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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
PENSIONS FOR CITIZENS
OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE.
Radical Proposition introduced by the
Socialist Congressman.

Washington, July 31.-Every person
in the United States so years of age
or older, who has been a citizen 16
years, who has an income Of less than
Sc a week and who has not been con-
.victed Of felony, would be put on tic
pension roll of the United States If
congress passed a bill introduced To-
day by Representative Berger of Wis
consin, who constitutes the socialist
party in the house. The bill would
give pensions of 81 to 81 week. Mr.
Berger offered a joint resolution pro-
viding for the appointment of COM
mission to investigate the old age pen
sion question.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Lawyers Suspension Set Aside.

Bridgeport, Conn, July 31.-The s1-
preme court sitting in New Haven
today set aside a decision Of Judge
Burpea of the superior court in the
case of the grievance committee Of the
Fairfield county bar against George IT.
Ennis a Bridgeport attorney. Ennis
by order of the lower court was sus-
pended for two years for unprofss
sional conduct 1t was alleged that he
took half the sum given client for in
juries received when the probate court
which appointed him for his clients
guardian allowed but ons-third of the
amount.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
MEMS SHOES AND WoMAN's
APRON IN OVERTURNED BOAT.
Indications That There Were Three
Persons Aboard Wrecked Craft.

Stratford, Conn, July a1.-That there
might possibly have been three people
on board the catboat found off Middle
Ground light yesterday was evidenced
today by the finding of two mems
shoes and a womans apron in the boat.
The shoes were not mates, one being
black and the other tan, and of differ
ent sizes. Fishermen here think that
the boat belongs on the Long Island
shore.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Has. to Foreeo Americac Visit.

London, July 31.-A1though he had
engaged passage to New York for him
self and his wife on board the steamer
Lusitania, which sailed last Saturday,
the Earl of Granard was compelled to
stay here The countess sailed alone.
The earl was compelled to forego the
trip in order that he may be present
to help pass the veto bill through the
house Of lords. The fact that he holds
a political appointment as master of
the horse in the kings household obli-
gates him to the government
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
U. r., X. Of p, Elects Officers.

New Haven, Conn, July 31.-The
following officers were elected by the
Rank, K. of P: Brigadfer
general. George r. Tryon of Meriden,
for term of four years; colonel of the
Second regiment, George E. Pettijean,
Waterbury; major of the same 1egi-
ment, Perry E. Wallace. Waterbury,.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Mexico City. July 31.-Striking mi
ners at Ell Orc are. reported rioting
today actuated by an anti-foreign
spirit aroused by manifesto de-
A special train carried three Ameri-
can women from the place. The fed
eral government has been asked to
send troops to the scene
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

st. Petersburg. July 31.-Harris
Rothstein was taken to Libau yester-
day, where he will be formally sur
rendered to- the American officers on
board a steamer and taken back to
Boston, where he is wanted to answer
to a charge of burglary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Weighed ESQ Pounds at 10.

Baltimore July 31.-William Filtz,
said to weigh $50 pounds, died late
today from kidney trouble in hos
pitaI here. Early in the evening he
was removed in a furniture van to the
hospital about seven miles from the
suburban resort where he had been
on exhibition. Filtz was born in east
~rn PennsyIvania 19 years ago.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Wild Storm in Texas.

were killed, 20 were injured and near
Tx every business house in Abilene was
destroyed by a storm of wind and hail
last night. A number of residences
also were wrecked
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Insane AsvIum Afire.

