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Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
MRS. BRoKAW WAS
 MILDLY PRoFANE AT TIMEs
According to the Testimony sf olsa
 Olender, a Maid.

New York, Dec. 21.-In the suit brought by his wife for separation, MT. Brokaw did not take the stand fn his own defense today, though he was prepared for it. For half an hour be- fore Justice Putnam mounted the bench. the overwrought husband paced the gravel walk in front of the court house, apparently rehearsing the tes- timony he was to give. but when court convened there was a change of plans Buffers. maids and more of the many physicians employed to tune the ian gled nerves of the alienated couple testified for the husband and defend ant.
 For the first time since the trial began Mrs. Brokaw was plainly out of countenance today. For one thing. her mother. Mrs. James A. Blair, is seri- ously ill of pneumonia at Westches- ter. her health undermined by the pub licity of the trial. For another, the continued mentions of cigarettes and cocktails in the evidence plainly irri- tates the plaintiff increasingly.
 Sidney Woods. the butler testified today that he usually mixed cocktails daily for Miss See. who disappeared with them in the direction of Mrs. Bro- kaw's room. Olga Olender. e maid, swore she had served Mrs. Brokaw with port wine in her room. She tes- tifed in addition that she had heard Mrs. Brokaw venture on mild profan- ity and one of her tasks was to clean cigarette stubs out of Mrs. Brokaw's bathroom.
 Dr. Robert Peu testified that he had heard Mrs. Brokaw tell her husband to Ego to -i" and that she had applied to him one of the eplthet, which she claimed in her testimony he had applied to her-"a - liarl"
 During this testimony Mrs. Brokaw's face was completely hidden and one small handkerchief succeeded another in journeys from her huff to her eyes
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
MERIDEN CITY ELECTION.
Democratic Mayor Re- -elected-Coun- ell Overwhelmingly Republican.

Meriden. Dec. 21.-Thomas l.. Reilly (democrat) was reelected mayor of this city for a third term today, by a majority of 64 votes. This election was closer than any of Mayor Reilly's previous campaigns. and his republi- can opponent, Charles F. Rockwell
 was successful in winning out in three of the five wards, but did not have enough votes to cope with the demo- cratic majorities in the other two wards. The republicans elected ten aldermen and councilmen and the democrats seven, making the council overwhelmingly republican on account of republican holdovers. The cam paign was one of the hottest in years and involved the purchase of consider able newspaper space for political ad- vertising. Mayor Reilly waged his campaign on the record of the past four years and his opponent claimed the only issue of the campaign was an economical and businesslike adminis- tration of the city government. charg- ing the mayor with waste and extrav- agance in the use of the public funds.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Talk of National Park on American
 Side of Niagara Falls.

Washington. Dec. 21.-The establish ment of national park on the Ameri- can side of the Niagara river at Mag ara Falls is recommended in letter of Secretary of War Dickinson to the house today. transmitting the recom- mendations of the committee of land scape architects and others appointed to consider improvements at Niagara. "A small annual tax per horse power should be levied" says the committee, Ion all power generated at Niagara Falls on the American side or import ed into the United States from Canada. this fund to be converted into a fund for the purchase and maintenance of a national reservation"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Patients Safely
 Removed
FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEN AND
 WOMEN IN A PANIC.
FIRE IN AN INSANE ASYLUM
Situation a Most Threatening One for Several Hours-5usy Night fos
 Guards and voIunteers-Loss s15,ooo

Jacksonville. H., Dec. 21.-Fire in. the central hospital for the insane here tonight destroyed the north wing of the institution, threatened destruction of other portions, and for hours caused panic among nearly fifteen hundred in- sane men and women.
 Several Patients Escaped.
 When the fire broke out in the north annex about s.30 o'clock some of the insane patients escaped, but the asy- lum authorities soon had an organized system for removal of patients from the burning wing to another portion of the hospital The fire burned fiercely and the local fire department fought 1t tenaciously until at 10.30 o'clock 1t was under control.
 Great Disaster Threatened.
 The patients rescued from the burn- ing section were escorted by guards and volunteers to the south wing of the asylum, a new portion of the insti- tuition. The ferocity of the fire, how ever, so alarmed the patients all through the asylum that the situation was a most threatening one and citi- zens of Jacksonville were appealed to for the purpose of aiding in preventing great disaster. The patients from one end of the asylum to the other were aroused to a pitch of great excitement ana those freed rom the burning sec tion particularly gave the guards and volunteers great concern.
 Patients Returned to Asylum.
 Several of the men and women who escaped while being transferred from the burning section were captured be- fore they could reach the streets sur rounding the asylum grounds and oth- CTS were found in the outlying portions of the city. Some women were found, thinly clad, sitting on curbstones half mile from the asylum and taken back to the institution.
 Loss $15,o0o.
 The fire started in the roof of the north wing. according to the attaches, but what caused 1t is not known. The flames spread rapidly to the fourth floor of the building, where 400 women patients were kept. The loss Is S16,- 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Many Christmas Presents for xhe
 White House.

