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Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
Some Petitions.
Special to The Bulletin. )

Nr0ISCeAe@A
 Washington. April 12.-Congressman Henry introduced petitions favoring an improved parcels post today from the following granges: Columbia grange No. -131; Suf1ield grange, No. 27; Som CTS grange, No. 1o5; Waugumbaug grange, No. S5, of South Coventry, and Good Will grange, No. 127, of Glaston- bury.
 Congressman Higgins introduced 3 petition from the Woman's club of Willimantic, praying for the repeal of the tax on oleomargarine. He also pre- sented the petition of Roswell A. Ben edict of Norwich, and of the Brooklyn County grange, protesting against the ratification of the Canadian recipric- ity treaty.
 Congressman Hill introduced bill in the house yesterday to pay James B. Garrison of Bridgeport $21S.18, the sum found due him by the court of claims for overtime work in the Bridgeport postoffice. MT. Hill re-in- troduced bill granting 8 pension to Charles L. Stevens of Still River, of Companies F, and F. U. s. cavalry. at the rate of SIP per month. 2
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13

bor's yard, half d mile away. She was picked up dead.
 One Injured Ss Netswaks-
 An interrupted telephone message from Netawaka says several persons were injured there. Only one tele-f phone wire is working between here and Kansas City
 Depot Blown Over.
 St. Joseph, Mo-. April 12.-The St.. Joseph and Grand Island depot and box cars at Manville, Kan, were blown over by tornado X farm house was also wrecked and a child was killed, according tb inforInatior received by the Grand Island officials here Telegraph and telephone wires are down and particulars are mesger.
 Two Killed at Lawrence, Kan.
 Lawrence, Kan. April I2.-Two pso- pie were killed, scores of houses were destroyed and the streets were piled high with debris by a tornado whtch struck Lawrence at eight o'clock to- night.
 Wires Are All Down.
 Topeka, Kan. April 12.-A tornado. travelling in southessterly direction. destroyed the town of Whiting, 25 miles north of Topeka, late today. Sixty houses were blown down and  reports received here by long -distancs telephone tonight indicate that the towns of Powhatan, sNetawaks and Eskridge were struck by the same sto1m. Wires are down and particD- lars are hard to get.
 Twenty Students Injured. . Eskridge is 9 miles south of To- peka. The storsn struck there shortly before four o'clock The high school building was blown down and twenty students were injured
 A woman and a child were killed at Powhatan.
 Woman Swept of Her Steps.
 Mrs. David Stone. wife of . farmer. living near Whiting, was swept from
 Two Killed at Chseotah.
 Checotah, okla. April 12.-One man and one child were killed in a tornado two miles south of Checotah this evening.
 Four Killed at Meeksr. Meeker, Okla, April 12.-Eour per- sons were killed in a tornado that visited this city today. A score of houses were wrecked. Many miles of telephone and telegraph wires were torn down
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
LOWELL WOMAN HAS
 FORT SUMTER FLAG.
Was Presented to Her Brother During
 the War.

Lowell, Mass, April 12-The flag which flew over Fort Sumter when General Beauregard began the Civil war by opening fire on the federal force fifty years ago today is thought to be in ths possession of Miss Eliza Cowley of this city Miss Cowley says that while in Charleston during the war her brother Charles, now dead, was pre- sented with the flag, and that it had always remained in the Cowley fam fly.
 Charles Cowley was judge advocate on Admiral Dahlgran's staff in the south Atlantic squadron during the latter days of the war. Her brother, Miss Cowley says, always maintained that the flag was the one which Major Anderson, the federal commander of the fort, displayed at the time of the attack e-sHAH5E
 An effort is being made to have the flag displayed here on Patriots day (ApriI 19).
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
SCHENECTADY Ex-MAYoR
 ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET,
Sheriffs Were Waiting at Door to
 Serve Body Execution.

Schanectady, N. T., April 12-Jacob W. C1ute, three times mayor of Sche- nectary, shot himself dead in the bath room of his home today while the sheriff and undersheriff were waiting al the door with a body execution for him growing out of alleged irregulari- ties in the handling of an estate
 It is understood that the shortage as alleged in the Banta estate is not due to any dishonesty on the part of the former mayor, but to his too ready loaning of his name to friends
 It is said he had indorsed many notes which he has lately been obliged to pay.
 Last Saturday Anna Eliza Mackey secured a warrant in Saratoga county for Mir. Clute, charging him with con- tempt of court in failing to pay over to her s1,146 due her from the Banta estate. It was this execution the sher- if was about to serve when the former mayor killed himself.
 Jacob w. Cute was born in this city in 1s47 of long line of Holland Dutch stock He was elected mayor in 1893 and again in 1895 and in 1905, serving six years in all.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
Broken Bottles Hurled at Cavalry,