Toronto, Aug. IA long distance
telephone message from Hamilton, Ont,
says that the main building Of the
Hamilton asylum for the criminal in
sane is on fire. There are about 1000
patients in the institution.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Berlin, July 31.-The return of En-.
peror William to the capital has NOT
affected the Moroccan negotiations,
contrary to intimations in the Paris
papers that his majesty would change
Foreign Minister Won Kiderlen
WaechterS nolicv
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Cabled Paragraphs

Belfast, Ireland, July 31.-w. NJ.
Sloan, local agent for p. v. Myers &
Co.. of New York, committed suicide
at his office today by shooting
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Bapajoz, Spain, July 31.-The Portu-
guese consul here. while entering the
consulate today. discovered q bomb
that had been placed in the doorway of
the building.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

A suspected case Of cholera came to
the attention of the health authorities
in Providence. yesterday.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Steamship Arrivals.

At Glasgow: July 30. Caledonia, from
New York.
At Christiansand: July 80, Oscar IT.
frem New York.
At Plymouth: July 81, President
Grant. from New York.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Several Cases of Cholera have de-
yeloped in the department of Vrault,
France.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Congressman LoudensIager was re-
ported very i'll at his home in Pauls-
boro, N. j.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Brigadier General Hoyt will succeed
the manoeuvre brigade in Texas.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

One Hundred Thousand. Dollars has
been set on the ex-shans head al
Teheran, Persia.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

The Prince Of Wales Has Begun his
duties as midshipman on the battleship
Hindustan at Portsmouth
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

BarthoIdi Cardinal Was ASA ssin aztec
while sitting at his window in New
York.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

A cabIegram states that Edwin A.
Abbey, the American painter. is dy-
ing in London
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

A new foot warmer for antomsSilists
uti1ixes tho heat Of both the exhaust
gases and the circulation yaseE.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Booker T. Washington Addressed the
National Association of Teachers in
blind schools in ST. Louis Mo.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Carey A. Marker, a DefauItina
banker of Pearl, ILL.,, surrendered in
San Francisco, having spent all he had.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01
Condensed Te1egranls

There Were Two Murders and a sui
eide in Toledo Sunday.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

steel hull OF the Argentine battleship
Rivadavia at the Fore River ship
yards in Quincy yesterday, Charles
Chapclen fell sixty feet and was al
most instantly killed
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison
and John Mitchell, the labor leaders,
were yesterday allowed twenty days
by Justice Wright of the district Su-
preme Court. in which to answer the
contempt against them.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

injuries received as the result of a
fall from the gun deck to the quarter
deck of the battleship Maine, G. r.
Nelson, a seaman. whoes home is in
HObgoOd. N c. died.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Courtney Pigeott, who from the time
he was stricken with blindness six
years ago. while working as a motor
pensioner of his former comrades,
died in New Haven, Sunday night
aged 50.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

w. Morgan Shuster, the American
treasurer general of Persia, has had
trouble introducing monetary reforms.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

A 1900 mile auto trip to Chicago by
automobile was begun by two women,
Mrs Richard SCHNEIDER of Norwood,
r. L. and Miss Helen Cove of Spring
field, Mass, who started from Nor
wood at 7.1S O'clock yesterday morn
ing
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Rubonic Plague, Transmitted by
ground squirrels, has appeared in Cali
fornia, and caused one death thus far,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

What is believed by the Barre, VT,
police to be a case of murder revealed
when the body Of Daniel Diack,
stone cutter, was found lying in a
pool of blood in the rear of a house in
River street.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

The Candidacy of Gen. Bernardo
Reyes for president and J. Nera Esta-
mol for vice president of Mexico has
been formally announced
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

President Taft has accepted an in
to attend the state fair at
Hartford, the first week in Septem-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Wisconsin,, of all the western central
states, derives enough revenue from
it's taxes upon corporations to pay its
ordinary state expenses
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Miss Alice Meyers of Blackwell,
Okla, who is a telephone operator has
left for Hartford, Conn, to claim an
estate valued at $4,000 to which she
has fallen heir by the death of her
grandmother.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Breaking Of a Dam at Carlsbad, n.
NJ, caused a flood in the Pecos river
% do considerable damage in the Texas
valley.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

= Plans for the consolidation of some
Of the largest shipping corpora tions
on the Canadian side of the Great
Lakes, have been completed.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-01

Her head nearly severed from her
,ody, Mrs. Rose Spinol, 80 years old,
was found. murdered early yesterday
in her bedroom in third
1oor apartment on Second avenue,
New York.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
"RetrIbutlon" That overesme Alex
der Mackenzie for Hanging Three
Mutinous Apprentices, One Of
the Secretary OF Wars Son.

