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Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

Ex-President of Building Trades AL
 lisnce Taken to the Tombs to Await
 Sentence Is visibIy Affeeted-An Ap-
 peal In the Case Is Expeoted-The
 Judges Charge.
 New York, Oct. 19.-"Guilty" was the verdict of the jury in the case of Philip Weinseimer former president of the Building Trades alliance, who was on trial before Judge Newburger in the court of special sessions on the charge of extortion. The decision was reached after six hours of consultation, the jury returning to the courtroom at eleven minutes before midnight. The fate of Weinseimer was announced by the foreman, George w. Pindall, who in response to an inquiry of the judge said, Guilty, as charged"
 Weinseimer was brought before the judge when 1t was announced that the jury was returning. His face seemed to grow pale despite the fact that he Is of rather dark complexion, and his nervousness was betrayed by twitch- ing of the hands when he stood up to face the jury. As he was being led away Weinseimer seemed to be as one dazed, for he continually repeated, 'oh, oh!" Mrs. Weinseimer was not in court.
 An Appeal Expected.
 Judge Newburger remanded the pris- oner for sentence on Oct. 2S, and George Raines, counsel for the defend ant, said he would make any motions he desired to make on that day. 1t is expected that the case will be ap- pealed.
 Weinseimer gave his pedigree" in response to the usual questions of the clerk. He said he was thirty-six years old, that he was born in New York, married and that he lived at 112 Ja- maica avenue, Long Island City. He declared he was moderate drinker and that he had never before been con- victed of any crime. He was taken to the Tombs.
 After pronounclng Its verdict the jury was discharged. It was learned that only two ballots had been taken during the evening, one before supper and the second about II 50. In the in' terval the nine men who had stood fo, conviction on the first ballot tried to convince the doubtful three.
 Judge Newburger's charge was very brief. He explained the law relating to extortion; said that the form of threat was immaterial; that no precise words were needed, and 1t might be by innuendo or suggestion. It was for the jury to say if Welnselmer got $1,000 and seven notes from Essig by fear. You are not here to determine the right of men to organize" said the judge, nor to decide any labor ques- tion, nor to say if labor organizations have the right to strike or to impose fines. You are to decide only on the guilt or innocence of this defendant of the offense charged against him.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Got. % In History

s22 B. C.-Demosthenes. the great Athe- nian orator, killed himself with poison in the Island of Calauria. ll54-King Stephen of England died: born 1105. He was the grandson of William the Conqueror and reigned from ll35 until his death 14oo-Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet, died in London. ilb-Battle of Agincourt: Henry " of England won famous victory. 6l7-Evangelista Torricelll, inventor of the barometer. died In Florence. l760-George II. of England died suddenly at Kensington, the right ventricie of his heart bursting, aged 76 1764-Willam Hogarth, painter and carl caturist, died at Chiswick 1B06-General Henry Knox, WashlnHton's secretary of war, died at Thomnston, Me. born 1750.
 1s9l-Commander William 10. Hopkins. U. s. N, retired. died in San Francisco: born 1922. 1S9e-Grant Allen. English author. died in London; born 1sIs.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Oct, g In History.

I740-Sir Philip Francis. alleged author of the famous Junius letters, was born In Dublln, died ISIS iS11-Franz Iiszt Hungarian musician, was born; died 1892. 1632-Leopold Damrosch. eminent muMi- clan. born in Possn. Prussia: died lSS5. 1Ss3-Captain Mayns Reid, the well known English novelist of adventure. died: born ISIS.
 iS96-Slgnor Bought. celebrated Italian aus thor, scholar and statesman. died at Naples; born 1928. iS97-Justin winsor, historian and libra rian of Harvard university. died in Cambridge, Mass; born 1881. ieoS-The Right Hon. William F. Fl. Lecky, noted English historian, died In Lon don: born 1S3S
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Dot. 23 In History.

