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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18

Postmaster Arthur w. Stedman OF
Wakefield has been officially notified
chat a postal savings bank will be es-
tablished in connection with the post
office and be open for business Octo-
Der T. This will be the second bank
of this kind in Washington county,
the other having been established in
Westerly several months ago
The Wakefield postofflce is of the
third class and Mr.. Stedman has been
postmaste for over thirteen years and
during that time the gross receipts
have more than doubled. A year ago
the government made a ten years
lease of the present office quarters, and
the owner completely remodeled the
premises for postoffice purposes.
Shortly after midnight of Saturday,
the quiet of Dixon square vicinity was
disturbed by the sharp report of re-
vofver. Special Officer James Maxwell
happened to be the Johnny on the
Spot and was not slow in disarmins
the man with the gun, but the fellow
made his escape and was subsequently
arrested. benjamin Hunter, a colored
man, and Joseph Sullivan got into
wordy dispute near the lunch cart at
Pawcatuck. Deputy Sheriff Casey in
terfered and warned the men that if
they did noE desiSt he would arrest
them, and if there was to be any fight
ing it must be done on the other side
of the Pawcatuck river. Immediately
the two men crossed the bridge into
Westerly, the war of words, and some
of them dirty ones, was carried on
to the limit. When near Main street
Sullivan advanced. towards Hunter,
and as he did SO Hunter whipped re-
volver out of his hip pocket and dis
charged one shot at Sullivan, firing
low. The shot missed it's mark, and
before there was a chance to fire a
second, officer Maxwell was graphing
with Hunter for the possession of the
revolver. After the weapon had been
secured by the officer. Hunter made a
break for liberty and ran down Main
street to his home. Officer Maxwell
threatened to shoot Hunter as he ran,
but he paid no heed to the threat
A few hours afterward, Officer Max
well and some other police officers
went to the Hunter home, arrested
Hunter and placed him in a cell in the
police station. The facts We're report
ed to Harry B. Agard town solicitor,
IND complaint was issued charging
Hunter with assault with a dangerous
weapon and with carrying a concealed
weapon.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18
Brief State News

PIainviIle-The recent issue of bonds
to the extent of $4,000 has been adj
vertised
Wallngford.-Sun afternoon at
3 o'clock the cornerstone for the new
German Lutheran church was laid.
Bristol There are 275 scholars in
the Bristol high school. The number
is about thirty more thap ever before.
Misunderstanding Waterbury Poul-
try and Pet Stock association YIaS an
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18

with the board, and to look over this
field of work
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18

tertained Thursday night with a lee
ture by Judge w. H. Card of Man
chester.
Rockville. James RI Smith
and Letter Carrier NJ. j. Cosgrove
have returned from a trip to Ber-
muda.
Greenwich.-Mrs. Sarah SAWYER.
who recently purchased nine acres
from George Boles, at Brookridge, is
to erect a $4,000 residence
Ansonia.-The board of directors of
the " M. G. A. has extended an in
vltaticns to W. J. Baker, at present
located at Mortified, Mass, to come
here next week to mold conference
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18
STAFFORD SPRINGS
Two Men Fined for Non Payment of
Tax-Farewetl Gift for Rev. George
j. Donahue

w H. Nichols and Henry Woodwork
of Wilmington were brought before
the borough court by Constable Will
lam Eldridge Saturday morning.
charged With non pay ment of personal
tax Nichols paid the tax and costs
"a AS Woodwork could not raise
the necessary funds he was commit
ted to Tolland Jail.
Presented Purse.
Rev. George J. Donahue, who has
been transferred from ST. Edwards
church of this town to ST. Mary's
church in East Hartford, left for his
new place Friday In token of the
esteem in which he was held by the
parishioners. Father Donahue was pre-
scented a purse.
Gilbert Wagner of New York is Wis
iting relatives in town.
Hugh crawford of Springfield is the
guest of local relatives.
Ralph Lee of New Haven has re-
turned after short visit in town.
New Teacher Appointed.
Miss F. Eunice Broadway has been
engaged to teach the school in the
Orcuttville district. Miss Dorothy Day
resigned as teacher in this district on
account of illness.
Rev. Andrew MagiH has returned to
Brooklyn. \. Y.
Stafford Won.
The Stafford baseball team defeat
ed the All RockyilIes on Hyde park
Saturday afternoon 81. The attend
ance was not as large as usual. The
score by innings:
Stafford 0 @ 8 1 0 0 %
Rockville 0 % 0 O O 0 O OIL
New Britain.-Gen. J. Is. Merwin OF
Middlefield will deliver an address be-
fore Stanley post. G. A. r.. on We'd
nesday evening, September -. His
subject will be Personal Reminiscent
ceS of Abraham Lincoln.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18
MYSTIC
Marble Arrives for Hardness Memorial
Chapel-BuriaI of John n. Cranston
at Elm Grove-Auto Guests from
Providence.

