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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
COMMITTED SUICIDE
BESIDE MOTHERS GRAVE.
Bank Cashier Deopondent Over Heavy
Financial Losses.

Mineral Point, Wis. Oct. 1S.-Beside
the grave of his mother in Graceland
eemetery, Frank z. Hanscome. CASH
tsr of the Mineral Point First Ma
Rional bank, the doors of which were
closed last week. committed suicide
last night by taking carbolic acid and
then shooting himself in the right
temple with a revolver. Mrs. John
Cray, Sr., Hanscome's aged mother.
an-law. dropped dead when she viewed
his body today.
The cause Of Hanscome's suicide is
believed to have been dependency oc-
easioned by heavy financial losses and
worry over the affairs of the bank
Phil Allen. Jr, vice president of thu
bank, who has been under arrest q
his home since Friday last, charge
with embezzling $16s,000 OF the bank 5
funds. today said that Hanscome wPls
entirely innocent of wrong doing In
connection with the bank.
Hanscome was SO years old. He as
connected with the First NatioT ral
bank for rs years. Throughout he
financial difficulties he worked nif INT
and day. He was also a bondsman for
Vice President Allen on several oc ra-
sions, and the worry incident to the
recent disclosures preyed heavily on
Hanscome's mind.
No definite statement as to the af-
fairs Of the First National bank is ex-
pected for several DAYS.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
DOLLAR A MINUTE coURTsHIP,
ATLANTIC CITY LOVE MATCH
Resulted in Marriage-Famous Band
master and Young Wife Have Sep
arated-She Was Miss Edna Egan.

Cincinnati o., Oct 1S.-The Times
Star prints today despatch from At
lantic City, n. -. saying tnat Band
master OrestesD DVessella and his young
wife, formerly Miss Edna Egan, daugh-
ter of Thomas p. Egan. millionaire
manufacturer and former president of
the Cincinnati chamber of commerce.
have separated.
1t became known here today that
Mrs. Vessella has been living quietly
with her parents in Cincinnati for two
months.
Mr.. Egan today said: Yes, my
daughter has separated from her hus-
band, and the separa ton is final. 1 do
not care to go into details.
Vessela is well known on account of
his mannerisms while welding the
baton on the steel pier at Atlantic City.
He married Miss Egan FIVE years ago,
following a wooing that excited the at
tention of the whole country. During
a summer visit with her mother at At
lantje City Miss Egan fell in love with
the Italian bandmaster. Vessella re-
ciprocated and dedicated a dreamy
waltz to the object of his admiration
and played it every day. Throngs at
the pier watched Cupids capers.
When Miss Egan returned TO her
home here Vessella carried on his
courtship by telephone, daily at a dol
lar a minute. The wedding took place
in Cincinnati three months later
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
STRONG PLEA FOR MONEY
TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS.
ANTI 7 tuberculosis Committee Before
New York's Mayor.

New York. Oct. 1S.-A group of dis
tinguished physicians and philanthro-
Pists constituting the anti tuberculosis
committee appeared before Mayor Nc
Clellan today and urged that $4S7, 900
BE- set aside by the board of estimate to
reGUce an economic loss estimated at
$J5.Ce0,000 yearly to this city alone.
,tuseo by the ravages of tuberculosis.
Robert w. DeForest, president of the
charity organization society, declared
that of $4,000 tuberculosis sufferers in
New York but 10000 were receiving
proper medical attendance, while there
are. he said, $4,000 new cases and TO-
0J1 deaths each year.
Tw.nty thousand cases on the books
of the health department have moved
since they were registered and their
present whereabouts is, unknown to the
depa: ,rIent. None of them is counted
as rcce living proper care.
FopybCat clinics and classrooms for
tuberculosis children excluded from
the public schools were urged by Dr.
Samuel Lambert. DR.. Abraham n. ia
cobl recommended outdoor classes such
es have been successfully maintained
az E6ston, Mass, Providence, r. l., and
abroad
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
WILLING TO SPEND 100000
TO WIN VOTES FOR WOMEN.
Money Will Be Placed With New York
Bankers.

