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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
 ON FRUSTRATING BASIS.
Annual Report Of Third Assistant
 Postmaster General

Washington. Dec. %. - That Post master General Hitchcock s dctermin- ed Co put the 7osrofice department on seIf-sustalui1g basis is evidenced in the annual report of the third assistant postmaster general made public today. Though the expenditures of the de- rarrualt for tEe past year still arc i1 ewce-s OF the receipts. tho~. Is marked decrease in annual sNuendi- turcs compared with those of d year ego.
 Tho total postal receipts for tine fs- ttl year iHfn aggregated SL24.lZs. .tli.62. This is ln Increase Of s2n.566.ZI f.95. OF 1019 per cent. when compared with those for the preceding year.
 Expenditure flr fr. past wear amounted l1 S-c9qIT.224JO. am excess over receipts ur s5.S4s.556.sS Ty this deficit should be added the sum of s229l5.0T lost by burglary. fire. bad debts. etc. making a total deficit of 95.ss1.fS1.e5. a decrease Of S1I.592. .2SS.- go compared with the dtClt of the fis- cal year 1909.
 The third assistant roet~-Hrin- zen er1i discusses in detail tna diaarant tr rches uf the postal e-rrf.. which come under the Jurisdiction .r uis nf- fec The financial system. eF.,rvIs.Uu cf fae w0rufaarure and tasuarrs oC rrsta-c stamps. postal card. .-a the money order ---It#f ar.H -.-..#.r a.-- lem and fra H'a-- inI .. .u-rrstfc fuai matter are all taken uu fully in the report
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Suffocation in Iron Vault of an Express Com
 pany or Death at Hands of Mob
UGLY CROWD AT RAILWAY STATION
Demands the Life of William Furby Charged with As- sault Upon the Daughter of Prominent West Vir- ginia Farmer-State Troops Hurrying by Special Train to the Scene to Prevent Lynching.

CT all other witnesses and spectators had been excluded from the court room and told how Furby attacked her while she was returning from the dairy on her fathers farm last Satur- day night. Despite her struggles, he dragged her fully 300 yards and fol- lowing the attacks he was Strangling her she said, when a railroad flagman came running to her rescue. The ne- gro ran to a horse hidden nearby and made off, but the animal fell, throwing the rider. His shoulder was dislocat- ed, and he was easily captured.
 Delayed Train Favors the Mob.
 Following the hearing a mob collect ed at the courthouse and demanded the negro. After swearing in a number of special deputies to strengthen his reg uIar force, Sheriff Perry G. Alfred suc-- ceeded in getting his man to the rail- road station, planning to take the $50 train for Clarksburg. It was an hour late however, and the mob meanwhile grew to such proportions that when the train did arrive the authorities were unable to carry out their plans
 Situation Little Quieter.
 Weston, Va, Dec. 27.--A mob of over 15O men, who were expecting Furby to be taken to Clarksburg on the evening train, intercepted 1t at Fosher Summit, near the Anglin home and held the train up for twenty min utes, looking for the negro. Whom they learned that he was not upon the train they all came to Weston and joined the mob at the station.
 Company K is expected on a special train at 12.30 (central time) from Clarksburg to reinforce the guards here. The situation late tonight har become quieter.
 Furby is still confined in the vault. The movements of the officials are be. ing quietly watched, and it is feared a demonstration will yet be made h they attempt to take the negro out of his hiding place. At midnight ths crowd around the depot had not dim- finished.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
PrO-British Speech
 Gives 0ffense
IT WAS DELIVERED AT A LON.
 DON BANQUET DEC. 4.
WHAT U. s. COMMANDER SAID
Case Now in Hands of President Taft Numerous Protests Received by
 the Navy Department from Abroad.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The case of Commander William 5. Sims. of the U. ;. ;. Minnesota, who, according to press reports, delivered q distinctly pro British speech at a banquet in London, December i, which has been Regarded as offensive by citizens of other nations, is now in the hands of President Taft. In response to q ca pIeSram from Secretary Meyer, ask ing for an official report of the exact sentiments expressed by Commander Sims, Rear Admiral Murdock, com manding the third division of the At lantic fleet to which the Minnesota is attached. has made a cable reply to the secretary, giving the substance of the commanders remarks. Secretary Meyer today referred the matter to the president as commander in chief of the navy for such action as he deemed the incident warranted.
 What Commander Sims Is Reported to
 Have Said.
 No inkling of the nature of Admi- ral Murdock's cablegram was obtain able at the navy department. Secre- tary Meyer would neither affirm nor deny that Commander Sims admitted the accuracy of the published reports of his speech. The banquet at which the speech was delivered was given in honor of the officers and men of
 