Broken Bottles Hurled at Cavalry.
 The cavalry charged repeatedly but the mob showed stubborn resistance, hurling broken bottles and stone at the men and horses.
 Troops Pour Into the District.
 Troops continue to pour into this dis trict Already six battahcns of infan- try and four squadrons of-cavalry have arrived, ard a brigade of cavalry is on it's way here from Paris. It is esti- mated that there will be 12,000 troops on service by tomorrow morning.
 Soldiers Under Strict Orders.
 Immediately on their arrival, the sol . diers are despatched to the danger centers. The prefect plans to occupy practically every town and village in the district with the military, believing that anything less than this will have no effect. The soldiers have strict or ders to arrest pillagers and use their arms in case of resistance.
 An Entire Village Threatened.
 Ay, April 12.-At midnight. fed by incendiaries, a. conhagration threatens habitants have abandoned their houses, taking their most precious possessions with them.
 Troopers Pursue Fleeing Rioters.
 A regiment of cavalry arrived to- night from Epernay, and are stationed around the village. The rioters have fled in the direction of Montreuil, pur- sued by troopers. In one of the coll lisions lieutenant was severely wounded by paving stone
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
GRAND TRUNK TO CROSS
 TRACKS. OF NEW HAVEN.
Seeks to Have Its Charter Amended to
 Permit 1t in Rhode Island.

Providence, R. T., April 12.-Officials of the Grand Trunk and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads appeared before legislative commit tee at the statehouse this afternoon at 9 hearing on the petition of the Grand Trunk for additional privileges in or der to reach tidewater terminal here.
 First Vice President E. H. Fftzhugh, Chief Engineer Kelly, G. c. Jones, gen. eral manager of the Central Vermont railroad, Engineer A. s. Going and At torney John $. Murdock appeared for the Grand Trunk, while the New Ha- ven road was represented by Vice Presldent Buckland and Attorney Ma thaniel w. Smith Mayor Henry Fletcher and City Solicitor Baker were also present.
 The Grand Trunk desires to amend the charter of the proposed Southern New England railroad so as to allow IL to cross the tracks of it's rival, the New Haven road at two noints
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
HARRY THAW NOT TO BE
 EXAMINED BY ALlENiSTS His Attorney Says hat Such Pro-
 cedure Would Be Farcical

New York, April 12.-Harry K. Thaw will not be examined by Dr. Carlos Macdonald and Dr. Austin Flint, the alienists appointed by Coy ernor Dix to investigate the cond1- tions at Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane, if Clarence J. Shearn has his way.
 In a statement issued tonight, Mr. Shearn, who is counsel for Thaw, says that such an examination of his cli ent would be farcica1 and l would not permit it. He cites that Drs Macdonald and Flint testified for the prosecution in the Thaw murder trial that Thaw was insane, and adds: ."Thaw would have a fine chance at their hands. Dr. Ferris, superinten- tendent of the lunacy commission, whose adm inistra ton is being investl- gated by these two experts, was also hired with them and testified with them against Thaw. It is all one hap py family"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
WoRKMEN GET s2o,o0o
 FOR THEIR BRAVERY
Crushed Their Hands in Saving Oth-
 CTS, and Recovered by Suit.

New York, April 1.-The bravery of Orlavus Juve and John J. McGlynn, who risked their lives to save fifty of their fellows while working on the Greensboro bridge in 1907, was re- warded by the appellate division of the supreme court In Brooklyn by the award of $20000 damages to each of the msn.r with interest and costs.
 The mon were in charge of placing in position some large iron plates on the toYar of the bridge. v,rle of these slipped from its supports and would have fallen in the midst of some fifty men who were working below if Juve and McGlynn had not used their skill and muscle to defect it. In so doing their hands were crushed to pieces. costing their usefulness. in a trade at which they had earned from $30 to $40 week.
 Their suit for damages, won in a lower court, and now sustained by the appellate division, today. was against the Pennsylvania Steel company, who had the contract for steel work on the bridge.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
DEcAPITATED WHILE
 DUMPING A FREIGHT"
Maiden Man Killed by Coming Into Contact With Bridge.