New York. Oct. 1s.-Lsdy Frances
Cook. better known in this country a.
Tennessee Clafin. who arrived here to-
day by the White Star liner Celtic.
SAYS that she is ready, II need be. to
spend 81 1000. all her fortune. to win
votes for women. She will place the
money. she says. with New York bank
ers.
Il am going right to Taft" Lady
Cook continued. Ito see II / cannot get
him TO do what Lincoln did. but by
peaceable measures. shall call the
presidents attention to the fourteenth
amendment Of the constitution. The
constitution says that only idiots. the
insane and convicts may not vote. and
/ want to know II that bars women.
Kind Edwsgd at heart sympathizes
with us and so did his mother, Queen
Victoria, before him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
1882 NAMES DROPPED
FRoM-THE PENSION ROLLS
Last Year by Deaths Invssion-Annuai
Report of Commissioner-To otaI Loss
from All Causes 51,581.

Washington. Oct 1S.-Deatf's inva =
sion of the fast thinning ranks of war
veterans caused 1892 names to be
dropped from the pension rolls Of the
United States last year or this num-
Der S2.S3l were survivors OF the Civil
war, The total loss to the pension roll
from all causes was 515S1
In striking corsrast to these figures
comprised in the annual report OF
Commissioner OF Pensions Warner. is
the statement thst the government
paid out in pensions in the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1909. s161.91s T0S. which
the commissioner declares is the Isrg,
est amount ever disbursed for pensions
in one year
Commissioners Warner explains thar
the increase was due principally to the
large number Aof pensioners placed on
the roll under the act Of Feb. g. 1907
granting S12. SIS and $50 to survivors
of the war with Mexico and the Civil
war on reaching the ages of So. 20 and
10 respectively.
The increase is also due in part to
pensions granted under the second
section of the act of April 1a 1908. to
widows OF persons who served In the
Civil war, without regard to their
pecuniary condition. and TO. the in
crease from IS to s12 per month Of the
rate of pension of certain widows,
minor children and helpless minors.
The pensions Of 2O2577 widows, minor
children and helpless minors who were
already on the rolls were increased by
this act
Summarized. the report shows these
facts: Number of pensioners at the be-
ginning Of the year 95l .6S7: number of
new pensioners added to the roll. 46,-
OSs: pensioners on roll At the close Of
the year. S4e1s4 q net decrease OF
5,4ss. Survivors OF the civil war on
the roll nov number 5S3. .S6l
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
Hearst, Independent Nominee, and Barnard,
Republican Sweep Though Harlem
A SERIES OF RAPID-FIRE SPEECHES
Barnard Spoke Three Places and Hearst at Four-Ihe
Latter Declares Barnard Machine Candidate the
Same Judge Gaynor-Dire Results Predicted for
the City if Either Barnard or Gaynor is Elected

