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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
CRIME GALORE IN BUFFALO.
Eastcr Day in That Csty of Murder
 and Suicide.

Buffalo, N Y. April 12.-A shooting affray in which a nine-year-old boy was killed and woman fatally
 wounded, an attempted murder, two suicides and two attempts at suicide that may result fatally occurred in this city tonight. Joseph Kwaitkowski. ffty-one years old, is locked up charg- ed with fatally shooting his landlady and killing his own nine-year-old boy. Kwaitkowski formerly conducted an extensive business in one of the mar kets of the city. His wife died about g. year ago, leaving two children. Since the death of his wife his affairs have gone from bad to worse, and his busi- ness difficulties drove him to drink. For the last four months he has lived in the house of Mrs. Tekla Wolinski. The children of the two families were constantly quarreIing. Tonight Kwait- kowski returned home and found the children in the usual turmoil. Mrs. Wolinski notified him that he would have to move whereupon Kwaitkowski drew a revolver and began firing, back ing out of the house as he did so. Mrs. Wolinski followed the infuriated Pole and grappled with him. He pointed the revolver at her breast and fired. She fell to the ground fatally wounded. KwaitkoWski fired several more shots, one of them striking hisown nine-year- old son. Peter. willing him instantly. A large crowd quickly gathered and Kwaitkowski retreated into the house, locking the doors behind him. Five officers surrounded the house. The Pole barricaded the doors, and began firing through the windows at the of- ficers. The policemen crep up along side the house and fired about thirty shots through the windows btu failed to hit the murderer, who continued to fire until his ammunition was exhaust ed. The officers then battered down the front door and found the Pole hid ing in a closet. He gave desperate bat
 tie still but was finally overpowered. George Denning, fifty-five years old, had been separated from his wife for
 some time. He called upon her to-day
 and tried to induce her to resume
 matrimonial relations. She refused. He
 drew revolver and fired. She fell to
 the floor in 8 faint, and believing that
 he had killed her, Denning ran away.
 His body was found later in the even-
 ing in Salvation Army lodging house.
 He had taken poison.
 Miss Marie Beers, twenty years of
 age, said to have been quite successful
 on the vaudeville stage, took morphine
 with fatal effect. A note showed un-
 requitted love to have been the cause.
 Bertha Vaughn, aged twenty three,
 swallowed vitriol. Her condition is se-
 rious
 Miss Blanche Murphy swallowed a
 quantity of laudanum, following a.
 quarrel with a man. She may recover.
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THREE HARTFORD MEN SHOT
Italian Blazes at Them and Is Later
 Caught. t.. -. .--..-

Italian Blazes at Them and is Later
 Caught. s.. -. ..-...-
 Hartford, April 12--DominiclS Pacifi- co, an Italian eighteen years old, shot three men on Front street tonight Andrew Hallisey was shot in the abdo- men and he will probably die, as the surgeons at the hospital were unable to locate the bullet, which made seven perforations in the bowels. Jeremiah Condron was shot in the top of the head and the bullet was extracted. He is out of danger. Thomas Fitzgerald, who re- gently returned from the Philippines, grabbed the Italian and was shot inethe shoulder, the bullet passing through the flesh.
 According to witnesses, Hallisey had an argument with an Italian, when Pa cifico came along on a bicycle jumped off and began shooting. He was found half an hour later hiding in a closet in house near the scene of the shooting. He claims that four men attacked him. Richard Powers was arrested for knocking down man who said he could identify the prisoner. Over 2,000 people followed the prisoners to head- quarters, and there was some talk of lynching the Italian. 1~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
MAY CASE OF SUICIDE.
Widow Fouud Uneonseious Dies at the
 Hospital.


