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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18
CADETS PUBLTCLY PUNISHED.
Midshipmen MarzOni, Foster and Coffin
 Dismissed for Raging.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 17.-At noon to- day, when the full brigade of midship- men was paraded for the regular dinner formation, Midshipmen Peterson Barto Marzoni and w. w. Foster, of the first class, and Trenmor Coffin, jr., of the third class, were publicly dismissed from the United States navy for hazing ''plebes," or fourth-class men.
 The order of the secretary of the navy was a short one, and in each case was addressed personally to the mid shipman directly concerned
 The trial of Midshipman Minor Meri- Wether, jr., on the charge of hazing was resumed this morning. Several mem bers of the fourth class testified that Meriwether had treated them with con- sideration, and that he acted toward tbem in a good-natured manner. It was made clear by the line of defense that MeriWether is anxious to relieve his name from the opprobrium of cru city.
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UNION LEAGUERS BANQUET
EXISTING AND EXPERIMENT. THE
 ORDER OF THE EVENING.

Rev James De Wolf Perry, IT,, Dis-
 tinsuishes Year of 1906 From It's
 edecessOrs-Tim0thy Byrnes on the
 Relations of the People and the Rail-
 roads-Simeon Ford of New York
 Makes n Few Remarks, Chiefly Hu-
 mOrOus-Champ S Andrews Closes in
 True oratoricaI Spirit With. "some
 Geographical Considerations.
 That the evening, of the 17th of Jan- uary in the year 1906 will not soon be forgotten by the members of the Union league club Is safe assertion. In merriment, festivity and good fellow ship sauced with those influences So potent to fill the soul of man to the full with joy, ambrosia and nectar for the physical appetite. ana rare condi- ments of wit and wisdom, add Ing the walnuts to the wine, the mem bers of the league, with their invited gests, passed an evening of surpasslng enjoyment in the observance of their annual banquet last night.
 The physical needs that were required to place the assembled host in psycho- logical fitness to receive most prof1tably the literary programme that followed, were amply taken care of with well arranged and served menu. Songs and toasts were heartily intermingled with the discussion of the viands.
 Upon the conclusion of the banquet ing President c. E. Thompson Introduc- ed the word-fest by presenting as the first speaker the Rev. James DeWof Perry, jr., rector of St. Pauls church, whose topic was "A. D. 1906" Tt is proper" said MT. Thompson, that the one who invoked the divine blessing be the first speaker of the evening.
 The substance of Mr, Perry's re- marks follows: Now that I am claim ed as one of New Haven's own after a few months residence In this city, l shall mark the year 1906 in my diary as red letter year, we'll opened.
 "The years as they pass begin to con- tain for us all a personal equation, a personal interest and importance. A rough and ready character has 1906 We see 1t ia all conditions of men, Taking the type I, perhaps, know best the minister. He has dropped the old fash ions of dress of a couple of decades ago. His library even has changed Twenty years, yes, even ten years age you would find 1t full of works on the- ological subjects Now there are promi- nent in 1t the telephone directory, the mileage books, the time table.
 "The girl of 1906 even is different from the girl of 1886 or even 1896. She is ready either in costume or frame oi mind to go out for an automobile trip to play a game of golf or to go to the front to nurse the wounded of an army
 ''Let us consider some of the charac ters of the year 1906. First of all there is speed It has set a new pace fol life. You have heard 1t said the au. | (Continued on Eighth Page.)
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MITCHELL AND THE OPERATORS
Miners Leader Will Not Talk as to
 How He will be Received.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 17.It is gem erally understood among the leaders of the miners now in convention here that arrangements are progressing prelirn- mary to a meeting of the anthracite miners representatives and operators. The result, it is believed, will be a con- ference within the next month or irn- mediately following the present con- vention.
 President Mitchell to-day read the statement madeto the Associated Press by E. B. Thomas, president of the Le- high Valley Railroad company, in which MT. Thomas said that the big anthracite operators had agreed to meet MT. Mitchell as the representa- tive of the miners as was done in 1902. After reading the statement Mir. Mitch- ell smiled and said:
 T am in the same boat as I was be-. fore. I can neither affirm nor deny that report"
 There are indications that the corre- spondence that is now passing between him and the anthracite operators deals simply with the question of whether or not the operators will receive him as the representative of the mine workers union. It is believed that if this re- quest is not granted, he and the an- thracite mine workers committee will meet the operators simply as repre- sentatives of the mine workers. Qne significant statement made by MT. Mitchell in his address touched on this matter The statement was: ''Nego- tiations are now being carried on, and while do not feel at liberty to report their extent, l take pleasure in an- nouncing that satisfactory progress is being made"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18
The coroner,s Renort.

