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Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

When the exercise period was oyer and the conviets returned to their cells the absence of Eau and his companion es- capped the attention of the keepers. Meantime the two men had. got pos session of a wire ladder which they fixed against the twenty foot wall sur rounding the prison and awaited a moment propitious for their escape. Two hours passed until about 3 o'clock in the morning, when a werder passed the spot where they were hiding. With him was his dog. The animal, when 1t came abreast of the nook where the prisoners were secreted. scented Hau and his partner and parked furiously. The watchman quickly investigated the antics of the dog and found the deserters, whom he covered with his revolver and returned to their cells. As result of their attempt to escape Hau and his companion are now under double guard.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
CLAIMED POWERS OF A SAINT. Elderly Man Believed He Could Restore
 His Daughter to Life.

Newburg, N. Y, Jan. 7-Confident that he could restore his adopted daughter to life, Edwin Powell an el- derly man. known here for his peculiar religious beliefs, delayed the burial of the girl, who died on New Years day, until the authorities caused his arrest today for violating the health laws.
 Powell told his wife, when the girl succumbed to tuberculosis, that she need not worry, because he had the powers of a saint and before long she would be able to e1n nbrace her daughter again. He declined to call in an un- dertal1er until compelled to do so today by the health commissioner.
 Powell was discredited at Cornwall five years ago, when he announced that a Messiah would be born to his adopt ed daughter. The child was born, but 1t turned out to be a girl.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
THE SECRET OF HIS POWER,
 SPEAKER CANNON A DESPOT
Is Severely Arraigned by Ono of the
 Leading Insurgents.

Washington, Jan. 7-In advance sheets of Senator LaFollett's publica- tion which reached Washington today, Representative George w. Norris, of Nebraska, one of the leading republi- can Insurgents in the house, appears as the author of an article entitled The Secret of His Power" in which he bitterly arraigns Speaker Cannon
 To-day, as far as the enactment of Legislation is concerned" says Mr. Norris, "the house of representatives bears about the same relation to the national government as the appendix does to the human body-it has no well recognized function. For all practical purposes our national gov ernment, like Gaul of old, is divided into three parts: The senate the president and the speaker
 That the speaker possesses a pow CT second only to the president, has been well understood by the people at large for several years. That, by some mysterious power he controls the house of representatives as with a rod of iron and at will moves its members like .pawns about the political checker board of national legislation. is known of all men.
 "The existence of this authority was accepted by the country as a matter of fact, and many people believed that by some constitutional provision or some enactment of statute he had been given the power that he had been exercising. Members of the house of representatives who first stood off in amazement and wondered at the system of control, and then searched for the source of this power, soon discovered that the constitution and the statutes enacted hereunder had given to the speaker no authority whatever, but ffaet-aiI flle power he possessed he obtained entirely and ex- clusively from the rules of the house."
 Mir. Norris recounts the efforts of the insurgents to change the rules, and the fruitIess results. In the opin- ion of the Nebraskan, the great pow CT of the speaker lies in his authority to select the committees of the house.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
American to Instruct King of Siam in
 Farming.

Washington, Jan. 7.-Desiring to learn something about farming, the king of Siam turned to America for an instructor That resulted in the ap- pointment of J. c. Barnett of Tallulah La, who has just accepted the post of adviser to his majesty. Mir Barnett will sail this week for Bangkok n1ak- ing stops in European and Asiatic countries en route to study methods and conditions. Arrived at the Siamese capital, he will immediately take up his duties sort of secretary of agriculture in the royal cabinet The post is a very desirable one. the sal ary being $6,000 a year. with all As- penses paid.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Warder's Dog
 Spoiled Plans
SCENTED TWO PRISONERS WHO
 WERE HIDING.
MURDERER PROF. KARL HAU
And Another Life Convict Attempted to Escape from German Jail During Thursday Night.

Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 7.-Karl Hau, former professor of Roman law in George Washington university. Washington, who is under a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Melitor in from the jail at Bruchsal, Baden, last night. A warder's dog upset the prfs- oner's plan.
 Hau, with another convict, during the evening exercise in the jail yard, slipped unnoticed into a storeroom.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
coAsTINe ACCIDENT.
Miss Ballard. Schoolteacher, Killed
 Others Badly Hurt.