Tended himself from the tlrrusts that
Judge Gaynor has made, prominent
among them the fact that he was in
dorsed by Tammany when he ran for
governor against Hughes. Grover
Cleveland" he said, was a consistent
foe of Tammany Hall. yet he ran for
governor OF the state on a democratic
York state as much foe Of Tammany
Hall as I had run for mayor a foe OF
Tammany Hall the year before"
He went on to say that although
nominated by the democrats he fought
Charles f. Murphy throughout and at
no time surrendered to Tammany.
why did not Judge Gaynor do as
I do? Why did not Judge Gaynor de-
nounce Murphy and McCarren? He
had plenty OF time to do 1t before Nc
carren got sick"
New Angle Given to the Campaign.
Hearst's attack on Barnard tonight
gives a new angle TO the campaign.
for heretofore both have maintained a
policy OF what might be called truce
between themselves in view Of the fact
that both are attempting to defeat
Tammany. Barnard AZ all times has
refrained from criticising Hearst.
Republican Nominees Speech.
In his speeches tonight the republi-
can nominee said in part:
Il am candidate for mayor be-
cause a good many people think the
city hall needs a business man. ! am
a business man with ten years OF legal
training and some knowledge Of how
city bonds should be sold. The issue
is Tammany graft and waste. You are
going to overthrow Tammany hall, No
vember .. by electing an anti-Tam-
many fusion board of estimate and ap-
portionment. They vote the contracts.
and appropriations and will stop the
wholesale plunder. How large ma
jority the ticket will receive is just
a detail. Vote 1t straight. There are
three candidates for mayor. Neither
one of them will steal. They are all
in favor OF suhwaYs. II either candi-
dates claims he has mortgage. or
even a mechanics lien. on that issue.
there is no truth in him, and you can
safely scratch him of the list. and
there will be only two.
Il want 70 make the city's business
your business and TO put men In Office
who viii see that there are three feet
in every yard and sixteen ounces in
every pound"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
Six Training Flights Monday at the Govern
ment Aviation School
ABLE TO HANDLE THE AEROPLANE
Leutenants Lahm and Humphreys in Practice at Signal
Sorps Aerodrome, College Park, Md. Machine
Pitched and Tossed by Ten Mile Wind-Ins,rucor
Wrieht Allowed His Scholars to Guide the Craft.

reaching a height of about 1000 feet
above the city, and then returned to
Juvisy.
When Count De Lambert landed
safely at Juviss he received "a tre-
mendOus ovation.
The aeronaut left the aerodrome at
Juvisy at Abs d. m. travelling at a
northward. Half an hour later the
population o Paris was amazed to
see the biplaIie approaching the city,
high in the mir, from the southwark.
AS the machine neared the Seine it
asccnded higher and higher, finally
passing above the Eiffel Tower at an
estimated di!Atance of 800 feet, or L.,
500 feet fro m the ground. The ma
chine then described a wide curve and
headed southwark.
Thousand who watched from the
streets of Paris could barely credit
their sense't when they saw the aero
plane. a -tirfv object. gliding swiftly far
above the over, and the sensation ere
ateG here by this performance was far
more profound than when Santos Du-
mont circled the structure in his dirigi-
BILE balloon in 1900.
Count De Lambert was given tre-
mendous ovation on his return to
Juvisy. Orville Wright. who was pres
ent with his sister. rushed forward and
Wrung I he hands of the aviator as he
alighted He was led to the pavilion,
where h is health was drunk. the crowd
meantime cheering and crying Long
live Count De Lambert Long live
Russia De Lambert being of Russian
extract lon.
The count held up his hand and
shouted: Cry Long live the United
States, for it is to her that l owe this
sUcces s..
The aviator said that throughout his
trlr he had perfect control of the ma
chine. The only inconvenience he suf-
fered was through the throbbing of his
engines and the difficulty in seeing
towards the end in the gathering
glooun.
The official time of the fight was 40
minutes. 80 seconds. The distance was
roughly estimated at so kilometres (31
miles, and the height varied from 300
t. 800 feet.
c cunt De Lambert and Mr. and Miss
Nr light left the field together in an
aut omobile. Dragons were obliged to
Gle kr a way through the crowd. among
VIII sch there were many enthusiasts
VIII 20 desired to carry the aviator in tri
In iph on their shoulders.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
CHARGE OF ASSAULT
WITH INTENT TO MURDER.
Danbury Man Arrested on Complaint
Of His Mother.