Washington, Dec. 21.-President Taft and members of his family are begin ming to receive CAristmas presents from. all over the country. A large proportion of gifts of many sorts are from admirers whom the president has never seen. Two big packages which arrived by express yesterday turned out to be rather crude oil paintings. One was a bust of the president and the other was a full length group. pie ture of the presidents entire family. The paintings were the work of a young Italian in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
NOVEL DEMONSTRATION
 IN EXCLUSIVE FIFTH AVENUE.
Autos Loaded With Striking Shirt waist Makers Pass Up Thoroughfare.

New York, Dec. 21.-Exclusive Fifth avenue received a demonstration of woman's determination this afternoon, when fifteen automobiles, furnished by prominent society women, but contain ing two score poorly dressed working women, passed up the thoroughfare in the double interest of the striking shirtwaist operators and woman suf- frage.
 The cars were furnished by Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, Mrs. Samuel Untermyer and other prominent women who have identified themselves with the strikers. Banners labeled Votes for Women" fiuttered from the machines while other pla- cards told the story of the strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
CIGARETTE STUB CAUSED FIRE.
$125,000 Loss-Jordan 6 Go. Cabinet
 Factory in Brooklyn.

New York Dec. 1.-Two men met death by suffocation tonight in a fire which swept through the cabinet fac tory of Edward B. Jordan & Co. in Brooklyn. Fortunately the blaze start ed when most of the workers had left the factory for the day. but more than fifty who remained behind made their escape with difficulty. The damage to the building and contents was approx imately s125,000.
 A cigarette carelessly thrown in a corner is thought to have started the fire,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Estrada ROuts
 zeIaya's Troops
BATTLE SUCCESSFUL ALL ALONG
 THE LINE.
FIGHT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
Large Number of cssuaIties--150 Prisoners Taken by Revo!utionists- Unconditional Surrender Expected.

Washington. Dec 21.-Zelaya's troops were routed by the Nicaraguan revolu- tionists today in a fierce battle at Ra- ma lasting several hours, according to advices received here this afternoon. General Estrada, in command of the revolutionary army, is reported to have been successful all along the line. The battle is to be renewed tomorrow, the advices declare, and the Estrada army will bend all efforts to compel the un- ment forces.
 Some Doubt as to the Extent of Estra-
 da's Success.
 There is some doubt as to the exact extent of Estrada's success. From revolutionary sources the word is sent
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
TWO ARMED MEN
 STOLE 100 PAY ENVELOPES
Held Up Superintendent of Hooten Cocoa and Chocolate Company.

Newark. N. J., Dec. 1.-Two armed men held up Samuel B. Newman, in the office of the Hooten Cocoa and Chocolate company here tonight, and stole one hundred pay envelopes, con- taining in all about $500. Newman is superintendent of the factory and was alone in the office when the men en- tered and covered him with revolvers, demanding Hands up and silence!"
 Fifty girls, working on the second floor of the factory, for whom the pay envelopes had been made up. rushed panic stricken from the building when they learend of the robbery.
 The robbers were pursued for some distance, but made their escape.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
WHERE IS THE DOCTOR,
 WHAT CAN HE SAY FOR HIMSELF
Has He Elected to Spend Balance of His Days in Retirement in Southern GreenIand?-Has Made $100,o00.