i73o-Anne oldheld. famous actress. died in London. l77l-Marshal Andoehe Junot French sol- dier. was born at BuHsy-les- Forgoa; died iSl3.
 1T7S-Francis Jeffrey, famous Scotch critic, was born in Edinburgh; died 1850. 17Si-News of the surrender of C0rnwallis reached Philadelphia. iS42-Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Gese- nius. noted German oriental scholar. died; born 17S6. ls72-Theophile Gautier, French drama tiHt and journalist died at Paris; born 1911. ise6-Charles F. Crisp, ex-speaker of the house. died at Atlanta, born 1894 i90i-Frledrich Preller. famous German landscape painter, died in Dresden: born 1888
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
EmbezzIer Smith Sentenced.

Davenport, la., Oct. 19.-Ex-MayoI s. r. Smith of this city, son of Samue, Francis Smith, author of My Country Iris of Thee" has been sentenced te ten years in the penitentlary on two In dictments for embezzlement and one for perjury. As trustee of large estates Smith recently acknowledged the em. bezzlement of S120,000.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
A MEXICAN TRAGEDY.
Three Killed and Fifteen Hurt ss Re-
 suit of Briqand Raid.

nalus
 City of Mexico, Oct 10.-Three killed and fifteen more or less seriously wounded was the result of tragedy and subsequent encounter with sol diers by three brigands in this fedora district
 Crazed by drink, the three bandits Flores, Saledo and Herrera, went tt the residence of Vicente Godinez al Santa Julia, northern suburb of this city. and called for Godinez. When h, issued from the house, accompanied by Laurino Frias, a servant, the ban dits opened fire upon them. Frlas was instantly killed and Godlnez badly wounded.
 When news of the tragedy reached the authorities of the city twelve ru rales were at once dispatched to [ plantation, whither it was learned tn, desperndoes had fled. A pitched bat tie ensued Nearly every soldier in tn, squadron was wounded.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
CANAAN, CONN. THURSDAY. OCTOBER

war against the Germans. He sent Samuel Isaak Oct. 2 to Burgsdorff with a declaration of hostilities.
 A royal decree was published in Rome on Monday fixing the general elections for Nov. and the supple mentary balloting for Nov. 13.
 ,u THE Tie trial of Philip
 Weinseimer, ex-walk-
 ing delegate of the OF LABOR. Plumbers, union and ex-presldent of the Building Trades al- rance, on a charge of extorting S2, 2,700 from George T. Essig, n plumber, be- fore Judge Newburger in New York city, has brought out some sensational disclosures. Weinseimer's accuser, aft CT being on the witness stand two days, said his life had been threatened. He was given a guard.
 At a meeting in Chicago on Friday leaders in the Structural Building Trades alliance decided to lay theiI plan of compulsory arbitration before the national organizations of building contractors
 At Knoxville, Tenn, Friday, the miners of District No. 19 decided by vote of B to 29 to accept the 7sper cent reduction offered by the opera tors.
 The Carnegie Steel company started two more open hearth furnaces at South sharon, Pa., on Friday, making eight out of twelve in operation.
 The great battle be- tween Mukden and HE 6ASi' Liaoyang has entered upon its second week with increased fury. The fight. which was precipitat- ed by the forward movement ordered by General Kuropatkin, resulted dis astrously to the Russians in the main until Monday, Oct. 1T, when the Japa- nese were forced back from their posi- tions along the Shakhe river with great slaughter. The battle is, however, yet undecided.
 The sacrifice of life has been ap- palling, estimates of the Russian losses alone in killed and wounded at the end of the. sixth days fighting being coneededly 3o,00O, while it seems not improbable 1t aggregated at that time 10000.
 Japanese official reports estimate that 10000 Russian dead were left on the field of battle up to the night of Oct. IA and claim that the Japanese losses are small compared with those of the Russians.
 Figures of the total Japanese losses are not obtainable at present, but they are estimated at from 10000 tn 3u.Oon
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

