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New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
SUICIDE IN POISON CASE
Son of Victim at Dalkeith Kills
Himself When Arrested.

London. Feb 20-The coffee poisoning
nnvsterv at Dalkeith had a tragic sequel
TO-DAY in the suicide OF John Hutchinson,
son OF onA Of the victims. who swallowed
fatal drug in the presence Of officers sent
10 arrest him The suicide was a chemist.
and was charged with having placed poison
in the coffee served AZ A dinner party ar
his fathers home. resulting IN two deaths
and the serious illness OF several persons.
On the evening Of February Charles 3.
Hutchinson. man about fifty wears old.
connected with the Duke of Buccleuch s
Dalkeith estate Office. gave dinner for
sixteen friends At the end Of the meal
coffee was served first 70 the women ana
later 70 the men After a few minutes
several Of the women became III. and then
number OF the men complained OF dis
tress
PHYSICIANS were summoned. but the host
died that night Later Alexander Clapper-
ton. relative. died. Twelve others were
III for some DAYS.
Post-raortem examinations revealed that
the deaths were due 10 poisoning. and sus-
picion fell on the son John. A warrant
for MS arrest was issued, and to-day the
officers found him az a hotel at Guernsey.
An exciting scene followed. Ire young
man drew vial from his pocket, and, de-
snits the efforts Of the officers 70 prevent
him. drank the contents and died in few
minutes.
The motive for the poisoning. Il known,
has not been divuged. bur Is suggested ~
the report that Clapperton vas rival Of
voung Hutchinson for the hand OF a Dal-
keith girl The girl was present at the
dinner party and vas made seriously il.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
HONDURAN WAR MAY GO ON
Strong Opposition to Bonilla as
Head Of Repuhlic.

Puerto Cortez Honduras, Fer - Nra
wireless 10 New Orleans. Thomas G. Dav-
son. suecial representative OF the United
States. appointed 10 attend the peace con
fsrencs on board the United States gun
host Tacoma between the representatives
OF President Dav!la and General Bortls
the provisional President arrived here to-
day from Puerto Barrios. Maxine Rosales.
who uill represent the Dav,la government.
has been here several DAYS.
General Borilla says that the revolution
will continue II he is not permitted 70 as
sur,e the Presidency Although avouedly
Bonillas personal friend. Rossles asserts
that rather than accept Bonilla as the ra-
tons head he ana the four other Liberal
leaders in the country will hsht 70 the end
Davila announces that he is ready % re-
sign the Presidency 70 any man satisfactory
both 70 Honduras ard 70 the United States.
Nr. Dawson. therefore. was met With a
very delicate diplomatic situation On his
arrival.
Rosales. who is more ~ a soldier than I
diulorar saws that there will be bitter
fehting - General Christmas and his arroy
Much bad feeling against the tinted
States exists among the revolutionists be-
cause that government intervened.
Both sides are advocates of the Morgan
loan, but each accuses the other OF oppos .
ing q Rosalcs saws emphaticany the deal
will 60 through as soon as peace Is re-
stored in this country Boni!as adher
ents assert - Will never be ratified as lor ?
as the present government IS in control
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
ARNOLD STORIES DENIED
Family, Lawyers and Griscoms
Saw News Is Manufactured

The search for Dorothy II. c. Arnold.
so far as It's local prosecution is concerned,
was az standstlll yesterday. District At
torney Whitman is waiting for further evi-
dence from Francis r Arnold before put
ting any of his investigators on II. and
80 far az can be learned the police have no
knowledge of anything that would justify
them N taking any steps.
For the family, by the lawyers, and by
both the father and brother OF the missing
girl speaking for themselves, the story Of
a mysterious wedding 70 an unnamed Wall
Street clerk. printed in the press yester-
day. was denied and denounced as a story
entirely manufactured.
In Atlantic City il was learned that
George s Griscor, jr.. had remained IN
his room still waiting for the newspaper
man 70 leave the city. before he comes out
~ his retreat. and for him and the Girls
com family Roger O'Mara, who is IN
charge OF their interests, denied fatty the
alleged interview with the younger Girls
com printed in a New York newspaper last
night.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
KILLS WIFE WHO LEFT
! HIM; DIES AFTER HER
,,ooworker. Who Drove Woman
lway by Abuse. Shoots Her
on Refusing to Return.
THEN SWALLOWS POISON
.,rrder Done a Few Feet from
y;nth Ave, Crowded as Bullets
Flew. but None Reaches
Slayer in Time.