New York, April 12.-John Grant of 47 Clifton street, Maiden, Mass, was killed last night while riding the roofs with fellow workman, Joseph McNultys of No. 19 Green street, New Haven, on westbound New York Central fast freight in the northern suburbs. His head came in contact with a section of the University Heights bridge and he was dacapitated McNulty just managed to save him. self
 Grants death was told of today in police court by McNuIty when the New Haven man was arraigned for stealing a ride" McNu,ty was discharged after he had told his story
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
REPRESENTATIVE NOBLE
 DIES AT HARTFORD
Was Taken Suddenly III at the Capitol
 on March 29.
Special to The Bulletin ]


 Hartford. April 12.-Represent John H. Noble of Old Lyme died at the Hartford hospital at o'clock, be ing the third member of the house to pass away since the general assembly was convened in January.
 MT. Noble was taken seriously and suddenly ill at the capitol on March 29. He was given first aid and atten- ton in one of the retiring rooms, but a careful examination by the physi- clans indicated a critical condition, and he was hurried to the hospital, where operations were immediately performed for gallstOnes and appendicitis. Mon day he was reported as sinking. but late in the day he rallied and there was renewed hope for his recovery. His strength had ebbed, however and death finally ended his struggle for life.
 Deep sympathy was expressed at the capitol Wednesday. The deceased had won a place at Hartford and was a man liked and appreciated.
 A Native of Kingston, N. Y.
 John H. Noble of Old Lyme was born in Eingstdf, N. T., Oct. :, 1856, the son of Robert and Margaret (Mar- tin) Noble. He attended the public schools at Lyme and lived on his fla ther's farm until he was 21 years of age. At that time he went to Old Lyme to take charge of the large farm of W. H. Stark of Louisiana, 8 south ern planter, which position he held for several years, until Mr.Starks death. He wa g then employed in J. F. Bug bee's grocery store, where he remain ed seventeen years.
 Since the year 1900 MT Noble has been successfully engaged in the 1um- Der business.
 On Aug. 16. 1877. he married Joseph inc F. Gibson of Brooklyn, N. Y. They nhiI1ron-Ma1- a y, 2. 1879; Robert H.. born Dec. IA, 1880; Joseph G., born Sept. 21, 1884; Martin T., born Aug. 2, 1886, and James L., born Oct. 1, 18S7.
 First a Legislator in 1897.
 Mir. Noble was member of tha house in 1897 and in his home. town had served as selectHlaTt. and secretary of the school committee for many years. He wss a democrat and took deep interest in the welfare of his town. In 1909 Mr. Noble was reelected a mem Der of the legislature. serving as a member of the committee on joint rules and shell fisheries and as clerk of the latter committee. He was again returned to represent his town in the present general assembly, wherein he was very popular and recognized as among the very efficient and capable legislators. His committee assign ments this time were insurance, con- gressionaf and senatorial districts, roads, rivers and bridges, he being clerk of the latter committee.
 MT. Noble was 8 member of Pytha- = goras lodge, No. 45, F. and A. M., past grand master of Crystal lodge, No. SS, I. o. o. F., and a member of Old Lyme grange, No. 162. He was an associate corporator and a member of the board of managers of the Odd Fellows home of Connecticut. Two years ago Cover nor Weeks appoiYfed MT NOhle ona of a commission of three to inquire into the advisabi1ity of the states assuming control of the Connecticut river fer ries.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
$e0,oo0 WANTED FOR
 MYSTIC PUBLIC BUILDING
Bill Introduced by Congressman Hig- gins-Want New Life Saving Sta- tinn.
(Special to The Bulletin. ]

Washington. April 12.-Mr. Higgins has re-introduced pension bills in fa- vor of James Carver of Norwich. AL bert Williams of Salem, Mrs. Gather inc Kunoski of Colchester Humphrey Gallivan of Norwich, Chauncey Geer of Norwich, and Benjamin G. Barber of Norwich.
 MT. Higgins also introduced a bill to correct the military record of Dwight Bromley of Stonington, and Charles H. Brown of Lebanon.
 Mfr. Higgins introduced a bill ap- Dropriating $60,000 for the purchase of site and the erection of public building thereon at Mystic, also a bill anpropriating -$126, ,0G0. for the estab- kshnIent of a life saving station on Long Island sound, between New-Lon- don and Saybrook.
 He. yesterday, re-introduced a fish, hatchery bill and the bill for the con- struction of a revenue cutter which failed of passage during the last con
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
PHILADELPHIA MAN
 DIES OF sLAsToMYcETES
Nineteenth Case of the Kind in the
 History of Medicine.

Rhilade lphia. April 1R.-After three years illness from a disease so rare thst it Is said to have been the nine teenth case in the history of nedi- cine. James AI. Rhodes. Jr.. idely hEOwn socially and once a guard on the Princeton football team. died to- day at his home at Villa Nova, near here.
 The disease that killed Nr Rhodes is known to physicians as hlssiony - ceies and is manifested by d nlalig- nan. vegetable Crowth which attaches itself 10 the intesfines
 Mir. Rhodes was attacked by the nal sdy while on visit to the south He was 35 years of age and was gradu- ated from Princeton in ts97
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
ANOTHER SALARY FOR
 CHICAGO's FIST WARD.
Francis w. Taylor Named as Private Secretary to Secretary MacVeaah.