New York, Jan. 7.-One girl was instantly killed, and two of her com panions. girl and a boy, were seri- ously injured in a coasting accident at White Plains tonight The dead girl is Miss Mary Ballard, 1s years old. of Nigga Falls, N. Y, a schoolteacher in the Hillside school at White Plains. Miss Gladys E. Tabby. 20 years old, of Niagara Falls, also a school teach CT, was taken to the hospital suffer- ing from a possible fractured skull. Edward c. Moran. who, with Robert Banks, was coasting with the girls, was badly cut and bruised
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Consolidated Stock Exchange Bylaws
 Amended.

New York, Jan. ITO prevent any attempt at matching orders or ma nipulating a market" the governors of the Consolidated stock exchange amended the bylaws of the exchange today by adding to a section the words:
 But all bids or offers, in lots eX- ceeding one hundred shares. must be filled by accepting any part of such bid or offer in hundred share lots"
 The change is in line with the rec concentrations made by the Wall street investigating committee appointed by Governor Hughes.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

hand, have for weeks been declaring that the president would not dare to dismiss Pinchot," that it would cause a breach between Taft and Roosevelt" |" and that it would cause such a split in the republican party as has not been seen in years. Friends of the president said tonight however, that the actual dismissal of Pinchot could add noth- ing to the embarrassment of the ad- ministration, in aSmuch as all the aIn- intuition of Pinchot and his partisans had already been directed against Sec retary Ballinger, and through him against the president.
 Situation Considered Exceedingly Seri.
 As for a possible breach between Mir Taft and ex-President Roosevelt that subject is much debated, but any discussion of it obviously is entirely speculative. On the subject of a split in the party, all republicans here re- gard the situation as exceedingly seri- ous.
 Party leaders in the senate and house declare that the controversy and the summary action of the president are sure to lead to many harsh words in congress. and to much bitterness of feeling throughout the country. They say, however, that the president could, not with dignity have taken any ether course.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
s1o.ooo FOR THAws TRINkETs.
Mementoes of Prisoners Boy1ood Sold
 for Benefit of Creditors.

Pittsburg. Jan. 7-R Referee in Bankruptcy Blair will allow, Alice Copley Thaw. sister of Harry Thaw, will pay s10.o0O for some cuff links, scarf pins, a cigar cutter and books said to have been Harry Tha WIS when he was a boy in Pittsburg
 According to a petition of Roger O'Mara, acting as trustee of tfne es- tate of Thaw requesting that Thaw's personal effects be sold for the bene- fit of his creditors. this is the price offered by Miss Thaw for the trinkets of her brother.
 The petition for the sale of Thaw's personal property was filed yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Planning a Worldwide Trust in the
 Nitrate Industry.

Christiania, Jan. 7.-It is reported that J. Pierpont Morgan of New York and the Deutsche bank of Berlin aqs planning a worldly wide trust in the nitrate industry with a capital Of $20O, 000.000. It Is understood that the syndicate intends to purchase all the saltpetre mines in Chile as well as she nitrate works in Norway, in which $20,000, GOO are invested.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
STARTLING STATEMENT
 BY MRS. o. H. p. BELMONT.
General Sympathetic Strike of All New
 York Women Workers.

New York, Jan. Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont. who is championing the cause of the girl shirtwaist strikers in New York, came out with a rather startlin g statement today. advocating a general sympathetic strike of all women work CTS in the city.
 The situation is now at a stage" she said. "where the strikers need aid more than ever before. believe that a day should be appointed when every girl worker in New York. city would walk out and force the demands of the shirtwaist strikers to be accepted. Every girl, whether she is employed in q shop, works as a stenographer, or is employed in any other capacity, ought to help the striking shirtwaist makers"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Mrs. Daniel o'Mara Burned to Death

Utica, N. Y, Jan. Mrs. Daniel O'Mara, wife of a well-to-oio mer- chant and undertaken in Florence, Oneida county, was burned to death ifl a fire which destroyed their home and MT. O'Mara's general store today. A daughter, Miss Mollie, rescued her fla ther,. but both father and daughter are now seriously i'll from the effects of shock and exposure. The charred body of Mrs. O'Mara was taken from the ruins tonight. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Sudden Death of Rev. pr. William
 Rouers Richards.