 Mrs. Charles F. Grant was found un- conscious in bed early yesterday morn ing. She was widow. fifty-five years old, and lived with her son at 34 Green wood street. Dr. Flynn was quickly summoned and on his arrival, seeing her condition, he ordered her to be talk ell immediately to the New Haven hos pital. About o'clock yesterday after noon she died. Medical Examiner Bart lett was notified. The inquest will not be held until to-day. The hospital au- thorities gave opium poisoning as the cause of death.
 Mrs. Grant had complained great deal lately about not being able to sleep. She had a tw-ounce bottle con- taining laudanum in closet which was found yesterday. Dr. Bartlett said last evening that he did not know yet whether it was a case of suicide or ac- cidental death, but that as there was no apparent reason for her committing suicide he thought it was very likely a case of accidental death. He says he thinks she took some form of opium to produce sleep, and took too much. She was in apparently good spirits on Sat- urday evening and went marketing, re- turning with her Sunday supplies about 9 o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
BAD TRAIN WRECK.
Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured
 Nrnr Halifax.


 Nenr Halifax.
 Halifax, N. S., April 12-Four per- sons dead, two fatally hurt, at least one missing and several others slightly injured is the record of head-on col lision on the Intercolonial railway which occurred just before midnight last night near Windsor junction. sev- enteen miles from Halifax.
 The wreck prostrated the telegraph lines along the roadside and cut this city off from communication with the outside world for hours.
 The trains that were in collision were the Canadian Pacific railway express No. 25 from Montreal for Halifax and a fast freight from Halifax for Mon treal. The conductor and driver of the freight had orders to take siding at Windsor junction and let the express cross, but for some unknown reason Driver Copeland of the freight ran past the junction on the main line and met the express without an instant's warning two miles beyond. The freight was running twenty-five miles an hour and the express was two hours late and travelling about forty-five miles an hour at the time of the col lision.
 The dead are: Express Driver Will liam Wall, Express Fireman Michael Oakley, Freight Fireman Hill, Freight Brakeman Thorpe.
 Fatally hurt: Freight Driver Cope land, a tramp named McCready of Antigonish.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
< HUNDREDS SEE RELIANCE.
Bristol EzsEbaE Aa.vs With Small Graft '. H --shores Throngetl.

Bristol, R. T., April 12.The harbor was alive with small craft to-day and hundreds of people lined the shore and crowded about the wharf where the Reliance is moored. Many well known yachtsmen saw her for the first time. No one was on deck but a seaman on the dock warned sightseers against a too near approach to the boat Every thing is in readiness for the stepping of the mainmast tomorrow or Tues day. Mir. Iselin will not see the big spar put in place as he left for New York to-day The Reliances' tender, the Sunbeam and the Satellite the ten- der of the Constitution. are at New port, where several members of the club committee have gone to be in at tendance at the Nelson Vanderbilt wedding.
 The new launch designed by c. F. Herreshoff 2nd to be used as a des- patch boat by MT. Iselin is expected here from New Rochelle, N. Y, in a day or two.
 Pickpockets made their presence known at the launching yesterday. Robert. Gammell of Providence reports that he lost scarf pin valued at $1,000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
DutCh strike CoIIapses,

Amsterdam, April 12.-The strike has collapsed. The aged Socialist leader, Domela Niewvenhuis, who emerged from his retirement to run the strike agitation, was present at stormy meeting of the labor movement which sat during the whole of last night and until half-past six o'clock this morning. He proposed to terminate the agitation since the cause of labor has been be- trayed. The meeting acquiesced in this view and decided not to elect a new strike committee. A similar decision was reached at a. local meetink of strikers at Rotterdam.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13

Chang Chin Tung is one of the pro- gressive viceroys of the Yang Tse prov inces and director of commerce He is considered the most powerful man in South China and one of the most in- fiuential officials in the empire. He asked some time ago for an audience of the empress dowager and attempts were made by reactionary officials to prevent his going to Pekin and wit messing the condition of government af- fairs at the capital.
 Chang Chin Tung is sending his son at his own expense to the United States as student attached to the suite of Cheng Tung Liang, the new Chinese minister at Washington. A despatch from Shanghai March 4 said that this action had greatly impressed native opinion, especially that of the officials. and was regarded as a most hopeful sign of progress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
PACKERS PAY UP.
Send Check for sa7,oOo to Missouri
 Supreme Court.

