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BEGIN FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON
Captain Chandler and Aeronaut Me-
 Coy Start from st. Louis.

Captain Chandler and Aeronaut Me-
 Coy Start from St. Louis.
 St. Louis, April SO.-With sharp, raw wind blowing and heavy clouds banking the sky, Captain Charles DeF. Chandler, United States Signal corps, and Aeronaut J. c. Mccoy, of New York city, started tonight on their delayed long-distance balloon trip. The start had been scheduled for three days. They hoped the wind would carry them eastward that they might land near Washington, D. C., but the balloon took southerly course, veering slightly to the west.
 Captain Chandler is making aerial observations for the government, which is interesting Itself in army ballooning. He carried Instruments to show the altitude and the speed attained. Aero naut Mccoy hopes to win the Lahm cup offered for the longest continuous flight.
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CONTRACT FOR COAL AWARDED.
KOnOId & Son to Supply Fire Engine
 Houses.

A meeting of the board of fire com missioners was held last night and bids TOT supplying the department fire houses with coal, were opened. The contract was given to Konold and Son at $b.S2 per gross ton. The amount to be purchased is 300 tons. This amount is expected to last the remained of the year.
 The e.committee of members of the fire department who appeared before the commissioners some time ago and urged higher schedule of pay sent in on behalf of the firemen vote of thanks to the commissionehs for hav- ing considered the matter and present. ing the case before the board of finance. The committee consisted of Engineer Peck, Lieut.. R. Dixon and 1T. Langdon. The members of the firemen's s benevolent association sent in letter of thanks for the granting of summer vacations.
 The matter of providing summer caps for the men was left to the com mittee oh supplies with power.
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JURY VISITS MURDER SCENE.
Five Members Went Unauthorized, So
 All Were Sent.

Five Members Went Unauthorized, So
 All Were Sent.
 New York, April So.-The unauthor- ized visit of George W. Geurnsey. one of the jurors in the trial of Anisia Lou ise DeMassy, who is charged with kill ing Gustav Simon, to the building where the shooting occurred, only serv- ed to delay the trial for short time to-day. Justice Blanchard called Guernsey into his chambers and after a brief talk with him directed that the entire jury be taken to the building and allowed to inspect the stairway which Guernsey had already investi- gated. Attorneys for both the defense and the prosecution accompanied the jurors, but the defendant waived her right to be present. Soon after court .reconvened the prosecution rested and the defense opened It's case. The talk ing of the defenses testimony will be- gin tomorrow.
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MR. MEL1EN IN WASHINGTON
Accompanied by Mir. Byrnes He Will
 See President To-day.

Washington, April 30. = President Charles s. Mellen and Vice President T. E. Byrnes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, arrived here late tonight and will call on President Roosevelt at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning to discuss railroad matters. Mr. Mellen was very uncom- municative upon his arrival and had nothing to say upon the subject of his conference with the president. All that the would say was that he had an appointment to meet the president in the morning and that he came at the presidents request. He was asked if the question of the capitalization and valuation of the New Haven roads property would not be the subject Of the conference, but he avoided answer ing the question.
 At the White house the officials were similarly unwilling to state the nature of MT. Mellen's mission here.
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VICTORIA AT THE THEATER.
Spanish Queen Continues Remarkably
 Well and Cheerful.

Madrid, April 3O.-Queen Victoria continues remarkably well and cheer ful. She went on long drives twice to- day, and this evening attended the the ater with King Alfonso.
 The court physicians now think 1t may be two or three days before the expected heir is born, but declare that, owing to her majesty's excellent condi- ton, there is no occasion for uneasi- ness.
 The queen ordered the removal of the heavy crown surmounting the two Cor inthian columns at the head of the his- toric cradle, fearing that it might cause an accident It has been replacde by bows of pink silk ribbon.
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TELEPHONE FIGHT UP
 AGAIN IN COMMITTEE
HEARING ON PETITION FOR IN- CORPORATION OF HOME
 COMPANY.

