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Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
pr. Cook Sick,
 Without Funds
LETTER RECEIVED BY PERSONAL
 FRIEND OF EXPLORER.
WHY COOK LEFT NEW YORK
Has No Funds to Go to the Arctic After Proofs Required by the uni- versity of Copenhagen.

Bellingham, Wash, March 23.-Dr. William H. Axtell, a personal friend of Frederick A. Cook, received a letter today from Mrs. Cook, dated VaJpa- pforer is broken in health, without funds and unable to continue his fight to establish his claim that he dicovered the pole. Dr. Axtell said today:
 Spent Money in Defending Himself.
 Mrs. Cook tells me in her letter out of his trip when he first arrived in New York, but that he spent it defend ing himself against bitter attacks from his enemies before the Copenhagen de- cisfon was made public.
 Cook left New York to escape con- tumely, says Mrs. Cook, and to go be- fore the board of inquiry at Copenha- gen as his own representative. Then Mrs: Cook followed him, met him in England and found him a nervous wreck and very ill. fe
 She writes that it was her fault that Cook id not appear publicly at the time he was unfavorably reported on. She says she took him to Holland, France, Italy and then to Spain, where they embarked for Buenos Ayres.
 From Buenos Ayres they went around Cape Horn to Chile. Cook is still very i'll and will be in no condi- tion to take up his fight for the honors which he still says should have been his."
 Said to Be Due in New York Today.
 pr. Axtell added that according to the letter the explorer and his family will arrive quietly in New York tomor- row and will settle down for a quiet life.
 Mrs Cook says" he continued. that her husband has no funds with which to go to the Arctic regions after. the proofs required by the University of Copenhagen, and that if he had the necessary cash he knows of no one he could trust to do the work for him."
 Cooks Brother Doubtful
 New York, March 23.-William l.. Cook, a Brooklyn milk dealer and brother of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, said tonight that if the doctor was to ar rive in New York tomorrow he was not aware of it. He added that he heard from the explorer recently from where he declined to say-and expected another letter soon. There fore, he did not place much faith in the report that his brother was so near New York
 Dr. Axten of BeIIingham might be a friend of his brother. he said, but he knew nothing of such an
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I posse at bay, and also held up the | train from 5.17 until 6.35. During this 1 time many shots were fired by him and 1 by others until finally all the windows | in the car were shattered. 1 Bremen Turned Hose on Southerner. 1 Travel over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was also at a StandStfll- When the battle had lasted about an hour the police realized that they would be un- able to drive the man from cover, and l a call was sent to a local fire com pany near by. The firemen responded with their engine. Attaching high pressure hose to a fire plug and with the firemen barricaded behind trucks and boards, a stream of water was played upon the windows of the toilet room.
 The desperado fired a number of shots at the firemen, but they were not injured. Subsequently Bethea, drenched with water, staggered to the platform and the police once more called upon him to surrender. His reply was several shots in quick sue cession from his revolver. Shot Dead by Police Captain. Several of the policemen had armed themselves with shotguns and just as Bethea fired the last shot Police Cap tain Evans fired load of shot into his face Notwithstanding this wound he kept on blazing away. Patrolman Boughman opened fire with a revolver and bullet struck Bethea in the right arm. The desperate man tried to fire again, but Sergeant KeIleher- opened fire and also managed to spring upon Bethea. When the police took hold of him he fell dead in the arms of a patrolman.
 Wiley, the park guard, and Haley are not seriously injured They were both struck by stray bullets fired by BetLea.
 A tragic incident of the affair was that when Williams, the porter. was shot he fell into a seat in the car. All through the battle the dead porter sat with the appearance of one looking from the window.
 Said to Have Been Drinking.
 Bethea was well dressed. While it was believed by some of the passen- gers who fled when the train reached Wilmington that he was insane, other passengers said that he appeared to be sane. except that he had been drink ing-
 Conductor Had Been on Road Twenty
 Five Years.
 Philadelphia, March 23.-Conductor O. B. Wellman, who was shot and killed by J. H. Bethea today on a Bal tirnore and Ohio train near Whining ton, lived with his wife and four chdl- dren in this city. He had been in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company for hearty twenty five years and had been a conductor fifteen years.
 Superintendent Voorhees, said that Wellman was one of the most reliable men on the road.
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SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION FUND.
Peary to Contribute Proceeds of An
 other Lecture.

