbury, Mass; Charles Dudley
Warner, Hartford, Conn; DR.. Albert
Shaw editor of Review of Reviews,
New York; Chief Justice Melville W.
Fuller, United States supreme court.
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MURDERAT CROTON LANDING
A SERGEANT SHOT DEAD At SCENE
OF THE STRIKE.
Was Relieving Guard at Time-NO One
Heard the Shot or Saw the Flash
, Soldiers Frantic Over the Crime-Pre-
viously All Had Been Quiet and No
Serious Trouble Was Expected.

Croton Landing, N. Y, April 16!-The
New York state troops sent here to
quell the rioting Italian strikers were
thrown into a frenzy tonight by the
assassination at 8 o'clock Of Sergeant
Robert Douglass of, the Eleventh Sepa-
rate company of Mt. Vernon, while re-
| lieving guard. Up to the time of the
crime the camp had been very quiet
and it looked as if the night would pass
without any serious occurrence but
the widest excitement prevailed as soon
as the news of the assassination spread
to the different tents and the soldiers
are frantic over the cowardly crime.
The point where the sergeant fell Is
known as Post 10, which was in charge
of Corporal Mcdowell. 1t Is situated
on top of the hill near Little Italy,
where armed strikers were seen drilling
or marching about early this morning
brandishing rifles and shot guns. The
spot is high over the huge pile of ma
sonry and from 1t one can command
view of the country for miles on each
side up and down the Croton valley.
Douglass was talking to Corporal Nc
Dowell and the other members of the
guard, when he suddenly clasped his
hands to his stomach and said: Load.
boys I'm shot" and then fell to the
ground. 1t was pitch dark at the time,
but Mcdowell and the others fired a
voley into a clump of bushes near by
without hitting any one No one saw
the flash or heard the sound of the shot
which killed Douglass, and it was
most mysterious affair. Meanwhile the
men picked up the fallen sergeant and
carried him down the hill on stretcher,
but as soon as they reached Douglass
tent he died without saying word 9TH
er than what he said as he fell. Lieu
tenant Glover with a squad Of men went
up to the hilltop and made thorough
search, but failed to find any person up
there. Then the guards were called in
and concentrated in the valley with the
exception of those placed at the cable
station, where the shooting took place.
At about 10:30 o'clock tonight the
deputy sheriffs guarding the cable house
on the east side of the river saw three
figures lurking near the place and fired
their revolvers at them. The figures
disappeared quickly in the darkness. A
few minutes later three shots rang out
from the direction Of Little Italy, but
the sheriff's men were not injured.
AT about 5 o'clock this evening three
Italians were found within the lines and
each was found to have loaded revol-
yer. The soldiers extracted the car
tridges from the revolvers and returned
the weapons to the men, who were al
lowed to go away. Sergeant Douglass
when killed had one of these cartridges
in his pocket and 1t Is thought that the
shot which killed him was fired by one
Of the three men who had been allowed
to go free scarcely an hour previously.
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WEPENER SIEGE IS RAISED
THE BOERS REPORTED TO BE IN
FULL RETREAT.
Confusing Reports Regarding Their
Movements-ROberts Has Spread u Big
Net for Them but 1t Has Not Yet Been
Drawn-News from NafnI Conflicting
-Hunger at Mafeking-AnOther Vig-
Orous BombnrdmeMt.

