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Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
COUNSEL FOR sALLINGER ITO APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE. Party Engaged is Western Lawyer,
 Name Not Divulged.

WAshingtoE. Feb. 2.-Secretary Bal Gnger at last after much persuasion, has decided to employ counsel to ap- pear before the Ba1hnger con- ersssicnal investigating committee to Eefe1d his side of the case. MT. Bal Azgsr steadily refused to engage coun- ggf In s1zG own behalf, declaring he had Eef1ing to conceal Senator Nelson, 81z4rm4n Of the committee, expressed kbR attitude of the committee as favor fnw >ha rrese1zcs of coun sef for both esdszs wherefore Mr. Ballinger finally haR decided to follow the suggestion. The attc~ney employed by MT. Ballin- ger VIII also represent Fred Dennett, commissions Of the land office, and H. H Schwartz. chief of the field ser vice
 Although his name has not been d. TuREed, the attorney who will repre- aenk tfse secretary and the others is said to be a western lawyer, thorough Ey familiar with the public land sit uztion as 1t enters into the present controversy. A telegram was sent him today and he replied that he would start at once for Washington
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
WALL STREET STOCK BROKER t
 GOES SUDDENLY INSANE
Smashes Everything in sisht-Whis- key and Cocaine Bottles in His Office.

OHtaSHCH GNGEyNHiHA lV 0l9itN--A AFNA-
 key and Cocaine Bottles in His Office.
 New York, Feb. 2.-SamueI C.. BoW- en. stock broker, gray haired ana ordinarily dignihed went suddenly in- sane early this evening in his office ou the second floor of No. 2 Wall street. He smashed pretty nearly everything in sight, including costly furniture, plate glass windows and the door of e brokerage firm across the hall before three policemen oVerpowered him. Tied with q rope, he was taken to Bellevue yelling at tiie top of his voica and calling for tiie q 0f Theod0re Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan.
 Pedestrians noticed Bowen periiouslw hanging out of a second story windoWg A porter ran to Investigate, only to bg met by q fusilade Of bottles and dealg equipment. When the police arrived the broker had buried into the han everything in the office light enough t@ be moved and was holding a crowd nc bay with a broomstick.
 A challenge by the police that he was afraid of q hand to hand encount- CT tempted Bowen to try his strength and resulted in his capture.
 Bowen is married and lives at Wood- haven, l.. I. HiG offices were eNpen- siVely furnished Whislyey and cos caine bottles were found among thO8E which he hurled into the crowd. As fe9 as is known he injured no one.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
LEFT 35 WIDOWS AND
 65 FATHERLESS CHILDREN
Result of Mondays Explosion in Col
 orado Coal Mine.

Primero. Col. Feb. 2.-Monday's ex- plosion in the main mine of the Col orado Fuel and Iron company claimed a total of 75 victims and left 35 wid : ows and 65 fatherless children. This result was deN ermined late today when the official Canvass of the company was completed and the names of the missing men were checked with the payroll
 Exploration of the workings contin- ued all day, but not until 8 o'clock tonight were the efforts of relief par ties successful. when the bodies of two drivers unidentified, wece found in a cross-cut between entries and brought to the surface.
 All day the number of bodies recoy- cred had remained at 4s, but workers succeeded in penetrating portions If the mine hitherto held from invasion by afterdamp.
 Late this afternoon the coroner sent S4 bodies to Trinidad on a special train and tomorrow will forward the remaining sixteen to that city where a general funeral will be held.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
FIRE RAGING IN
 DANRURY THIS MORNING.
Two General Alarms Rung ln-Vol- l
 unteers Aid Regulars.

