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Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Mrs. Jennie Bowen Took Stryehnine at
 Suffeld-Recovery Probable.

Suffeld. Conn. Aug. se.-Mrs. Jen-. nie BoWan of this place was found unconscious in a bedroom in her home here today from strychnine poisoning, taken with suicidal intent On bu- reau was a note addressed to her par ents. who live in Seeley Creek, N. Y, which was as follows:
 Dear Pa and Ma: As this is my last day want you to have my things. When Leon finds me he can bring me home dead. I can't stand it much longer. Goodbye, JENNIE
 The Leon referred to in the note is Mrs. Bowan's husband, who disap- peared ten days ago and it is alleged went to Chicago with another woman.
 Mrs. Rowan received a telegram from him yesterday saying there were two letters in the general delivery at Springfield, Mass, for her, explaining his absence, but when she went for them they would not deliver them to her. Brooding over her troubles is thought to have temporarily deranged her mind The attending physician thinks she has a chance for recovery.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Veterans Exemption and Norwalk Bridge
 Bills by State Legislators
BUSIEST DAY OF WHOLE SESSION
Sunday Hotel Bill Got Majority in the SenateMorton F. Plant Member of State Park Commission House Fixes Doorkeepers and Messengers Salaries $100 Per Month For This Session.

bly, as promised, and then MT. Johnson had it tabled. As it was nearly five o'clock the house adjourned.
 Five Amendpnents to This Bill.
 The senate all the afternoon was in the midst of debate oyer the bill to allow the Connecticut River company to amend its charter It was a<nore the house last week. The latter pass ed the bill without any amendment. As soon as the senate took it up. Sen- ator Hooker offered three amendments Spellacy one. and Senator Tenn ore. After the general. debate, in which much of the ground covered in the house debate was gone over, action was taken on the daendments That by MT. Spellacy, which would require the company to pay to the state two per cent of it's earnings yearly. was defeated on viva voce vote.
 Rejected Nominal Tolls.
 Amendment B by Senator Hooker, providing that nominal tools skoul6 be charged of vessels passing through was rejected IS to F. The original charter provision allows the company to charge tonnage tax on loaded yes sells and nominal fee on empty bot toms. This original provision stands
 On amendment c by MT. Hooker, which related to stock issuance the vote was 22 to against. On amend ment D by Mir Hooker, which would make the company pay to the state five per cent. of its receipts over local taxes. there was lively debate
 Senator Fehn's amendment proyid- ing that the bonds issued shall not exceed the amount of the capital stock was under discussion when adjourn ment was taken until tomorrow
 Senator Mahan Got Excited. Senator Mahan rose to say that dur ing the heat of the debate he probably said things which were not agreeable He did not intend them as such and cast no reflection upon many of the men interested in this matter, as they were all personal friends and trusted the newspapers would not refer to his harsh words.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31

motoring in this vicinity vas not an uncommon occurrence and put on the stand a chauffeur who related an ex- perience with a highway q year ago. The commonwealth attorneys object ed to the testimony as irrelevant Judge Watson ruled that unless a great many instances could be point ed to showing hoIdups Of 8 similar character to the one described Dy the prisoner, evidence as to a single fne5- dent of the kind would be ruled oU<- The defense announced that they in- tended to give other instances lsssTs
 Nothing Said About Screams
 Beattie's counsel attacked fse declaration of Sam TaIIey that f5s heard on the night of the murder c shot and the scream of woman on the Midlothian turnpike. Several wit the murder when Beattie talked ~ifa Talley and others nothing vas sad about woman screaming
 Nine Cats in Rosnr<
 An amusing incident occurred ~hoa the defense put on the stand Wiigtann Pemberton, a man of 45 years Of age, to attack the truthfuiness and ebzrzc- ter of Ta1ley. Pemberton,s own rnsn- tality was questioned by Prosee1fsF
 Are you right in your nsnsz'' ss<- ed the prosecutor
 What do you mean: am ersz7T Pen1berton asked. well TO-"
 Didn't you have nine cats ehssnet in one room in your house oncsF asked the prosecutor.
 NO"
 "Wen, weren't there pictures tsssn of those cats?"
 Maybe"
 Here the witness ff6seted and began to show signs of embarrassment. ffs turned on Mir. WendeHbgrg savszsfTs exclaiming:
 ing to cross examine me- You syS talking out of your heaG--
 Court Stopped ftss vsftcssss
 The witness continued taking rsp- idly, but his renserks were drowref in the laughter Of the coufroo1s and even after Judge Watson had rsstored order the witness talked on in n<ft- ning-1ike speed. until the court or6eys1 him to stop. Even the prisoner jcfns6 in the laughter and was fse last 3n the room to regain his cornDosurs.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
BLACK HAND LETTERS , FASTENED HIS DEATH
Judge Richardson of Massachusetts
 Superior Court Is Dead.