,-,se = score of persons we're passing
- Ninth avenue. az 57th street last
~. within, twenty feet of him. William
,,,s.au an ironworker of Pompton
,as. Y. +. shot his wife Eve times in
~. head. killing her. and then throwing
=, ,ovolver into the snow. drank bot
-. of carbollc aci8 The woman died
'..i-,ost instantly and Birdsal lived less
.h,r half an hour The woman lived al
~ los West 57th street.
sirasan and his wife separated about
,,,-.e months ago. They were then
.,.,,e in Paterson. y 7 After the sep
.-stion the woman came 70 New York
9th hsr three children and went TO
rork
arer the separation Birdsall tried con-
.,-usllv 70 get his wife TO return 70 him
che told the woman with whom she lived
rat her husband had driven her away
s. his abusive treatment Of her when he
r,s drunk. as was frequently the case.
she said.
After writing number of letters and
y,llirg on his wife several times. Birdsall
awe here yesterday and met her. They
r,rted down Ninth avenue together. and
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
ATROCITIESlN HAYTI
Sirons 5 Ruthless Campaign
Trouble at the CAPITAL.

Cape Haytien. Feb. 20-Government
troops. after recapturing Ouanaminth
from the rebels. got out of the control Of
their officers. pillaged and burned the
town and massscred those Of the in
habitants who were unable 10 escape.
Jean Prospect, a citizen OF France, was
assaulted. his eighteen year-old son
killed and their home burned.
The arrondissements Of Cape Trou and
Ouanarinth have been declared IN
state Of siege.
There appears to be serious trouble az
Port-au- Prince. the capital The army
Is now here. but will go TO that point
Messengers arriving here give the first
detailed account Of President simon
ruthless campaign against the rebels.
The insurgents had captured Fort LIB
ertv and Ouanaminth. President Simon
set out for the disaffected territory at
the head OF FIVE columns Of troops. He
was accompanied by his daughter Celes-
tina The army occupied Fort Liberty
without a shot having been fred. New
ertheIess a large number or arrests OF
those suspected Of treachery TO the gov
eminent were made and the suspected
persons shot 10 death
The army then moved on 10 GUIANA
ninth. President Simon still at its head
The rebels were found in possession OF
the town and they offered resistance. No
mercy was shown by Simon's forces and
sanglinary fighting followed.
The rebels were soon beaten back, but
the officers could not stop the advance
of their men. The soldiers got out OF
hand and the pilla ging which followed
was horrible The inhabitants who had
not fed we're killed and the town was
burned
Meantime another force under Jerennie.
the Minister Of the Interior. captured the
town Of VALERIE. to the south Of Guiana
ninth and II is expected that this will
be burned.
The killing OF a Frenchnan by the
soldiers may result in complications with
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21