Having been notified on the third day of January. 1906, that Charles A, Edwards, white male, about 61 years of age, late of the City and State of New York, had been found dead that his body was then lying in the town of New Haven, took charge of said dead body on Thursday, January 4th. 1906, and made all proper inquiry concerning the manner and cause of said death. After said inquiry, and having reason ito suspect that sad death was caused bv the criminal act, omission, or care. lessness of another, or others, I held an inquest and caused an autopsy to be performed on said body, by Medical Examiner Charles J. Bartlett, who on the 18th day of January, 1906, rendered ao me a sworn report of the autopsy as required by law. The following named witnesses were by me examined at at said inquest: Sarah Allen, Sarah c. Edwards. Charles A. Hiner, Sarah F, Benzanson, Clara T. Hitler Margaret Reynolds. Susan Gibson, Della Cannon, Dr. W. H. Metcalf, nr. B. H. Cheney, Mrs. Samuel Harris, Mrs. Timothy Dwight. Patrick Fazio, H. J. Donnelly Owen J. Daley, James P. Ward, Dr. Charles J. Bartlett, Dr. Herbert B. Smith, Prof. Robert L. Taylor and Will liam E. Foster.
 Having considered all the testimony taken at the inquest and the report of the autopsy, together with a chemi- cal analysis made by Dr. Herbert B. Smith, I, on the 1Tth day of January, 1906. made the following finding con- corning the cause of said death;
 Charles A. Edwards, was a married man, residing with his wife and daugh- ters at $50 Park avenue, New York City, and in the employ Of The General Chemical Company of that city. On Monday, January 1st, 1906, he left New York for New Haven, Connecticut ar irving at New Haven about o clock. p
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PULLMAN WEEPS AS HE
 REVIEWS MORRIS CASE
PERSONAL THRUSTS AT PRESI- DENT BY SOUTH CARO-
 LTNA SENATOR.

His Heated Words Causes Abrupt Clos
 ing of Senate Doors-DecIares That
 He Will Demand an Investigation of
 the White House Incident-Hurried
 Conferences Held and as a Result
 TilInan Will be Urged Not to Carry
 Out His Purpose.
 Washington, Jan. 1.-The recent foreJble removal from the White House of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the subject of emphatic denunciation by Mir. Tillman in the senate to-day. His remarks called out remonstrances from Messrs. Hale, Hopkins and Daniel, and led to the very abrupt closing of the doors and the sudden adjournment of the senate in the middle of the after noon, after one of the tensest sessions in years.
 The speech abounded in MT. Till mans peculiar expressions, and was characterized by many severe and ex- ceptionally personal thrusts at the president. At times he wept over what he regarded as indignities to the lady, and he declared in the face of protests from his fellow senators that he would demand an investigation of the White House incident.
 The reference to the treatment of Mrs. Morris constituted the latter half of speech based upon the senator's resolution making inquiry of tthe pres- ident concerning the status of our re- lations with the republic of Santo De- mingo, and was added to illustrate the theory that the administration is tend ing towards imperialism. In the first part of the address, he characterized the course of the United States in San to Domingo as a great extension of the Monroe doctrine, and said that if pur- sued the policy would lead the country into many serious complications. He accused the president of putting the treaty into execution in the face of the senate's refusal to act, denounced the senate as willing to submit subservi- ently to all that is asked of it, and im- plored senators to show their inda- | pendence, and thus teach the execu- tive lesson and at the same time | serve the country.
 With reference to the Morris occur | renee he declared that the president had been derelict in falling to punish his subordinates for their course, and | quoted statements from persons said | to have been witnesses to show that 1 the proceeding had been inhunan. He informally presented, and said that he would to-morrow formally present a resolution for an investigation of the entire incident.
 | It was the introduction of this reso- lution which called out the protest from MT. Daniel, while MT. Hale ob- jected to the presentation of the mat ter at all, except upon proof MT. Till- man declared his determination not to be guided by their advice, and closed with the reitetration of his determina- ton to bring in the resolution to-mor- row The announcement occasioned a number of hurried conferences, and 1t is understood that as a result of them MT. Tillman will be urged not to carry out his purpose,
 Prominent senators on both sides said that the resolution would com mand few votes.
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FRESH INSULT TO FRANCE
CASTRO WOULD NOT 1lLLOW 1T.
 TAIGNY TO LAND.