 channel and was one of the functions which marked the visit of the vessels to English and French ports. Re- pIyin1 to the welcoming speech of the lord mayor of London, Commander Sims, according to the press des- patches, said that, speaking for him. self, he believed that if the time ever came when the British empire was menaced by an external enemy they might count on every man, every drop of blood, every ship and every dollar of their kindred across the sea.
 Foreigners Protest.
 Numerous protests have been re- ceived by the navy department, from persons of other nationality than Brit ish. In addition, the fact is mentioned that the remarks are likely to give of fense to men of foreign descent. ex- cept British in the United States ma wy. It is noted that Commander Sims was careful to state that the senti- ments he expressed were his own per sonal views, and in this connection the point is raised as to how far a naval officer in view of his official re- lation to the government, can go in publicly declaring his opinions when they bear an international aspect.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
RIOT IN A GYPSY CAMP.
Chief Mitchell Claims That He Can Do
 No Wrong.

Charlotte. N. C., Dec. 27.-A small riot was precipitated last night near WadesbOro in a camp of several hun dred gypsies, when a man who gave his name as Chief Mitchell" entered the tent of another member of the band and, it is Charged, attacked q woman. County officers were sum- mOned and several arrests followed. At a preliminary hearing today Mitchell was held without bail to answer the charge of criminal assault, a capital offense in this state. Officers who went to the scene found several men and women tied to trees and severely baten. Mitchell claims that as he is chief of the band he has committed no wrong.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
MISS MARY V. KIRK, LEPER,
 DIED LAST NIGHT.
Had Been in Quarantine Two Years in
 Her South Carolina Home.

Aiken, s. C., Dec. 27.-After being in quarantine at her home in this city fot more than two years. Miss Mary " Kirk, a leper, died tonight
 Miss Kirk contracted leprosy in Brazil nineteen years ago while serv- ing as a Presbyterian missionary. She had been treated by specialists of worldwide reputation. but was pro- nounced incurable. The fact that she was a 1eper did not become known here until two years ago. When an attempt was made to remove her to a pest house an injunction was procured and the case was bitterly fought in the courts for more than q year. She never loft her own home.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
ACTOR FRANK WORTHING
 STRICKEN IN THEATER,
Died Just Before the Curtain Was
 Scheduled to Go Up.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 27.-Just before the curtain of a local theater was ncheduled to go up tonight, Frank Worthing, leading man with Grace George was stricken with a hemor- rhage and died in a few minutes
 The house was crowed at the time. The patrons were dismissed and an- nouncement of a postpOnement of the performance was made from the stage.
 According to physicians MT. Worth ing's death was due directly to the breaking of a pulmonary artery.
 The actor was Al years old and was a native of Scotland. For years he had been affected with tubercular trouble. He had walked from his ho- tel apparently in his usual health.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
TROOPS ARRIVED THIS MORNING
 AND RESCUED FURRHs Prisoner, Nearly Suffecated, Placed Aboard Train and Started for Clarksbure.

Weston, w. Va, Dec. 2S.-State troops arrived here at 1 o'clock this morning and rescued William FNurby, charged with assaulting @ young white woman, from an infuriated mob of several hundred persons which all night had waited outside the local railway station seeking to prevent biS removal to Clarksburg.
 The soldiers took the prisoner from the safe in the express office at ths railroad station. where deputy sher- ifs had kept him under lock, and plac- ed him aboard the special train ON which they had arrived, and sped off to Clarksburg. The mob feebly clash ed with some of the soldiers, but most of the crowd gave way before threats to shoot.
 At midnight the negro was taken ous of the express vault, nearly suffocat- ed, and secreted under stairway. Soon afterward a special train arrived from Clarlxsburg with Lieutenant Col onel Osborne and the Clarksburg com pany of guard on board. Colonel Os- borne proceeded to solve the problem by clearing the station grounds. A farmer, Marion White, attacked Col, onel Osborne. and was assisted by an.- other member of the mob. Osborne used the butt end of his army revolve,- with effect, and the Weston poll placed the two men under arrest, sf which Colonel Osborne met witt further resistance and Furby placed on board the train.
 A rush was made at the train, the troops fired in the air, and the gry citizens fell back. baked. Bet the train could be started a. numb of shots were fired into it, and all thi windows were broken.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
MOISANT SWEPT BY
 AT 100 MILES AN HOUR
Perilous Experience of Aviator at New
 Orleans Meet.

