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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-27
INSURANCE INQUIRY
New York Legislative Committee to
 Organize Next Tuesday.


 Rochester. N. Y, July 26.-senator William W, Armstrong has sent out an- nouncements to his senatorial and as- sembly associates who are to serve on the joint legislative committee which is to investigate the life insurance busi- ness in this state that the committee will meet for organization next Tues day at Il o'clock in the senate library in the capitol in Albany.
 If Senator Armstrong's association agree, the committee will organize at once and immediately proceed to New York. where headquarters will be en- gagged, counsel selected and prepara- tions entered upon for the investigation. He has also written letters to Governor Higgins, State Superintendent of Insur- ance Francis Hendricks, Attorney Gen eral Mayer and District Attorney Je- rome. asking that they meet with the committee at an early late.
 Senator Armstrong said to-day:
 50 far as am concerned the inves- tigation will be one entirely indepen- dent from any now in progress, al- though there is no doubt all will tend toward a common end. It will be as thorough and as searching as it is pos- sible to make it."
 The sessions of the committee will be public.
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SURROUNDED IN SWAMP.
New Jersey Farmers Determined on
 Capture of Negro Murderer.

Plainfield, N. J., July 26.-In a treach- erous swamp and thick woods g. posse of farmers and police has sur- rounded Charles Long, a negro, ac- cused of murdering Matthew Cunning ham of Trenton, N. J. This afternoon more than fifteen acres of shrubs and bushes on the outskirts of Dismal Swamp" between South Plainfeld and Newmarket, N. J., were fired in an ef- fort to drive the man out of his hiding place.
 A brisk wind blowing over the swamp from the direction in which the fire was started took the smoke through the woods and it is not thought that Long will be able to stay where he is and live. In readiness for his appearance the members of the posse are armed with shotguns
 Chief of Police Kiely and Detective Mccarthy of this city in one automo- bile and two detectives from Trenton in another and scores of farmers on horseback and afoot are patrolling the big swamp.
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MIKA DO RECEIVES TAFT.
Alice Roosevelt Escorted to the Palace
 by the American Minister.

Alice Roosevelt Escorted to the Palace
 by the American Minister.
 Tokio, July 26.-The emperor and en- press of Japan to-day received in au- dience and entertained at luncheon the official members Of the party of Sec- retary of War Taft. Shortly before noon Secretary Taft was driven to the imperial palace in the state carriage. Boyd c. Griscom, the American minis ter of Japan, escorted Miss Alice Roosevelt to the palace. Crowds of peo- pie lined the streets during the passage of the distinguished visitors to the palace.
 At the palace the imperial princes and the princesses attended by the royal personages of the emperor S household, the military and naval staffs, members of the cabinet and council of statesmen, assisted in the reception of Secretary Taft and his party. Minister Griscom made the presenta- ,tions to the emperor, while Mrs. Gris- com performed like office when the visitors appeared before the empress.
 The court presented a brilliant spec tacle during the ceremonies.
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BEAUTIFYING THE CAPITOL.
State Sculpture Commission Meets and
 Awards Contract.

Hartford, July 26.-A meeting of the state commission on sculpture was held in the capitol to-day with Paul Way land Bartlett, the distinguished sculp- tor. The commission consists of Henry w. Farnam, of New Haven; Kirk H. Leavens, of Norwich; Charles N. Flagg, of Hartford; Professor Bernadotte Per rin of New Haven; Arthur l.. Shipman, of Hartford, and Robert Scoville, of Salisbury.
 Plans for decorating the north front of the capitol were discussed and the commission contracted with MT. Bart lett to create a marble statue of former Governor John Winthrop, jr., to occupy the central right niche of the north en- trance to the executive building. MT. Bartlett will also cut out scene of the Pequor war, which will be part of the decoration. The work will be complet- ed by October 1, 1906, according to the contract, and the price was not made known.
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GENERAL CHARACTER
 OF JAPANESE TERMS
OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGEINWASH- INGToN OF WHAT WILL
 BE DEMANDED.