Danbury. Conn. oct. 1S.-Russell
Branch fthis place was arrested to-
night on charge Of assault with in
tent to murder. the charges being pNo-
ferred by his mother Mrs. Russell
Branch OF West Wooster street. Ac-
cording TO the story told the police
by Mrs. Russell. she was attacked some
time Thursday night by a man whom
she recognized as her son. During the
night she was awakened by some one
choking her. and when she struggled
10 get away a cloth was placed over
her head and she lost consciousness.
She did not regain consciousness until
Fridav morning. when she summoned
assistance. An examination by a ply
sician disclosed the fact that her body
was badly bruised and marked as the
result OF a beating. and that her face.
lips and mouth were badly burned by
carbolic acid.
Mrs Russell while she Is positive
in her identification Of her son as her
assailant. knows Of no motive he might
have had for the assault. He will be
given a hearing tomorrow morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
TROLLEY CAR STRUCK
TEAM WITH TWO MEN
On Bad Curve Near Meriden-6oth
Men May Die.

Meriden. Conn.,. Oct. ia fatal
trolley accident occurred at Bullus
Grove three miles east of this city.
shortly after 6 O'clock this evening.
Anton Lipfert, aged IS, and Flavius
Graves, aged 47. residents of West
field. are the vistims.
The men were driving from Meriden
to their home in Westfield and were
struck by a Middletown trolley car as
they crossed the tracks. At this point
there is a. bad curve and the men could
not see the car nor the motorman the
team until they were close together.
and it was too late to avoid the acci-
dent
The car struck the wagon and threw
both men considerable distance. Lip
fert's skull was fractured and Graves
sustained a broken collarbone and his
breastbone was crushed. The wagon
was smashed into kndling wood.
Neither of the horses was injured.
The injured men we're brought to
this city on the car and taken to the
hospital, where at 10 o'clock it was
said that Iipfert will die and Graves
is in a very serious condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
Passengers from
Stranded Liner
GIVE THRILLING ACCOUNT OF
ACCIDENT. ~
LANDED AT NEW YORK
Southern Pacific Steamship Antilles
Went Ashore OFF Florida Coast in
Last Weeks Hurricane-No Panic.

New York, Oct. 1s.-The passengers
and part of the crew of the Southern
Pacific liner Antilles, which ran
aground off the southeast coast of
Florida in the storm a week ago, were
landed here today by the steamship
Comus of the same line. Among the
passengers was Gov. ]. Y. Sanders of
Louisiana, who gave an interesting ac-
count of the accident.
Wireless Flashed the News.
we had experienced two days of
heavy weather." he said, capped on
Monday morning by a hurricane which
made observations impossible. Neither
the captain nor the passengers felt
much alarm however, and most of us
had retired when. shortly before mid
night Monday. the Antilles struck
sandy bottom with shock that
brought everybody up in a minute.
There was no panic and Captain
Byrnes assured us after hasty exam
ination that the boat was in no imme-
date danger. Meanwhile the constant
splutter of the wireless overhead in
formed us that news of our plight was
being flashed out to all the world.
From Monday Till Friday Awaiting
Rescue.
From Monday night until Friday we
lay lneTe awaiting the ARRIVAL OF Ine
Comus. which we learned had been
sent to take us off. For nearly four
days we did not see a sail or any other
signs of life except an occasional sea
gull and one fiamingo which had been
caught in the hurricane and was
brought on board, where it died of
exhaustion. With a calm sea again
the passengers beguiled. the time as
best they could. The ship lay in about
twenty-four feet of water. with her
nose nearly three feet in the shifting
sands"
One Passenger Injured.
Only one of the passengers suffered
any injury during the storm. Miss
Amy Cartwright OF Newark. N. J., was
struck by flying glass when giant
wave smashed in one of the windows
of the dining saloon. Her injuries were
not serious.
Governor Sanders will remain in
New York until the latter part Of the
week and will then go to st. Louis.
where he expects to meet President
Taft.
Captain Still on Board.
The captain of the Antilles and part
of the crew are still on board the
stranded liner, directing the efforts to
pull her off the shoals. II is not be-
lieved that she is seriously damaged
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19