Kansas City, April 12.-The five Mis- souri packing companies which were fined S5,0O0 each on March 20 for viola tion of the antitrust law, through their attorney, Frank Hagerman, of this city, have mailed to the state supreme court a draft for $27, ,136 in payment of fines and costs incident to the action against them. The firms fined are the Armour Packing company, Cudahy Packing company, Hammond Packing company Swift & Go. and Schwartz child & Sulzberger The payment was made before it was due, as the offenders had thirty days from March 20 in which to satisfy the judgment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
NEW CHALLENGER,s DEFEAT.
Agreement of Opinion That 1t Was {. Solely Due to n FIuke.

Agreement of Opinion That 1t Was Solely Due to n FIuke.
 Weymouth, Eng, April 12.-There Is an agreement os opinion that the de- feat of the challenger by Shamrock I on time allowance yesterday was en- tirely due to a weather fiuke and gives no reason for reducing the handicap The same conditions, therefore, will probably govern to-morrow's race un- less the weather is light, when the time allowance to the ex-challenger will probably be increased. Colonel Neill a, leading Clyde amateur yachtsman, who was aboard Shamrock yesterday said to the Associated Press correspondent to-day: .: I
 'The challenger made an absolute ex- hibition of us on the first round. A weather fluke gave us the race. I am convinced that there is no weather nor any point of sailing on which Shamrock I can hold the challenger"
 Designer Fife arrived here to-day to see to-morrow's race. He declined to be drawn on his opinion whether yes- terday's performance was good enough for him. He replied that he would rather see the challenger win by half an hour. but it could easily be seen from his genial and pleasant manner that he was well satisfied with the course of events.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEER.
PRESIDENT OF BEREA COLLEGE
 TELLS OF HTS NEEDS.
Difficulties fn the Way of Their Edu-
 catioM-Nlafxe Apt Scholars-R elasi0n5 of This Peculiar People to Problem of the South. -ss5

President William Frost of Berea eol- lege, Kentucky, delivered the address before the Mems club last night at Uni ted church upon the Native Americans of the Appalachian Mountains" D" Presi- dent Frost spoke in part as follows:
 No section of the country has been so much misunderstood by the public as the Kentucky mountain region. They are not one-half so turbulent and blood-thirsty as they are reported. True, when there is a feud among them they will kill each other with cheerful ness and dispatch but on the other hand the life of a stranger is as safe with them as it is in the peaceful streets of New Haven. These are the men that turned over two hundred thousand Union soldiers into the field and kept Kentucky from seceding. They are stalwart, honest and brave. Their faults are due to the condition under which they live and to the fact that it is impossible for them to get an educa- tion. To supply this want is the mis- sion of Berea college. We have divided the mountains uo into school districts and heightened the term of public
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
The Howe X Stetson Co.
CHARTER OAK ENTRIES.
N. w. HabsuEer Among the Subscriber
 to Famou stake Event