An Indemnity to Cover Cost of War
 ApproximatIng Billion DoIIars--
 Another Essential to She COntinua-
 tiOn of Negotiations VIII De the Ces-
 sion of sakhaIen, of the Liaotung
 Peninsula and of the Railway to
 Harbin-suBjects Other Than These
 That Japan May be Willing to Disc
 euss-The Interned Warships.
 Washington, July Whether there is to be peace in the far east, or a con tinuance of the war will be practically decided at the first business meeting of the Washington conference. which will convene at the navy yard. Portsmouth, N. Y, about August 5. Baron Komura will on that occasion communicate to M. Witte the essentials of Japan's peace terms for further negotiations. This, it is declared, will not be done in a spirit of defiance, indeed, there are many ev- idences in the possession of the neutral governments that Japan is coming to the Washington conference, not imbpa1 with desire to humiliate Russia, but only to effect terms which will insure lasting peace. in the far east, and which will in measure compensate Japan for the financial losses in the present conflict.
 Throughout the preliminary negotia- tions, however, Japan has made it clear at Washington that she wished to avoid unnecessarily tedious negotia- tions. We are not going to the confer ence to write into the law of nations a new chapter, said high Japanese of ffcial recently For this reason the Jap anese plenipotentiaries will adopt the programme of at once laying on the conference tables those terms the ac- ceptance of which without modification they are instructed to insist upon as D basis for further negotiations.
 Although guarding with great care the official statement of her terms, Japan has not kept from several friend- " governments the general character of I these terms.
 Official Washington has been enabled l to form within certain limits a general Idea of their character.
 l It is known that Japan will demand l an indemnity that will approximately cover the cost of the ya4 e ata- Islaas Twas communicated to Russia early in 1.-the preliminary negotiations. The amount is still a secret but it is based upon the most careful estimates of the lcost of the war and will be accompan- l fed by a more or less detailed statement IshoWing the method by which the final l figures were computed It will not fall far short of one billion dollars, accord ling to advices reaching here from well posted sources. Besides the indemnity, 1 it is believed Japan's other essentials 1 to the continuance of the negotiations are the cession to Japan of Sakhalen, l of the Liaotung peninsula and of the railway as far as Harbin; the recogni- tion of Japaf's predominating infiu- enee in Korea and the return of Man- churia to China.
 If the Russian plenipotentiari are
 prepared to accept these essentials, ] the officials here are confident that the
 bases will be laid for negotiations sure
 to lead to the signing of the Treaty
 of Washington, bringing peace in the
 far east.
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PRECAUTIONS IN NEW FORK.
All vessels from New Orleans Subject
 to Inspection.

to Inspection
 New York, July 26.-Health Officer Doty gave out the following statement this afternoon regarding the yellow fever situation at Colon and New Or leans:
 q have received no official notice that one or more cases of yellow fever were removed from the steamship Seguranca before her departure from Colon on July 22. If this disease is found on board when the vessel referred to reaches the New York quarantine sta- tion the patient or patients will be re- moved to the Swinburne Island hospi- tai, and all persons on board whose temperatures are above the normal reg ister will be removed to Hoffman Island for observation. The present regula- tions here are sufficient to furnish full protection. All vessels arriving from New Orleans are now subject to inspec- tion at this station, and will be, for the present, treated in the same manner as vessels arriving from Colon. There is no danger whatever that an outbreak of yellow fever in the north would be followed by any serious results to the public, principally for the reason that the variety of mosquito which trans mits the disease is noh found in this section of the country. Besides, the present treatment of an outbreak of this disease is simple and effective if properly carried out"
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MrDTA1E ARMoR ALL RIGHT.
Test Satisfactory and wiIl be Used on
 New RattIeships.

Test Satisfactory and WiII be Used on
 New BattIeships.
 Washington, July 26.-The following statement was issued to-day by the bureau of ordnance of the navy depart ment relative to the test at the Indian Head proving grounds of six-inch ar nor plate manufactured for the new battleships Mississippi and Idaho:
 ''Midvale six-inch face hardened arr nor plate, representing group A, con. sisting of about 45O tons of arrnor for the Mississippi and Idaho, under their contract dated December 15, 1903, pass ed a very excellent test under specifi- cation requirements at the naval prov ing grounds, Indian Head, Maryland, to-day. k.
 This is the first official test of Mid vale arnior and accepts group A for installation on the above named ves- sels." j.
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CIRCUIT RACES AT DETROIT
LOCANDA WINS THE 2:O4 PACE,
 THE FEATURE EVENT.