List of Interested Men Declared by
 Counsel the Best, Financially and
 Otherwise, Ever to Apply for Charter
 Some WeII-Sounding Promises
 Jabs at Southern New England-At-
 torneys for Latter Oppose the Petit
 tion.
 Hartford, April 9O,-Before the com mittee on interpretations to-day hear ing was given to the petitioners for the incorporation of the Connecticut Home Telephone Company.
 Attorney Harrison B. Freeman, Jr, appeared in favor of the petitioners and submitted list of the incorpora- tors saying it comprised the best set of men, financially and otherwise, that had every applied for a charter. The company would be organized with a capital stock of $1O0,O0O, and asked per- mission to operate In every town ex- cept where there was opposition. A clause in the proposed charter would DSAfNp NO 1AlclhO ll4S CAlei1 ICI NOAQ II 4I sold out to any other company. Mr. Freeman said it not only asked to be allowed to enter competition, but de- sired to be faced into competition with other companies. Our section provides that there shall be no 1ndlng of pub lie necessity and convenience in towns of less than 15,000 inhabitants.
 MT. Freeman said he was sorry that he had to come to the legislature to ask for charter. The big fight of the session of 1899 was before the judiciary committee, where 1t was expressed by the committee that it should not be necessary to come to the legislature and ask for special charter, but to organize under the general law and go before the court and prove a public necessary and convenience. He then told of the Southern New England company <"sneaking" in several codifi- cations to their own advantage.
 MT Freeman alluded to several laws being jamed through in 1903 and Judge Stoddard interrupted to say that the telephone law at that time was pre- pared by commission, you know no- thing about it, Judge Stoddard," said Mr. Freeman. You were not here at that time, nor was Attorney Moran, Allan w. Paige was the man who got your legislation for you.p
 Was he paid his fee?" said MT. All ing.
 That's for you to say" said MT. Freeman.
 MT. Freeman said there was no state in the union so tied up as was Con necticut.
 One of the committee asked if the proposed regulations of rate bill would not serve a good purpose.
 Mir Freeman said 1t would not. Com mission or no commission the American Bell company would regulate the rates as always.
 The speaker said that the only arr gument against competition was that two telephones were a nuisance, and he> said people who used that argument did not know what they were talking about
 : Mir. Freeman then told of conditions existing in other cities where competi- ton was allowed and gave a detailed statement of rates.
 Others who spoke in favor of the petition were J. Howard Hale of Glas- tonbury, and Attorney Lewis Sperry of Hartford.
 Attorney for the Southern New Eng land Telephone company opposed the granting of the petition.
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SENSATIONAL RESULTS
 FOLLOW INVESTIGATION
THREE ARRESTS GROWING OUT RECENT INSURANCE
 ELECTIONS.
Manager of the International Policy holders Committee and Two Watch- CTS Charged With Conspiracy = Counsel Untermeyer Says It Looks Like a Cry of "stOp Thief' on the Part of the. Companies.
Part of the. Companies.