London, April 16-The Bloemfontein
graphing Monday, says: "The Beers are
in full retreat from Wepener, hugging
the Basutoland border. The Basutos
are marching parallel with them along
the frontier, watching eagerly for the
slightest encroachment.
The Daily News has the following
from Reddersburg, dated Friday: Gen
eral Chermside saw the rear guard of
the Beers disappear southeast in full
retreat. The enemy appear to be in
strong force fourteen miles east of Red
dersburg They are falling back before
our advance guard"
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph in dispatch dated
yesterday says: 1.-The Beers have raised
the siege of Wepener and have left
Rouxville A majority of them have
undoubtedly retired north with the ex-
ception of body Of about six thousand
now reported to be going toward Beth
ulie'
A correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph at Ladysmith in a dispatch dated
April 16 says: 'The Beers are down
again at Dew Drop, east of Lady
smith.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Morning Post, telegraphing Monday,
says: Small bodies of Beers are prowl-
ing around and are even coming within
eight or ten miles of Bloemfontein.
Three Johannesburg Zarps' actually
entered the town one night and escaped
without being discovered. The Boer
demonstration yesterday at Karee Sid
ing was designed to cover the with
drawal of an immense convoy of provi-
sions There is no doubt that the Boer
incursion into the southeastern part of
the Free State was largely due to the
need of replenishing victuals in the most
fertile part of the country This ex-
plains why the enemy marched south
with empty wagons. Various important
movements are occurring, which natu-
rally 1t is not desirable to specify"
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Chicago, April 16.-Mrs. Louise Lot
fridge was committed to Jail to-day,
charged with the murder of Rufus
Wright. Hearing of the case was con-
tinued until April "a. The prisoner
when informed that Mr.. Wright died
as a result of the shooting at the Lee
land hotel acted like maniac. When
taken to Jail she was considered tenn
porarly insane and was turned over to
the care of the Jail physician. On the
way to the Jail she insisted that the
officer was taking her to her execution.
Mrs. Ida Koss, Mrs. Lottridge's friend,
was arrested tonight on the charge of
being an accessory to the alleged mur-
der. Bail was fixed at $500.
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IoRD RoBERTs, NET.


London April 17-4:15 a. m.-Lord
Roberts has spread his net far and wide
to catch the adventurous commanders
that have been making mischief in the
southeastern part of the state. The net
has not yet been drawn in. but at the
headquarters of Lord Roberts the i'm
preston exists that the power of the
Beers is decreasing. A Daily News cor
respondent has them fleeing to the
southeast; a Standard correspondent re-
ports them fleeing northward; Daily
Telegraph correspondent says that some
are going north and others south, while
a Morning Post representative says that
it is not known what the Boere are do
ing.
Evidently the feeling at Bloemfontein
is that the dispositions of Lord Roberts
are such as to enable him to concen-
trate a large force rapidly at any point.
The Beers, being aware of this, are pre-
sumed to be thinking now chiefly of re-
treat.
The investment of Wepener, accord
ing to a special dispatch from Bloem-
fontein, has absolutely been abandoned.
According to a Bethanie dispatch, the
Beers are unable to retreat northward,
because the British strongly hold all the
roads
Diverse reports come from Natal, one
asserting that the Beers have retired
beyond the Biggarsburg range and an
other saying that some of them are
close to Ladysmith.
London waits confidently for almost
immediate announcement of news ia
vorable to the British Distrust exists,
however, as to any rapid, continuous
advance toward Pretiroa, chiefly on ac-
count of the lack of horses, many of
which died in the case of long voyages.
Letters from the Cape say that the
days journey by rail is made in
open trucks, that the arrangements for
feeding and watering are inadequate,
and that the unfortunate animals break
down rapidly in consequences of these
hardships. Despite the energy of it's
buyers abroad, the war office foresees
much difficulty in supplying the enor-
nous number of horses required.
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No LTCENsE ron SPORTING CLUB.
New York Police Board to Enforce the
Anti-BOxiug Law.

New York, April 16.-The board Of
police commissioners to-day refused the
application of the Coney Island Sporting
club, otherwise known as the Seaside
Athletic club, for permit from May
/ to September /, when the anti-boxing
law which was passed at the late ses-
sion of the state Legislature goes into
effect. The application OF this club for
a renewal of its license was the first
to be received by the police board, and
the boards action is taken as an indica-
tion that all similar applications will be
refused. The board also passed reso-
luton making it compulsory upon man
ayers of concert halls and all places of
amusement to file their application for
licenses with a certificate from the
building department showing that their
buildings are erected and protected ac-
cprdng to the law
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GOYERNOR OF PUERTO RICO.
President Nominatcs Allen-Latter Will
be lmaugurnted May /.


Washington, April 16-Assistant Sec
retary Allen was nominated by the
president to-day to be governor of Puer-
to Rico.
Mr.. Allen is arranging to leave Wash
ington for San Juan toward the end of
the present week. Ie will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Allen and their daugh-
ter. The trip will be made on the Unit
ed States steamship Dolphin, Captain
Sutherland which is now lying at the
Washington navy yard. 1t is Governor
Aliens intention to make this a flying
visit. He will set up the new civil gov
ernment and inside of three weeks will
return to the United States to arrange
his private affairs.
Governor Allen will be inaugurated
at San Juan on May and General Da-
Wis, the military governor, will turn out
all United States troops under his COM
mand in honor of the occasion. The
ships of the squadron will fire salutes,
which will be answered by the shore
batteries There will be some speeches
and at night the fleet will use it's cleo
trio lights and there will be general IL
luminations.
After setting up civil government
and comforting with General Davis, Mr..
Allen will return to the United States to
arrange his private affairs, returning to
Puerto Rico on the Mayfiower.
1t cannot be learned that anything
has yet been done toward selecting a
successor to Mr.. Allen as assistant sec
retary of the navy, though Secretary
Long is giving the subject considera-
ton.
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". Il. HOLLAND RESIGNS,
Private Secretary Who DIvulged Steel
Magnute3s SUpCuln tiOms