Force Used to Prevent Him Leaving
 VesseI--OAlciaIIy Notified That if He
 Went Ashore He Would be Impris-
 oned--Under Eye of a Venezuelan
 Guard All Last Sunday Night.
 Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Dutch West Indies, Jan. 17.--France on Jan uary 10 broke off diplomatic relations with Venezuela through the American at present is in charge of French inter- ests. M. Taigny, the retiring French charge d'affaires, who left La Guaira January 15. on ,he French steamer Martinique for Curacao via Porto Ca bello, Venezuela, where he was not al- lowed to land. arrived here to-day and is waiting for French cruiser to con veey him to Martinique.
 The chiefs of the French cable officers at Caracas and La Guiaira. NM. Jac- coux and Bourget, have been expelled from Venezuela and are expected here by the first steamer.
 Cable communication with Venezuela continues interrupted.
 The following details were given to The Associated Press by M. Taigny:
 Knowing that the captain of the Mar unique had important dispatches for him and being without advices for five days owing to the closing of the cable, II. Taigny went to La Guaira Saturday last accompanied by the French vice consul He was accustomed to board the French steamers without a permit which on this occasion he was not al- lowed to do. Thinking it his duty under the circumstances he decided to go
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HOLIDAY TRUCE OYER.
Russian Political Parties Now Prepar-
 Ing for First Electoral CampnIgn.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-The holiday truce in Russian palitics is over, and the new political parties are mastering their strength for Russia's first all- important electoral campaign The opening guns will be fired tomorrow when the delegates of the. constitu- tional democrats will assemble to dis cuss their elaborate platform. The party represents the advanced liberal opinions of the zemstvo majority, 4nd the platform will closely follow the res- olutions of the zemstvo congress. The allied moderate parties, which are standing on the basis of the manifesto of October 30, will also be early in the field. There will be a conference of the leaders from various parts of the em- pire here this week.
 During the holidays the pacification of the country has been steadily going forward. By an unsparing use of the military, and wholesale arrests of the leaders of the fighting organizations the revolutionaries have been driven underground, and have been forced to return to their old methods of assas- sination. Not day passes without re- ports of the murder of obnoxious of- flcials in several cities. So far St. Pet ersburg has escaped, owing to the de- moralization ofthe terrorists here and the activity of the police. Tn spite of the closest watch 1t is always possible that an emissary of the terrorist broth erhood may arrive unnoticed from an- other locality and attempt to execute sentences passed on Interior Minister Durnovo and other leaders of the work of repression.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18
MAD-DOG CAMPAIGN.
New Milford Engages Man to Kill Any
 Suspicious Canine.

New Milford, Jan. 17. A vigorous campaign against dogs supposed to be infected with the rabies has been start ed here, and so far this week fifteen have been killed. To-day the selectmen engaged Arthur Yeomans, a we'll known hunter here, to patrol the town and to shoot any dog which he considered rabid
 Naugatuck, Jan. 17.-At a meeting of the justices of the peace held to-day an order was passed declaring that all dogs must be muzzled on or before January 20. The police are authorized to shoot any dog found unmuzzled aft CT that date.
 Union City, Jan. 17.--The six-year-old son of Patrick Brennan of this place was bitten severely about the hands last night by a mad cat, which he encountered in St. Francis cemetery. Medical aid was summoned and the wound quickly attended to. It is believ- ed now that the child will suffer no serious results. It is thought that the cat had been bitten by mad dog.
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Reiterates His Former Opin- ion in Final Report Filed With Clerk of Su-
 perior Court.
POISON AND PISTOL WOUND
FORMER APPARENTLY TAKEN
 LONG BEFORE DEATH.