College Park, Md, Oct. 1S.-In six
training flights at the government
aviation school. under the direction OF
Instructor Wright, the army officers
Lieutenants Lahm and Humphreys
demonstrated their ability to handle
the governments aeroplane, purchased
from tine Wright nrotners by the Sig
nal corps. Each officer accompanied
Mr.. Wright on these flights.
Mr.. Wright and Lieutenant Humph-
rev made a flight of over eleven min
utes' duration. The second flight, with
Lieutenant Lahm in the pupils seat,
was the longest that has been made
at the Signal corps aerodrome, lasting
Is minutes and 81 seconds. In both
flights Mr.. Wright permitted the pupil
at times to operate the machine un-
added.
The third flight wa made in a
slight breeze, Lieutenant Humphreys
again accompanying Mr.. Wright. The
machine was in the air for over ten
minutes. Mr.. Wright. accompanied by
Lieutenant Lalim then flew for Ii
minutes and "a seconds. While the ma
chine was encircling the field it was
pitched and tossed by a ten mile wind.
In the evening Mr. Wright was ac-
rompanied on rhe first flight by Lieu
tenant Humphreys. who handled the
machine unaided through most Of the
minutes and 81 seconds that the ae
roplane was kept aloft.
On the last flight of the day Mr.
Wright had Lieutenant Lahm withi1im
for more than eight minutes. As the
5ncchine sped around the field Mr..
Wright could be seen to take his
hands of Tho levers and allow his pu-
Pill to guide the craft He held himself
1n readiness TO take hold at any mo-
gnent, and when sudden gust of
wind struck the machine the instruc-
tor would grab the levers and bring
the machine back on an even keel.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
FRAUD ORDER" ISSUED
BY p. o. DEPARTMENT.
Disclosure of Unique Scheme for Get
ting Money from credulous Persons.

Washington. Oct. 1s.-A unique
scheme for obtaining money from
credulous persons has been disclosed by
inspectors Of the postoffice department
and. on allegations made by them. a
fraud order" has been issued by the
department against the European and
American Transfer Agency. doing bus
mess in New York.
The inspectors say the agency wrote
letters, usually in foreign language,
to people in various parts Of the c0un-
try notifying them that IL held pack
age for the person addressed which had
arrived on some European steamship,
and on receipt OF the necessary charges
Of duty. transportation and postage.
which ordinarily aggregated about ~,
the package would be forwarded. ON
receipt OF the money package con-
tanning cheap jewelry. a small bottle OF
perfume and some japanese handker-
chiefs. or similar articles. would be
sent to the person who had RENTED
the money.
The inspectors alleged that no such
packages were received by the agency
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19

New York. Oct. 1S.-William r.
Hearst, independent nominee for may
or, and Otto 7. Barnard, the republi-
can candidate, both OF whom are head
ing the fusion ticket. swept through
Harlem tonight and delivered a series
of rapid-fire speeches. Hearst spoke
at four different places and Barnard at
three.
Hearst Don't Want Barnard to Forget
Some Things.
AS has been his wont, Barnard con-
fined himself to business issues and
was brief. Hearst spoke at length and
continued his denunciation OF William
]. Gaynor the democratic nominee,
although he found time to refer to
Barnard as a machine candidate. II
have gotten into this fight to defeat
both Gaynor and his Tammany ma
chine and Barnard and his Woodruff
machine he said. "and / do not want
Mr.. Barnard to forget, in the heat and
excitement of the campaign, that he is
just as much of a machine candidate
as Judge Gaynor is. He may not be
the candidate of the same machine. but
he is the candidate of the same kind
of a machine, and ] for one cannot see
the difference in blackness between the
Tammany kettle and the Woodruff pot.
Knight of the Checkered Waisteoat.
MIR. Barnard was not nominated at
the fusion conference. The fusion con-
ference was broken up. He was not
even nominated at the republican con-
Yention. That had not yet been held.
He was appointed and anointed the
candidate OF the Noble Order Of Wood
rufflans and created a Knight Of the
Checkered Waistcoat at Jacks in the
early hours of a September morning.
What Will Happen if Hearst is De-
feated.
Now Mr. Barnard is not only not
an independent candidate, but he is not
even an anti-Tammany candidate. II
Mr.. Parsons statement of the deal be-
tween Cannon and the republican ma
chine with Murphy and the Tammany
machine can be believed. Mr.. Barnard
was nominated, not to defeat Tam
many. but to elect Tammany. II Mr..
Barnard is elected Mr.. Woodruff's pet
trusts viii get the city. and If Judge
Gaynor is elected the Tammany pet
thieves will get the city"
Hearst Defends Himself from Gaynor's
Thrusts.
For the rest of his speech Hearst de-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
Harvard University Shows Gain in
Registration, First in Five Years,