New York, April 16.-W. A. Holland
private secretary Of John w. Gates
chairman of the board of directors of
the American Steel and Wire company,
has resigned and retired tosa farm in
Pennsylvania. Mr. Holland who dur
ing Mr.. Gates absence sent a eommuni-
cation to a newspaper containing the
information that the Steel and Wire
company's chairman had made between
$9,0OooO0 and 100000 in stock specu-
lation which communication the news
paper reproduced with the sender's sig
nature, did not wait for Mr. Gates to
return to his office, but left a note for
him in which he explained that he knew
he had made mistake and feared that
his action might be misconstrued. He
therefore thought it hest to leave
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ESTATE OF LATE u. G. ALIEN.
Two Womsn n Claim Ing to be His widows
RenCn a Settlement.

Boston, April 16--A settlement has
been reached in the contest between the
two women who claimed the estate Of
the late Elbridge G. Allen, formerly su-
perintendent Of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad, each Of
whom insisted that she was the mans
widow. Mrs. Flora Allen has with
drawn an appeal to the supreme court
which she took after Judge McF<im of
the Suffolk probate court had decided
that Mrs. Harriet E. Allen of Portland.
to whom Mr.. Allen was married in 1872,
was the lawful widow, when the case
was tried some time ago. Mr.. Allen
committed suicide in New York several
months ago. and after his death the two
women filed claims for his estate Mrs.
Allen claiming that he had married her
twenty eight years ago and Mrs. Flora
Allen alleging that she became his wife
in January, 1899.
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TWELVE PLANTS CLOSED.
Caused by Troubles In the Building
Trades,

Chicago, April 16.-Labor troubles in
the building trades are stated by Presi-
dent John w. Lamber of the American
Steel & Wire company as the reasons
for orders issued to-day closing down
all the plants of the concern in the vi
cinity Of Chicago, all of those at Joliet,
Ills, excepting the Rockdale mill, and
the extensive plant at Anderson, Ind
Twelve plants were closed. Thousands
of skilled workmen were temporarily
suspended by the action Of the wire
magnates. President Lambert said:
Labor troubles are at the bottom of
it. Our market has been destroyed by
the stopping of building labor and we
have had to shut down until the ac-
cumula ted stocks are sold"
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Many Grip Gases in BRISTOL.

Bristol April 16.-Manufacturers in
this place are being considerably incon-
venienced by an epidemic of grip now
prevailing here. 1t is estimated that
there are at least $50 employees in the
various factories that have been forced
to quit work on account of illness, and
as work is exceedingly lively at the
present time, they being forced to be
away from work is causing some en-
barrassment in filing orders. The cpl
demic is of a severe nature and the pa
tients are in many cases confined to
their homes for few weeks.
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AGED WOMAN BURNED no DEATH.
nj rss II ebecca Barnes of ofTorring e tom III err
CIOthing Caught Fire.

Torrington, April 16-Mrs. Rebecca
Barnes a widow woman aged eighty
six years, who resided on Migeon ave-
nue., was burned to death late this at
ternoon by her clothing accidentally
coming in contact with a bonfire. She
leaves two sons, Harvey Barnes, with
whom she made her home, and Seth
Barnes Of Bristol. Despite her advanc
ed age, Mrs. Barnes was a very ener-
getic woman, and to-day was assisting
her daughter-in-law in house-cleaning.
Shortly after o'clock she took bum
die OF papers with other rubbish out to
the field to burn them and fifteen min
utes later a little child discovered her
lying on the ground with her clothing
all afire. An alarm was at once givenk
but when assistance arrived the woman
was dead. She had been burned almost
beyond recognition.
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Portugal READY TO PAY.
Arrangements Complete to L:quidats
the Delngoa Bny Awnrd.