Orford. N. H.. August 3o.-Death, which had hovered about his bedside for month. came to Judge James Richardson of the Massachusetts, su- perior court just at the stroke of midnight tonight. Judge Richardson had been unconscious for more than twenty-four hours
 The critical part of Judge Richard sons illness is said by members of his family to have dated from the time, last May, when he received two Black Hand letters threatening his life, following his issuance of an i'm junction against the Boston Photo-En- graving union. The criticism of his judicial action and the threatens con- tained in the letters preyed so deeply on the mind of the venerable justice that he was bedridden until death came.
 Judge Richardson was one of the oldest men in point of service in the Massachusetts judiciary. having serv- ed nineteen years.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
FIVE INJURED IN
 HARTFORD TROLLEY ACCIDENT
Car Jumped the Track on Curve
 Motorman Now to the Run.

Hartford, August 30.-Five people were injured. one of them, Rev. Ed ward Morrison, seriously, tonight when an Elizabeth park trolley car struck curve near the park at high speed and, running off the tracks a distance of forty feet. toppied over. Rev. Mir. Morrison received a broken shoulder and collar bone and cuts about the head and face. The other injured are Motorman Michael Keating. ribs brok- en and scalp wounds; Harry Gaines. conductor, bruises and William Mon- dgan and Miss Laura Pritchard of New Britain. cut and bruised The accident was due to the fact that the motorman was new on the run and his failure on a preceding trip to light lamps designating where the curve was. He supposed the curve was far ther ahead than it was therefore did not sIacken the speed of his car when he should nave done so.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
MADERo NOMINATED.
Mexican Progressives Make Him tn.
 Unanimous Choice for President.

Mexico City. August 30.-with no dissenting voice. Francisco l. Madero today received the nomination of the progressive party for president, but Francisco Vasquez Gomez, his old run ming mate and erstwhile agent of the revolution at Washington, was grilIed by partisans of three other candidates for the vice presidency.
 When the convention adjourned to- night, the candidacy of no other man than Gomez for the vice presidency had been considered. Jose Pino Suarez continued a favorite in the betting, with Alfredo Robles Dominguez as second choice. A ballot tonight prob ably would have resulted in a division of honors for third place between Co., meg and Fernando I. Caldepon.
 Madero was the only candidate for the presidency whose name was placed before theh convention. No speech was made The chairman announced his candidacy. went through the for mality of asking if there were others and was greeted by chorus of s'noes."
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Rounded Up
 Counterfeiter
EXPERT NEGRO coINER CAUGHT
 AT MEMPHIS.
AFTER 5 YEARS SEARCH
Taken With His Whole Outfit for Making sosus Silver DoIIars-TraiI
 Picked Up Only Three Months Ago.

Washington, Aug. 30.-.A waverins red line across a map of the city of Memphis on~the wall at secret service headquarters here records the story of a five years hunt for counterfeiter of silver dollars which reached it's climax in Memphis today with the ar rest of John G. Payne, a negro, and his wife,
 Most Dangerous Coins Known.
 For more than five years the dollars which Payne is charged with making have been passing through the banks in Memphis and some have even reached the sub -treasuries. They were accounted among the most dangerous commercials with which the govern ment has had to deal. All the re- sources of the secret service failed to turn up a clue as to their source.
 "BiIP' Nye on the Case.
 Three months ago Assistant Chief W. H. Moran, the governments crack man on difficult cases sent "BilP' Nye, also one of the flower of the service, to Memphis. A few weeks later at a negro emancipation celebration at Paducah, Nye picked Up the first in formation which led to the identifica- ton of Payne as the man alleged to have been passing the dangerous coins. Nye followed Payne back to Memphis, consulted with Moran, and the two men laid out campaign.
 Plant at Farmhouse.
 Then, almost inch by inch, Nye be- gan picking a trail through the streets of Memphis to Payne's house Every day, Moran in Washingt ton, with a pen and red ink, recorded the prog ress of Yves search upon map of the city of Memphis. A few days ago a thin red line came to an end in the suburbs of Memphis, eight miles from the heart of the city. It stopped in front of an isolated farmhouse, sur rounded by a high board fence, which made it impossible for Nye to see in the windows.
 Arrested Man and His Wife.
 Today Moran flashed a message over the wires to Memphis and a. few hours later Nye reported the arrest of Payne and his wife, as well as his capture of several of the count erfeit coins, the outfit for making them and the genu- inc dollars from which the r1oulds were made. s>sz-
 MouIds Were Perfect . On the commercials have been pe- culiar dents and scratches. Nye re- ported that he found them in the gen. uine coins he took in the raid. Moran says that proves that the moulds from which the counterfeits were made were so perfect that they even repro duced the scratches and hicks of the genuine coins.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
PECULIAR CONDITION
 ABOUT THIS INHERITANCE.
Mrs. Baldwin Must Be Wife of oirI-
 hood Friend.