New York March 23.-Commander Robert E. Peary has announced his intention of turning over the entire proceeds of his lecture before the Philadelphia Geographical society on April as second contribution tow ard the south pole expedition fund, ac- cording to statement tonight by the Civic Forum Lecture bureau. which is managing his lecture tour. The Phila- delphia society will present its gold medal for the discovery of the. north pole to the explorer at that time.
 Commander Peary started the south pole fund by a contribution of 10000 received at the national testimonial in the Metropolitan opera house on Feb. Sth.
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Hatmake Sues Danbury Union for
 $2,000 Damages.

Danbury. Conn, March 23.-Suit was instituted today by Dominick O'Con- nor against the Danbury Hat Makers association. which union, he alleges, has deprived him of employment. O'Connor. who was a member Of the union during the last strike and re- ceived strike benefits, it is alleged, re- fused to pay his dues when the strike was over and the members of the union working at the Hayes Won Gal company plant refused to work with him. and sit was a union shop he was obliged to quft work. He asks for s2,000 damages.
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Wilmington, Del, March 23.-An ex4 citing fight in which three men were killed occurred on a northbound Bal timore & Ohio railroad train today. It began at Newark, Del, and ended in this city Several persons were wound ed in the affray. which occurred at the Delaware avenue station here upon the arrival of the train at 5.17 o'clock.
 The Dead.
 O. E. welIman, aged 40 years. of Philadelphia, conductor of the train; Samuel Williams, colored, aged 50 years, Pullman porter, whose home is said to have been in Jersey City J. H. Bethea. aged 40 years. of Dillon, s. c.
 Wounded.
 John O. Wiley, aged 40 years, park guard of Wilmington, Del. shot in the hand and leg; Matthew Haley a cit izen of Wilmington, shot in the leg. Others were grazed by flying bullets
 Result of Altercation with Porter.
 The triple tragedy was the result of an altercation between Bethea, who was a passenger and Williams, the porter in the Pullman parlor car Mer- cury.
 The car was bound from Washing ton to Jersey City.
 Bethea. who had been drinking heav- fly, shot thf porter through the heart, killing him instantly. When Conduc- tor Weliman saw the porter fall and ran to the scene to remonstrate with
  Ing revolver fin his hand Bethea fired second shot into the colored mans body Then without a word Bethea shot Wellman through the heart
 The conductor fell dead in his tracks. When the desperado fired the condifc- tor threw up his right arm to protect himself The bullet struck his arm and continuing, p1oEed through his body and lodged in his heart
 Police Met Train at Wilmington. Before the passengers could interfere Bethea barricaded himself in the toilet room of the Pullman car and threat ened to kill the first person who ap- preached Meanwhile the train reach ed Wilmington. When it came into the station d hurry call was sent to the police station A squad of po- 1icen1en. headed by Police Captains Kane and Evans and reinforced by park guards and posse of citizen and frainmen, ran to the scene.
 Bethea Opened Fire With Automatic
 Revolver.
 The police called upon Bethea to surrender In answer he opened the door of the toilet room a short dis fance and fired upon the police and the crowd with an automatic revolver. Chief of Police Black who also rushed to the railroad station, lodged behind an express office the train floor Bethea is believed 7 to have had at least one hundred rounds of ammuni- ton. for he succeeded in holding the
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GENERAL ESTRADA BoAsTFUL. Can Hold the Atlantic Coast Agairs.
 10000 Madriz Troops.

New York. March 23.-A wireless despatch received here tonight from Operator Barager, who has been handling press despatches at Blue fields, Nicaragua and who is now on board the steamer Antilles, says that Gen. Juan Estrada has recently re- ceived a large supply of ammunition, and has declared that he can hold the Atlantic coast against ten thousand Madriz troops should they attempt to take BIuefie1ds and the coast towns.
 At present, the despatch says. Gen. eral Estrada has about 5000 troops, 1 500 of whom are near Acoyapa
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IN HASTE TO CATCH A TRAIN.
Man Jumped Out of Hotel Third Story
 Window.