Charter, from Aus D""'o" tralia to Liverpool, struck the rocks off the coast of Wales and went down. with 459 people on board. 1s71-Major General Robert Anderson, hero of Fort Sumter, died at Nice, Italy: born 1905. Robert Ewing, ex- United States senator. died at Lancas- ter, O.; born l7S9. Is02-Frank Norris novelist, died at San Francisco: born 1869. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. woman suffragist. reformer and philosopher. died in New York city; born 1915.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
GRIM ES
 AND CASUALTIES


 Massachusetts coast, Friday, with a loss of Captain Esau F. Priddle, his wife and three small children and a crew of seven men. All efforts of the life crew to reach the ship proved un. availing, so boisterous was the sea.
 In Rensselaer,, Ind, on Sunday night, the residence of Thomas J. Mccoy, president of the defunct Mccoy bank, against whom indictments were recent. ly returned for alleged complicity in the wrecking of the bank, was dyna. mited and totally destroyed The house was valued at S25,000 and luxu. riously furnished, but unoccupied at the time
 An attempt was made early Satur. day morning to blow up with dynamite the Glassport (Pa.) hotel, which har. bored forty nonunion men employed at the Pittsburg Steel Foundry works, where there is a strike. The building was partially wrecked and the sleep ing inmates thrown from their beds. Several men were slightly injured. In a furious northeast gale which drove in from the sea the schooner FL wood Burton, Captain Williams, struck on Peaked Hill bars during Friday night, and the captain and five of the crew perished. The vessel was literal ly ground to pieces.
 Early Monday morning five children and one woman were burned to death In an incendiary fire in a crowded Brooklyn tenement. Eleven others were so badly injured that at least six are expected to die.
 After he had eaten eighty-fye pounds of raw beef on wager of S100 Phi Melloy, who posed as the ~orlds champion eater, died in terrible agony at Dubuque, Ia., Monday.
 While shooting sparTows John Schneider, eleven years of age, was ac- cidentally shot and killed at Tarry- town, N. r., Monday, by his playmate, John Ikwild.
 One man was killed, another serious ly injured and about twenty others sus- tained minor injuries in a street car ac- cident ill a Washington suburb on Mon- day.
 Three soldiers wee killed and eight injured one fatally, by tiIe explosion of q GIo?.ar at Fort Danss- Winthrop Ma5s.. Gatogl..iJ.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

American orator and statesman. died at Marshneld. Mass: born l7s2 lS54-Affair at Balaltlava, in the Crimca, made famous by the charge of the Light brigade. lS9S-Rear Admiral Walter w Queen, U. s. N, retired died in Washington: born 1924. l895-Ex-Tnlted States Senator Charles IT. Van Wyck of Nebraska died in wash- ington; born 1924
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

The new directory of the Southern New England Telephone company shows large increase ill business. There are now B GOO telephones in uso in this state and the nat increase during the month of September was G50.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Football Iniuris. Proved Fatal

Corry, Pa, Oct. 19.-Charles Schreve, twelve years old, of Union City is dead here as the result of being kicked in the head while playing football
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
urea, snowstorm In Wyoming

Cheyenne, wyo., Oct. 1o.-The worst snowstorm of the season is raging through thls section. The storm is accompanied by high wind.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Oct, 26 In History.

I7bs-George James Dan ton, the famous French revolutionist, was born at Arcis-sur-Aube; gull lotlned at Paris April s, l19l.
 ls3s-Adelaide Phillips, cel- ebrated singer, born at Stratford-upon-Av- on: died 1882. l86a-The steamer Royal
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

t762-GeorRe Colman. the
 younger. dramatlst and humorous writer. was born. i7T2-Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet was born in Devonshire; died 1884. 1S05-Horatio Lord Nelson was killed in the naval battle of Trafalgar. lsg2-Merle d'Aubigne, historian of the reformation. died at Geneva born i7e4. iS9e-Battle of Elandslaagte. South Africa heavy losses on both sides, British and Boer.
 i900-John Sherman, statesman, died in Washington; born 1923.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
THE ErRr At Grand Cane, La, RECORD.