to Famous stake Event
 Hartford, April 12.-Entries in stakes to be raced during the Charter Oak Park grand circuit meeting of septem- Der to F next have been given out by Secretary Horace Wilson.
 Fifteen have subscribed to the twen- tieth renewal of the famous Charter Oak stake of $10,000, as follows:
 R. c. Benson. Kansas City, Mo-: $. De Ridder. Louisville, Ky; Ed. F. Geers, Memphis, Tenn; James Hanly, Providence; N. w. Hubinger, New Ha- ven, Ccnn.; S. F. Mitchell, Coldwater, Mich; M. Salisbury, Pleasanton, Cal. ;; George Tod, Youngstown, O.; Walnut Hall Farm, Donelall, Ky, and James Butler, John J. Scannell, F. G. Schmidt, c. E. Simmons. M. E. Sturgis and F. E. Smathers. all of New York The starters will not be named until August 24th, but the probable candidates will be Baron De Shay, 2:OS 3-4 Idolita, 2:09 IA; A. J., 2:09 IA; Eleata, 2:OS 1-2; Beldia. 2:6912; Wentworth, 2:09 IA; Metallas, 2;11: Maxine, 2:OS 3-4; The Roman. 209 1-2; Walnut Hall, 2:09 3-4; Lord Vincent, POS 3-4, and Dan Wilkes, 2:09 1-2. This will make the sensa- tional race of 1903.
 The other four events received good support. While the entries are numer- ically lighter than last year, the quail ity is very high. The only cream of the strongest stables is named and many highly tried horses are in the lists. The Capital City, SSOOO, for 2:19 trotters, has fourteen entries, while the Old Colony for 230 trotters, the Nut meg for 2:09 pacers and the Connecti- cut for 2:30 pacers, each received thir- teen entries.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
~-------------------- -----f---------~--@ CAPTURED NON-UNION MEN.
Striking Buffufo 0 Marine Bremen Board
 a Vessel.

Buffalo, N. Y, April 13.-When the propeller William S. Mack arrived in port at one o'clock this (Monday) morn ing, with five non-union firemen on board, a gang of striking union men boarded the vessel, clambering over the railing as soon as she touched at the dock. The five non-union men were captured and taken to the headquarters of the union.
 The police were at once notified by the steamship officials and squad of men surrounded and raided the union hall. They rescued four of the kid mapped firemen, one of whom had been terribly beaten. The fifth man is miss ing and the police have been unable to find any trace Of him.,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
CARPENTERS EXECUTIVE BOARD
Meets in Indianapolis To.day- $50
 Strikes on Its Hands.

Meets tn lnusanapOIAs TOsuay 05U
 Strikes on Its Hands.
 Indianapolis, April 12.-The executive board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will meet here tomorrow. It consists of Henry Meyer of California, D. A. Post of Pennsyl- vania, T. J. Sullivan of Connecticut, Joseph Ainey of Montreal, J. P. Ogle- treel of Alamaba, Wesley Workman of Ohio and Charles Wellman of Mis- souri.
 The board will have busy session. It now has on hand $50 strikes in diff ferent parts of the United States. It will be necessary for the merits of each of these strikes to be ascertained and sanctions issued. There must also be appropriations to carry on the strikes now in progress and any others that may arise soon.
 The largest strike now in progress is in New York city. It is also a very unusual strike. There are now $500 carpenters out in New York and many more will 80 out tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
Tried 60 H0rsewhtp a Boy.

Antone Endriss os 2S6 Hallock ave- nue, James J. Berrne of I'll Putnam street, and Christopher L. Right of 193 Rosette street, were all arrested early yesterday morning and charged with breach of the peace. They claim some baker, residing on Putnam street was going to horsewhip a boy, and when they tried to stop him general fight ensued.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
AINstch HOMse Rnifsed.

A liquor raid was made on the AL drich house just before midnight last night by Sergeant Crocker, assisted by Policeman Foley and Streit. A lot of men were found drinking whiskey. beer, etc. The police say that there was evil dence enough obtained to convict the management of selling liquor on Sun day, and that warrant will be sworn out and served to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
POLICE CAPTAIN ATTACKED
SET UPON IN 4 SALOON WHICH
 HE RAIDED ALONE.
Now at St. vincent's Hospital in New York Suffering from Concussion of the Brain-Man Who Broke Into Place to Rescue Officer win Lose an
 

New York, April 12.-Police Captain German is at St. Vincents hospital suffering from concussion of the brain and other injuries. These were receiv- ed early to-day, when in attempting to compel saloonkeeper to close his place, the captain was set on by a crowd and beaten.
 Joseph Willard Carroll, who burst his way into the saloon to rescue the cap tain, will lose one eye as a result of his injuries. The captain said tonight:
 ''Tt was after midnight when I passed through Blocker street. I went into the saloon and hotel of Louis Terelli and ordered a drink. When Terelli served it I pulled out my badge, told him who was and placed him under arrest for violating the excise law. Then he swore at me and threw a glass at my face"
 As soon as the glass had been thrown, he continued, thirty or forty men in the place rose altogether and made at him. Somebody locked all the doors and when he managed to edge up to one exit he discovered that it was shut tight. He ran to window, protecting himself as best he could with his night stock and kicked out 8 pane of glass with his foot. shouting for assistance as loud as he could. By that time he had been pummelled and kicked my many Of the crowd.
 It was some time before help arrived and the captain rescued.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
Three Yncnes of snow.