New York, April 3O-Sensational re- suits have followed the. inquiry by the district attorneys office into the re- cent election of directors of the New York Life Insurance company.
 George R. Schugham, manager of the International Policyholders committee, which inspired the present inVestiga- ton, making grave charges against those who conducted the election, was himself placed under arrest at Albany tonight and left Albany for New York in company with an officer. Schugham is charged with conspiracy and he was the third man identified with the In ternational Policyholders committee to be taken into custody since noon to- day The others are Charles Stirrup, who was arrested late this afternoon and Charles F. Darlington. These two were not members of the committee but were employed as watchers for the committee at the election. Stirrup was watcher at the directors election of the Mutual Life Insurance company, while Darlington acted in similar capacity at the New York Life Insur- ance company election.
 They are specially charged with hav- ing "unlawfully consplred together for the perversion and obstruction of the due administration of the laws of the state of New York, with relation to the election of directors of the New York Life Insurance company"
 The warrants were issued on the complaint of Assistant District Attor- ney Walter B, Howe by Magistrate House, in the Tombs police court.
 Stirrup, 1t is alleged. was employed in subordinate capacity at the office of the policyholders' committee previ- ous to December IS, and the offerse with which he is charged was commit ted previous to that date.
 Earlier to-day Jacob Frank, New York Life Insurance company agent, twas arrested charged with forgerly in the third degree Frank had been sum moned to explain the signatures of several policyholders to alleged forged ballots cast at the recent election of directors of the New York Life, At the time of his arrest Frank, 1t Is said, made statement to Assistant District Attorneys Smyth and Howe that had an important bearing on later develop ments.
 The policyholders' committee, head ed by scrugham as manager and Sam uel Untermyer as counsel, and with a membership of many distinguished persons in this country and Europe, fought the administration tickets" in the recent elections of directors of the New York and Mutual Life Insurance companies.
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MoYER-HATW00D TRIAL.
Attorneys for Defense Ready for the
 Opening.

Boise, Idaho. April SO.--Clarence s. Darrow, of Chicago, and D. E. Richara4 son of Denver attorneys for Charles H. Mover. William D. Haywood and George A. Pettbone, the men accused of the murder of Governor Steunenberg, announced to-day that they are ready for the opening of the Haywood trial May 9. They state that no motion for another changeof venue will be enter ed.
 Mrs, Haywood has arrived with her two daughters, aged seventeen and eleven. She is an invalid. and moves about in chair. There was an inter- esting reunion between the members of the family to-day in the court house grounds. The men accused with Hay wood were also on the grounds. Their wives are here, but Mrs Mover is ills at the hospital. Mover visits her reg ularly each day, while Mrs. Pettibone promenades in the grounds with her husband daily.
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To Dust Standard oil.

Findlay, O., April SO.-George H. Phelps late this afternoon filed peti- tion in the common pleas court asking that the Standard oil company and it's subsidiary companies be enjoined from doing business in the state of Ohio. It is understood the Independent oil pro- ducers are back of Phelps, and the in- dependents offer to furnish bond in the sum of $100.000.
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Must Deliver the Oil.

Washington, April 8o-A regulation put into effect by the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western railroad whereby it refused to deliver oil in tank cars to Preston & Davis at it's Brooklyn ter- minal was ordered to-day by the in- terstate commerce commission to be rescinded. The decision in the case was rendered by Chairman Knapp.
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rarors unpald commlssIon.

Boston, April SO.-President Lucius Futile of the Boston, Maine railroad, before the joint committee on ways and means of the legislature to-day ad- vocated the recommendation of Gov. Guild for the establishment of an un- paid commission oconsider the up- building of the commerce and industry of the state.
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FIonr for stnrving Children.