Binghamton, N. Y.. March 23.-John Craft of North Blenheim, jumped from the third story window of a hotel in this city this evening thinking he was catching a train. He lay down on the bed to rest. intending to take a train from the city a little later. A train passing the hotel partially awakened hiIn and in his drowsy condition he Imagined it was the train he was to take. He jumped up and out. of the window in his haste. He was badly injured. but at the City hospital. where he was taken, it is thought he will recover.
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Gayiey Divorce Case Called in Nevada
 District Court.

Reno. New. March 23.-The suit for divorce brought some time ago by James Gayley. former second vice president of the United States Steel corporation, against Julia Carney Gay ley, was called today in Judge Orr's department of the district court and occupied the entire day without being completed. Gayley was represented by his attorneys. Mrs. Gayley was on the witness stand nearly all day She arrived in Reno last week, accompa- nied by her two daughters. Agnes and Florence. and her New York attorney, Latham E. Reed.
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Congress Yesterday.

Washington, March 23.-The house today passed a bill providing a fine of not more than $1,000 or Imprisonment for not more than two years in the case of any proprietor of a place of amusement in the District of Colum- bia, or the territories who refuse admission to soldier or sailor of the United States because of his uniform.
 In the senate the bill providing for codification of the laws relating to the judiciary was under consideration during almost the entire session.
 Both houses will be in session to- morrow.
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T--- The Pittsburg
 Bribery Gases
kcoUNcILMANIcl GRAFT EVIDENCE ABOUT ALL IN.
NINE MORE CONFESSIONS
Prompt Action to Be Taken Against
 Traffic to Be Next Taken Up.

Pittsburg, Pa. March 23.-Nine more I men, conscience stricken over taking money for their votes. appeared before Judge R. s. Frazer today and after tel1ng all they knew about the coun- cilmanic graft conspiracy, had sen tence postponed
 One Cohfessor Wept Like a Child. Besides these nine. the former presi- dent of the common council. William Rand, one of the ringleaders, accord 1 made a statement which is in the hands of the district attorney J. C.. Wasson who is in the penitentiary, made his confession to the grand jury recital, while John F. Klein. the arch confessor tried to soothe him. Immunity" Opportunity Has Passed. With complete statements from Brand, Wasson and Klein, who were the principals in the conspiracy, ac- said the district attorney Is ready to proceed against the bribe gfvers, and while no names are given out, Was sons statement is said to duplicate some prominent men. The opportunity to voluntarily confess and receive post poned sentence or immunity has passed for those that have not come forward. Those that have been indict- ed will be brought to trial and the first of these trials will start Mon- day.
 Campaign Again Jury Fixing.
 Already a campaign against jury fixing has been begun by the district attorney. Today five men were drag- ged from the court room by county detectives. It is said~they were busy with bribery moneyJffor jurors about the court house corridors Each man was put through severe examination and the arrest is predicted of a num- Der of others known about the court house as jury fxers.
 No indictments were handed down by the grand jury today though it has suffiicent evidence for true bills against more than fifty These will come along according to the assistant district at torney before the end of the week.
 Disorderiy Houses and Vice.
 Now that the councilmanic graft ev- idence is about all in. the district at- torney is about to take up the traffic in disorder1y houses and vice in which councilmen have been implicated by the confessions.
 Detectives have already furnished evidence against proprietors of 13 gam bling houses pnd 21s disorderiy re- sorts.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
Chauffeur Convicted of Manslaushtev
 in Second Degree.

New York. March 23.-Upon the tes- timony of George Fl. Callaghan, a 16 year old boy, John o'Hanlon, a chauf- feur, was convicted today of man slaughter in the second degree and was remanded for sentence. O'Iian- lon's machine ran over and killed Q young woman last October and the chauffeur put on full speed in an att tempt to escape. But Callaghan, who witnessed the tragedy, sprang on tho running board and clung there despite O'Hanlon's blows, until a policeman interfered. The boy subsequently re- cefved a Carnegie hero medal for his act.
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No One Ready to Speak on Adrninis-
 tration Railroad Bill.