Work on the Hardness !, Memorial
chapel being erected at Elm Grove
cemetery was resumed Saturday morn
ing, after a months delay in waiting
for material. There has arrived at the
Mystic freight station $50 tons Of
marble which was cut in New York
for use in building, and will be carted
to the cemetery. 1t is expected that
if no more Interruptions take place the
building viii be completed before cold
weather sets in.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-18
WESTERLY HONORS DEAD CHIEF

All Business Suspended During Hours of Captain Brans
eldss Funeral National Flag Grapes Casket Through
Requiem High Mass at Immaculate Conception
Church-Call for State w. C. T. U. Convention
Discharge of Revolver Results In Arrest of Benz
Hunter.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
JOHN ". Gates
CAREER ENDED
Bold and Successful Financier Sue,
cumbed to Death After cour-
ageous Fight for Life.
[Ry AssocIated Press. l

Paris, Aug. 9.-The death this morn
ing of John W. Gates, the American
financier. has called forth many ex
pressions of regret, not only from his
wide circle of acquaintances, but also
from numberless Parisians who knew
him only as bold and successful bust
ness man, and they have been deeply
moved by the courageous struggle he
made against his illness, the fatal out
come of which had been feared from
its inception.
The body of Mr.. Gates will be placed
In the vault of the American Inter
denominational church here, where ii
will remain until taken aboard ship,
probably on Wednesday of next week.
The funeral services will be held in
the American church on Saturday.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Legal Battle Over Fifty Cents.

Santa Fe. N. NJ, Aug. "a legal
battle is being fought between the ter.
ritory of New Mexico and the city of
Santa Fe over the sum of 80 cents.
The city government claims that sum
as fee from the territory for issuing
a building permit for garage on the
grounds of the executive mansion.
The territorial officials say the fee is
in the nature of a special tax from
which they claim exemption, and Sc
cured a temporary injunction restrain
ing the municipal authorities from col
lecting the fee. Final hearing in the
matter will come before the court to-
morrow.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
FATAL COLLISION IN
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
French Steamer Foundered, Carrying
Down SO Persons-lnjured Brit
ish Steamer Rescued 27.
tBy Associated Press. ]

Gibraltar. Aug. 9.-The French
steamer Emlr foundered today five
miles east of Tarifa, Spain, in the
Straits of Gibraltar, when 1t collided
with the British steamer Silverton
Ninety three persons were drowned
The Silverton picked up twenty-seven
of the passengers and crew and put
in here. The starboard bow of the
Silverton was stove In and the fore
peak was full of water.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Sketch of John w. Gates.