Danbury, Conn.,, Feb. Sire which is raging in a three story frame build ing on White street threatens to de- stroy two adjoining buildings. one a four story structure and the other three stories high all owned by the estate of Charles H. Haw1ey of Bridgeport. The fire was discovered shortly after 3 o'clock in the rooms of club on the second floor, and spread rapidly. Two general alarms were rung in, call ing the volunteer department to the assistance of the. regular firemen. The family of Paul Forkel. living on the top floor of the building, narrowly es- caped being hemmed in by the flames through which they were obliged to go in descending the stirs. MT. Forlxel is crippled, and the firemen were obliged to carry him out. If all three build fngs are destroyed the loss will total S50.0OO
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
coIdest Weather of Winter in Alaska.
ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY
 FOR THE NEW YORK POLICE Italian Shot by Man Who Jumped
 from Behind L Road Pillar.

New York, Feb. 2.-Another murder mystery for the police to solve was committed tonight when an unknown Italian. walking peacefully along West Broadway was shot dead by a man who jumped out from behind a Sixth avenue l. pillar, fired one shot, ran with pistol in hand through a crowd ed saloon and disappeared in a maze of tenement railways. The only de- Scription of the murderer the police have is that he looked like an Italian and wore a light overcoat- As he fled he dropped a vicious looking knife and the butt end of a billiard cue. heavily loaded. The victim was about 35 years old
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
PROMINENT GEORGIA DOCTOR
 SHOT ON THE STREET
Body Found with Pockets Rifed-Ns
 Clue to Murderer.

Augusta, Ga, Feb. 2.-Dr Charle1 Hickman, one of the most prominent physicians in the south brother Of Tracy I. Hickman, president of the GraniteVille Manufacturing company died from gnnshot wounds at 10 o'clock tonight on the streets of SummerVilles the fashionable suburb of Augusta.
 The Hickmans live in SummerViil9 and Dr. Hickman had been at hia brothers home. leaving there shortly after eight o'clock IT is recalled by residents of the neighborhood that three shots were heard about that hour.
 There were two wounds, one in tho head and one in the body. The pock- cts had been rifled, and Dr. Hickman'a watch had been torn from his vest. It is not known by the family whether pr Hickman had any considerable amount of money on his person. There is no clue to the murderer
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Prof. Fisher Sees Another Business
 Panic.

New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 2.-In the course of a lecture here today Prof Irving Fisher of Yale university, a member of the committee of one hundred on national health. said that a business panic, possibly more serious than the one of 1907, will soon come if there is not an immediate change in the present situation. He laid. the rising prices to the influx of gold and claimed that an increase in interest rates would alone check specu- lation and its inevtabl results.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
WORK CLEARING UP ST. PAUL
 MINE GOES FORWARD SLOWLY.
Question as to the Disposal of the Dead
 Bodies.

Cherry IL, Feb. 2.-Owing to on ex- tensive fall of rock which block the gallery connecting the main shaft and the escape shaft, the work of clearing the St Paul mine and the recovering of the bodies of the men killed by last Noven1ber's fire went forward slowly today. The passageway between these two shafts must be cleared before any, thing else can be done.
 While the underground work fs pre- ceeding. sanitary experts, doctors and mine officers are trying to determine what shall be done with the dead bodies and the seepage water in which many of the corpses .have been floating for more than two months.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Ruins of Burned Whiskey Warehouse
 Considered a Hoodoo.

Cincinnati, Feb. 2.-A whiskey ware house here was burned down on the Wednesday preceding Christmas On Wednesday of last week a wall of the ruined building collapsed on a small frame building and three lives were lost. Today, Wednesday, the fall of a derrick in the ll-fated ruins killed two men and seriously injured three others.
 The three disasters have proved too much for the nerves of the people liv- ing in rooming house beside the ruins and tonight they are preparing for hurried exit.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Confessed That He Attacked Eight
 Year-Old Girl.

New York, Feb. Civilian Law, who says he is an actor, confessed when arraigned in a police court ui Brooklyn today. that he attacked Mil- dred Perry the eight-year- old dauga- ited her away from in front of her home in a taxicaJb last night. As he made. his confession the child's father sprang at him but was restrained by court attendants. Law was held Tn g 1000 bail for trial.
 The prisoner got the unsuspecting child to take a ride, but after sh" fought and screamed so vigorously the chauffeur ordered Law to release her.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
DowIE's HOUSE FOR DANcEHALL
Gay Parties to Be Held Where Elijah
 fl. Forbade Them.