New Haven. Conn. Anug. 3G.-De- velopnents in connection with the s200,O00 heritage of Mrs; May Deffney Baldwin, wife of Milford blacksmith, by the will of an uncle in the west to- day were to the effect that the inherit anee would be considerably more than the amount first stated and probably more than half million, but that a provision of the win required that Mrs. Baldwin, 10 receive the inheritance. must he the wife of George ID. Curtis, eeirlilood friend. Efforts are 10 be made 10 see if there Is not some legal way ont of the situation created by that provision
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
STANDS READY TO
 ASSUME BRONX SUBWAY
New Haven Road Said to Have Ex-
 pressed Its Desire.

New York, August 30.-The New Haven railroad has not given up it's project of entering New Yorlx's subway field, it appeared this afternoon, when the New York. Westchester & Bos- ton railroad. which is controlled by the New Haven road, is understood to have signified to Mayor. Gaynor it's de- sire to construct, equip and operate the Bronx sections of the Tri-Borough subway system. Whether the New Haven road wishes to get an 1nde- pendent entrance to this city and quit the Grand Central terminal has not been made clear. nor hahs the atti- tude of the city toward the Westches- ter & Boston offer been authoritatively outlined.
 The board of estimate has already taken the preliminary steps to a con- tract with the Westchester road for a physical connection with that road and the present subway system at West Farms. Final ratification of the con- tract is expected tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
POPULATION CENTER HAS
 MOVED WEST 39 MILES.
In Past Ten Years-Now at Blooming
 ton, Indiana.

Washington. Aug. 30.-The center of population of the United States was announced by Director of Census Du : rand today to be in the western part of the city of Bloomington. Monroe county. Ind This is eight miles fur ther west than the location announced July. IT, when Director Durant placed it four and one-quarer miles south or Unionvi1le. in the same county.
 The exact longitude of the center of population is s6 degrees g minutes and 2G seconds west, difference of nine seconds, or eight miles. from the previous announcement. Bloomington is in southern Indiana. Ten years ago the center of population was six miles southeast of Columbia, Ind, 39 miles east of it's new location.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Every Faith
 In His Son.
JOHN w. GATES DID NOT LEAVE
 HIS MONEY. IN TRUST.
LEFT sss, 900, 900
Bulk of It Goes to His Widow and son-Fortune Made in . Metsorie Career Is Distributed.