America has produced no more pic
turesque character than John w
Gates. the millionaire plunger who
died in Paris this morning. He was
only fifty-six years old, yet he had
been before the public so long that
he was generally regarded as a much
older man. He was born on a farm
near Turner Junction (now West Chi
cago, Ill., in 1855, the son OF Asel L
and Mary G. Gates, and educated
chiefly in country schools.
His father owned and conducted a
small hardware store in the village of
his birth, and young Gates in the late
seventies became the owner and con-
ductor of the same establishment.
Through James d. Laying, general
manager of the Chicago & Northern
railroad, young Gates became inter.
ested N barbed wire and engaged with
a large firm to be its salesman in
Texas, where he learned that the pos
sibilities for business were almost linn
itless.
Gates came to Texas, made friends
with all the ranchmen, whom he per-
suaded that it was to their advantage
to buy barbed wire in large quantities
to enclose their properties to prevent
the cattle from straying, and was soon
recognized as the most successful com.
mercial traveller that ever entered the
state Mr.. Gates undoubtedly could
have accumulated a large fortune
through his yearly savings had he
chosen to remain salesman He pre-
ferred to take his pay in commissions
and his fees were large.
But the order of his intellect and
temperament led him into kindred,
although somewhat advanced, field of
operation. He had become known to
the great merchants, to the bankers
and to the manufacturers of St Louis,
who regarded him with considerable
curious interest. because of his great
capacity as salesman in Texas and
the Southwest.
Gates gained the idea that he could
make more money manufacturing
barbed wire than selling it, so he in
terested number of capitalists in his
scheme-the germ of the idea out of
which the United States Steel Corpora
tion grew. He was not thirty years
old when he organized the Southern
Wire Company, which was later con-
soldiated with two other companies
That was at time when the Carnegie
Steel Company was gaining pre-emi-
nence among American steel and iron
manufacturers. Later, as his interests
he organized the American
Wire G Steel Company, out of which
grew the United States Steel Corpora
ton.
1t is said that Mr.. Gates was terribly
as well as mortified, at
not being elected a director of the
United States Steel Corporation, an
election upon which he counted as one
Of the chief recognitions of his
as a business man. But
Il is said that the Morgan interests
considered Mr.. Gates too daring a
speculator. 1t was only a few weeks
after that, though, that Gates had the
pleasure of being revenged by making
he Morgans pay his own price for the
louisville & Nashville railroad, whose
stock he had secured quietly without
heir knowledge in such large blocks
hat he owned controlling interest. F,
rhe history of that stroke is consid- |
red one of the most sensational deals !
n Wall street, and Gates gained sew
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
NO NEGRO NEED APPLY
Texas House Cried Down Resolution
to Allow Booker T. Washington to
Speak in Representatives Hall.
IBy Associated Press.I

Austin, Texas, Aug. 9.-The house
this morning cried down resolution
introduced to allow Booker T. Wash
ington, the negro educator, to speak
in the hall of representatives on his
proposed visit to Austin in September
or October.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
TILE TROPHY
TO Be RETURNED
Flag of Ohio Regiment Captured by
Texans To Be Returned to
Buckeye State.
[By Associated Press. ]

Austin, Texas, Aug 9.--After forty
six years the Texas house this morn
ing passed resolution to return to
the state of Ohio a flag captured by a
Lone Star regiment from the Seventy
seventh Ohio volunteers in Arkansas
during the war between the states.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
|OLD MAN BOWERS
| RELEASED ON BOND
Prominent Citizens Go Security for
Septenarian Accused of Criminal
Assault on Two Young Girls.
tBy Associated Press.l

Dallas. Texas, Aug. &c. w. Bow
ers, aged "a, postmaster at Eagleford,
accused of criminal assault on two
young girls, was today released on a
bond of s2500 in each case. The bonds
were signed by several prominent bust
ness men.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
TAFT WILL VETO ARIZONA
AND NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD
But Democrats in Both Houses Say
II Will Pass Over the Veto.
[Ry Associated Press. ]

Washington, Aug. Sword was re.
ceived at the capital this morning that
President Taft will unquestionably
veto the New Mexico and Arizona
statehood resolution passed by the
senate last night. His objection is the
judiciary recall feature, which was
left in the Arizona constitution. 1t is
said the president will init straight
from the shoulder"
The democratic leaders of both
houses declare they will be able to
pass the resolution over the executive
veto.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS
IN SAN ANTONIO
Established Headquarters to Fight
White Slave Traffic in Texas.
[By Associated Pyess.I

San Antonio, Texas. Aug. 9.-The
Christian Volunteers, non-denomina-
tional religious organization, has es-
tablished headquarters here and begun
movement to fight the white slave
traffic in Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
POPE Plus SLEPT WELL
EARLY THIS MORNING.
[By Associated Press. ]

Rome, Aug. 9.-Pope Plus, after a
refreshing sleep during the cool hours
of the early morning, awoke refreshed
with lower temperature and suffer
ing less from his gouty pains.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
New Grand Officers x. and |. of II.
BY Associated Press.

Houston, Texas, Aug. 9.-The Texas
grand lodge of Knights and Ladies Of
Honor this morning elected Mrs. Marie
J. Cole of Dallas. grand protector;
Joseph Netzer of Laredo, grand vice
protector; Mrs. f. B. Kirkham of Gle
burne, grand guardian.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
M|DN|GHT FIRE IN DALLAS
Supposed to Have Been Caused by
Spontaneous Combustion.
Loss $250,000.
IRy Associated Press. I

Dallas, Texas, Aug. 9.-Fire believed
to have originated by spontaneous
combustion last midnight caused
loss of $3.50 900, almost fully covered
by insurance. The principal losers are
the Art Wall Paper Mills of Texas and
the Kaufmann-Myers Furniture Com
pany.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
EMPEROR OF JAPAN
CABLED THANKS
[By Associated Press. !