New York, Jan. 7.-The Rev Dr. William Rogers Richards, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church in this city since 1902, died suddenly at his home today. pr. Richards had held pastor ates at Bath, Me and at Plainfield. N. J. He was widely known as an author of religious works. His widow, three daughters and two sons survive him. Dr. Richards was bern in Bos- ton Dec. 20 1853.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
New Four Wasted shooner Ashore.

Rockland, Me, Jan. 7.-Meeting mis- hap within six weeks of her launching, the four masted schooner William F. Burnham, owned by the Benedict Manson Marine company of New Ha- ven. Conn.,. went aground at Remnants harbor today, but was refioated tonight. She was bound from Rockport for Nassau, N. P, laden with ice. and will resume her voyage tomorrow, prob ably
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Hospital Student Nurse Crushed to
 Death in Elevator.

Trenton. N. J., Jan Miss May Coombs 21 years of age, a student nurse at Mercer hospital was killed today in one of the elevators a that institution. She was taking an unoc- cupied roller cot on the elevator and unwittingly turned the wheel which controls the power beyond the point at which the elevator is stopped. The car started upward as she was en deavorlng to pull the cot through ths doorway and her head was csught be- tween the elevator and the side Of tho shaft and her skull crushed.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
TAFT's ORDER CARRIED OUT.
Secretary Wilson Swift to Move-Per
 emptory Dismissal Note.

e. Washington, Jan. 7.-Secretary Will son was swift in carrying out the de- c1sion of the president. He addressed to Clifford Pinchot, forester; Overton bert C. Shaw, assistant law officer of the. forestry bureau, letters substan- tially identical.
 That to Pinchot reads:
 "Sir-By direction of the president, you are hereby removed from your of flee forester. You will deliver pos session of your office affairs, belonging to the government, to MT. Albert F. Potter, assistant forester Respectfully,
 JAMES WILSON,
 Secretary Of Agriculture.' Pinchot Has Nothing to Say at Present
 Mir Pinohot received the letter of the president and Secretary Wilson's per emptory note of dismissal tonight; but nothing in his demeanor indicated that he was surprised or distressed by eith- er To an accompaniment of sounds of merriment floating from above stairs, where was party of guests, reporters, in evening dress. smiling and undismayed. Asked if he would say anything for publication, he replied:
 Tt will suit me just as well if you will make for me just the simple state ment: I have nothing to say"
 MT Pinchot added that he probably would say nothing tomorrow but he would not say how long he would I1dinldli HIS SlietlCe. 1He Q1Sfn1SSdl or the principal officers of the forest ser vice will in no way defer or divert the congressional investigation. One of the subjects eagerly debated here to- night was the question whether the dimsissal will rob the investigation of much of its public interest or will make it more sensational than before. Friends of the administration hold the former view, and today urged it upon the president and cabinet officers as ar sument again st the summary dismiss SaiS.
 Friends of Pinchot, on the other
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
2,ooo oHERRY TREEs,
The Gift of Tokio bo the City of Wash-
 inston, Have Arrived.

Washington. Jan. 1.-Two thousand Japanese cherry trees. the gift of che corporation of Tol1io to Mrs. Taft and the city of Washington, arrived here today. As soon as the weather is ia vora ble these trees will be set out along the drive in Potomac park Tt was in this park that band concerts were inaugurated by Mrs. Taft. The trees represent ten varieties with that number of different kinds Of bloom. A few of the trees will be planted in the White House grounds and In public parks.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
LIeHTeoDY HOTEL BUaNED.
John MeDade. Who Had Run It Since
 Civil War, Dead in Fire.

Manchester. O., Jan. 7.-The Light body hotel, the oldest establishment of It's kind on the Ohio river. burned here today. John McDade, the propri- etor, who was 75 years old. and. had conducted the house since the civil war. was burned to death.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
WALL STREET WAS
 WILDLY CONFUSED
Over Run1or That J. P. Morgan Was
 Dying.

