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Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
NO WORD FROM NEW YoRK'S
 MISSING CITY CHAMBERLAIN.
Reward of s1oo for Information of Charles E. Hyde's Whereabouts.

New York. Jan. 6.-The Merritt joint legislative committee of inqui- " adjourned sine die this afternoon, still with no word from the missing city chamberlain, Charles H. Hyde. John Smith. his secretary, testified be- fore the committee today that he did not know where AIr. Hyde is, that he had last heard of him on December 70. and knew of no way of getting into touch with him. An evening newspa- per offered a reward of $100 today for the first person to give information of his whereabouts, providing he does not publicly appear at his office before January 15.
 The closing hours of the session were given today to fire insurance. Harold Herrick, president of the Nj agara Fire Insurance company, was tee that New York may yet see such fire as devastated San Francisco. "A holocaust in New York" he said, 'is quite within the bounds of possi- blity.
 "lf New York ever has a fire like san Francisco. God help Usl There would not be & solvent insurance com pany left in the world. No one could compute the billions of loss"
 Hurried cheap construction by spec ulators, and poorly installed heating plants, said Mir. HerriclS. were respon- sible for one third of all fires, and a greater share of their spread. "But in the city of Hamburg" he continued, where they won't tolerate poor con- saruction, there has not been a fire that spread outside the house in which it started since 1S42 II"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
HUSBAND POISONING CASE
 TO BE CALLED NEXT MONDAY. Arrangements Completed for Trial of
 Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk.

Wheeling, W. Va, Jan. 6.-All ar- engagements have been made for the trial of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenl1, charged with administering poison to her wealthy husband, John o. Schenk. and the case will be called a o'clock Monday morning. Prose- cutOr J. E. Handlan will have charge Of the case for the state, and Attor- neys O'Brien and Boyce will defend Mrs. Schenk.
 Among the witnesses for the state will be Dr. A. C. Alderman and pr. Frank Le Moyne, under whose direc- ton Schenk was sent from his home to hospital; Lundy Wilson, chauf feur for the Schenk family, and two women, strangers in Wheeling, who are said to be detectives. These wom- en figured before the grand jury in the preliminary investigation of the case and their identity has been care fully guarded
 It was learned today that Schenk will not be called by the state, but will be put on the stand by the de- fense.
 So much publicity has been given the case it was feared difficulty would be experienced in getting a jury, and an unusually heavy panel of talesmen has been called.
 Mrs. Schenk, who has been in jail since her arrest November 9, when she was taken from her palatial home on Wheeling Island, is reported in good health and confident she will soon rejoin her husband and children.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

mayor of Chinatown" The last fire man to leave the building said that one of the other four seen was that of a woman.
 Desperate Rescue Efforts.
 More than a hundred Chinese were in the building when fire broke out in the second story and swept upward with a rapidity that threatened to cut off the upper floors. The firemen made desperate efforts to rescue everybody and believed that they had succeeded until the bodies were found.
 When the ruins had been wetted down the 1remen began the search in a rear room on the third floor, where they found Lee Shu Flung huddled in the charred ruins of his bed. On the floor lay the body of Lee Yee Yu, his head beneath the bed
 Several Persons Missing.
 It is reported in Chinatown that two or three persons are still missing Eff forts to locate them have been vain and it is feared they perished in the building.
 The property loss is estimated as 50 000
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

flour mills until II o'clock, but after that time, as is the custom, all power was turned off. Street lamps were dark all evening and all save the main sec ton of the city was without electric light all night.
 The General Electric company has a force of 800 men working to make ar engagements so that power from the company's plant at Taylors Falls can be distributed from sub stations.
 Wonderful Escape of Eleven Men.
 The three men injured will recover. The escape of eleven men from the building after the explosion is 8 source of wonderment. On their way to the mill race, through which most of them escaped, they were compelled to pick their way through a mass of tangled wires with flames burning all around them.
 Lawlessness Feared
 Fearing that the darkness of the city may induce lawlessness, the entire po- lice and detective force was held in reserve tonight with waiting automo- piles
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
PRESENTED A LOCOMOTIVE
 ON 69TH BIRTHDAY
How the Erie Road Honored One of
 It's Oldest Engineers.