Washington, April 16.--united States
Minister Irwin at Lisbon has reported
to the department of state that the
Portuguese government has made all
necessary arrangements for the pay
ment of the judgments amounting to
almost $5,000,O0O on the award of the
Delagoa bay arbitration. AS stated in
the house by the Portuguese minister
for foreign affairs, the money can be
realized upon the Northern and Eastern
railroad bonds and the Lourenzo Mar
ques railroad will remain in the posses
sion of Portugal.
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brooklyn Man Kills His Son

New York, April 16.-In dispute in
Brooklyn over little dos August Bro
gus, seventyseven years of age, to-
night stabbed and killed his son
Charles, thirty-one years old. Young
Brogus brought the animal into his
home sat down to dinner and started
to feed most of his meal to the dog. The
father, who, it is said had been drink
ing, objected to his sons action and
drew a knife The son attempted to
take the knife srom his father, but the
latter stabbed him to the heart The
father was arrested.
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FILlPINOS SUFFER HEAVILY
REPULSED BY THE AMERICAN
GARRISON AT BATTER.
Their Losses Numbered One Hundred
and Six While the Americans Had No
Casualties-In an Action In Benquet
Province Finy-three Rebels Were
Killed and Forty four Captured.

Manila, Tuesday, April 17.-General
surgents, riflemen and Bolomen, attack
ed the American garrison at Batter, pro-
vince of North Iolocos, yesterday, but
were repulsed, losing a hundred and SIX
The Americans had no casualties.
Captain Dodd, with a squadron of the
Third cavalry, recently surrounded
village in Benguet province and sur
prised two hundred insurgents, living in
barracks, apparently a recruiting center
for the province. The Filipinos lost tif-
ty-three men killed Our troops also
captured forty-four men and burned the
village. One American was wounded.
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Result of the Caucus In Newtoyvn Last
Might.

Newton. April 16-At the republican
caucus held here tonight to elect four
delegates to the state convention the
Fessenden- Warner element succeeded in
choosing their men. There was an un-
usually large attendance. The dele
gates elected are Arthur T. Nettleton
Allison smith, Henry G. Curtis and It.
F. Tilson.
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PROPOSED OYSTER TRUST.
Committee Meeting Yestcrday-M Mmc-
bers Decline to Talk.

New York, April 16.-A meeting of
the committee appointed to represent
the different interests in the oyster bus
mess of Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, and New Jersey was held
here to-day. The object for which the
committee was appointed was to
formulate plans for the organization of
a combination to carry on the trade at
minimum of expenses The MEM
bers declined to say what, if any, plans
had been adopted.
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Kcnrns w hips Down"y.

New York, April 16.--Tim Kearns of
Lawrence, Mass, knocked out Jack
Downey of Brooklyn Tonight in the
tenth round of what was to have been
a twenty-fve-rou fight. They met at
1874 pounds. Up to the sixth round hon
ors were slightly in Kearns' favor and
after that he had everything his OWN
way, finally knocking Downey out with
a right swing on the jaw.
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FIorixar Wins Tennessee Derby,

Memphis, Tenn, April 16.-Tennessee
Derby; Florizar first, Brode second, The
Conqueror third. Florizar won easily
by two lengths. Time, 300 Distance,
1 is miles. Track, muddy. Attend
ance, 10000. The race was worth $1,000
to the winner. The betting on Florizar
was to l.
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Rev. r. W. Norris May Resign.

South Norwalk, April 16.-At the an
nual meeting Of the members of Trinity
parish tonight, Rev. Frederic w. Nor
rs announced that he had been ten
dered the rectorship of ST. Mathews at
Brooklyn and was favorably consider
ing it. Mr.. Norris has been very popu-
lar in this city and has Just completed
new church in which services were
held for the first time yesterday. Ac
tive steps will be taken by members of
the parish in an effort to have him re-
main here.
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PORE AGAINST POLITICS..
Universal Scope of the Decision Against
the eAssumptiOnists.

Paris, April 1.-THE Rome corre-
spondent of the Temps in a despatch
that has almost official significance
says:
THE papal decision prohibiting the
Assumptionists from continuing the
editorial management of La Croix was
arrived at after solemn conclave of
bishops and cardinals. Hereafter no
religious congregation will be permitted
to take any part in politics. This de-
cision is binding upon Catholics all over
the world, including the American Paul
lists"