Faces the First Mile fin 2:O5, the Fastest
 Heat of the Year--sadie Mac Takes
 the 2,12' TrOt in Impressive Style
 Leads the Way in All Three Heats
 Maud KeswicIx, the FavOrlte in the
 2t1s Pace, Captures the Event.
 Detroit, Mich, July 26.--Locanda won the 2:04 pace at Crosse Pointe this af- ternoon the feature event of the third days programme of the Detroit Driv- ing clubs blue ribbon meeting. In ad- dition to winning the race, Locanda paced the first mile in 2:05, the fastest heat of the year, and also paced the last quarter of the second heat in 29 IA seconds. There were only three horses in the event, Locanda, King Direct and Nathan Strauss. Tn the opening pools Nathan Strauss sold fayorite, bringing $400 with Isaconda at $l5O and King Di-s rect at s200. Locanda took the lead at the start of the first heat and held it all the way. Nathan Strauss was two CIlS USsl4lIlu dt lLlG tIAIGE~lN6ti LSlS and made a strenuous effort to beat Lo- canda in the homestretch, but failed by half length. Tn the second heat To- canda again led all the way, Geers making hard drive i'll the stretch with King Direct, but finishing a head be- hind. King Direct then won the third heat by a splendid exhibition of speed in the home stretch. Nathan Strauss had led to the three-quarters,. where Locanda forged ahead of him. As the horses turned for home Geers began one of his noted drives and passed Locanda 150 yards from the wire. winning by half a length.
 In the 2:12 trot Sadie Mac, the favor ite, won in impressive style. The mare was in front all the way in all three heats. A bad break in the second heat caused Gold Dust Maid to be distanced.
 Maude Keswick was favorite for the 2:1S pace and won the race, although Bolivar took the second heat. Billie A broke in the second heat, threw Driver Wheat from the sulky and ran away for mile and a half, but was placed tenth by the judges. The track was in splendid condition and $500 people saw the afternoons sport The summaries: 2:1S Pace-Purse $1,500.
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Leaves Cape Breton and Heads North
 for Pole.

a-sh& IOE A-OAes North Sydney, c. B, July 26.-Th Arctic steamer Roosevelt, bearing Com mander Robert E. Peary's latest expe- |dition, swung clear of Terminal wharf and headed northward on her voyage of discovery toward the North Pole at precisely 2 o'clock this afternoon. As the steamer left the wharf an immense crowd which had gathered to witness her departure burst into ceers, which were mingled with the whistles Of the steamers, and the demonstration con- |tinued as the steamer passed down the harbor. The city had been decorated gaily for the occasion.
 Commander Peary, in speaking of the |expedition shortly before his departure, showed firm confidence that the ,out-l come would be successful, in which case he intends to return in September, |1906. @.+ .
 Mrs. Peary and her daughter, who have been with Commander Peary in this city pending his departure, left for New York to-day.
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DOES NOT REMEMBER THING.
Lapse of Memory of Engineer Bruitt
 Injured in NewlngtOn Wreck.

Hartford July 26.-T do not remem- Der a thing from the time I received word at 1915 on the night of June 19 until I came to myself in the hospi- tal," was the startling statement made this morning by Engineer George w. Pruitt, who so miraculously recovered from his injuries received in the New ington train wreck when three associ- ates were killed.
 Everything during the three weeks Following the accident Is blank. Try as I will I cannot remember. I know nothing about the accident texcept what my friends tell me. don't even remember the names of the men who were on tE1e run with me-"
 Pruitt will be a cripple for life. One leg is gone, his right side is so bruised and battered that it will always be practically useless, and his right arm will never be strong again.
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AGAINST CHICAGO.
City Railway Company Does Not Wish
 to be Interfered With.