| New York, Dec. 21.-Thus ends one of the most fascinating chapters in all the romance of exploration. Honored by the king of Denmark, heralded by the University of Copenhagen, garland ed with wreaths of roses by young girls, accorded the freedom of the city of New York and acclaimed by thou sands for the length and breadth of the land as the bravest man who ever dared the silent terrors of the Arctic, Dr. Frederick A. Cook stands tonight discredited in the house of his friends. Not word from him in defense or explanation. Nothing but disavowals from his partisans in the controversy that has ragged about him ever since he first flashed word from Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands. to his wife; Successful; well; address Copenha- gen."
 Said to Be in Norway.
 Interest tonight turns to three questions: Where is the doctor? What will he>have to say for himself? What will he do with himself?
 Charles Wake, a close friend, and Dr. Cooks brother in Brooklyn both say he is at Christiansand Norway. with. his wife.
 A friend who had opportunity to see a private letter from pr. Cook to for AliC4 INCClOI 4OIQ OI lilC U Ol Copenhagen says that the doctor then wrote that, in the event of an adverse decision, he would take no appeal to the other scientific tribunals of the world.
 In this country Commander Robert B. Peary already has been pronounced the discoVerer of the north pole by the National Geographic society.
 May Settle in Southern Greenland.
 One of the party who made the trip with Dr. Cook to Hamilton. Mont, where he had dubious meeting with the guide Barrill, who denied that the doctor had ever completed the ascent of Mount Mckinley, said tonight:
 "On the way back to the east asked the doctor in so many words what he would do if the University of Copen- hagen found against him.
 T haven't thought of that" answered the doctor
 "But you must think of it." said the friend. "A situation of this importance must be considered from every angle"
 Well" answered the doctor, If the university should find against me, I believe I should go back among the Eskimos of Southern Greenland and try to carry on there such medical mission as Dr. Grenfen has made fa- nous"
 Has Made More Than $1oo,ooo.
 Henry Wellington Wack Dr. Cooks lawyer, and the friend who is the au- thority for the statement above were both asked tonight how much money they thought Dr. Cook had made from the sale of his narrative to newspa- pers in this country and abroad and from his lectures. ''More than $S0,000," said Mir. Wack. More than $1O0,OOO."' said the friend. Both agreed that, should the doctor elect to spend the remainder of his days in the retire ment he has thus far chosen, he need never want for comfort
 The board of aldermen who voted Dr. Cook the freedom of the city on his return to this country have now before them resolution to withdraw their grant. The resolution was placed on file today before the clerk had finished reading it's text.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
27 Modistes Under Arrest
GENERAL ROUNDUP BY GOVERN
 MENT AGENTS.
sMUGcLERS OF EMERY
Arraigned Before U. S. Commissioner and Held for Trial-chicaeo Dress makers Also Taken Into Custody.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-Federal officials today took into custody number of persons who are charged with com plicity in conspiracy to smuggle ex- pensive gowns and dry goods into this country. Arrests were made simul- taneously in different parts of the country, two women in Chicago being taken into custody on a charge of hav- ing part in a conspiracy to defraud the government. The conspirators are said to have already succeeded in smuggling across the line more than s2,O00,000 worth of dutiable goods.
 Placed Under s1o,ooo Bonds.
 Those in the conspiracy are said to nu---yer twenty-six. All of them have been indicted by the federal grand jury
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Death of One of the Best Known
 Yachtsrnen in This Country,

Washington. Dec. 21.-Oiiyer F. Cromwell. one Of the best known yachtsmen in the United States. died here today He suffered stroke Of paralysis last week. from which he did not rally. He was 63 years old
 MT. Cromwell for considerable time was chairman of the regatta com mittee of the New York Yacht club and arranged a number of interna- tional races; has umpired many races at Chicago. At one time he was com odore of the Seawanhanka-C -Corinthian Yacht club.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
A DOZEN CHICAGO ALDERMEN
 TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS
To the Widows and Orphans of strick-
 en Mining Town of Cherry.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-Twelve Chicago aldermen tomorrow will go to Cherry, H., the stricken mining town, where 300 miners were entombed last month, to play Santa Claus to the hundreds of widows and orphans bereft by the St Paul mine disaster.
 With the aldermen will go a car load of toys. candies and fruits for the children and more substantial gifts for the mothers. More than 200 miners are still buried in the mine
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Steamship Arrivals.