Latter Could Have Been SeIf-Inficted
 Autopsy Shows Edwards Had Dis-
 eased Brain and Heart and Suffered
 pIained of Feeling Badly-SeriOus
 and Prolonged Differences Between
 Maxcy Hitler and His Sister---Maxcy
 Very Violent and Abusive to Her and
 and His MOther-Threatened if He
 Could Not Have Income of Chapel
 Street Property He Would Kill Ed
 wards and His Sister and Cut His
 Own Throat-Told Charles Both
 Would Be Suspected and Must Stand
 Together-NO Papers Missing.
 Coroner Mix yesterday afternoon at o'clock placed on record with the state attorney his complete official finding in the Edwards case. With that finding he also gave in for record the testi- mony of the various witnesses he had examined during his inquiry.
 The substantial and essential points in the finding are given in statement prepared by the coroner, which is giv- en in full in this paper as appears be- low. As will be seen, the report is in full accord with his previous state ment given to the public as to the manner of the death of MT, Charles A Edwards. The coroner's views and summary of the evidence will be read with great interest. As will be seen the coroner finds from the evidence that MT. Edwards was in poor health, and had been for some months, having had heart trouble and kidney trouble, also rheumatism, which affected his legs, and at times rendered him quite lame; and that he feared he would die from apoplexy. The coroner, gives a lucid setting forth of all the partleu- lars gleaned from the evidence.
 In an interview at his office late yes- terday afternoon the coroner expressed relief that the severe strain of investi- gating so remarkable case was over. He said he could not, of course enter into the motives that led to the com- mission of the tragedy, and that he had no power to summon witnesses from New York, and could not, there- fore, inquire into the financial circum- stances of the deceased. His i'll health was apparent both from the evidence and the autopsy. The idea that a man of Mir Edwards weight-190 pounds could have been easily carried up stairs, or that MT. Edwards could not have shot himself, the coroner thought was absurd. Moreover, the bullet did not enter the brain, nor fracture the skull, and hence MT. Edwards could have walked up stairs after shooting himself. MT. Edwards admission to his friends the night before the tragedy that he was feeling unwell, must be given weight. There seemed but one reasonable conclusion, added the cor oner, from all the circumstances in tho case, and that was the one embodied in the report to the state attorney, and the final summary now given to the public,
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SENATOR ). B. HILL ASKS
 FOR AN INVESTIGATION
DRAMATICINCIDENT AT ANNUAL MEETING OF BAR ASSO-
 CHIFFON.

Wishes Inquiry Into the Matter of His Receiving q Retainer From the Equitable Life While Governor of New York and United States sena- tor-secretary of State Root Receiv- ed for Legal Services from the Conn pany s1O,OOO at One Time and s25,0O0 at Another.
 Albany, Jan. 1.-The annual retainer paid for many years to former Sem ator David B. Hill by the Equitable Life Assurance society, the fact of which was first brought out in the re- port on the Equitable by Superintend- ent Hendricks of the state insurance department will be investigated at Senator Hills request by committee of the New York State Bar association. Senator Hill himself brought the mat ter before the association at its annual meeting here to-day, under circum- stances somewhat dramatic. It came as an entire surprise to the members of the association, few of whom knew of Senator Hill's presence in the meet ing, and derived additional interest from the fact that he is still under the care of his physician after a serious illness, which has kept him a close pris- oner in his home here since November Il.
 The grievance committee, to which the matter was referred, is the same in personnel as that which investigat- ed the charges against Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker, and consists of three members from each judicial district.
 Senator Hill in offering the resoIu- tion referred to his retirement in 1891 from the office of governor of this state, and his announcement at that time that So far as duties as United States senator would permit, he intended to practice law. Among other retainers which came to him at that time, he said, was one from the Equitable Life As- surance society. It was unsolicited, but very welcome, he declared. because he had left the office of governor poorer man than when he entered 1t. He then described in general way
 