Cleveland. O., Jan. s.-The Erie road management honored one of it's old est engineers both in years and in point of service by presenting Alexan- der Larkin of this city. today, his 6Sth birthday, the huge engine which he drives daily in hauling the fast Pitts burg flyer between Cleveland and Youngstown.
 Mir Larkin has been in the continu- ous service of the company for 49 years and for years had been running on fast trains. most of the time be- tween Cleveland and Youngstown or Cleveland and Pittsburg. In all this service he has been in but two minor accidents, in both of which he was Injured.
 1t Is understood that the engine is to be regarded as his personal prop erty as long as he remains with the company and that it can be used by no other engineer.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
CHARLES SUMNER CENTENARY
 OBSERVED IN BOSTON.
Exercises from Sunrise Friday to
 Nearly Midnight.

Boston. Jan. 6.-From sunrise to nearly midnight the centenary of the birth of Charles Sumner was observed today in Boston and Cambridge, white and colored citizens joining in paying tribute. A sunrise service at the Sumner grave in Mount Auburn open ed the days exercises and two largely attended meetings in Boston tonight closed them. A meeting in Faneuil HaH was presided over by former Gov ernor Curtis Guild, Jr., Prof. Charles Zueblin and Rev. Horace Bumstead The other meeting, which was held in the Park street church, had as it's principal speaker Governor Eugene N. Foss, who made his first public re- marks since his Inauguration. His ad- dress consisted largely of a comparison between the standards of Charles Sum- ner and what he called the time serving United States enatoEs of the present day..
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
MAYOR GAYNoR
 EXPRESSES GRATITUDE
To Commissioner Edwards for Timely
 Aid at the Shooting.

New York. Jan. 6.-Through the trial and conviction of J1mes J. Gallagher, Mayor Gaynor learned for the first time that Commissioner William H. Edwards of the stre et cleaning depart ment had been wounded in the strug- gle which probably saved the mayor S life. The fact came out tonight with the news that Commissioner Edwards received today a letter in which the mayor expresses his gratitude.
 The text of the letter is not made public. but it is understood that the delay is explained by the fact that. in- asnuch as Edwards was a witness the mayor did not cara to mention the matter until the tr1al was over He has stea lilly refused to read any &C., count of his attempted assassination or to talk of the matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
ENGINEER GOODWIN
 STUCK TO HIS POST
With Woodwork of Cab Ablaze He
 Pulled Train Into Station.

Maiden. Mass, Jan. 6.-With the woodwork of the cab all about him ablaze and shower of sparks stream ing behind, Engineer Goodwin drove a Boston & Maine locomotive with six crowded passenger cars attached, in to the Falkner station tonight and then turned in fire alarm. The pas sengers mhad no inkling of trouble until they heard the fire engines clang- ing about the locomotive. Two hose streams soon put out the blaze and the train proceeded.
 The engineer said that a break of some mechanism allowed a quantity of water to faH into the firepot, caus- ing small explosion, which threw red hot coals back into the cab, setting fire to the curtain and starting the blaze. Although badly burned about the face and hands. the engineer stuck to his post and throwing on full speed drove his engine to the Faulkner sta tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
BUSINESS INvADES
 MURRAY HILL PRIVACY
This Time Encroachine on Property of
 J. Pierpont Morgan.