At Liverpool: Dec. 21. Arabic, from New York. New York
 At cherbourg: Dec. 20. Kronprin- zessin Cecilie from, New York.
 At London: Dec. q. Minnehaha, from New York.
 tA Bremen: Dec. 21, Kronprinzessin Cecilie. from New York.
 At Naples: Dec. 21, Regina DItalia, from Nav York
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Bank Rate of Interest Reduced.

New York. Dec. 21.-The Dry Dock sss,54s.os5 from i5s,1o2 depositors, has % decided to follow the recent action of the Bowery Savings bank in reducing its rate of interest on deposits from 4 per cent to 31-z per cent. About twenty other savings banks of the city have announced that they will adhere an the ola rzka >f p~- s~-t
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
The shootina up of erown.vi!Ie.

Washington. Dec. 21. = Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut. who took an vestigation into the shooting up of Brownsville in 1906, and who joined Senator Foraker in making a minority report on the subject to the senate, today attended the examination Of wit nesses before the military court Of in quiry. None of the soldiers was before the court today and no material testi- mony developed.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
ROBERT BACON CONFIRMED.
No Senate Opposition to Nomination
 for Ambassador to France.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The senate today confirmed the nomination of Robert Bacon of New York. ex-sec- retary of state. to be ambassador to France
 Senator Root. by his activities on the floor before the executive session, dissipated all of the objections that had been raised against MT. Bacon, and no opposition appeared.
 All of the other diplomatic nomina- tions which were sent to the senate yesterday were confirmed.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Farewell Dinner to [. p. o,connor.

New York. Dec. 21.-W. Bourke Cochran and Justice Martin J. Keogh of the state supreme court gave a fare well dinner at the Lotus club tonight to T. P. O'Connor. the Irish leader and member of the British parliament. who will return to England tomorrow after a visit to this country in the interest of home rule for Ireland. Fffky-~~s guests sat down to the table
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Accidentally Shot His Son Dead.

North Egremont, Mass, Dec. 21.- While Frank Boice, 8 local meat deal er was preparing to butcher steer today, he shot and killed his son, Kenneth. The fifteen year old boy was holding a rope by which the steers nose was fastened to the ground, when the rifle in his fathers hand accidentally exploded, the bullet en- tering the boys lung.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22


 Copenhagen, Dec. 21.-In an inter- view tonight Knud Rasmussen said:
 '"The university would not call me at strongest supporters Later, however. was invited to the investigation and when l saw the observations I realized it was a scandal
 My confidence in Cook has been based on personal impressions, on re- ports that I had received and also on the testimony of the Eskimos, when they all said that he had made the tTjp from Cape Sparbo to Etah. and such a trip during the dark of winter would suffice to make a man famous. But the papers which Cook sent to Copenhagen university are most impu- dent. No schoolboy could make such calculations. It is a most childish att tempt at cheating. Cook has killed himself by his own foolish acts.''
 Commodore Hovgaard, the explorer, said: Although it has not been proved that Cook did not reach the pole. I can only regard Cook now as an impostor. /"
 Whereabouts of the Doctor.
 Naples, Dec. 21.--It Is the general belief that Dr. Frederick A. Cook is either here or passed through Naples quite recently under an assumed name. lMarseilles, Dec. 21.--An exhaustive search has failed to reveal any trace of Dr. Cook in Marseflles.
 ~ Genoa, Dec 21.-It is asserted that Dr. Cook recently spent some time in the south of France and then came to Genoa. The report, however, is vague, as no one can be found who saw him, and a search ta locate him today proved fruitirss
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

Fig Fraud Case to Be Tried Over
 Again.
 New York, Dec. 21.-The govern ment will have to try its first fig fraud case all over again, the jury in the case of Joseph McMahon, a for mer assistant customs weigher, re ported having failed today to reach verdict. McMahon was indicted for conspiring in securing the entry of a shipment of figs from Greece at less than it's true weight.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Threatened Race War at Magnolia
 Alabama

Magnolia, Ala, Dec. 21.-Owing to a threatened race war, militia arrived in Magnolia tonight and sentries were placed around a vacant storehouse in which thirty negroes, were confined These negroes were arrested for threats made against the whites or for suspected implication in the murder of -Algernon Lewis by the four Mont- gomery brothers, negroes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Sentenced to State Prison from Rock
 viIIe.