Washington, Aug. 9.-President Taft
today received cablegram from the
emperor of Japan thanking him for
the cordial welcome extended to Ad-
miral Togo by the government of the
United States.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
BOYS CAPER RE-
SUITED SERIOUSLY
IBy Associated Press. ]

San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 9.-While
jumping on a spring couch in his home
last night Winston Wharton, aged Z,
lost his balance and was thrown from
a second-story gallery to the ground,
a distance of eighteen feet. His skull
was dented and both arms were
broken but it is believed he may re-
cover.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Senator Frye Of Maine Dead
IBv Associated Press

Washington, Aug. 9.-Out of respect
for the late Senator Frye of Maine,
who died yesterday. the senate ad-
journed Immediately after meeting to-
day. A senate committee viii attend
the funeral at Lewiston, Me.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
EARLY COTTON RE-
cE|PTs RECORD BROKEN
Galveston Has Received 1897 Bales,
Against 2598 Bales at Same
Date Last Year.
lBy Associated Press. ]

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 9.-All pre-
vious receipts of cotton at this port to
date have been broken. This year
1871 bales have been received,
against 259s bales at the same date
last year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
|12,238 BALES GINNED
BEFORE AUGUST |
Great Increase in Early Ginning Over
Amount Ginned in July
of Last Year.
[By Associated Press. ]

Austin, Texas, Aug. 9.-The ginners'
report of the Texas department of agri-
culture, issued today. shows 12,2SS
bales of cotton ginned to August 1.
against 2572 at the same time last
year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
LOR|MER INVESTIGATION
SUSPENDED TILL OCTOBER
tBy Associated Press. ]

Washington, Aug. 9.-The senate
Lorimer committee today adjourned
to resume the investigation in Chi
cago. probably early in October.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Effect of Gates Death on Texas c.

iBy AssocIated Press
Houston, Texas, Aug. 9.-It is not
believed here that the death of John
w. Gates will affect the operation of
the Texas Company, in which concern
he had large interests. although the
local officials are reticent.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Georgia Farmers Meet.

Waycross, Ga, Aug. Georgia
farmers are gathering here today for
the annual meeting of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society, which will
extend through today and tomorrow
Addresses will be made by leading
Southern agricultural experts, and
there will be automobile and rail ex-
cursions for the visitors.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09
Prominent Mason and Lawyer Dead

BY Associated Press.
Mckinney, Texas, Aug. 9-W. NJ:
Abernathy, prominent Mason and an
old lawyer here. died suddenly this
morning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-09

eral millions by the operation. He
also gained increased enmity, hostility
and criticism. Since that time Mr..
Gates had been chiefly occupied in the
of large business enter
prises in Texas.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-13
ANOTHER R. R. MtkGtk
M. 4 ST. L. ROAD TO ABSORB
IOWA LINE.
Decision Of Directors, " Carriee
Through, Will Give Mileage Of
1856.

Minneapolis, MINI. - The Iowa
Minneapolis, Oct. 6. - The Iowa
Central railway will lose its identity
and disappo from the railroad map
and the financial records, according to
a plan adopted by the directors meet.
ing in New York by which, IL accept.
able to Iowa Ger trail bondholders, the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road will alb.
sorb IL. The Iowa Central has been
controlled by the Minneapolis & st.
Louis since 1900. Newman Erb, who
recently entered the Minneapolis &
st. Louis directorate. perfected the
plan.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis ROAD
now operates 1,027.02 miles of road in
Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota,
and the total length of the Iowa Cen,
trail is 55s.43 miles. and the Mime,
apolis & st. Louis road. when the
Iowa Central has ceased to exist will
be 1,5S5.45 miles In length. The lines
are not parallel at any place, but
one is a continuation of the other.
IL the plan goes through II will be
the second time that a local railroad
has disappeared from the map. as to
existent name, the 500 road having
made the Wisconsin Central over into
the 500 lines Chicago division after
IL leased that property.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-13
WAR MINISTER CASTRO RESIGNS
Royalist Uprising in Portugal Is caus.
ing Premier chagas Much Anxiety.