WaShingtOn. March 23.-When the administration railroad bill was taken up by the senate today Senator Elkins said that as no one was prepared to speak on the bill he would ask to have 1t temporarily laid aside. He said that he would not again call up the meas ure until after the disposal of the leg isiative executive and judicial appro- Trfation bill, which would come up to- morrow, but after the passage of that bIH he would request senators to either proceed with the discussion of the railroad bill or consent to a time for a vote on it.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
No Pennsylvania State-Wide Strike to
 Be Called

Wi1kesbarre, Pa. March 23.--After being in session nearly all day the ex- ecutive council of the State Federation of Labor came to the conclusion that it would be inopportune to call a. state wide strike to aid the striking street car men in Philadelphia. This decision uas reached unanimously and it is said to have been hastened by the ac- ton of the textile workers of Phi1a- delphfa, who went out on a sympa- tketic strike and last night voted to re- turn to work.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
READY FOR FUTURE NOES.
Riot Guns for County Jail-chains and
 Locks for Courthouse.

Cairo, Ohio, March 2s.-The AIexan- der county board of supervisors decid- ed today to buy at once for the county jail twelve repeating rifles, known as riot guns. Chains and locks for the iron fence about the courthouse and for the doors and windows of the building also were ordered.
 The jail has been attacked twice within the last year by mobs, one at tack resulting in the lynching of two prisoners, and the other in the death of one member of the mob and injury of several others by the sheriff's depu- ties
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ATTACKED ON BROADWAY.
Demented Youth Mistook Baltimore Man for RooseveIt--Tried to Kill Him.

New York. March 29.-"You are col- onel Roosevelt, and I have been sent by God to kill you" screamed Moses Marcus, a sixteen year old errand boy, today. as he attacked w w. Chiveral. of Baltimore, on Broadway. The boy threatened immediate death to several pedestrians who came to ChiveraPs rescue and continued his irrational talk after he was arrested
 Chiveral was not injured.
 Young Marcus was taken to a hos pftal for observation. His father said he had been acting strangely of late.
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e1o,ooo Gift to Springfield Information
 al ". M. C. A. Training School.

Springheld Mass, March 23.-An- nouncement of a gift of $10.000 from Herbert l.. Pratt of Brooklyn for the equipment of it's new athletic field was made today in the meeting of the trus- tees of the International Y. M. C.. A. Training school here. It was voted to name the field in honor of MT. Pratt The new field will be devoted largely to the training of physical directors of playgrolInds, colleges and Young Mems Christian associations. The field conn prfses IS acres, seven of which are eo be enclosed by a concrete fonce.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
New Yorker Arrested at Berne Is
 Hotel Thief.

Berne. March 23.-The police here have arrested a hotel thief. who gives his name as John Tauer of New York. Tauer, who is only 19 years of age, has confessed to numerous robberies at Berne, Zurich and Luxerne. A large quantity of stolen valuab1es has been recovered.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
New Train Device for Picking Up and
 Droppino Mail

March 23.-By a device Invented by an Iowa. man and approv- ed by the postmaster general today, zssadl will be taken up on moving trains and delivered at many places where fast trains do not stop- The adoption of the device marks an important step in the movement to equip all railroad lines with it. The new device takes on or discharges mail safely without danger of throwing the sacks under the wheels and destroying them CT de- TnRang fho train
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
FELL FIVE STORIES,
 LANDED IN WET WASH.
13 Year Old Harlem Girl Was Scarcely
 Scratched.

New York, March 23.-Mary Davis, a 13 year old schoolgirl, fell backwards from a fire escape five stories up in Harlem tonight and landed in a bas- ketful of wet clothes in the back yard below. She w4s scarcely scratched
 As she struck the basket Mary mar rowly missed Mrs. Peter Little, a jam itress, who was taking clothes from the basket and hanging them on a nearby line. Mrs. Little tainted and so did Mary. who was found uncon- scious but unhurt in the basket.
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Senator panieI Silently Improved.

Daytona. Fla, March 23-Bulletins issued from the bedside of United States Senator Daniel of Virginia, to- night, indicate a slight improvement in his condition since yesterday. The improvement is considerable compared with his condition on Monday. He tween marked coma and heavy slug gfshness.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
Coleman land LocLhart Plead Not
 Guilty.

Boston, March 23.-George W. Cole man and Wilson 1T. Lockhart. who were indicted last week in connection with the dedication fin the National City bank of Cambridge, both pleaded not guilty when arraigned in the Unit ed States district court here late toe day. Their trials will come later.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
CONNECTICUT TRoLLEYMEn
Stick by Their Demands-Another
 Conference Today.