New York, Jan. "A rumor that J. F. Morgan was dying threw Wall street into wild confusion today, until it could be run down.
 The doors of the Morgan offices were closed for an hour during the funeral of F. H. Robinson. member of the firm of DrexeI & Co. of Philadelphia, and until an official explanation was forthcoming there was increasing ex- citement and a sharp selling move- ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
WOOD ALCOHOL TRAoEDY.
New York Barber and a Woman Found
 Dead in Same Room.

New York, Jan. 7.-Wood alcohol brought a sordid end tonight to Will liam H. Miller. a barber, and a Wom- an known to the police simply as Ber- tha. A second woman, a Mrs. Strasser, was taken to a hospital She will die. In an East Side flat Miller was found dead on a couch. Bertha lay dead on the floor. In an adjoining room Mrs. Strasser was breathing faintly. A glass and a bottle with the dregs of the wood alcohol explained the tragedy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Bob Sled coIIided With Trolley Car

Newark, N. J., Jan. 7.-Three boys and a girl, out of a party of ten. were badly injured tonight when a bob sled on which they were coasting collided with a trolley car. Walter Hatch, II years old, Fred Beck, 12, and Mildred Lynch 12 each had an arm broken, and Walter Winterbottom, Is years old, had his scalp laid open.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Banana Crop Ruined by Gale.

Las Palmas, Canary Islands Jan. '. A violent gale today devastated the entire island of Gran Canaria. destroy ing many houses and ruining banana and other crops. The damage is esti- mated at many million pesetas-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
New Haven Gets One of the New Post.
 office Sub -AQencies.

Washington, Jan. 7.-An order was signed today by Postmaster General Hitchcock establishing sub-agencies for the distribution of stamped en- velopes, newspaper wrappers and pos tai cards at number of postoffices These postofices include New Haven, Conn.,, and Providence, R. I
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Champagne and Wine Combine.

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 7.-An effort is being made by fnanciers in New York city, according to reports re- ceived here from the grape regions of western New York, to consolidate all of the champagne and wine making establishments in the United States
 J. Pierpont Morgan, it is said, is at the head of the proposed combination.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Berne. Jan. 7.-The Marquis Cusani- Confalioneri. who for three years has held the post of Italian minister to switzerland, has been notified of his appointment as ambassador to the United States in succession to Baron Mayor des Ranches.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Walked Mile and Half with Broken
 Neck

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 7.-Feeling a severe pain in his neck after falling off his wagon on his head. Henry Bel cher, a teamster, walked a mile and a half today to the Cambridge relief hospital, where it was found his neck was broken. The doctors declared he could live but a short time.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Missionary Nelson Fears Another Box
 CT Uprising.

Victoria, B. C., Jan. 7.-Rev. J. D. Nelson, missionary, arrived with his family from Lancho, Shensi province, China, by the steamer Shinmao AIaru today. He said the general opinion in China is that another outbreak, proba- bly wore than the Boxer uprising, will occur.
 MT. Nelson spent fifteen years in western China He believes China is a Slumbering volcano.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Body of D. o. Mills on Way to New
 York,

San Francisco, Jan. 7.-After brief funeral services at Milbrae the body of D. O. Mills was placed in a special train, which left for New York late today The body was accompanied by Ogden Mills and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, son and daughter of the deceased.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Dressmakers Paid Fines of s7,5oo Eact

New York, Jan. Mary K. Webber and Katherine Schwartz, two Chicago dressmakers, indicted with twenty seven others in connection with the Sleeper trunk smuggling cases, paid fines of $7.500 each after entering pleas of guilty in the United States circuit court here today.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
s1oo,ooo Fire in Rinqhamton.

Binghamton, N. Y, Jan. Fire did $100,000 damage to the contents of the Bingharnton Cold Storage company in this city tonight In the building were stored butter. eggs, cheese, apples, furs and other articles. The loss on the building will amount to $25.OOO.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Saigon, French Cochin China, Jan. Two hundred and fifty Chinese reg ulars. who deserted, fleeing to Lao kai, in the extreme north of French Indu China, refused to disarm and were dispersed only after a sanguinary en- gagement on Wednesday. The French lost captain killed and a number wounded
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Eggs 70 Gents Dozen in New York

New York, Jan. 7.-There is almost a dearth of eggs in New York. So few strictly fresh eggs are reaching the market that it is almost impossible to get them at any price. The top retail price for the best eggs ranged today from 60 to 70 cents a dozen. The top wholesale price was 50 cents a dozen for the best.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
First Carload of 1910 Vegetables.