persons who saw them said he was argu-
ing with her. In front Of the west 57th
street mouse, where the woman lived
With Mrs. Ida Doyle. they stopped The
woman started ur the steps and Birdsall
caught her by the arm and pulled her
back to the sidewalk He was talking
in an excited manner all the time. and
she was shaking her head. but making
no other answer.
Birdsall drew a short r,uzzled bulldog
revolver with one hand and pulled out
in the other vial. Seeing the pistol
the woman ran I'D the steps Of the
house Birdsall fred at her as she ran.
The bullet entered the back Of her head.
she staggered down the stebs and Bird
sail fred again, that bullet also enter
ing her head. Although twice wounded
the woman made a few steps toward a
drug store at the corner Once she fell
10 her knees. but got UP and kept on
toward the drug store Another shot
brought her 70 the sidewalk and she
rolled into the snow banked in the gut
ter Rirdsall fred twice again. All fve
bullets struck his wife's head
There was a minutes interval between
the first shot and the last. and at leas.
2 dozen men were closing IN on Birdsall
all the time. Then, as the woman lay
still. her murderer threw away his pistol
ard swallowed the poison.
He dropped the bottle and stood
pounding his hands against his breast.
evidently suffering from the burn of the
acid. Then he started toward the drug
store. and after staggering a few feet
went down in a heap near the body Of
his wife
Or. NJ. T. Black. who lives IN the house
where Mrs Birdsan STAYED. was the frst
to reach BirdsalL He heard the shots
and ran 10 the street lust as Birdsall
fell. As soon as he found that the
woman was dying. he got a stomach
pump and turned 10 Birdsau The ma y
fought the effort to save his life. and the
doctor called four men to hold him A
Flower Hospital ambulance came after
Birdsall died
Mrs Doyle told the police that on Jan
uary 8 Birdssll. when his wife refused
TO return 20 him, stabbed her in the
neck with q penknife. She refused 10
have him arrested On January Mrs
Birdsall got a letter from her husband
on which was printed a skull and Dan
GER Hands Off"
An incoherent letter. dated Yesterday
and signed by Birdsall was found IN his
pocket II showed that the crime vas
prem editated
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
CHINA CHECKING PLAGUE
Orders Issued to Burn All Bodies
of Victims of Disease.
MANY SCENES OF HORROR
Corrses Collected from Streets
Great Funeral Pyres-Trade
Seriously Hampered.

pekfrg. Feb 20-There "a no,iceahIe
activity on the part OF the Chinese gov
ernrnent 70 stay the spread of the plague.
and sanitary measures are being strictly
enforced IN all the various towns whers
few weeks ago rhe disease was allowed
TO spread unhampered. Instructions have
been issued that every village burn its
dead The panic and fear Of the plague
have overridden the Chinese superstition
against cremation Of the bodies Of the
victims. and now almost daily the torch
Is applied TO piles OF hastily constructed
cofrins. among which are often seen bod
les wrapped only in shrouds
In the town Of Kwang- -Chang-T
near the Manchuriar Railway. where the
daily death list has numbered a hundred
or more. masked men go about with sleds
ard pick up the bodies lying in the
streets. where they have been placed b.
relatives. The sleds transport them -
the West Gate, and from there they are
removed in carts, in lots Of four or fvc
to the cremation grounds.
Every house is inspected daily. The
important shops keep a man at the door
with an atomizer. and with this he
SPRAYS all persons entering the shop
with solution of carbolic acid The
refuse. which vas formerly thrown into
the streets. is now removed each day
from the houses.
NYor,L-dar, authorities r- "
dispatching physicians and nurses. with
all the requisites for taking care Of the
sick. 10 villages where new outbreaks
occur, AID this precaution, ~ is believed.
will result in checking the spread Of the
disease.
4 correspondent who visited Hu-Lan,
which is thirty miles north Of Harbin.
found that town sorely afflicted For
many weeks the Governor. with the GUS
tor1ary fstalisn1. was indifferent 70 the
awful work Of the plague. He has now
been suddenly reused into activity, and,
clad in mask and bandages, personally
superintends the cremation OF the &C
cumulated bodies. In one village near
by. where formerly seventy persons
lived. there are nov thlrty-four, the
other thirty-six having died from the
plag and been cremated. The dread
Of death seems 70 have set in throughout
the afflicted regions. and the people fear
ing infection az the inns. refuse 70 20
any distance from their homes. Trade
and commerce have been therefore,
greatly affected in all parts OF the coun-
try where the disease has appeared.
According 10 the government statls-
tics. there have been few deaths in Pek-
ing and Tien-Tsin.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
CHINA'S REPLY TO RUSSIA
Peking Reports Indication of
Speedy Close of Dispute.