Muskegon, Mich. Feb. 2.-The large dining hall of Ben MacDhui, on White lake the fine summer home, whi.h was the wonder of sightseers durir 2 Dowie is being converted into a dance hall; and next summer card parties and dancing will be in full swistg where both were forbidden while Eli jah IT. was alive It is understood tha. Mrs Jane Dowie, widow of the proph- ct has announced that[she has ID scruples against making the place financially productive.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
THE STREETS OF PARIS
 IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION
Filled With Wreekage and Slime from
 the River Seine.

Paris, Feb. 2.-As the flood recedes. the streets of Paris present a deplora- ble condition. Miles of them in the districts along the Seine are covered with broken wreckage and the slime left by the waters, and present in many places dangerous pits and yawn- ing gaps.
 During the past 24 hours the river has fallen from two to three feet, but below Paris there are several feet of water, and boats are to be seen eV anywhere carrying relief to the suf- ferers
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
The "Mysteries of the Case"

Nashville. Tenn. Feb. 2.--In argu- ing against the motion for a new trial for Col D. B. and Robin Cooper. con n- victed of the murder of former IT. S. Senator 10. w. Carmack and sentenced to twenty years Imprisonment, Attor- ney General Gates laid special stress upon wAat he termed the "mysteriea Of the case"
 This Included the discovery of a re- volver scabbard in Senator caFmack'J overcoat pocket, and the bullet which worked it's way ont of the wound in Robin Cooper's shoulder and wRE found in the bed.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
THE AMERICAN HEN
 LAYS UNDERSIZED EGGS.
Shs Is in League With Boosters of the
 Cost of Living

Washington. Feb. 2-Dr Harvey w wiley intimsted at public food hear sng today that the American hen is in league with the boosters of the cost of living by laying eggs which are too small But the chief of the bureau of chemistry declared it is not the hens fault. because she was being bred for commercial purposes to lay smaller @gEs and more of them. hens egg producing capacity was limited the doctor said. and she could produce only % much egg though it may be in large Sr small Snstalinsnts.
 The iictle discourse on the capacity of the hen yrGs an aside in a discussion on what the size Of e loaf of bread should be in the District of Columb bia
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Wants Meat Boycott to Continue in-
 definitely.

Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. 2.-The exec utive board of the -EXorbitant Price association. recently organized here. today appealed for boycott on peal to boycott is addressed to ihe more than 2,500 working people of the city who have signed anti-meat pledges.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
WraneIe in House Committee en Ma
 val Arfairs.

Washington, Feb. "A row is in progress in the house committee on naval affairs over the hearings in com mittee on the Meyer plan of reorgan- ization of the navy department, an1 the committee is badly split on the subject After Secretary Meyer ap- peared before the committee today. it was said that the committee stands nine to nine on the proposition of ap- proving the Meyer plan, with one member absent
 The committee is not divided along party lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Her Life Saved by the Family Ironing
 Board.

New York. Feb 2.-That homely household article, the ironing board, saved the life of Mrs. Mary Covert m Brooklyn today. When fire swept through the apartment house in which she lives Mrs. Covert remained to pack up valuables and found her escape cut off A cool headed woman neighbor then showed the ironing board across an areaway and Mrs. Covert, scared and scorched. crawled to safety in the building adjoining.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Smallpox in Uniontown, 1000 School
 Children Vaccinated.

Uniontown, Pa, Feb. 2.--Five mor.l smallpox cases were discovered he-e today. The victims are negroes who visited William Minor. the negro school janitOr who was placed n quarantine yesterday. There is no dan- ger of infection spreading. One thcsI- sand pupils have been vaccinated thus far and the physicians are still busy
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
s6,ooo,ooo EGGS IN ONE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE
In Jersey City-HaVe Been There
 Since Last March.