Washing ton, April 12.-F'rancis w Taylor of Chicago, real estate dealer Who until the last municipal election was member of the board of alder men from the famous 21st ward. has been appointed private secretary to Secretary MacVeagh and will begin his duties April 20
 Secretary MacVeagh, Secretary of the Interior Fisher, Secretary of War Dickinson and the late Solicitor Gen. eral Bowers lived in the Fist ward.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
MRS. CLARENCE MACkAY
 RESIGNS PRESIDENCY,
Unable to Attend to Duties in Equal
 Franchise Society.

New York, April 12.-Mrs. Clarence Mackay, who WaSs the first of New York society women ta enter the ranks of suffrage advocates, laid aside today the gavel of the Equal Franchise so- ciety, which she orga nized two and a half years ago.
 In resigning the presidency Mrs Mackay made a formal statement to the effect that she was unable to do justice to the work which the position required
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
TESTIMONY IN DIVORCE
 SUITS OF THE CRAclNS
Abandonment Charged on One Side
 and Cruelty on the Other.

Newark N. J.. April 12-Testimony was heard here today in the suit for divorce brought by William E. Cragin, the well known tennis player and the counter suit filed by his wife, Mrs. Maysie Crasin. He alleges abandon nent; she charges cruelty and "un- EoVernsblc temper
 Mrs. Cragin is the niece of James Donald. a New York banker, and mar ried Cragin in November. 1901. Cra- gin testified today that his wife had not lived with him since June, 1908. On cross examination he admitted that he had not sent her any stated amount of money or any money at all for the support of their child. The case goes on tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
WOMAN MURDERED BY
 A SYRIAN AT QUINCY
Was Walking Along Street When As
 sassin Shot Her.

Quincy, Mass, April 12.-Mrs. Liz zie Ferris was shot and instantly kill ed in the Fore River section of this city. this afternoon, by a man whose name the police say is Arsar Hadad, 8 Syrian. The murderer escaped to the woods
 The only witness of the shooting, so far as known, was Mrs. Susan Co., rey Mrs. Corey saw Mrs. Ferris walking down South street when a man jumped from behind a clump of bushes and shot the woman through the head with a revolver. Mrs. Ferris was the wife of Abraham Ferris, workman.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
A BRIDGEPORT MAN
 LEFT OVER A MILLION
Estate of William Avery Grippin Is
 Valued at $1,227, 900.

Bridgeport, April 12.-An inventory, filed in the probate court on the es- tate of the late William Avery Grip leable iron works company, shows an estate that is valued at $1,227, ,O0O. MT. Grippin died intestate and his estate will be equally divided between his widow and two children, a son and a daughter.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
SPINAL MENINGITIS CAUSES
 TWO DEATHS AT BRIDGEPORT Italian Family Loses Two Boys in Nine Hours.

Bridgeport, Conn, April 1z-Seyen hours after being stricken with spinal meningitis, Dominick Salamone. seven years old, died at his home here this afternoon, and two hours later his ten year old brother Antonio died with the same disease.
 The children, who lived with their parents in the section of the city heavily populated with Italians. were taken i'll this morning. Physicians were summoned and diagnosed ths cases as spinal meningitis. but they were unable to prevent the disease taking it's course.
 While the children were sick and after their death, before the city health officer was notified there vers many callers at the house and there may be q spread of the disease. though the health officer takes the stand that the disease is not conta gious.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
MANY HOMES FOUND
 WITHOUT ANY BIBLES
Great Increase in Missionary cireuis-
 ton of the Scriptures.

New York, April ril-12.-Reports of general secretaries of the Americas Bible society as made public here to- night. show an increase in the mis- sionary circulation of the Btb1e in every part of the United States. The total circulation in these agencies alone amounted to 642,s22 volumes ifI 1910, an increase over 1909 of 25f.c .cs7 volumes.
 The Scriptures have been used in seventy languages and dialects and fe is added that in the great cities, as well as in the widely scattered pop ulations of the west. many English speaking families have been found without any Bibles in their homes.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
NINE MEN ARRESTED
 AS POsTOFFlCE BURGLARS
Suspected of Being Implicated ir
 Breaks at Several Places.