Denver, April 12.--About three inches of snow fell along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado Springs last night and early to-day. It will be boon to stock and farmers. The storm was unaccompa- nied by wind and there is no danger to exposed stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13

Indianapolis, April 12.--- Nathan Morris, one of the best known attorneys of Indiana, and Frank Haas the twelve-year-old son of Dr. Joseph Haas, were burned to death this morning, and Mrs. Joseph Haas, Miss Belle Haas, Miss Rose Haas, Louis Haas and Grace Lemon, governess, were injured more or less seriously. The residence of Dr. Joseph Haas was nearly burned to the ground.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
HOPEFUL SIGNS IN CHINA.
One Ofthe Progressive VicerOys Asked 10 Hasten Arrival in PekIn.

Pekin, April 12.-The empress dow ager has issued an edict eulogizing the late Yung Lu and conferring on him posthumous honors similar to those conferred on Lii Hung Chang. She has also telegraphed to Chang Chin Tung, viceroy of Nankin, to hasten his ar rival in Pekin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13

Atlanta, Ga, April 12-The Capital City National bank, whose collection clerk G.
 Hallman Sims, confessed to dedication of $94.000 one week ago. has been amalgamat- ed with the Atlanta National bank. The de- tails have not been made public. but it is stated that the affairs of the Capital City the heavy drain caused by Sims defalea- a. tion. The bank was capitalized at $25Q,00
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
CORRUPT LABOR LEADERS. N. Y. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
 CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED.
Statement Made by the Central Fedora- ton Union's Committee After am Interview with MT. Jerome-several Suspicious Cases bnt Conclusive Evil deuce lmpossibIe % Get.

New York, April 12.-The report of the Central Federation union graft" committee appointed to see District At torney Jerome at his house and get the names of alleged corrupt labor leaders, which he promised to give, was read at to-day's meeting of the Central Feder- ation union. The report, which was adopted, says in part:
 We held an interview with MT. Jerome on the subject of graft in gen. eral. Mir. Jerome made to us detailed statement of the complaints which have been made to him since his in- cumbency in office and expressly called our attention to the suspicious circum- stances which attended several strikes called by the representatives of unions in the building trades. In two cases. he said, he could rconclusive1y prove to his own satisfaction that money had off, but that it was impossible to obtain evidence which would convict any in- dividual of extortion
 'In another case MT. Jerome produced exclusive evidence of the guilt of a union official, but owing to the timidity of the contractor, who refused to ap- pear as a witness on the advice of his partner a conviction of extortion can not be obtained.
 While Mir. Jerome was positive in his opinion that certain contractors and akr tNT If gross offenses, he presented to your committee no evidence that established the guilt of any particular business agent"
 The findings of the committee are, in brief, that of all the business agents or other officials of organized labor of New York not one has been convicted in the courts of any form of corrup- tion; that none of the information i'm parted by the district attorney is suffi- cient to justify any one in describing labor representatives as corrupt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
Pres,henreees NInch Gnn,e

Cinnabar, Mont. April 12.--A soldier came into Fort Yellowstone to-day from the presidents camp. He reported that the president was well and that he had seen a large quantity of game.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
Vicar General Es"mchet Dead.

Louisville. Ky, April 12.-Rev. Mi chael Bouchet, vicar general of the Ro- man Catholic diocese of Louisville, died to-day, aged 75. He was a native of France
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
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