Since Last March.
 New York, Feb. N2.-There are &C., 100000 eggs-enough to provide eight eggs apiece for every man, woman and child in New York city and all its boroughs-in one cold storage ware house in Jersey City, according to the information placed before the Hudson county (New Jersey) grand jury ~o- day in it's investigation of the biz packing and other concerns which maintain extensive warehouses on the other side of the Hudson river. The eggs have been there since last March, it was learned, togethe. with 100000 pounds of poultry, stored since April last
 The investigation is directed against the cold storage concerns as a basis for determining the cause of the high cost of meats and other household ne- cessities. Prosecutor Garven said today that if he can find sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment under the common law for conspiracy to raise prices, he will advise the grand july to indict those who are responsible for holding meat, eggs and other foodstufts Tn storage
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Tried to Stab Truck Driver With Hat
 min

New York, Feb. 2.-Mrs. Mary Latto, grief crazed at seeing her seven year old daughter Anna crushed to death under the wheels of truck in Ninth avenue tonight, turned screaming on the driver and tried repeatedly to stab him with a hatpin. The police re- strained her while the driver, James Clinton, was hustled to a station house Mother and daughter were returning home and the child darted ahead across the street directly in front of the ve- hicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Youthful Cosatsrs Run Down by @
 Runaway Horse.

Irwin. Pa, Feb 2.-Dashing madiy ID a hill that was thronged With youthful coasters today. runawav horse trampled 70 death 14-year-old Joseph Lawson before he could get out of the way. The boy was the on'y support Of a widowed mother Ai- fred Higgins, who had been driving the horse to cutter lost control. and when the sleigh was overturned all efforts to turn the frightened animal from the crowd of children were use |.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Passengers All Received Severe Shak-
 ina Up.

South Norwalk, Conn, Feb. 2.-What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted here late today when a Boston and Springfield express ran head-on into the engine Of the Pittsfeld express as the latter was taking the crossover onto the Danbury division None of the passengers were injured. but all received a severe shaking up. A part of the pilot of one of the engines was thrown across Washington street through a largo plate glass window, a distance of 75 feet from the scene of the collision.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
New Haven Italian Charged with
 White Slave Operations.

New Haven, Feb. 2.-The police to night arrested Pasquale Torano, l.> cal Italian. charging him with entic- ing and placing in a local resort Eds Schroeder of New York. The Schroed- CT girl was arrested in a raid on house on Olive street, which was brought about tby the alleged admins tering of poison to the inmate of a Congress avenue resort. Torano will be given a hearing in court Thursday morning
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
A Fish Culture Station.
Especial to The Bulletin.


 Washington. Feb. 2.-Senator BulIze- ley's bill establishing fish culture station in Connecticut was reported faVorably by the senate committee on commerce yesterday, and sappropriates $25, ,000 for the construction of the same. A letter was read from the sec retary of commerce and labor stating that such a station was very desir- able.
 The location will be selected by the department of commerce and labor if the bill becomes a law.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Judge Moves at Washington.

(SpeclaI to The BuIIetln.)
 Washington, Feb. 2.-Judge Walter c. Moves of New London is a guest of Senator Brandegee. He is in the city attending the meeting of the delegates who attended the international confer ence on maritime law, as Brussels, last September. representing this country.
 It is expected that their report will ready for IoreSen tzition to the Secre- tary of state at the close of this meet Ing
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Convicted of Engaging in White Slave Traffic.

:, Cleveland, O., Feb. 2.-Jacob Gold berg. "salesman." was convicted in the common pleas court today of engaging m white slave traffic. The man was arcleed of bringing IF year old Gussle Cohen here from New York and selling her to the proprietress of rcsort.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

Tiilie OminsI<y Was Awarded $2,oOo damages against a factory in which she was employed at St. Paul, Minn., be- cause of an accident that frightened her baldheaded
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
t7-Year- Old Boy Must Serve 20 Years
 in Prison

New York, Feb. 2.-Amato Santa nillo, a 17-year-old Italian, must serve not less than twenty years in the pen brother and cousin who were killed by Rafael Cascone. In retaliation he shot and killed Cascone in MulberrY street in August last. Cascone was convicted of murdering SantanilIo's brother and bousin, but was acquitted on retriaL The young avenger was sentenced today
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Accidentally Gave Her Child carboIio
 Acid.