Washington. Feb 2o-The Chinese Lega-
ton here received cable dispatch to-day
from the Chinese Foreign Board stating
that the Russian Minister az Fekng had
EXPRESSED satisfaction with the contents Of
Chinas reply 70 the note Issued by Rus
sia requesting compliance with the treaty
Of ISL
The substance Of the Chinese reply. 70
the effect that china had declared her
willingness 70 comply with the treaty. was
sent here BY caple, with the add!uonal m
formation that the Russian Minister re-
zardAd the assurances or the Chinese For
eign Board A covering the various points
N dispute
Pektnr Feb 2o-The Foreign Boara
handed TO-DAY 70 the Russian Minister, VI.
Korcstovitz. China reply 70 the Russian
note which demanded immediate cornpl-
arce with the Russo-Chinese treaty q lssl
The Chinese reply IN full viii be made pub
lie tomorrow Meantime u has been sent
bv cable 70 other capitals
: statement summarizing CHINA atrtlde
was given out h. the Foreign Board this
sftsrroon II announces the willingness OF
the Chinese government 70 abide by the
treaty and its unwill!ngness 70 go further.
subsequently the Foreign once an
rounced that II did not believe that the
Ruesian government had aggressive de-
signs in sending military force 10 III
pTovlnce II was thought that Russia was
onlv seeking 70 obtain valuable points prior
20 the forthcoming conference over a re-
neval OF the treaty in order that these ad-
vantazes might be represented 10 The con
ference as already accomplished. The -.
petersburg government was doing this with
the knowledge that China in recent months
had been sending commissions 10 Mongolia
and III Province 70 study conditions me. =
IN order that This government might be
prepared 10 enter the conference possessins 3
a s1u knowledge of It's own interests, an
advantage which II has lacked IN earlier
conferences
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
Is COUNTESS DE LAssY INSANE
Disappearance May Be Connected with
Plot m Free Husband

-. Petersburg. Feb. 2o.-The police are
making a searching investigation OF the
circumstances surrounding the disappear
ance Of the Countess de Lassy following
the conviction OF her husband. Count Pat
rick O'Brlen de Lsssy, OF the murder o!
Count Vassili Bouturlln. The countess was
discovered on Saturday. and a subsequent
inquiry by physicians was said 20 have dis
closed that she had lost her mind.
II now appears that during the trial the
countess received letters from persons who
orered 20 organize a plan through which
De Lassy might escape his sentence tc
penal servitude for life. This has given a
new turn 70 the temporary absence Of the
countess from her home. and she Is beine
further examined 70 determine whether she
IS really insane.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
SAYS SHOW WOLVES BIT HER
Theatrical People Ridicule Allegation
in Damage Suit for $50 O00

Iessie Burghalter, fifteen years old. must
give bill Of particulars in her suit against
stair e. Havlin 70 recover 5000 damages
10 compensate her for being bitten b.
wolves Will. under their protection AZ
theatre IN The Williamsburg part OF Brook
lvn The defendants asked Justice Leiiv
OF the Supreme Court, Yesterday 70 grant
them such a bin and the motion was al
lowed
Miss Hurshater attended a show Of Stair
G. Hsvin known as The Queen OF tie
Highways' on December % 4 pack OF
feroclous wolves according 70 the adver-
tisements was scheduled as 4 feature Miss
Burghalter alleges IN her papers that one
Of the ferocious wolves Fof loose iumped
over the footlghts and bit her
The defence ridcules th~ allegation set
tin- up that tho pack Congistol OF /, net
timber wolf from Canada. and adding that
no one had ever heard Of It's biting any ona
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21