Aurora, H., Aug. 30.-John w. Gates did not leave his millions to be held in trust. He did not fear, as reported that his son, Charles G. Gates, might imperil others who had invested on his John W. Gateso advice This was tives today. On the contrary, just be- fore he breathed his last, the noted financier declared that he had every faith in his son.
 Charley is All Right"
 Charley is all right" he is said by relatives to have declared on his deatnbed. T know him better than anyone else. He can handle money, all right. It won't go to his head"
 Gates will is to be prebated in New York Oct. ?, according to rela- tives in St. Charles, III. By it's terms Gates entire wealth, $3s, ,000, 900, ex- cept a number of minor 1egacies to valued friends and distant relatives, goes to Gates widow and to. Charles Gates. The son and the widow will divide the great fortune Gates mAde during his meteoric career in the com mercia1 world.
 $6oo,ooo to Friends and Distant ReIa-
 lives.
 Gates, however, left $600.000 to friends and distant relatives. He made numerous bequests, and his valet, his butler and thas wife of his stenog- fapher were among the many to whom he left 1egacies.
 Henry Baker, 20 years old. of St. Charles, nephew of Gates by mar riage, is left a quarter million if he goes through college. He gets $10,000 at once to pay his way through school. In the little village of St Charles more than half a million dollars goes to relatives of Gates wife. Gates af- h iS delighted in showing favors to her kin during his lifetime. Many of these he remembered.
 To Port Arthur Hospital.
 At Port Arthur, Tex. among impor- tant bequests is one of $150, ,000 to the Mary Gates Memorial hospital, named for the dead mother of the late Mir. Gates Another bequest, estimated to- day at about $50,e00, is made in the name of Mary Gates to the Methodist Episcopal mission board af the na- ton.
 Legatee shuns Eastern Colleges.
 Young Baker, the 20 year old lad who is to go through college to- get the s250,000, declares he will win the fortune. He is reported to be engaged to Miss Nina Carlson, the 1T year old daughter of St. Charles piano maker.
 T don't intend to go to school down east" said young Baker, in discussing his plans There is too much of that nobility racket down there to suit me. I intend to go to the University of Chicago or the University of Wiscon- sim
 Mrs. Gates Will Live in New York.
 Mrs Gates widow of Gates. will not leave New York city. She likes New York and will make it her home, ac- cording to relatives.
 Gates did not want to be brought back to Illinois to be buried Before he died he talked over with his wife the matter of his burial and decided that he would rest easier if he were near the scene of battle." He meant Wall street
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICANS
 CHOOSE PRESIDING OFFICER
Congressman Harris of erS6sswstsv ts
 Be State Convention Chairman

Boston, August BOA presiding o<- ficer for the republican state co1rsr- ton, to be held in Boston. on Oczo5er 5, at which only a party platform vf1 be adopted. was secured today 5y s7s state committee, in Conzressmar Ro5- ert o. Harris of the Fourts<ntb tis-
 The committee also chose eaasue1 D. Elder of Winchester for ehafrnaz of the committee on resolutions. 1fr. E1f- CT is a lawyer, q graduate of Yale and member of the American 6>5e- gation at the trial of ffe NeWf01nf< iand fisheries dispute.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Stepped in Fesns Of shs Car.

Vernon. Conn. Ausust s6.--zfss> se< rah Wiley. 47 years old w0s sTae< by an infer1irban car nesr fhs stzfssu here late today and taken fo q Hart ford hospital, suffering from inj1T5es which will probably cagse her d>zfs> With her husband she was walking between the tracks and as the ear zp- preached stepped directly in fzons If it, being knocked fo one side au1 h~< skull fractured The condjfieo zof b<~ husband was qucl1 el1sf he Wao 1U1opus ed by the loeo) Gul11stt@osL
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
CORRUPTION IN ELECTIONS.
Indictments by Wholesale Against At
 Iantic City Officials.

Mays Landing. N. J, August 30- Sixteen additional indictments charg- ing violation of the election laws in Atlantic City, were returned today by the grand jury. Among those in- dicted, all of whom eptered pleas of not guilty. were Councilmen John Murtland, Michael Green and Andrew Terry. charged with conspiracy to cor rupt voters and charged with bribery. In addition Green and Terry were in- dicted also on two other charges.
 James E. Scull. city clerk of Somers Point, and Charles Stee1man, we're in dicted pointly and severally, charged with corrupting voters.
 James Stark Of Somers Point. councilman. is changed with bribery.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
HETEROGENEOUS VOTE
 PASSED VETERANS EXEMPTION
Broke tho Tie When Senator LawIor
 Changed His Ballot.

Hartford, August 30-In the pas sage of the civil war veterans ex- enapticn bill over the governors veto in the senate today, the vote was Is to IA. but Senator Lawlor was given permission to change his vote before it was declared. and he did so, SUD- porting the governor and compelling Lieut. Governor Blakeslee to break the tie which he did do by voting for the bill.
 Amendment Was Lost
 Senator Spellacy tried to amend the bill limiting the benefits to $500, but this was not admitted.
 take $2.400,006 for two years to pay the pensions. In Hartford alone the amount would be $120,000. Senator McNeil said he knew old soldiers hav- ing incomes of $10,00e a year who would get the S30 pension. Lieut. Governor Blakeslee. in explaining his vote, said he favored the old soldiers.
 The bill as passed provides for ex- empting from taxation property to the amount of $3.0O0 of Civil war veterans and granting the old soldiers a pen sion of $s0 a year.
 For Loan sharks' Bill.
 The senate passed the so-called loan sharks bill. which prohibits the charging of more than 12 per cent. interest on loans or less than $500.
 The residents of Huntington who wanted a trolley charter were given leave to withdraw their petition.
 The armory appropriation bill which had passed the house without any senate amendments got back into the senate during the afternoon. Senator Spellacy fought hard to delay action on account of some absent senator's He tried parliamentary tactics to gain his point, but lost each time.
 No Money for These Armcries.
 The bill making an appropriation for armories in Willimantic and Dan bury was rejected,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
FINED HIS WIFE TO
 MAKE HER BEHAVE
Plan Didn't Work-Now a Suit for
 Separation.