Washington, Pa, Feb. 2.-Mrs. T. E. Phillips of Blacksville, gave her child today what she thought was 9 teaspoonfuI of medicine. The child screamed and was in convuIsions when a physician arrived. The medicine, proved to be carbolic acid. rrhe-chil1 will die. >~-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

Honolulu, Feb. 2-Twenty- three Jap- anese arrested on Laysan and Lysan- sky Islands for violation of the United States regulations against the killing of birds of plumage, proclaimed by President Roosevelt, were brought here today for trial by the revenue cutter Thetis from the islands via Midway. On board the Thetis are 25,O00 pairs of wings which were seized by her com mander, Captain William Jacobs. These will be used as evidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Treasurer Halls Shortage Over S300,-
 oOO

Southbridge, Mass, Feb. 2.-Trus- tees of the Southbr1dge Savings bank. whose former treasurer, John A. Hall is accused of larceny, said tonight that the examination made so far by the experts indicated shortage of t9oes0 CT mora.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Epidemic of Typhoid Fever at Leavsn-
 worth Federal Prison.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 2.--An epi- deTnic of typhoid fever has broken out in the federal prison here. One man is dead. another is dying and several others are seriously i'll. Nine patients are in the hospital with the maIa dy. The prison physician attributes the disease to the impure water.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

Ex- Senator Davis Gave a Dinner to President McCrea of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, with a number of prom inent railroad men as guests.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Year Old Boy Burned to Death.

Guilford, Conn, Feb 2-During d brief absence of his mother from the house today, the clothing of one year old George AIdrich caught fire and the child burned to death. How the child set its clnthinE on fire is not known
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
EXPEDITION TO SOUTH POLE.
American Enterprise Proposed by
 Commander Peary.

Washington. Feb. 2--Commanler Robert F. Peary, discoverer of the North pole. has made a nronositso,7 10 the National Geographic society which if accepted. will mean that an American expedition will. be on It's way to discover the South pole next fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
BoiIermakers on Strike, Demand Az
 Gents an Hour.

Macon. Ga, Feb. 2.-AH the boil ermakers of the Central of Georgia Railway system struck today because the company refused to grant an in crease of Is per cent. in pay. The men were receiving 36 1-2 cents per hour They demand 42 cents.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

Christiana, Feb. 2.-Heavy loss of life has occurred among the fishing fleets that were caught off the storm swept coasts. The bodies of ten fish csmen have been washed up at the Lofoden Isles. Nine smacl1s manned by forty men are missing.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

Melbourne, Feb. 2.-The Victorian cabinet has decided to dispatch within a few days a mission to the United States and England with the object of promoting immigration. Representa- tiveS of the government, including probably member of the cabinet will constitute the mission which will first visit England.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

There Are Over 25o,O00 People suf- ferers from the floods in France. and freezing weather has increased their misery.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
General Manager of Coats Thread Mill
 Resiqns.

Rawtucket. F. I. Feb e--It became 1zz1own today tt1sz Alfred M Coats general manager here of J. Ic F. Coats Ltd. thread marinfacturers. had re- signed Mr- Coats refused to com .nenf upon the resignation.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

The Dispute Between the United States and Venezeula over the claim Of the Orinoco Steamship company is up beftre The Hague court of arbitra- tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
Cabled Paragraphs

Paris. Feb. 2.-Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian poet and novelist, whose condition has been critical recently. was said this morning to be dying.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03
stsamshfn Arrivals.

AtNaples- Jan. S1, Perugia, from New York
 At Antwerp. Feb 1 Samland from New York
 At Liverpool Feb 2 Campania from NeW York
 Al Naples: Jan zs. Alice. from New Ter&
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-03

King Georges Decision to call a national assembly in Greece causes apprehension in Germany that the step may lead to complications with Rus sia-