San Francisco, April SO.-Towed in- to the stream by the army tug Slocum, with the 22d infantry band playing martial airs. the crowds on the quay cheering and waving farewell salute, the government transport Buffalo sail ed to-day for Chinkiang with 4O9O,O0O pounds of American flour on board for the famine sufferers of northeastern China, contributed and collected through the efforts of the Christian Herald of New York,
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Berlin, April SO,-There was a gen. eral debate on Germanys foreign rela- tions in the reichstag to-day, and, in- |cidentally, Andrew Carnegie's recent reference to the decision between war and peace being in the hands of Elm .peror William was criticised and class led as a distortion of facts.
 At the opening of the debate speak CTS of various parties pointedly sug- gested to the imperial chancellor that Germany should take no part in the discussion of the limitation of arma- ments at The Hague peace conference,
 The chancellor, in reply, said that Germany did not object to letting oth- CT powers discuss the matter, but Ger many would hold aloof. This state- ment was received with approval by the house.
 Continuing, Won Buelow referred to the recommendation of the first peace conference at The Hague that tn epow- CTS study the question of the limitation of armaments.
 Germany the chancellor said, has compiled with this recommendation but has not found formula which takes into account the great diversity in the geographical, economic and mili- tary positions of the various states, or one which would be calculated to re- move those diversities and serve as a basis for a treaty.
 T am also unaware that other coun- tries have been more fortunate in dis towering such formula, So long as there is not even a hope for a satisfac- tory solution of this question, and no method for its practical application ex- ists, we cannot expect anything from its discussion at conference. On the contrary, the danger is that an unde- sirable effect may be reduced by arous- ing divergent interest"
 1 The chancellor claimed that the mere prospect of a discussion of the ques- tion of limitation of armaments had a
 disquieting effect upon the internatlon-
 al situation.
 1 Won Buelow then renarked l "Germany's abstention from the dis cussion of the question does not mean
 that she cherishes a secret desire for i wor, or that she is actuated by mill ltary ambition or other selfish motives,
 Other powers feel the same way as i Germany regarding the limitation i proposition, and many friends of peace ] in France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States think 1t would not serve
 the cause of peace to give way to illu-
 sions and lose sight of realities. Ger
 many hitherto has secured peace by
 keeping in readiness for war. This
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Rostou Bollermnkers to strike.

Boston, April BOA strike to-mor- row of 1,2O0 boilermakers in and about Boston for a 10 per cent. wage increase was decided upon at meeting of one of the unions tonight. The union asked originally for a 15 per cent. in crease and later reduced the demand to 10 per cent. The firms, however, re- fused to grant more than 71-2 per cent. increase.
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Brilliant White House Reception.

Washington, April S0.-one of the most brilliant social functions of the season was given at the White House this evening when President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner all the principal officers of the United States and foreign navies who participated in the ceremonies attending the opening of the Jamestown exposition,
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NEW BANK COMMISSIONER.

Norris s. Lippit of Norwich Succeeds
 Mir. Kendall.
 Hartford, April Ex-Governor Wood ruff sent the following appointments to the senate to-day:
 Factory nspeetor-George L. Me- Lean of Ellington, four years at $2,5O0 a year Reappointment).
 Board of mediation for two years John H. White of Hartford. Josiah M Hubbard of Middletown, and Hiram Fox of New Haven. (Reappointments). Bank examiner. to succeed Commis-
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oppose Two-Cent Fare Rate.

Albany, N Y, April 3O-Practically all of the principal railroad systems of this state iiot already operating un der a passenger rate of two cents a mile were represented in opposition to the bill of Assemblyman Baldwin of Onondaga, prescribing a general two cent mile rate for all roads over 150 miles long, at the hearing to-day be- tore the senate railraods committee.
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HUGHES BEATEN AGAIN

Committee Will Make no Recommends
 ton in Kelsey Case.
 Albany, April 3O-The judiciary com mittee of the senate this afternoon, by a vote of seven to six, decided to re- port to the senate without recommend ation as to the removal of Otto Kelsey from the office of state superintendent of insurance, recommended by Gov ernor Hughes on February 2O This vote involved the defeat of a resolution introduced by Senator Page intended to make 1t the judgment of the com mittee that the recommendation of the governor be concurred in.'
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English Tars Get One Race.

Norfolk, Va, April S0.-American sailors won all of the places in two of the three international races be- tween the crews of warships rendez- vouslng in Hampton Roads to-day, but the British tars took first and second places in one of the contests.
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BOSTON TRANSFERS STRIKE.
Employers Appeal to Supreme Court
 Unlawful Conspiracy Charged.

Boston, April S0.-The master team sters involved in the strike now in pro- gress appealed to the supreme court to-day for an injunction against the officials and members of the local union to restrain them from what is alleged to be unlawful conspiracy and to pre- vent strikers from congregating in front of the stables and intimidating non-union men. The court will hear the arguments on the question of issu- ing the injunction on Thursday.
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WEALTHY AUTo1sT SENTENCED
William E. Dodge Given Ten Days, and
 He Appeals.