Some ten or twelve years ago was
the guest at the country home near
Tarrytown, N. Y. of the late G. G.
Clarke. then vice-president of the New
York Central railway system and for
many years the right hand Of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt and his son. William
H., In the financial administration OF
that system Mr.. Clarke was anxious
to show me some of the historic spots
In Tarrytown and In its vicinity and
especially Sleepy Hollow. still redolent
with the traditions of Washington lrv-
ing, and also to point out to me the
spot where the three pickets OF the Rev
dictionary army had captured Major
Andre. AS we were riding along the
highway not far from the point upon
the side OF 1t where the monument
erected and commemorated to the
capture Of Andre stands. Mr.. Clarke
suddenly told the driver to rein In
the horses to a walk.
1T was about there" he said. point
ing. that Alexander Slidell was killed.
presume, however. that you do not
know him by that name. yet he was
brother of John SlideIl. who was a
member Of the United States senate.
representing Louisiana. and who was
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
W. L DOUGLAS TRUST PLAN
Manufacturer Thinks Government
Should Obtain Publicity by
License System.

Large business organizations have
come to stay. We cannot go back to
old conditions. We must meet world
competition. Large concerns can pro-
dice goods at lower cost than small
ones. Germany favors large corpora
tons. The method of the present ma
tional administration Is to dissolve
tie great organizations and make
item smaller. which Is a backward
step. There should be no limit to a
corporation doing large and legiti-
mate business, such as would be pos
sible under the licensing plan which
| favor, writes W. L. Douglas, former
governor of Massachusetts. in the
Boston Herald
Prejudices against corporations
erely because they are big, perhaps,
must be done away with. They give
labor better returns. They cheaper
product and thus benefit the consm-
&c. They give opportunities to small
Investors who get returns otherwise
unattainable. They employ able
young men who have no capital at
nll, but who receive handsome sal
aries for their ability and service.
In place Of the Sherman law 1t is
my opinion there should be a depart
ment at Washington to grant licenses
to all manufacturers and corporations
In this country who do an interstate
commerce business.
The law should be made so clear,
plain and definite that 1t could not be
misunderstood. 1t should require all
capital to be paid in full. Semi-yearly
statements should be given to the
public and certified by a public ac-
countant There should be a board
of examiners in each state to look aft
er these corporations just as our ma
tional banks are watched by the ma
tional government. They should have
the right to enter the Offices and ex-
anime the records Of all the direc-
torates of these companies.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
Echo of Old Naval Sensation