New Haven, March 23-Nothing was accomplished at today's meeting of the grievance committee of the trolieymen and the of1cfals of the Connecticut company The trolleymen refused to recede from their demands and the of ficials took the same stand in reference to the proposition already submitted by them to the men Another confer ence will be held tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
Aged Night Watchman Burned to
 Death.

New York. March 23-John O'Con- nell an aged night watchman at the factory building of the New York As- bestos building at Hunters Point. L. l.. is believed to have been qourned to death tonight in a fire which destroyed the plant Three firemen were injured in fighting the flames which spread building. The loss is about $45,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24

Paris. March 23.-The civil court to- day dismissed the suit brought by M. Bernard, a Belgian tutor against Henry Clews, Jr., of New York, to recover $20,000 damages. Clews and Bernard collaborated in the transla- tion of French theatrical and other works, and the enterprise did not prove a. paying venture and the partnership was dissolved by MT. Clews Bernard then brought suit on the ground that MT. ClewS broke a contract to pay him permanently $60 month and that his entering into such contract caused him to lose his position as tutor in vari- -o,1s families. The suit was dismissed, however, and Bernard was condemned to paY the costs.
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In Honor of French Soldiers Who Died
 in American Revolution.

Annapolis, Md, March 23.-The au- thorities of St. Johns college today executed a deed to the state of Mary land for the site of a soldiers monu ment to be erected in honor of the French soldiers who lost their lives during the American revolution, while aiding the colonies. Many of these are buried on the college campus.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-24
Morse Petition League Branch Offices.

New York, March 23.-At the head quarters of the Morse Petition league in New York it was announced today
 that on or before April 15 the league
 will open branch offices in Newark, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Boston,
 Buffalo, Syracuse, Detroit, Cincinnati. Dayton and Washington. The object of the league is to obtain by May first one hundred thousand signatures to a petition addressed to President Taft. asking for executive clemency for Charles w. Morse, the former banker, now serving a fifteen ysar sentence at Atlanta
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Convicted of Arson in First Degree.

New York, March 23.-For having twice set fire to tenement houses, where dweit a married woman who re- pulsed his advances, Daniel Roe, con- victed of arson in the first degree, was sentenced to the penitentiary today for not more than twenty years and one month and not less than ten years and one month. He Is z8 years old
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Steamship Arrivals.

At Liverpool, March 27;: Cymric,
 from New York; 23, Cam pania, from New York. At Alexandria, March zs,: Carmania, from New York At Marseilles, March Eo: Madonna. from New York
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Cabled Paragraphs

Fort de France, Martinique, March 23.-Five buildings connected with the Soudan sugar factory were set on fire and damaged last night. The incen- diarlsm is an outgrowth of the bitter ness engendered by the recent strike of Sugarcane cutters
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Suffered Second Stroke of ParaIysis.
 Guilford, Conn, March 2S--Former Representative Edward Griswoid, who suffered a shock of paralysis on Sat- urday last, was again attacked tonight and his condition is very critical MT. Griswold is former past commander of the Connecticut department of the G. A R.
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Condensed Telegrams

Empress Augusta Victoria and Prin- cess Victoria of Germany visited the American art exhibition in Berlin
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Breslau, Prussia, March 23.-Twenty the Russian frontier recently, attacked a country house on the estate of Ro- man-Ir- Wfza, killed the owner, his sister, and two men servants during hand to hand fighting, and then sacked the place.
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The English House of Lords has passed the third and last of Rosebery's resolutions for the reformation of that body.
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ein eurned to peath. .t eonfire.

os7 ournoo 70 oeatne at oohuFe.
 Torrington, Conn. March 23.-Four year old Mary Genovese went too near a bonfire around which she was play ing late today and her clothing caught fire, and before 1t could be extinguish- ed she was % badly burned about the face and upper part of the body that she died soon after.
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Rotterdam. March 23-The British steamship St. Nicholas, from Savan- nah, reports having passed on March 12, in latitude fl north, longitude 46 west, the American schooner Martha s. Bement. dismasted and with her decks awash- The derelict is in the path of transatlantic steamships and is a dan- gerOuS obstruction to navigation.