II never has been known where lot -
this poisonous food was disposed or, out
II alvavs has found its way into the con-
surning public's stomach Much good has
teen done BY the United states government
in the last wear keeping close watch on ths
canned egg" trade. " IS 20 - hoped tha
l. will prohibit absolutely the placing ce
any eggs in cans IN the freezers during the
ensuing year.
The facts are that the bulk cc thess
canned eggs are seconds, spots ara TOYS
uhen thew are placed n ths cans ard are
ABSOLUTELY urfr for food. But vner
smashed VI. mixed together, frozen so,id
as a rock ~ IS almost impossible tor tne
baker or consumer 20 know e1acuy nov
coed or how had they are.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
DIES IN RESTAURANT CELLAR
Theatregcers, Seeking Supper, Told Of
Proprietor's s Death.

Marcus J ingalls,. part owner ~ the
GAGE & Tollner restaurant al No. 272 Full
ton street. Brooklyn, dropped dead in the
storeroon1 cellar OF the restaurant about
II r. clock last night from heart disease, in
duced By acute indigestion. Mr.. ingalls, had
gone 10 the storeroom with his manager,
Philip Bryan. 10 inspect some repairs
When he reached the bottom OF the stairs
he complained OF a severe pain near his
heart He fell 20 the moor and died IN a
few minutes
Theatresoers began 10 arrive at the res
tsurant soon after his death They were
told what had happened and hurriedly
left the place
Mr. ingalls,. who was well known a.
hotel and restaurant man m BROOKLYN,
with his brothor-in-law, 4. - Cunning
ham. bought the restaurant On January
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
SELLING POISONOUS EGGS
Packer Says They Were Unfit for
Food Eighteen Months Ago.

Chicago. Feb 9-Caught by the breaking
os the cold storage warehouse corner m
eggs and butter. Chicago commission mer-
chants now complain that retail dealers
are holding up prices and preventing dis
posal Of their surplus stock
While the Wholesale prices Of eggs anf
butter have dropped 10 low Asurs, the
cor srr,er still! is paying fancy prices. u
Is contendsd by commission men ard whole
saIers that reduced retail prices would
cause the housewife to use larger quaint
ties OF eggs and butter. The president OF a
large packing company said yesterday:
There are eggs to-day IN Chicago which
have been in storage twenty.four months
Thev were unfit for food eighteen months
ago. One concern offered by circular let-
ter 70 sell It's eggs ar 2l1 cents pound.
cTa,,,ine they had been spoiled IN the cold
storage where they were stored. The price
is equivalent 10 about cents dozen
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
OUR FOB STARVING CHINESE

Ten thousand sacks Of Gold Medal Hour'
,,al,Ad a. about $1,000. are or their way TO
seattle for shipment 70 Shanghai to relieve
tnA starving Chinese. The nour was con
tr,h,,ted bv The Christian Herald. Vhich
Rad already cabled s2e.ooo 10 china throusn
the Departrnent OF state Al Washhinstohh, n. =,
Thn transport Buford. when mas a,s peen
used by the government N Pl', Ple Cbioa bas
Zen S' 'stocked with provisions ana VII sai, y,
for Shanghai as soon as the wv" sAeAS "
-four are loaded on board
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
MANN STILL HOLDS UP PEARY.

Washington. Feb. Dan attempt 20 OBJ
tain consideration for the bin 20 rtakA
can,ain Robert E. Peary rear ADMIRAL
.,,ia5 today. The House was ecrs!de-tnS
private bills when Representative Butler.
of Pennsylvania, suggested that the Peary
biu be taken Up. Representative Mann
blocked the attempt by paE'hnertafy
motion.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
EARTHSHOCk IN MONASTIR
Several Persons Killed-Ame eri
can Missionaries in City.