THE FIRE At Grand Cane, La,
 a on Sunday, seven
 7O' buildings were de- stroyed by fire, ent4iliag a loss of about S100,0G0.
 At Camden. N. J.. Thursday, the big factory Of Wiiliam Seull & Co. whole sale dealers in coffee. ten and spices, was completely gutted by fire. The loss is estimated at $!00,000.
 On Friday fire destroyed three build. ings of the plant of the United Zinc and Chemical company at Argentine, Kan, causing a loss estimated at $1OO,. GOO.
 A cotton compress at Ellisville. Miss, was burned on Friday; loss, $T5.- 900, covered by insurance. Seven hun dred bales of cotton were destroyed.
 Tn Buffalo N. r., on Monday. fire in McLennan's paint works caused loss estimated at $15O,000, well covered by insurance.
 On Tuesday Martin Female college at Pulaski, Tenn, was destroyed, en- tailing loss of over 10000.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Got. 24 In History,

ibs7-Jane Seymour. wife of Henry NllI. and moth- CT of Edward VI, died. l60l-Tycho Brahe, famous astronomer. died at Prague.
 l64S-The peace of West phalia ended the dread- full Thirty Years war. 1S20-Florida ceded to the United States by Spain. 1852 - Daniel Webster.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
FOREIGN NOTES
OF INTEREST

UT IN iEhes ling. Ills end was peaceful. His son was present at the deathbed. King George of Saxony, who was born at Pillnitz on Aug. s, 1882, succeeded to the throne upon the death of his childless brother, Albert, on June 19, 1902.
 The Infanta Maria de las Mercedes, Princess of the Asturias. sister of King Alfonso and wife of Prince Charles of Bourbon, died in Spain on Monday aft CT giving birth to a daughter. The Princess of the Asturias was queen of Spain till the birth of her brother. the present king.
 The demand of Great Britain for an indemnity of $3T50,0OO from the Tibe- tans appears likely to lead to pro- longed British occupation of the Chum- bi valley. The Tibetans declared their inability to pay the indemnity within the three years first stipulated.
 Germany's old enemy of decade ago, Hendrix Witboi, according to an official dispatch from Windhoek, Ger. man Southwest Africa. has declared
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
Oct. 2l In History.

i4e2-Discovery of land on the coast of the new world by Columbus and his voyapers. Edmund Waller. poet. died near Windsor. i7b7 - Marshal AuRereau, made Duke of Casti- Elione by Bonaparte, born at Paris.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

dtlA anu phhuhg ticN en schooners have been reported ashore and much fishing property along the seaboard has also been destroyed.
 Manuel Quintana was inaugurated president of the republic of Argentina on Wednesday. The event passed ofi without especial incident. The repub lie is calm.
 Representatives of the Mormon church of Utah are negotiating for the purchase of tract of 300,000 acres Of land in the state of Tobasco, Mexico.
 Seventy dwellings in San Marcial Mexico, have been wrecked by the floods of the past week, and there IS great suffering and destitution. Hun dreds nut starve unless immediate help is furnished from the outside.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
The entire racing stable of w. c. Whit
SPORTING AFFAIRS.