New York, Jan. 6-Business took an other step uptown today, this time encroaching on the privacy of J. Pier pont Morgan, who has been fighting its advance on Murray Hill, where he and many other members of old fami- lies still live, in what has now be- come little eddy of backwater. The appellate division of the supreme court decided today that Mrs. Margaret Cameron will not have to tear down the two sixteen-s story business build ings she put up at Madison avenue and 34th street.
 MT. Morgan lives at Madison avenue and 18th street. He brought suit un- der an agreement between property holders of 1S47, restricting the char acter of new developments, and fought the case into the higher court, which today decided against him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

New York, Jan. 6.--Eight new in- dictments. one of them superseding the original indictment were found to- day against Joseph G. Robin, the fallen banker and promoter. Two more or his companies fell foul of the law, this time represented by the public service commission, which will order an 1n- Quiry into their books.
 Validity of Mortgages to Be Contested
 Dollars in The Bronx, who are pay ing on the installment plan for lots bought from the Bankers Realty and Security company, organized by Rob- in, formed a committee to contest the validity of mortgages executed by the company in favor of the Washington Savings bank, of which Robin was president.
 Driftwood Farm in Sisters Name.
 It was proved that title to Drift wood farm, his handsome country place on Long Island, had passed to his sister pr. Louise Robinovitch, a year ago, but had not bee nrecorded until last week, after Northern Bank If New York had suspended. And finally the district attorney pushed with renewed energy his inquiry into Robins parentage.
 Additional Theft of s2o7, 1000.
 The eight new indictments will charge theft of funds aggregating s2O7 900 from the Washington Saw fngs bank. No result of the inquiry now in progress into the affairs of the Northern bank has yet been given out
 Public Service Commission Puzzled.
 The public service commission an- uounced today that it wishes to know why the last annual report of the south Shore Traction company shows an entry of s410,000 for right of way bought. when the route authorized by the company's franchise is chiefly through the public streets of Queens borough, l.. l. 1t is similarly puzzled by the entry of S200,0o0 expended for construction company. a corporation
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Hearst Must Pay Damages or Prove
 That He is Not ResponsibIe.

New York, Jan. 6.-W. R. Hearst must either pay damages or prove to a court of law that he cannot be held responsible for the fireworks explosion of election night, 1902, in which sev- eral persons were killed and wounded.
 In a celebration following Hearst's election to congress Dennis Shea was killed among others and his estate re- covered damages from the city for his death. In return the city sued MT. Hearst as president of the national as sociation of democratic clubs which gave the celebration The suit was dismissed by a lower court, appealed by the city, and now the appellate di- vision of the supreme court orders that a. new trial proceed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Appeal from So-caIled "Hard Coal
 Trust1 Decision

Washington, Jan. 6.-The federal government today filed in the supreme court of the United States an appeal from the so-called hard coal trust decision of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern disrict of Pennsylvania.
 The decision held in substance that the petition of the government charg- ing generally a combination of rail- road and coal companies in violation of the Sherman antitrust law should be dismissed. At the same time it was held that there was an illegal combination in respect of the matters relating to the Temple Iron company which the court would restrain.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Los Angeles Grand Jury Investigating
 Iron Works Explosion.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 6.-Having disposed of the Times explosion case with the return of P indictments yes- terday. the grand jury, which had spent more than two months in the investigation, today turned to an in- quiry in another alleged dynamite plot which resulted in the partial destruc- ton of the Llewellyn Iron works plant in this city on Christmas morning.
 Twenty one Times employees were killed by the explosion on October 1. The men suspected of the outrage dis appeared soon after the plant was de- stroyed. X reward of s25,000 has been offered by the county for their cap ture.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Boy and Girl Charged with Throwing Switch on New Haven Road.

Turnerville, Conn, Jan. 6.-MaI1on Schlessinger, 13 years old. and her brother, Abraham, 12 years old, were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Frank E. Clark here today. charged with having thrown a switch on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, between the main line and a siding here on September IS and of breaking into a gum vending machine at the local depot on December 31. The boy pleaded guilty to the first and not guilty to the second charge, while his sister pleaded not guilty to both Justice Clark reserved decision until January H.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ROBBERY.
Three Bags of Registered Mail, Val
 ued at $50,000, Stolen.