New York, August Se.-lmposing a fine upon ones wife to~n1ake her be have" was shown in the supreme court this afternoon to have worked badly in at least one case. Herman Gold ner, a member of a Fifth avenue firm of manufacturers. tried the plan. Now he is defending suit for separation
 In response to charges of cruelty made by his wife, Goldner declares that Mrs. Goldner treated him so bad ly that. he was compelled to fine her to make her change der conduct
 When one fine of s2e0 was imposed and paid in part out of the wife's bank account, the limit was apparently reached. The separation suit followed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
FOREST FIRES DRIVE
 VILLAGERS TO THEIR BOATS.
NewfoundIanders Put to Sea to Escape
 the Flames.

St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 30.-Seeking safety from the forest fires, the in habitants of the village of Elliston and Joebatts took to boats yesterday and put out to sea. The towns of Catalina and Bonavista, on Trinity bay, were also threat aned.
 The inhabitants hopelessly watched the flames, only few miles distant sweeping, toward them. All bridges were burned and the forest fringed highways were ablaze for miles, sus- pending all traffic in the fire zone. Teiegraphic communication was every where interrupted.
 The timber areas destroyed are very extensive. The total loss will probably exceed $4,000,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
pr. pety Near Neryous Prostration.

New York, Aug. 30.-Dr. AIcah H. Doty. whose administration as health officer of the port of New York has been under fire from different sources for the past two months, is verging upon nervous prostration and is too i'll to appear before the commission in- vestigating affairs at quarantine A statement to this effect was made at today's hearing bv Dr. Doty's counsel. George Gordon Battle, and was sup plemented by 8 telegram from Dr. Dotyss physician at Mountain Lodge. N. Y.. where Dr.-Doty is said to be
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
stesmship Arrivals.

At Antwerp: Aug. 3o, Kroon1and, from New York
 At Rotterdam: Aug. 2s, KursA, from New York
 At Angra: Aug. 90. Germania, from New Y orf
 At Havre: Aug. %. Niasara rom New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
NEXT EATEN THE TURKEY.
Cranberry. Harvest Begun in Massa-
 ehusetts Boss-Is a 5umper.

Middleboro, Mass. Aug. S0..Cran- berry harvest on many bogs in this section began today, and by the first of next week shipments will have started for New York and other points. Growers look for an increase of about Il per cent, or 13,e0o barrels. over last years croy
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
indications Point to Suicide.

New Haven. Conn. Aug. 30-Polies investigation into the death of Samka Aioryn, 24 years old, whose body was found in local park yesterday. con tinued today, with developments, ac- cording to the authorities, tending to support the suicide theory. Moryn, it was stated by the police yesterday, had been strangied to death with hitch ing strap. and it was thought then that he might have met death at other than his own hands.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Ne Warshihps to rurksx.

Washington, August 30.-It is un- equivocafly denied by officials of the navy department that the United States contemplates selling any of its warships to Turkey. Sue haction, it is pointed out. would not likely be un- dertaken without the consent of con- gress.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Struck by Hartford Trolley.

Hartford. August 30-Wallxing across Main street in her bare feet and scan tily clad, Mrs. Louise Wilson, who re- fused to give her age or address was struck by a trolley car tonight and severely injured about the head. She was taken to local hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31

Several Witnesses from Chlcago, Duluth and other cities will be heard bv the congressional committee inves- tigating the United States Steel cor poration when that body resumes it's sessions in Washington, D. G. Octo- l.<,, 1
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31
Killed Bill for Optional Charters.

afternoon killed the bill for optional charters in cities and towns based on the commission plan. The senate had passed this measure. The vote WIS S9 to 60
Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-31

Saint NIaritz, Switzerland, Aug. 3O.- A railroad bridge, which was being constructed across a deep gorge at Bruil, six miles south of this village, collapsed last night, carrying down with 1t thirty workmen. Fifteen Of the men were taken out of the wreck age dead and the other fifteen are ali probably fatally hurt.