Toledo, O., April 12.-After trailing their men for seven weeks through Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, United States officers and private detectives this afternoon rounded up nine men in Toledo suspected of being impll- cated in bank and postoffice robber- ies in this vicinity.
 The prisoners are suspected Of be- ing implicated in the robbery ot the Farmers and Merchants hank at Riga, Mich. last fall. and later of the rob bery of the postofficeS at Chelsea. Mich, Winfall Ind, and Gahenna, Franklin county Ohio. The prison : CTS were arraigned before a United States commissioner this afternoon, and were bound over to be taken to Riga Mich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
HIS EYE GoUGED OUT
 BY WOMAN'S HATPIN.
Gateman at Omaha Railroad Station
 Nearly Lost His Life.

Omaha, April 12.-Henry Pepper, a gateman at the union station, lost an eye as result of coming in contact with a hatpin yesterday, and came near losing his life
 He was punching tickets at the gate when a fashionably dressed woman pushed her way through the crowd, and as she passed the gateman the pin in her hat pierced his eye and drag ging across his temple tore an ugly gash. The eya was badly mutila ted and the sight destroyed.
 The police tried to find the woman, but failed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
BARNES ON TRIAL FOR
 PULLMAN CAR ASSAULT Daughter of Professor Hill of Unver- sity of Chicago the Complainant.

Anderson, Ind, April 12.-No one who ever rode in d Pullman sleeping car or who ever bought a cash regis ter was permitted to sit in the jury which was impanelled today to hear the trial of Benjamin c. Barnes
 Barnes was arrested in Dubuque To- va, on the complaint of Miss Cecil Hill, daughter of Prof. William Hill of the University of Chicago, who charged him with forcing his way in- to her berth on a, train, just after leaving this city, on January 27, last The jury was completed this after begun.
 Barnes is g cash register salesman and today said his home was in Washington, D. C., and that his head quarters were in Dubuuue Iowa
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
JUDGE KENYON TO
 SUCCEED DOLLIvER Elected United States Senator by Iowa Legislature Yesterday.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 12-The protracted deadlock in the Iowa legis- iature ended today when Judge Will jam $. Kenyon of Fort Dodge was elected United States senator to src- ceed the late Senator J. P. Deliver.
 The election came with the sixty seventh ballot and was attended by tumultuous scenes, in which Kenyon adherents displayed their enthusiasm by tossing books and papers about the legislative hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
ENDED HIS TROUBLES
 WITH TWO REVOLVERS We'll to Do Riverhead Man Leaves Sick Bed to Commit Suicide.

New York. April Frederick Car penter. 53 years old and well to do. eluded brother and g. nurse today. crawled from sick bed, and, takin s TWO rsvolverss from bureau drawer, pulled the triggers simultaneously and sent two bullets through his brain, at his home in Riverhead, l.. I.
 They found him dead in bed. He had been Respondent over failure to improve after an operation
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
AMENDMENT TO LAW
 ON DEATH CERTIFICATE
Physician Last in Attendance Must
 Make Official Report.

Hartford, Conn, April 12.-The law relating to death certificates was amended by the house this afternoon so that it provides that physician in attendance last upon a dying person. or within "A hours of the death of a person. shall make his report upon a sta te board of health report blank
 In case no physician attended the deceased person, or in case of inability of the attending physician to make out a certificate, a near relative may pro- cure the certificate from the health officer of the place.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
Ex- GOVERNOR GUILD AS
 AMBASSADOR RUSSIA.
wili Succeed w. W. Roekhill. Who Has Bssn Assigned to Turkey

Nesi,sueior April 12 President Hal. -iil send to the senate tomorrow the nominations of former Governor Curtis Guild. Jr.. of Mas sachusetts as araha szador to Russia and w. w. Rocfhili as ambassador to Turkey. Mir. Rockhill is at present ambassador e Eussia.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
KILLED MERCHANT
 WHO INSULTED HER
Mrs. Lewis Emptied Contents of Shot,
 gun Into Dalton Meadows.

Somerset, Ky, April 12.-Mrs. Mag gie Lewis shot and killed Dalton Meadows, a wealthy merchant and timber dealer. near Greenwood today. Mrs. Lewis used a double barreled shotgun. The contents of both bar rels entered Meadows body
 There was no witness to the kill ing, which occurred in a room in Mrs Lewis home. The woman st1rren- dered. saying that she was compelled to shoot Meadows because he had in- suited her
 The victim leaves widow and several children.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-13
Shot Himself in His Office.

Alta Vista. Va, April 12AA. c. Hutcnison. president of the Alta Vista cotton mills, shot himself while in his off1ce here today. It is thought he committed suicide. Mr.. Hutchinson formerly lived in Charlotte, N. C., where he was secretary of the Victor cotton mills.