Corstantirople Feb pa violent esrth-
Quake was experienced az Monastir and
elsewhere throughout the vtlayet OF Mon
astir to-day There was some loss of life
Several mosques and houses were den'ol-
fshed The population is camping out and
suffering intensely With the cold. The au-
thor1ties have appealed 70 the government
for 800 tents and relief funds.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21

Boston. Feb. 20-Fovr American mis-
sionaries are stationed az Monastir, Euro
pean Turkey. under the auspices OF the
American Beard of c commissioners for
Foreign Missions.
william r. Clark. the missionary IN
charge cf the Monastir staten, and Mrs.
clark are n present on leave in the United
States. while Charles p Erickson and his
wife are IN temporary charge. Mr. and
Mrs Erickson are assisted b. Mss Mary
N Haskell and Miss Mary 7. Matthews
The mission station az Monastir includes
the church and missionary residence ard
boarding and high school FOR Bulgarian
grls. with an attendance Of about fifty
rup!ls
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-09
INDIAN WOMAN MAKES CHARGES
Causes Arrest of Man Who Accused
Husband Of Robbery.

AS a climax to the hearing of yes
terday afternoon in which Pete Brett
OF Maple Ridge accused Alex Jour-
dan, a Red Lake Indian, of robbing
him of $5S, which resulted in Jour-
dan being held to the grand Jury. the
plaintiff, Brett, was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Jennie Jour-
dan, the defendants wife, on a crimi-
nal charge.
The last witness put on the stand
yesterday afternoon in connection
with the robbery case was Mrs. Jour-
dan, the defendants wife, who testi-
fed that the bloody shirt DISPLAYED
as states exhibit to show to what
extent the plaintiff had bled when
nit over the head with a hammer bv
her husband was the exact shirt that
he, the plaintiff, had on the day be-
fore the robbery is supposed to have
occurred been covered with blood
when she hit him on the head with a
stove poker, after he had criminally
assaulted her.
The warrant for the arrest of Brett
was issued this morning by Court
Commissioner Simons, but whether
the case will go to the grand iurv
without preliminary hearing is not
known
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-09
PLAN FIFTY NILE ROAD
At Meeting in Blackdnck, Decided to
Build Highway to Open New
District North of Kelliher.
SEVEN TO PREPARE PETITION

At meeting in Blackjack last
evening, called by the Commercial
club of that place, it was decided to
build at the earliest possible mo-
ment a road, SO miles in length from
Farley; through Blackduek and Kell-
iher to point II miles north of Kell-
iher on the Tamarack river :
The meeting was attended by Will
liam Lennon, the land man of Kelli-
her, A. A. Magill, mayor of Kelliher,
Attorney c. r. Middleton of Bau-
d tie, J. ]. Opsah1 and A. G.. Rut-
ledge of Bemidji. Senator A. L. Han
son of Ada, in Blackjack on other
business, was at the meeting for a
few minutes. y .- ...--. ~:
Twosroutessfor the new road were
proposed, one along the Minnesota &
International and the other southeast
from Farley to the township line then
east to Moose, then north through
Kelliher.
The Blackjack Commercial club
appointed the following committee
to prepare the necessary petition
under the Elwell law and to report
to the club at a special meeting to
be held probably on Saturday of this
week. This committee is made up of ::
w. T. Blakeley, Farley; VIM. Len
non, Kelliher; Geo. Pretts, Norden,
Koochiching county; H. w. Alsop,
Birch; Charles Carter, Hines; Chas
Trondson and j. c. Thompson, Black
duck. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-09
DYER BACK; PRAISES NORTH
Superintendent Bemidji Schools Says
Crops Poor in Pipestone County.

Professor William P. Dyer and
family have returned from Professor
Dyer's old HON town of Pipestone
where his parents live and where he
has been in charge of a summer
school. He will be in Bemidji the re-
mainder of his vacation preparing for
the opening of the city schools, of
which he is superintendent Mr..
Dyer declares that nowhere between
Beltrami and the southern tier of
counties do the crops look as fine as
they do here. sIn Pipestone coun-
ty, said Professor Dyer, ssthe crops
are all burned out. One farmers en-
tire crop was few bushels of oats
and his total threshing bill amount
ed to 81 cents