San Francisco, Jan. 6.-Three bags of registered mail with contents val ued at s50,000 have been stolen dur ing the last few days in San Francis co, or on the journey across the har- bor to Oakland, according to the Call.
 The stolen sacks the Call says, contained late Christmas shipments and money orders. drafts, checks and currency forwarded by local banks to close their years accounts in the east and northwest. The loss will fall most heavily on the banks"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
UphoIds Right of Unions to Strike

New York, Jan. 6.-In continuing temporary injunction today, Justice Blackmar of the state supreme court praised labor unions, upheld their right to strike. but denounced any at tempt on their part to injure or inter- fere with good will, trade or business The injunction restraints the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Amalgamated Society of Carpen- ters and Joiners from attempting to interfere with the A. J. Newton com pany of Brooklyn in their policy of maintaining the open shop.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Hayden Bonsai of New York Missinq
 Confidential Alarm Sent Ont

New York. .Jan- 6.-A confidential alarm was sent1olit tonight by the po- lice for Hayden Bonsal. the son of Stephen H. Bonsal. well known as q war correspondent and al present con- nected with the Paris house Of l. F. Morgan & Go. He disappeared Ia st Wednesday. Mr Rohsal, the father. served at one time as secretary of le- gation for the United States at Mad rid, Tokio and Peking. During the Spanish American war he was with General Shafter for q New York news paper.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Two Little Children Smothered by
 Smoke.

Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 9.-Dense smoke from a leather trunk which had been placed too close to the kitchen stove smothered Norman Strassburg4 years old, and Clarence, an 8 weeks old ba- by, at their home tonight. Their moth CT was taken to a hospital in a serious condition. There was practically no blaze. The police theory is that the mother laid down on the bed with the children for nap and was overcome The children were dead when nigh bors broke into the house.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Mother and Baby Asphyxiatsd by Gas
 Heater.

Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 6.-Mrs. H. 0. Bannister, wife of the manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Raleigh, and her IT months old son, were asphyxiated at their home here today. The mother entered the bath room with the child to use an tr1stan- taneous gas heater. Later & servant found their bodies. It is believed that Brs. Rannister turned on the gas without properly lighting the heater, and was overcome.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
chieaso's Voluntary Probation System
 Inefficient.

Chicago. Jan. 6.-Nearly two hundred voluntary probation officers of the juvenile court were dismissed today fol- lowing an investigation of the system by Judge Merritt w. Pinckney. One of the volunteers was found in the county Jail charged with murder. another, q negro preacher. was under arrest on charges made by children, and others were found incapable, In announcing Inc dismissal the court specified that it did not convey criticism in most csses. but was a result of his discovery that the system was inefficient.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
$I50,00O Fire In Chinatown
THE HOUSE OF FIVE. EN-
 FRANCES" DESTROYED.
SIX PERSONS PERIsHED
Two of Them Relatives of Tom Lee, Mayor of chinatown"-1oo Chinese Were in the Building.

New York. Jan. 6.-Six persons were believed to have perished today in a fire which destroyed the house of five entrances" a five story lodging house in Chinatown.
 Two bodies have been recovered and firemen who explored the ruins say that four more are still buried on the third floor. The building is In such an unsafe condition that Chief Croker or dered the search suspended until to- morrow
 The two bodies recovered are said to be those of relatives of Tom Lee,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
ExPEL FRENCH IRON MASTERS.
De WendeIs Banished from Aisace-
 Lorraine for Anti German Talk.

from Strassburg says that three broth CTS composing the firm of De Wendell & Co.,, proprietors of one of the largest iron works in Germany and employing 30,000 men. have been expelled from AlSace-Lorraine. The reasons are not revealed, but presumably the expui- sions were due to the alleged anti German agitation of the De Wendells, who are an old and prominent French family. A fourth brother is a member of the reichstag and of the council of state of Alsace-Lorraine.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
BIG LOCOMOTIVE CONTRACT.
Baldwin Works Get Order iron, Har- riman System Worth S3,5oo,ooo.

Philadelphia. Jan. 6.--Announce- nent was made here today that d con- tract for one hundred and nine en- zines has been awarded to the Bald win locomotive works in this city for the Hartman railroad system, and that the contract price is betwee | s3.50O. 900 and s4,000.G0 The contract calls for the delivery of the locomo- lives during the spring and summer months of this year. The order in- sUres steady employment to thousands of men until next fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Came to Their Deaths by Means Un-
 known to the Jury.