Yonkers, N. Y, April SO.-William E. Dodge, of New York, son of the philan- thropist, William Earl Dodge, and son. in-law of Henry T. Sloane, the million aire carpet manufacturer, was to-day sentenced to serve ten days term in prison in addition to paying fine of $10O, for automobile speeding. Dodge had been arrested twice before for the same offense. He appealed from the sentence.
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STILL AT LARGE.
No Trace of Tucker and Carpenter, the
 Escaped Criminals.

Mlddletown, Conn, April SO.-Late to-day word was received at the asy- lum that two men thought to answer to the description of W. H. Tucker and William Carpenter had been seen in the western part of Chatham on the road towards Killingworth. The re- port will be investigated but the asy- lum authorities put little faith in it. It was arranged this evening that a party of fifteen should continue through the night to make search for the fugitives.
 Tucker and Carpenter escaped from the institution yesterday morning. Tucker is the wife murderer and son of Hartford policeman.
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PRESIDENT COREY RE-ELEoTED.
Steel Trust Directors Also Declare
 Their Regular Dividends.

New York, April 3O.-William E, Corey was reelected president of the United States Steel corporation at the annual meeting of the board of di- rectors in this city to-day. All the other officers whose terms expire were reelected.
 Regular dividends of 1% per cent. on the preferred, and F of 1 per cent on the common stock were declared The net earnings for the quarter end- ed March S1 were $S9, ,122,492, an in- crease of s2,4SS,OO2 over the same quarter last year.
 The thrilled orders on hand amount to S,043,S5S tons, an increase of 1,025, 146 tons as compared with last year. These figures show considerable de- crease from the last previous quarter, but are in excess of those of any cor responding quarter in the corporations history
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Japan Denies It.

Tokio, April SO.-The minister of marine denies the report that Japan has ordered 21,0G0 ton battleship in ngland. He said such a step would not be necessary, as the works at Kure and Yokosuka were capable of con- structing larger ships than the preced- ing two launched there, if it was con sidered advisable
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Trolley Extension Plans.

It is stated authoritatively that the early plans of electric railway exten- sion of the New York. New Haven x Hartford Railroad company include ex- tensions to Stafford Springs. Thomaston and Middletield, and the new line be- tween Hartford and Middletown.
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GENERAL RUDIGER FURIOUS.
Sees Czar About Attacks of Duma on
 the Army.

St. Petersburg, April SO.-Lieutenant Rudiger. minister of war. went to Tsarkoe-Selo to-day to report to Elm peror Nicholas concerning the incidents in the Duma Monday. AS he is known to be furious at the attacks made on the army, rumor is in circulation that he persuaded the emperor to dis solve the chamber. The session of the cabinet tonight, however was occu- pied with ordinary business, and one ur the ministers said there was no doubt the duma would reassemble on the date scheduled, May 1S.
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POLICE CORNERSTONE IS MEET
Application for Retirement of W. J.
 Frey Received.

At the meeting of the board of po- lice commissioners last night the ap- plication of Officer William ]. Frey for retirement was referred to the commit tee on efficiency with power. MT. Frey will probably be ordered before the board of police surgeons for a physical examination and the disposition of his case depends on their report. Routine business was transacted.
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Water W Freight Handlers Strike.

Waterbury April 30.-At 10 o'clock tonight there were indications that the strike of the freight handlers would be broken in the morning. There is 8 split inthe ranks of the strikers.
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BETTER COUNTRY THAN U. s.
Laurier Does Not Fear Canada VIII Be
 Americanized.

London, April SO.-sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, the Canadian premier, addressing the Canadian club tonight, said he had no fear that Canada would be lAmericanized. The American immi- grants in Canada were a practical peo- pie who had quilted the United States for Canada because they believed 1t a better country with better laws which were administered ten fold better than the laws of the United States. He was a great admirer of the American repub- lie. he said, but the Americans who crossed the border knew that his prop erty and life were securer than in his own country,