New Orleans, Dec. 27.-Spirally glid- ing from an altitude of almost 5000 feet with a frozen carburetor and dead engine, after having been blown five miles from his course by forty mile ar hour wind, John B. Moisant international aviator, swept within twenty feet of stump-strewn. tree- studded area at the rate of a, hundred miles an hour this afternoon at the aviation field.
 His engine thawed in the warmer level just in time to allow the daring aviator to start his propellers and thread perilous passage from among the trees, rise and settle with a grace full swoop onto the field amid the cheers of several hundred people who had risen in their excitement and started to rush where Moisant was thought to have fallen.
 Moisant later explained that owing to his high altitude his carburetor had stuck and only the downward rush re- suited in sufficient pressure against the beyel blades of the propellers to keep them turning long enough to take the impulse of the revived motor. That saved him from a wreck
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
MURDERER CAPTURED
 AFTER THREE YEARS SEARCH
John KaIey, Wanted in West Virginia,
 Arrested in New York.

New York, Dec. 27-Sought for three years, John Kaley, charged with Q triple murder, was arrested here to- night. He admitted his identity. Three years ago this Christina there was a celebration among the Welsh miners at a house in Elkhorn. w Va. KaIey lived on the ground floor and the noise of the family upstairs so angered him that he marched up. hammered on the door, and it is charged, threatened to shoot if the racket did not stop. The guests laughed at him, for he is a lit tls man. Three shots were the answer and when the smoke cleared KaIey had vanished. Two persons were kill ed outright, and a third died later in a hospital.
 Kaley was charged with the murder and has been sought ever since. The ElkhOrn police were notified.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Bridgeport Polish Pastor un5er sfo,.
 CCJ Bonds for Trial.

Bridgeport Conn. pee. 95-In tAe superior court here today. Ber. ls- nAtius Efuyzenskl pastor of the Holy e,ame church. stafford vas placed CnceT glV900 bonds for tllal for rhp alleged misuse 0f funds placed in his hands ov members Of his c0ngrcra rl n. Bonds were furnished by mem frrs Of his parish. It is cxroctld thar lr win come uu fnr trial at tfa Jul- ut rt term Ol the criminal superior cVLIL
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Verdict Of Justifiable Homicide.

Jacksonville. Fla. Dec. 27.--A yer dict of justifable homicide was fen- dered by Justice Willard today au the inquest over the death Of James O'Brien of Baltimore, who died at a local hospital yesterday from pistol wound innlcIed by H NJ Donnilson, night Warchnnan ar Loncrief Park Sunday night.
 IT was brought out at the inquest that O'Prien, who was the larger man of the two started to beat the watch man, who was compelled to shoot in self defense. Donnilson was releas see.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Nude and Dismembered Body Identified

Detroit, Dec. 27-The nude and dis membered body of the man found Sun day in Highland park was identified tonight as that of Champ Buckmaster of Akron, O., who had worked here as a teamster. No clue to the circum- stances surrounding the mans death have been found, according to the po- lice, but they are confident that he was murdered. The skull was crushed and both legs were cut off at the knees The body was buried in snow and leaves, a quarter of a mile from any house,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
FEDERAL OFFICERS SEIZE
 NINE TONS LIQUID EGGS
In Jersey City Gold Storage Plant
 Putrid Animal Matter.

New York, Dec. 27.-Nine tons of liquid eggs" were seized today by fed eral officers in the cold storage plant of the Merchants Refrigerator com pany in Jersey City. The warrant on which seize was made as issued by the United States commissioner describes the eggs as filthy, decomposed and putrid animal matter" The Jersey City board of health will be asked to destroy them. The eggs were consfgn- ed from Chicago, shipments being traced by the government inspector to the Chicago Cold Storage and Ware house company and the Union Cold Storage company of Chicago.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
AEROPLANE RACING
 THE FEATURE AT LOS ANGELES
Curtiss Racer Defeated Baby" Wright
 Machine in 8 3-4 Mile Race.