one OF the two commissioners of the
Confederate government who were
taken from the British mail steamer
Trent by Captain Wilkes at the begin
ming of the Civil war, an action which
almost brought about war between
England and the United. States.
Alexander Slidell. better known as
Alexander Mackenzie, was the cause
of one Of the most sensational Incl.
dents In the. history of the United
States" Mr. Clarke continued. "The
name of Mackenzie he legally as
sumed- II was his mothers maiden
name. and 1t is my recollection that he
assumed 1t at the request Of one of
her near relatives. an uncle. 1t may
be that promise of inheritance
caused him to make this change in
surnames At any rate. he was an Of
ficer in the United States navy, and in
1872 was In command of the brig-of-
war Somers.
Upon that brig were a large num-
Der OF apprentices: they practically
constituted the crew. One OF them
was a son Of John C. Spencer, who
was at that time secretary OF war In
the cabinet of President Tyler.
When the Somers was in midocean.
returning from the African coast. Com
mander Mackenzie heard that a mu-
tiny was brewing. He instantly in
vestigated and had three of the ap-
'prentices arrested as ring leaders of
the alleged conspiracy and court-mar-
tailed on the deck They were found
guilty and were hanged from the yard
arm One Of them was the son of the
secretary of war.
Il remember we'll what a tremendous
sensation the news of the execution
created; was then 20 years of age.
Mackenzie was himself court-martial.
ed. but II was found that he had act
ed strictly In accordance with the
rules. and he therefore could not be
convicted But II he was acquitted
ty couri-martial, he must have suffer
ed agonies. In view of the fact that
the American people alrsost to a man
turned their faces against him. He
was told publicly and privately that
there would be awful retribution for
him.
About four years later. during the
Mexican warm which Mackenzie
took part on land. by the way-came
the report that the brig Somers had
sunk In midocean with the loss of a
large part Of its crew. and in public
and private 1t was said that retri-
button for the hanging Of a mere boy
was begun. Two years elapsed and
then one day-about six years after
the hanging OF young Spencer-Mac-
kenzie. who had retired to Tarrytown.
was out riding horseback along this
road; that was his only recreation.
Suddenly the horse shied-no one
could tell at what-and threw Mac
kenzie over his bead They lifted
him from the ground few moments
later; his neck was broken. And once
again II was said by the superstitious:
'Retribution for the hanging Of young
Spencer-the final retribution-'
Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
.-..Rosa In cIInore's Peace Jubs'
WAS Heard Above the Cannon,
o,uan, and Great Orchestra
Chorus Of Ten Thousand


p..srtly told in the words Of the
- patrick Sarsfeld Gilmore. the
--.,ss, handmaster this country has
- PRODUCED. the story OF the ro-
,..e,lc courtship Of a great prima
-. of the sixties and the early sew
sssi,. Parepa- Rosa. and Carl Rosa.
.-bo Al the height of Parepa's fame as
erand opera singer. was looked
zen A one OF Europe's great violin
80 Today tell in Mr.. Gilmores
orn words the story of the manner In
9bIch be secured Parepa-Rosa as the
.olo.st for his National Peace Jubilee
. = 1893 which was held in Boston. and
wklch was one Of the great musical
f.s,ivals that won for Gilmore inter
national fame as a bandmaster.
7 began to lay plans for the peace
mbllce year or two after the close
a ne Civil war" said Mr.. Gilmore.
whose band, during the war. was the
most famous Of all the musical or
<auIsations on the Union side. AT
frst I had Just a vague idea Of cele-
bration In song anG music Of the res
,orstion Of peace in the United States.
Bu, the more | though of the idea. the
more II expanded. and at last-having
N the meantime received every en-
couragement from my Boston friends
and obtained financial guarantees
sralnst loss from some of the mer-
chants Of that city, decided to get
together "a orchestra of one thousand
piecss and a cLcrus Of ten thousand
go.css I socn found that all OF the
musical societies of the United States.
4 least Of the larger cities. were only
TOO Glad to cooperate with me. Then.
10 give the jubilee a decided novelty.
! worked out a plan for using artil-
sry as q part OF the orchestral ac-
companiment. the cannon to be placed
outside Of the Coliseum and to be dis
charged by electricity exactly as the
uganist would touch a particular note
upo1 the organs keyboard when he
waited q special effect
We'll, do you know that all the
nile was planning for these large
elects Il never occurred to me that
10 iorgotten that ought to have
ce|si who had a voice powerful
tsough TO be heard above the salvos
q DE cannon. the organ. the great or
>testra and the great chorus. When
iId think Of It my plans were far
Nvsnced and ! was in grave anxiety
lest should be unable to secure a
sicist But one evening. as sat
lt:ening to Parepa-Rosa singing an
ara nom Meyerbeer's opera of Rob
n The Devil the thought suddenly
carr to me: There's your soloist
MAJ woman has voice that would
- above any combination Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
Confusion Of Names and Fame