Cambridge, Mass, Get. 1s.-The first
gain in registration at Harvard uni
versity in five years is shown in the
figures for this year announced today
Excepting the summer school, Andover
Theological Seminary and Radcliffe
college the total registration for the
university is 1894. a gain of 125 over
the registration figures of last year. 1t
had been expected that with stricter
entrance examinations the figures
would show decrease. gain of II
students in the Law school brought
the attendance there to 307. the largest
in it's history. The Dental school, Just
installed in new quarters. shows an in
crease of % students.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
DARING SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
GETS FIVE YEARS IN SING SING
Attempted to swindle Trust Com
psny Out of s5o,o0o.

New York. oct. 1S-A more daring
soldier of fortune than worthy vet
eran of the Spanish war. Samuel r.
Rondhus. who recently attempted 10
swindle the Franklin Trust company
out OF 1000. was sentenced in Brook
lyn today to five years in Sing Sing.
on the strength Of his representa-
tions that he was the son and heir Of
M. T. Bondhus of Omaha, Neb. he
succeeded in getting the trust COM
pauv to accept a draft for $4,000 pay
able to himself on collection from the
estate. and received a passbook. BY
showing the passbook he was able to
get a Brooklyn merchant to cash his
check on the trust company before his
draft had been dishonored at Omaha.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
SKELETON FOUND IN WOODS
ON LONG ISLAND
That of a Young woman-victim Had
Been Dead a Year.

New York, Oct. 1S-The bleached
skeleton of a young woman. partly
covered by shreds of linen which once
were part of her clothing. was found
today in lonely stretch of woodland
near Islip. l.. I.
The coroner found nothing by which
the identity of the young woman could
be established. Close to the skull was
a thick mass of blonde hair. tied with
fragments of d big girlish bow of rib
bon. The teeth were we'll preserved
with several gold filings. 1t was evil
dent that the victim had been dead for
about a year. The skull was intact
showing no marks OF violence. and it
is impossible to ascertain whether it
is a case of suicide or a mysterious
murder.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
TO SCALE MOUNT M'kINLEY.
Party of Amateur Mountain Climbers
to Follow Cooks Route.

Seattle. Wash, Oct. 1s.-Steps are
taking to organize a party of amateur
mountain climbers to scale Mount Nc
Kinley, Alaska, the tallest peak in
North America. Asahel Curtis. an ex-
pert climber. said today: THE ascent
of Mount Mckinley is feasible. if un-
dertaken by properly equipped ex-
petition. There must be at least five
experienced men The route of DR..
Frederick A. Cook is best that is,
by steamer to Tyonek, on Cook inlet,
and then up the Sushitna river in a
power boat"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
pEPosED FROM THE MINISTRY
FOR RENoUNcING CREED
Rev. G. w. H. Troop, Episcopal Clergy
man-Bishop Harding's Statement.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Rev. C. w. II.
Troop an Episcopal clergyman, who
recently renounced the creed Of his
church for the Unitarian faith. today
was deposed from the ministry by
Bishop Alfred Harding. Episcopal
bishop of Washington.
Rev Mr.. Troop formerly served as
assistant pastor of St. johns church IN
Georgetown and created sensation in
church circles when four months ago
he announced his renunciation Of. the
faith In which he was ordained.
Bishop Harding issued public
statement that he had deposed Rev.
Mr. Troop at the latter's request and
for causes not affecting his moral
character.