Los Angeles. Dec. 27.-Aeroplane racing was initiated here today Flu gene Ely. iu a G0-horsepoWe Curtfss racer. started from scratch with Phil. in .. Parmalee in the baby Wright and Cetcatcd him by nearly half a mile iu I race of 3-4 miles.
 This race was a feature of a rather dull day. The aviators sped over the course in a ten mile breeze. Elys time was 10.O5 2-5, or approximately g miles an hour. Parmalees time was not taken. tlly's time was much slow er than he made in a speed test earl- fer in the day when he circled ths track at about 59 miles an hour rec ord Tor the held
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
HERMAN PARKER SAVED
 FROM YACHT WRECK
Two of a Party of Six Lost Their
 Lives off Florida Coast.

Key West, Fla, Dec. 27.-The pilot boat Nonpareil arrived at noon today, bringing Herman Parker, a passenger on the yacht Lebra, which was wreck ed Sunday night on the Northwest jetties. Parker stated that when the yacht struck all six of the occupants were caught in the wreckaEe. Cart Stuart Bennett of New York, magazise writer and owner of the boat, and his wife were drowned. Three of the crew were rescued Monday. Parker was saved early today.
 According to Parker, Mrs. Bennett cluug to the bottom of the wrecked yacht for six hours befort the heavy seas carried her away.
 Parker was badly bruised md cx- hausted when brought here and taken 10 the MalOney hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
FIFTY OHIO FAMILIES
 IN DANGER OF STARVATION.
Nearly Two Hundred Young Children
 Clothed in Rags.

Sandusl<y, O., Dec. 27.-Clothed in rags and living ill wretched novels destitute of food and fuel, between forty and fifty families. including nearly 200 young children, are reported to be in danger of death from starvation in the stone quarry districts near here. They are the wives and children of quarry men who have been out of work for months.
 Rev. William Kerze and Rev. K. K. Wagner rectors of the Catholic churches at Marblehead and Keliey's Island. arrived here this afternoon with an appeal for aid. They declared that if help was not forthcoming ths sufferers must die. The clergymen told stories of women and children tramping barefooted over snow and ics in search of food.
 The Salvation Army is arranging to despatch wagon loads of supplies to- morrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
BOXING BOUTS FORBIDDEN
 EVEN FOR CHARlTY'S SAKE
Prominent Fighters Had Volunteered to Aid Chicago Firemen's Relief Fund.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Mayor Busse to- day refused to permit the staging of a series of boxing bouts for the ben eft of the relief fund for the families of tiremen killed at the stockyards fire,
 President Everett C. Brown of the Chicago A. A. had arranged for the use of the horse show pavilion at the stock yards, and declared that he would guarantee $25,0O0 for the fund if given permission to hold the bouts. Several fighters. including Jack John son and Packey Mcfarland, had VOL unteered their services to aid the ben eft.
 Boxing exhibitions have not been permitted in Chicago for s. number of years and Mayor Busse said he did not care to permit their resumption, even as zt charitable effort
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Steamship Arrivals.

At Genoa; Dec. T, Regina d'Italia, from New York; Dec g, Duca dt Ge- nova. from New York
 At Trieste: Dec. 2. Martha Wash- ington, from New York.
 1t Naples: Dec. g. San Giovanni, from New York; Dec. 9, Indiana from New York.
 At Havre: Dec. 9, La Gascogne, from New York.
 At Narseilles: Dec. 2, Roma, from New York.
 At London; Dec. 2. Anglian, from Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Brooklyn counterfeiters, Plant Raided,

New York, Dec. 27.-Secret service agents raided tonight in Brooklyn what they described as a complete counterfeiters' plant, made two arrests and conhscated bag of counterfeit quarters weighing 125 pounds. They found plaster moulds acids. alloys and partly finished dies. The prisoners are Frank Stelberg and John Droos. both Russians, who have been ill this country only nine months. The total value of the seizure is estimated at S6O00
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Humane Society
 Agent Called
DWIGHT w. THRALL MAKES AN
 INVESTIGATION.
NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED
That an Insane Man Is Confined in an Iron Barred Building on Farm at Winchester, Conn.