and then they would tell how much
they enjoyed reading his latest book.
Barriers Burned Away" They we're.
indeed. so glad that A. s. Roe resumed
writing fiction. and they hoped he
would keep on; and 1t was freely told
about by A. s. Roe enthusiasts how
their favorite author had been inspired
to return to the field of fiction with
his new novel by something he had
seen while on visit to Chicago short
ly after the great fire Of 1871 Indeed.
even after E. P. Roe-who. following
his unexpected success. produced sue
cessful novels regularly year after
year. as A. s. Roe had done before him
had written several immensely pop
ular books. the confusion of names
and regulations still persisted
But there were other Condolences IN
the careers of these two men besides
those of name and rapidity Of produc-
ton. A. 8. Roe cultivated a little
farm in Connecticut not far from Hart
ford. the state capital. and he turned
to II for recreation between novels. e.
P. Roe. after his first novel had re-
vealed his real genius. took up fruit
culture on a small farm at Cornell.
N. Y. near West Point. he having
been the pastor Of Presbyterian
church not far from the Point when be
took up experimental novel writing.
Moreover the novels of Poe
were almost as popular in England as
they were in this country So, too,
when e P Roe began to write, his
novels speedily gained a great hold on
the British reading public. And for
many years the prevailing impression
in many an Englishman's mind was
that the novels Of A. S. Roe and those
by z. p. Roe we're the work of one and
the same man.
Copyright. 1911. by z. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
First Time She Really Sang

voices and instruments. no matter
how many
so sought out Parepa-Rosa and
told her what my plans were-that
they called for a great dramatic So
prano whose voice would soar above
chorus Of ten thousand and an or
chestra Of one thousand. She replied
that she had never yet had an oppor-
tunity to let her voice out to its full
capacity. that she believed a chorus
OF even ten thousand voices could not
drown her own.
But, said /, I am, to have twenty
cannon placed and discharged by cleo
tricity as an accompaniment to the
orchestra
Oh. she said. delighted, that
would be like singing on a battlefield. >
And she added: Mr.. Gilmore. | will
sing for you as your soloist II you
viii promise me one thing-your mu-
sicians must discharge the cannon on
the beat of time II they do that I
will make my voice heard above the
cannon But II they come In out Of
time then all is ruined
Il was bold enough to make the
promise. and at the first days per-
Torrance I escorted Parepa to the
center Of the stage. There were thirty
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
Town Located In the Wilderness o,
Arabia 10 Visited by one-seventh
of Human Race.

Although one of the most inaccessi-
BILE cities on earth. Mecca each year
has visitors In such number that II
must be ranked in this particular with
London and New York Even the
worlds metropolis on the Thames can
boast Of no such cosmopolitan charac-
ter as is impaired to this mysterious
city In the wilderness Of Arabia BY
the myriads of pilgrims who. at the
cos. Of Incredible pains. annually
crowd into its confines. This city IL
the Oldest place OF resort In existence.
yet Of all the millions who have vie
tied It not score OF Christians are
known to have come out alive No
flag Of citizenship would save a mans
life were he known to be a Christian
within the sacred precincts OF the city
where the prophet himself decreed
that no unbeliever should set foot
OF the 225.000. 900 Moslems In the
world. only 16.5oo.00o live under the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01

thousand people there. She stood be
fore them smiling. awaiting the In
PRODUCTION by the orchestra and then
the chorus. At the exact moment she
began. Her voice was like a melody
from the heavens Her song rose
pure. clear and exquisite above all
that vast combination of sounds. No
other thing did the vast audience pay
heed to-it was the song Of that
womark triumphant over that vast
combination of instruments and voices
and cannon. that taught them what
the human voice is capable of. And
when It was all over and Parepa had
retired to tumultuous applause she
told me that for the first time in her
entire life had she ever really sung"
Copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)