Mobile. Ala, Jan. 7.-The first car load of 1910 spring vegetables for the north passed through here today frer the Gulf Coast truck gardens, bound for Pittsburg. The car carried rad ishes. turnips, lettuce, etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Rome, Jan. 7.-No official action looking to the transfer of Ambassador des Planches from Washington to Con- .stantinople is yet made known, but the transfer is not unlikely. It has long been expected that the ambassa- dor's stay at Washington would be terminated early in the present year.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Cruiser Chicago to Be Placed in Re-

Philadelphia, Jan. 7.-The cruiser Chicago arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard today from Annapolis and will be placed in reserve. The crew will be distributed among the other warships at the yard.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

New Orleans, Jan. 7.--AIune BarTios. widow of former president oG Qua temala. who entered an almshouse on New Years day, has been prevailed on by friends to return to har native country. She win receive a panniau.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Cabled Paragraphs

Liverpool Jan. 1.-The Atlantic steamship companies today agreed to an advance in west bound passenger rates of at least 5 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

The House Chmmittee on foreign af- fairs laid aside the measures demand ing the arrest and punishment of for mer President Zelaya of Nicaragua.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Miss c. A. Drayton of New York and William Phillips. secretary of the Unit ed States embassy in London, are to be married there.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Cadiz. Spain, Jan. "A hurricane today wrecked the village of La Linea, near the Gibraltar boundary line in this province. Forty houses fell.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

SaybrooI.--Mr. and Mrs James Will lams have closed their cottage on Obeck Heights for the winter and have gone to Columbia
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Steamship Arrivals.

At Hamburg: Jan. 6, President Grant. from. New York.
 At Havre: Jan. T, La Touraine, from New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Charles H. Ackert resigned as vice president of the Southern Railroad and became connected with the Hawley railroads in the same capacity.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, one of the founders of the Daughters of the Am erican Revolution, died suddenly in New York from a:poplexy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

The Bsttleship Idaho, which left the Philadelphia navy yard Thursday, for Sandy Hook. Is aground in the Dela- ware river about 25 miles below Phila- delphia.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Queen Wiiheinnina Gave a Banquet at the palace at The Hague in honor of General Stewart Woodford, president of the Hudson Fulton celebration com mission
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Rev. Ernest T. Lyons, minister to Li- beria, was in Washington to urge his rian debt.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Con1nittes of the Federation of Labor presented to President Taft a formal payer containing = fourteen charges of illegal conduct against the Steel corporation.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

The Russian Foreign Office has as yet taken no action on the memorandum presented by the IT. S. government rel ative to the naturalization of the Man churian railroads.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
PRESIDENT TAFT's LETTER
Te Forester Pinchot Detailing tie
 Causes for His Dismissal.
The White House.

President Taft's letter to Forester Iinchot informing him of his dismissal follows.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

Four Men Held Up a Bank in Will namsburg, N Y., and shot brother of the proprietor. Two of the robbers were captured.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08
Wasl1inrton- Ian- ! 1q1n-

" as IlIfIts LOIls IftII- .. I5IU.
 Sir The secretary of agriculture informs me that on the 2Sth of Decem- he- your associate forester. MT Price, went to him and proposed to resign on the ground that chad been engaged with Mir Shaw, assistant law officer, in iustiEating the publication in various newspapers and magazines attacking the good name of Secretary Ballinger end charging the interior department and land office with corruption. The secretary tilereupcn wrote a note to you. under date of Dec. 29th. asking for your recommendation in the premises. Ncu did not answer but on Jan. 4th you had n conversation with him in which you said you wished to make a stsfzmen1 which should be read in the senate at the same time that my mes sage transmitting the record in the GfsNie case reached there. and that you thought you could induce Senator Dol nra< tR introduce the statement for
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

The Standard oil Company denied being interested in the Milk Trust, which is being investigated in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

The Austrian Steamer Irene, at Ven ice from Galveston and Norfolk. and the British steamer Elswick Manor, from Tyne were in collision, aud the Irene was slightly damaged.