Chicago, July 26.-The Chicago City Railway company late to-day filed a bill in the United States circuit court for an injunction to restrain the city of Chicago from interfering with any of the company's lines.
 The municipal ownership ordinance passed by the city council last March is attacked as being unconstitutional, and the court is asked to grant relief from any prejudicial act of the city.
 The court is informed in the bill that the city railway now has possession and control of 119 lines within the cor porate bounds of the city, on which the franchises run until 1958..
 It is expected that the ninety-nine- year act so often considered by the courts will play an important part in the argument in the present case.
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SUFFERING STAR ATION.
Young Fall River Woman Paints in
 New York Street.

New York, July 26.-After having fallen fainting in street to-day, Mar tha Webb, a young woman who gave her address as 517 Fourth street, Fall River, Mass, was taken to the New York hospital, where she was found to be suffering from starvation and ex- haustion.
 She said that she was a weaver, but had been thrown out of work by the Fall River strike and had come to the city to look for employment.
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New Chief Starts Well.

Chicago, July 26,-John Collins, the newly-installed chief of police, tonight startled gamblers by leading a compre- hensive attack against the largest polk CT rooms to be found in the downtown quarter. Headed by Chief Collins in person, the police descended on four prominent gambling clubs, arrested about 100 men, confiscated large quan- titles of gambling paraphernalia, and destroyed all the furniture found in the places,
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MORTON NOV PRESIDENT.
Elected at Meeting of Directors Yester- . day Afternoon.

New York, July 26.--At the close of the regular meeting of the directors of the Equitable Life Assurance society this afternoon it was announced that the resignation of President James w. Alexander had been accepted, and that Paul Morton, at present chairman of the directors, had been elected in his stead.
 The resignation of Nevada N. strana- han as. a director was also accepted.
 Among the directors present were D. Cady Herrick, E. B. Thomas, c. B. AL exander, E. W. Bloomingdale, Valen- tine P. Snyder, Alvin w. Kreech and William H. Mcintyre. The executive committee will elect several new direc- tors tomorrow and will consider changes in the bylaws of the society.
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Rishop Joxce,s End Near.

Minneapolis, July 26.-Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, of the Methodist Episcopal church. who has been lying i'll as tho result of a cerebral henorrhage and paralytic attack sustained while preaching at Red Rock camp meeting.
 July 2, is not expected to live many
 days, according to a statement by doc- tors tonight. @
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JAPS LAND IN SIBERIA.
Plan Apparently to Cut on Escape of
 Sakhalen Garrison.

Sakhalen Garrison.
 St. Petersburg, July 27.-3:10 a. rn.-- Dispatches from Manchuria report the landing of a Japanese battalion and the seizure of lighthouse on the Siberian coast near pekastres. a post formerly called Alexandrovsl1, TOO miles north of Vladivostok, after preliminary she'll ing by torpedo boat destroyers.
 Railroad officials here attach import ance to the episode only in connection with the Sakhalen campaign. and say that as the landing was effected at 8 place where the straits of Tartary, be- tween Eakhalen and the mainland, are narrowest it apparently is part of the strategy of the Japanese to prevent the escape of the Russian garrison in Sak- halien across the straits. They add that the landing is too far north to have bearing on the main campaign or on operations elsewhere.
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REDMOND WILL DESIST.
His Obstructionist Tactics Infictins
 Injustice to WOrkmen.

London, July 27.-John Redmond, the Nationalist leader, and his follow CTS continued their obstructionist tac- tics of blocking private bills in the house of commons yesterday, but &C., cording to the Morning Post, as the result of remonstrances which have reached them from all parts of the country, representing the injustice which such tactics infiict on a large body of workingmen, they have de- cided to withdraw all further opposi- ton to such bills.
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Novel Plea for Murder.

Chicago, July 26.-John Mueller,
 charged with killing his wife and chill dren, makes the novel plea of epileptic somnambulism. Jurors in the case were selected to-day. Mueller declares there was no motive, that he slew him wife in his sleep and that his actions were due to a blow on the head received during Ia labor riot two years ago. He is eon- ducting his own case. X. a.
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President Enjoys Improm"tu Outing.