Cumberland, Md, Jan. 6.-"Came to their deaths by means unknown to the jury. This was the conclusion reach ed by the twelve men who for nearly five hours tonight heard testimony rel ative to the deaths last Saturday of Grace Elosser and Charles T. Twigg, whose dead bodies were found by Mrs. Elosser, the mother of the dead girl, on d sofa in the parlor of the Elosser home. The tragedy occurred less than thirty hours prior to the time that had been set for the marriage of the vic- tir71Q
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
FAMOUS PAPERS TRANSFERRED.
Kings Charter and Connecticut Con- stitution Now in Memorial Hall.

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 6.-The famous charter granted by King Charles II and the copy of the Connecticut constitu- tion of 1918 were removed yesterday, with simple ceremony, from the vaults in the state capitol and placed in the new repository in Memorial hall in the new state library and supreme court building. The removal was witnessed by Governor Baldwin and Frederick B. Hall. chief justice of the supreme court, and his associates. The gov ernor spoke briefly of the history of the charter
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Regular Army Privates Arrested.

Atlanta Ga. Jan. 6.-Four privates of Company E. Seventeenth United States infantry. were placed under mi. j.. itary arrest today as uspicious per- sons in connection with the escape of five prisoners from the county jail here early this week. It is charged that one of them furnished saws with which the prisoners cut an iron bar.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Anxiety for Overdue coastins schoon,

Portland Me. Jan. 6.-Some anxiety is felt here regarding two small coast ing schooners which left here three weeks ago for other Maine ports and have not arrived at their destinations They are the. Robert Pettis, Captain Crocker, of Portland, and the M J. Sewell, Captain Beal of Machias. The Pettis was reported IS having sailed from Booth Bay harloor last Saturday while the Sewell has not been heard from since she Jeff Portland
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 6.-A rigid cen- sorship maintained by the government since the revolt in the navy was put down, makes it impossible to confirm officially the rumorS of recent rioting at Para and elsewhere in the republic. The censorship includes the newspa- pers here and extends to press des- patches cabled to other countries
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Arouments Were Ma

Fifteen Persons Were Killed and 40 injured in the wreck of a. passenger train near Cathcart, Cape Colony.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Tobacco Trust in U. S. Supreme Court

Washington. Jan. Coral argum ent of the proposed dissolution of the so- called tobacco trust" were begun late today in the supreme court of the United States.
 Because of arrangement with the court counsel on both sides agreed to conclude their arguments in twelve hours. This will bring the close of the presentation about 3 D. m. next We'd nesday. At that time the Standard Of, dissolution suit will be taken up in oral argument.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Mrs. Hetty Green Has Hard Cold.

New York, Jan. 6.--A1though Mrs. Hetty Green Is confined to her hons here with hard cold, she is not so ill as to lose interest in business She agreed today to lend $350,000 to the Roman Catholic church of St. Isnatius Loyola on a mortgage at 1 1-2 per cent. interest, which is said to be the lowest rate on straight mortgage made here in several years.
 Mrs. Green expects to be at her downtown office next week.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Cabled Paragraphs

Lyons, France, Jan 6.-The arch bishop of Lyons today issued a dio- cesan decree forbidding Catholics reading four republican newspapers published in the diocese and declar- ing the reading of the papers a sin
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
PhiIippines Lands Administration.

Washington, Jan 6.-Corporation magnates who have figured cohspicu- ously in the charges affecting the ad ministration of the Philippine lands have been asked to testify in the in vestigation of the house committee on in sular affairs.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Freight Wreck-severaI Killed.

Logansport. Ind, Jan. 6.--In the wreck of a freight train at crossing of the Big Four and the Pennsylvania railroads at New Madison, Ohio. to- night, it is reported that several men were killed Wrecking trains Were sent from here from Bradford. Ohio. and Richmond, Ind