Winsted, Conn, Dec. 27.-General Agent Dwight w. Thrall of the state humane society was called to this city today to make an investigation in a case at Winchester that is probably without parallel in the state-that of an insane man who is confined in an iron barred building on the farm of ms sister Complaint was made by neighbors of Cornelius Andrus, on whose farm in a small building, Cor nelius 5. Dayton, the insane man, is confined.
 What Agent ThraII Found.
 Agent Thrall. accompanied by Local Agent J. F. Simmons. found on arriv- ing at the Andrus farm d small, well kept building ten by fifteen feet with d wooden exterior, but a network of iron bars inside. The bars form a space ten feet square and just outside the bars at one end was a stove which is used to heat the place. An investi- gatiOn disclosed that the building was kept in the best of condition and Day ton was given the best of care, better the agents stated, than he could receive at any institution.
 Will Not Interfere
 Dayton, the inmate of the building, is T years old and has been insane since the close of the Civil war, which he served as a member of Company F, Twenty eighth COnnec- ticut volunteers. Just previous to his discharge he was the subject of a sun stroke which unbalanced his mind and made him at times violent He was brought to Winchester and placed in the building he now occupies. which was built for that purpose, where he is cared for by his sister, Mrs. Cor nelfus Andrus, and his mother, Mrs. John A. Dayton. a woman 93 years old Dayton has been in receipt of a pen sion of SIP a month for many years and is given all the care possible.
 Agent Thrall stated after his inves- tigation that Dayton would be allowed to remain in his present quarters.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Killed by Blasting Powder Exploaio,

Butler. Pa, Dec. 27.-An explosion of 150 pounds of blasting powder at quarry near here today killed Tony Rossi and Peter Guanui, two of the blasters, and fatally injured Andrew Russina an assistant. The explosion is thought to have been caused by a drill striking cap in an unexploded charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Charged With Altering the Count of
 the BaIiotino

Gary. Ind. Dee. 27-Mayor knotts, Chief of Police Martin and1seven ottsf city officials were arrested today on indictments charging them with hay ing altered the count ot the balIoJing iii the November elections They were released on bonds ranging from S2 1GQ It $6,Q00.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Rabbits Transmit Tuberculosis.

Binshamton, N. Y. Dec. 27.-A rab- bit brought to this city health depart ment for examination was today found to be suffering from tuberculosis. Fear ing that contagion may be transmitted by infected rabbits to human beings, the authorities have asked the state health department to investigate the case. The local officers believe that cows in pactures where rabbits are plentiful may become infected and so transmit the disease to human beings
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Bound bead In a Mississippi Hotel.

Gulfport Miss, Dec. PA man reg istered at a hotel here as o. K. Spur, New Orleans, yesterday, was found dead in his room today. Two empty Vials that had contained laudanum and morphine were found in the room. The clothes he had worn were made i'll Portland, Me. He was about 40 years
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Committed Suicide by Leaping Into
 We'll.

Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 27.-Despond- ent it is believed because of ill health, Miss LiIiie Hanson. 17 years old, ot Osage City. Kan. committed suicide by leaping into a well here last night. Her body was found today. The girls skull was crushed when it struck the wall of the we'll The injury led to an carly report tha- Miss Hanson probably had been murdered.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Former President of Costa Rica in
 New York

New York, Dec. 27.-Bernardo Soto, president of Costa Rica in 1890. but now retired from political life, arrived tonight On the liner Prinz Joachim from Colon. His brother, Dr. Jose M Soto, accompanies him. The former president has been suffering with eye trouble and comes to consult special iStS.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
StranqIed Himself in His Cell

Brownsville Texas. Dec. o1,-Tvo hours before respite came aIIowine. him fourteen more days 10 live. Bar tolo Lopez, sentenced to be hanged to- morrow, strangled himself To death in his cell today. His brother, Jose Lo- peg, was ro be hanged with him, but the respite also covered his case
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Sixty eight New Cases of Rubonio

PIeague were discovered in the Chi nese suburb of Fudziadian Manchu- ria, Monday, IT deaths occurring from the disease On the previous day the death list numbered g, and 98 per sons suffering from the disease were taken to the hospital h Harbin there have been Il fatal cases of bu- homie
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

Superintendent Hotc1kis- was drawn ntJ the case through the fact that
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Accidentally Shot Dead by His Father.

Greensboro, N C.. Dec. 27.-Fred Ward, a lad of 15, was instantly killed today when a shotgun in the hands of his father, Richard Ward was acci- dentally discharged. Father and son were squirrel hunting and while the father was knocking against the butt of hollow tree with the gunstock the weapon was discharged.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
,conlntiua Enuinesr scaldad Id nazti

Binghamton, N T.. Dec. 27-Frank zimmer, aged 32. q Delaware and Hun son engineer of this city. died tonight from a scalding he received by burst ing steampipes in his engine Zim- mer's engine was overturned and he was pinned ill the cab while the hot steam poured on him