 the nature of his services to the Equit- able society, which, he said, consisted | of frequent consultations with the Equitable officers-in furnishing opin- l ions in litigations actually pending ana threatened, and opinions as tc tho 30Tr- stitutionality and interpretations of statutes enacted and proposed, and in l advice furnished on all sorts of legal | questions which were constantly aris- | ing in the business of that corporation. My retainer" he continued, ''of course precluded my employment against the society in any matters or litigations in which it was interested. My posi- l ton was in no respect sinecure. The services rendered were wholly and strictly professional, I declare that I never received from the Equitable SOL ciety any moneys whatsoever for any
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TOWN TOPICS AND SUICIDE
ARTICLE THAT DROVE WILLIAM
 PRAYERS TO KILL HIM&ELE
Justice DeueI on the stand in His Suit Against Norman Hapgood--Admits That Town Topics Company BOr- rowed $16O,OOO From the Equitable Pleasant Paragraphs About Hyce Afterward.

New York, Jan. 1.-The question whether or not William Travers, the well-known clubman, who killed him self last year, committed suicide be- cause of an article published in Town Topics was asked of Justice Joseph M. Deuel, of the court of special sessions, to-day in hearing of the complaint of criminal libel which Justice Deuel has brought against Norman Hapgood, ed- itor of Golfers Weekly. MT. Hapgood had criticised Justice Deuel on the ground that he acted as judge and ed- itor of Town Topics at the same time. James w. Osborne, counsel for MT. Topics which was understood to relate to the divorce of William Travers from his wife, formerly Miss Hartman, and sister of Mrs. William K Vanderbilt. All the names were omitted from the article when it was read in court to- day. except at the conclusion where it stated: Poor Billy has no place to lay his head. He is a social outcast."
 Do you know that, in consequence of that article, the gentleman named committed suicide?" asked MT. Osborne. The witness was not allowed to answer but he said he had read of the suicide in the newspapers.
 MT. Osborne also asked Justice Deuel whether the Equitable Life Assurance society paid $6,000 for an advertisement printed in the Russian language in Town Topics in 1902. Justice Deuel said he did not know and could not recollect whether he got a commission on 1t.
 District Attorney Jerome, who is con- ducting the case against MT. Hapgood admitted that the Town Topics compa- ny borrowed $16O,0OO from the Equitable society on a mortgage.
 And after that some pleasant para graphs appeared about MT. Hyde? asked MT. Osborne.
 Justice Deuel said he did not recall He stated that during the absence o1 Colonel w. D. Mann, the editor of Town Topics, he signed Colonel Mann's name to an article in that publication.
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ADRIFT ON 4 GANGPLANK.
Sole Survivor of Wrecked Schooner
 Picked Up.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 17.--Adrift on a gang plank from o'clock last Satur- day morring until o'clock Monday aft ernoon without food or water, Karl Sumner, the only known survivor of 8 party of thirteen people aboard the four masted schooner Robert H. Stevenson, was picked up by the German steamer Europa, bound from Philadelphia for Savannah Monday afternoon in latitude 345S north, longitude 35.52 west and brought to Savannah to-day Besides the ships crew, there were four women aboard, the wife of the captain, two relatives and colored servant, all go- ing to, Havana on a. pleasure trip.
 Tho Stevenson, loaded with coal, sail ed from Philadelphia January for Ha- vana. Captain Higbe was in charge with First Mate Lewis.
 Sumner says the schooner grounded on Diamond shoals. All save four sea men, himself included, took to the boats one boat being smashed and the first mate and two men being drowned This he witnessed. He thinks the others capsized.
 Two of the men who remained with the schooner left on a raft, he left on the gangplank and the fourth remain ed. Several ships passed Sumner at a distance before he was picked up, weak from cold, hunger and thirst, by boat from the Europa. He thinks he was the sole survivor,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18
PENSION BILLS PASSED.
House Takes Favorable Action on 1ee
 Of Them.

Washington, Jan. 17.-In a session of two and half hours to-day the house took favorable action on 166 pension bills. Under the rules the bills are considered the first time in committee of the whole after which they are for mally passed by the house, The whole number was put through the latter course by Speaker Cannon in Just eey- en minutes. Forty-two of the beneficia- ries are blind, and sixty-eight are par alyzed. The house adjourned at 2:95 o'clock tomorrow.