Oyster Bay, July 26.-It developed late this afternoon that President Roosevelt, accompanied his sons, Theo- dore, jr., Kermit and Archie an some of their cousins. went last night on another camping expedition. Just be- fore dusk lats evening the party left Sagamore Hill, and entering boats at the bathing beach rowed to a sequester- ed spot a few miles from the president s home. The party had a delightful out ing. .~..tg -.-
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BODY RECOTERED.
That of Man Who Probably Fell 0ver-
 board from Excursion Bont.

Middletown, July 26.-While rowing up the Connecticut river opposite this place to-day Charles Miller, fisher man, found the body of man and lowed it to shore. He sent word to Medical Examiner Lawton, who states that he believes the body to be that of E. s. Dunn, of Hartford. The man was about thirty years old and in his clothes were found several meal tickets, a pay envelope made out to B. Dunn and a ticket for the Hogan club excursion of last Sunday. The excursion was from Manchester to Old Saybrook and it is believed that Dunn fell from the boat while on the excursion, although there has been no report of man being. missing. The body was taken to East Hampton to await complete identifica- tion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-27
Another Strike in Lodz.

Lodz, Russian Poland, July 25.Two
 thousand five hundred men in the Gey- CTS cotton mill struck to-day because their foreman was discharged. The strikers are threatening to destroy the mill. They made a demonstration to- day but were dispersed by Cossacks who arrested 200.
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Real Estate Man Accused of Murder,

Liberty, N. Y, July 25.-Cornelius Mc- Cormick, an extensive real estate dealer and one of the most widely known busi- ness men in Sullivan county, is under arrest, charged with attempted murder, and Miss Kittie Murphy is at deaths door from bullet wound in the head.
 Immediately after the shooting McCor- mick disappeared but returned tonight and gave himself up. s% :...
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A China Combine,

East Liverpool, O., July 26-A com bination that will practically control the tableware and china trade of this country has virtually been effected, and g. pottery trust with $40,00O,00O capital is regarded by interested man. .ufacturers in this city as an accom- nlished fact.
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For Reconstruction of Chilean Navy

Valparaiso, Chile, July 26.-It is ru- mored that the naval court has resolved to recommend to congress the recon struction of the Chilean navy to begin with the building in Great Britain of Hour ironclads of F, ,OOo tons each.
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Private Secretary ResIcDs.

Washington, July 26.-Announcement was made at the department of agricul- ture to-day that Mrs Bertha Burch. private secretary of former Statistician Hyde had resigned, and that the resig- nation had been accepted.
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RntterY A on the Mnrch.

Chester, July 26.-Battery A arrived here to-day with eighty men and sixty four horses under the command of Cap tain William Hototkiss, of Guilford. The company carries four field guns and four Gatlings.
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czar Would Take Norwegian Territory

London, July 27.1The Stockholm cor" respondent of the Morning Post sends an interview with Dr. Sven finders He din, the Swedish geographer and ex- plorer, expressing the opinion that Russia will sooner or later seize the strip of territory which includes From soc, Hamerfest and Vardo in Norway, and declaring that there is no reason why Sweden should spend blood and treasure in defense of that territory, although, of course, he says, Sweden would fight should Russia attempt to take still. more territory. ".tr +#
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ATTACKING THE RUSSIANS.
Army of Many Thousand Men Reported Engaged on Tumen River.

London, July 27.-The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Tokio sends a report received from Osaka, Japan, to the effect that a Japanese army of many thousand men is attacking the Russian position on the Tumen river.
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German Firm Gets Moroccan Contract

Tangier July 26.-The sultan on July p signed contract for the construc- tion by a German firm of a stone pier at Tangier. The foreign office will pay for it within three years, when the gov ernment will become the sole proprie- tor.
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IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION,

Officers Chosen at Annual Meeting at
 PIainvilIe Camp. Grounds.
 Plainville, July 26,-At the meeting of the Camp Ground Improvement, asso- citation tonight the following officers were elected:
 President-C. T. McGee, Hartford.
 Vice president-C. H. Allen, Meriden. Secretary-Mrs. J. J. Robinson, New Haven.
 Executive committee Mrs. Charles Alpress, Bristol; Mrs. Edward Free man, Forestville; Mrs. E. H. Woodruff, Waterbury; MT. Charles Crane, New Britain.