Rockville, Conn, Dec. 21.-In the criminal side of the superior court here today Charles Myers. IS years old, was sentenced to not less than one or more than three years in state pris- on for criminal assault.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
s1,ooo,ooo TrestIe Bridge Completed.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 21.-The Norfolk & Southern railways $1,000,0O0 five and half mile trestle bridge across Albemarle sound N. C., the longest of it's kind in the world, has been com pleted. and the first train will cross it this week.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

Rome, Dec. 21.-Cardinal Satollrs condition is practically unchanged. The cardinal was greatly pleased today on receiving cablegram from Archbishop O'Connell of Boston expressing sym pathy and affection.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Cabled Paragraphs

St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.--A bomb exploded in 8 terrorist lodging house in this city. Two persons were killed. The police captured one man who was fleeing from the building.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

Chang Yin Tang, the new Chinese minister, was presented to Secretary of State Knox.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

Bucharest, Dec. 21-A. workman to- day fired three shots at J. J. c. Bra tiano, the Rumanian premier and min- ister of the interior. One of the bull lets struck the minister, slightly in- turing him. His assailant was arrest ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Niaht Riders Jurx pisaarecd.

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 21-The jury in the Night Rider cases reported today that they were unable to agree, and were discharged.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Successor to Late Senator Mccarrer
 ~ Selected,

New York, Dec. 21-Thomas c. Har- den, a contractor. was elected in Brooklyn today to succeed the late Patrick H. McCarren in the state sem ate. Harden has never held public office before, and his election does not mean that he will fill. McCarren's shoes as democratic leader of Brook lyn. John Fl. McCooey has been named for this honor.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Atlantic Battleship Fleet sailed from Hampton Roads for New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Explosion of a Bomb caused a panic among 30 Italian families in q New York tenement.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Condensed Te- grams

Archbishop John J. GIennon of St Louis celebrated his silver jubilee.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Chilian Cabinet formed with Is- mael Tocornal as premier and minis- ter of the interior resigned.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Supreme Court took under ad- yfsement the petition of John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker for writ of cer- tiorari.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
COMMENT ON THE REPORT.
Cook Must Have Changed His Charac-
 ter in Past Ten Years.


 ChristiaDia, Dec. 21.-"Noboay could crushing statement than myself. for I had learned to appreciate Cook as a devoted friend and an honest man" said Capt. Roald Amundsen today with much feeling. ''The important question now is whether he is a swindIer or merely ignorant. I prefer to believe that Dr. Cook himself was confident that he had arrived at the north pole. This must have been a fixed idea with him. If he is a swindler he must have changed his character in the past ten years'
 Commander Peary Was Correct.
 Washington, Dec 21.-"The result shows that Commander Peary was cor rect from the start when he said mo- body should take Dr. Cook seriously and that the authentic records of his trip were those made by the Esquimaux which are confirmed in every feature by the account and the pictures pub lished in the New York Herald" said Admiral Chester today. 'The pictures that Dr. Cook claims were taken 300 miles from land show that they were taken with land all around them" he added,
 Lieut.. Shackleton Offers No Criticism.
 London, Dec. /21-LieIt Ernest Fl. Shackleton, when asked for an opin- ion on the University of Copenhagen's verdict, said: 'T regret that I am not able te comment on the Cook report.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Roosevelt Expedition Sailed across the Victoria Nyanza and were received at Entebbe,. Uganda, by the governor.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

The Senate Confirmed the nomina- ton of William J. Mills of East Las Vegas, N. M., to be governor of New Mexico.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Armed Guard Continued at BeIleviIIe
 IziI

Belleville, H., Dec. 21.-Sheriff Cash ell of St. Clair county tonight contin- ued the armed guard at the Belleville jail in which Will Clark, colored, charged with staying Motorman E. V. Goudey at East St. Louis, is held. While he anticipated no trouble, he said he did not want to take any chances of a lynching.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
ExPLORERCOOKS CLAIM SHATTERED
Report of Special Committee of Scientists of the
 University of Copenhagen
A SWINDLER BY HIS OWN PAPERS

Declares One of the Members of the Scrutnzing Com mittee-Many Believe that Cook Harbored Delusion His Observations Entirely Worthless-Dr. Cook Now Stands Discredited in the House of His Friends His Whereabouts Unknown.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

J. w. WalIen, vice consul of Nor way at Philadelphia, dropped dead at Lansdowne. Pa, while hurrying to catch a train.