 S58,000. Artful and Tanya were sold to Harry P. Whitney for. $17,000.
 The result of the principal intercolle- giate football games played on Satur- day was as follows: Amherst F, Co., lumbia O; Annapolis 10, Princeton O.; Harvard I, West Point o; Yale r, Syra- cuse 9; Cornell 24, Bucknell 12; Penn sylvania 6, Brown O.
 At Philadelphia, on Saturday, Miss Georgeanna Bishop of the Brooklawn Country club won the woman's nation al golf championship by defeating Mrs. E. F. Sanford of the Essex County Country club by 5 up and 3 to play.
 nEArus At his home in Ithaca, or norro N. T., Saturday, after
 a lingering Illness of
 several months, ex- Governor Alonzo B. Cornell. He was the son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell university, and he was born in Ithaca on Jan. p, 1892. AS chairman of the New York Republican state cen tral committee from 1870 to 1878 he was an influential political factor, and in 1880 he was nominated and elected governor In St. Paul. Minn., Friday, Judge Rensselaer, k. Nelson, who was ap- pointed to the bench of the United States district court by President James Buchanan and who retired aft CT reaching the age limit about six years ago. Judge Nelson was born at Cooperstown. N. Y.. May 12, 1926.
 At the home of his nephew, borough of Richmond, New York city, William Scott Worth, brigadier general in the United States army, retired. General Worth was born at Albany, N. r., on Jan. 6, 1S40. He served through the war of the rebellion, in several Indian campaigns and in Cuba.
 Merrett L. Joslyn, who was assistant secretary of the interior under Presi. dent Arthur, died Thursday at Wood. stock, H. He served in the civil wal as captain and was at various times a member of the Illinois legislature.
 E. D. Fulford, champion trap shot, who had for several years appeared in all the important shooting contests in the country, died Saturday at his home in Utica, N. r., after brief illness of pneumonia.
 John G. NcWilliams, for many years one of the leading business men of Chicago and retired partner in the house of Marshall Field & Co., died Saturday night
 In Little Falls, N r., Monday, James 5. 1ldriGge, aged eighty-seven years. He had been actively engaged in the airy goods business for sixty-seven years.
 At his home in Camden, N. J., Mon. day, former Judge David J. Pancoast one of the foremost members of the New Jersey bar, aged sixt.--one years. In Sandusky, O., Sunday, Lawrence Cable, one of that city's prominent and wealthiest citizens, after a lingering illness. He was eighty-one years old.
 At Minneapolis, ATinn., Friday, Ed. win r. Welles. the millionaire treasur CT of the Brainerd Lumber company died suddenly, aged sixty-six years.
 Ebenezer B. Beecher, well known match manufacturer, died in New Ha. ven, Conn.,, Sunday, aged seventy-four.
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

The schooner Went worth of Windsor, N.
 s., went to pieces on Chatham bar. off the
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

G or As a result of a gale
 along the Newfound land coast on Satur iBoRs. doy and sunday oloy
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20

King George of Sax
 ony died at Pillnitz early Saturday morn
Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
WE|NSEIMER GUILTY,
Jury Conyicts Former New York Labor Leader of Extortion Aft
 CT Six Hours Consultation.
VERDICT SHOCK TO PRISONER

Ex-President of Building Trades AL Sentence Is VisibIy Affeeted-An Ap- peal In the Case Is Expected-The Judges Charge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-30
TO-PREVENT ALL
WAY!#ACCIDEuTS
a North Carolina Invention to
be Largely Manufac-
tured.
(spoclnl to 1'hc Times plgpatch)

WINsTON-SADEM, N. c., April 2o--
Application was made to the Secretary OF
state to-day for a. charter for tho IN
terna tional Railway Signal Company, II
corporation formed here with an author
led capital Of 10000 The charter Is
broad In It's provisions. authorizing the
establishment Of manufacturing pant ana
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States in-the Union ana in foreign COIN
tries.
ono OF the objects OF the corporation
will be the promotion Of device, the
invention OF Mr. G. r Trnxor, which
has had thorough Investigation by the
hest expert machnists and railway me-
charles and is approved and endorsed by
them as mechanically correct and prac-
teal The cost Of el1ippng railway lines
with this system or signals has been re-
drced to minimum and It's adoption
bv all railway lines will, it Is claimed.
avert oil collisions and railway disas-
tiers OF every kind.
A model OF the railway signal will be
sent to The st. Louis Exposition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-30
Wednesday, The [ 18th Day Of
May, 1904, al 1890 ?. N.

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