Lisbon. Portugal. - War Minister
Castro has resigned as a consequence
of the bitter criticism directed against
him for the manner i'm which he has
dealt with the royalist uprising in the
north.
Premier Chagas asserts the uprising
had been completely suppressed, but
royallsts insist the monarchists have
complete control of the north. There
Is much speculation as to the where
abouts of Manuel.
That the government is far from
possessing the confidence 1t affects is
shown by the determination of Premier
Chagas to summon an extra session of
parliament TO consider special meas,
ures for dealing with the situation.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-13
FUND FOR ENTERTAINMENT"
stephenson's Money Was Used Strictly
for this Purpose.

Milwaukee, Wis. - After examining
725 items of amounts paid to individ-
uals, who collectively for campaign
expenses received s1o7.7s3. the sena-
torial committee, which is investigat-
ing charges of bribery in connection
with the election Of United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson. heard tes-
timony that the money was used for
entertainment" and not for any cor.
rupt purpose.
No itemized accounts Of the ex-
penses were returned. but Rodney
Sackett, one of the campaign mana
gers, testified he had been Informed
that the money had been used largely
for buying cigars and beer. II was
the custom in Wisconsin during cam
paigns, Sackett testified, to send jugs
Of whisky and kegs Of beer to To-
calities where favorable political SEN
timent was to be worked up.
All this was given by Sackett as
explaining the extent Of Senator Ste
phenson's expenditure for the nomina-
ton for senator at the primaries In
1908.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-13
BERLIN Il wins TnfKACt
ceRickE LANDS IN WILDERNESS
uNINJURgD, BUT FAR pNoM
hAUNTs OF MAN.
Nae TO Travel Long Before Being Able
TO Find . Telegraph Station.
Eseapade 10 Similar to Two
Others Which 6efelI Him.

Kansas City, Mo. - In winning
the James Gordon Bennett trophy by
travelling 40S miles in the interna-
tional balloons race which started from
this city, Lieutenant Hans Gericke.
pilot of the Berlin II, was lost to the
world for the third time.
After all the other entries in the
race had been located, a telegram was
sent by the Aero club of Kansas City
to Fred c. Ainsworth, adjutant gen.
eral of the United States army, ask
ing that all life saving stations, sig
nal corps and others in government
service in the Great Lakes region be
requested to look for the German bal;
loon and give assistance TO its occu-
pants when found.
Shortly after this telegram was sent
a message was received from Lieu
tenant Gericke telling of his landing
at Ladysmith. Wis. Gericke and his
aide, F. o. bunker. who came from
Germany with the pilot, landed In a
wilderness uninjured.
Lieutenant Gericke was also con.
sidered lost last year in the interna.
| tional race which started from st.
Louis. In the German balloon Dussel.
dorf II. he was in the air AZ hours.
| travelling LOO miles and landing in
the wilderness of Canada, from which
he and his aide emerged four days
later after a thrilling adventure and
narrow escapes from starvation.
4 rAtfnLass. nf fhic
kind occurred last summer when he
went up from Berlin in the German
elimination race and drifted out over
the North sea. He was sighted In
England. but was again lost from view
and finally landed in France.
The nearest rival of the German
balloon in this years race was the
Buckeye. piloted by Lieutenant Frank
Lahm of the United States army. /,
landed near La Crosse. Wis, $40 miles
from Kansas City. Lahm and his aide
j. c. Wade, Jr., landed in a swamp
suffering greatly from the cold. After
having passed over Chicago and drift
ed out over Lake Michigan. they me,
a southwark current which changed
| tnelT course COlplelely. luey trltu
to rise above this, but succeeded only
in finding a current which carried
them westward. They were both ex
hausted with their nine-hour vigil and
1t was decided that they land.
Hunnewell, who went up as aide tC
Arthur T. Atherholt, pilot of the Penn
sylvania. says that when they decided
to come down their valve failed I,
work and they resorted to the Ri
cord at a height of 5000 feet. TIT
balloon fell like a rocket and hi
the ground with terrific force.
In winning this years race, Ger
many has taken the Bennett cup from
America. who would have held 1t pei
manently II this country's represents
tiyes had been victorious. Americi
had won the championship for tw,
successive years and a victory thi
year would have ended this interna
tional series with a clean sweep TO
American balloonists. The next rae
will be held in Germany.